{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_16955/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_16955","id":"gutenberg_16955","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955","summary":null,"tags":["Category: Religion/Spirituality","Harvard Classics","Islam","Qur'an"],"text":"This text originates from a file whose origins we don't\nknow, found in many places on the Internet. It was\nre-proofed and corrected for Project Gutenberg against\npaper copies of the translations by Irfan Ali.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nY: = Qur'an Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali\n\nP: = Qur'an Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall\n\nS: = Qur'an Translation by Mohammad Habib Shakir\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 1:\n\n                          AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING)\n Total Verses: 7 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n001.001\nY: In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\nP: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.\n\nS: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.\n\n001.002\nY: Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;\n\nP: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,\n\nS: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.\n\n001.003\nY: Most Gracious, Most Merciful;\n\nP: The Beneficent, the Merciful.\n\nS: The Beneficent, the Merciful.\n\n001.004\nY: Master of the Day of Judgment.\n\nP: Master of the Day of Judgment,\n\nS: Master of the Day of Judgment.\n\n001.005\nY: Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.\n\nP: Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.\n\nS: Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.\n\n001.006\nY: Show us the straight way,\n\nP: Show us the straight path,\n\nS: Keep us on the right path.\n\n001.007\nY: The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose\n(portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.\n\nP: The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those\nwho earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.\n\nS: The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path)\nof those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go\nastray.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 2:\n\n                            AL-BAQARA (THE COW)\n Total Verses: 286 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n002.001\nY: A.L.M.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim.\n\n002.002\nY: This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who\nfear Allah;\n\nP: This is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto\nthose who ward off (evil).\n\nS: This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who guard\n(against evil).\n\n002.003\nY: Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of\nwhat We have provided for them;\n\nP: Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that\nWe have bestowed upon them;\n\nS: Those who believe in the unseen and keep up prayer and spend out of\nwhat We have given them.\n\n002.004\nY: And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy\ntime, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.\n\nP: And who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and\nthat which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the Hereafter.\n\nS: And who believe in that which has been revealed to you and that which\nwas revealed before you and they are sure of the hereafter.\n\n002.005\nY: They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who\nwill prosper.\n\nP: These depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful.\n\nS: These are on a right course from their Lord and these it is that\nshall be successful.\n\n002.006\nY: As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou\nwarn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.\n\nP: As for the Disbelievers, Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not\nit is all one for them; they believe not.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve, it being alike to them whether you warn\nthem, or do not warn them, will not believe.\n\n002.007\nY: Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on\ntheir eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).\n\nP: Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes\nthere is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.\n\nS: Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing and\nthere is a covering over their eyes, and there is a great punishment\nfor them.\n\n002.008\nY: Of the people there are some who say: \"We believe in Allah and the\nLast Day;\" but they do not (really) believe.\n\nP: And of mankind are some who say: We believe in Allah and the Last\nDay, when they believe not.\n\nS: And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah and the last\nday; and they are not at all believers.\n\n002.009\nY: Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only\ndeceive themselves, and realise (it) not!\n\nP: They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile\nnone save themselves; but they perceive not.\n\nS: They desire to deceive Allah and those who believe, and they deceive\nonly themselves and they do not perceive.\n\n002.010\nY: In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease:\nAnd grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to\nthemselves).\n\nP: In their hearts is a disease, and Allah increaseth their disease. A\npainful doom is theirs because they lie.\n\nS: There is a disease in their hearts, so Allah added to their disease\nand they shall have a painful chastisement because they lied.\n\n002.011\nY: When it is said to them: \"Make not mischief on the earth,\" they say:\n\"Why, we only Want to make peace!\"\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they\nsay: We are peacemakers only.\n\nS: And when it is said to them, Do not make mischief in the land, they\nsay: We are but peace-makers.\n\n002.012\nY: Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise\n(it) not.\n\nP: Are not they indeed the mischief-makers? But they perceive not.\n\nS: Now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not\nperceive.\n\n002.013\nY: When it is said to them: \"Believe as the others believe:\" They say:\n\"Shall we believe as the fools believe?\" Nay, of a surety they are the\nfools, but they do not know.\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: believe as the people believe, they\nsay: shall we believe as the foolish believe? are not they indeed the\nfoolish? But they know not.\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe they say:\nShall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they themselves are\nthe fools, but they do not know.\n\n002.014\nY: When they meet those who believe, they say: \"We believe;\" but when\nthey are alone with their evil ones, they say: \"We are really with you:\nWe (were) only jesting.\"\n\nP: And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe;\nbut when they go apart to their devils they declare: Lo! we are with\nyou; verily we did but mock.\n\nS: And when they meet those who believe, they say: We believe; and when\nthey are alone with their Shaitans, they say: Surely we are with you,\nwe were only mocking.\n\n002.015\nY: Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in\ntheir trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).\n\nP: Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in\ntheir contumacy.\n\nS: Allah shall pay them back their mockery, and He leaves them alone in\ntheir inordinacy, blindly wandering on.\n\n002.016\nY: These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their\ntraffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction,\n\nP: These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their\ncommerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.\n\nS: These are they who buy error for the right direction, so their\nbargain shall bring no gain, nor are they the followers of the right\ndirection.\n\n002.017\nY: Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted\nall around him, Allah took away their light and left them in utter\ndarkness. So they could not see.\n\nP: Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when\nit sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and\nleaveth them in darkness, where they cannot see,\n\nS: Their parable is like the parable of one who kindled a fire but when\nit had illumined all around him, Allah took away their light, and left\nthem in utter darkness--they do not see.\n\n002.018\nY: Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).\n\nP: Deaf, dumb and blind; and they return not.\n\nS: Deaf, dumb (and) blind, so they will not turn back.\n\n002.019\nY: Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sky:\nIn it are zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press\ntheir fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, the\nwhile they are in terror of death. But Allah is ever round the\nrejecters of Faith!\n\nP: Or like a rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder and\nthe flash of lightning. They thrust their fingers in their ears by\nreason of the thunder-claps, for fear of death, Allah encompasseth the\ndisbelievers (in His guidance, His omniscience and His omnipotence).\n\nS: Or like abundant rain from the cloud in which is utter darkness and\nthunder and lightning; they put their fingers into their ears because\nof the thunder peal, for fear of death, and Allah encompasses the\nunbelievers.\n\n002.020\nY: The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the light\n(Helps) them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows on them,\nthey stand still. And if Allah willed, He could take away their faculty\nof hearing and seeing; for Allah hath power over all things.\n\nP: The lightning almost snatcheth away their sight from them. As often\nas it flasheth forth for them they walk therein, and when it darkeneth\nagainst them they stand still. If Allah willed, He could destroy their\nhearing and their sight. Lo! Allah is able to do all things.\n\nS: The lightning almost takes away their sight; whenever it shines on\nthem they walk in it, and when it becomes dark to them they stand\nstill; and if Allah had pleased He would certainly have taken away\ntheir hearing and their sight; surely Allah has power over all things.\n\n002.021\nY: O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who\ncame before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness;\n\nP: O mankind! worship your Lord, Who hath created you and those before\nyou, so that ye may ward off (evil).\n\nS: O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that\nyou may guard (against evil).\n\n002.022\nY: Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and\nsent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for\nyour sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the\ntruth).\n\nP: Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you, and the sky a\ncanopy; and causeth water to pour down from the sky, thereby producing\nfruits as food for you. And do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know\n(better).\n\nS: Who made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy\nand (Who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it\nsubsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to\nAllah while you know.\n\n002.023\nY: And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time\nto Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your\nwitnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts)\nare true.\n\nP: And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave\n(Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your\nwitness beside Allah if ye are truthful.\n\nS: And if you are in doubt as to that which We have revealed to Our\nservant, then produce a Chapter like it and call on your witnesses\nbesides Allah if you are truthful.\n\n002.024\nY: But if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the Fire whose\nfuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.\n\nP: And if ye do it not- and ye can never do it - then guard yourselves\nagainst the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and\nstones.\n\nS: But if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your\nguard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is\nprepared for the unbelievers.\n\n002.025\nY: But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness,\nthat their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time\nthey are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: \"Why, this is what we\nwere fed with before,\" for they are given things in similitude; and\nthey have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein\n(for ever).\n\nP: And give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good\nworks; that theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often\nas they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is\nwhat was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance.\nThere for them are pure companions; there forever they abide.\n\nS: And convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that\nthey shall have gardens in which rivers flow; whenever they shall be\ngiven a portion of the fruit thereof, they shall say: This is what was\ngiven to us before; and they shall be given the like of it, and they\nshall have pure mates in them, and in them, they shall abide.\n\n002.026\nY: Allah disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well as\nhighest. Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; but\nthose who reject Faith say: \"What means Allah by this similitude?\" By\nit He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but\nHe causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path),-\n\nP: Lo! Allah disdaineth not to coin the similitude even of a gnat. Those\nwho believe know that it is the truth from their Lord; but those who\ndisbelieve say: What doth Allah wish (to teach) by such a similitude?\nHe misleadeth many thereby, and He guideth many thereby; and He\nmisleadeth thereby only miscreants;\n\nS: Surely Allah is not ashamed to set forth any parable-- (that of) a\ngnat or any thing above that; then as for those who believe, they know\nthat it is the truth from their Lord, and as for those who disbelieve,\nthey say: What is it that Allah means by this parable: He causes many\nto err by it and many He leads aright by it! but He does not cause to\nerr by it (any) except the transgressors,\n\n002.027\nY: Those who break Allah's Covenant after it is ratified, and who sunder\nwhat Allah has ordered to be joined, and do mischief on earth: These\ncause loss (only) to themselves.\n\nP: Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever\nthat which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the\nearth: Those are they who are the losers.\n\nS: Who break the covenant of Allah after its confirmation and cut\nasunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and make mischief in the\nland; these it is that are the losers.\n\n002.028\nY: How can ye reject the faith in Allah?- seeing that ye were without\nlife, and He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and will\nagain bring you to life; and again to Him will ye return.\n\nP: How disbelieve ye in Allah when ye were dead and He gave life to you!\nThen He will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him ye will\nreturn.\n\nS: How do you deny Allah and you were dead and He gave you life? Again\nHe will cause you to die and again bring you to life, then you shall be\nbrought back to Him.\n\n002.029\nY: It is He Who hath created for you all things that are on earth;\nMoreover His design comprehended the heavens, for He gave order and\nperfection to the seven firmaments; and of all things He hath perfect\nknowledge.\n\nP: He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He\nto the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of\nall things.\n\nS: He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He\ndirected Himself to the heaven, so He made them complete seven heavens,\nand He knows all things.\n\n002.030\nY: Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: \"I will create a vicegerent on\nearth.\" They said: \"Wilt Thou place therein one who will make mischief\ntherein and shed blood?- whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify\nThy holy (name)?\" He said: \"I know what ye know not.\"\n\nP: And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a\nviceroy in the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will\ndo harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and\nsanctify Thee? He said: Surely I know that which ye know not.\n\nS: And when your Lord said to the angels, I am going to place in the\nearth a khalif, they said: What! wilt Thou place in it such as shall\nmake mischief in it and shed blood, and we celebrate Thy praise and\nextol Thy holiness? He said: Surely I know what you do not know.\n\n002.031\nY: And He taught Adam the names of all things; then He placed them\nbefore the angels, and said: \"Tell me the names of these if ye are\nright.\"\n\nP: And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels,\nsaying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful.\n\nS: And He taught Adam all the names, then presented them to the angels;\nthen He said: Tell me the names of those if you are right.\n\n002.032\nY: They said: \"Glory to Thee, of knowledge We have none, save what Thou\nHast taught us: In truth it is Thou Who art perfect in knowledge and\nwisdom.\"\n\nP: They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou\nhast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise.\n\nS: They said: Glory be to Thee! we have no knowledge but that which Thou\nhast taught us; surely Thou art the Knowing, the Wise.\n\n002.033\nY: He said: \"O Adam! Tell them their names.\" When he had told them,\nAllah said: \"Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and\nearth, and I know what ye reveal and what ye conceal?\"\n\nP: He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed\nthem of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret\nof the heavens and the earth? And I know that which ye disclose and\nwhich ye hide.\n\nS: He said: O Adam! inform them of their names. Then when he had\ninformed them of their names, He said: Did I not say to you that I\nsurely know what is ghaib in the heavens and the earth and (that) I\nknow what you manifest and what you hide?\n\n002.034\nY: And behold, We said to the angels: \"Bow down to Adam\" and they bowed\ndown. Not so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: He was of those who\nreject Faith.\n\nP: And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam,\nthey fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so\nbecame a disbeliever.\n\nS: And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam they did\nobeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He refused and he was proud, and he\nwas one of the unbelievers.\n\n002.035\nY: We said: \"O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and eat of\nthe bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but approach\nnot this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression.\"\n\nP: And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat\nye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this\ntree lest ye become wrong-doers.\n\nS: And We said: O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the garden and eat\nfrom it a plenteous (food) wherever you wish and do not approach this\ntree, for then you will be of the unjust.\n\n002.036\nY: Then did Satan make them slip from the (garden), and get them out of\nthe state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: \"Get ye down,\nall (ye people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your\ndwelling-place and your means of livelihood- for a time.\"\n\nP: But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the\n(happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a\nfoe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and\nprovision for a time.\n\nS: But the Shaitan made them both fall from it, and caused them to\ndepart from that (state) in which they were; and We said: Get forth,\nsome of you being the enemies of others, and there is for you in the\nearth an abode and a provision for a time.\n\n002.037\nY: Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration, and his Lord\nTurned towards him; for He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He\nrelented toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful.\n\nS: Then Adam received (some) words from his Lord, so He turned to him\nmercifully; surely He is Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.\n\n002.038\nY: We said: \"Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes\nto you Guidance from me,\" whosoever follows My guidance, on them shall\nbe no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: We said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh\nunto you from Me a guidance; and whoso followeth My guidance, there\nshall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: We said: Go forth from this (state) all; so surely there will come to\nyou a guidance from Me, then whoever follows My guidance, no fear shall\ncome upon them, nor shall they grieve.\n\n002.039\nY: \"But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall be\ncompanions of the Fire; they shall abide therein.\"\n\nP: But they who disbelieve, and deny Our revelations, such are rightful\nPeoples of the Fire. They will abide therein.\n\nS: And (as to) those who disbelieve in and reject My communications,\nthey are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide.\n\n002.040\nY: O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I\nbestowed upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My\nCovenant with you, and fear none but Me.\n\nP: O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you,\nand fulfil your (part of the) covenant, I shall fulfil My (part of the)\ncovenant, and fear Me.\n\nS: O children of Israel! call to mind My favor which I bestowed on you\nand be faithful to (your) covenant with Me, I will fulfill (My)\ncovenant with you; and of Me, Me alone, should you be afraid.\n\n002.041\nY: And believe in what I reveal, confirming the revelation which is with\nyou, and be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs\nfor a small price; and fear Me, and Me alone.\n\nP: And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess\nalready (of the Scripture), and be not first to disbelieve therein, and\npart not with My revelations for a trifling price, and keep your duty\nunto Me.\n\nS: And believe in what I have revealed, verifying that which is with\nyou, and be not the first to deny it, neither take a mean price in\nexchange for My communications; and Me, Me alone should you fear.\n\n002.042\nY: And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye\nknow (what it is).\n\nP: Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.\n\nS: And do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor hide the truth\nwhile you know (it).\n\n002.043\nY: And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down\nyour heads with those who bow down (in worship).\n\nP: Establish worship, pay the poor-due, and bow your heads with those\nwho bow (in worship).\n\nS: And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and bow down with those who\nbow down.\n\n002.044\nY: Do ye enjoin right conduct on the people, and forget (To practise it)\nyourselves, and yet ye study the Scripture? Will ye not understand?\n\nP: Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to\npractise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no\nsense?\n\nS: What! do you enjoin men to be good and neglect your own souls while\nyou read the Book; have you then no sense?\n\n002.045\nY: Nay, seek (Allah's) help with patient perseverance and prayer: It is\nindeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit,-\n\nP: Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the\nhumble-minded,\n\nS: And seek assistance through patience and prayer, and most surely it\nis a hard thing except for the humble ones,\n\n002.046\nY: Who bear in mind the certainty that they are to meet their Lord, and\nthat they are to return to Him.\n\nP: Who know that they will have to meet their Lord, and that unto Him\nthey are returning.\n\nS: Who know that they shall meet their Lord and that they shall return\nto Him.\n\n002.047\nY: Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I\nbestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other (for My\nMessage).\n\nP: O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and\nhow I preferred you to (all) creatures.\n\nS: O children of Israel! call to mind My favor which I bestowed on you\nand that I made you excel the nations.\n\n002.048\nY: Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall not avail\nanother nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shall\ncompensation be taken from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from\noutside).\n\nP: And guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail\nanother, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will\ncompensation be received from it, nor will they be helped.\n\nS: And be on your guard against a day when one soul shall not avail\nanother in the least, neither shall intercession on its behalf be\naccepted, nor shall any compensation be taken from it, nor shall they\nbe helped.\n\n002.049\nY: And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: They set\nyou hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your\nwomen-folk live; therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.\n\nP: And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk, who were\nafflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing\nyour women: that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.\n\nS: And when We delivered you from Firon's people, who subjected you to\nsevere torment, killing your sons and sparing your women, and in this\nthere was a great trial from your Lord.\n\n002.050\nY: And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you and drowned\nPharaoh's people within your very sight.\n\nP: And when We brought you through the sea and rescued you, and drowned\nthe folk of Pharaoh in your sight.\n\nS: And when We parted the sea for you, so We saved you and drowned the\nfollowers of Firon and you watched by.\n\n002.051\nY: And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses, and in his absence\nye took the calf (for worship), and ye did grievous wrong.\n\nP: And when We did appoint for Moses forty nights (of solitude), and\nthen ye chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: And when We appointed a time of forty nights with Musa, then you took\nthe calf (for a god) after him and you were unjust.\n\n002.052\nY: Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to be\ngrateful.\n\nP: Then, even after that, We pardoned you in order that ye might give\nthanks.\n\nS: Then We pardoned you after that so that you might give thanks.\n\n002.053\nY: And remember We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion (Between\nright and wrong): There was a chance for you to be guided aright.\n\nP: And when We gave unto Moses the Scripture and the criterion (of right\nand wrong), that ye might be led aright.\n\nS: And when We gave Musa the Book and the distinction that you might\nwalk aright.\n\n002.054\nY: And remember Moses said to his people: \"O my people! Ye have indeed\nwronged yourselves by your worship of the calf: So turn (in repentance)\nto your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrong-doers); that will be\nbetter for you in the sight of your Maker.\" Then He turned towards you\n(in forgiveness): For He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Ye have wronged\nyourselves by your choosing of the calf (for worship) so turn in\npenitence to your Creator, and kill (the guilty) yourselves. That will\nbe best for you with your Creator and He will relent toward you. Lo! He\nis the Relenting, the Merciful.\n\nS: And when Musa said to his people: O my people! you have surely been\nunjust to yourselves by taking the calf (for a god), therefore turn to\nyour Creator (penitently), so kill your people, that is best for you\nwith your Creator: so He turned to you (mercifully), for surely He is\nthe Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.\n\n002.055\nY: And remember ye said: \"O Moses! We shall never believe in thee until\nwe see Allah manifestly,\" but ye were dazed with thunder and lighting\neven as ye looked on.\n\nP: And when ye said: O Moses! We will not believe in thee till we see\nAllah plainly; and even while ye gazed the lightning seized you.\n\nS: And when you said: O Musa! we will not believe in you until we see\nAllah manifestly, so the punishment overtook you while you looked on.\n\n002.056\nY: Then We raised you up after your death: Ye had the chance to be\ngrateful.\n\nP: Then We revived you after your extinction, that ye might give thanks.\n\nS: Then We raised you up after your death that you may give thanks.\n\n002.057\nY: And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent down to you Manna and\nquails, saying: \"Eat of the good things We have provided for you:\" (But\nthey rebelled); to us they did no harm, but they harmed their own\nsouls.\n\nP: And We caused the white cloud to overshadow you and sent down on you\nthe manna and the quails, (saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We\nhave provided you- they wronged Us not, but they did wrong themselves.\n\nS: And We made the clouds to give shade over you and We sent to you\nmanna and quails: Eat of the good things that We have given you; and\nthey did not do Us any harm, but they made their own souls suffer the\nloss.\n\n002.058\nY: And remember We said: \"Enter this town, and eat of the plenty therein\nas ye wish; but enter the gate with humility, in posture and in words,\nand We shall forgive you your faults and increase (the portion of)\nthose who do good.\"\n\nP: And when We said: Go into this township and eat freely of that which\nis therein, and enter the gate prostrate, and say: \"Repentance.\" We\nwill forgive you your sins and will increase (reward) for the\nright-doers.\n\nS: And when We said: Enter this city, then eat from it a plenteous\n(food) wherever you wish, and enter the gate making obeisance, and say,\nforgiveness. We will forgive you your wrongs and give more to those who\ndo good (to others).\n\n002.059\nY: But the transgressors changed the word from that which had been given\nthem; so We sent on the transgressors a plague from heaven, for that\nthey infringed (Our command) repeatedly.\n\nP: But those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for\nanother saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven\nfor their evil-doing.\n\nS: But those who were unjust changed it for a saying other than that\nwhich had been spoken to them, so We sent upon those who were unjust a\npestilence from heaven, because they transgressed.\n\n002.060\nY: And remember Moses prayed for water for his people; We said:\n\n\"Strike the rock with thy staff.\" Then gushed forth therefrom twelve\nsprings. Each group knew its own place for water. So eat and drink of\nthe sustenance provided by Allah, and do no evil nor mischief on the\n(face of the) earth.\n\nP: And when Moses asked for water for his people, We said: Smite with\nthy staff the rock. And there gushed out therefrom twelve springs (so\nthat) each tribe knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that which\nAllah hath provided, and do not act corruptly, making mischief in the\nearth.\n\nS: And when Musa prayed for drink for his people, We said: Strike the\nrock with your staff So there gushed from it twelve springs; each tribe\nknew its drinking place: Eat and drink of the provisions of Allah and\ndo not act corruptly in the land, making mischief.\n\n002.061\nY: And remember ye said: \"O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food\n(always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the\nearth groweth,- its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, its garlic, lentils, and\nonions.\" He said: \"Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go ye\ndown to any town, and ye shall find what ye want!\" They were covered\nwith humiliation and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of\nAllah. This because they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah and\nslaying His Messengers without just cause. This because they rebelled\nand went on transgressing.\n\nP: And when ye said: O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food; so call\nupon thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of that which the earth\ngroweth - of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils\nand its onions. He said: Would ye exchange that which is higher for\nthat which is lower? Go down to settled country, thus ye shall get that\nwhich ye demand. And humiliation and wretchedness were stamped upon\nthem and they were visited with wrath from Allah. That was because they\ndisbelieved in Allah's revelations and slew the prophets wrongfully.\nThat was for their disobedience and transgression.\n\nS: And when you said: O Musa! we cannot bear with one food, therefore\npray Lord on our behalf to bring forth for us out of what the earth\ngrows, of its herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils\nand its onions. He said: Will you exchange that which is better for\nthat which is worse? Enter a city, so you will have what you ask for.\nAnd abasement and humiliation were brought down upon them, and they\nbecame deserving of Allah's wrath; this was so because they disbelieved\nin the communications of Allah and killed the prophets unjustly; this\nwas so because they disobeyed and exceeded the limits.\n\n002.062\nY: Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish\n(scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in\nAllah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward\nwith their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee,\nMuhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans -\nwhoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - surely\ntheir reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them\nneither shall they grieve.\n\nS: Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the\nChristians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day\nand does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there\nis no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.\n\n002.063\nY: And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (The\ntowering height) of Mount (Sinai) (Saying): \"Hold firmly to what We\nhave given you and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein:\nPerchance ye may fear Allah.\"\n\nP: And (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you\nand caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which\nWe have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward\noff (evil).\n\nS: And when We took a promise from you and lifted the mountain over you:\nTake hold of the law (Tavrat) We have given you with firmness and bear\nin mind what is in it, so that you may guard (against evil).\n\n002.064\nY: But ye turned back thereafter: Had it not been for the Grace and\nMercy of Allah to you, ye had surely been among the lost.\n\nP: Then, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the\ngrace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers.\n\nS: Then you turned back after that; so were it not for the grace of\nAllah and His mercy on you, you would certainly have been among the\nlosers.\n\n002.065\nY: And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of\nthe Sabbath: We said to them: \"Be ye apes, despised and rejected.\"\n\nP: And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto\nthem: Be ye apes, despised and hated!\n\nS: And certainly you have known those among you who exceeded the limits\nof the Sabbath, so We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and hated.\n\n002.066\nY: So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity,\nand a lesson to those who fear Allah.\n\nP: And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations,\nand an admonition to the Allah-fearing.\n\nS: So We made them an example to those who witnessed it and those who\ncame after it, and an admonition to those who guard (against evil).\n\n002.067\nY: And remember Moses said to his people: \"Allah commands that ye\nsacrifice a heifer.\" They said: \"Makest thou a laughing-stock of us?\"\nHe said: \"Allah save me from being an ignorant (fool)!\"\n\nP: And when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye\nsacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered:\nAllah forbid that I should be among the foolish!\n\nS: And when Musa said to his people: Surely Allah commands you that you\nshould sacrifice a cow; they said: Do you ridicule us? He said: I seek\nthe protection of Allah from being one of the ignorant.\n\n002.068\nY: They said: \"Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what\n(heifer) it is!\" He said; \"He says: The heifer should be neither too\nold nor too young, but of middling age. Now do what ye are commanded!\"\n\nP: They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what\n(cow) she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith, Verily she is a cow\nneither with calf nor immature; (she is) between the two conditions; so\ndo that which ye are commanded.\n\nS: They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what\nshe is. Musa said: He says, Surely she is a cow neither advanced in age\nnor too young, of middle age between that (and this); do therefore what\nyou are commanded.\n\n002.069\nY: They said: \"Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us Her\ncolour.\" He said: \"He says: A fawn-coloured heifer, pure and rich in\ntone, the admiration of beholders!\"\n\nP: They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what\ncolour she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow\ncow. Bright is her colour, gladdening beholders.\n\nS: They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what\nher color is. Musa said: He says, Surely she is a yellow cow; her color\nis intensely yellow, giving delight to the beholders.\n\n002.070\nY: They said: \"Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what\nshe is: To us are all heifers alike: We wish indeed for guidance, if\nAllah wills.\"\n\nP: They said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what\n(cow) she is. Lo! cows are much alike to us; and Lo! if Allah wills, we\nmay be led aright.\n\nS: They said: Call on your Lord for our sake to make it plain to us what\nshe is, for surely to us the cows are all alike, and if Allah please we\nshall surely be guided aright.\n\n002.071\nY: He said: \"He says: A heifer not trained to till the soil or water the\nfields; sound and without blemish.\" They said: \"Now hast thou brought\nthe truth.\" Then they offered her in sacrifice, but not with good-will.\n\nP: (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she\nplougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark.\nThey said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though\nalmost they did not.\n\nS: Musa said: He says, Surely she is a cow not made submissive that she\nshould plough the land, nor does she irrigate the tilth; sound, without\na blemish in her. They said: Now you have brought the truth; so they\nsacrificed her, though they had not the mind to do (it).\n\n002.072\nY: Remember ye slew a man and fell into a dispute among yourselves as to\nthe crime: But Allah was to bring forth what ye did hide.\n\nP: And (remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and\nAllah brought forth that which ye were hiding.\n\nS: And when you killed a man, then you disagreed with respect to that,\nand Allah was to bring forth that which you were going to hide.\n\n002.073\nY: So We said: \"Strike the (body) with a piece of the (heifer).\" Thus\nAllah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His Signs: Perchance ye\nmay understand.\n\nP: And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead\nto life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.\n\nS: So We said: Strike the (dead body) with part of the (Sacrificed cow),\nthus Allah brings the dead to life, and He shows you His signs so that\nyou may understand.\n\n002.074\nY: Thenceforth were your hearts hardened: They became like a rock and\neven worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some from which\nrivers gush forth; others there are which when split asunder send forth\nwater; and others which sink for fear of Allah. And Allah is not\nunmindful of what ye do.\n\nP: Then, even after that, your hearts were hardened and became as rocks,\nor worse than rocks, for hardness. For indeed there are rocks from out\nwhich rivers gush, and indeed there are rocks which split asunder so\nthat water floweth from them. And indeed there are rocks which fall\ndown for the fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what ye do.\n\nS: Then your hearts hardened after that, so that they were like rocks,\nrather worse in hardness; and surely there are some rocks from which\nstreams burst forth, and surely there are some of them which split\nasunder so water issues out of them, and surely there are some of them\nwhich fall down for fear of Allah, and Allah is not at all heedless of\nwhat you do.\n\n002.075\nY: Can ye (O ye men of Faith) entertain the hope that they will believe\nin you?- Seeing that a party of them heard the Word of Allah, and\nperverted it knowingly after they understood it.\n\nP: Have ye any hope that they will be true to you when a party of them\nused to listen to the word of Allah, then used to change it, after they\nhad understood it, knowingly?\n\nS: Do you then hope that they would believe in you, and a party from\namong them indeed used to hear the Word of Allah, then altered it after\nthey had understood it, and they know (this).\n\n002.076\nY: Behold! when they meet the men of Faith, they say: \"We believe\": But\nwhen they meet each other in private, they say: \"Shall you tell them\nwhat Allah hath revealed to you, that they may engage you in argument\nabout it before your Lord?\"- Do ye not understand (their aim)?\n\nP: And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe.\nBut when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of\nthat which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you\nbefore your Lord concerning it? Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: And when they meet those who believe they say: We believe, and when\nthey are alone one with another they say: Do you talk to them of what\nAllah has disclosed to you that they may contend with you by this\nbefore your Lord? Do you not then understand?\n\n002.077\nY: Know they not that Allah knoweth what they conceal and what they\nreveal?\n\nP: Are they then unaware that Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden\nand that which they proclaim?\n\nS: Do they not know that Allah knows what they keep secret and what they\nmake known?\n\n002.078\nY: And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see\ntherein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture.\n\nP: Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from\nhearsay. They but guess.\n\nS: And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but only\nlies, and they do but conjecture.\n\n002.079\nY: Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then\nsay: \"This is from Allah,\" to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe\nto them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make\nthereby.\n\nP: Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands\nand then say, \"This is from Allah,\" that they may purchase a small gain\ntherewith. Woe unto them for that their hands have written, and woe\nunto them for that they earn thereby.\n\nS: Woe, then, to those who write the book with their hands and then say:\nThis is from Allah, so that they may take for it a small price;\ntherefore woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them\nfor what they earn.\n\n002.080\nY: And they say: \"The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered\ndays:\" Say: \"Have ye taken a promise from Allah, for He never breaks\nHis promise? or is it that ye say of Allah what ye do not know?\"\n\nP: And they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a\ncertain number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah -\ntruly Allah will not break His covenant - or tell ye concerning Allah\nthat which ye know not?\n\nS: And they say: Fire shall not touch us but for a few days. Say: Have\nyou received a promise from Allah, then Allah will not fail to perform\nHis promise, or do you speak against Allah what you do not know?\n\n002.081\nY: Nay, those who seek gain in evil, and are girt round by their sins,-\nthey are companions of the Fire: Therein shall they abide (For ever).\n\nP: Nay, but whosoever hath done evil and his sin surroundeth him; such\nare rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.\n\nS: Yea, whoever earns evil and his sins beset him on every side, these\nare the inmates of the fire; in it they shall abide.\n\n002.082\nY: But those who have faith and work righteousness, they are companions\nof the Garden: Therein shall they abide (For ever).\n\nP: And those who believe and do good works: such are rightful owners of\nthe Garden. They will abide therein.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, these are the\ndwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.\n\n002.083\nY: And remember We took a covenant from the Children of Israel (to this\neffect): Worship none but Allah; treat with kindness your parents and\nkindred, and orphans and those in need; speak fair to the people; be\nsteadfast in prayer; and practise regular charity. Then did ye turn\nback, except a few among you, and ye backslide (even now).\n\nP: And (remember) when We made a covenant with the Children of Israel,\n(saying): Worship none save Allah (only), and be good to parents and to\nkindred and to orphans and the needy, and speak kindly to mankind; and\nestablish worship and pay the poor-due. Then, after that, ye slid back,\nsave a few of you, being averse.\n\nS: And when We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You shall\nnot serve any but Allah and (you shall do) good to (your) parents, and\nto the near of kin and to the orphans and the needy, and you shall\nspeak to men good words and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate. Then\nyou turned back except a few of you and (now too) you turn aside.\n\n002.084\nY: And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood\namongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this ye\nsolemnly ratified, and to this ye can bear witness.\n\nP: And when We made with you a covenant (saying): Shed not the blood of\nyour people nor turn (a party of) your people out of your dwellings.\nThen ye ratified (Our covenant) and ye were witnesses (thereto).\n\nS: And when We made a covenant with you: You shall not shed your blood\nand you shall not turn your people out of your cities; then you gave a\npromise while you witnessed.\n\n002.085\nY: After this it is ye, the same people, who slay among yourselves, and\nbanish a party of you from their homes; assist (Their enemies) against\nthem, in guilt and rancour; and if they come to you as captives, ye\nransom them, though it was not lawful for you to banish them. Then is\nit only a part of the Book that ye believe in, and do ye reject the\nrest? but what is the reward for those among you who behave like this\nbut disgrace in this life?- and on the Day of Judgment they shall be\nconsigned to the most grievous penalty. For Allah is not unmindful of\nwhat ye do.\n\nP: Yet ye it is who slay each other and drive out a party of your people\nfrom their homes, supporting one another against them by sin and\ntransgression? - and if they came to you as captives ye would ransom\nthem, whereas their expulsion was itself unlawful for you - Believe ye\nin part of the Scripture and disbelieve ye in part thereof? And what is\nthe reward of those who do so save ignominy in the life of the world,\nand on the Day of Resurrection they will be consigned to the most\ngrievous doom. For Allah is not unaware of what ye do.\n\nS: Yet you it is who slay your people and turn a party from among you\nout of their homes, backing each other up against them unlawfully and\nexceeding the limits; and if they should come to you, as captives you\nwould ransom them-- while their very turning out was unlawful for you.\nDo you then believe in a part of the Book and disbelieve in the other?\nWhat then is the re ward of such among you as do this but disgrace in\nthe life of this world, and on the day of resurrection they shall be\nsent back to the most grievous chastisement, and Allah is not at all\nheedless of what you do.\n\n002.086\nY: These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price of\nthe Hereafter: their penalty shall not be lightened nor shall they be\nhelped.\n\nP: Such are those who buy the life of the world at the price of the\nHereafter. Their punishment will not be lightened, neither will they\nhave support.\n\nS: These are they who buy the life of this world for the hereafter, so\ntheir chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped.\n\n002.087\nY: We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of\nmessengers; We gave Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and\nstrengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes\nto you a messenger with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up\nwith pride?- Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay!\n\nP: And verily We gave unto Moses the Scripture and We caused a train of\nmessengers to follow after him, and We gave unto Jesus, son of Mary,\nclear proofs (of Allah's sovereignty), and We supported him with the\nHoly spirit. Is it ever so, that, when there cometh unto you a\nmessenger (from Allah) with that which ye yourselves desire not, ye\ngrow arrogant, and some ye disbelieve and some ye slay?\n\nS: And most certainly We gave Musa the Book and We sent messengers after\nhim one after another; and We gave Isa, the son of Marium, clear\narguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit, What! whenever\nthen a messenger came to you with that which your souls did not desire,\nyou were insolent so you called some liars and some you slew.\n\n002.088\nY: They say, \"Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah's Word:\nwe need no more).\" Nay, Allah's curse is on them for their blasphemy:\nLittle is it they believe.\n\nP: And they say: Our hearts are hardened. Nay, but Allah hath cursed\nthem for their unbelief. Little is that which they believe.\n\nS: And they say: Our hearts are covered. Nay, Allah has cursed them on\naccount of their unbelief; so little it is that they believe.\n\n002.089\nY: And when there comes to them a Book from Allah, confirming what is\nwith them,- although from of old they had prayed for victory against\nthose without Faith,- when there comes to them that which they (should)\nhave recognised, they refuse to believe in it but the curse of Allah is\non those without Faith.\n\nP: And when there cometh unto them a scripture from Allah, confirming\nthat in their possession - though before that they were asking for a\nsignal triumph over those who disbelieved - and when there cometh unto\nthem that which they know (to be the truth) they disbelieve therein.\nThe curse of Allah is on disbelievers.\n\nS: And when there came to them a Book from Allah verifying that which\nthey have, and aforetime they used to pray for victory against those\nwho disbelieve, but when there came to them (Prophet) that which they\ndid not recognize, they disbelieved in him; so Allah's curse is on the\nunbelievers.\n\n002.090\nY: Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in that\nthey deny (the revelation) which Allah has sent down, in insolent envy\nthat Allah of His Grace should send it to any of His servants He\npleases: Thus have they drawn on themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And\nhumiliating is the punishment of those who reject Faith.\n\nP: Evil is that for which they sell their souls: that they should\ndisbelieve in that which Allah hath revealed, grudging that Allah\nshould reveal of His bounty unto whom He will of His slaves. They have\nincurred anger upon anger. For disbelievers is a shameful doom.\n\nS: Evil is that for which they have sold their souls-- that they should\ndeny what Allah has revealed, out of envy that Allah should send down\nof His grace on whomsoever of His servants He pleases; so they have\nmade themselves deserving of wrath upon wrath, and there is a\ndisgraceful punishment for the unbelievers.\n\n002.091\nY: When it is said to them: \"Believe in what Allah Hath sent down,\"\nthey say, \"We believe in what was sent down to us\": yet they reject all\nbesides, even if it be Truth confirming what is with them. Say: \"Why\nthen have ye slain the prophets of Allah in times gone by, if ye did\nindeed believe?\"\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Believe in that which Allah hath\nrevealed, they say: We believe in that which was revealed unto us. And\nthey disbelieve in that which cometh after it, though it is the truth\nconfirming that which they possess. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Why\nthen slew ye the prophets of Allah aforetime, if ye are (indeed)\nbelievers?\n\nS: And when it is said to them, Believe in what Allah has revealed, they\nsay: We believe in that which was revealed to us; and they deny what is\nbesides that, while it is the truth verifying that which they have.\nSay: Why then did you kill Allah's Prophets before if you were indeed\nbelievers?\n\n002.092\nY: There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the\ncalf (Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully.\n\nP: And Moses came unto you with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty),\nyet, while he was away, ye chose the calf (for worship) and ye were\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: And most certainly Musa came to you with clear arguments, then you\ntook the calf (for a god) in his absence and you were unjust.\n\n002.093\nY: And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the\ntowering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): \"Hold firmly to what We\nhave given you, and hearken (to the Law)\": They said: \"We hear, and we\ndisobey\": And they had to drink into their hearts (of the taint) of the\ncalf because of their Faithlessness. Say: \"Vile indeed are the behests\nof your Faith if ye have any faith!\"\n\nP: And when We made with you a covenant and caused the Mount to tower\nabove you, (saying): Hold fast by that which We have given you, and\nhear (Our Word), they said: We hear and we rebel. And (worship of) the\ncalf was made to sink into their hearts because of their rejection (of\nthe covenant). Say (unto them): Evil is that which your belief\nenjoineth on you, if ye are believers.\n\nS: And when We made a covenant with you and raised the mountain over\nyou: Take hold of what We have given you with firmness and be obedient.\nThey said: We hear and disobey. And they were made to imbibe (the love\nof) the calf into their hearts on account of their unbelief Say: Evil\nis that which your belief bids you if you are believers.\n\n002.094\nY: Say: \"If the last Home, with Allah, be for you specially, and not for\nanyone else, then seek ye for death, if ye are sincere.\"\n\nP: Say (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter in the providence of\nAllah is indeed for you alone and not for others of mankind (as ye\npretend), then long for death (for ye must long for death) if ye are\ntruthful.\n\nS: Say: If the future abode with Allah is specially for you to the\nexclusion of the people, then invoke death if you are truthful.\n\n002.095\nY: But they will never seek for death, on account of the (sins) which\ntheir hands have sent on before them. And Allah is well-acquainted with\nthe wrong-doers.\n\nP: But they will never long for it, because of that which their own\nhands have sent before them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.\n\nS: And they will never invoke it on account of what their hands have\nsent before, and Allah knows the unjust.\n\n002.096\nY: Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life,-even\nmore than the idolaters: Each one of them wishes He could be given a\nlife of a thousand years: But the grant of such life will not save him\nfrom (due) punishment. For Allah sees well all that they do.\n\nP: And thou wilt find them greediest of mankind for life and (greedier)\nthan the idolaters. (Each) one of them would like to be allowed to live\na thousand years. And to live (a thousand years) would be no means\nremove him from the doom. Allah is Seer of what they do.\n\nS: And you will most certainly find them the greediest of men for life\n(greedier) than even those who are polytheists; every one of them loves\nthat he should be granted a life of a thousand years, and his being\ngranted a long life will in no way remove him further off from the\nchastisement, and Allah sees what they do.\n\n002.097\nY: Say: Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel-for he brings down the\n(revelation) to thy heart by Allah's will, a confirmation of what went\nbefore, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe,-\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, to mankind): Who is an enemy to Gabriel! For he it\nis who hath revealed (this Scripture) to thy heart by Allah's leave,\nconfirming that which was (revealed) before it, and a guidance and glad\ntidings to believers;\n\nS: Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel-- for surely he revealed it to\nyour heart by Allah's command, verifying that which is before it and\nguidance and good news for the believers.\n\n002.098\nY: Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and messengers, to\nGabriel and Michael,- Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith.\n\nP: Who is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and His messengers, and\nGabriel and Michael! Then, lo! Allah (Himself) is an enemy to the\ndisbelievers.\n\nS: Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His messengers and\nJibreel and Meekaeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.\n\n002.099\nY: We have sent down to thee Manifest Signs (ayat); and none reject them\nbut those who are perverse.\n\nP: Verily We have revealed unto thee clear tokens, and only miscreants\nwill disbelieve in them.\n\nS: And certainly We have revealed to you clear communications and none\ndisbelieve in them except the transgressors.\n\n002.100\nY: Is it not (the case) that every time they make a covenant, some party\namong them throw it aside?- Nay, most of them are faithless.\n\nP: Is it ever so that when they make a covenant a party of them set it\naside? The truth is, most of them believe not.\n\nS: What! whenever they make a covenant, a party of them cast it aside?\nNay, most of them do not believe.\n\n002.101\nY: And when there came to them a messenger from Allah, confirming what\nwas with them, a party of the people of the Book threw away the Book of\nAllah behind their backs, as if (it had been something) they did not\nknow!\n\nP: And when there cometh unto them a messenger from Allah, confirming\nthat which they possess, a party of those who have received the\nScripture fling the Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they\nknew not,\n\nS: And when there came to them a Messenger from Allah verifying that\nwhich they have, a party of those who were given the Book threw the\nBook of Allah behind their backs as if they knew nothing.\n\n002.102\nY: They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power\nof Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones,\nteaching men Magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the\nangels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such\nthings) without saying: \"We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme.\"\nThey learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife.\nBut they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah's permission. And\nthey learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew\nthat the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the\nHereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls,\nif they but knew!\n\nP: And follow that which the devils falsely related against the kingdom\nof Solomon. Solomon disbelieved not; but the devils disbelieved,\nteaching mankind magic and that which was revealed to the two angels in\nBabel, Harut and Marut. Nor did they (the two angels) teach it to\nanyone till they had said: We are only a temptation, therefore\ndisbelieve not (in the guidance of Allah). And from these two (angles)\npeople learn that by which they cause division between man and wife;\nbut they injure thereby no-one save by Allah's leave. And they learn\nthat which harmeth them and profiteth them not. And surely they do know\nthat he who trafficketh therein will have no (happy) portion in the\nHereafter; and surely evil is the price for which they sell their\nsouls, if they but knew.\n\nS: And they followed what the Shaitans chanted of sorcery in the reign\nof Sulaiman, and Sulaiman was not an unbeliever, but the Shaitans\ndisbelieved, they taught men sorcery and that was sent down to the two\nangels at Babel, Harut and Marut, yet these two taught no man until\nthey had said, \"Surely we are only a trial, therefore do not be a\ndisbeliever.\" Even then men learned from these two, magic by which they\nmight cause a separation between a man and his wife; and they cannot\nhurt with it any one except with Allah's permission, and they learned\nwhat harmed them and did not profit them, and certainly they know that\nhe who bought it should have no share of good in the hereafter and evil\nwas the price for which they sold their souls, had they but known this.\n\n002.103\nY: If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far\nbetter had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!\n\nP: And if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah\nwould be better, if they only knew.\n\nS: And if they had believed and guarded themselves (against evil),\nreward from Allah would certainly have been better; had they but known\n(this).\n\n002.104\nY: O ye of Faith! Say not (to the Messenger) words of ambiguous import,\nbut words of respect; and hearken (to him): To those without Faith is a\ngrievous punishment.\n\nP: O ye who believe, say not (unto the Prophet): \"Listen to us\" but say\n\"Look upon us,\" and be ye listeners. For disbelievers is a painful\ndoom.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not say Raina and say Unzurna and listen, and\nfor the unbelievers there is a painful chastisement.\n\n002.105\nY: It is never the wish of those without Faith among the People of the\nBook, nor of the Pagans, that anything good should come down to you\nfrom your Lord. But Allah will choose for His special Mercy whom He\nwill - for Allah is Lord of grace abounding.\n\nP: Neither those who disbelieve among the people of the Scripture nor\nthe idolaters love that there should be sent down unto you any good\nthing from your Lord. But Allah chooseth for His mercy whom He will,\nand Allah is of Infinite Bounty.\n\nS: Those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book do not\nlike, nor do the polytheists, that the good should be sent down to you\nfrom your Lord, and Allah chooses especially whom He pleases for His\nmercy, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.\n\n002.106\nY: None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but\nWe substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah\nHath power over all things?\n\nP: Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or\ncause be forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like\nthereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all things?\n\nS: Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We\nbring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has\npower over all things?\n\n002.107\nY: Knowest thou not that to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens\nand the earth? And besides Him ye have neither patron nor helper.\n\nP: Knowest thou not that it is Allah unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty\nof the heavens and the earth; and ye have not, beside Allah, any\nguardian or helper?\n\nS: Do you not know that Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the\nearth, and that besides Allah you have no guardian or helper?\n\n002.108\nY: Would ye question your Messenger as Moses was questioned of old? but\nwhoever changeth from Faith to Unbelief, Hath strayed without doubt\nfrom the even way.\n\nP: Or would ye question your messenger as Moses was questioned\naforetime? He who chooseth disbelief instead of faith, verily he hath\ngone astray from a plain road.\n\nS: Rather you wish to put questions to your Messenger, as Musa was\nquestioned before; and whoever adopts unbelief instead of faith, he\nindeed has lost the right direction of the way.\n\n002.109\nY: Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could Turn you\n(people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfish envy,\nafter the Truth hath become Manifest unto them: But forgive and\noverlook, Till Allah accomplish His purpose; for Allah Hath power over\nall things.\n\nP: Many of the people of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers\nafter your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth\nhath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them)\nuntil Allah give command. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Many of the followers of the Book wish that they could turn you back\ninto unbelievers after your faith, out of envy from themselves, (even)\nafter the truth has become manifest to them; but pardon and forgive, so\nthat Allah should bring about His command; surely Allah has power over\nall things.\n\n002.110\nY: And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: And whatever good\nye send forth for your souls before you, ye shall find it with Allah:\nfor Allah sees Well all that ye do.\n\nP: Establish worship, and pay the poor-due; and whatever of good ye send\nbefore (you) for your souls, ye will find it with Allah. Lo! Allah is\nSeer of what ye do.\n\nS: And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and whatever good you send\nbefore for yourselves, you shall find it with Allah; surely Allah sees\nwhat you do.\n\n002.111\nY: And they say: \"None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a\nChristian.\" Those are their (vain) desires. Say: \"Produce your proof if\nye are truthful.\"\n\nP: And they say: None entereth paradise unless he be a Jew or a\nChristian. These are their own desires. Say: Bring your proof (of what\nye state) if ye are truthful.\n\nS: And they say: None shall enter the garden (or paradise) except he who\nis a Jew or a Christian. These are their vain desires. Say: Bring your\nproof if you are truthful.\n\n002.112\nY: Nay,- whoever submits His whole self to Allah and is a doer of good,-\nHe will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor\nshall they grieve.\n\nP: Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing\ngood, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon\nthem neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: Yes! whoever submits himself entirely to Allah and he is the doer of\ngood (to others) he has his reward from his Lord, and there is no fear\nfor him nor shall he grieve.\n\n002.113\nY: The Jews say: \"The Christians have naught (to stand) upon\"; and the\nChristians say: \"The Jews have naught (To stand) upon.\" Yet they\n(Profess to) study the (same) Book. Like unto their word is what those\nsay who know not; but Allah will judge between them in their quarrel on\nthe Day of Judgment.\n\nP: And the Jews say the Christians follow nothing (true), and the\nChristians say the Jews follow nothing (true); yet both are readers of\nthe Scripture. Even thus speak those who know not. Allah will judge\nbetween them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they\ndiffer.\n\nS: And the Jews say: The Christians do not follow anything (good) and\nthe Christians say: The Jews do not follow anything (good) while they\nrecite the (same) Book. Even thus say those who have no knowledge, like\nto what they say; so Allah shall judge between them on the day of\nresurrection in what they differ.\n\n002.114\nY: And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in places for the\nworship of Allah, Allah's name should be celebrated? - whose zeal is (in\nfact) to ruin them? It was not fitting that such should themselves\nenter them except in fear. For them there is nothing but disgrace in\nthis world, and in the world to come, an exceeding torment.\n\nP: And who doth greater wrong than he who forbiddeth the approach to the\nsanctuaries of Allah lest His name should be mentioned therein, and\nstriveth for their ruin. As for such, it was never meant that they\nshould enter them except in fear. Theirs in the world is ignominy and\ntheirs in the Hereafter is an awful doom.\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who prevents (men) from the masjids of\nAllah, that His name should be remembered in them, and strives to ruin\nthem? (As for) these, it was not proper for them that they should have\nentered them except in fear; they shall meet with disgrace in this\nworld, and they shall have great chastisement in the hereafter.\n\n002.115\nY: To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there\nis the presence of Allah. For Allah is All-Pervading, All-Knowing.\n\nP: Unto Allah belong the East and the West, and whithersoever ye turn,\nthere is Allah's Countenance. Lo! Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: And Allah's is the East and the West, therefore, whither you turn,\nthither is Allah's purpose; surely Allah is Amplegiving, Knowing.\n\n002.116\nY: They say: \"Allah hath begotten a son\": Glory be to Him.-Nay, to Him\nbelongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: everything renders\nworship to Him.\n\nP: And they say: Allah hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He glorified!\nNay, but whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth is His. All are\nsubservient unto Him.\n\nS: And they say: Allah has taken to himself a son. Glory be to Him;\nrather, whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His; all are\nobedient to Him.\n\n002.117\nY: To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: When He\ndecreeth a matter, He saith to it: \"Be,\" and it is.\n\nP: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a\nthing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.\n\nS: Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He\ndecrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it is.\n\n002.118\nY: Say those without knowledge: \"Why speaketh not Allah unto us? or why\ncometh not unto us a Sign?\" So said the people before them words of\nsimilar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear the\nSigns unto any people who hold firmly to Faith (in their hearts).\n\nP: And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not Allah speak unto\nus, or some sign come unto us? Even thus, as they now speak, spake\nthose (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made\nclear the revelations for people who are sure.\n\nS: And those who have no knowledge say: Why does not Allah speak to us\nor a sign come to us? Even thus said those before them, the like of\nwhat they say; their hearts are all alike. Indeed We have made the\ncommunications clear for a people who are sure.\n\n002.119\nY: Verily We have sent thee in truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a\nwarner: But of thee no question shall be asked of the Companions of the\nBlazing Fire.\n\nP: Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad\ntidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of\nhell-fire.\n\nS: Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of good news and\nas a warner, and you shall not be called upon to answer for the\ncompanions of the flaming fire.\n\n002.120\nY: Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless\nthou follow their form of religion. Say: \"The Guidance of Allah,-that\nis the (only) Guidance.\" Wert thou to follow their desires after the\nknowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither\nProtector nor helper against Allah.\n\nP: And the Jews will not be pleased with thee, nor will the Christians,\ntill thou follow their creed. Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah (Himself)\nis Guidance. And if thou shouldst follow their desires after the\nknowledge which hath come unto thee, then wouldst thou have from Allah\nno protecting guardian nor helper.\n\nS: And the Jews will not be pleased with you, nor the Christians until\nyou follow their religion. Say: Surely Allah's guidance, that is the\n(true) guidance. And if you follow their desires after the knowledge\nthat has come to you, you shall have no guardian from Allah, nor any\nhelper.\n\n002.121\nY: Those to whom We have sent the Book study it as it should be studied:\nThey are the ones that believe therein: Those who reject faith\ntherein,- the loss is their own.\n\nP: Those unto whom We have given the Scripture, who read it with the\nright reading, those believe in it. And whoso disbelieveth in it, those\nare they who are the losers.\n\nS: Those to whom We have given the Book read it as it ought to be read.\nThese believe in it; and whoever disbelieves in it, these it is that\nare the losers.\n\n002.122\nY: O Children of Israel! call to mind the special favour which I\nbestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all others (for My\nMessage).\n\nP: O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and\nhow I preferred you to (all) creatures.\n\nS: O children of Israel, call to mind My favor which I bestowed on you\nand that I made you excel the nations.\n\n002.123\nY: Then guard yourselves against a-Day when one soul shall not avail\nanother, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall\nintercession profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).\n\nP: And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail\nanother, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will\nintercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.\n\nS: And be on your guard against a day when no soul shall avail another\nin the least neither shall any compensation be accepted from it, nor\nshall intercession profit it, nor shall they be helped.\n\n002.124\nY: And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord with certain\ncommands, which he fulfilled: He said: \"I will make thee an Imam to the\nNations.\" He pleaded: \"And also (Imams) from my offspring!\" He\nanswered:\n\n\"But My Promise is not within the reach of evil-doers.\"\nP: And (remember) when his Lord tried Abraham with (His) commands, and\nhe fulfilled them, He said: Lo! I have appointed thee a leader for\nmankind. (Abraham) said: And of my offspring (will there be leaders)?\nHe said: My covenant includeth not wrong-doers.\n\nS: And when his Lord tried Ibrahim with certain words, he fulfilled\nthem. He said: Surely I will make you an Imam of men. Ibrahim said: And\nof my offspring? My covenant does not include the unjust, said He.\n\n002.125\nY: Remember We made the House a place of assembly for men and a place of\nsafety; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of prayer; and We\ncovenanted with Abraham and Isma'il, that they should sanctify My House\nfor those who compass it round, or use it as a retreat, or bow, or\nprostrate themselves (therein in prayer).\n\nP: And when We made the House (at Makka) a resort for mankind and\nsanctuary, (saying): Take as your place of worship the place where\nAbraham stood (to pray). And We imposed a duty upon Abraham and\nIshmael, (saying): Purify My house for those who go around and those\nwho meditate therein and those who bow down and prostrate themselves\n(in worship).\n\nS: And when We made the House a pilgrimage for men and a (place of)\nsecurity, and: Appoint for yourselves a place of prayer on the\nstanding-place of Ibrahim. And We enjoined Ibrahim and Ismail saying:\nPurify My House for those who visit (it) and those who abide (in it)\nfor devotion and those who bow down (and) those who prostrate\nthemselves.\n\n002.126\nY: And remember Abraham said: \"My Lord, make this a City of Peace, and\nfeed its people with fruits,-such of them as believe in Allah and the\nLast Day.\" He said: \"(Yea), and such as reject Faith,-for a while will\nI grant them their pleasure, but will soon drive them to the torment of\nFire,- an evil destination (indeed)!\"\n\nP: And when Abraham prayed: My Lord! Make this a region of security and\nbestow upon its people fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the\nLast Day, He answered: As for him who disbelieveth, I shall leave him\nin contentment for a while, then I shall compel him to the doom of Fire\n- a hapless journey's end!\n\nS: And when Ibrahim said: My Lord, make it a secure town and provide its\npeople with fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the last day.\nHe said: And whoever disbelieves, I will grant him enjoyment for a\nshort while, then I will drive him to the chastisement of the fire; and\nit is an evil destination.\n\n002.127\nY: And remember Abraham and Isma'il raised the foundations of the House\n(With this prayer): \"Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou\nart the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.\"\n\nP: And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the\nHouse, (Abraham prayed): Our Lord! Accept from us (this duty). Lo!\nThou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And when Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the House: Our\nLord! accept from us; surely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing:\n\n002.128\nY: \"Our Lord! make of us Muslims, bowing to Thy (Will), and of our\nprogeny a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (will); and show us our place\nfor the celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in Mercy); for\nThou art the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! And make us submissive unto Thee and of our seed a nation\nsubmissive unto Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and relent\ntoward us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Relenting, the Merciful.\n\nS: Our Lord! and make us both submissive to Thee and (raise) from our\noffspring a nation submitting to Thee, and show us our ways of devotion\nand turn to us (mercifully), surely Thou art the Oft-returning (to\nmercy), the Merciful.\n\n002.129\nY: \"Our Lord! send amongst them a Messenger of their own, who shall\nrehearse Thy Signs to them and instruct them in scripture and wisdom,\nand sanctify them: For Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! And raise up in their midst a messenger from among them who\nshall recite unto them Thy revelations, and shall instruct them in the\nScripture and in wisdom and shall make them grow. Lo! Thou, only Thou,\nart the Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: Our Lord! and raise up in them a Messenger from among them who shall\nrecite to them Thy communications and teach them the Book and the\nwisdom, and purify them; surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n002.130\nY: And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase\ntheir souls with folly? Him We chose and rendered pure in this world:\nAnd he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of the Righteous.\n\nP: And who forsaketh the religion of Abraham save him who befooleth\nhimself? Verily We chose him in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he\nis among the righteous.\n\nS: And who forsakes the religion of Ibrahim but he who makes himself a\nfool, and most certainly We chose him in this world, and in the\nhereafter he is most surely among the righteous.\n\n002.131\nY: Behold! his Lord said to him: \"Bow (thy will to Me):\" He said: \"I bow\n(my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe.\"\n\nP: When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered\nto the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: When his Lord said to him, Be a Muslim, he said: I submit myself to\nthe Lord of the worlds.\n\n002.132\nY: And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons, and so did\nJacob; \"Oh my sons! Allah hath chosen the Faith for you; then die not\nexcept in the Faith of Islam.\"\n\nP: The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying):\nO my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore\ndie not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him).\n\nS: And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did) Yaqoub. O my\nsons! surely Allah has chosen for you (this) faith, therefore die not\nunless you are Muslims.\n\n002.133\nY: Were ye witnesses when death appeared before Jacob? Behold, he said\nto his sons: \"What will ye worship after me?\" They said: \"We shall\nworship Thy god and the god of thy fathers, of Abraham, Isma'il and\nIsaac,- the one (True) Allah: To Him we bow (in Islam).\"\n\nP: Or were ye present when death came to Jacob, when he said unto his\nsons: What will ye worship after me? They said: We shall worship thy\ngod, the god of thy fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, One Allah,\nand unto Him we have surrendered.\n\nS: Nay! were you witnesses when death visited Yaqoub, when he said to\nhis sons: What will you serve after me? They said: We will serve your\nGod and the God of your fathers, Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq, one\nAllah only, and to Him do we submit.\n\n002.134\nY: That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of\nwhat they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no\nquestion in your case!\n\nP: Those are a people who have passed away. Theirs is that which they\nearned, and yours is that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of\nwhat they used to do.\n\nS: This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what they\nearned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not be called\nupon to answer for what they did.\n\n002.135\nY: They say: \"Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (To\nsalvation).\" Say thou: \"Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of Abraham\nthe True, and he joined not gods with Allah.\"\n\nP: And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided.\nSay (unto them, O Muhammad): Nay, but (we follow) the religion of\nAbraham, the upright, and he was not of the idolaters.\n\nS: And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the right course.\nSay: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim, the Hanif, and he was\nnot one of the polytheists.\n\n002.136\nY: Say ye: \"We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to\nAbraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses\nand Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no\ndifference between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in\nIslam).\"\n\nP: Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto\nus and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac,\nand Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and\nthat which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no\ndistinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.\n\nS: Say: We believe in Allah and (in) that which had been revealed to us,\nand (in) that which was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and\nYaqoub and the tribes, and (in) that which was given to Musa and Isa,\nand (in) that which was given to the prophets from their Lord, we do\nnot make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.\n\n002.137\nY: So if they believe as ye believe, they are indeed on the right path;\nbut if they turn back, it is they who are in schism; but Allah will\nsuffice thee as against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the\nAll-Knowing.\n\nP: And if they believe in the like of that which ye believe, then are\nthey rightly guided. But if they turn away, then are they in schism,\nand Allah will suffice thee (for defence) against them. He is the\nHearer, the Knower.\n\nS: If then they believe as you believe in Him, they are indeed on the\nright course, and if they turn back, then they are only in great\nopposition, so Allah will suffice you against them, and He is the\nHearing, the Knowing.\n\n002.138\nY: (Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah: And who can baptize better\nthan Allah? And it is He Whom we worship.\n\nP: (We take our) colour from Allah, and who is better than Allah at\ncolouring. We are His worshippers.\n\nS: (Receive) the baptism of Allah, and who is better than Allah in\nbaptising? and Him do we serve.\n\n002.139\nY: Say: Will ye dispute with us about Allah, seeing that He is our Lord\nand your Lord; that we are responsible for our doings and ye for yours;\nand that We are sincere (in our faith) in Him?\n\nP: Say (unto the People of the Scripture): Dispute ye with us concerning\nAllah when He is our Lord and your Lord? Ours are our works and yours\nyour works. We look to Him alone.\n\nS: Say: Do you dispute with us about Allah, and He is our Lord and your\nLord, and we shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds, and we\nare sincere to Him.\n\n002.140\nY: Or do ye say that Abraham, Isma'il Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes were\nJews or Christians? Say: Do ye know better than Allah? Ah! who is more\nunjust than those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah? but\nAllah is not unmindful of what ye do!\n\nP: Or say ye that Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the\ntribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Do ye know best, or doth Allah?\nAnd who is more unjust than he who hideth a testimony which he hath\nreceived from Allah? Allah is not unaware of what ye do.\n\nS: Nay! do you say that Ibrahim and Ismail and Yaqoub and the tribes\nwere Jews or Christians? Say: Are you better knowing or Allah? And who\nis more unjust than he who conceals a testimony that he has from Allah?\nAnd Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.\n\n002.141\nY: That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of\nwhat they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no\nquestion in your case:\n\nP: Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they\nearned and yours that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what\nthey used to do.\n\nS: This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what they\nearned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not be called\nupon to answer for what they did.\n\n002.142\nY: The fools among the people will say: \"What hath turned them from the\nQibla to which they were used?\" Say: To Allah belong both east and\nWest: He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight.\n\nP: The foolish of the people will say: What hath turned them from the\nqiblah which they formerly observed? Say: Unto Allah belong the East\nand the West. He guideth whom He will unto a straight path.\n\nS: The fools among the people will say: What has turned them from their\nqiblah which they had? Say: The East and the West belong only to Allah;\nHe guides whom He likes to the right path.\n\n002.143\nY: Thus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be\nwitnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over\nyourselves; and We appointed the Qibla to which thou wast used, only to\ntest those who followed the Messenger from those who would turn on\ntheir heels (From the Faith). Indeed it was (A change) momentous,\nexcept to those guided by Allah. And never would Allah Make your faith\nof no effect. For Allah is to all people most surely full of kindness,\nMost Merciful.\n\nP: Thus We have appointed you a middle nation, that ye may be witnesses\nagainst mankind, and that the messenger may be a witness against you.\nAnd We appointed the qiblah which ye formerly observed only that We\nmight know him who followeth the messenger, from him who turneth on his\nheels. In truth it was a hard (test) save for those whom Allah guided.\nBut it was not Allah's purpose that your faith should be in vain, for\nAllah is Full of Pity, Merciful toward mankind.\n\nS: And thus We have made you a medium (just) nation that you may be the\nbearers of witness to the people and (that) the Messenger may be a\nbearer of witness to you; and We did not make that which you would have\nto be the qiblah but that We might distinguish him who follows the\nMessenger from him who turns back upon his heels, and this was surely\nhard except for those whom Allah has guided aright; and Allah was not\ngoing to make your faith to be fruitless; most surely Allah is\nAffectionate, Merciful to the people.\n\n002.144\nY: We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heavens: now\nShall We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy\nface in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your\nfaces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that that is\nthe truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.\n\nP: We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O\nMuhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a\nqiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable\nPlace of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your\nfaces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the\nScripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And\nAllah is not unaware of what they do.\n\nS: Indeed We see the turning of your face to heaven, so We shall surely\nturn you to a qiblah which you shall like; turn then your face towards\nthe Sacred Mosque, and wherever you are, turn your face towards it, and\nthose who have been given the Book most surely know that it is the\ntruth from their Lord; and Allah is not at all heedless of what they\ndo.\n\n002.145\nY: Even if thou wert to bring to the people of the Book all the Signs\n(together), they would not follow Thy Qibla; nor art thou going to\nfollow their Qibla; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qibla. If\nthou after the knowledge hath reached thee, Wert to follow their (vain)\ndesires,-then wert thou Indeed (clearly) in the wrong.\n\nP: And even if thou broughtest unto those who have received the\nScripture all kinds of portents, they would not follow thy qiblah, nor\ncanst thou be a follower of their qiblah; nor are some of them\nfollowers of the qiblah of others. And if thou shouldst follow their\ndesires after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, then surely wert\nthou of the evil-doers.\n\nS: And even if you bring to those who have been given the Book every\nsign they would not follow your qiblah, nor can you be a follower of\ntheir qiblah, neither are they the followers of each other's qiblah,\nand if you follow their desires after the knowledge that has come to\nyou, then you shall most surely be among the unjust.\n\n002.146\nY: The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but\nsome of them conceal the truth which they themselves know.\n\nP: Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise (this revelation) as\nthey recognise their sons. But lo! a party of them knowingly conceal\nthe truth.\n\nS: Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as they recognize\ntheir sons, and a party of them most surely conceal the truth while\nthey know (it).\n\n002.147\nY: The Truth is from thy Lord; so be not at all in doubt.\n\nP: It is the Truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not thou of those\nwho waver.\n\nS: The truth is from your Lord, therefore you should not be of the\ndoubters.\n\n002.148\nY: To each is a goal to which Allah turns him; then strive together (as\nin a race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, Allah will\nbring you Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.\n\nP: And each one hath a goal toward which he turneth; so vie with one\nanother in good works. Wheresoever ye may be, Allah will bring you all\ntogether. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: And every one has a direction to which he should turn, therefore\nhasten to (do) good works; wherever you are, Allah will bring you all\ntogether; surely Allah has power over all things.\n\n002.149\nY: From whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction\nof the sacred Mosque; that is indeed the truth from the Lord. And Allah\nis not unmindful of what ye do.\n\nP: And whencesoever thou comest forth (for prayer, O Muhammad) turn thy\nface toward the Inviolable Place of Worship. Lo! it is the Truth from\nthy Lord. Allah is not unaware of what ye do.\n\nS: And from whatsoever place you come forth, turn your face towards the\nSacred Mosque; and surely it is the very truth from your Lord, and\nAllah is not at all heedless of what you do.\n\n002.150\nY: So from whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the\ndirection of the sacred Mosque; and wheresoever ye are, Turn your face\nthither: that there be no ground of dispute against you among the\npeople, except those of them that are bent on wickedness; so fear them\nnot, but fear Me; and that I may complete My favours on you, and ye May\n(consent to) be guided;\n\nP: Whencesoever thou comest forth turn thy face toward the Inviolable\nPlace of Worship; and wheresoever ye may be (O Muslims) turn your faces\ntoward it (when ye pray) so that men may have no argument against you,\nsave such of them as do injustice - Fear them not, but fear Me! - and\nso that I may complete My grace upon you, and that ye may be guided.\n\nS: And from whatsoever place you come forth, turn your face towards the\nSacred Mosque; and wherever you are turn your faces towards it, so that\npeople shall have no accusation against you, except such of them as are\nunjust; so do not fear them, and fear Me, that I may complete My favor\non you and that you may walk on the right course.\n\n002.151\nY: A similar (favour have ye already received) in that We have sent\namong you a Messenger of your own, rehearsing to you Our Signs, and\nsanctifying you, and instructing you in Scripture and Wisdom, and in\nnew knowledge.\n\nP: Even as We have sent unto you a messenger from among you, who\nreciteth unto you Our revelations and causeth you to grow, and teacheth\nyou the Scripture and wisdom, and teacheth you that which ye knew not.\n\nS: Even as We have sent among you a Messenger from among you who recites\nto you Our communications and purifies you and teaches you the Book and\nthe wisdom and teaches you that which you did not know.\n\n002.152\nY: Then do ye remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and\nreject not Faith.\n\nP: Therefore remember Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me, and\nreject not Me.\n\nS: Therefore remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me,\nand do not be ungrateful to Me.\n\n002.153\nY: O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for\nAllah is with those who patiently persevere.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. Lo! Allah is\nwith the steadfast.\n\nS: O you who believe! seek assistance through patience and prayer;\nsurely Allah is with the patient.\n\n002.154\nY: And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah: \"They are\ndead.\" Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not.\n\nP: And call not those who are slain in the way of Allah \"dead.\" Nay,\nthey are living, only ye perceive not.\n\nS: And do not speak of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead; nay,\n(they are) alive, but you do not perceive.\n\n002.155\nY: Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some\nloss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad\ntidings to those who patiently persevere,\n\nP: And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger, and\nloss of wealth and lives and crops; but give glad tidings to the\nsteadfast,\n\nS: And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger\nand loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the\npatient,\n\n002.156\nY: Who say, when afflicted with calamity: \"To Allah We belong, and to\nHim is our return\":-\n\nP: Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo!\nunto Him we are returning.\n\nS: Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah's and\nto Him we shall surely return.\n\n002.157\nY: They are those on whom (Descend) blessings from Allah, and Mercy, and\nthey are the ones that receive guidance.\n\nP: Such are they on whom are blessings from their Lord, and mercy. Such\nare the rightly guided.\n\nS: Those are they on whom are blessings and mercy from their Lord, and\nthose are the followers of the right course.\n\n002.158\nY: Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of Allah. So if those\nwho visit the House in the Season or at other times, should compass\nthem round, it is no sin in them. And if any one obeyeth his own\nimpulse to good,- be sure that Allah is He Who recogniseth and knoweth.\n\nP: Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications\nof Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the\nHouse (of Allah) or visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom\nis). And he who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is\nResponsive, Aware.\n\nS: Surely the Safa and the Marwa are among the signs appointed by Allah;\nso whoever makes a pilgrimage to the House or pays a visit (to it),\nthere is no blame on him if he goes round them both; and whoever does\ngood spontaneously, then surely Allah is Grateful, Knowing.\n\n002.159\nY: Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down, and the\nGuidance, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book,-on\nthem shall be Allah's curse, and the curse of those entitled to curse,-\n\nP: Lo! Those who hide the proofs and the guidance which We revealed,\nafter We had made it clear to mankind in the Scripture: such are\naccursed of Allah and accursed of those who have the power to curse.\n\nS: Surely those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance that We\nrevealed after We made it clear in the Book for men, these it is whom\nAllah shall curse, and those who curse shall curse them (too).\n\n002.160\nY: Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (the\nTruth): To them I turn; for I am Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth).\nThese it is toward whom I relent. I am the Relenting, the Merciful.\n\nS: Except those who repent and amend and make manifest (the truth),\nthese it is to whom I turn (mercifully); and I am the Oft-returning (to\nmercy), the Merciful.\n\n002.161\nY: Those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- on them is Allah's curse,\nand the curse of angels, and of all mankind;\n\nP: Lo! Those who disbelieve, and die while they are disbelievers; on\nthem is the curse of Allah and of angels and of men combined.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers,\nthese it is on whom is the curse of Allah and the angels and men all;\n\n002.162\nY: They will abide therein: Their penalty will not be lightened, nor\nwill respite be their (lot).\n\nP: They ever dwell therein. The doom will not be lightened for them,\nneither will they be reprieved.\n\nS: Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall\nthey be given respite.\n\n002.163\nY: And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious,\nMost Merciful.\n\nP: Your Allah is One Allah; there is no God save Him, the Beneficent,\nthe Merciful.\n\nS: And your Allah is one Allah! there is no god but He; He is the\nBeneficent, the Merciful.\n\n002.164\nY: Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the\nalternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships\nthrough the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah\nSends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an\nearth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through\nthe earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail\nlike their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are\nSigns for a people that are wise.\n\nP: Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference\nof night and day, and the ships which run upon the sea with that which\nis of use to men, and the water which Allah sendeth down from the sky,\nthereby reviving the earth after its death, and dispersing all kinds of\nbeasts therein, and (in) the ordinance of the winds, and the clouds\nobedient between heaven and earth: are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty)\nfor people who have sense.\n\nS: Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the\nalternation of the night and the day, and the ships that run in the sea\nwith that which profits men, and the water that Allah sends down from\nthe cloud, then gives life with it to the earth after its death and\nspreads in it all (kinds of) animals, and the changing of the winds and\nthe clouds made subservient between the heaven and the earth, there are\nsigns for a people who understand.\n\n002.165\nY: Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Allah, as\nequal (with Allah): They love them as they should love Allah. But those\nof Faith are overflowing in their love for Allah. If only the\nunrighteous could see, behold, they would see the penalty: that to\nAllah belongs all power, and Allah will strongly enforce the penalty.\n\nP: Yet of mankind are some who take unto themselves (objects of worship\nwhich they set as) rivals to Allah, loving them with a love like (that\nwhich is the due) of Allah (only) - those who believe are stauncher in\ntheir love for Allah - Oh, that those who do evil had but known, (on\nthe day) when they behold the doom, that power belongeth wholly to\nAllah, and that Allah is severe in punishment!\n\nS: And there are some among men who take for themselves objects of\nworship besides Allah, whom they love as they love Allah, and those who\nbelieve are stronger in love for Allah and O, that those who are unjust\nhad seen, when they see the chastisement, that the power is wholly\nAllah's and that Allah is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n002.166\nY: Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who\nfollow (them): They would see the penalty, and all relations between\nthem would be cut off.\n\nP: (On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed\n(them), and they behold the doom, and all their aims collapse with\nthem.\n\nS: When those who were followed shall renounce those who followed\n(them), and they see the chastisement and their ties are cut asunder.\n\n002.167\nY: And those who followed would say: \"If only We had one more chance, We\nwould clear ourselves of them, as they have cleared themselves of us.\"\nThus will Allah show them (The fruits of) their deeds as (nothing but)\nregrets. Nor will there be a way for them out of the Fire.\n\nP: And those who were but followers will say: If a return were possible\nfor us, we would disown them even as they have disowned us. Thus will\nAllah show them their own deeds as anguish for them, and they will not\nemerge from the Fire.\n\nS: And those who followed shall say: Had there been for us a return,\nthen we would renounce them as they have renounced us. Thus will Allah\nshow them their deeds to be intense regret to them, and they shall not\ncome forth from the fire.\n\n002.168\nY: O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful and good; and do not\nfollow the footsteps of the evil one, for he is to you an avowed enemy.\n\nP: O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and wholesome in the earth,\nand follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for\nyou.\n\nS: O men! eat the lawful and good things out of what is in the earth,\nand do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your open\nenemy.\n\n002.169\nY: For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that ye should say\nof Allah that of which ye have no knowledge.\n\nP: He enjoineth upon you only the evil and the foul, and that ye should\ntell concerning Allah that which ye know not.\n\nS: He only enjoins you evil and indecency, and that you may speak\nagainst Allah what you do not know.\n\n002.170\nY: When it is said to them: \"Follow what Allah hath revealed:\" They say:\n\"Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers.\" What! even though their\nfathers Were void of wisdom and guidance?\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed,\nthey say: We follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even\nthough their fathers were wholly unintelligent and had no guidance?\n\nS: And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has revealed, they\nsay: Nay! we follow what we found our fathers upon. What! and though\ntheir fathers had no sense at all, nor did they follow the right way.\n\n002.171\nY: The parable of those who reject Faith is as if one were to shout Like\na goat-herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and cries:\nDeaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom.\n\nP: The likeness of those who disbelieve (in relation to the messenger)\nis as the likeness of one who calleth unto that which heareth naught\nexcept a shout and cry. Deaf, dumb, blind, therefore they have no\nsense.\n\nS: And the parable of those who disbelieve is as the parable of one who\ncalls out to that which hears no more than a call and a cry; deaf, dumb\n(and) blind, so they do not understand.\n\n002.172\nY: O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for\nyou, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him ye worship.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided\nyou, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He Whom ye worship.\n\nS: O you who believe! eat of the good things that We have provided you\nwith, and give thanks to Allah if Him it is that you serve.\n\n002.173\nY: He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of\nswine, and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that\nof Allah. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful\ndisobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then is he guiltless. For\nAllah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.\n\nP: He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and\nthat which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah.\nBut he who is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing,\nit is no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: He has only forbidden you what dies of itself, and blood, and flesh\nof swine, and that over which any other (name) than (that of) Allah has\nbeen invoked; but whoever is driven to necessity, not desiring, nor\nexceeding the limit, no sin shall be upon him; surely Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n002.174\nY: Those who conceal Allah's revelations in the Book, and purchase for\nthem a miserable profit,- they swallow into themselves naught but Fire;\nAllah will not address them on the Day of Resurrection. Nor purify\nthem: Grievous will be their penalty.\n\nP: Lo! those who hide aught of the Scripture which Allah hath revealed\nand purchase a small gain therewith, they eat into their bellies\nnothing else than fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of\nResurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful\ndoom.\n\nS: Surely those who conceal any part of the Book that Allah has revealed\nand take for it a small price, they eat nothing but fire into their\nbellies, and Allah will not speak to them on the day of resurrection,\nnor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful chastisement.\n\n002.175\nY: They are the ones who buy Error in place of Guidance and Torment in\nplace of Forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (They show) for the Fire!\n\nP: Those are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, and\ntorment at the price of pardon. How constant are they in their strife\nto reach the Fire!\n\nS: These are they who buy error for the right direction and chastisement\nfor forgiveness; how bold they are to encounter fire.\n\n002.176\nY: (Their doom is) because Allah sent down the Book in truth but those\nwho seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the\npurpose).\n\nP: That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo!\nthose who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open\nschism.\n\nS: This is because Allah has revealed the Book with the truth; and\nsurely those who go against the Book are in a great opposition.\n\n002.177\nY: It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West;\nbut it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the\nAngels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance,\nout of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the\nwayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be\nsteadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the\ncontracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or\nsuffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are\nthe people of truth, the Allah-fearing.\n\nP: It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East and the\nWest; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and\nthe angels and the Scripture and the prophets; and giveth wealth, for\nlove of Him, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer\nand to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper\nworship and payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their treaty when\nthey make one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of\nstress. Such are they who are sincere. Such are the Allah-fearing.\n\nS: It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards the East and\nthe West, but righteousness is this that one should believe in Allah\nand the last day and the angels and the Book and the prophets, and give\naway wealth out of love for Him to the near of kin and the orphans and\nthe needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for (the emancipation\nof) the captives, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; and the\nperformers of their promise when they make a promise, and the patient\nin distress and affliction and in time of conflicts-- these are they\nwho are true (to themselves) and these are they who guard (against\nevil).\n\n002.178\nY: O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases\nof murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman\nfor the woman. But if any remission is made by the brother of the\nslain, then grant any reasonable demand, and compensate him with\nhandsome gratitude, this is a concession and a Mercy from your Lord.\nAfter this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of\nthe murdered; the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the slave,\nand the female for the female. And for him who is forgiven somewhat by\nhis (injured) brother, prosecution according to usage and payment unto\nhim in kindness. This is an alleviation and a mercy from your Lord. He\nwho transgresseth after this will have a painful doom.\n\nS: O you who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of\nthe slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the\nfemale for the female, but if any remission is made to any one by his\n(aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the bloodwit) should be made\naccording to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner;\nthis is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds\nthe limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement.\n\n002.179\nY: In the Law of Equality there is (saving of) Life to you, O ye men of\nunderstanding; that ye may restrain yourselves.\n\nP: And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding,\nthat ye may ward off (evil).\n\nS: And there is life for you in (the law of) retaliation, O men of\nunderstanding, that you may guard yourselves.\n\n002.180\nY: It is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leave any\ngoods that he make a bequest to parents and next of kin, according to\nreasonable usage; this is due from the Allah-fearing.\n\nP: It is prescribed for you, when death approacheth one of you, if he\nleave wealth, that he bequeath unto parents and near relatives in\nkindness. (This is) a duty for all those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: Bequest is prescribed for you when death approaches one of you, if he\nleaves behind wealth for parents and near relatives, according to\nusage, a duty (incumbent) upon those who guard (against evil).\n\n002.181\nY: If anyone changes the bequest after hearing it, the guilt shall be on\nthose who make the change. For Allah hears and knows all things.\n\nP: And whoso changeth (the will) after he hath heard it - the sin\nthereof is only upon those who change it. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: Whoever then alters it after he has heard it, the sin of it then is\nonly upon those who alter it; surely Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n002.182\nY: But if anyone fears partiality or wrong-doing on the part of the\ntestator, and makes peace between (The parties concerned), there is no\nwrong in him: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: But he who feareth from a testator some unjust or sinful clause, and\nmaketh peace between the parties, (it shall be) no sin for him. Lo!\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: But he who fears an inclination to a wrong course or an act of\ndisobedience on the part of the testator, and effects an agreement\nbetween the parties, there is no blame on him. Surely Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n002.183\nY: O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed\nto those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-\n\nP: O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was\nprescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);\n\nS: O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was\nprescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil).\n\n002.184\nY: (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on\na journey, the prescribed number (Should be made up) from days later.\nFor those who can do it (With hardship), is a ransom, the feeding of\none that is indigent. But he that will give more, of his own free\nwill,- it is better for him. And it is better for you that ye fast, if\nye only knew.\n\nP: (Fast) a certain number of days; and (for) him who is sick among you,\nor on a journey, (the same) number of other days; and for those who can\nafford it there is a ransom: the feeding of a man in need - but whoso\ndoeth good of his own accord, it is better for him: and that ye fast is\nbetter for you if ye did but know -\n\nS: For a certain number of days; but whoever among you is sick or on a\njourney, then (he shall fast) a (like) number of other days; and those\nwho are not able to do it may effect a redemption by feeding a poor\nman; so whoever does good spontaneously it is better for him; and that\nyou fast is better for you if you know.\n\n002.185\nY: Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide\nto mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right\nand wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during\nthat month should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill, or on a\njourney, the prescribed period (Should be made up) by days later. Allah\nintends every facility for you; He does not want to put to\ndifficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period, and to\nglorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be\ngrateful.\n\nP: The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for\nmankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the Criterion (of right\nand wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month,\nand whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, (let him fast the same)\nnumber of other days. Allah desireth for you ease; He desireth not\nhardship for you; and (He desireth) that ye should complete the period,\nand that ye should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that\nperadventure ye may be thankful.\n\nS: The month of Ramazan is that in which the Quran was revealed, a\nguidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction;\ntherefore whoever of you is present in the month, he shall fast\ntherein, and whoever is sick or upon a journey, then (he shall fast) a\n(like) number of other days; Allah desires ease for you, and He does\nnot desire for you difficulty, and (He desires) that you should\ncomplete the number and that you should exalt the greatness of Allah\nfor His having guided you and that you may give thanks.\n\n002.186\nY: When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them):\nI listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let\nthem also, with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they\nmay walk in the right way.\n\nP: And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am\nnigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So\nlet them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may\nbe led aright.\n\nS: And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very\nnear; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they\nshould answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right\nway.\n\n002.187\nY: Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach to your\nwives. They are your garments and ye are their garments. Allah knoweth\nwhat ye used to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and\nforgave you; so now associate with them, and seek what Allah Hath\nordained for you, and eat and drink, until the white thread of dawn\nappear to you distinct from its black thread; then complete your fast\nTill the night appears; but do not associate with your wives while ye\nare in retreat in the mosques. Those are Limits (set by) Allah:\nApproach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men:\nthat they may learn self-restraint.\n\nP: It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of\nthe fast. They are raiment for you and ye are raiment for them. Allah\nis Aware that ye were deceiving yourselves in this respect and He hath\nturned in mercy toward you and relieved you. So hold intercourse with\nthem and seek that which Allah hath ordained for you, and eat and drink\nuntil the white thread becometh distinct to you from the black thread\nof the dawn. Then strictly observe the fast till nightfall and touch\nthem not, but be at your devotions in the mosques. These are the limits\nimposed by Allah, so approach them not. Thus Allah expoundeth His\nrevelation to mankind that they may ward off (evil).\n\nS: It is made lawful to you to go into your wives on the night of the\nfast; they are an apparel for you and you are an apparel for them;\nAllah knew that you acted unfaithfully to yourselves, so He has turned\nto you (mercifully) and removed from you (this burden); so now be in\ncontact with them and seek what Allah has ordained for you, and eat and\ndrink until the whiteness of the day becomes distinct from the\nblackness of the night at dawn, then complete the fast till night, and\nhave not contact with them while you keep to the mosques; these are the\nlimits of Allah, so do not go near them. Thus does Allah make clear His\ncommunications for men that they may guard (against evil).\n\n002.188\nY: And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor\nuse it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up\nwrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property.\n\nP: And eat not up your property among yourselves in vanity, nor seek by\nit to gain the hearing of the judges that ye may knowingly devour a\nportion of the property of others wrongfully.\n\nS: And do not swallow up your property among yourselves by false means,\nneither seek to gain access thereby to the judges, so that you may\nswallow up a part of the property of men wrongfully while you know.\n\n002.189\nY: They ask thee concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs to\nmark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage.\nIt is no virtue if ye enter your houses from the back: It is virtue if\nye fear Allah. Enter houses through the proper doors: And fear Allah:\nThat ye may prosper.\n\nP: They ask thee, (O Muhammad), of new moons, say: They are fixed\nseasons for mankind and for the pilgrimage. It is not righteousness\nthat ye go to houses by the backs thereof (as do the idolaters at\ncertain seasons), but the righteous man is he who wardeth off (evil).\nSo go to houses by the gates thereof, and observe your duty to Allah,\nthat ye may be successful.\n\nS: They ask you concerning the new moon. Say: They are times appointed\nfor (the benefit of) men, and (for) the pilgrimage; and it is not\nrighteousness that you should enter the houses at their backs, but\nrighteousness is this that one should guard (against evil); and go into\nthe houses by their doors and be careful (of your duty) to Allah, that\nyou may be successful.\n\n002.190\nY: Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not\ntransgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors.\n\nP: Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you, but\nbegin not hostilities. Lo! Allah loveth not aggressors.\n\nS: And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do\nnot exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the\nlimits.\n\n002.191\nY: And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where\nthey have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than\nslaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first)\nfight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward\nof those who suppress faith.\n\nP: And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places\nwhence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And\nfight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first\nattack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such\nis the reward of disbelievers.\n\nS: And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence\nthey drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do\nnot fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in\nit, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of\nthe unbelievers.\n\n002.192\nY: But if they cease, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: But if they desist, then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n002.193\nY: And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and\nthere prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease, Let there\nbe no hostility except to those who practise oppression.\n\nP: And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for\nAllah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except\nagainst wrong-doers.\n\nS: And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion\nshould be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no\nhostility except against the oppressors.\n\n002.194\nY: The prohibited month for the prohibited month,- and so for all things\nprohibited,- there is the law of equality. If then any one transgresses\nthe prohibition against you, Transgress ye likewise against him. But\nfear Allah, and know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.\n\nP: The forbidden month for the forbidden month, and forbidden things in\nretaliation. And one who attacketh you, attack him in like manner as he\nattacked you. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is with\nthose who ward off (evil).\n\nS: The Sacred month for the sacred month and all sacred things are\n(under the law of) retaliation; whoever then acts aggressively against\nyou, inflict injury on him according to the injury he has inflicted on\nyou and be careful (of your duty) to Allah and know that Allah is with\nthose who guard (against evil).\n\n002.195\nY: And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your\nown hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah\nloveth those who do good.\n\nP: Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own\nhands to ruin; and do good. Lo! Allah loveth the beneficent.\n\nS: And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition\nwith your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the\ndoers of good.\n\n002.196\nY: And complete the Hajj or 'umra in the service of Allah. But if ye are\nprevented (From completing it), send an offering for sacrifice, such as\nye may find, and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches the\nplace of sacrifice. And if any of you is ill, or has an ailment in his\nscalp, (Necessitating shaving), (He should) in compensation either\nfast, or feed the poor, or offer sacrifice; and when ye are in peaceful\nconditions (again), if any one wishes to continue the 'umra on to the\nhajj, He must make an offering, such as he can afford, but if he cannot\nafford it, He should fast three days during the hajj and seven days on\nhis return, Making ten days in all. This is for those whose household\nis not in (the precincts of) the Sacred Mosque. And fear Allah, and\nknow that Allah Is strict in punishment.\n\nP: Perform the pilgrimage and the visit (to Makka) for Allah. And if ye\nare prevented, then send such gifts as can be obtained with ease, and\nshave not your heads until the gifts have reached their destination.\nAnd whoever among you is sick or hath an ailment of the head must pay a\nransom of fasting or almsgiving or offering. And if ye are in safety,\nthen whosoever contenteth himself with the visit for the pilgrimage\n(shall give) such gifts as can be had with ease. And whosoever cannot\nfind (such gifts), then a fast of three days while on the pilgrimage,\nand of seven when ye have returned; that is, ten in all. That is for\nhim whoso folk are not present at the Inviolable Place of Worship.\nObserve your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is severe in\npunishment.\n\nS: And accomplish the pilgrimage and the visit for Allah, but if, you\nare prevented, (send) whatever offering is easy to obtain, and do not\nshave your heads until the offering reaches its destination; but\nwhoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head, he (should\neffect) a compensation by fasting or alms or sacrificing, then when you\nare secure, whoever profits by combining the visit with the pilgrimage\n(should take) what offering is easy to obtain; but he who cannot find\n(any offering) should fast for three days during the pilgrimage and for\nseven days when you return; these (make) ten (days) complete; this is\nfor him whose family is not present in the Sacred Mosque, and be\ncareful (of your duty) to Allah, and know that Allah is severe in\nrequiting (evil).\n\n002.197\nY: For Hajj are the months well known. If any one undertakes that duty\ntherein, Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in\nthe Hajj. And whatever good ye do, (be sure) Allah knoweth it. And take\na provision (With you) for the journey, but the best of provisions is\nright conduct. So fear Me, O ye that are wise.\n\nP: The pilgrimage is (in) the well-known months, and whoever is minded\nto perform the pilgrimage therein (let him remember that) there is (to\nbe) no lewdness nor abuse nor angry conversation on the pilgrimage. And\nwhatsoever good ye do Allah knoweth it. So make provision for\nyourselves (hereafter); for the best provision is to ward off evil.\nTherefore keep your duty unto Me, O men of understanding.\n\nS: The pilgrimage is (performed in) the well-known months; so whoever\ndetermines the performance of the pilgrimage therein, there shall be no\nintercourse nor fornication nor quarrelling amongst one another; and\nwhatever good you do, Allah knows it; and make provision, for surely\nthe provision is the guarding of oneself, and be careful (of your duty)\nto Me, O men of understanding.\n\n002.198\nY: It is no crime in you if ye seek of the bounty of your Lord (during\npilgrimage). Then when ye pour down from (Mount) Arafat, celebrate the\npraises of Allah at the Sacred Monument, and celebrate His praises as\nHe has directed you, even though, before this, ye went astray.\n\nP: It is no sin for you that ye seek the bounty of your Lord (by\ntrading). But, when ye press on in the multitude from 'Arafat, remember\nAllah by the sacred monument. Remember Him as He hath guided you,\nalthough before ye were of those astray.\n\nS: There is no blame on you in seeking bounty from your Lord, so when\nyou hasten on from \"Arafat\", then remember Allah near the Holy\nMonument, and remember Him as He has guided you, though before that you\nwere certainly of the erring ones.\n\n002.199\nY: Then pass on at a quick pace from the place whence it is usual for\nthe multitude so to do, and ask for Allah's forgiveness. For Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hasteneth\nonward, and ask forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Then hasten on from the Place from which the people hasten on and ask\nthe forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n002.200\nY: So when ye have accomplished your holy rites, celebrate the praises\nof Allah, as ye used to celebrate the praises of your fathers,- yea,\nwith far more Heart and soul. There are men who say: \"Our Lord! Give us\n(Thy bounties) in this world!\" but they will have no portion in the\nHereafter.\n\nP: And when ye have completed your devotions, then remember Allah as ye\nremember your fathers or with a more lively remembrance. But of mankind\nis he who saith: \"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world,\" and he hath no\nportion in the Hereafter.\n\nS: So when you have performed your devotions, then laud Allah as you\nlauded your fathers, rather a greater lauding. But there are some\npeople who say, Our Lord! give us in the world, and they shall have no\nresting place.\n\n002.201\nY: And there are men who say: \"Our Lord! Give us good in this world and\ngood in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!\"\n\nP: And of them (also) is he who saith: \"Our Lord! Give unto us in the\nworld that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and\nguard us from the doom of Fire.\"\n\nS: And there are some among them who say: Our Lord! grant us good in\nthis world and good in the hereafter, and save us from the chastisement\nof the fire.\n\n002.202\nY: To these will be allotted what they have earned; and Allah is quick\nin account.\n\nP: For them there is in store a goodly portion out of that which they\nhave earned. Allah is swift at reckoning.\n\nS: They shall have (their) portion of what they have earned, and Allah\nis swift in reckoning.\n\n002.203\nY: Celebrate the praises of Allah during the Appointed Days. But if any\none hastens to leave in two days, there is no blame on him, and if any\none stays on, there is no blame on him, if his aim is to do right. Then\nfear Allah, and know that ye will surely be gathered unto Him.\n\nP: Remember Allah through the appointed days. Then whoso hasteneth (his\ndeparture) by two days, it is no sin for him, and whoso delayeth, it is\nno sin for him; that is for him who wardeth off (evil). Be careful of\nyour duty to Allah, and know that unto Him ye will be gathered.\n\nS: And laud Allah during the numbered days; then whoever hastens off in\ntwo days, there is no blame on him, and whoever remains behind, there\nis no blame on him, (this is) for him who guards (against evil), and be\ncareful (of your duty) to Allah, and know that you shall be gathered\ntogether to Him.\n\n002.204\nY: There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May\ndazzle thee, and he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart;\nyet is he the most contentious of enemies.\n\nP: And of mankind there is he whoso conversation on the life of this\nworld pleaseth thee (Muhammad), and he calleth Allah to witness as to\nthat which is in his heart; yet he is the most rigid of opponents.\n\nS: And among men is he whose speech about the life of this world causes\nyou to wonder, and he calls on Allah to witness as to what is in his\nheart, yet he is the most violent of adversaries.\n\n002.205\nY: When he turns his back, His aim everywhere is to spread mischief\nthrough the earth and destroy crops and cattle. But Allah loveth not\nmischief.\n\nP: And when he turneth away (from thee) his effort in the land is to\nmake mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle; and\nAllah loveth not mischief.\n\nS: And when he turns back, he runs along in the land that he may cause\nmischief in it and destroy the tilth and the stock, and Allah does not\nlove mischief-making.\n\n002.206\nY: When it is said to him, \"Fear Allah\", He is led by arrogance to\n(more) crime. Enough for him is Hell;-An evil bed indeed (To lie on)!\n\nP: And when it is said unto him: Be careful of thy duty to Allah, pride\ntaketh him to sin. Hell will settle his account, an evil resting-place.\n\nS: And when it is said to him, guard against (the punishment of) Allah;\npride carries him off to sin, therefore hell is sufficient for him; and\ncertainly it is an evil resting place.\n\n002.207\nY: And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn the pleasure\nof Allah: And Allah is full of kindness to (His) devotees.\n\nP: And of mankind is he who would sell himself, seeking the pleasure of\nAllah; and Allah hath compassion on (His) bondmen.\n\nS: And among men is he who sells himself to seek the pleasure of Allah;\nand Allah is Affectionate to the servants.\n\n002.208\nY: O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not\nthe footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and\nfollow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.\n\nS: O you who believe! enter into submission one and all and do not\nfollow the footsteps of Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.\n\n002.209\nY: If ye backslide after the clear (Signs) have come to you, then know\nthat Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\n\nP: And if ye slide back after the clear proofs have come unto you, then\nknow that Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: But if you slip after clear arguments have come to you, then know\nthat Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n002.210\nY: Will they wait until Allah comes to them in canopies of clouds, with\nangels (in His train) and the question is (thus) settled? but to Allah\ndo all questions go back (for decision).\n\nP: Wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in\nthe shadows of the clouds with the angels? Then the case would be\nalready judged. All cases go back to Allah (for judgment).\n\nS: They do not wait aught but that Allah should come to them in the\nshadows of the clouds along with the angels, and the matter has\n(already) been decided; and (all) matters are returned to Allah.\n\n002.211\nY: Ask the Children of Israel how many clear (Signs) We have sent them.\nBut if any one, after Allah's favour has come to him, substitutes\n(something else), Allah is strict in punishment.\n\nP: Ask of the Children of Israel how many a clear revelation We gave\nthem! He who altereth the grace of Allah after it hath come unto him\n(for him), lo! Allah is severe in punishment.\n\nS: Ask the Israelites how many a clear sign have We given them; and\nwhoever changes the favor of Allah after it has come to him, then\nsurely Allah is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n002.212\nY: The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and\nthey scoff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them\non the Day of Resurrection; for Allah bestows His abundance without\nmeasure on whom He will.\n\nP: Beautified is the life of the world for those who disbelieve; they\nmake a jest of the believers. But those who keep their duty to Allah\nwill be above them on the Day of Resurrection. Allah giveth without\nstint to whom He will.\n\nS: The life of this world is made to seem fair to those who disbelieve,\nand they mock those who believe, and those who guard (against evil)\nshall be above them on the day of resurrection; and Allah gives means\nof subsistence to whom he pleases without measure.\n\n002.213\nY: Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent Messengers with glad\ntidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge\nbetween people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the\nBook, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among\nthemselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace Guided\nthe believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For\nAllah guided whom He will to a path that is straight.\n\nP: Mankind were one community, and Allah sent (unto them) prophets as\nbearers of good tidings and as warners, and revealed therewith the\nScripture with the truth that it might judge between mankind concerning\nthat wherein they differed. And only those unto whom (the Scripture)\nwas given differed concerning it, after clear proofs had come unto\nthem, through hatred one of another. And Allah by His Will guided those\nwho believe unto the truth of that concerning which they differed.\nAllah guideth whom He will unto a straight path.\n\nS: (All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised prophets as bearers\nof good news and as warners, and He revealed with them the Book with\ntruth, that it might judge between people in that in which they\ndiffered; and none but the very people who were given it differed about\nit after clear arguments had come to them, revolting among themselves;\nso Allah has guided by His will those who believe to the truth about\nwhich they differed and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right path.\n\n002.214\nY: Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of bliss) without such\n(trials) as came to those who passed away before you? they encountered\nsuffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the\nMessenger and those of faith who were with him cried: \"When (will come)\nthe help of Allah?\" Ah! Verily, the help of Allah is (always) near!\n\nP: Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come\nunto you the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before\nyou? Affliction and adversity befell them, they were shaken as with\nearthquake, till the messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along\nwith him said: When cometh Allah's help? Now surely Allah's help is\nnigh.\n\nS: Or do you think that you would enter the garden while yet the state\nof those who have passed away before you has not come upon you;\ndistress and affliction befell them and they were shaken violently, so\nthat the Messenger and those who believed with him said: When will the\nhelp of Allah come? Now surely the help of Allah is nigh!\n\n002.215\nY: They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever ye\nspend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in\nwant and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good,- Allah knoweth\nit well.\n\nP: They ask thee, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend. Say: that which\nye spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and\nthe needy and the wayfarer. And whatsoever good ye do, lo! Allah is\nAware of it.\n\nS: They ask you as to what they should spend. Say: Whatever wealth you\nspend, it is for the parents and the near of kin and the orphans and\nthe needy and the wayfarer, and whatever good you do, Allah surely\nknows it.\n\n002.216\nY: Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible\nthat ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing\nwhich is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.\n\nP: Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it\nmay happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may\nhappen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye\nknow not.\n\nS: Fighting is enjoined on you, and it is an object of dislike to you;\nand it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it\nmay be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and Allah knows,\nwhile you do not know.\n\n002.217\nY: They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say:\n\"Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of\nAllah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent\naccess to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members.\" Tumult and\noppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you\nuntil they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you\nturn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear\nno fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be companions of\nthe Fire and will abide therein.\n\nP: They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred\nmonth. Say: Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn\n(men) from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the\nInviolable Place of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a\ngreater sin with Allah; for persecution is worse than killing. And they\nwill not cease from fighting against you till they have made you\nrenegades from your religion, if they can. And whoso becometh a\nrenegade and dieth in his disbelief: such are they whose works have\nfallen both in the world and the Hereafter. Such are rightful owners of\nthe Fire: they will abide therein.\n\nS: They ask you concerning the sacred month about fighting in it. Say:\nFighting in it is a grave matter, and hindering (men) from Allah's way\nand denying Him, and (hindering men from) the Sacred Mosque and turning\nits people out of it, are still graver with Allah, and persecution is\ngraver than slaughter; and they will not cease fighting with you until\nthey turn you back from your religion, if they can; and whoever of you\nturns back from his religion, then he dies while an unbeliever-- these\nit is whose works shall go for nothing in this world and the hereafter,\nand they are the inmates of the fire; therein they shall abide.\n\n002.218\nY: Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and\nstrove and struggled) in the path of Allah,- they have the hope of the\nMercy of Allah: And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe, and those who emigrate (to escape the\npersecution) and strive in the way of Allah, these have hope of Allah's\nmercy. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Surely those who believed and those who fled (their home) and strove\nhard in the way of Allah these hope for the mercy of Allah and Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n002.219\nY: They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: \"In them is great\nsin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit.\"\nThey ask thee how much they are to spend; Say: \"What is beyond your\nneeds.\" Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs: In order that ye\nmay consider-\n\nP: They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say: In\nboth is great sin, and (some) utility for men; but the sin of them is\ngreater than their usefulness. And they ask thee what they ought to\nspend. Say: that which is superfluous. Thus Allah maketh plain to you\n(His) revelations, that haply ye may reflect.\n\nS: They ask you about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In both of\nthem there is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is\ngreater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should\nspend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the\ncommunications, that you may ponder,\n\n002.220\nY: (Their bearings) on this life and the Hereafter. They ask thee\nconcerning orphans. Say: \"The best thing to do is what is for their\ngood; if ye mix their affairs with yours, they are your brethren; but\nAllah knows the man who means mischief from the man who means good. And\nif Allah had wished, He could have put you into difficulties: He is\nindeed Exalted in Power, Wise.\"\n\nP: Upon the world and the Hereafter. And they question thee concerning\norphans. Say: To improve their lot is best. And if ye mingle your\naffairs with theirs, then (they are) your brothers. Allah knoweth him\nwho spoileth from him who improveth. Had Allah willed He could have\noverburdened you. Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: On this world and the hereafter. And they ask you concerning the\norphans Say: To set right for them (their affairs) is good, and if you\nbecome co-partners with them, they are your brethren; and Allah knows\nthe mischief-maker and the pacemaker, and if Allah had pleased, He\nwould certainly have caused you to fall into a difficulty; surely Allah\nis Mighty, Wise.\n\n002.221\nY: Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A\nslave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even\nthough she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until\nthey believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever,\neven though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the\nFire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and\nforgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may\ncelebrate His praise.\n\nP: Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman\nis better than an idolatress though she please you; and give not your\ndaughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe, for lo! a\nbelieving slave is better than an idolater though he please you. These\ninvite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto\nforgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to mankind\nthat haply they may remember.\n\nS: And do not marry the idolatresses until they believe, and certainly a\nbelieving maid is better than an idolatress woman, even though she\nshould please you; and do not give (believing women) in marriage to\nidolaters until they believe, and certainly a believing servant is\nbetter than an idolater, even though he should please you; these invite\nto the fire, and Allah invites to the garden and to forgiveness by His\nwill, and makes clear His communications to men, that they may be\nmindful.\n\n002.222\nY: They ask thee concerning women's courses. Say: They are a hurt and a\npollution: So keep away from women in their courses, and do not\napproach them until they are clean. But when they have purified\nthemselves, ye may approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained\nfor you by Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and\nHe loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.\n\nP: They question thee (O Muhammad) concerning menstruation. Say: It is\nan illness, so let women alone at such times and go not in unto them\ntill they are cleansed. And when they have purified themselves, then go\nin unto them as Allah hath enjoined upon you. Truly Allah loveth those\nwho turn unto Him, and loveth those who have a care for cleanness.\n\nS: And they ask you about menstruation. Say: It is a discomfort;\ntherefore keep aloof from the women during the menstrual discharge and\ndo not go near them until they have become clean; then when they have\ncleansed themselves, go in to them as Allah has commanded you; surely\nAllah loves those who turn much (to Him), and He loves those who purify\nthemselves.\n\n002.223\nY: Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or\nhow ye will; but do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear\nAllah. And know that ye are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give\n(these) good tidings to those who believe.\n\nP: Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as\nye will, and send (good deeds) before you for your souls, and fear\nAllah, and know that ye will (one day) meet Him. Give glad tidings to\nbelievers, (O Muhammad).\n\nS: Your wives are a tilth for you, so go into your tilth when you like,\nand do good beforehand for yourselves, and be careful (of your duty) to\nAllah, and know that you will meet Him, and give good news to the\nbelievers.\n\n002.224\nY: And make not Allah's (name) an excuse in your oaths against doing\ngood, or acting rightly, or making peace between persons; for Allah is\nOne Who heareth and knoweth all things.\n\nP: And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being\nrighteous and observing your duty unto Him and making peace among\nmankind. Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: And make not Allah because of your swearing (by Him) an obstacle to\nyour doing good and guarding (against evil) and making peace between\nmen, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n002.225\nY: Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths,\nbut for the intention in your hearts; and He is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nForbearing.\n\nP: Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in\nyour oaths. But He will take you to task for that which your hearts\nhave garnered. Allah is Forgiving, Clement.\n\nS: Allah does not call you to account for what is vain in your oaths,\nbut He will call you to account for what your hearts have earned, and\nAllah is Forgiving, Forbearing.\n\n002.226\nY: For those who take an oath for abstention from their wives, a waiting\nfor four months is ordained; if then they return, Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Those who forswear their wives must wait four months; then, if they\nchange their mind, lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Those who swear that they will not go in to their wives should wait\nfour months; so if they go back, then Allah is surely Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n002.227\nY: But if their intention is firm for divorce, Allah heareth and knoweth\nall things.\n\nP: And if they decide upon divorce (let them remember that) Allah is\nHearer, Knower.\n\nS: And if they have resolved on a divorce, then Allah is surely Hearing,\nKnowing.\n\n002.228\nY: Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly\nperiods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah Hath created in\ntheir wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day. And their\nhusbands have the better right to take them back in that period, if\nthey wish for reconciliation. And women shall have rights similar to\nthe rights against them, according to what is equitable; but men have a\ndegree (of advantage) over them. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\n\nP: Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three\n(monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should\nconceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are\nbelievers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better\nto take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And\nthey (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in\nkindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And the divorced women should keep themselves in waiting for three\ncourses; and it is not lawful for them that they should conceal what\nAllah has created in their wombs, if they believe in Allah and the last\nday; and their husbands have a better right to take them back in the\nmeanwhile if they wish for reconciliation; and they have rights similar\nto those against them in a just manner, and the men are a degree above\nthem, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n002.229\nY: A divorce is only permissible twice: after that, the parties should\neither hold Together on equitable terms, or separate with kindness. It\nis not lawful for you, (Men), to take back any of your gifts (from your\nwives), except when both parties fear that they would be unable to keep\nthe limits ordained by Allah. If ye (judges) do indeed fear that they\nwould be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah, there is no blame\non either of them if she give something for her freedom. These are the\nlimits ordained by Allah; so do not transgress them if any do\ntransgress the limits ordained by Allah, such persons wrong (Themselves\nas well as others).\n\nP: Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained\nin honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye\ntake from women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the\ncase) when both fear that they may not be able to keep within the\nlimits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they may not be able to\nkeep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them\nif the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah.\nTransgress them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: Divorce may be (pronounced) twice, then keep (them) in good\nfellowship or let (them) go with kindness; and it is not lawful for you\nto take any part of what you have given them, unless both fear that\nthey cannot keep within the limits of Allah; then if you fear that they\ncannot keep within the limits of Allah, there is no blame on them for\nwhat she gives up to become free thereby. These are the limits of\nAllah, so do not exceed them and whoever exceeds the limits of Allah\nthese it is that are the unjust.\n\n002.230\nY: So if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably), He cannot, after\nthat, re-marry her until after she has married another husband and He\nhas divorced her. In that case there is no blame on either of them if\nthey re-unite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits\nordained by Allah. Such are the limits ordained by Allah, which He\nmakes plain to those who understand.\n\nP: And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful\nunto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he\n(the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they\ncome together again if they consider that they are able to observe the\nlimits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for\npeople who have knowledge.\n\nS: So if he divorces her she shall not be lawful to him afterwards until\nshe marries another husband; then if he divorces her there is no blame\non them both if they return to each other (by marriage), if they think\nthat they can keep within the limits of Allah, and these are the limits\nof Allah which He makes clear for a people who know.\n\n002.231\nY: When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat),\neither take them back on equitable terms or set them free on equitable\nterms; but do not take them back to injure them, (or) to take undue\nadvantage; if any one does that; He wrongs his own soul. Do not treat\nAllah's Signs as a jest, but solemnly rehearse Allah's favours on you,\nand the fact that He sent down to you the Book and Wisdom, for your\ninstruction. And fear Allah, and know that Allah is well acquainted\nwith all things.\n\nP: When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then\nretain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to\ntheir hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath\nwronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock\n(by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which\nHe hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He\ndoth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is\nAware of all things.\n\nS: And when you divorce women and they reach their prescribed time, then\neither retain them in good fellowship or set them free with liberality,\nand do not retain them for injury, so that you exceed the limits, and\nwhoever does this, he indeed is unjust to his own soul; and do not take\nAllah's communications for a mockery, and remember the favor of Allah\nupon you, and that which He has revealed to you of the Book and the\nWisdom, admonishing you thereby; and be careful (of your duty to)\nAllah, and know that Allah is the Knower of all things.\n\n002.232\nY: When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat), do\nnot prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands, if they\nmutually agree on equitable terms. This instruction is for all amongst\nyou, who believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is (the course Making\nfor) most virtue and purity amongst you and Allah knows, and ye know\nnot.\n\nP: And when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not\ndifficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is\nagreed between them in kindness. This is an admonition for him among\nyou who believeth in Allah and the Last Day. That is more virtuous for\nyou, and cleaner. Allah knoweth; ye know not.\n\nS: And when you have divorced women and they have ended-- their term (of\nwaiting), then do not prevent them from marrying their husbands when\nthey agree among themselves in a lawful manner; with this is admonished\nhe among you who believes in Allah and the last day, this is more\nprofitable and purer for you; and Allah knows while you do not know.\n\n002.233\nY: The mothers shall give suck to their offspring for two whole years,\nif the father desires to complete the term. But he shall bear the cost\nof their food and clothing on equitable terms. No soul shall have a\nburden laid on it greater than it can bear. No mother shall be Treated\nunfairly on account of her child. Nor father on account of his child,\nan heir shall be chargeable in the same way. If they both decide on\nweaning, by mutual consent, and after due consultation, there is no\nblame on them. If ye decide on a foster-mother for your offspring,\nthere is no blame on you, provided ye pay (the mother) what ye offered,\non equitable terms. But fear Allah and know that Allah sees well what\nye do.\n\nP: Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is)\nfor those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and\nclothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the\nchild. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should\nnot be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the\nchild is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the\n(father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on\nthe father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and\n(after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give\nyour children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay\nwhat is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know\nthat Allah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: And the mothers should suckle their children for two whole years for\nhim who desires to make complete the time of suckling; and their\nmaintenance and their clothing must be-- borne by the father according\nto usage; no soul shall have imposed upon it a duty but to the extent\nof its capacity; neither shall a mother be made to suffer harm on\naccount of her child, nor a father on account of his child, and a\nsimilar duty (devolves) on the (father's) heir, but if both desire\nweaning by mutual consent and counsel, there is no blame on them, and\nif you wish to engage a wet-nurse for your children, there is no blame\non you so long as you pay what you promised for according to usage; and\nbe careful of (your duty to) Allah and know that Allah sees what you\ndo.\n\n002.234\nY: If any of you die and leave widows behind, they shall wait concerning\nthemselves four months and ten days: When they have fulfilled their\nterm, there is no blame on you if they dispose of themselves in a just\nand reasonable manner. And Allah is well acquainted with what ye do.\n\nP: Such of you as die and leave behind them wives, they (the wives)\nshall wait, keeping themselves apart, four months and ten days. And\nwhen they reach the term (prescribed for them) then there is no sin for\nyou in aught that they may do with themselves in decency. Allah is\ninformed of what ye do.\n\nS: And (as for) those of you who die and leave wives behind, they should\nkeep themselves in waiting for four months and ten days; then when they\nhave fully attained their term, there is no blame on you for what they\ndo for themselves in a lawful manner; and Allah is aware of what you\ndo.\n\n002.235\nY: There is no blame on you if ye make an offer of betrothal or hold it\nin your hearts. Allah knows that ye cherish them in your hearts: But do\nnot make a secret contract with them except in terms honourable, nor\nresolve on the tie of marriage till the term prescribed is fulfilled.\nAnd know that Allah Knoweth what is in your hearts, and take heed of\nHim; and know that Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.\n\nP: There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your\nminds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will\nremember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering\na recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until\n(the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your\nminds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.\n\nS: And there is no blame on you respecting that which you speak\nindirectly in the asking of (such) women in marriage or keep (the\nproposal) concealed within your minds; Allah knows that you will mention\nthem, but do not give them a promise in secret unless you speak in a\nlawful manner, and do not confirm the marriage tie until the writing is\nfulfilled, and know that Allah knows what is in your minds, therefore\nbeware of Him, and know that Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.\n\n002.236\nY: There is no blame on you if ye divorce women before consummation or\nthe fixation of their dower; but bestow on them (A suitable gift), the\nwealthy according to his means, and the poor according to his means;- A\ngift of a reasonable amount is due from those who wish to do the right\nthing.\n\nP: It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not\ntouched them, nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the\nrich according to his means, and the straitened according to his means,\na fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty for those who do good.\n\nS: There is no blame on you if you divorce women when you have not\ntouched them or appointed for them a portion, and make provision for\nthem, the wealthy according to his means and the straitened in\ncircumstances according to his means, a provision according to usage;\n(this is) a duty on the doers of good (to others).\n\n002.237\nY: And if ye divorce them before consummation, but after the fixation of\na dower for them, then the half of the dower (Is due to them), unless\nthey remit it or (the man's half) is remitted by him in whose hands is\nthe marriage tie; and the remission (of the man's half) is the nearest\nto righteousness. And do not forget Liberality between yourselves. For\nAllah sees well all that ye do.\n\nP: If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed\nunto them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed,\nunless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in\nwhose hand is the marriage tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget\nnot kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have\nappointed for them a portion, then (pay to them) half of what you have\nappointed, unless they relinquish or he should relinquish in whose hand\nis the marriage tie; and it is nearer to righteousness that you should\nrelinquish; and do not neglect the giving of free gifts between you;\nsurely Allah sees what you do.\n\n002.238\nY: Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers, especially the Middle Prayer;\nand stand before Allah in a devout (frame of mind).\n\nP: Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up\nwith devotion to Allah.\n\nS: Attend constantly to prayers and to the middle prayer and stand up\ntruly obedient to Allah.\n\n002.239\nY: If ye fear (an enemy), pray on foot, or riding, (as may be most\nconvenient), but when ye are in security, celebrate Allah's praises in\nthe manner He has taught you, which ye knew not (before).\n\nP: And if ye go in fear, then (pray) standing or on horseback. And when\nye are again in safety, remember Allah, as He hath taught you that\nwhich (heretofore) ye knew not.\n\nS: But if you are in danger, then (say your prayers) on foot or on\nhorseback; and when you are secure, then remember Allah, as. He has\ntaught you what you did not know.\n\n002.240\nY: Those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath for their\nwidows a year's maintenance and residence; but if they leave (The\nresidence), there is no blame on you for what they do with themselves,\nprovided it is reasonable. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\n\nP: (In the case of) those of you who are about to die and leave behind\nthem wives, they should bequeath unto their wives a provision for the\nyear without turning them out, but if they go out (of their own accord)\nthere is no sin for you in that which they do of themselves within\ntheir rights. Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And those of you who die and leave wives behind, (make) a bequest in\nfavor of their wives of maintenance for a year without turning (them)\nout, then if they themselves go away, there is no blame on you for what\nthey do of lawful deeds by themselves, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n002.241\nY: For divorced women Maintenance (should be provided) on a reasonable\n(scale). This is a duty on the righteous.\n\nP: For divorced women a provision in kindness: a duty for those who ward\noff (evil).\n\nS: And for the divorced women (too) provision (must be made) according\nto usage; (this is) a duty on those who guard (against evil).\n\n002.242\nY: Thus doth Allah Make clear His Signs to you: In order that ye may\nunderstand.\n\nP: Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations so that ye may\nunderstand.\n\nS: Allah thus makes clear to you His communications that you may\nunderstand.\n\n002.243\nY: Didst thou not Turn by vision to those who abandoned their homes,\nthough they were thousands (In number), for fear of death? Allah said\nto them: \"Die\": Then He restored them to life. For Allah is full of\nbounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.\n\nP: Bethink thee (O Muhammad) of those of old, who went forth from their\nhabitations in their thousands, fearing death, and Allah said unto\nthem: Die; and then He brought them back to life. Lo! Allah is a Lord\nof Kindness to mankind, but most of mankind give not thanks.\n\nS: Have you not considered those who went forth from their homes, for\nfear of death, and they were thousands, then Allah said to them, Die;\nagain He gave them life; most surely Allah is Gracious to people, but\nmost people are not grateful.\n\n002.244\nY: Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and\nknoweth all things.\n\nP: Fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: And fight in the way of Allah, and know that Allah is Hearing,\nKnowing.\n\n002.245\nY: Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will\ndouble unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah that giveth\n(you) Want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return.\n\nP: Who is it that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, so that He may\ngive it increase manifold? Allah straiteneth and enlargeth. Unto Him ye\nwill return.\n\nS: Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply\nit to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be\nreturned to Him.\n\n002.246\nY: Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of\nIsrael after (the time of) Moses? they said to a prophet (That was)\namong them: \"Appoint for us a king, that we May fight in the cause of\nAllah.\" He said: \"Is it not possible, if ye were commanded to fight,\nthat that ye will not fight?\" They said: \"How could we refuse to fight\nin the cause of Allah, seeing that we were turned out of our homes and\nour families?\" but when they were commanded to fight, they turned back,\nexcept a small band among them. But Allah Has full knowledge of those\nwho do wrong.\n\nP: Bethink thee of the leaders of the Children of Israel after Moses,\nhow they said unto a prophet whom they had: Set up for us a king and we\nwill fight in Allah's way. He said: Would ye then refrain from fighting\nif fighting were prescribed for you? They said: Why should we not fight\nin Allah's way when we have been driven from our dwellings with our\nchildren? Yet, when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away,\nall save a few of them. Allah is aware of evil-doers.\n\nS: Have you not considered the chiefs of the children of Israel after\nMusa, when they said to a prophet of theirs: Raise up for us a king,\n(that) we may fight in the way of Allah. He said: May it not be that\nyou would not fight if fighting is ordained for you? They said: And\nwhat reason have we that we should not fight in the way of Allah, and\nwe have indeed been compelled to abandon our homes and our children.\nBut when fighting was ordained for them, they turned back, except a few\nof them, and Allah knows the unjust.\n\n002.247\nY: Their Prophet said to them: \"Allah hath appointed Talut as king over\nyou.\" They said: \"How can he exercise authority over us when we are\nbetter fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted,\nwith wealth in abundance?\" He said: \"Allah hath Chosen him above you,\nand hath gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah\nGranteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. Allah careth for all, and\nHe knoweth all things.\"\n\nP: Their Prophet said unto them: Lo! Allah hath raised up Saul to be a\nking for you. They said: How can he have kingdom over us when we are\nmore deserving of the kingdom than he is, since he hath not been given\nwealth enough? He said: Lo! Allah hath chosen him above you, and hath\nincreased him abundantly in wisdom and stature. Allah bestoweth His\nSovereignty on whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: And their prophet said to them: Surely Allah has raised Talut to be a\nking over you. They said: How can he hold kingship over us while we\nhave a greater right to kingship than he, and he has not been granted\nan abundance of wealth? He said: Surely Allah has chosen him in\npreference to you, and He has increased him abundantly in knowledge and\nphysique, and Allah grants His kingdom to whom He pleases, and Allah is\nAmplegiving, Knowing.\n\n002.248\nY: And (further) their Prophet said to them: \"A Sign of his authority is\nthat there shall come to you the Ark of the covenant, with (an\nassurance) therein of security from your Lord, and the relics left by\nthe family of Moses and the family of Aaron, carried by angels. In this\nis a symbol for you if ye indeed have faith.\"\n\nP: And their Prophet said unto them: Lo! the token of his kingdom is\nthat there shall come unto you the ark wherein is peace of reassurance\nfrom your Lord, and a remnant of that which the house of Moses and the\nhouse of Aaron left behind, the angels bearing it. Lo! herein shall be\na token for you if (in truth) ye are believers.\n\nS: And the prophet said to them: Surely the sign of His kingdom is, that\nthere shall come to you the chest in which there is tranquillity from\nyour Lord and residue of the relics of what the children of Musa and\nthe children of Haroun have left, the angels bearing it; most surely\nthere is a sign in this for those who believe.\n\n002.249\nY: When Talut set forth with the armies, he said: \"Allah will test you\nat the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army:\nOnly those who taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand\nis excused.\" but they all drank of it, except a few. When they crossed\nthe river,- He and the faithful ones with him,- they said: \"This day We\ncannot cope with Goliath and his forces.\" but those who were convinced\nthat they must meet Allah, said: \"How oft, by Allah's will, Hath a\nsmall force vanquished a big one? Allah is with those who steadfastly\npersevere.\"\n\nP: And when Saul set out with the army, he said: Lo! Allah will try you\nby (the ordeal of) a river. Whosoever therefore drinketh thereof he is\nnot of me, and whosoever tasteth it not he is of me, save him who\ntaketh (thereof) in the hollow of his hand. But they drank thereof, all\nsave a few of them. And after he had crossed (the river), he and those\nwho believed with him, they said: We have no power this day against\nGoliath and his hosts. But those who knew that they would meet Allah\nexclaimed: How many a little company hath overcome a mighty host by\nAllah's leave! Allah is with the steadfast.\n\nS: So when Talut departed with the forces, he said: Surely Allah will\ntry you with a river; whoever then drinks from it, he is not of me, and\nwhoever does not taste of it, he is surely of me, except he who takes\nwith his hand as much of it as fills the hand; but with the exception\nof a few of them they drank from it. So when he had crossed it, he and\nthose who believed with him, they said: We have today no power against\nJalut and his forces. Those who were sure that they would meet their\nLord said: How often has a small party vanquished a numerous host by\nAllah's permission, and Allah is with the patient.\n\n002.250\nY: When they advanced to meet Goliath and his forces, they prayed:\n\"Our Lord! Pour out constancy on us and make our steps firm: Help us\nagainst those that reject faith.\"\n\nP: And when they went into the field against Goliath and his hosts they\nsaid: Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and\ngive us help against the disbelieving folk.\n\nS: And when they went out against Jalut and his forces they said: Our\nLord, pour down upon us patience, and make our steps firm and assist us\nagainst the unbelieving people.\n\n002.251\nY: By Allah's will they routed them; and David slew Goliath; and Allah\ngave him power and wisdom and taught him whatever (else) He willed. And\ndid not Allah Check one set of people by means of another, the earth\nwould indeed be full of mischief: But Allah is full of bounty to all\nthe worlds.\n\nP: So they routed them by Allah's leave and David slew Goliath; and\nAllah gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of that which He\nwilleth. And if Allah had not repelled some men by others the earth\nwould have been corrupted. But Allah is a Lord of Kindness to (His)\ncreatures.\n\nS: So they put them to flight by Allah's permission. And Dawood slew\nJalut, and Allah gave him kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of what He\npleased. And were it not for Allah's repelling some men with others,\nthe earth would certainly be in a state of disorder; but Allah is\nGracious to the creatures.\n\n002.252\nY: These are the Signs of Allah: we rehearse them to thee in truth:\nverily Thou art one of the messengers.\n\nP: These are the portents of Allah which We recite unto thee (Muhammad)\nwith truth, and lo! thou art of the number of (Our) messengers;\n\nS: These are the communications of Allah: We recite them to you with\ntruth; and most surely you are (one) of the messengers.\n\n002.253\nY: Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of\nthem Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the\nson of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy\nspirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have\nfought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they\n(chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had\nso willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth\nHis plan.\n\nP: Of those messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, and\nof whom there are some unto whom Allah spake, while some of them He\nexalted (above others) in degree; and We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear\nproofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) and We supported him with the holy\nSpirit. And if Allah had so wiled it, those who followed after them\nwould not have fought one with another after the clear proofs had come\nunto them. But they differed, some of them believing and some\ndisbelieving. And if Allah had so willed it, they would not have fought\none with another; but Allah doeth what He will.\n\nS: We have made some of these messengers to excel the others among them\nare they to whom Allah spoke, and some of them He exalted by (many\ndegrees of) rank; and We gave clear miracles to Isa son of Marium, and\nstrengthened him with the holy spirit. And if Allah had pleased, those\nafter them would not have fought one with another after clear arguments\nhad come to them, but they disagreed; so there were some of them who\nbelieved and others who denied; and if Allah had pleased they would not\nhave fought one with another, but Allah brings about what He intends.\n\n002.254\nY: O ye who believe! Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for\nyou, before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor\nfriendship nor intercession. Those who reject Faith they are the\nwrong-doers.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Spend of that wherewith We have provided you ere a\nday come when there will be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor\nintercession. The disbelievers, they are the wrong-doers.\n\nS: O you who believe! spend out of what We have given you before the day\ncomes in which there is no bargaining, neither any friendship nor\nintercession, and the unbelievers-- they are the unjust.\n\n002.255\nY: Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting,\nEternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the\nheavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except\nas He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as)\nbefore or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His\nknowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens\nand the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving\nthem for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).\n\nP: Allah! There is no deity save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither\nslumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in\nthe heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth\nwith Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them\nand that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His\nknowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the\nearth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the\nTremendous.\n\nS: Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the\nSelf-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor\nsleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His;\nwho is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows\nwhat is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend\nanything out of His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge\nextends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them\nboth tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.\n\n002.256\nY: Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from\nError: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most\ntrustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth\nall things.\n\nP: There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth\ndistinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth\nin Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is\nHearer, Knower.\n\nS: There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become\nclearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the\nShaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest\nhandle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n002.257\nY: Allah is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of\ndarkness He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith\nthe patrons are the evil ones: from light they will lead them forth\ninto the depths of darkness. They will be companions of the fire, to\ndwell therein (For ever).\n\nP: Allah is the Protecting Guardian of those who believe. He bringeth\nthem out of darkness into light. As for those who disbelieve, their\npatrons are false deities. They bring them out of light into darkness.\nSuch are rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein.\n\nS: Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the\ndarkness into the light; and (as to) those who disbelieve, their\nguardians are Shaitans who take them out of the light into the\ndarkness; they are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide.\n\n002.258\nY: Hast thou not Turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham\nAbout his Lord, because Allah had granted him power? Abraham said: \"My\nLord is He Who giveth life and death.\" He said: \"I give life and\ndeath\". Said Abraham: \"But it is Allah that causeth the sun to rise\nfrom the east: Do thou then cause him to rise from the West.\" Thus was\nhe confounded who (in arrogance) rejected faith. Nor doth Allah Give\nguidance to a people unjust.\n\nP: Bethink thee of him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord,\nbecause Allah had given him the kingdom; how, when Abraham said: My\nLord is He Who giveth life and causeth death, he answered: I give life\nand cause death. Abraham said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the\nEast, so do thou cause it to come up from the West. Thus was the\ndisbeliever abashed. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: Have you not considered him (Namrud) who disputed with Ibrahim about\nhis Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom? When Ibrahim said:\nMy Lord is He who gives life and causes to die, he said: I give life\nand cause death. Ibrahim said: So surely Allah causes the sun to rise\nfrom the east, then make it rise from the west; thus he who disbelieved\nwas confounded; and Allah does not guide aright the unjust people.\n\n002.259\nY: Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins\nto its roofs. He said: \"Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life,\nafter (this) its death?\" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred\nyears, then raised him up (again). He said: \"How long didst thou tarry\n(thus)?\" He said: \"(Perhaps) a day or part of a day.\" He said: \"Nay,\nthou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy\ndrink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We\nmay make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how\nWe bring them together and clothe them with flesh.\" When this was shown\nclearly to him, he said: \"I know that Allah hath power over all\nthings.\"\n\nP: Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which\nhad fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this\ntownship life after its death? And Allah made him die a hundred years,\nthen brought him back to life. He said: How long hast thou tarried?\n(The man) said: I have tarried a day or part of a day. (He) said: Nay,\nbut thou hast tarried for a hundred years. Just look at thy food and\ndrink which have not rotted! Look at thine ass! And, that We may make\nthee a token unto mankind, look at the bones, how We adjust them and\nthen cover them with flesh! And when (the matter) became clear unto\nhim, he said: I know now that Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Or the like of him (Uzair) who passed by a town, and it had fallen\ndown upon its roofs; he said: When will Allah give it life after its\ndeath? So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him\nto life. He said: How long have you tarried? He said: I have tarried a\nday, or a part of a day. Said He: Nay! you have tarried a hundred\nyears; then look at your food and drink-- years have not passed over\nit; and look at your ass; and that We may make you a sign to men, and\nlook at the bones, how We set them together, then clothed them with\nflesh; so when it became clear to him, he said: I know that Allah has\npower over all things.\n\n002.260\nY: When Abraham said: \"Show me, Lord, how You will raise the dead,\" He\nreplied: \"Have you no faith?\" He said \"Yes, but just to reassure my\nheart.\" Allah said, \"Take four birds, draw them to you, and cut their\nbodies to pieces. Scatter them over the mountain-tops, then call them\nback. They will come swiftly to you. Know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.\"\n\nP: And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou\ngivest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe? Abraham said:\nYea, but (I ask) in order that my heart may be at ease. (His Lord)\nsaid: Take four of the birds and cause them to incline unto thee, then\nplace a part of them on each hill, then call them, they will come to\nthee in haste, and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And when Ibrahim said: My Lord! show me how Thou givest life to the\ndead, He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my\nheart may be at ease. He said: Then take four of the birds, then train\nthem to follow you, then place on every mountain a part of them, then\ncall them, they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty,\nWise.\n\n002.261\nY: The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah is\nthat of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears, and each ear Hath a\nhundred grains. Allah giveth manifold increase to whom He pleaseth: And\nAllah careth for all and He knoweth all things.\n\nP: The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah's way is as the\nlikeness of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred\ngrains. Allah giveth increase manifold to whom He will. Allah is\nAll-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: The parable of those who spend their property in the way of Allah is\nas the parable of a grain growing seven ears (with) a hundred grains in\nevery ear; and Allah multiplies for whom He pleases; and Allah is\nAmple-giving, Knowing.\n\n002.262\nY: Those who spend their substance in the cause of Allah, and follow not\nup their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury,-for\nthem their reward is with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor\nshall they grieve.\n\nP: Those who spend their wealth for the cause of Allah and afterward\nmake not reproach and injury to follow that which they have spent;\ntheir reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon\nthem, neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: (As for) those who spend their property in the way of Allah, then do\nnot follow up what they have spent with reproach or injury, they shall\nhave their reward from their Lord, and they shall have no fear nor\nshall they grieve.\n\n002.263\nY: Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity\nfollowed by injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is\nMost-Forbearing.\n\nP: A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by\ninjury. Allah is Absolute, Clement.\n\nS: Kind speech and forgiveness is better than charity followed by\ninjury; and Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing.\n\n002.264\nY: O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your\ngenerosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be\nseen of men, but believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They are\nin parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil: on it\nfalls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They will be\nable to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah guideth not\nthose who reject faith.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Render not vain your almsgiving by reproach and\ninjury, like him who spendeth his wealth only to be seen of men and\nbelieveth not in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is as the\nlikeness of a rock whereon is dust of earth; a rainstorm smiteth it,\nleaving it smooth and bare. They have no control of aught of that which\nthey have gained. Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not make your charity worthless by reproach and\ninjury, like him who spends his property to be seen of men and does not\nbelieve in Allah and the last day; so his parable is as the parable of\na smooth rock with earth upon it, then a heavy rain falls upon it, so\nit leaves it bare; they shall not be able to gain anything of what they\nhave earned; and Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.\n\n002.265\nY: And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to\nplease Allah and to strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high and\nfertile: heavy rain falls on it but makes it yield a double increase of\nharvest, and if it receives not Heavy rain, light moisture sufficeth\nit. Allah seeth well whatever ye do.\n\nP: And the likeness of those who spend their wealth in search of Allah's\npleasure, and for the strengthening of their souls, is as the likeness\nof a garden on a height. The rainstorm smiteth it and it bringeth forth\nits fruit twofold. And if the rainstorm smite it not, then the shower.\nAllah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: And the parable of those who spend their property to seek the\npleasure of Allah and for the certainty 'of their souls is as the\nparable of a garden on an elevated ground, upon which heavy rain falls\nso it brings forth its fruit twofold but if heavy rain does not fall\nupon it, then light rain (is sufficient); and Allah sees what you do.\n\n002.266\nY: Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with date-palms and\nvines and streams flowing underneath, and all kinds of fruit, while he\nis stricken with old age, and his children are not strong (enough to\nlook after themselves)- that it should be caught in a whirlwind, with\nfire therein, and be burnt up? Thus doth Allah make clear to you (His)\nSigns; that ye may consider.\n\nP: Would any of you like to have a garden of palm-trees and vines, with\nrivers flowing underneath it, with all kinds of fruit for him therein;\nand old age hath stricken him and he hath feeble offspring; and a fiery\nwhirlwind striketh it and it is (all) consumed by fire. Thus Allah\nmaketh plain His revelations unto you, in order that ye may give\nthought.\n\nS: Does one of you like that he should have a garden of palms and vines\nwith streams flowing beneath it; he has in it all kinds of fruits; and\nold age has overtaken him and he has weak offspring, when, (lo!) a\nwhirlwind with fire in it smites it so it becomes blasted; thus Allah\nmakes the communications clear to you, that you may reflect.\n\n002.267\nY: O ye who believe! Give of the good things which ye have (honourably)\nearned, and of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you,\nand do not even aim at getting anything which is bad, in order that out\nof it ye may give away something, when ye yourselves would not receive\nit except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of all wants,\nand worthy of all praise.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Spend of the good things which ye have earned, and\nof that which We bring forth from the earth for you, and seek not the\nbad (with intent) to spend thereof (in charity) when ye would not take\nit for yourselves save with disdain; and know that Allah is Absolute,\nOwner of Praise.\n\nS: O you who believe! spend (benevolently) of the good things that you\nearn and or what We have brought forth for you out of the earth, and do\nnot aim at what is bad that you may spend (in alms) of it, while you\nwould not take it yourselves unless you have its price lowered, and\nknow that Allah is Self-sufficient, Praiseworthy.\n\n002.268\nY: The Evil one threatens you with poverty and bids you to conduct\nunseemly. Allah promiseth you His forgiveness and bounties. And Allah\ncareth for all and He knoweth all things.\n\nP: The devil promiseth you destitution and enjoineth on you lewdness.\nBut Allah promiseth you forgiveness from Himself with bounty. Allah is\nAll-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: Shaitan threatens you with poverty and enjoins you to be niggardly,\nand Allah promises you forgiveness from Himself and abundance; and\nAllah is Ample-giving, Knowing.\n\n002.269\nY: He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to whom wisdom is\ngranted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the\nMessage but men of understanding.\n\nP: He giveth wisdom unto whom He will, and he unto whom wisdom is given,\nhe truly hath received abundant good. But none remember except men of\nunderstanding.\n\nS: He grants wisdom to whom He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom,\nhe indeed is given a great good and none but men of understanding mind.\n\n002.270\nY: And whatever ye spend in charity or devotion, be sure Allah knows it\nall. But the wrong-doers have no helpers.\n\nP: Whatever alms ye spend or vow ye vow, lo! Allah knoweth it.\nWrong-doers have no helpers.\n\nS: And whatever alms you give or (whatever) vow you vow, surely Allah\nknows it; and the unjust shall have no helpers.\n\n002.271\nY: If ye disclose (acts of) charity, even so it is well, but if ye\nconceal them, and make them reach those (really) in need, that is best\nfor you: It will remove from you some of your (stains of) evil. And\nAllah is well acquainted with what ye do.\n\nP: If ye publish your almsgiving, it is well, but if ye hide it and give\nit to the poor, it will be better for you, and will atone for some of\nyour ill-deeds. Allah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: If you give alms openly, it is well, and if you hide it and give it\nto the poor, it is better for you; and this will do away with some of\nyour evil deeds; and Allah is aware of what you do.\n\n002.272\nY: It is not required of thee (O Messenger), to set them on the right\npath, but Allah sets on the right path whom He pleaseth. Whatever of\ngood ye give benefits your own souls, and ye shall only do so seeking\nthe \"Face\" of Allah. Whatever good ye give, shall be rendered back to\nyou, and ye shall not Be dealt with unjustly.\n\nP: The guiding of them is not thy duty (O Muhammad), but Allah guideth\nwhom He will. And whatsoever good thing ye spend, it is for yourselves,\nwhen ye spend not save in search of Allah's Countenance; and whatsoever\ngood thing ye spend, it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not\nbe wronged.\n\nS: To make them walk in the right way is not incumbent on you, but Allah\nguides aright whom He pleases; and whatever good thing you spend, it is\nto your own good; and you do not spend but to seek Allah's pleasure;\nand whatever good things you spend shall be paid back to you in full,\nand you shall not be wronged.\n\n002.273\nY: (Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah's cause are restricted\n(from travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or\nwork): the ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are\nfree from want. Thou shalt know them by their (Unfailing) mark: They\nbeg not importunately from all the sundry. And whatever of good ye\ngive, be assured Allah knoweth it well.\n\nP: (Alms are) for the poor who are straitened for the cause of Allah,\nwho cannot travel in the land (for trade). The unthinking man\naccounteth them wealthy because of their restraint. Thou shalt know\nthem by their mark: They do not beg of men with importunity. And\nwhatsoever good thing ye spend, lo! Allah knoweth it.\n\nS: (Alms are) for the poor who are confined in the way of Allah-- they\ncannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on\naccount of (their) abstaining (from begging); you can recognise them by\ntheir mark; they do not beg from men importunately; and whatever good\nthing you spend, surely Allah knows it.\n\n002.274\nY: Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by day, in\nsecret and in public, have their reward with their Lord: on them shall\nbe no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: Those who spend their wealth by night and day, by stealth and openly,\nverily their reward is with their Lord, and their shall no fear come\nupon them neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: (As for) those who spend their property by night and by day, secretly\nand openly, they shall have their reward from their Lord and they shall\nhave no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\n002.275\nY: Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the\nEvil one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say:\n\"Trade is like usury,\" but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden\nusury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist,\nshall be pardoned for the past; their case is for Allah (to judge); but\nthose who repeat (The offence) are companions of the Fire: They will\nabide therein (for ever).\n\nP: Those who swallow usury cannot rise up save as he ariseth whom the\ndevil hath prostrated by (his) touch. That is because they say: Trade\nis just like usury; whereas Allah permitteth trading and forbiddeth\nusury. He unto whom an admonition from his Lord cometh, and (he)\nrefraineth (in obedience thereto), he shall keep (the profits of) that\nwhich is past, and his affair (henceforth) is with Allah. As for him\nwho returneth (to usury) - Such are rightful owners of the Fire. They\nwill abide therein.\n\nS: Those who swallow down usury cannot arise except as one whom Shaitan\nhas prostrated by (his) touch does rise. That is because they say,\ntrading is only like usury; and Allah has allowed trading and forbidden\nusury. To whomsoever then the admonition has come from his Lord, then\nhe desists, he shall have what has already passed, and his affair is in\nthe hands of Allah; and whoever returns (to it)-- these arc the inmates\nof the fire; they shall abide in it.\n\n002.276\nY: Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for\ndeeds of charity: For He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked.\n\nP: Allah hath blighted usury and made almsgiving fruitful. Allah loveth\nnot the impious and guilty.\n\nS: Allah does not bless usury, and He causes charitable deeds to\nprosper, and Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner.\n\n002.277\nY: Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish\nregular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their\nLord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works and establish worship and pay\nthe poor-due, their reward is with their Lord and there shall no fear\ncome upon them neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: Surely they who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer and pay\nthe poor-rate they shall have their reward from their Lord, and they\nshall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\n002.278\nY: O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and give up what remains of your demand\nfor usury, if ye are indeed believers.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and give up what\nremaineth (due to you) from usury, if ye are (in truth) believers.\n\nS: O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and relinquish\nwhat remains (due) from usury, if you are believers.\n\n002.279\nY: If ye do it not, Take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger: But\nif ye turn back, ye shall have your capital sums: Deal not unjustly,\nand ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.\n\nP: And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and\nHis messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without\ninterest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.\n\nS: But if you do (it) not, then be apprised of war from Allah and His\nMessenger; and if you repent, then you shall have your capital; neither\nshall you make (the debtor) suffer loss, nor shall you be made to\nsuffer loss.\n\n002.280\nY: If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time Till it is easy for\nhim to repay. But if ye remit it by way of charity, that is best for\nyou if ye only knew.\n\nP: And if the debtor is in straitened circumstances, then (let there be)\npostponement to (the time of) ease; and that ye remit the debt as\nalmsgiving would be better for you if ye did but know.\n\nS: And if (the debtor) is in straitness, then let there be postponement\nuntil (he is in) ease; and that you remit (it) as alms is better for\nyou, if you knew.\n\n002.281\nY: And fear the Day when ye shall be brought back to Allah. Then shall\nevery soul be paid what it earned, and none shall be dealt with\nunjustly.\n\nP: And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back\nto Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath\nearned, and they will not be wronged.\n\nS: And guard yourselves against a day in which you shall be returned to\nAllah; then every soul shall be paid back in full what it has earned,\nand they shall not be dealt with unjustly.\n\n002.282\nY: O ye who believe! When ye deal with each other, in transactions\ninvolving future obligations in a fixed period of time, reduce them to\nwriting Let a scribe write down faithfully as between the parties: let\nnot the scribe refuse to write: as Allah has taught him, so let him\nwrite. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, but let him fear His\nLord Allah, and not diminish aught of what he owes. If they party\nliable is mentally deficient, or weak, or unable Himself to dictate,\nLet his guardian dictate faithfully, and get two witnesses, out of your\nown men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such\nas ye choose, for witnesses, so that if one of them errs, the other can\nremind her. The witnesses should not refuse when they are called on\n(For evidence). Disdain not to reduce to writing (your contract) for a\nfuture period, whether it be small or big: it is juster in the sight of\nAllah, More suitable as evidence, and more convenient to prevent doubts\namong yourselves but if it be a transaction which ye carry out on the\nspot among yourselves, there is no blame on you if ye reduce it not to\nwriting. But take witness whenever ye make a commercial contract; and\nlet neither scribe nor witness suffer harm. If ye do (such harm), it\nwould be wickedness in you. So fear Allah; For it is Good that teaches\nyou. And Allah is well acquainted with all things. If ye are on a\njourney, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with possession (may serve\nthe purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing on trust with another,\nlet the trustee (faithfully) discharge his trust, and let him Fear his\nLord conceal not evidence; for whoever conceals it, - his heart is\ntainted with sin. And Allah knoweth all that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye contract a debt for a fixed term, record it\nin writing. Let a scribe record it in writing between you in (terms of)\nequity. No scribe should refuse to write as Allah hath taught him, so\nlet him write, and let him who incurreth the debt dictate, and let him\nobserve his duty to Allah his Lord, and diminish naught thereof. But if\nhe who oweth the debt is of low understanding, or weak, or unable\nhimself to dictate, then let the guardian of his interests dictate in\n(terms of) equity. And call to witness, from among your men, two\nwitnesses. And if two men be not (at hand) then a man and two women, of\nsuch as ye approve as witnesses, so that if the one erreth (through\nforgetfulness) the other will remember. And the witnesses must not\nrefuse when they are summoned. Be not averse to writing down (the\ncontract) whether it be small or great, with (record of) the term\nthereof. That is more equitable in the sight of Allah and more sure for\ntestimony, and the best way of avoiding doubt between you; save only in\nthe case when it is actual merchandise which ye transfer among\nyourselves from hand to hand. In that case it is no sin for you if ye\nwrite it not. And have witnesses when ye sell one to another, and let\nno harm be done to scribe or witness. If ye do (harm to them) lo! it is\na sin in you. Observe your duty to Allah. Allah is teaching you. And\nAllah is knower of all things.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you deal with each other in contracting a\ndebt for a fixed time, then write it down; and let a scribe write it\ndown between you with fairness; and the scribe should not refuse to\nwrite as Allah has taught him, so he should write; and let him who owes\nthe debt dictate, and he should be careful of (his duty to) Allah, his\nLord, and not diminish anything from it; but if he who owes the debt is\nunsound in understanding, or weak, or (if) he is not able to dictate\nhimself, let his guardian dictate with fairness; and call in to witness\nfrom among your men two witnesses; but if there are not two men, then\none man and two women from among those whom you choose to be witnesses,\nso that if one of the two errs, the second of the two may remind the\nother; and the witnesses should not refuse when they are summoned; and\nbe not averse to writing it (whether it is) small or large, with the\ntime of its falling due; this is more equitable in the sight of Allah\nand assures greater accuracy in testimony, and the nearest (way) that\nyou may not entertain doubts (afterwards), except when it is ready\nmerchandise which you give and take among yourselves from hand to hand,\nthen there is no blame on you in not writing it down; and have\nwitnesses when you barter with one another, and let no harm be done to\nthe scribe or to the witness; and if you do (it) then surely it will be\na transgression in you, and be careful of (your duty) to Allah, Allah\nteaches you, and Allah knows all things.\n\n002.283\nY: If ye are on a journey, and cannot find a scribe, a pledge with\npossession (may serve the purpose). And if one of you deposits a thing\non trust with another, Let the trustee (Faithfully) discharge His\ntrust, and let him fear his Lord. Conceal not evidence; for whoever\nconceals it,- His heart is tainted with sin. And Allah Knoweth all that\nye do.\n\nP: If ye be on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a pledge in hand\n(shall suffice). And if one of you entrusteth to another let him who is\ntrusted deliver up that which is entrusted to him (according to the\npact between them) and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord. Hide\nnot testimony. He who hideth it, verily his heart is sinful. Allah is\nAware of what ye do.\n\nS: And if you are upon a journey and you do not find a scribe, then\n(there may be) a security taken into possession; but if one of you\ntrusts another, then he who is trusted should deliver his trust, and\nlet him be careful (of his duty to) Allah, his Lord; and do not conceal\ntestimony, and whoever conceals it, his heart is surely sinful; and\nAllah knows what you do.\n\n002.284\nY: To Allah belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. Whether\nye show what is in your minds or conceal it, Allah Calleth you to\naccount for it. He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and punisheth whom He\npleaseth, for Allah hath power over all things.\n\nP: Unto Allah (belongeth) whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is\nin the earth; and whether ye make known what is in your minds or hide\nit, Allah will bring you to account for it. He will forgive whom He\nwill and He will punish whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's;\nand whether you manifest what is in your minds or hide it, Allah will\ncall you to account according to it; then He will forgive whom He\npleases and chastise whom He pleases, and Allah has power over all\nthings.\n\n002.285\nY: The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his\nLord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah,\nHis angels, His books, and His messengers. \"We make no distinction\n(they say) between one and another of His messengers.\" And they say:\n\"We hear, and we obey: (We seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee\nis the end of all journeys.\"\n\nP: The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him\nfrom his Lord and (so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and\nHis angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no\ndistinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and\nwe obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the\njourneying.\n\nS: The messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his\nLord, and (so do) the believers; they all believe in Allah and His\nangels and His books and His messengers; We make no difference between\nany of His messengers; and they say: We hear and obey, our Lord! Thy\nforgiveness (do we crave), and to Thee is the eventual course.\n\n002.286\nY: On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It\ngets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns.\n(Pray:) \"Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our\nLord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those\nbefore us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have\nstrength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have\nmercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand\nagainst faith.\"\n\nP: Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that\nwhich it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath\ndeserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our\nLord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us!\nOur Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear!\nPardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and\ngive us victory over the disbelieving folk.\n\nS: Allah does not impose upon any soul a duty but to the extent of its\nability; for it is (the benefit of) what it has earned and upon it (the\nevil of) what it has wrought: Our Lord! do not punish us if we forget\nor make a mistake; Our Lord! do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst\nlay on those before us, Our Lord do not impose upon us that which we\nhave not the strength to bear; and pardon us and grant us protection\nand have mercy on us, Thou art our Patron, so help us against the\nunbelieving people.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 3:\n\n           AL-E-IMRAN (THE FAMILY OF 'IMRAN, THE HOUSE OF 'IMRAN)\n Total Verses: 200 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n003.001\nY: A. L. M.\n\nP: Alim. Lam. Mim.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim.\n\n003.002\nY: Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-Subsisting,\nEternal.\n\nP: Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal.\n\nS: Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting\nby Whom all things subsist.\n\n003.003\nY: It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book,\nconfirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and\nthe Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent\ndown the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).\n\nP: He hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture with truth,\nconfirming that which was (revealed) before it, even as He revealed the\nTorah and the Gospel.\n\nS: He has revealed to you the Book with truth, verifying that which is\nbefore it, and He revealed the Tavrat and the Injeel aforetime, a\nguidance for the people, and He sent the Furqan.\n\n003.004\nY: Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of Allah will suffer the\nseverest penalty, and Allah is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.\n\nP: Aforetime, for a guidance to mankind; and hath revealed the Criterion\n(of right and wrong). Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of\nAllah, theirs will be a heavy doom. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite\n(the wrong).\n\nS: Surely they who disbelieve in the communications of Allah they shall\nhave a severe chastisement; and Allah is Mighty, the Lord of\nretribution.\n\n003.005\nY: From Allah, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.\n\nP: Lo! nothing in the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah.\n\nS: Allah-- surely nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the\nheaven.\n\n003.006\nY: He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god\nbut He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\n\nP: He it is Who fashioneth you in the wombs as pleaseth Him. There is no\nAllah save Him, the Almighty, the Wise.\n\nS: He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He likes; there is no god but\nHe, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n003.007\nY: He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic\nor fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the\nBook: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity\nfollow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and\nsearching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings\nexcept Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: \"We\nbelieve in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:\" and none will\ngrasp the Message except men of understanding.\n\nP: He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein\nare clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others\n(which are) allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue,\nforsooth, that which is allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by\nseeking to explain it. None knoweth its explanation save Allah. And\nthose who are of sound instruction say: We believe therein; the whole\nis from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.\n\nS: He it is Who has revealed the Book to you; some of its verses are\ndecisive, they are the basis of the Book, and others are allegorical;\nthen as for those in whose hearts there is perversity they follow the\npart of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead and seeking to give\nit (their own) interpretation, but none knows its interpretation except\nAllah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge say: We believe in\nit, it is all from our Lord; and none do mind except those having\nunderstanding.\n\n003.008\nY: \"Our Lord!\" (they say), \"Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou\nhast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou\nart the Grantor of bounties without measure.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Cause not our hearts to stray after Thou hast guided us,\nand bestow upon us mercy from Thy Presence. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art\nthe Bestower.\n\nS: Our Lord! make not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us\naright, and grant us from Thee mercy; surely Thou art the most liberal\nGiver.\n\n003.009\nY: \"Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind Together against a\nday about which there is no doubt; for Allah never fails in His\npromise.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Lo! it is Thou Who gatherest mankind together to a Day of\nwhich there is no doubt. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.\n\nS: Our Lord! surely Thou art the Gatherer of men on a day about which\nthere is no doubt; surely Allah will not fail (His) promise.\n\n003.010\nY: Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their\n(numerous) progeny will avail them aught against Allah: They are\nthemselves but fuel for the Fire.\n\nP: (On that Day) neither the riches nor the progeny of those who\ndisbelieve will aught avail them with Allah. They will be fuel for\nFire.\n\nS: (As for) those who disbelieve, surely neither their wealth nor their\nchildren shall avail them in the least against Allah, and these it is\nwho are the fuel of the fire.\n\n003.011\nY: (Their plight will be) no better than that of the people of Pharaoh,\nand their predecessors: They denied our Signs, and Allah called them to\naccount for their sins. For Allah is strict in punishment.\n\nP: Like Pharaoh's folk and those who were before them, they disbelieved\nOur revelations and so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is\nsevere in punishment.\n\nS: Like the striving of the people of Firon and those before them; they\nrejected Our communications, so Allah destroyed them on account of\ntheir faults; and Allah is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n003.012\nY: Say to those who reject Faith: \"Soon will ye be vanquished and\ngathered together to Hell,-an evil bed indeed (to lie on)!\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad) unto those who disbelieve: Ye shall be overcome and\ngathered unto Hell, an evil resting-place.\n\nS: Say to those who disbelieve: You shall be vanquished, and driven\ntogether to hell; and evil is the resting-place.\n\n003.013\nY: \"There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in\ncombat): One was fighting in the cause of Allah, the other resisting\nAllah; these saw with their own eyes Twice their number. But Allah doth\nsupport with His aid whom He pleaseth. In this is a warning for such as\nhave eyes to see.\"\n\nP: There was a token for you in two hosts which met: one army fighting\nin the way of Allah, and another disbelieving, whom they saw as twice\ntheir number, clearly, with their very eyes. Thus Allah strengtheneth\nwith His succour whom He will. Lo! herein verily is a lesson for those\nwho have eyes.\n\nS: Indeed there was a sign for you in the two hosts (which) met together\nin encounter; one party fighting in the way of Allah and the other\nunbelieving, whom they saw twice as many as themselves with the sight\nof the eye and Allah strengthens with His aid whom He pleases; most\nsurely there is a lesson in this for those who have sight.\n\n003.014\nY: Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and\nsons; Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood\nand excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are\nthe possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Allah is the\nbest of the goals (To return to).\n\nP: Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and\noffspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded\n(with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of\nthe world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode.\n\nS: The love of desires, of women and sons and hoarded treasures of gold\nand silver and well bred horses and cattle and tilth, is made to seem\nfair to men; this is the provision of the life of this world; and Allah\nis He with Whom is the good goal (of life).\n\n003.015\nY: Say: Shall I give you glad tidings of things Far better than those?\nFor the righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rivers\nflowing beneath; therein is their eternal home; with companions pure\n(and holy); and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight are\n(all) His servants,-\n\nP: Say: Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who\nkeep from evil, with their Lord, are Gardens underneath which rivers\nflow wherein they will abide, and pure companions, and contentment from\nAllah. Allah is Seer of His bondmen,\n\nS: Say: Shall I tell you what is better than these? For those who guard\n(against evil) are gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow,\nto abide in them, and pure mates and Allah's pleasure; and Allah sees\nthe servants.\n\n003.016\nY: (Namely), those who say: \"Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive\nus, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire;\"-\n\nP: Those who say: Our Lord! Lo! we believe. So forgive us our sins and\nguard us from the punishment of Fire;\n\nS: Those who say: Our Lord! surely we believe, therefore forgive us our\nfaults and save us from the chastisement of the fire.\n\n003.017\nY: Those who show patience, Firmness and self-control; who are true (in\nword and deed); who worship devoutly; who spend (in the way of Allah);\nand who pray for forgiveness in the early hours of the morning.\n\nP: The steadfast, and the truthful, and the obedient, those who spend\n(and hoard not), those who pray for pardon in the watches of the night.\n\nS: The patient, and the truthful, and the obedient, and those who spend\n(benevolently) and those who ask forgiveness in the morning times.\n\n003.018\nY: There is no god but He: That is the witness of Allah, His angels, and\nthose endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no god\nbut He, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.\n\nP: Allah (Himself) is Witness that there is no God save Him. And the\nangels and the men of learning (too are witness). Maintaining His\ncreation in justice, there is no God save Him the Almighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the\nangels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His creation with\njustice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n003.019\nY: The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did\nthe People of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy of each\nother, after knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of\nAllah, Allah is swift in calling to account.\n\nP: Lo! religion with Allah (is) the Surrender (to His Will and\nGuidance). Those who (formerly) received the Scripture differed only\nafter knowledge came unto them, through transgression among themselves.\nWhoso disbelieveth the revelations of Allah (will find that) lo! Allah\nis swift at reckoning.\n\nS: Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam, and those to whom the\nBook had been given did not show opposition but after knowledge had\ncome to them, out of envy among themselves; and whoever disbelieves in\nthe communications of Allah then surely Allah is quick in reckoning.\n\n003.020\nY: So if they dispute with thee, say: \"I have submitted My whole self to\nAllah and so have those who follow me.\" And say to the People of the\nBook and to those who are unlearned: \"Do ye (also) submit yourselves?\"\nIf they do, they are in right guidance, but if they turn back, Thy duty\nis to convey the Message; and in Allah's sight are (all) His servants.\n\nP: And if they argue with thee, (O Muhammad), say: I have surrendered my\npurpose to Allah and (so have) those who follow me. And say unto those\nwho have received the Scripture and those who read not: Have ye (too)\nsurrendered? If they surrender, then truly they are rightly guided, and\nif they turn away, then it is thy duty only to convey the message (unto\nthem). Allah is Seer of (His) bondmen.\n\nS: But if they dispute with you, say: I have submitted myself entirely\nto Allah and (so) every one who follows me; and say to those who have\nbeen given the Book and the unlearned people: Do you submit yourselves?\nSo if they submit then indeed they follow the right way; and if they\nturn back, then upon you is only the delivery of the message and Allah\nsees the servants.\n\n003.021\nY: As to those who deny the Signs of Allah and in defiance of right,\nslay the prophets, and slay those who teach just dealing with mankind,\nannounce to them a grievous penalty.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slay the\nprophets wrongfully, and slay those of mankind who enjoin equity:\npromise them a painful doom.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who disbelieve in the communications of Allah\nand slay the prophets unjustly and slay those among men who enjoin\njustice, announce to them a painful chastisement.\n\n003.022\nY: They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in\nthe Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help.\n\nP: Those are they whose works have failed in the world and the\nHereafter; and they have no helpers.\n\nS: Those are they whose works shall become null in this world as well as\nthe hereafter, and they shall have no helpers.\n\n003.023\nY: Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who have been given a\nportion of the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah, to settle\ntheir dispute, but a party of them Turn back and decline (The\narbitration).\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how those who have received a portion of the\nScripture invoke the Scripture of Allah (in their disputes) that it may\njudge between them; then a faction of them turn away, being opposed (to\nit)?\n\nS: Have you not considered those (Jews) who are given a portion of the\nBook? They are invited to the Book of Allah that it might decide\nbetween them, then a part of them turn back and they withdraw.\n\n003.024\nY: This because they say: \"The Fire shall not touch us but for a few\nnumbered days\": For their forgeries deceive them as to their own\nreligion.\n\nP: That is because they say: The Fire will not touch us save for a\ncertain number of days. That which they used to invent hath deceived\nthem regarding their religion.\n\nS: This is because they say: The fire shall not touch us but for a few\ndays; and what they have forged deceives them in the matter of their\nreligion.\n\n003.025\nY: But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day\nabout which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what\nit has earned, without (favour or) injustice?\n\nP: How (will it be with them) when We have brought them all together to\na Day of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full\nwhat it hath earned, and they will not be wronged.\n\nS: Then how will it be when We shall gather them together on a day about\nwhich there is no doubt, and every soul shall be fully paid what it has\nearned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly?\n\n003.026\nY: Say: \"O Allah! Lord of Power (And Rule), Thou givest power to whom\nThou pleasest, and Thou strippest off power from whom Thou pleasest:\nThou enduest with honour whom Thou pleasest, and Thou bringest low whom\nThou pleasest: In Thy hand is all good. Verily, over all things Thou\nhast power.\"\n\nP: Say: O Allah! Owner of Sovereignty! Thou givest sovereignty unto whom\nThou wilt, and Thou withdrawest sovereignty from whom Thou wilt. Thou\nexaltest whom Thou wilt, and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand\nis the good. Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.\n\nS: Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! Thou givest the kingdom to\nwhomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from whomsoever\nThou pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom\nThou pleasest in Thine hand is the good; surety, Thou hast power over\nall things.\n\n003.027\nY: \"Thou causest the night to gain on the day, and thou causest the day\nto gain on the night; Thou bringest the Living out of the dead, and\nThou bringest the dead out of the Living; and Thou givest sustenance to\nwhom Thou pleasest, without measure.\"\n\nP: Thou causest the night to pass into the day, and Thou causest the day\nto pass into the night. And Thou bringest forth the living from the\ndead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest\nsustenance to whom Thou choosest, without stint.\n\nS: Thou makest the night to pass into the day and Thou makest the day to\npass into the night, and Thou bringest forth the living from the dead\nand Thou bringest forth the dead from the living, and Thou givest\nsustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure.\n\n003.028\nY: Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather\nthan believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from\nAllah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from\nthem. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal\nis to Allah.\n\nP: Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in\npreference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah\nunless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it\nwere) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah\nis the journeying.\n\nS: Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than\nbelievers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the\nguardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them,\nguarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from)\nHimself; and to Allah is the eventual coming.\n\n003.029\nY: Say: \"Whether ye hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah\nknows it all: He knows what is in the heavens, and what is on earth.\nAnd Allah has power over all things.\"\n\nP: Say, (O Muhammad): Whether ye hide that which is in your breasts or\nreveal it, Allah knoweth it. He knoweth that which is in the heavens\nand that which is in the earth, and Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Say: Whether you hide what is in your hearts or manifest it, Allah\nknows it, and He knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in\nthe earth, and Allah has power over all things.\n\n003.030\nY: \"On the Day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it\nhas done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great\ndistance between it and its evil. But Allah cautions you (To remember)\nHimself. And Allah is full of kindness to those that serve Him.\"\n\nP: On the Day when every soul will find itself confronted with all that\nit hath done of good and all that it hath done of evil (every soul)\nwill long that there might be a mighty space of distance between it and\nthat (evil). Allah biddeth you beware of Him. And Allah is Full of Pity\nfor (His) bondmen.\n\nS: On the day that every soul shall find present what it has done of\ngood and what it has done of evil, it shall wish that between it and\nthat (evil) there were a long duration of time; and Allah makes you to\nbe cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and Allah is Compassionate\nto the servants.\n\n003.031\nY: Say: \"If ye do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive\nyou your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah\nwill love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and\nforgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n003.032\nY: Say: \"Obey Allah and His Messenger\": But if they turn back, Allah\nloveth not those who reject Faith.\n\nP: Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah\nloveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).\n\nS: Say: Obey Allah and the Messenger; but if they turn back, then surely\nAllah does not love the unbelievers.\n\n003.033\nY: Allah did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family\nof 'Imran above all people,-\n\nP: Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and the\nFamily of 'Imran above (all His) creatures.\n\nS: Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and\nthe descendants of Imran above the nations.\n\n003.034\nY: Offspring, one of the other: And Allah heareth and knoweth all\nthings.\n\nP: They were descendants one of another. Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n003.035\nY: Behold! a woman of 'Imran said: \"O my Lord! I do dedicate unto Thee\nwhat is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For\nThou hearest and knowest all things.\"\n\nP: (Remember) when the wife of 'Imran said: My Lord! I have vowed unto\nThee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it\nfrom me. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower!\n\nS: When a woman of Imran said: My Lord! surely I vow to Thee what is in\nmy womb, to be devoted (to Thy service); accept therefore from me,\nsurely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n003.036\nY: When she was delivered, she said: \"O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered\nof a female child!\"- and Allah knew best what she brought forth-\n\"And no wise is the male Like the female. I have named her Mary, and I\ncommend her and her offspring to Thy protection from the Evil One, the\nRejected.\"\n\nP: And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a\nfemale - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as\nthe female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy\nprotection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast.\n\nS: So when she brought forth, she said: My Lord! Surely I have brought\nit forth a female-- and Allah knew best what she brought forth-- and\nthe male is not like the female, and I have named it Marium, and I\ncommend her and her offspring into Thy protection from the accursed\nShaitan.\n\n003.037\nY: Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity\nand beauty: To the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that\nhe entered (Her) chamber to see her, He found her supplied with\nsustenance. He said: \"O Mary! Whence (comes) this to you?\" She said:\n\"From Allah: for Allah Provides sustenance to whom He pleases without\nmeasure.\"\n\nP: And her Lord accepted her with full acceptance and vouchsafed to her\na goodly growth; and made Zachariah her guardian. Whenever Zachariah\nwent into the sanctuary where she was, he found that she had food. He\nsaid: O Mary! Whence cometh unto thee this (food)? She answered: It is\nfrom Allah. Allah giveth without stint to whom He will.\n\nS: So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her grow up\na good growing, and gave her into the charge of Zakariya; whenever\nZakariya entered the sanctuary to (see) her, he found with her food. He\nsaid: O Marium! whence comes this to you? She said: It is from Allah.\nSurely Allah gives to whom He pleases without measure.\n\n003.038\nY: There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: \"O my Lord! Grant unto\nme from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth\nprayer!\"\n\nP: Then Zachariah prayed unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Bestow upon me\nof Thy bounty goodly offspring. Lo! Thou art the Hearer of Prayer.\n\nS: There did Zakariya pray to his Lord; he said: My Lord! grant me from\nThee good offspring; surely Thou art the Hearer of prayer.\n\n003.039\nY: While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the angels called\nunto him: \"Allah doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya, witnessing the\ntruth of a Word from Allah, and (be besides) noble, chaste, and a\nprophet,- of the (goodly) company of the righteous.\"\n\nP: And the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary:\nAllah giveth thee glad tidings of (a son whose name is) John, (who\ncometh) to confirm a word from Allah lordly, chaste, a prophet of the\nrighteous.\n\nS: Then the angels called to him as he stood praying in the sanctuary:\nThat Allah gives you the good news of Yahya verifying a Word from\nAllah, and honorable and chaste and a prophet from among the good ones.\n\n003.040\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and\nmy wife is barren?\" \"Thus,\" was the answer, \"Doth Allah accomplish what\nHe willeth.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when age hath overtaken me\nalready and my wife is barren? (The angel) answered: So (it will be).\nAllah doeth what He will.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to me, and old age\nhas already come upon me, and my wife is barren? He said: even thus\ndoes Allah what He pleases.\n\n003.041\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! Give me a Sign!\" \"Thy Sign,\" was the answer,\n\"Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three days but with\nsignals. Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord again and again, and\nglorify Him in the evening and in the morning.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Appoint a token for me. (The angel) said: The token\nunto thee (shall be) that thou shalt not speak unto mankind three days\nexcept by signs. Remember thy Lord much, and praise (Him) in the early\nhours of night and morning.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! appoint a sign for me. Said He: Your sign is that\nyou should not speak to men for three days except by signs; and\nremember your Lord much and glorify Him in the evening and the morning.\n\n003.042\nY: Behold! the angels said: \"O Mary! Allah hath chosen thee and purified\nthee- chosen thee above the women of all nations.\"\n\nP: And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made\nthee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.\n\nS: And when the angels said: O Marium! surely Allah has chosen you and\npurified you and chosen you above the women of the world.\n\n003.043\nY: \"O Mary! worship Thy Lord devoutly: Prostrate thyself, and bow down\n(in prayer) with those who bow down.\"\n\nP: O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those\nwho bow (in worship).\n\nS: O Marium! keep to obedience to your Lord and humble yourself, and bow\ndown with those who bow.\n\n003.044\nY: This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal\nunto thee (O Messenger!) by inspiration: Thou wast not with them when\nthey cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with\nthe care of Mary: Nor wast thou with them when they disputed (the\npoint).\n\nP: This is of the tidings of things hidden. We reveal it unto thee\n(Muhammad). Thou wast not present with them when they threw their pens\n(to know) which of them should be the guardian of Mary, nor wast thou\npresent with them when they quarrelled (thereupon).\n\nS: This is of the announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal\nto you; and you were not with them when they cast their pens (to\ndecide) which of them should have Marium in his charge, and you were\nnot with them when they contended one with another.\n\n003.045\nY: Behold! the angels said: \"O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a\nWord from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in\nhonour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those\nnearest to Allah;\"\n\nP: (And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee\nglad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son\nof Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those\nbrought near (unto Allah).\n\nS: When the angels said: O Marium, surely Allah gives you good news with\na Word from Him (of one) whose name is the '. Messiah, Isa son of\nMarium, worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter and of those\nwho are made near (to Allah).\n\n003.046\nY: \"He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he\nshall be (of the company) of the righteous.\"\n\nP: He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he\nis of the righteous.\n\nS: And he shall speak to the people when in the cradle and when of old\nage, and (he shall be) one of the good ones.\n\n003.047\nY: She said: \"O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched\nme?\" He said: \"Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He hath\ndecreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!\"\n\nP: She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched\nme? He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He\ndecreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.\n\nS: She said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to I me, and man\nhas not touched me? He said: Even so, Allah creates what He pleases;\nwhen He has decreed a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is.\n\n003.048\nY: \"And Allah will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the\nGospel,\"\n\nP: And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the\nGospel,\n\nS: And He will teach him the Book and the wisdom and the Tavrat and the\nInjeel.\n\n003.049\nY: \"And (appoint him) a messenger to the Children of Israel, (with this\nmessage): 'I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I\nmake for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe\ninto it, and it becomes a bird by Allah's leave: And I heal those born\nblind, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by Allah's leave; and I\ndeclare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely\ntherein is a Sign for you if ye did believe;\"\n\nP: And will make him a messenger unto the Children of Israel, (saying):\nLo! I come unto you with a sign from your Lord. Lo! I fashion for you\nout of clay the likeness of a bird, and I breathe into it and it is a\nbird, by Allah's leave. I heal him who was born blind, and the leper,\nand I raise the dead, by Allah's leave. And I announce unto you what ye\neat and what ye store up in your houses. Lo! herein verily is a portent\nfor you, if ye are to be believers.\n\nS: And (make him) a messenger to the children of Israel: That I have\ncome to you with a sign from your Lord, that I determine for you out of\ndust like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a\nbird with Allah's permission and I heal the blind and the leprous, and\nbring the dead to life with Allah's permission and I inform you of what\nyou should eat and what you should store in your houses; most surely\nthere is a sign in this for you, if you are believers.\n\n003.050\nY: \"'(I have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me. And to\nmake lawful to you part of what was (Before) forbidden to you; I have\ncome to you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear Allah, and obey me.'\"\n\nP: And (I come) confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to\nmake lawful some of that which was forbidden unto you. I come unto you\nwith a sign from your Lord, so keep your duty to Allah and obey me.\n\nS: And a verifier of that which is before me of the Taurat and that I\nmay allow you part of that which has been forbidden to you, and I have\ncome to you with a sign from your Lord therefore be careful of (your\nduty to) Allah and obey me.\n\n003.051\nY: \"'It is Allah Who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. This is\na Way that is straight.'\"\n\nP: Lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a\nstraight path.\n\nS: Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is\nthe right path.\n\n003.052\nY: When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: \"Who will be My\nhelpers to (the work of) Allah?\" Said the disciples: \"We are Allah's\nhelpers: We believe in Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are\nMuslims.\"\n\nP: But when Jesus became conscious of their disbelief, he cried: Who\nwill be my helpers in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We will\nbe Allah's helpers. We believe in Allah, and bear thou witness that we\nhave surrendered (unto Him).\n\nS: But when Isa perceived unbelief on their part, he said Who will be my\nhelpers in Allah's way? The disciples said: We are helpers (in the way)\nof Allah: We believe in Allah and bear witness that we are submitting\nones.\n\n003.053\nY: \"Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the\nMessenger; then write us down among those who bear witness.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! We believe in that which Thou hast revealed and we follow\nhim whom Thou hast sent. Enroll us among those who witness (to the\ntruth).\n\nS: Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed and we follow the\nmessenger, so write us down with those who bear witness.\n\n003.054\nY: And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and\nthe best of planners is Allah.\n\nP: And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against\nthem): and Allah is the best of schemers.\n\nS: And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is the best of\nplanners.\n\n003.055\nY: Behold! Allah said: \"O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to\nMyself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I\nwill make those who follow thee superior to those who reject faith, to\nthe Day of Resurrection: Then shall ye all return unto me, and I will\njudge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.\"\n\nP: (And remember) when Allah said: O Jesus! Lo! I am gathering thee and\ncausing thee to ascend unto Me, and am cleansing thee of those who\ndisbelieve and am setting those who follow thee above those who\ndisbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then unto Me ye will (all)\nreturn, and I shall judge between you as to that wherein ye used to\ndiffer.\n\nS: And when Allah said: O Isa, I am going to terminate the period of\nyour stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me and purify you of\nthose who disbelieve and make those who follow you above those who\ndisbelieve to the day of resurrection; then to Me shall be your return,\nso I will decide between you concerning that in which you differed.\n\n003.056\nY: \"As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony\nin this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help.\"\n\nP: As for those who disbelieve I shall chastise them with a heavy\nchastisement in the world and the Hereafter; and they will have no\nhelpers.\n\nS: Then as to those who disbelieve, I will chastise them with severe\nchastisement in this world and the hereafter, and they shall have no\nhelpers.\n\n003.057\nY: \"As to those who believe and work righteousness, Allah will pay them\n(in full) their reward; but Allah loveth not those who do wrong.\"\n\nP: And as for those who believe and do good works, He will pay them\ntheir wages in full. Allah loveth not wrong-doers.\n\nS: And as to those who believe and do good deeds, He will pay them fully\ntheir rewards; and Allah does not love the unjust.\n\n003.058\nY: \"This is what we rehearse unto thee of the Signs and the Message of\nWisdom.\"\n\nP: This (which) We recite unto thee is a revelation and a wise reminder.\n\nS: This We recite to you of the communications and the wise reminder.\n\n003.059\nY: The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created\nhim from dust, then said to him: \"Be\". And he was.\n\nP: Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He\ncreated him of dust, then He said unto him: Be! and he is.\n\nS: Surely the likeness of Isa is with Allah as the likeness of Adam; He\ncreated him from dust, then said to him, Be, and he was.\n\n003.060\nY: The Truth (comes) from Allah alone; so be not of those who doubt.\n\nP: (This is) the truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not thou of\nthose who waver.\n\nS: (This is) the truth from your Lord, so be not of the disputers.\n\n003.061\nY: If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full)\nknowledge Hath come to thee, say: \"Come! let us gather together,- our\nsons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves:\nThen let us earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who\nlie!\"\n\nP: And whoso disputeth with thee concerning him, after the knowledge\nwhich hath come unto thee, say (unto him): Come! We will summon our\nsons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and\nyourselves, then we will pray humbly (to our Lord) and (solemnly)\ninvoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie.\n\nS: But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to\nyou of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our sons and your sons and\nour women and your women and our near people and your near people, then\nlet us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the\nliars.\n\n003.062\nY: This is the true account: There is no god except Allah; and Allah - He\nis indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.\n\nP: Lo! This verily is the true narrative. There is no God save Allah,\nand lo! Allah, He verily is, is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Most surely this is the true explanation, and there is no god but\nAllah; and most surely Allah-- He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n003.063\nY: But if they turn back, Allah hath full knowledge of those who do\nmischief.\n\nP: And if they turn away, then lo! Allah is Aware of (who are) the\ncorrupters.\n\nS: But if they turn back, then surely Allah knows the mischief-makers.\n\n003.064\nY: Say: \"O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and\nyou: That we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with\nhim; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other\nthan Allah.\" If then they turn back, say ye: \"Bear witness that we (at\nleast) are Muslims (bowing to Allah's Will).\"\n\nP: Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and\nyou: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe no\npartner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords\nbeside Allah. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are\nthey who have surrendered (unto Him).\n\nS: Say: O followers of the Book! come to an equitable proposition\nbetween us and you that we shall not serve any but Allah and (that) we\nshall not associate aught with Him, and (that) some of us shall not\ntake others for lords besides Allah; but if they turn back, then say:\nBear witness that we are Muslims.\n\n003.065\nY: Ye People of the Book! Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Law and\nthe Gospel Were not revealed Till after him? Have ye no understanding?\n\nP: O People of the Scripture! Why will ye argue about Abraham, when the\nTorah and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have ye then no\nsense?\n\nS: O followers of the Book! why do you dispute about Ibrahim, when the\nTaurat and the Injeel were not revealed till after him; do you not then\nunderstand?\n\n003.066\nY: Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which ye\nhad some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no\nknowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and ye who know not!\n\nP: Lo! ye are those who argue about that whereof ye have some knowledge:\nWhy then argue ye concerning that whereof ye have no knowledge? Allah\nknoweth. Ye know not.\n\nS: Behold! you are they who disputed about that of which you had\nknowledge; why then do you dispute about that of which you have no\nknowledge? And Allah knows while you do not know.\n\n003.067\nY: Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith,\nand bowed his will to Allah's (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods\nwith Allah.\n\nP: Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man\nwho had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters.\n\nS: Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man),\na Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.\n\n003.068\nY: Without doubt, among men, the nearest of kin to Abraham, are those\nwho follow him, as are also this Prophet and those who believe: And\nAllah is the Protector of those who have faith.\n\nP: Lo! those of mankind who have the best claim to Abraham are those who\nfollowed him, and this Prophet and those who believe (with him); and\nAllah is the Protecting Guardian of the believers.\n\nS: Most surely the nearest of people to Ibrahim are those who followed\nhim and this Prophet and those who believe and Allah is the guardian of\nthe believers.\n\n003.069\nY: It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead you\nastray. But they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they\ndo not perceive!\n\nP: A party of the People of the Scripture long to make you go astray;\nand they make none to go astray except themselves, but they perceive\nnot.\n\nS: A party of the followers of the Book desire that they should lead you\nastray, and they lead not astray but themselves, and they do not\nperceive.\n\n003.070\nY: Ye People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of Allah, of which ye\nare (Yourselves) witnesses?\n\nP: O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve ye in the revelations of\nAllah, when ye (yourselves) bear witness (to their truth)?\n\nS: O followers of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in the communications\nof Allah while you witness (them)?\n\n003.071\nY: Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe Truth with falsehood, and\nconceal the Truth, while ye have knowledge?\n\nP: O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and\nknowingly conceal the truth?\n\nS: O followers of the Book! Why do you confound the truth with the\nfalsehood and hide the truth while you know?\n\n003.072\nY: A section of the People of the Book say: \"Believe in the morning what\nis revealed to the believers, but reject it at the end of the day;\nperchance they may (themselves) Turn back;\"\n\nP: And a party of the People of the Scripture say: Believe in that which\nhath been revealed unto those who believe at the opening of the day,\nand disbelieve at the end thereof, in order that they may return;\n\nS: And a party of the followers of the Book say: Avow belief in that\nwhich has been revealed to those who believe, in the first part of the\nday, and disbelieve at the end of it, perhaps they go back on their\nreligion.\n\n003.073\nY: \"And believe no one unless he follows your religion.\" Say: \"True\nguidance is the Guidance of Allah: (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent\nto someone (else) Like unto that which was sent unto you? or that those\n(Receiving such revelation) should engage you in argument before your\nLord?\" Say: \"All bounties are in the hand of Allah: He granteth them to\nwhom He pleaseth: And Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things.\"\n\nP: And believe not save in one who followeth your religion - Say (O\nMuhammad): Lo! the guidance is Allah's Guidance - that anyone is given\nthe like of that which was given unto you or that they may argue with\nyou in the presence of their Lord. Say (O Muhammad): Lo! the bounty is\nin Allah's hand. He bestoweth it on whom He will. Allah is\nAll-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: And do not believe but in him who follows your religion. Say: Surely\nthe (true) guidance is the guidance of Allah-- that one may be given\n(by Him) the like of what you were given; or they would contend with\nyou by an argument before your Lord. Say: Surely grace is in the hand\nof Allah, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is Ample-giving,\nKnowing.\n\n003.074\nY: For His Mercy He specially chooseth whom He pleaseth; for Allah is\nthe Lord of bounties unbounded.\n\nP: He selecteth for His mercy whom He will. Allah is of Infinite Bounty.\n\nS: He specially chooses for His mercy whom He pleases; and Allah is the\nLord of mighty grace.\n\n003.075\nY: Among the People of the Book are some who, if entrusted with a hoard\nof gold, will (readily) pay it back; others, who, if entrusted with a\nsingle silver coin, will not repay it unless thou constantly stoodest\ndemanding, because, they say, \"there is no call on us (to keep faith)\nwith these ignorant (Pagans).\" but they tell a lie against Allah, and\n(well) they know it.\n\nP: Among the People of the Scripture there is he who, if thou trust him\nwith a weight of treasure, will return it to thee. And among them there\nis he who, if thou trust him with a piece of gold, will not return it\nto thee unless thou keep standing over him. That is because they say:\nWe have no duty to the Gentiles. They speak a lie concerning Allah\nknowingly.\n\nS: And among the followers of the Book there are some such that if you\nentrust one (of them) with a heap of wealth, he shall pay it back to\nyou; and among them there are some such that if you entrust one (of\nthem) with a dinar he shall not pay it back to you except so long as\nyou remain firm in demanding it; this is because they say: There is not\nupon us in the matter of the unlearned people any way (to reproach);\nand they tell a lie against Allah while they know.\n\n003.076\nY: Nay.- Those that keep their plighted faith and act aright,-verily\nAllah loves those who act aright.\n\nP: Nay, but (the chosen of Allah is) he who fulfilleth his pledge and\nwardeth off (evil); for lo! Allah loveth those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: Yea, whoever fulfills his promise and guards (against evil)-- then\nsurely Allah loves those who guard (against evil).\n\n003.077\nY: As for those who sell the faith they owe to Allah and their own\nplighted word for a small price, they shall have no portion in the\nHereafter: Nor will Allah (Deign to) speak to them or look at them on\nthe Day of Judgment, nor will He cleans them (of sin): They shall have\na grievous penalty.\n\nP: Lo! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's covenant\nand their oaths, they have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will\nneither speak to them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection,\nnor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful doom.\n\nS: (As for) those who take a small price for the covenant of Allah and\ntheir own oaths-- surely they shall have no portion in the hereafter,\nand Allah will not speak to them, nor will He look upon them on the day\nof resurrection nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful\nchastisement.\n\n003.078\nY: There is among them a section who distort the Book with their\ntongues: (As they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but\nit is no part of the Book; and they say, \"That is from Allah,\" but it\nis not from Allah: It is they who tell a lie against Allah, and (well)\nthey know it!\n\nP: And lo! there is a party of them who distort the Scripture with their\ntongues, that ye may think that what they say is from the Scripture,\nwhen it is not from the Scripture. And they say: It is from Allah, when\nit is not from Allah; and they speak a lie concerning Allah knowingly.\n\nS: Most surely there is a party amongst those who distort the Book with\ntheir tongue that you may consider it to be (a part) of the Book, and\nthey say, It is from Allah, while it is not from Allah, and they tell a\nlie against Allah whilst they know.\n\n003.079\nY: It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and\nWisdom, and the prophetic office, should say to people: \"Be ye my\nworshippers rather than Allah's\": on the contrary (He would say) \"Be ye\nworshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherisher of all: For ye have\ntaught the Book and ye have studied it earnestly.\"\n\nP: It is not (possible) for any human being unto whom Allah had given\nthe Scripture and wisdom and the prophethood that he should afterwards\nhave said unto mankind: Be slaves of me instead of Allah; but (what he\nsaid was): Be ye faithful servants of the Lord by virtue of your\nconstant teaching of the Scripture and of your constant study thereof.\n\nS: It is not meet for a mortal that Allah should give him the Book and\nthe wisdom and prophethood, then he should say to men: Be my servants\nrather than Allah's; but rather (he would say): Be worshippers of the\nLord because of your teaching the Book and your reading (it\nyourselves).\n\n003.080\nY: Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lords and\npatrons. What! would he bid you to unbelief after ye have bowed your\nwill (To Allah in Islam)?\n\nP: And he commanded you not that ye should take the angels and the\nprophets for lords. Would he command you to disbelieve after ye had\nsurrendered (to Allah)?\n\nS: And neither would he enjoin you that you should take the angels and\nthe prophets for lords; what! would he enjoin you with unbelief after\nyou are Muslims?\n\n003.081\nY: Behold! Allah took the covenant of the prophets, saying: \"I give you\na Book and Wisdom; then comes to you a messenger, confirming what is\nwith you; do ye believe in him and render him help.\" Allah said: \"Do ye\nagree, and take this my Covenant as binding on you?\" They said: \"We\nagree.\" He said: \"Then bear witness, and I am with you among the\nwitnesses.\"\n\nP: When Allah made (His) covenant with the prophets, (He said): Behold\nthat which I have given you of the Scripture and knowledge. And\nafterward there will come unto you a messenger, confirming that which\nye possess. Ye shall believe in him and ye shall help him. He said: Do\nye agree, and will ye take up My burden (which I lay upon you) in this\n(matter)? They answered: We agree. He said: Then bear ye witness. I\nwill be a witness with you.\n\nS: And when Allah made a covenant through the prophets: Certainly what I\nhave given you of Book and wisdom-- then a messenger comes to you\nverifying that which is with you, you must believe in him, and you must\naid him. He said: Do you affirm and accept My compact in this (matter)?\nThey said: We do affirm. He said: Then bear witness, and I (too) am of\nthe bearers of witness with you.\n\n003.082\nY: If any turn back after this, they are perverted transgressors.\n\nP: Then whosoever after this shall turn away: they will be miscreants.\n\nS: Whoever therefore turns back after this, these it is that are the\ntransgressors.\n\n003.083\nY: Do they seek for other than the Religion of Allah?-while all\ncreatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed\nto His Will (Accepted Islam), and to Him shall they all be brought\nback.\n\nP: Seek they other than the religion of Allah, when unto Him submitteth\nwhosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly,\nand unto Him they will be returned.\n\nS: Is it then other than Allah's religion that they seek (to follow),\nand to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly\nor unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned.\n\n003.084\nY: Say: \"We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and\nwhat was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes,\nand in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their\nLord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to\nAllah do we bow our will (in Islam).\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto\nus and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and\nJacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and\nJesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between\nany of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.\n\nS: Say: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what\nwas revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes,\nand what was given to Musa and Isa and to the prophets from their Lord;\nwe do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we\nsubmit.\n\n003.085\nY: If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah),\nnever will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in\nthe ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).\n\nP: And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it\nwill not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.\n\nS: And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be\naccepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers.\n\n003.086\nY: How shall Allah Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it\nand bore witness that the Messenger was true and that Clear Signs had\ncome unto them? but Allah guides not a people unjust.\n\nP: How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and\n(after) they bore witness that the messenger is true and after clear\nproofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) had come unto them. And Allah guideth\nnot wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their believing\nand (after) they had borne witness that the Messenger was true and\nclear arguments had come to them; and Allah does not guide the unjust\npeople.\n\n003.087\nY: Of such the reward is that on them (rests) the curse of Allah, of His\nangels, and of all mankind;-\n\nP: As for such, their guerdon is that on them rests the curse of Allah\nand of angels and of men combined.\n\nS: (As for) these, their reward is that upon them is the curse of Allah\nand the angels and of men, all together.\n\n003.088\nY: In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty be lightened, nor\nrespite be (their lot);-\n\nP: They will abide therein. Their doom will not be lightened, neither\nwill they be reprieved;\n\nS: Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall\nthey be respited.\n\n003.089\nY: Except for those that repent (Even) after that, and make amends; for\nverily Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Save those who afterward repent and do right. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: Except those who repent after that and amend, then surely Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n003.090\nY: But those who reject Faith after they accepted it, and then go on\nadding to their defiance of Faith,- never will their repentance be\naccepted; for they are those who have (of set purpose) gone astray.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve after their (profession of) belief, and\nafterward grow violent in disbelief: their repentance will not be\naccepted. And such are those who are astray.\n\nS: Surely, those who disbelieve after their believing, then increase in\nunbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted, and these are they\nthat go astray.\n\n003.091\nY: As to those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- never would be\naccepted from any such as much gold as the earth contains, though they\nshould offer it for ransom. For such is (in store) a penalty grievous,\nand they will find no helpers.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve, and die in disbelief, the (whole) earth\nfull of gold would not be accepted from such an one if it were offered\nas a ransom (for his soul). Theirs will be a painful doom and they will\nhave no helpers.\n\nS: Surely, those who disbelieve and die while they are unbelievers, the\nearth full of gold shall not be accepted from one of them, though he\nshould offer to ransom himself with it, these it is who shall have a\npainful chastisement, and they shall have no helpers.\n\n003.092\nY: By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely) of\nthat which ye love; and whatever ye give, of a truth Allah knoweth it\nwell.\n\nP: Ye will not attain unto piety until ye spend of that which ye love.\nAnd whatsoever ye spend, Allah is Aware thereof.\n\nS: By no means shall you attain to righteousness until you spend\n(benevolently) out of what you love; and whatever thing you spend,\nAllah surely knows it.\n\n003.093\nY: All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Israel\nMade unlawful for itself, before the Law (of Moses) was revealed. Say:\n\"Bring ye the Law and study it, if ye be men of truth.\"\n\nP: All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel, save that which\nIsrael forbade himself, (in days) before the Torah was revealed. Say:\nProduce the Torah and read it (unto us) if ye are truthful.\n\nS: All food was lawful to the children of Israel except that which\nIsrael had forbidden to himself, before the Taurat was revealed. Say:\nBring then the Taurat and read it, if you are truthful.\n\n003.094\nY: If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to Allah, they are\nindeed unjust wrong-doers.\n\nP: And whoever shall invent a falsehood after that concerning Allah,\nsuch will be wrong-doers.\n\nS: Then whoever fabricates a lie against Allah after this, these it is\nthat are the unjust.\n\n003.095\nY: Say: \"Allah speaketh the Truth: follow the religion of Abraham, the\nsane in faith; he was not of the Pagans.\"\n\nP: Say: Allah speaketh truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, the\nupright. He was not of the idolaters.\n\nS: Say: Allah has spoken the truth, therefore follow the religion of\nIbrahim, the upright one; and he was not one of the polytheists.\n\n003.096\nY: The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka:\nFull of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:\n\nP: Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind was that at Becca, a\nblessed place, a guidance to the peoples;\n\nS: Most surely the first house appointed for men is the one at Bekka,\nblessed and a guidance for the nations.\n\n003.097\nY: In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham;\nwhoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men\nowe to Allah,- those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith,\nAllah stands not in need of any of His creatures.\n\nP: Wherein are plain memorials (of Allah's guidance); the place where\nAbraham stood up to pray; and whosoever entereth it is safe. And\npilgrimage to the House is a duty unto Allah for mankind, for him who\ncan find a way thither. As for him who disbelieveth, (let him know\nthat) lo! Allah is Independent of (all) creatures.\n\nS: In it are clear signs, the standing place of Ibrahim, and whoever\nenters it shall be secure, and pilgrimage to the House is incumbent\nupon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) every one who is able to\nundertake the journey to it; and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah\nis Self-sufficient, above any need of the worlds.\n\n003.098\nY: Say: \"O People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of Allah, when\nAllah is Himself witness to all ye do?\"\n\nP: Say: O People of the Scripture! Why disbelieve ye in the revelations\nof Allah, when Allah (Himself) is Witness of what ye do?\n\nS: Say: O followers of the Book! why do you disbelieve in the\ncommunications of Allah? And Allah is a witness of what you do.\n\n003.099\nY: Say: \"O ye People of the Book! Why obstruct ye those who believe,\nfrom the path of Allah, Seeking to make it crooked, while ye were\nyourselves witnesses (to Allah's Covenant)? but Allah is not unmindful\nof all that ye do.\"\n\nP: Say: O People of the Scripture! Why drive ye back believers from the\nway of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, when ye are witnesses (to\nAllah's guidance)? Allah is not unaware of what ye do.\n\nS: Say: O followers of the Book! why do you hinder him who believes from\nthe way of Allah? You seek (to make) it crooked, while you are witness,\nand Allah is not heedless of what you do.\n\n003.100\nY: O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People of the\nBook, they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!\n\nP: O ye who believe! If ye obey a party of those who have received the\nScripture they will make you disbelievers after your belief.\n\nS: O you who believe! if you obey a party from among those who have been\ngiven the Book, they will turn you back as unbelievers after you have\nbelieved.\n\n003.101\nY: And how would ye deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of\nAllah, and among you Lives the Messenger? Whoever holds firmly to Allah\nwill be shown a way that is straight.\n\nP: How can ye disbelieve, when it is ye unto whom Allah's revelations\nare recited, and His messenger is in your midst? He who holdeth fast to\nAllah, he indeed is guided unto a right path.\n\nS: But how can you disbelieve while it is you to whom the communications\nof Allah are recited, and among you is His Messenger? And whoever holds\nfast to Allah, he indeed is guided to the right path.\n\n003.102\nY: O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not\nexcept in a state of Islam.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah with right observance,\nand die not save as those who have surrendered (unto Him)\n\nS: O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah with the care\nwhich is due to Him, and do not die unless you are Muslims.\n\n003.103\nY: And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out\nfor you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with\ngratitude Allah's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your\nhearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were\non the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth\nAllah make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided.\n\nP: And hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of Allah, and do not\nseparate. And remember Allah's favour unto you: How ye were enemies and\nHe made friendship between your hearts so that ye became as brothers by\nHis grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an abyss of fire, and He\ndid save you from it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations unto you,\nthat haply ye may be guided,\n\nS: And hold fast by the covenant of Allah all together and be not\ndisunited, and remember the favor of Allah on you when you were\nenemies, then He united your hearts so by His favor you became\nbrethren; and you were on the brink of a pit of fire, then He saved you\nfrom it, thus does Allah make clear to you His communications that you\nmay follow the right way.\n\n003.104\nY: Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is\ngood, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are\nthe ones to attain felicity.\n\nP: And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and\nenjoin right conduct and forbid indecency. Such are they who are\nsuccessful.\n\nS: And from among you there should be a party who invite to good and\nenjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these it is that shall\nbe successful.\n\n003.105\nY: Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into\ndisputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful\npenalty,-\n\nP: And be ye not as those who separated and disputed after the clear\nproofs had come unto them. For such there is an awful doom,\n\nS: And be not like those who became divided and disagreed after clear\narguments had come to them, and these it is that shall have a grievous\nchastisement.\n\n003.106\nY: On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some\nfaces will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be\nblack, (will be said): \"Did ye reject Faith after accepting it? Taste\nthen the penalty for rejecting Faith.\"\n\nP: On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened and (some) faces will\nbe blackened; and as for those whose faces have been blackened, it will\nbe said unto them: Disbelieved ye after your (profession of) belief?\nThen taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved.\n\nS: On the day when (some) faces shall turn white and (some) faces shall\nturn black; then as to those whose faces turn black: Did you disbelieve\nafter your believing? Taste therefore the chastisement because you\ndisbelieved.\n\n003.107\nY: But those whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will be in (the\nlight of) Allah's mercy: therein to dwell (for ever).\n\nP: And as for those whose faces have been whitened, in the mercy of\nAllah they dwell for ever.\n\nS: And as to those whose faces turn white, they shall be in Allah's\nmercy; in it they shall-abide.\n\n003.108\nY: These are the Signs of Allah: We rehearse them to thee in Truth: And\nAllah means no injustice to any of His creatures.\n\nP: These are revelations of Allah. We recite them unto thee in truth.\nAllah willeth no injustice to (His) creatures.\n\nS: These are the communications of Allah which We recite to you with\ntruth, and Allah does not desire any injustice to the creatures.\n\n003.109\nY: To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: To Him do\nall questions go back (for decision).\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is\nin the earth; and unto Allah all things are returned.\n\nS: And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is\nAllah's; and to Allah all things return.\n\n003.110\nY: Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is\nright, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the\nPeople of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are\nsome who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.\n\nP: Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind. Ye\nenjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in Allah. And\nif the People of the Scripture had believed it had been better for\nthem. Some of them are believers; but most of them are evil-livers.\n\nS: You are the best of the nations raised up for (the benefit of) men;\nyou enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong and believe in Allah; and\nif the followers of the Book had believed it would have been better for\nthem; of them (some) are believers and most of them are transgressors.\n\n003.111\nY: They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if they come\nout to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall\nthey get.\n\nP: They will not harm you save a trifling hurt, and if they fight\nagainst you they will turn and flee. And afterward they will not be\nhelped.\n\nS: They shall by no means harm you but with a slight evil; and if they\nfight with you they shall turn (their) backs to you, then shall they\nnot be helped.\n\n003.112\nY: Shame is pitched over them (Like a tent) wherever they are found,\nexcept when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah and from men;\nthey draw on themselves wrath from Allah, and pitched over them is (the\ntent of) destitution. This because they rejected the Signs of Allah,\nand slew the prophets in defiance of right; this because they rebelled\nand transgressed beyond bounds.\n\nP: Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever they are found save\n(where they grasp) a rope from Allah and a rope from men. They have\nincurred anger from their Lord, and wretchedness is laid upon them.\nThat is because they used to disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and\nslew the prophets wrongfully. That is because they were rebellious and\nused to transgress.\n\nS: Abasement is made to cleave to them wherever they are found, except\nunder a covenant with Allah and a covenant with men, and they have\nbecome deserving of wrath from Allah, and humiliation is made to cleave\nto them; this is because they disbelieved in the communications of\nAllah and slew the prophets unjustly; this is because they disobeyed\nand exceeded the limits.\n\n003.113\nY: Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book are a portion\nthat stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of Allah all night\nlong, and they prostrate themselves in adoration.\n\nP: They are not all alike. Of the People of the Scripture there is a\nstaunch community who recite the revelations of Allah in the night\nseason, falling prostrate (before Him).\n\nS: They are not all alike; of the followers of the Book there is an\nupright party; they recite Allah's communications in the nighttime and\nthey adore (Him).\n\n003.114\nY: They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right,\nand forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good\nworks: They are in the ranks of the righteous.\n\nP: They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin right conduct and\nforbid indecency, and vie one with another in good works. These are of\nthe righteous.\n\nS: They believe in Allah and the last day, and they enjoin what is right\nand forbid the wrong and they strive with one another in hastening to\ngood deeds, and those are among the good.\n\n003.115\nY: Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for Allah\nknoweth well those that do right.\n\nP: And whatever good they do, they will not be denied the meed thereof.\nAllah is Aware of those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: And whatever good they do, they shall not be denied it, and Allah\nknows those who guard (against evil).\n\n003.116\nY: Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their\n(numerous) progeny will avail them aught against Allah: They will be\ncompanions of the Fire,-dwelling therein (for ever).\n\nP: Lo! the riches and the progeny of those who disbelieve will not avail\nthem aught against Allah; and such are rightful owners of the Fire.\nThey will abide therein.\n\nS: (As for) those who disbelieve, surely neither their wealth nor their\nchildren shall avail them in the least against Allah; and these are the\ninmates of the fire; therein they shall abide.\n\n003.117\nY: What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened\nto a wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the\nharvest of men who have wronged their own souls: it is not Allah that\nhath wronged them, but they wrong themselves.\n\nP: The likeness of that which they spend in this life of the world is as\nthe likeness of a biting, icy wind which smiteth the harvest of a\npeople who have wronged themselves, and devastateth it. Allah wronged\nthem not, but they do wrong themselves.\n\nS: The likeness of what they spend in the life of this world is as the\nlikeness of wind in which is intense cold (that) smites the seed\nproduce of a people who haw done injustice to their souls and destroys\nit; and Allah is not unjust to them, but they are unjust to themselves.\n\n003.118\nY: O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your\nranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin:\nRank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts\nconceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have\nwisdom.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Take not for intimates others than your own folk,\nwho would spare no pains to ruin you; they love to hamper you. Hatred\nis revealed by (the utterance of) their mouths, but that which their\nbreasts hide is greater. We have made plain for you the revelations if\nye will understand.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from among others\nthan your own people; they do not fall short of inflicting loss upon\nyou; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has already\nappeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is\ngreater still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if\nyou will understand.\n\n003.119\nY: Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not,- though ye\nbelieve in the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say, \"We\nbelieve\": But when they are alone, they bite off the very tips of their\nfingers at you in their rage. Say: \"Perish in you rage; Allah knoweth\nwell all the secrets of the heart.\"\n\nP: Lo! ye are those who love them though they love you not, and ye\nbelieve in all the Scripture. When they fall in with you they say: We\nbelieve; but when they go apart they bite their finger-tips at you, for\nrage. Say: Perish in your rage! Lo! Allah is Aware of what is hidden in\n(your) breasts.\n\nS: Lo! you are they who will love them while they do not love you, and\nyou believe in the Book (in) the whole of it; and when they meet you\nthey say: We believe, and when they are alone, they bite the ends of\ntheir fingers in rage against you. Say: Die in your rage; surely Allah\nknows what is in the breasts.\n\n003.120\nY: If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them; but if some\nmisfortune overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant\nand do right, not the least harm will their cunning do to you; for\nAllah Compasseth round about all that they do.\n\nP: If a lucky chance befall you, it is evil unto them, and if disaster\nstrike you they rejoice thereat. But if ye persevere and keep from evil\ntheir guile will never harm you. Lo! Allah is Surrounding what they do.\n\nS: If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if an evil afflicts you,\nthey rejoice at it; and if you are patient and guard yourselves, their\nscheme will not injure you in any way; surely Allah comprehends what\nthey do.\n\n003.121\nY: Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early) to post\nthe faithful at their stations for battle: And Allah heareth and\nknoweth all things:\n\nP: And when thou settedst forth at daybreak from thy housefolk to assign\nto the believers their positions for the battle, Allah was Hearer,\nKnower.\n\nS: And when you did go forth early in the morning from your family to\nlodge the believers in encampments for war and Allah is Hearing,\nKnowing.\n\n003.122\nY: Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but Allah was their\nprotector, and in Allah should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.\n\nP: When two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their\nProtecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.\n\nS: When two parties from among you had determined that they should show\ncowardice, and Allah was the guardian of them both, and in Allah should\nthe believers trust.\n\n003.123\nY: Allah had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible little\nforce; then fear Allah; thus may ye show your gratitude.\n\nP: Allah had already given you the victory at Badr, when ye were\ncontemptible. So observe your duty to Allah in order that ye may be\nthankful.\n\nS: And Allah did certainly assist you at Badr when you were weak; be\ncareful of (your duty to) Allah then, that you may give thanks.\n\n003.124\nY: Remember thou saidst to the Faithful: Is it not enough for you that\nAllah should help you with three thousand angels (Specially) sent down?\n\nP: When thou didst say unto the believers: Is it not sufficient for you\nthat your Lord should support you with three thousand angels sent down\n(to your help)?\n\nS: When you said to the believers: Does it not suffice you that your\nLord should assist you with three thousand of the angels sent down?\n\n003.125\nY: \"Yea, - if ye remain firm, and act aright, even if the enemy should\nrush here on you in hot haste, your Lord would help you with five\nthousand angels Making a terrific onslaught.\"\n\nP: Nay, but if ye persevere, and keep from evil, and (the enemy) attack\nyou suddenly, your Lord will help you with five thousand angels\nsweeping on.\n\nS: Yea! if you remain patient and are on your guard, and they come upon\nyou in a headlong manner, your Lord will assist you with five thousand\nof the havoc-making angels.\n\n003.126\nY: Allah made it but a message of hope for you, and an assurance to your\nhearts: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah. The Exalted,\nthe Wise:\n\nP: Allah ordained this only as a message of good cheer for you, and that\nthereby your hearts might be at rest - Victory cometh only from Allah,\nthe Mighty, the Wise -\n\nS: And Allah did not make it but as good news for you, and that your\nhearts might be at ease thereby, and victory is only from Allah, the\nMighty, the Wise.\n\n003.127\nY: That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to\ninfamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their\npurpose.\n\nP: That He may cut off a part of those who disbelieve, or overwhelm them\nso that they retire, frustrated.\n\nS: That He may cut off a portion from among those who disbelieve, or\nabase them so that they should return disappointed of attaining what\nthey desired.\n\n003.128\nY: Not for thee, (but for Allah), is the decision: Whether He turn in\nmercy to them, or punish them; for they are indeed wrong-doers.\n\nP: It is no concern at all of thee (Muhammad) whether He relent toward\nthem or punish them; for they are evil-doers.\n\nS: You have no concern in the affair whether He turns to them\n(mercifully) or chastises them, for surely they are unjust.\n\n003.129\nY: To Allah belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. He\nforgiveth whom He pleaseth and punisheth whom He pleaseth; but Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is\nin the earth. He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will.\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is\nAllah's; He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He pleases; and\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n003.130\nY: O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear\nAllah; that ye may (really) prosper.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubling and quadrupling (the sum\nlent). Observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not devour usury, making it double and\nredouble, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be\nsuccessful.\n\n003.131\nY: Fear the Fire, which is repaired for those who reject Faith:\n\nP: And ward off (from yourselves) the Fire prepared for disbelievers.\n\nS: And guard yourselves against the fire which has been prepared for the\nunbelievers.\n\n003.132\nY: And obey Allah and the Messenger; that ye may obtain mercy.\n\nP: And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy.\n\nS: And obey Allah and the Messenger, that you may be shown mercy.\n\n003.133\nY: Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden\nwhose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth,\nprepared for the righteous,-\n\nP: And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a\nparadise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those\nwho ward off (evil);\n\nS: And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden, the\nextensiveness of which is (as) the heavens and the earth, it is\nprepared for those who guard (against evil).\n\n003.134\nY: Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who\nrestrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah loves those who do\ngood;-\n\nP: Those who spend (of that which Allah hath given them) in ease and in\nadversity, those who control their wrath and are forgiving toward\nmankind; Allah loveth the good;\n\nS: Those who spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in straitness, and\nthose who restrain (their) anger and pardon men; and Allah loves the\ndoers of good (to others).\n\n003.135\nY: And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged\ntheir own souls, earnestly bring Allah to mind, and ask for forgiveness\nfor their sins,- and who can forgive sins except Allah?- and are never\nobstinate in persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done.\n\nP: And those who, when they do an evil thing or wrong themselves,\nremember Allah and implore forgiveness for their sins - Who forgiveth\nsins save Allah only? - and will not knowingly repeat (the wrong) they\ndid.\n\nS: And those who when they commit an indecency or do injustice to their\nsouls remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their faults-- and who\nforgives the faults but Allah, and (who) do not knowingly persist in\nwhat they have done.\n\n003.136\nY: For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with\nrivers flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a\nrecompense for those who work (and strive)!\n\nP: The reward of such will be forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever - a\nbountiful reward for workers!\n\nS: (As for) these-- their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and\ngardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and excellent is\nthe reward of the laborers.\n\n003.137\nY: Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel\nthrough the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected\nTruth.\n\nP: Systems have passed away before you. Do but travel in the land and\nsee the nature of the consequence for those who did deny (the\nmessengers).\n\nS: Indeed there have been examples before you; therefore travel in the\nearth and see what was the end of the rejecters.\n\n003.138\nY: Here is a plain statement to men, a guidance and instruction to those\nwho fear Allah!\n\nP: This is a declaration for mankind, a guidance and an admonition unto\nthose who ward off (evil)\n\nS: This is a clear statement for men, and a guidance and an admonition\nto those who guard (against evil).\n\n003.139\nY: So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For ye must gain mastery if\nye are true in Faith.\n\nP: Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them if ye are (indeed)\nbelievers.\n\nS: And be not infirm, and be not grieving, and you shall have the upper\nhand if you are believers.\n\n003.140\nY: If a wound hath touched you, be sure a similar wound hath touched the\nothers. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men by\nturns: that Allah may know those that believe, and that He may take to\nHimself from your ranks Martyr-witnesses (to Truth). And Allah loveth\nnot those that do wrong.\n\nP: If ye have received a blow, the (disbelieving) people have received a\nblow the like thereof. These are (only) the vicissitudes which We cause\nto follow one another for mankind, to the end that Allah may know those\nwho believe and may choose witnesses from among you; and Allah loveth\nnot wrong-doers.\n\nS: If a wound has afflicted you (at Ohud), a wound like it has also\nafflicted the (unbelieving) people; and We bring these days to men by\nturns, and that Allah may know those who believe and take witnesses\nfrom among you; and Allah does not love the unjust.\n\n003.141\nY: Allah's object also is to purge those that are true in Faith and to\ndeprive of blessing Those that resist Faith.\n\nP: And that Allah may prove those who believe, and may blight the\ndisbelievers.\n\nS: And that He may purge those who believe and deprive the unbelievers\nof blessings.\n\n003.142\nY: Did ye think that ye would enter Heaven without Allah testing those\nof you who fought hard (In His Cause) and remained steadfast?\n\nP: Or deemed ye that ye would enter paradise while yet Allah knoweth not\nthose of you who really strive, nor knoweth those (of you) who are\nsteadfast?\n\nS: Do you think that you will enter the garden while Allah has not yet\nknown those who strive hard from among you, and (He has not) known the\npatient.\n\n003.143\nY: Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him\nwith your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)\n\nP: And verily ye used to wish for death before ye met it (in the field).\nNow ye have seen it with your eyes!\n\nS: And certainly you desired death before you met it, so indeed you have\nseen it and you look (at it)\n\n003.144\nY: Muhammad is no more than a messenger: many Were the messenger that\npassed away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then Turn\nback on your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least\nharm will he do to Allah; but Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly\nreward those who (serve Him) with gratitude.\n\nP: Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have\npassed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye\nwill turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no\nhurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.\n\nS: And Muhammad is no more than a messenger; the messengers have already\npassed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back\nupon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels, he will by no\nmeans do harm to Allah in the least and Allah will reward the grateful.\n\n003.145\nY: Nor can a soul die except by Allah's leave, the term being fixed as\nby writing. If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to\nhim; and if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it\nto him. And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve us with)\ngratitude.\n\nP: No soul can ever die except by Allah's leave and at a term appointed.\nWhoso desireth the reward of the world, We bestow on him thereof; and\nwhoso desireth the reward of the Hereafter, We bestow on him thereof.\nWe shall reward the thankful.\n\nS: And a soul will not die but with the permission of Allah the term is\nfixed; and whoever desires the reward of this world, I shall give him\nof it, and whoever desires the reward of the hereafter I shall give him\nof it, and I will reward the grateful.\n\n003.146\nY: How many of the prophets fought (in Allah's way), and with them\n(fought) Large bands of godly men? but they never lost heart if they\nmet with disaster in Allah's way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor\ngive in. And Allah Loves those who are firm and steadfast.\n\nP: And with how many a prophet have there been a number of devoted men\nwho fought (beside him). They quailed not for aught that befell them in\nthe way of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor were they brought low. Allah\nloveth the steadfast.\n\nS: And how many a prophet has fought with whom were many worshippers of\nthe Lord; so they did not become weak-hearted on account of what befell\nthem in Allah's way, nor did they weaken, nor did they abase\nthemselves; and Allah loves the patient.\n\n003.147\nY: All that they said was: \"Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything\nWe may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly,\nand help us against those that resist Faith.\"\n\nP: Their cry was only that they said: Our Lord! forgive us for our sins\nand wasted efforts, make our foothold sure, and give us victory over\nthe disbelieving folk.\n\nS: And their saying was no other than that they said: Our Lord! forgive\nus our faults and our extravagance in our affair and make firm our feet\nand help us against the unbelieving people.\n\n003.148\nY: And Allah gave them a reward in this world, and the excellent reward\nof the Hereafter. For Allah Loveth those who do good.\n\nP: So Allah gave them the reward of the world and the good reward of the\nHereafter. Allah loveth those whose deeds are good.\n\nS: So Allah gave them the reward of this world and better reward of the\nhereafter and Allah loves those who do good (to others).\n\n003.149\nY: O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you\nback on your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own\nloss.\n\nP: O ye who believe! if ye obey those who disbelieve, they will make you\nturn back on your heels, and ye turn back as losers.\n\nS: O you who believe! if you obey those who disbelieve they will turn\nyou back upon your heels, so you will turn back losers.\n\n003.150\nY: Nay, Allah is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.\n\nP: But Allah is your Protector, and He is the Best of Helpers.\n\nS: Nay! Allah is your Patron and He is the best of the helpers.\n\n003.151\nY: Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for\nthat they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no\nauthority: their abode will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the\nwrong-doers!\n\nP: We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve because\nthey ascribe unto Allah partners, for which no warrant hath been\nrevealed. Their habitation is the Fire, and hapless the abode of the\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because\nthey set up with Allah that for which He has sent down no authority,\nand their abode is the fire, and evil is the abode of the unjust.\n\n003.152\nY: Allah did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His\npermission Were about to annihilate your enemy,-until ye flinched and\nfell to disputing about the order, and disobeyed it after He brought\nyou in sight (of the booty) which ye covet. Among you are some that\nhanker after this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then did He\ndivert you from your foes in order to test you but He forgave you: For\nAllah is full of grace to those who believe.\n\nP: Allah verily made good His promise unto you when ye routed them by\nHis leave, until (the moment) when your courage failed you, and ye\ndisagreed about the order and ye disobeyed, after He had shown you that\nfor which ye long. Some of you desired the world, and some of you\ndesired the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them, that He\nmight try you. Yet now He hath forgiven you. Allah is a Lord of\nKindness to believers.\n\nS: And certainly Allah made good to you His promise when you slew them\nby His permission, until when you became weak-hearted and disputed\nabout the affair and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you\nloved; of you were some who desired this world and of you were some who\ndesired the hereafter; then He turned you away from them that He might\ntry you; and He has certainly pardoned you, and Allah is Gracious to\nthe believers.\n\n003.153\nY: Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a\nside glance at any one, and the Messenger in your rear was calling you\nback. There did Allah give you one distress after another by way of\nrequital, to teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that had escaped\nyou and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For Allah is well aware of\nall that ye do.\n\nP: When ye climbed (the hill) and paid no heed to anyone, while the\nmessenger, in your rear, was calling you (to fight). Therefor He\nrewarded you grief for (his) grief, that (He might teach) you not to\nsorrow either for that which ye missed or for that which befell you.\nAllah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: When you ran off precipitately and did not wait for any one, and the\nMessenger was calling you from your rear, so He gave you another sorrow\ninstead of (your) sorrow, so that you might not grieve at what had\nescaped you, nor (at) what befell you; and Allah is aware of what you\ndo.\n\n003.154\nY: After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band\nof you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety\nby their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of Allah-suspicions\ndue to ignorance. They said: \"What affair is this of ours?\" Say thou:\n\"Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's.\" They hide in their minds what\nthey dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): \"If we had had\nanything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the\nslaughter here.\" Say: \"Even if you had remained in your homes, those\nfor whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place\nof their death\"; but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in\nyour breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well\nthe secrets of your hearts.\n\nP: Then, after grief, He sent down security for you. As slumber did it\novercome a party of you, while (the other) party, who were anxious on\ntheir own account, thought wrongly of Allah, the thought of ignorance.\nThey said: Have we any part in the cause? Say (O Muhammad): The cause\nbelongeth wholly to Allah. They hide within themselves (a thought)\nwhich they reveal not unto thee, saying: Had we had any part in the\ncause we should not have been slain here. Say: Even though ye had been\nin your houses, those appointed to be slain would have gone forth to\nthe places where they were to lie. (All this hath been) in order that\nAllah might try what is in your breasts and prove what is in your\nhearts. Allah is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: Then after sorrow He sent down security upon you, a calm coming upon\na party of you, and (there was) another party whom their own souls had\nrendered anxious; they entertained about Allah thoughts of ignorance\nquite unjustly, saying: We have no hand in the affair. Say: Surely the\naffair is wholly (in the hands) of Allah. They conceal within their\nsouls what they would not reveal to you. They say: Had we any hand in\nthe affair, we would not have been slain here. Say: Had you remained in\nyour houses, those for whom slaughter was ordained would certainly have\ngone forth to the places where they would be slain, and that Allah\nmight test what was in your breasts and that He might purge what was in\nyour hearts; and Allah knows what is in the breasts.\n\n003.155\nY: Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts Met,-it was\nSatan who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done.\nBut Allah Has blotted out (their fault): For Allah is Oft-Forgiving,\nMost Forbearing.\n\nP: Lo! those of you who turned back on the day when the two hosts met,\nSatan alone it was who caused them to backslide, because of some of\nthat which they have earned. Now Allah hath forgiven them. Lo! Allah is\nForgiving, Clement.\n\nS: (As for) those of you who turned back on the day when the two armies\nmet, only the Shaitan sought to cause them to make a slip on account of\nsome deeds they had done, and certainly Allah has pardoned them; surely\nAllah is Forgiving, Forbearing.\n\n003.156\nY: O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their\nbrethren, when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in\nfighting: \"If they had stayed with us, they would not have died,\nor been slain.\" This that Allah may make it a cause of sighs and\nregrets in their hearts. It is Allah that gives Life and Death,\nand Allah sees well all that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be not as those who disbelieved and said of their\nbrethren who went abroad in the land or were fighting in the field: If\nthey had been (here) with us they would not have died or been killed:\nthat Allah may make it anguish in their hearts. Allah giveth life and\ncauseth death; and Allah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! be not like those who disbelieve and say of their\nbrethren when they travel in the earth or engage in fighting: Had they\nbeen with us, they would not have died and they would not have been\nslain; so Allah makes this to be an intense regret in their hearts; and\nAllah gives life and causes death and Allah sees what you do.\n\n003.157\nY: And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of Allah, forgiveness and\nmercy from Allah are far better than all they could amass.\n\nP: And what though ye be slain in Allah's way or die therein? Surely\npardon from Allah and mercy are better than all that they amass.\n\nS: And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly\nforgiveness from Allah and mercy is better than what they amass.\n\n003.158\nY: And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto Allah that ye are brought\ntogether.\n\nP: What though ye be slain or die, when unto Allah ye are gathered?\n\nS: And if indeed you die or you are slain, certainly to Allah shall you\nbe gathered together.\n\n003.159\nY: It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them\nWert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from\nabout thee: so pass over (Their faults), and ask for (Allah's)\nforgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). Then,\nwhen thou hast Taken a decision put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves\nthose who put their trust (in Him).\n\nP: It was by the mercy of Allah that thou wast lenient with them (O\nMuhammad), for if thou hadst been stern and fierce of heart they would\nhave dispersed from round about thee. So pardon them and ask\nforgiveness for them and consult with them upon the conduct of affairs.\nAnd when thou art resolved, then put thy trust in Allah. Lo! Allah\nloveth those who put their trust (in Him).\n\nS: Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that you deal with them gently,\nand had you been rough, hard hearted, they would certainly have\ndispersed from around you; pardon them therefore and ask pardon for\nthem, and take counsel with them in the affair; so when you have\ndecided, then place your trust in Allah; surely Allah loves those who\ntrust.\n\n003.160\nY: If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is\nthere, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, let believers put\ntheir trust.\n\nP: If Allah is your helper none can overcome you, and if He withdraw His\nhelp from you, who is there who can help you after Him? In Allah let\nbelievers put their trust.\n\nS: If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you, and\nif He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him?\nAnd on Allah should the believers rely.\n\n003.161\nY: No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust. If any person is so\nfalse, He shall, on the Day of Judgment, restore what he\nmisappropriated; then shall every soul receive its due,- whatever it\nearned,- and none shall be dealt with unjustly.\n\nP: It is not for any prophet to embezzle. Whoso embezzleth will bring\nwhat he embezzled with him on the Day of Resurrection. Then every soul\nwill be paid in full what it hath earned; and they will not be wronged.\n\nS: And it is not attributable to a prophet that he should act\nunfaithfully; and he who acts unfaithfully shall bring that in respect\nof which he has acted unfaithfully on the day of resurrection; then\nshall every soul be paid back fully what it has earned, and they shall\nnot be dealt with unjustly.\n\n003.162\nY: Is the man who follows the good pleasure of Allah Like the man who\ndraws on himself the wrath of Allah, and whose abode is in Hell?- A\nwoeful refuge!\n\nP: Is one who followeth the pleasure of Allah as one who hath earned\ncondemnation from Allah, whose habitation is the Fire, a hapless\njourney's end?\n\nS: Is then he who follows the pleasure of Allah like him who has made\nhimself deserving of displeasure from Allah, and his abode is hell; and\nit is an evil destination.\n\n003.163\nY: They are in varying gardens in the sight of Allah, and Allah sees\nwell all that they do.\n\nP: There are degrees (of grace and reprobation) with Allah, and Allah is\nSeer of what they do.\n\nS: There are (varying) grades with Allah, and Allah sees what they do.\n\n003.164\nY: Allah did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among\nthem a messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs\nof Allah, sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and\nWisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error.\n\nP: Allah verily hath shown grace to the believers by sending unto them a\nmessenger of their own who reciteth unto them His revelations, and\ncauseth them to grow, and teacheth them the Scripture and wisdom;\nalthough before (he came to them) they were in flagrant error.\n\nS: Certainly Allah conferred a benefit upon the believers when He raised\namong them a Messenger from among themselves, reciting to them His\ncommunications and purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the\nwisdom, although before that they were surely in manifest error.\n\n003.165\nY: What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote (your\nenemies) with one twice as great, do ye say?- \"Whence is this?\" Say (to\nthem): \"It is from yourselves: For Allah hath power over all things.\"\n\nP: And was it so, when a disaster smote you, though ye had smitten (them\nwith a disaster) twice (as great), that ye said: How is this? Say (unto\nthem, O Muhammad): It is from yourselves. Lo! Allah is Able to do all\nthings.\n\nS: What! when a misfortune befell you, and you had certainly afflicted\n(the unbelievers) with twice as much, you began to say: Whence is this?\nSay: It is from yourselves; surely Allah has power over all things.\n\n003.166\nY: What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of\nAllah, in order that He might test the believers,-\n\nP: That which befell you, on the day when the two armies met, was by\npermission of Allah; that He might know the true believers;\n\nS: And what befell you on the day when the two armies met (at Ohud) was\nwith Allah's knowledge, and that He might know the believers.\n\n003.167\nY: And the Hypocrites also. These were told: \"Come, fight in the way of\nAllah, or (at least) drive (The foe from your city).\" They said: \"Had\nwe known how to fight, we should certainly have followed you.\" They\nwere that day nearer to Unbelief than to Faith, saying with their lips\nwhat was not in their hearts but Allah hath full knowledge of all they\nconceal.\n\nP: And that He might know the hypocrites, unto whom it was said: Come,\nfight in the way of Allah, or defend yourselves. They answered: If we\nknew aught of fighting we would follow you. On that day they were\nnearer disbelief than faith. They utter with their mouths a thing which\nis not in their hearts. Allah is Best Aware of what they hide.\n\nS: And that He might know the hypocrites; and it was said to them: Come,\nfight in Allah's way, or defend yourselves. They said: If we knew\nfighting, we would certainly have followed you. They were on that day\nmuch nearer to unbelief than to belief. They say with their mouths what\nis not in their hearts, and Allah best knows what they conceal.\n\n003.168\nY: (They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they\nthemselves sit (at ease): \"If only they had listened to us they would\nnot have been slain.\" Say: \"Avert death from your own selves, if ye\nspeak the truth.\"\n\nP: Those who, while they sat at home, said of their brethren (who were\nfighting for the cause of Allah): If they had been guided by us they\nwould not have been slain. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then avert\ndeath from yourselves if ye are truthful.\n\nS: Those who said of their brethren whilst they (themselves) held back:\nHad they obeyed us, they would not have been killed. Say: Then avert\ndeath from yourselves if you speak the truth.\n\n003.169\nY: Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they\nlive, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord;\n\nP: Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay,\nthey are living. With their Lord they have provision.\n\nS: And reckon not those who are killed in Allah's way as dead; nay, they\nare alive (and) are provided sustenance from their Lord;\n\n003.170\nY: They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah: And with regard to\nthose left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the\n(Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they\n(cause to) grieve.\n\nP: Jubilant (are they) because of that which Allah hath bestowed upon\nthem of His bounty, rejoicing for the sake of those who have not joined\nthem but are left behind: That there shall no fear come upon them\nneither shall they grieve.\n\nS: Rejoicing in what Allah has given them out of His grace and they\nrejoice for the sake of those who, (being left) behind them, have not\nyet joined them, that they shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\n003.171\nY: They glory in the Grace and the bounty from Allah, and in the fact\nthat Allah suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the\nleast).\n\nP: They rejoice because of favour from Allah and kindness, and that\nAllah wasteth not the wage of the believers.\n\nS: They rejoice on account of favor from Allah and (His) grace, and that\nAllah will not waste the reward of the believers.\n\n003.172\nY: Of those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger, even after\nbeing wounded, those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great\nreward;-\n\nP: As for those who heard the call of Allah and His messenger after the\nharm befell them (in the fight); for such of them as do right and ward\noff (evil), there is great reward.\n\nS: (As for) those who responded (at Ohud) to the call of Allah and the\nMessenger after the wound had befallen them, those among them who do\ngood (to others) and guard (against evil) shall have a great reward.\n\n003.173\nY: Men said to them: \"A great army is gathering against you\": And\nfrightened them: But it (only) increased their Faith: They said: \"For\nus Allah sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs.\"\n\nP: Those unto whom men said: Lo! the people have gathered against you,\ntherefor fear them. (The threat of danger) but increased the faith of\nthem and they cried: Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He\nin Whom we trust!\n\nS: Those to whom the people said: Surely men have gathered against you,\ntherefore fear them, but this increased their faith, and they said:\nAllah is sufficient for us and most excellent is the Protector.\n\n003.174\nY: And they returned with Grace and bounty from Allah: no harm ever\ntouched them: For they followed the good pleasure of Allah: And Allah\nis the Lord of bounties unbounded.\n\nP: So they returned with grace and favour from Allah, and no harm\ntouched them. They followed the good pleasure of Allah, and Allah is of\nInfinite Bounty.\n\nS: So they returned with favor from Allah and (His) grace, no evil\ntouched them and they followed the pleasure of Allah; and Allah is the\nLord of mighty grace.\n\n003.175\nY: It is only the Evil One that suggests to you the fear of his\nvotaries: Be ye not afraid of them, but fear Me, if ye have Faith.\n\nP: It is only the devil who would make (men) fear his partisans. Fear\nthem not; fear Me, if ye are true believers.\n\nS: It is only the Shaitan that causes you to fear from his friends, but\ndo not fear them, and fear Me if you are believers.\n\n003.176\nY: Let not those grieve thee who rush headlong into Unbelief: Not the\nleast harm will they do to Allah: Allah's plan is that He will give\nthem no portion in the Hereafter, but a severe punishment.\n\nP: Let not their conduct grieve thee, who run easily to disbelief, for\nlo! they injure Allah not at all. It is Allah's Will to assign them no\nportion in the Hereafter, and theirs will be an awful doom.\n\nS: And let not those grieve you who fall into unbelief hastily; surely\nthey can do no harm to Allah at all; Allah intends that He should not\ngive them any portion in the hereafter, and they shall have a grievous\nchastisement.\n\n003.177\nY: Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the least\nharm will they do to Allah, but they will have a grievous punishment.\n\nP: Those who purchase disbelief at the price of faith harm Allah not at\nall, but theirs will be a painful doom.\n\nS: Surely those who have bought unbelief at the price of faith shall do\nno harm at all to Allah, and they shall have a painful chastisement.\n\n003.178\nY: Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is good for\nthemselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in their iniquity:\nBut they will have a shameful punishment.\n\nP: And let not those who disbelieve imagine that the rein We give them\nbodeth good unto their souls. We only give them rein that they may grow\nin sinfulness. And theirs will be a shameful doom.\n\nS: And let not those who disbelieve think that Our granting them respite\nis better for their souls; We grant them respite only that they may add\nto their sins; and they shall have a disgraceful chastisement.\n\n003.179\nY: Allah will not leave the believers in the state in which ye are now,\nuntil He separates what is evil from what is good nor will He disclose\nto you the secrets of the Unseen. But He chooses of His Messengers (For\nthe purpose) whom He pleases. So believe in Allah. And His messengers:\nAnd if ye believe and do right, ye have a reward without measure.\n\nP: It is not (the purpose) of Allah to leave you in your present state\ntill He shall separate the wicked from the good. And it is not (the\npurpose of) Allah to let you know the Unseen. But Allah chooseth of His\nmessengers whom He will, (to receive knowledge thereof). So believe in\nAllah and His messengers. If ye believe and ward off (evil), yours will\nbe a vast reward.\n\nS: On no account will Allah leave the believers in the condition which\nyou are in until He separates the evil from the good; nor is Allah\ngoing to make you acquainted with the unseen, but Allah chooses of His\nmessengers whom He pleases; therefore believe in Allah and His\nmessengers; and if you believe and guard (against evil), then you shall\nhave a great reward.\n\n003.180\nY: And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah\nHath given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it\nwill be the worse for them: soon shall the things which they covetously\nwithheld be tied to their necks Like a twisted collar, on the Day of\nJudgment. To Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth;\nand Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.\n\nP: And let not those who hoard up that which Allah hath bestowed upon\nthem of His bounty think that it is better for them. Nay, it is worse\nfor them. That which they hoard will be their collar on the Day of\nResurrection. Allah's is the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and\nAllah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: And let not those deem, who are niggardly in giving away that which\nAllah has granted them out of His grace, that it is good for them; nay,\nit is worse for them; they shall have that whereof they were niggardly\nmade to cleave to their necks on the resurrection day; and Allah's is\nthe heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is aware of what\nyou do.\n\n003.181\nY: Allah hath heard the taunt of those who say: \"Truly, Allah is\nindigent and we are rich!\"- We shall certainly record their word and\n(their act) of slaying the prophets in defiance of right, and We shall\nsay: \"Taste ye the penalty of the Scorching Fire!\"\n\nP: Verily Allah heard the saying of those who said, (when asked for\ncontributions to the war): \"Allah, forsooth, is poor, and we are rich!\"\nWe shall record their saying with their slaying of the prophets\nwrongfully and We shall say: Taste ye the punishment of burning!\n\nS: Allah has certainly heard the saying of those who said: Surely Allah\nis poor and we are rich. I will record what they say, and their killing\nthe prophets unjustly, and I will say: Taste the chastisement of\nburning.\n\n003.182\nY: \"This is because of the (unrighteous deeds) which your hands sent on\nbefore ye: For Allah never harms those who serve Him.\"\n\nP: This is on account of that which your own hands have sent before (you\nto the judgment). Allah is no oppressor of (His) bondmen.\n\nS: This is for what your own hands have sent before and because Allah is\nnot in the least unjust to the servants.\n\n003.183\nY: They (also) said: \"Allah took our promise not to believe in an\nmessenger unless He showed us a sacrifice consumed by Fire (From\nheaven).\" Say: \"There came to you messengers before me, with clear\nSigns and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye slay them, if ye\nspeak the truth?\"\n\nP: (The same are) those who say: Lo! Allah hath charged us that we\nbelieve not in any messenger until he bring us an offering which fire\n(from heaven) shall devour. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Messengers\ncame unto you before me with miracles, and with that (very miracle)\nwhich ye describe. Why then did ye slay them? (Answer that) if ye are\ntruthful!\n\nS: (Those are they) who said: Surely Allah has enjoined us that we\nshould not believe in any messenger until he brings us an offering\nwhich the fire consumes. Say: Indeed, there came to you messengers\nbefore me with clear arguments and with that which you demand; why then\ndid you kill them if you are truthful?\n\n003.184\nY: Then if they reject thee, so were rejected messengers before thee,\nwho came with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of\nEnlightenment.\n\nP: And if they deny thee, even so did they deny messengers who were\nbefore thee, who came with miracles and with the Psalms and with the\nScripture giving light.\n\nS: But if they reject you, so indeed were rejected before you messengers\nwho came with clear arguments and scriptures and the illuminating book.\n\n003.185\nY: Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of\nJudgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved\nfar from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the\nobject (of Life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels\nof deception.\n\nP: Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be paid on the Day of\nResurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is removed\nfrom the Fire and is made to enter paradise, he indeed is triumphant.\nThe life of this world is but comfort of illusion.\n\nS: Every soul shall taste of death, and you shall only be paid fully\nyour reward on the resurrection day; then whoever is removed far away\nfrom the fire and is made to enter the garden he indeed has attained\nthe object; and the life of this world is nothing but a provision of\nvanities.\n\n003.186\nY: Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in\nyour personal selves; and ye shall certainly Hear much that will grieve\nyou, from those who received the Book before you and from those who\nworship many gods. But if ye persevere patiently, and guard against\nevil,-then that will be a determining factor in all affairs.\n\nP: Assuredly ye will be tried in your property and in your persons, and\nye will hear much wrong from those who were given the Scripture before\nyou, and from the idolaters. But if ye persevere and ward off (evil),\nthen that is of the steadfast heart of things.\n\nS: You shall certainly be tried respecting your wealth and your souls,\nand you shall certainly hear from those who have been given the Book\nbefore you and from those who are polytheists much annoying talk; and\nif you are patient and guard (against evil), surely this is one of the\naffairs (which should be) determined upon.\n\n003.187\nY: And remember Allah took a covenant from the People of the Book, to\nmake it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw\nit away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain!\nAnd vile was the bargain they made!\n\nP: And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those who had received the\nScripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide\nit. But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a little\ngain. Verily evil is that which they have gained thereby.\n\nS: And when Allah made a covenant with those who were given the Book:\nYou shall certainly make it known to men and you shall not hide it; but\nthey cast it behind their backs and took a small price for it; so evil\nis that which they buy.\n\n003.188\nY: Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about, and\nlove to be praised for what they have not done,- think escape the\npenalty. For them is a penalty Grievous indeed.\n\nP: Think not that those who exult in what they have given, and love to\nbe praised for what they have not done - Think not, they are in safety\nfrom the doom. A painful doom is theirs.\n\nS: Do not think those who rejoice for what they have done and love that\nthey should be praised for what they have not done-- so do by no means\nthink them to be safe from the chastisement, and they shall have a\npainful chastisement.\n\n003.189\nY: To Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and\nAllah hath power over all things.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth.\nAllah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah\nhas power over all things.\n\n003.190\nY: Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the\nalternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of\nunderstanding,-\n\nP: Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the\ndifference of night and day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of\nunderstanding,\n\nS: Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the\nalternation of the night and the day there are signs for men who\nunderstand.\n\n003.191\nY: Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying\ndown on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the\nheavens and the earth, (With the thought): \"Our Lord! not for naught\nHast Thou created (all) this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the\npenalty of the Fire.\"\n\nP: Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and\nconsider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our\nLord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us\nfrom the doom of Fire.\n\nS: Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and lying on their\nsides and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: Our\nLord! Thou hast not created this in vain! Glory be to Thee; save us\nthen from the chastisement of the fire:\n\n003.192\nY: \"Our Lord! any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly Thou coverest\nwith shame, and never will wrong-doers Find any helpers!\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Whom Thou causest to enter the Fire: him indeed Thou hast\nconfounded. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.\n\nS: Our Lord! surely whomsoever Thou makest enter the fire, him Thou hast\nindeed brought to disgrace, and there shall be no helpers for the\nunjust:\n\n003.193\nY: \"Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith,\n'Believe ye in the Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our\nsins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in\nthe company of the righteous.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto Faith: \"Believe ye\nin your Lord!\" So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor forgive us our sins,\nand remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the death of the\nrighteous.\n\nS: Our Lord! surely we have heard a preacher calling to the faith,\nsaying: Believe in your Lord, so we did believe; Our Lord! forgive us\ntherefore our faults, and cover our evil deeds and make us die with the\nrighteous.\n\n003.194\nY: \"Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine\nmessengers, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou\nnever breakest Thy promise.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! And give us that which Thou hast promised to us by Thy\nmessengers. Confound us not upon the Day of Resurrection. Lo! Thou\nbreakest not the tryst.\n\nS: Our Lord! and grant us what Thou hast promised us by Thy messengers;\nand disgrace us not on the day of resurrection; surely Thou dost not\nfail to perform the promise.\n\n003.195\nY: And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them: \"Never will\nI suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: Ye\nare members, one of another: Those who have left their homes, or been\ndriven out therefrom, or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been\nslain,- verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit\nthem into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from the\npresence of Allah, and from His presence is the best of rewards.\"\n\nP: And their Lord hath heard them (and He saith): Lo! I suffer not the\nwork of any worker, male or female, to be lost. Ye proceed one from\nanother. So those who fled and were driven forth from their homes and\nsuffered damage for My cause, and fought and were slain, verily I shall\nremit their evil deeds from them and verily I shall bring them into\nGardens underneath which rivers flow - A reward from Allah. And with\nAllah is the fairest of rewards.\n\nS: So their Lord accepted their prayer: That I will not waste the work\nof a worker among you, whether male or female, the one of you being\nfrom the other; they, therefore, who fled and were turned out of their\nhomes and persecuted in My way and who fought and were slain, I will\nmost certainly cover their evil deeds, and I will most certainly make\nthem enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; a reward from Allah, and\nwith Allah is yet better reward.\n\n003.196\nY: Let not the strutting about of the Unbelievers through the land\ndeceive thee:\n\nP: Let not the vicissitude (of the success) of those who disbelieve, in\nthe land, deceive thee (O Muhammad).\n\nS: Let it not deceive you that those who disbelieve go to and fro in the\ncities fearlessly.\n\n003.197\nY: Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an\nevil bed (To lie on)!\n\nP: It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their habitation will be\nhell, an ill abode.\n\nS: A brief enjoyment! then their abode is hell, and evil is the\nresting-place.\n\n003.198\nY: On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are Gardens, with\nrivers flowing beneath; therein are they to dwell (for ever),- a gift\nfrom the presence of Allah; and that which is in the presence of Allah\nis the best (bliss) for the righteous.\n\nP: But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow, wherein they will be safe for ever. A\ngift of welcome from their Lord. That which Allah hath in store is\nbetter for the righteous.\n\nS: But as to those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord, they\nshall have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding in them; an\nentertainment from their Lord, and that which is with Allah is best for\nthe righteous.\n\n003.199\nY: And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who\nbelieve in Allah, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to\nthem, bowing in humility to Allah: They will not sell the Signs of\nAllah for a miserable gain! For them is a reward with their Lord, and\nAllah is swift in account.\n\nP: And lo! of the People of the Scripture there are some who believe in\nAllah and that which is revealed unto you and that which was revealed\nunto them, humbling themselves before Allah. They purchase not a\ntrifling gain at the price of the revelations of Allah. Verily their\nreward is with their Lord. Lo! Allah is swift to take account.\n\nS: And most surely of the followers of the Book there are those who\nbelieve in Allah and (in) that which has been revealed to you and (in)\nthat which has been revealed to them, being lowly before Allah; they do\nnot take a small price for the communications of Allah; these it is\nthat have their reward with their Lord; surely Allah is quick in\nreckoning.\n\n003.200\nY: O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such\nperseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah; that ye may\nprosper.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Endure, outdo all others in endurance, be ready,\nand observe your duty to Allah, in order that ye may succeed.\n\nS: O you who believe! be patient and excel in patience and remain\nsteadfast, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be\nsuccessful.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 4:\n\n                              AN-NISA (WOMEN)\n Total Verses: 176 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n004.001\nY: O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a\nsingle person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain\nscattered (like seeds) countless men and women;- reverence Allah,\nthrough whom ye demand your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs\n(That bore you): for Allah ever watches over you.\n\nP: O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from\na single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath\nspread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty\ntoward Allah in Whom ye claim (your rights) of one another, and toward\nthe wombs (that bare you). Lo! Allah hath been a watcher over you.\n\nS: O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you\nfrom a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread\nfrom these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to)\nAllah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (to) the\nties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches over you.\n\n004.002\nY: To orphans restore their property (When they reach their age), nor\nsubstitute (your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour\nnot their substance (by mixing it up) with your won. For this is indeed\na great sin.\n\nP: Give unto orphans their wealth. Exchange not the good for the bad (in\nyour management thereof) nor absorb their wealth into your own wealth.\nLo! that would be a great sin.\n\nS: And give to the orphans their property, and do not substitute\nworthless (things) for (their) good (ones), and do not devour their\nproperty (as an addition) to your own property; this is surely a great\ncrime.\n\n004.003\nY: If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans,\nMarry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that\nye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a\ncaptive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to\nprevent you from doing injustice.\n\nP: And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of\nthe women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear\nthat ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the\ncaptives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye\nwill not do injustice.\n\nS: And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards orphans, then\nmarry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if\nyou fear that you will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only\none or what your right hands possess; this is more proper, that you may\nnot deviate from the right course.\n\n004.004\nY: And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if\nthey, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, Take it\nand enjoy it with right good cheer.\n\nP: And give unto the women (whom ye marry) free gift of their marriage\nportions; but if they of their own accord remit unto you a part\nthereof, then ye are welcome to absorb it (in your wealth).\n\nS: And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of\nthemselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it\nwith enjoyment and with wholesome result.\n\n004.005\nY: To those weak of understanding Make not over your property, which\nAllah hath made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them\ntherewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.\n\nP: Give not unto the foolish (what is in) your (keeping of their)\nwealth, which Allah hath given you to maintain; but feed and clothe\nthem from it, and speak kindly unto them.\n\nS: And do not give away your property which Allah has made for you a\n(means of) support to the weak of understanding, and maintain them out\nof (the profits of) it, and clothe them and speak to them words of\nhonest advice.\n\n004.006\nY: Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if then\nye find sound judgment in them, release their property to them; but\nconsume it not wastefully, nor in haste against their growing up. If\nthe guardian is well-off, Let him claim no remuneration, but if he is\npoor, let him have for himself what is just and reasonable. When ye\nrelease their property to them, take witnesses in their presence: But\nall-sufficient is Allah in taking account.\n\nP: Prove orphans till they reach the marriageable age; then, if ye find\nthem of sound judgment, deliver over unto them their fortune; and\ndevour it not by squandering and in haste lest they should grow up\nWhoso (of the guardians) is rich, let him abstain generously (from\ntaking of the property of orphans); and whoso is poor let him take\nthereof in reason (for his guardianship). And when ye deliver up their\nfortune unto orphans, have (the transaction) witnessed in their\npresence. Allah sufficeth as a Reckoner.\n\nS: And test the orphans until they attain puberty; then if you find in\nthem maturity of intellect, make over to them their property, and do\nnot consume it extravagantly and hastily, lest they attain to full age;\nand whoever is rich, let him abstain altogether, and whoever is poor,\nlet him eat reasonably; then when you make over to them their property,\ncall witnesses in their presence; and Allah is enough as a Reckoner.\n\n004.007\nY: From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a\nshare for men and a share for women, whether the property be small or\nlarge,-a determinate share.\n\nP: Unto the men (of a family) belongeth a share of that which parents\nand near kindred leave, and unto the women a share of that which\nparents and near kindred leave, whether it be little or much - a legal\nshare.\n\nS: Men shall have a portion of what the parents and the near relatives\nleave, and women shall have a portion of what the parents and the near\nrelatives leave, whether there is little or much of it; a stated\nportion.\n\n004.008\nY: But if at the time of division other relatives, or orphans or poor,\nare present, feed them out of the (property), and speak to them words\nof kindness and justice.\n\nP: And when kinsfolk and orphans and the needy are present at the\ndivision (of the heritage), bestow on them therefrom and speak kindly\nunto them.\n\nS: And when there are present at the division the relatives and the\norphans and the needy, give them (something) out of it and speak to\nthem kind words.\n\n004.009\nY: Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in their minds\nas they would have for their own if they had left a helpless family\nbehind: Let them fear Allah, and speak words of appropriate (comfort).\n\nP: And let those fear (in their behaviour toward orphans) who if they\nleft behind them weak offspring would be afraid for them. So let them\nmind their duty to Allah, and speak justly.\n\nS: And let those fear who, should they leave behind them weakly\noffspring, would fear on their account, so let them be careful of\n(their duty to) Allah, and let them speak right words.\n\n004.010\nY: Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a Fire into\ntheir own bodies: They will soon be enduring a Blazing Fire!\n\nP: Lo! Those who devour the wealth of orphans wrongfully, they do but\nswallow fire into their bellies, and they will be exposed to burning\nflame.\n\nS: (As for) those who swallow the property of the orphans unjustly,\nsurely they only swallow fire into their bellies and they shall enter\nburning fire.\n\n004.011\nY: Allah (thus) directs you as regards your Children's (Inheritance): to\nthe male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters,\ntwo or more, their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one,\nher share is a half. For parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to\neach, if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents\nare the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased Left\nbrothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all\ncases is) after the payment of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether\nyour parents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These are\nsettled portions ordained by Allah; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: Allah chargeth you concerning (the provision for) your children: to\nthe male the equivalent of the portion of two females, and if there be\nwomen more than two, then theirs is two-thirds of the inheritance, and\nif there be one (only) then the half. And to each of his parents a\nsixth of the inheritance, if he have a son; and if he have no son and\nhis parents are his heirs, then to his mother appertaineth the third;\nand if he have brethren, then to his mother appertaineth the sixth,\nafter any legacy he may have bequeathed, or debt (hath been paid). Your\nparents and your children: Ye know not which of them is nearer unto you\nin usefulness. It is an injunction from Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower,\nWise.\n\nS: Allah enjoins you concerning your children: The male shall have the\nequal of the portion of two females; then if they are more than two\nfemales, they shall have two-thirds of what the deceased has left, and\nif there is one, she shall have the half; and as for his parents, each\nof them shall have the sixth of what he has left if he has a child, but\nif he has no child and (only) his two parents inherit him, then his\nmother shall have the third; but if he has brothers, then his mother\nshall have the sixth after (the payment of) a bequest he may have\nbequeathed or a debt; your parents and your children, you know not\nwhich of them is the nearer to you in usefulness; this is an ordinance\nfrom Allah: Surely Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.012\nY: In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave no\nchild; but if they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of\nlegacies and debts. In what ye leave, their share is a fourth, if ye\nleave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an eighth; after\npayment of legacies and debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is\nin question, has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left\na brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more\nthan two, they share in a third; after payment of legacies and debts;\nso that no loss is caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by Allah;\nand Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.\n\nP: And unto you belongeth a half of that which your wives leave, if they\nhave no child; but if they have a child then unto you the fourth of\nthat which they leave, after any legacy they may have bequeathed, or\ndebt (they may have contracted, hath been paid). And unto them\nbelongeth the fourth of that which ye leave if ye have no child, but if\nye have a child then the eighth of that which ye leave, after any\nlegacy ye may have bequeathed, or debt (ye may have contracted, hath\nbeen paid). And if a man or a woman have a distant heir (having left\nneither parent nor child), and he (or she) have a brother or a sister\n(only on the mother's side) then to each of them twain (the brother and\nthe sister) the sixth, and if they be more than two, then they shall be\nsharers in the third, after any legacy that may have been bequeathed or\ndebt (contracted) not injuring (the heirs by willing away more than a\nthird of the heritage) hath been paid. A commandment from Allah. Allah\nis Knower, Indulgent.\n\nS: And you shall have half of what your wives leave if they have no\nchild, but if they have a child, then you shall have a fourth of what\nthey leave after (payment of) any bequest they may have bequeathed or a\ndebt; and they shall have the fourth of what you leave if you have no\nchild, but if you have a child then they shall have the eighth of what\nyou leave after (payment of) a bequest you may have bequeathed or a\ndebt; and if a man or a woman leaves property to be inherited by\nneither parents nor offspring, and he (or she) has a brother or a\nsister, then each of them two shall have the sixth, but if they are\nmore than that, they shall be sharers in the third after (payment of)\nany bequest that may have been bequeathed or a debt that does not harm\n(others); this is an ordinance from Allah: and Allah is Knowing,\nForbearing.\n\n004.013\nY: Those are limits set by Allah: those who obey Allah and His Messenger\nwill be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide\ntherein (for ever) and that will be the supreme achievement.\n\nP: These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Whoso obeyeth Allah and His\nmessenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow,\nwhere such will dwell for ever. That will be the great success.\n\nS: These are Allah's limits, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger,\nHe will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide\nin them; and this is the great achievement.\n\n004.014\nY: But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His\nlimits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: And they shall\nhave a humiliating punishment.\n\nP: And whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger and transgresseth His\nlimits, He will make him enter Fire, where he will dwell for ever; his\nwill be a shameful doom.\n\nS: And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and goes beyond His\nlimits, He will cause him to enter fire to abide in it, and he shall\nhave an abasing chastisement.\n\n004.015\nY: If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of\nfour (Reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they\ntestify, confine them to houses until death do claim them, or Allah\nordain for them some (other) way.\n\nP: As for those of your women who are guilty of lewdness, call to\nwitness four of you against them. And if they testify (to the truth of\nthe allegation) then confine them to the houses until death take them\nor (until) Allah appoint for them a way (through new legislation).\n\nS: And as for those who are guilty of an indecency from among your\nwomen, call to witnesses against them four (witnesses) from among you;\nthen if they bear witness confine them to the houses until death takes\nthem away or Allah opens some way for them.\n\n004.016\nY: If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If\nthey repent and amend, Leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-Returning,\nMost Merciful.\n\nP: And as for the two of you who are guilty thereof, punish them both.\nAnd if they repent and improve, then let them be. Lo! Allah is ever\nrelenting, Merciful.\n\nS: And as for the two who are guilty of indecency from among you, give\nthem both a punishment; then if they repent and amend, turn aside from\nthem; surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.\n\n004.017\nY: Allah accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and\nrepent soon afterwards; to them will Allah turn in mercy: For Allah is\nfull of knowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: Forgiveness is only incumbent on Allah toward those who do evil in\nignorance (and) then turn quickly (in repentance) to Allah. These are\nthey toward whom Allah relenteth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.\n\nS: Repentance with Allah is only for those who do evil in ignorance,\nthen turn (to Allah) soon, so these it is to whom Allah turns\n(mercifully), and Allah is ever Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.018\nY: Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil,\nuntil death faces one of them, and he says, \"Now have I repented\nindeed;\" nor of those who die rejecting Faith: for them have We\nprepared a punishment most grievous.\n\nP: The forgiveness is not for those who do ill-deeds until, when death\nattendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent now; nor yet for\nthose who die while they are disbelievers. For such We have prepared a\npainful doom.\n\nS: And repentance is not for those who go on doing evil deeds, until\nwhen death comes to one of them, he says: Surely now I repent; nor\n(for) those who die while they are unbelievers. These are they for whom\nWe have prepared a painful chastisement.\n\n004.019\nY: O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their\nwill. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away\npart of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been\nguilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of\nkindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye\ndislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of\ngood.\n\nP: O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the\nwomen (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint\nupon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given\nthem, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them\nin kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing\nwherein Allah hath placed much good.\n\nS: O you who believe! it is not lawful for you that you should take\nwomen as heritage against (their) will, and do not straiten them in\norder that you may take part of what you have given them, unless they\nare guilty of manifest indecency, and treat them kindly; then if you\nhate them, it may be that you dislike a thing while Allah has placed\nabundant good in it.\n\n004.020\nY: But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if ye had\ngiven the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of\nit back: Would ye take it by slander and manifest wrong?\n\nP: And if ye wish to exchange one wife for another and ye have given\nunto one of them a sum of money (however great), take nothing from it.\nWould ye take it by the way of calumny and open wrong?\n\nS: And if you wish to have (one) wife in place of another and you have\ngiven one of them a heap of gold, then take not from it anything; would\nyou take it by slandering (her) and (doing her) manifest wrong?\n\n004.021\nY: And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and\nthey have Taken from you a solemn covenant?\n\nP: How can ye take it (back) after one of you hath gone in unto the\nother, and they have taken a strong pledge from you?\n\nS: And how can you take it when one of you has already gone in to the\nother and they have made with you a firm covenant?\n\n004.022\nY: And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past:\nIt was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.\n\nP: And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what hath\nalready happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! it was ever lewdness\nand abomination, and an evil way.\n\nS: And marry not woman whom your fathers married, except what has\nalready passed; this surely is indecent and hateful, and it is an evil\nway.\n\n004.023\nY: Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters,\nsisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters,\nsister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters;\nyour wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born\nof your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not\ngone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your\nloins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for\nwhat is past; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful;-\n\nP: Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your\nsisters, and your father's sisters, and your mother's sisters, and your\nbrother's daughters and your sister's daughters, and your\nfoster-mothers, and your foster-sisters, and your mothers-in-law, and\nyour step-daughters who are under your protection (born) of your women\nunto whom ye have gone in - but if ye have not gone in unto them,\nthen it is no sin for you (to marry their daughters) - and the wives\nof your sons who (spring) from your own loins. And (it is forbidden\nunto you) that ye should have two sisters together, except what hath\nalready happened (of that nature) in the past. Lo! Allah is ever\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Forbidden to you are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters\nand your paternal aunts and your maternal aunts and brothers' daughters\nand sisters' daughters and your mothers that have suckled you and your\nfoster-sisters and mothers of your wives and your step-daughters who\nare in your guardianship, (born) of your wives to whom you have gone\nin, but if you have not gone in to them, there is no blame on you (in\nmarrying them), and the wives of your sons who are of your own loins\nand that you should have two sisters together, except what has already\npassed; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.024\nY: Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your\nright hands possess: Thus hath Allah ordained (Prohibitions) against\nyou: Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in\nmarriage) with gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust,\nseeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at\nleast) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree\nMutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is\nAll-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives)\nwhom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful\nunto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them with your\nwealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek\ncontent (by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty.\nAnd there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual agreement after the\nduty (hath been done). Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And all married women except those whom your right hands possess\n(this is) Allah's ordinance to you, and lawful for you are (all women)\nbesides those, provided that you seek (them) with your property, taking\n(them) in marriage not committing fornication. Then as to those whom\nyou profit by, give them their dowries as appointed; and there is no\nblame on you about what you mutually agree after what is appointed;\nsurely Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.025\nY: If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing\nwomen, they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right\nhands possess: And Allah hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are\none from another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give\nthem their dowers, according to what is reasonable: They should be\nchaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they are taken in\nwedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for\nfree women. This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but\nit is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And whoso is not able to afford to marry free, believing women, let\nthem marry from the believing maids whom your right hands possess.\nAllah knoweth best (concerning) your faith. Ye (proceed) one from\nanother; so wed them by permission of their folk, and give unto them\ntheir portions in kindness, they being honest, not debauched nor of\nloose conduct. And if when they are honourably married they commit\nlewdness they shall incur the half of the punishment (prescribed) for\nfree women (in that case). This is for him among you who feareth to\ncommit sin. But to have patience would be better for you. Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And whoever among you has not within his power ampleness of means to\nmarry free believing women, then (he may marry) of those whom your\nright hands possess from among your believing maidens; and Allah knows\nbest your faith: you are (sprung) the one from the other; so marry them\nwith the permission of their masters, and give them their dowries\njustly, they being chaste, not fornicating, nor receiving paramours;\nand when they are taken in marriage, then if they are guilty of\nindecency, they shall suffer half the punishment which is (inflicted)\nupon free women. This is for him among you who fears falling into evil;\nand that you abstain is better for you, and Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n004.026\nY: Allah doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the ordinances\nof those before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy): And\nAllah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: Allah would explain to you and guide you by the examples of those who\nwere before you, and would turn to you in mercy. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: Allah desires to explain to you, and to guide you into the ways of\nthose before you, and to turn to you (mercifully), and Allah is\nKnowing, Wise.\n\n004.027\nY: Allah doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow\ntheir lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away.\n\nP: And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain\ndesires would have you go tremendously astray.\n\nS: And Allah desires that He should turn to you (mercifully), and those\nwho follow (their) lusts desire that you should deviate (with) a great\ndeviation.\n\n004.028\nY: Allah doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was created\nWeak (in flesh).\n\nP: Allah would make the burden light for you, for man was created weak.\n\nS: Allah desires that He should make light your burdens, and man is\ncreated weak.\n\n004.029\nY: O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in\nvanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual\ngood-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been\nto you Most Merciful!\n\nP: O ye who believe! Squander not your wealth among yourselves in\nvanity, except it be a trade by mutual consent, and kill not one\nanother. Lo! Allah is ever Merciful unto you.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not devour your property among yourselves\nfalsely, except that it be trading by your mutual consent; and do not\nkill your people; surely Allah is Merciful to you.\n\n004.030\nY: If any do that in rancour and injustice,- soon shall We cast them\ninto the Fire: And easy it is for Allah.\n\nP: Whoso doeth that through aggression and injustice, we shall cast him\ninto Fire, and that is ever easy for Allah.\n\nS: And whoever does this aggressively and unjustly, We will soon cast\nhim into fire; and this is easy to Allah.\n\n004.031\nY: If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are\nforbidden to do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you, and\nadmit you to a gate of great honour.\n\nP: If ye avoid the great (things) which ye are forbidden, We will remit\nfrom you your evil deeds and make you enter at a noble gate.\n\nS: If you shun the great sins which you are forbidden, We will do away\nwith your small sins and cause you to enter an honorable place of\nentering.\n\n004.032\nY: And in no wise covet those things in which Allah Hath bestowed His\ngifts More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted\nwhat they earn, and to women what they earn: But ask Allah of His\nbounty. For Allah hath full knowledge of all things.\n\nP: And covet not the thing in which Allah hath made some of you excel\nothers. Unto men a fortune from that which they have earned, and unto\nwomen a fortune from that which they have earned. (Envy not one\nanother) but ask Allah of His bounty. Lo! Allah is ever Knower of all\nthings.\n\nS: And do not covet that by which Allah has made some of you excel\nothers; men shall have the benefit of what they earn and women shall\nhave the benefit of what they earn; and ask Allah of His grace; surely\nAllah knows all things.\n\n004.033\nY: To (benefit) every one, We have appointed shares and heirs to\nproperty left by parents and relatives. To those, also, to whom your\nright hand was pledged, give their due portion. For truly Allah is\nwitness to all things.\n\nP: And unto each We have appointed heirs of that which parents and near\nkindred leave; and as for those with whom your right hands have made a\ncovenant, give them their due. Lo! Allah is ever Witness over all\nthings.\n\nS: And to every one We have appointed heirs of what parents and near\nrelatives leave; and as to those with whom your rights hands have\nratified agreements, give them their portion; surely Allah is a witness\nover all things.\n\n004.034\nY: Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has\ngiven the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support\nthem from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly\nobedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have\nthem guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and\nill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds,\n(And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek\nnot against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great\n(above you all).\n\nP: Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them\nto excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the\nsupport of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret\nthat which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear\nrebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge\nthem. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is\never High, Exalted, Great.\n\nS: Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them\nto excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good\nwomen are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded;\nand (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and\nleave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they\nobey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.\n\n004.035\nY: If ye fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two) arbiters, one\nfrom his family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace, Allah\nwill cause their reconciliation: For Allah hath full knowledge, and is\nacquainted with all things.\n\nP: And if ye fear a breach between them twain (the man and wife),\nappoint an arbiter from his folk and an arbiter from her folk. If they\ndesire amendment Allah will make them of one mind. Lo! Allah is ever\nKnower, Aware.\n\nS: And if you fear a breach between the two, then appoint judge from his\npeople and a judge from her people; if they both desire agreement,\nAllah will effect harmony between them, surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.\n\n004.036\nY: Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to\nparents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near,\nneighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer\n(ye meet), and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the\narrogant, the vainglorious;-\n\nP: And serve Allah. Ascribe no thing as partner unto Him. (Show)\nkindness unto parents, and unto near kindred, and orphans, and the\nneedy, and unto the neighbour who is of kin (unto you) and the\nneighbour who is not of kin, and the fellow-traveller and the wayfarer\nand (the slaves) whom your right hands possess. Lo! Allah loveth not\nsuch as are proud and boastful,\n\nS: And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good\nto the parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and\nthe neighbor of (your) kin and the alien neighbor, and the companion in\na journey and the wayfarer and those whom your right hands possess;\nsurely Allah does not love him who is proud, boastful;\n\n004.037\nY: (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others, or\nhide the bounties which Allah hath bestowed on them; for We have\nprepared, for those who resist Faith, a punishment that steeps them in\ncontempt;-\n\nP: Who hoard their wealth and enjoin avarice on others, and hide that\nwhich Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty. For disbelievers We\nprepare a shameful doom;\n\nS: Those who are niggardly and bid people to be niggardly and hide what\nAllah has given them out of His grace; and We have prepared for the\nunbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.\n\n004.038\nY: Not those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men, but have\nno faith in Allah and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One for their\nintimate, what a dreadful intimate he is!\n\nP: And (also) those who spend their wealth in order to be seen of men,\nand believe not in Allah nor the Last Day. Whoso taketh Satan for a\ncomrade, a bad comrade hath he.\n\nS: And those who spend their property (in alms) to be seen of the people\nand do not believe in Allah nor in the last day; and as for him whose\nassociate is the Shaitan, an evil associate is he!\n\n004.039\nY: And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in Allah and in the\nLast Day, and they spent out of what Allah hath given them for\nsustenance? For Allah hath full knowledge of them.\n\nP: What have they (to fear) if they believe in Allah and the Last Day\nand spend (aright) of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them, when\nAllah is ever Aware of them (and all they do)?\n\nS: And what (harm) would it have done them if they had believed in Allah\nand the last day and spent (benevolently) of what Allah had given them?\nAnd Allah knows them.\n\n004.040\nY: Allah is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good\n(done), He doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great\nreward.\n\nP: Lo! Allah wrongeth not even of the weight of an ant; and if there is\na good deed, He will double it and will give (the doer) from His\npresence an immense reward.\n\nS: Surely Allah does not do injustice to the weight of an atom, and if\nit is a good deed He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great\nreward.\n\n004.041\nY: How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought\nthee as a witness against these people!\n\nP: But how (will it be with them) when We bring of every people a\nwitness, and We bring thee (O Muhammad) a witness against these?\n\nS: How will it be, then, when We bring from every people a witness and\nbring you as a witness against these?\n\n004.042\nY: On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the messenger will\nwish that the earth Were made one with them: But never will they hide a\nsingle fact from Allah!\n\nP: On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the messenger will\nwish that they were level with the ground, and they can hide no fact\nfrom Allah.\n\nS: On that day will those who disbelieve and disobey the Messenger\ndesire that the earth were levelled with them, and they shall not hide\nany word from Allah.\n\n004.043\nY: O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye\ncan understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity\n(Except when travelling on the road), until after washing your whole\nbody. If ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices\nof nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water,\nthen take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your\nfaces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins and forgive again and\nagain.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till\nye know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when\njourneying upon the road, till ye have bathed. And if ye be ill, or on\na journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have touched\nwomen, and ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and rub your\nfaces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not go near prayer when you are Intoxicated\nuntil you know (well) what you say, nor when you are under an\nobligation to perform a bath-- unless (you are) travelling on the\nroad-- until you have washed yourselves; and if you are sick, or on a\njourney, or one of you come from the privy or you have touched the\nwomen, and you cannot find water, betake yourselves to pure earth, then\nwipe your faces and your hands; surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.\n\n004.044\nY: Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of\nthe Book? they traffic in error, and wish that ye should lose the right\npath.\n\nP: Seest thou not those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath been\ngiven, how they purchase error, and seek to make you (Muslims) err from\nthe right way?\n\nS: Have you not considered those to whom a portion of the Book has been\ngiven? They buy error and desire that you should go astray from the\nway.\n\n004.045\nY: But Allah hath full knowledge of your enemies: Allah is enough for a\nprotector, and Allah is enough for a Helper.\n\nP: Allah knoweth best (who are) your enemies. Allah is sufficient as a\nGuardian, and Allah is sufficient as a Supporter.\n\nS: And Allah best knows your enemies; and Allah suffices as a Guardian,\nand Allah suffices as a Helper.\n\n004.046\nY: Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right)\nplaces, and say: \"We hear and we disobey\"; and \"Hear what is not\nHeard\"; and     \"Ra'ina\"; with a twist of their tongues and a slander to\nFaith. If only they had said: \"We hear and we obey\"; and \"Do hear\";\nand \"Do look at us\"; it would have been better for them, and more\nproper; but Allah hath cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few\nof them will believe.\n\nP: Some of those who are Jews change words from their context and say:\n\"We hear and disobey; hear thou as one who heareth not\" and \"Listen to\nus!\" distorting with their tongues and slandering religion. If they had\nsaid: \"We hear and we obey: hear thou, and look at us\" it had been\nbetter for them, and more upright. But Allah hath cursed them for their\ndisbelief, so they believe not, save a few.\n\nS: Of those who are Jews (there are those who) alter words from their\nplaces and say: We have heard and we disobey and: Hear, may you not be\nmade to hear! and: Raina, distorting (the word) with their tongues and\ntaunting about religion; and if they had said (instead): We have heard\nand we obey, and hearken, and unzurna it would have been better for\nthem and more upright; but Allah has cursed them on account of their\nunbelief, so they do not believe but a little.\n\n004.047\nY: O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed,\nconfirming what was (already) with you, before We change the face and\nfame of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards,\nor curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of\nAllah must be carried out.\n\nP: O ye unto whom the Scripture hath been given! Believe in what We have\nrevealed confirming that which ye possess, before We destroy\ncountenances so as to confound them, or curse them as We cursed the\nSabbath-breakers (of old time). The commandment of Allah is always\nexecuted.\n\nS: O you who have been given the Book! believe that which We have\nrevealed, verifying what you have, before We alter faces then turn them\non their backs, or curse them as We cursed the violaters of the\nSabbath, and the command of Allah shall be executed.\n\n004.048\nY: Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He\nforgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with\nAllah is to devise a sin most heinous indeed.\n\nP: Lo! Allah forgiveth not that a partner should be ascribed unto Him.\nHe forgiveth (all) save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners\nto Allah, he hath indeed invented a tremendous sin.\n\nS: Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with\nHim, and forgives what is besides that to whomsoever He pleases; and\nwhoever associates anything with Allah, he devises indeed a great sin.\n\n004.049\nY: Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity for\nthemselves? Nay-but Allah Doth sanctify whom He pleaseth. But never\nwill they fail to receive justice in the least little thing.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those who praise themselves for purity? Nay, Allah\npurifieth whom He will, and they will not be wronged even the hair upon\na date-stone.\n\nS: Have you not considered those who attribute purity to themselves?\nNay, Allah purifies whom He pleases; and they shall not be wronged the\nhusk of a date stone.\n\n004.050\nY: Behold! how they invent a lie against Allah! but that by itself is a\nmanifest sin!\n\nP: See, how they invent lies about Allah! That of itself is flagrant\nsin.\n\nS: See how they forge the lie against Allah, and this is sufficient as a\nmanifest sin.\n\n004.051\nY: Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of\nthe Book? they believe in sorcery and Evil, and say to the Unbelievers\nthat they are better guided in the (right) way Than the believers!\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath\nbeen given, how they believe in idols and false deities, and how they\nsay of those (idolaters) who disbelieve: \"These are more rightly guided\nthan those who believe\"?\n\nS: Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Book has been given?\nThey believe in idols and false deities and say of those who\ndisbelieve: These are better guided in the path than those who believe.\n\n004.052\nY: They are (men) whom Allah hath cursed: And those whom Allah Hath\ncursed, thou wilt find, have no one to help.\n\nP: Those are they whom Allah hath cursed, and he whom Allah hath cursed,\nthou (O Muhammad) wilt find for him no helper.\n\nS: Those are they whom Allah has cursed, and whomever Allah curses you\nshall not find any helper for him.\n\n004.053\nY: Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a\nfarthing to their fellow-men?\n\nP: Or have they even a share in the Sovereignty? Then in that case, they\nwould not give mankind even the speck on a date-stone.\n\nS: Or have they a share in the kingdom? But then they would not give to\npeople even the speck in the date stone.\n\n004.054\nY: Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his bounty?\nbut We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and\nconferred upon them a great kingdom.\n\nP: Or are they jealous of mankind because of that which Allah of His\nbounty hath bestowed upon them? For We bestowed upon the house of\nAbraham (of old) the Scripture and wisdom, and We bestowed on them a\nmighty kingdom.\n\nS: Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His\ngrace? But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's children the Book and the\nwisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom.\n\n004.055\nY: Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him:\nAnd enough is Hell for a burning fire.\n\nP: And of them were (some) who believed therein and of them were (some)\nwho turned away from it. Hell is sufficient for (their) burning.\n\nS: So of them is he who believes in him, and of them is he who turns\naway from him, and hell is sufficient to burn.\n\n004.056\nY: Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as\noften as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for\nfresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in\nPower, Wise.\n\nP: Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the\nFire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for\nfresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo! Allah is ever Mighty,\nWise.\n\nS: (As for) those who disbelieve in Our communications, We shall make\nthem enter fire; so oft as their skins are thoroughly burned, We will\nchange them for other skins, that they may taste the chastisement;\nsurely Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n004.057\nY: But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon\nadmit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal home:\nTherein shall they have companions pure and holy: We shall admit them\nto shades, cool and ever deepening.\n\nP: And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall make them\nenter Gardens underneath which rivers flow - to dwell therein for ever;\nthere for them are pure companions - and We shall make them enter\nplenteous shade.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, We will make them\nenter gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them for ever;\nthey shall have therein pure mates, and We shall make them enter a\ndense shade.\n\n004.058\nY: Allah doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom\nthey are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with\njustice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For\nAllah is He Who heareth and seeth all things.\n\nP: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye restore deposits to their owners,\nand, if ye judge between mankind, that ye judge justly. Lo! comely is\nthis which Allah admonisheth you. Lo! Allah is ever Hearer, Seer.\n\nS: Surely Allah commands you to make over trusts to their owners and\nthat when you judge between people you judge with justice; surely Allah\nadmonishes you with what is excellent; surely Allah is Seeing, Hearing.\n\n004.059\nY: O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those\ncharged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among\nyourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in\nAllah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final\ndetermination.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you\nwho are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter,\nrefer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in\nAllah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end.\n\nS: O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in\nauthority from among you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it\nto Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the last day;\nthis is better and very good in the end.\n\n004.060\nY: Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that they\nbelieve in the revelations that have come to thee and to those before\nthee? Their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in their\ndisputes) to the Evil One, though they were ordered to reject him. But\nSatan's wish is to lead them astray far away (from the right).\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which\nis revealed unto thee and that which was revealed before thee, how they\nwould go for judgment (in their disputes) to false deities when they\nhave been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far astray.\n\nS: Have you not seen those who assert that they believe in what has been\nrevealed to you and what was revealed before you? They desire to summon\none another to the judgment of the Shaitan, though they were commanded\nto deny him, and the Shaitan desires to lead them astray into a remote\nerror.\n\n004.061\nY: When it is said to them: \"Come to what Allah hath revealed, and to\nthe Messenger\": Thou seest the Hypocrites avert their faces from thee\nin disgust.\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath\nrevealed and unto the messenger, thou seest the hypocrites turn from\nthee with aversion.\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Come to what Allah has revealed and to\nthe Messenger, you will see the hypocrites turning away from you with\n(utter) aversion.\n\n004.062\nY: How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the deeds\nwhich they hands have sent forth? Then they come to thee, swearing by\nAllah: \"We meant no more than good-will and conciliation!\"\n\nP: How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which\ntheir own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto\nthee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and\nkindness.\n\nS: But how will it be when misfortune befalls them on account of what\ntheir hands have sent before? Then they will come to you swearing by\nAllah: We did not desire (anything) but good and concord.\n\n004.063\nY: Those men,-Allah knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of\nthem, but admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach their very\nsouls.\n\nP: Those are they, the secrets of whose hearts Allah knoweth. So oppose\nthem and admonish them, and address them in plain terms about their\nsouls.\n\nS: These are they of whom Allah knows what is in their hearts; therefore\nturn aside from them and admonish them, and speak to them effectual\nwords concerning themselves.\n\n004.064\nY: We sent not a messenger, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the\nwill of Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves,\ncome unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had\nasked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed\nOft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: We sent no messenger save that he should be obeyed by Allah's leave.\nAnd if, when they had wronged themselves, they had but come unto thee\nand asked forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the messenger,\nthey would have found Allah Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And We did not send any messenger but that he should be obeyed by\nAllah's permission; and had they, when they were unjust to themselves,\ncome to you and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had (also)\nasked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-returning\n(to mercy), Merciful.\n\n004.065\nY: But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make\nthee judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no\nresistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest\nconviction.\n\nP: But nay, by thy Lord, they will not believe (in truth) until they\nmake thee judge of what is in dispute between them and find within\nthemselves no dislike of that which thou decidest, and submit with full\nsubmission.\n\nS: But no! by your Lord! they do not believe (in reality) until they\nmake you a judge of that which has become a matter of disagreement\namong them, and then do not find any straitness in their hearts as to\nwhat you have decided and submit with entire submission.\n\n004.066\nY: If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their\nhomes, very few of them would have done it: But if they had done what\nthey were (actually) told, it would have been best for them, and would\nhave gone farthest to strengthen their (faith);\n\nP: And if We had decreed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth from\nyour dwellings, but few of them would have done it; though if they did\nwhat they are exhorted to do it would be better for them, and more\nstrengthening;\n\nS: And if We had prescribed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth\nfrom your homes, they would not have done it except a few of them; and\nif they had done what they were admonished, it would have certainly\nbeen better for them and best in strengthening (them);\n\n004.067\nY: And We should then have given them from our presence a great reward;\n\nP: And then We should bestow upon them from Our presence an immense\nreward,\n\nS: And then We would certainly have given them from Ourselves a great\nreward.\n\n004.068\nY: And We should have shown them the Straight Way.\n\nP: And should guide them unto a straight path.\n\nS: And We would certainly have guided them in the right path.\n\n004.069\nY: All who obey Allah and the messenger are in the company of those on\nwhom is the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere\n(lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who\ndo good): Ah! what a beautiful fellowship!\n\nP: Whoso obeyeth Allah and the messenger, they are with those unto whom\nAllah hath shown favour, of the prophets and the saints and the martyrs\nand the righteous. The best of company are they!\n\nS: And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, these are with those upon\nwhom Allah has bestowed favors from among the prophets and the truthful\nand the martyrs and the good, and a goodly company are they!\n\n004.070\nY: Such is the bounty from Allah: And sufficient is it that Allah\nknoweth all.\n\nP: That is bounty from Allah, and Allah sufficeth as Knower.\n\nS: This is grace from Allah, and sufficient is Allah as the Knower.\n\n004.071\nY: O ye who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth in\nparties or go forth all together.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Take your precautions, then advance the proven\nones, or advance all together.\n\nS: O you who believe! take your precaution, then go forth in detachments\nor go forth in a body.\n\n004.072\nY: There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If a\nmisfortune befalls you, they say: \"Allah did favour us in that we were\nnot present among them.\"\n\nP: Lo! among you there is he who loitereth; and if disaster overtook\nyou, he would say: Allah hath been gracious unto me since I was not\npresent with them.\n\nS: And surely among you is he who would certainly hang back! If then a\nmisfortune befalls you he says: Surely Allah conferred a benefit on me\nthat I was not present with them.\n\n004.073\nY: But if good fortune comes to you from Allah, they would be sure to\nsay - as if there had never been Ties of affection between you and them-\n\"Oh! I wish I had been with them; a fine thing should I then have made\nof it!\"\n\nP: And if a bounty from Allah befell you, he would surely cry, as if\nthere had been no love between you and him: Oh, would that I had been\nwith them, then should I have achieved a great success!\n\nS: And if grace from Allah come to you, he would certainly cry out, as\nif there had not been any friendship between you and him: Would that I\nhad been with them, then I should have attained a mighty good fortune.\n\n004.074\nY: Let those fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this world\nfor the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah,- whether\nhe is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great\n(value).\n\nP: Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world\nfor the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he\nvictorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward.\n\nS: Therefore let those fight in the way of Allah, who sell this world's\nlife for the hereafter; and whoever fights in the way of Allah, then be\nhe slain or be he victorious, We shall grant him a mighty reward.\n\n004.075\nY: And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who,\nbeing weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and children,\nwhose cry is: \"Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are\noppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will protect; and raise\nfor us from thee one who will help!\"\n\nP: How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the feeble\namong men and of the women and the children who are crying: Our Lord!\nBring us forth from out this town of which the people are oppressors!\nOh, give us from thy presence some protecting friend! Oh, give us from\nThy presence some defender!\n\nS: And what reason have you that you should not fight in the way of\nAllah and of the weak among the men and the women and the children,\n(of) those who say: Our Lord! cause us to go forth from this town,\nwhose people are oppressors, and give us from Thee a guardian and give\nus from Thee a helper.\n\n004.076\nY: Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject\nFaith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of\nSatan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan.\n\nP: Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who\ndisbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of\nthe devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak.\n\nS: Those who believe fight in the way of Allah, and those who disbelieve\nfight in the way of the Shaitan. Fight therefore against the friends of\nthe Shaitan; surely the strategy of the Shaitan is weak.\n\n004.077\nY: Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold back\ntheir hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in\nregular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to\nthem, behold! a section of them feared men as - or even more than -\nthey should have feared Allah: They said: \"Our Lord! Why hast Thou\nordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our (natural)\nterm, near (enough)?\" Say: \"Short is the enjoyment of this world: the\nHereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt\nwith unjustly in the very least!\"\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those unto whom it was said: Withhold your hands,\nestablish worship and pay the poor due, but when fighting was prescribed\nfor them behold! a party of them fear mankind even as their fear of\nAllah or with greater fear, and say: Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordained\nfighting for us? If only Thou wouldst give us respite yet a while! Say\n(unto them, O Muhammad): The comfort of this world is scant; the\nHereafter will be better for him who wardeth off (evil); and ye will\nnot be wronged the down upon a date-stone.\n\nS: Have you not seen those to whom it was said: Withhold your hands, and\nkeep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; but when fighting is prescribed\nfor them, lo! a party of them fear men as they ought to have feared\nAllah, or (even) with a greater fear, and say: Our Lord! why hast Thou\nordained fighting for us? Wherefore didst Thou not grant us a delay to\na near end? Say: The provision of this world is short, and the\nhereafter is better for him who guards (against evil); and you shall\nnot be wronged the husk of a date stone.\n\n004.078\nY: \"Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers\nbuilt up strong and high!\" If some good befalls them, they say, \"This\nis from Allah\"; but if evil, they say, \"This is from thee\" (O Prophet).\nSay: \"All things are from Allah.\" But what hath come to these people,\nthat they fail to understand a single fact?\n\nP: Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were\nin lofty towers. Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is\nfrom Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them they say: This is of\nthy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto them): All is from Allah. What is\namiss with these people that they come not nigh to understand a\nhappening?\n\nS: Wherever you are, death will overtake you, though you are in lofty\ntowers, and if a benefit comes to them, they say: This is from Allah;\nand if a misfortune befalls them, they say: This is from you. Say: All\nis from Allah, but what is the matter with these people that they do\nnot make approach to understanding what is told (them)?\n\n004.079\nY: Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah; but whatever\nevil happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul. And We have sent thee as\na messenger to (instruct) mankind. And enough is Allah for a witness.\n\nP: Whatever of good befalleth thee (O man) it is from Allah, and\nwhatever of ill befalleth thee it is from thyself. We have sent thee\n(Muhammad) as a messenger unto mankind and Allah is sufficient as\nWitness.\n\nS: Whatever benefit comes to you (O man!), it is from Allah, and\nwhatever misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself, and We have sent\nyou (O Prophet!), to mankind as a messenger; and Allah is sufficient as\na witness.\n\n004.080\nY: He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah: But if any turn away, We\nhave not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).\n\nP: Whoso obeyeth the messenger hath obeyed Allah, and whoso turneth\naway: We have not sent thee as a warder over them.\n\nS: Whoever obeys the Messenger, he indeed obeys Allah, and whoever turns\nback, so We have not sent you as a keeper over them.\n\n004.081\nY: They have \"Obedience\" on their lips; but when they leave thee, a\nsection of them Meditate all night on things very different from what\nthou tellest them. But Allah records their nightly (plots): So keep\nclear of them, and put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a\ndisposer of affairs.\n\nP: And they say: (It is) obedience; but when they have gone forth from\nthee a party of them spend the night in planning other than what thou\nsayest. Allah recordeth what they plan by night. So oppose them and put\nthy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee.\n\nS: And they say: Obedience. But when they go out from your presence, a\nparty of them decide by night upon doing otherwise than what you say;\nand Allah writes down what they decide by night, therefore turn aside\nfrom them and trust in Allah, and Allah is sufficient as a protector.\n\n004.082\nY: Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other\nThan Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.\n\nP: Will they not then ponder on the Qur'an? If it had been from other\nthan Allah they would have found therein much incongruity.\n\nS: Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it were from any other\nthan Allah, they would have found in it many a discrepancy.\n\n004.083\nY: When there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or\nfear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Messenger,\nor to those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators\nwould have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and\nMercy of Allah unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into\nthe clutches of Satan.\n\nP: And if any tidings, whether of safety or fear, come unto them, they\nnoise it abroad, whereas if they had referred it to the messenger and\nto such of them as are in authority, those among them who are able to\nthink out the matter would have known it. If it had not been for the\ngrace of Allah upon you and His mercy ye would have followed Satan,\nsave a few (of you).\n\nS: And when there comes to them news of security or fear they spread it\nabroad; and if they had referred it to the Messenger and to those in\nauthority among them, those among them who can search out the knowledge\nof it would have known it, and were it not for the grace of Allah upon\nyou and His mercy, you would have certainly followed the Shaitan save a\nfew.\n\n004.084\nY: Then fight in Allah's cause - Thou art held responsible only for\nthyself - and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain\nthe fury of the Unbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in\npunishment.\n\nP: So fight (O Muhammad) in the way of Allah Thou art not taxed (with\nthe responsibility for anyone) except thyself - and urge on the\nbelievers. Peradventure Allah will restrain the might of those who\ndisbelieve. Allah is stronger in might and stronger in inflicting\npunishment.\n\nS: Fight then in Allah's way; this is not imposed on you except In\nrelation to yourself, and rouse the believers to ardor maybe Allah will\nrestrain the fighting of those who disbelieve and Allah is strongest in\nprowess and strongest to give an exemplary punishment.\n\n004.085\nY: Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein:\nAnd whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its burden:\nAnd Allah hath power over all things.\n\nP: Whoso interveneth in a good cause will have the reward thereof, and\nwhoso interveneth in an evil cause will bear the consequence thereof.\nAllah overseeth all things.\n\nS: Whoever joins himself (to another) in a good cause shall have a share\nof it, and whoever joins himself (to another) in an evil cause shall\nhave the responsibility of it, and Allah controls all things.\n\n004.086\nY: When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting\nstill more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah takes\ncareful account of all things.\n\nP: When ye are greeted with a greeting, greet ye with a better than it\nor return it. Lo! Allah taketh count of all things.\n\nS: And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better\n(greeting) than it or return it; surely Allah takes account of all\nthings.\n\n004.087\nY: Allah! There is no god but He: of a surety He will gather you\ntogether against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt.\nAnd whose word can be truer than Allah's?\n\nP: Allah! There is no God save Him. He gathereth you all unto a Day of\nResurrection whereof there is no doubt. Who is more true in statement\nthan Allah?\n\nS: Allah, there is no god but He-- He will most certainly gather you\ntogether on the resurrection day, there is no doubt in it; and who is\nmore true in word than Allah?\n\n004.088\nY: Why should ye be divided into two parties about the Hypocrites? Allah\nhath upset them for their (evil) deeds. Would ye guide those whom Allah\nhath thrown out of the Way? For those whom Allah hath thrown out of the\nWay, never shalt thou find the Way.\n\nP: What aileth you that ye are become two parties regarding the\nhypocrites, when Allah cast them back (to disbelief) because of what\nthey earned? Seek ye to guide him whom Allah hath sent astray? He whom\nAllah sendeth astray, for him thou (O Muhammad) canst not find a road.\n\nS: What is the matter with you, then, that you have become two parties\nabout the hypocrites, while Allah has made them return (to unbelief)\nfor what they have earned? Do you wish to guide him whom Allah has\ncaused to err? And whomsoever Allah causes to err, you shall by no\nmeans find a way for him.\n\n004.089\nY: They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on\nthe same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until\nthey flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they\nturn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in\nany case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks;-\n\nP: They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye\nmay be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till\nthey forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to\nenmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose\nno friend nor helper from among them,\n\nS: They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so\nthat you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them\nfriends until they fly (their homes) in Allah's way; but if they turn\nback, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take\nnot from among them a friend or a helper.\n\n004.090\nY: Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a treaty\n(of peace), or those who approach you with hearts restraining them from\nfighting you as well as fighting their own people. If Allah had\npleased, He could have given them power over you, and they would have\nfought you: Therefore if they withdraw from you but fight you not, and\n(instead) send you (Guarantees of) peace, then Allah Hath opened no way\nfor you (to war against them).\n\nP: Except those who seek refuge with a people between whom and you there\nis a covenant, or (those who) come unto you because their hearts forbid\nthem to make war on you or make war on their own folk. Had Allah willed\nHe could have given them power over you so that assuredly they would\nhave fought you. So, if they hold aloof from you and wage not war\nagainst you and offer you peace, Allah alloweth you no way against\nthem.\n\nS: Except those who reach a people between whom and you there is an\nalliance, or who come to you, their hearts shrinking from fighting you\nor fighting their own people; and if Allah had pleased, He would have\ngiven them power over you, so that they should have certainly fought\nyou; therefore if they withdraw from you and do not fight you and offer\nyou peace, then Allah has not given you a way against them.\n\n004.091\nY: Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well as\nthat of their people: Every time they are sent back to temptation, they\nsuccumb thereto: if they withdraw not from you nor give you\n(guarantees) of peace besides restraining their hands, seize them and\nslay them wherever ye get them: In their case We have provided you with\na clear argument against them.\n\nP: Ye will find others who desire that they should have security from\nyou, and security from their own folk. So often as they are returned to\nhostility they are plunged therein. If they keep not aloof from you nor\noffer you peace nor hold their hands, then take them and kill them\nwherever ye find them. Against such We have given you clear warrant.\n\nS: You will find others who desire that they should be safe from you and\nsecure from their own people; as often as they are sent back to the\nmischief they get thrown into it headlong; therefore if they do not\nwithdraw from you, and (do not) offer you peace and restrain their\nhands, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them; and\nagainst these We have given you a clear authority.\n\n004.092\nY: Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by\nmistake, (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is\nordained that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to\nthe deceased's family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased\nbelonged to a people at war with you, and he was a believer, the\nfreeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people\nwith whom ye have treaty of Mutual alliance, compensation should be\npaid to his family, and a believing slave be freed. For those who find\nthis beyond their means, (is prescribed) a fast for two months running:\nby way of repentance to Allah: for Allah hath all knowledge and all\nwisdom.\n\nP: It is not for a believer to kill a believer unless (it be) by\nmistake. He who hath killed a believer by mistake must set free a\nbelieving slave, and pay the blood-money to the family of the slain,\nunless they remit it as a charity. If he (the victim) be of a people\nhostile unto you, and he is a believer, then (the penance is) to set\nfree a believing slave. And if he cometh of a folk between whom and you\nthere is a covenant, then the blood-money must be paid unto his folk\nand (also) a believing slave must be set free. And whoso hath not the\nwherewithal must fast two consecutive months. A penance from Allah.\nAllah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And it does not behoove a believer to kill a believer except by\nmistake, and whoever kills a believer by mistake, he should free a\nbelieving slave, and blood-money should be paid to his people unless\nthey remit it as alms; but if he be from a tribe hostile to you and he\nis a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (suffices), and if he\nis from a tribe between whom and you there is a convenant, the\nblood-money should be paid to his people along with the freeing of a\nbelieving slave; but he who cannot find (a slave) should fast for two\nmonths successively: a penance from Allah, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.093\nY: If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to\nabide therein (For ever): And the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon\nhim, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.\n\nP: Whoso slayeth a believer of set purpose, his reward is hell for ever.\nAllah is wroth against him and He hath cursed him and prepared for him\nan awful doom.\n\nS: And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is hell;\nhe shall abide in it, and Allah will send His wrath on him and curse\nhim and prepare for him a painful chastisement.\n\n004.094\nY: O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah,\ninvestigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a\nsalutation: \"Thou art none of a believer!\" Coveting the perishable\ngoods of this life: with Allah are profits and spoils abundant.\nEven thus were ye yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you\nHis favours: Therefore carefully investigate. For Allah is well\naware of all that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye go forth (to fight) in the way of Allah, be\ncareful to discriminate, and say not unto one who offereth you peace:\n\"Thou art not a believer,\" seeking the chance profits of this life (so\nthat ye may despoil him). With Allah are plenteous spoils. Even thus\n(as he now is) were ye before; but Allah hath since then been gracious\nunto you. Therefore take care to discriminate. Allah is ever Informed\nof what ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you go to war in Allah's way, make\ninvestigation, and do not say to any one who offers you peace: You are\nnot a believer. Do you seek goods of this world's life! But with Allah\nthere are abundant gains; you too were such before, then Allah\nconferred a benefit on you; therefore make investigation; surely Allah\nis aware of what you do.\n\n004.095\nY: Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt,\nand those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods\nand their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who\nstrive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at\nhome). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who\nstrive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by\na special reward,-\n\nP: Those of the believers who sit still, other than those who have a\n(disabling) hurt, are not on an equality with those who strive in the\nway of Allah with their wealth and lives. Allah hath conferred on those\nwho strive with their wealth and lives a rank above the sedentary. Unto\neach Allah hath promised good, but He hath bestowed on those who strive\na great reward above the sedentary;\n\nS: The holders back from among the believers, not having any injury, and\nthose who strive hard in Allah's way with their property and their\npersons are not equal; Allah has made the strivers with their property\nand their persons to excel the holders back a (high) degree, and to\neach (class) Allah has promised good; and Allah shall grant to the\nstrivers above the holders back a mighty reward:\n\n004.096\nY: Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy. For Allah\nis Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Degrees of rank from Him, and forgiveness and mercy. Allah is ever\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: (High) degrees from Him and protection and mercy, and Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.097\nY: When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their\nsouls, they say: \"In what (plight) Were ye?\" They reply: \"Weak and\noppressed Were we in the earth.\" They say: \"Was not the earth of Allah\nspacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?\" Such men\nwill find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge! -\n\nP: Lo! as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they wrong\nthemselves, (the angels) will ask: In what were ye engaged? They will\nsay: We were oppressed in the land. (The angels) will say: Was not\nAllah's earth spacious that ye could have migrated therein? As for\nsuch, their habitation will be hell, an evil journey's end;\n\nS: Surely (as for) those whom the angels cause to die while they are\nunjust to their souls, they shall say: In what state were you? They\nshall say: We were weak in the earth. They shall say: Was not Allah's\nearth spacious, so that you should have migrated therein? So these it\nis whose abode is hell, and it is an evil resort;\n\n004.098\nY: Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men, women, and\nchildren - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post) to\ntheir way.\n\nP: Except the feeble among men, and the women, and the children, who are\nunable to devise a plan and are not shown a way.\n\nS: Except the weak from among the men and the children who have not in\ntheir power the means nor can they find a way (to escape);\n\n004.099\nY: For these, there is hope that Allah will forgive: For Allah doth blot\nout (sins) and forgive again and again.\n\nP: As for such, it may be that Allah will pardon them. Allah is ever\nClement, Forgiving.\n\nS: So these, it may be, Allah will pardon them, and Allah is Pardoning,\nForgiving.\n\n004.100\nY: He who forsakes his home in the cause of Allah, finds in the earth\nMany a refuge, wide and spacious: Should he die as a refugee from home\nfor Allah and His Messenger, His reward becomes due and sure with\nAllah: And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Whoso migrateth for the cause of Allah will find much refuge and\nabundance in the earth, and whoso forsaketh his home, a fugitive unto\nAllah and His messenger, and death overtaketh him, his reward is then\nincumbent on Allah. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And whoever flies in Allah's way, he will find in the earth many a\nplace of refuge and abundant resources, and whoever goes forth from his\nhouse flying to Allah and His Messenger, and then death overtakes him,\nhis reward is indeed with Allah and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.101\nY: When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if ye\nshorten your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers May attack you: For the\nUnbelievers are unto you open enemies.\n\nP: And when ye go forth in the land, it is no sin for you to curtail\n(your) worship if ye fear that those who disbelieve may attack you. In\ntruth the disbelievers are an open enemy to you.\n\nS: And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you\nshorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve will cause\nyou distress, surely the unbelievers are your open enemy.\n\n004.102\nY: When thou (O Messenger) art with them, and standest to lead them in\nprayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee, taking\ntheir arms with them: When they finish their prostrations, let them\ntake their position in the rear. And let the other party come up which\nhath not yet prayed - and let them pray with thee, taking all\nprecaution, and bearing arms: the Unbelievers wish, if ye were\nnegligent of your arms and your baggage, to assault you in a single\nrush. But there is no blame on you if ye put away your arms because of\nthe inconvenience of rain or because ye are ill; but take (every)\nprecaution for yourselves. For the Unbelievers Allah hath prepared a\nhumiliating punishment.\n\nP: And when thou (O Muhammad) art among them and arrangest (their)\nworship for them, let only a party of them stand with thee (to worship)\nand let them take their arms. Then when they have performed their\nprostrations let them fall to the rear and let another party come that\nhath not worshipped and let them worship with thee, and let them take\ntheir precaution and their arms. Those who disbelieve long for you to\nneglect your arms and your baggage that they may attack you once for\nall. It is no sin for you to lay aside your arms, if rain impedeth you\nor ye are sick. But take your precaution. Lo! Allah prepareth for the\ndisbelievers shameful punishment.\n\nS: And when you are among them and keep up the prayer for them, let a\nparty of them stand up with you, and let them take their arms; then\nwhen they have prostrated themselves let them go to your rear, and let\nanother party who have not prayed come forward and pray with you, and\nlet them take their precautions and their arms; (for) those who\ndisbelieve desire that you may be careless of your arms and your\nluggage, so that they may then turn upon you with a sudden united\nattack, and there is no blame on you, if you are annoyed with rain or\nif you are sick, that you lay down your arms, and take your\nprecautions; surely Allah has prepared a disgraceful chastisement for\nthe unbelievers.\n\n004.103\nY: When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah's praises,\nstanding, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are\nfree from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined\non believers at stated times.\n\nP: When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing,\nsitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper\nworship. Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers.\n\nS: Then when you have finished the prayer, remember Allah standing and\nsitting and reclining; but when you are secure (from danger) keep up\nprayer; surely prayer is a timed ordinance for the believers.\n\n004.104\nY: And slacken not in following up the enemy: If ye are suffering\nhardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but ye have Hope from\nAllah, while they have none. And Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: Relent not in pursuit of the enemy. If ye are suffering, lo! they\nsuffer even as ye suffer and ye hope from Allah that for which they\ncannot hope. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And be not weak hearted in pursuit of the enemy; if you suffer pain,\nthen surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer pain, and you hope\nfrom Allah what they do not hope; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.105\nY: We have sent down to thee the Book in truth, that thou mightest judge\nbetween men, as guided by Allah: so be not (used) as an advocate by\nthose who betray their trust;\n\nP: Lo! We reveal unto thee the Scripture with the truth, that thou mayst\njudge between mankind by that which Allah showeth thee. And be not thou\na pleader for the treacherous;\n\nS: Surely We have revealed the Book to you with the truth that you may\njudge between people by means of that which Allah has taught you; and\nbe not an advocate on behalf of the treacherous.\n\n004.106\nY: But seek the forgiveness of Allah; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And ask forgiveness of Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.107\nY: Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls; for Allah\nloveth not one given to perfidy and crime:\n\nP: And plead not on behalf of (people) who deceive themselves. Lo! Allah\nloveth not one who is treacherous and sinful.\n\nS: And do not plead on behalf of those who act unfaithfully to their\nsouls; surely Allah does not love him who is treacherous, sinful;\n\n004.108\nY: They may hide (Their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide (Them)\nfrom Allah, seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by night,\nin words that He cannot approve: And Allah Doth compass round all that\nthey do.\n\nP: They seek to hide from men and seek not to hide from Allah. He is\nwith them when by night they hold discourse displeasing unto Him. Allah\never surroundeth what they do.\n\nS: They hide themselves from men and do not hide themselves from Allah,\nand He is with them when they meditate by night words which please Him\nnot, and Allah encompasses what they do.\n\n004.109\nY: Ah! These are the sort of men on whose behalf ye may contend in this\nworld; but who will contend with Allah on their behalf on the Day of\nJudgment, or who will carry their affairs through?\n\nP: Ho! ye are they who pleaded for them in the life of the world. But\nwho will plead with Allah for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who\nwill then be their defender?\n\nS: Behold! you are they who (may) plead for them in this world's life,\nbut who will plead for them with Allah on the resurrection day, or who\nshall be their protector?\n\n004.110\nY: If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks\nAllah's forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Yet whoso doeth evil or wrongeth his own soul, then seeketh pardon of\nAllah, will find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And whoever does evil or acts unjustly to his soul, then asks\nforgiveness of Allah, he shall find Allah Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.111\nY: And if any one earns sin, he earns it against His own soul: for Allah\nis full of knowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: Whoso committeth sin committeth it only against himself. Allah is\never Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And whoever commits a sin, he only commits it against his own soul;\nand Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.112\nY: But if any one earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to one that is\ninnocent, He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood and a flagrant\nsin.\n\nP: And whoso committeth a delinquency or crime, then throweth (the\nblame) thereof upon the innocent, hath burdened himself with falsehood\nand a flagrant crime.\n\nS: And whoever commits a fault or a sin, then accuses of it one\ninnocent, he indeed takes upon himself the burden of a calumny and a\nmanifest sin.\n\n004.113\nY: But for the Grace of Allah to thee and his Mercy, a party of them\nwould certainly have plotted to lead thee astray. But (in fact) they\nwill only Lead their own souls astray, and to thee they can do no harm\nin the least. For Allah hath sent down to thee the Book and wisdom and\ntaught thee what thou Knewest not (before): And great is the Grace of\nAllah unto thee.\n\nP: But for the grace of Allah upon thee (Muhammad), and His mercy, a\nparty of them had resolved to mislead thee, but they will mislead only\nthemselves and they will hurt thee not at all. Allah revealeth unto\nthee the Scripture and wisdom, and teacheth thee that which thou\nknewest not. The grace of Allah toward thee hath been infinite.\n\nS: And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy a party of\nthem had certainly designed to bring you to perdition and they do not\nbring (aught) to perdition but their own souls, and they shall not harm\nyou in any way, and Allah has revealed to you the Book and the wisdom,\nand He has taught you what you did not know, and Allah's grace on you\nis very great.\n\n004.114\nY: In most of their secret talks there is no good: But if one exhorts to\na deed of charity or justice or conciliation between men, (Secrecy is\npermissible): To him who does this, seeking the good pleasure of Allah,\nWe shall soon give a reward of the highest (value).\n\nP: There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him\nwho enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among the\npeople. Whoso doeth that, seeking the good pleasure of Allah, We shall\nbestow on him a vast reward.\n\nS: There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who\nenjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between people; and\nwhoever does this seeking Allah's pleasure, We will give him a mighty\nreward.\n\n004.115\nY: If anyone contends with the Messenger even after guidance has been\nplainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to\nmen of Faith, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land\nhim in Hell,- what an evil refuge!\n\nP: And whoso opposeth the messenger after the guidance (of Allah) hath\nbeen manifested unto him, and followeth other than the believer's way,\nWe appoint for him that unto which he himself hath turned, and expose\nhim unto hell - a hapless journey's end!\n\nS: And whoever acts hostilely to the Messenger after that guidance has\nbecome manifest to him, and follows other than the way of the\nbelievers, We will turn him to that to which he has (himself) turned\nand make him enter hell; and it is an evil resort.\n\n004.116\nY: Allah forgiveth not (The sin of) joining other gods with Him; but He\nforgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins other\ngods with Allah, Hath strayed far, far away (from the right).\n\nP: Lo! Allah pardoneth not that partners should be ascribed unto Him. He\npardoneth all save that to whom He will. Whoso ascribeth partners unto\nAllah hath wandered far astray.\n\nS: Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with\nHim, and He forgives what is besides this to whom He pleases; and\nwhoever associates anything with Allah, he indeed strays off into a\nremote error.\n\n004.117\nY: (The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: They call\nbut upon Satan the persistent rebel!\n\nP: They invoke in His stead only females; they pray to none else than\nSatan, a rebel.\n\nS: They do not call besides Him on anything but idols, and they do not\ncall on anything but a rebellious Shaitan.\n\n004.118\nY: Allah did curse him, but he said: \"I will take of Thy servants a\nportion Marked off;\"\n\nP: Whom Allah cursed, and he said: Surely I will take of Thy bondmen an\nappointed portion,\n\nS: Allah has cursed him; and he said: Most certainly I will take of Thy\nservants an appointed portion:\n\n004.119\nY: \"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will\norder them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature\ncreated by Allah.\" Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes Satan for a friend,\nhath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.\n\nP: And surely I will lead them astray, and surely I will arouse desires\nin them, and surely I will command them and they will cut the cattle'\nears, and surely I will command them and they will change Allah's\ncreation. Whoso chooseth Satan for a patron instead of Allah is verily\na loser and his loss is manifest.\n\nS: And most certainly I will lead them astray and excite in them vain\ndesires, and bid them so that they shall slit the ears of the cattle,\nand most certainly I will bid them so that they shall alter Allah's\ncreation; and whoever takes the Shaitan for a guardian rather than\nAllah he indeed shall suffer a manifest loss.\n\n004.120\nY: Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false desires; but\nSatan's promises are nothing but deception.\n\nP: He promiseth them and stirreth up desires in them, and Satan\npromiseth them only to beguile.\n\nS: He gives them promises and excites vain desires in them; and the\nShaitan does not promise them but to deceive.\n\n004.121\nY: They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in Hell, and from it they\nwill find no way of escape.\n\nP: For such, their habitation will be hell, and they will find no refuge\ntherefrom.\n\nS: These are they whose abode is hell, and they shall not find any\nrefuge from it.\n\n004.122\nY: But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness,- we shall soon\nadmit them to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-to dwell therein\nfor ever. Allah's promise is the truth, and whose word can be truer\nthan Allah's?\n\nP: But as for those who believe and do good works We shall bring them\ninto Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for\never. It is a promise from Allah in truth; and who can be more truthful\nthan Allah in utterance?\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will make them enter\ninto gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein for ever; (it\nis) a promise of Allah, true (indeed), and who is truer of word than\nAllah?\n\n004.123\nY: Not your desires, nor those of the People of the Book (can prevail):\nwhoever works evil, will be requited accordingly. Nor will he find,\nbesides Allah, any protector or helper.\n\nP: It will not be in accordance with your desires, nor the desires of\nthe People of the Scripture. He who doeth wrong will have the\nrecompense thereof, and will not find against Allah any protecting\nfriend or helper.\n\nS: (This) shall not be in accordance with your vain desires nor in\naccordance with the vain desires of the followers of the Book; whoever\ndoes evil, he shall be requited with it, and besides Allah he will find\nfor himself neither a guardian nor a helper.\n\n004.124\nY: If any do deeds of righteousness,- be they male or female - and have\nfaith, they will enter Heaven, and not the least injustice will be done\nto them.\n\nP: And whoso doeth good works, whether of male or female, and he (or\nshe) is a believer, such will enter paradise and they will not be\nwronged the dint in a date-stone.\n\nS: And whoever does good deeds whether male or female and he (or she) is\na believer-- these shall enter the garden, and they shall not be dealt\nwith a jot unjustly.\n\n004.125\nY: Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to\nAllah, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For\nAllah did take Abraham for a friend.\n\nP: Who is better in religion than he who surrendereth his purpose to\nAllah while doing good (to men) and followeth the tradition of Abraham,\nthe upright? Allah (Himself) chose Abraham for friend.\n\nS: And who has a better religion than he who submits himself entirely to\nAllah? And he is the doer of good (to others) and follows the faith of\nIbrahim, the upright one, and Allah took Ibrahim as a friend.\n\n004.126\nY: But to Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And He it\nis that Encompasseth all things.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is\nin the earth. Allah ever surroundeth all things.\n\nS: And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is\nAllah's; and Allah encompasses all things.\n\n004.127\nY: They ask thy instruction concerning the women say: Allah doth\ninstruct you about them: And (remember) what hath been rehearsed unto\nyou in the Book, concerning the orphans of women to whom ye give not\nthe portions prescribed, and yet whom ye desire to marry, as also\nconcerning the children who are weak and oppressed: that ye stand firm\nfor justice to orphans. There is not a good deed which ye do, but Allah\nis well-acquainted therewith.\n\nP: They consult thee concerning women. Say: Allah giveth you decree\nconcerning them, and the Scripture which hath been recited unto you\n(giveth decree), concerning female orphans and those unto whom ye give\nnot that which is ordained for them though ye desire to marry them, and\n(concerning) the weak among children, and that ye should deal justly\nwith orphans. Whatever good ye do, lo! Allah is ever Aware of it.\n\nS: And they ask you a decision about women. Say: Allah makes known to\nyou His decision concerning them, and that which is recited to you in\nthe Book concerning female orphans whom you do not give what is\nappointed for them while you desire to marry them, and concerning the\nweak among children, and that you should deal towards orphans with\nequity; and whatever good you do, Allah surely knows it.\n\n004.128\nY: If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there is\nno blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between\nthemselves; and such settlement is best; even though men's souls are\nswayed by greed. But if ye do good and practise self-restraint, Allah\nis well-acquainted with all that ye do.\n\nP: If a woman feareth ill treatment from her husband, or desertion, it\nis no sin for them twain if they make terms of peace between\nthemselves. Peace is better. But greed hath been made present in the\nminds (of men). If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever\nInformed of what ye do.\n\nS: And if a woman fears ill usage or desertion on the part of her\nhusband, there is no blame on them, if they effect a reconciliation\nbetween them, and reconciliation is better, and avarice has been made\nto be present in the (people's) minds; and if you do good (to others)\nand guard (against evil), then surely Allah is aware of what you do.\n\n004.129\nY: Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is\nyour ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as\nto leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a\nfriendly understanding, and practise self-restraint, Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Ye will not be able to deal equally between (your) wives, however\nmuch ye wish (to do so). But turn not altogether away (from one),\nleaving her as in suspense. If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah\nis ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And you have it not in your power to do justice between wives, even\nthough you may wish (it), but be not disinclined (from one) with total\ndisinclination, so that you leave her as it were in suspense; and if\nyou effect a reconciliation and guard (against evil), then surely Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.130\nY: But if they disagree (and must part), Allah will provide abundance\nfor all from His all-reaching bounty: for Allah is He that careth for\nall and is Wise.\n\nP: But if they separate, Allah will compensate each out of His\nabundance. Allah is ever All-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: And if they separate, Allah will render them both free from want out\nof His ampleness, and Allah is Ample-giving, Wise.\n\n004.131\nY: To Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Verily we\nhave directed the People of the Book before you, and you (O Muslims) to\nfear Allah. But if ye deny Him, lo! unto Allah belong all things in the\nheavens and on earth, and Allah is free of all wants, worthy of all\npraise.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is\nin the earth. And We charged those who received the Scripture before\nyou, and (We charge) you, that ye keep your duty toward Allah. And if\nye disbelieve, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens\nand whatsoever is in the earth, and Allah is ever Absolute, Owner of\nPraise.\n\nS: And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is\nAllah's and certainly We enjoined those who were given the Book before\nyou and (We enjoin) you too that you should be careful of (your duty\nto) Allah; and if you disbelieve, then surely whatever is in the\nheavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's and Allah is\nSelf-sufficient, Praise-worthy.\n\n004.132\nY: Yea, unto Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and\nenough is Allah to carry through all affairs.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is\nin the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.\n\nS: And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is\nAllah's, and Allah is sufficient as a Protector.\n\n004.133\nY: If it were His will, He could destroy you, O mankind, and create\nanother race; for He hath power this to do.\n\nP: If He will, He can remove you, O people, and produce others (in your\nstead). Allah is Able to do that.\n\nS: If He please, He can make you pass away, O people! and bring others;\nand Allah has the power to do this.\n\n004.134\nY: If any one desires a reward in this life, in Allah's (gift) is the\nreward (both) of this life and of the hereafter: for Allah is He that\nheareth and seeth (all things).\n\nP: Whoso desireth the reward of the world, (let him know that) with\nAllah is the reward of the world and the Hereafter. Allah is ever\nHearer, Seer.\n\nS: Whoever desires the reward of this world, then with Allah is the\nreward of this world and the hereafter; and Allah is Hearing, Seeing.\n\n004.135\nY: O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to\nAllah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and\nwhether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both.\nFollow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye\ndistort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is\nwell-acquainted with all that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be ye staunch in justice, witnesses for Allah, even\nthough it be against yourselves or (your) parents or (your) kindred,\nwhether (the case be of) a rich man or a poor man, for Allah is nearer\nunto both (them ye are). So follow not passion lest ye lapse (from\ntruth) and if ye lapse or fall away, then lo! Allah is ever Informed of\nwhat ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! be maintainers of justice, bearers of witness of\nAllah's sake, though it may be against your own selves or (your)\nparents or near relatives; if he be rich or poor, Allah is nearer to\nthem both in compassion; therefore do not follow (your) low desires,\nlest you deviate; and if you swerve or turn aside, then surely Allah is\naware of what you do.\n\n004.136\nY: O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and the\nscripture which He hath sent to His Messenger and the scripture which\nHe sent to those before (him). Any who denieth Allah, His angels, His\nBooks, His Messengers, and the Day of Judgment, hath gone far, far\nastray.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His messenger and the\nScripture which He hath revealed unto His messenger, and the Scripture\nwhich He revealed aforetime. Whoso disbelieveth in Allah and His angels\nand His scriptures and His messengers and the Last Day, he verily hath\nwandered far astray.\n\nS: O you who believe! believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book\nwhich He has revealed to His Messenger and the Book which He revealed\nbefore; and whoever disbelieves in Allah and His angels and His\nmessengers and the last day, he indeed strays off into a remote error.\n\n004.137\nY: Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and\n(again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- Allah will not\nforgive them nor guide them nor guide them on the way.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe, then disbelieve and then (again) believe, then\ndisbelieve, and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never pardon\nthem, nor will He guide them unto a way.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who believe then disbelieve, again believe and\nagain disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, Allah will not forgive\nthem nor guide them in the (right) path.\n\n004.138\nY: To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them (but)\na grievous penalty;-\n\nP: Bear unto the hypocrites the tidings that for them there is a painful\ndoom;\n\nS: Announce to the hypocrites that they shall have a painful\nchastisement:\n\n004.139\nY: Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers:\nis it honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with Allah.\n\nP: Those who chose disbelievers for their friends instead of believers!\nDo they look for power at their hands? Lo! all power appertaineth to\nAllah.\n\nS: Those who take the unbelievers for guardians rather than believers.\nDo they seek honor from them? Then surely all honor is for Allah.\n\n004.140\nY: Already has He sent you Word in the Book, that when ye hear the signs\nof Allah held in defiance and ridicule, ye are not to sit with them\nunless they turn to a different theme: if ye did, ye would be like\nthem. For Allah will collect the hypocrites and those who defy faith -\nall in Hell:-\n\nP: He hath already revealed unto you in the Scripture that, when ye hear\nthe revelations of Allah rejected and derided, (ye) sit not with them\n(who disbelieve and mock) until they engage in some other conversation.\nLo! in that case (if ye stayed) ye would be like unto them. Lo! Allah\nwill gather hypocrites and disbelievers, all together, into hell;\n\nS: And indeed He has revealed to you in the Book that when you hear\nAllah's communications disbelieved in and mocked at do not sit with\nthem until they enter into some other discourse; surely then you would\nbe like them; surely Allah will gather together the hypocrites and the\nunbelievers all in hell.\n\n004.141\nY: (These are) the ones who wait and watch about you: if ye do gain a\nvictory from Allah, they say: \"Were we not with you?\"- but if the\nunbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): \"Did we not gain an\nadvantage over you, and did we not guard you from the believers?\" but\nAllah will judge betwixt you on the Day of Judgment. And never will\nAllah grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers.\n\nP: Those who wait upon occasion in regard to you and, if a victory\ncometh unto you from Allah, say: Are we not with you? and if the\ndisbelievers meet with a success say: Had we not the mastery of you,\nand did we not protect you from the believers? - Allah will judge\nbetween you at the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will not give the\ndisbelievers any way (of success) against the believers.\n\nS: Those who wait for (some misfortune to befall) you; then if you have a\nvictory from Allah they say: Were we not with you? And if there is a\nchance for the unbelievers, they say: Did we not acquire the mastery\nover you and defend you from the believers? So Allah shall Judge\nbetween you on the day of resurrection, and Allah will by no means give\nthe unbelievers a way against the believers.\n\n004.142\nY: The Hypocrites - they think they are over-reaching Allah, but He will\nover-reach them: When they stand up to prayer, they stand without\nearnestness, to be seen of men, but little do they hold Allah in\nremembrance;\n\nP: Lo! the hypocrites seek to beguile Allah, but it is He Who beguileth\nthem. When they stand up to worship they perform it languidly and to be\nseen of men, and are mindful of Allah but little;\n\nS: Surely the hypocrites strive to deceive Allah, and He shall requite\ntheir deceit to them, and when they stand up to prayer they stand up\nsluggishly; they do it only to be seen of men and do not remember Allah\nsave a little.\n\n004.143\nY: (They are) distracted in mind even in the midst of it,- being\n(sincerely) for neither one group nor for another whom Allah leaves\nstraying,- never wilt thou find for him the way.\n\nP: Swaying between this (and that), (belonging) neither to these nor to\nthose. He whom Allah causeth to go astray, thou (O Muhammad) wilt not\nfind a way for him:\n\nS: Wavering between that (and this), (belonging) neither to these nor to\nthose; and whomsoever Allah causes to err, you shall not find a way for\nhim.\n\n004.144\nY: O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than\nbelievers: Do ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against yourselves?\n\nP: O ye who believe! Choose not disbelievers for (your) friends in place\nof believers. Would ye give Allah a clear warrant against you?\n\nS: O you who believe! do not take the unbelievers for friends rather\nthan the believers; do you desire that you should give to Allah a\nmanifest proof against yourselves?\n\n004.145\nY: The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no helper\nwilt thou find for them;-\n\nP: Lo! the hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of the Fire, and thou\nwilt find no helper for them;\n\nS: Surely the hypocrites are in the lowest stage of the fire and you\nshall not find a helper for them.\n\n004.146\nY: Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to Allah,\nand purify their religion as in Allah's sight: if so they will be\n(numbered) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the\nbelievers a reward of immense value.\n\nP: Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their\nreligion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah\nwill bestow on the believers an immense reward.\n\nS: Except those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and are\nsincere in their religion to Allah, these are with the believers, and\nAllah will grant the believers a mighty reward.\n\n004.147\nY: What can Allah gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and ye\nbelieve? Nay, it is Allah that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all\nthings.\n\nP: What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for\nHis mercies) and believe (in Him)? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware.\n\nS: Why should Allah chastise you if you are grateful and believe? And\nAllah is the Multiplier of rewards, Knowing.\n\n004.148\nY: Allah loveth not that evil should be noised abroad in public speech,\nexcept where injustice hath been done; for Allah is He who heareth and\nknoweth all things.\n\nP: Allah loveth not the utterance of harsh speech save by one who hath\nbeen wronged. Allah is ever Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: Allah does not love the public utterance of hurtful speech unless (it\nbe) by one to whom injustice has been done; and Allah is Hearing,\nKnowing.\n\n004.149\nY: Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with\npardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the\njudgment of values).\n\nP: If ye do good openly or keep it secret, or forgive evil, lo! Allah is\never Forgiving, Powerful.\n\nS: If you do good openly or do it in secret or pardon an evil then\nsurely Allah is Pardoning, Powerful.\n\n004.150\nY: Those who deny Allah and His messengers, and (those who) wish to\nseparate Allah from His messengers, saying: \"We believe in some but\nreject others\": And (those who) wish to take a course midway,-\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers, and seek to\nmake distinction between Allah and His messengers, and say: We believe\nin some and disbelieve in others, and seek to choose a way in between;\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers and (those\nwho) desire to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers and\nsay: We believe in some and disbelieve in others, and desire to take a\ncourse between (this and) that.\n\n004.151\nY: They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and we have prepared for\nunbelievers a humiliating punishment.\n\nP: Such are disbelievers in truth; and for disbelievers We prepare a\nshameful doom.\n\nS: These it is that are truly unbelievers, and We have prepared for the\nunbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.\n\n004.152\nY: To those who believe in Allah and His messengers and make no\ndistinction between any of the messengers, we shall soon give their\n(due) rewards: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: But those who believe in Allah and His messengers and make no\ndistinction between any of them, unto them Allah will give their wages;\nand Allah was ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And those who believe in Allah and His messengers and do not make a\ndistinction between any of them-- Allah will grant them their rewards;\nand Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n004.153\nY: The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them\nfrom heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for\nthey said: \"Show us Allah in public,\" but they were dazed for their\npresumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf\neven after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them; and\ngave Moses manifest proofs of authority.\n\nP: The people of the Scripture ask of thee that thou shouldst cause an\n(actual) Book to descend upon them from heaven. They asked a greater\nthing of Moses aforetime, for they said: Show us Allah plainly. The\nstorm of lightning seized them for their wickedness. Then (even after\nthat) they chose the calf (for worship) after clear proofs (of Allah's\nSovereignty) had come unto them. And We forgave them that! And We\nbestowed on Moses evident authority.\n\nS: The followers of the Book ask you to bring down to them a book from\nheaven; so indeed they demanded of Musa a greater thing than that, for\nthey said: Show us Allah manifestly; so the lightning overtook them on\naccount of their injustice. Then they took the calf (for a god), after\nclear signs had come to them, but We pardoned this; and We gave to Musa\nclear authority.\n\n004.154\nY: And for their covenant we raised over them (the towering height) of\nMount (Sinai); and (on another occasion) we said: \"Enter the gate with\nhumility\"; and (once again) we commanded them: \"Transgress not in the\nmatter of the Sabbath.\" And we took from them a solemn covenant.\n\nP: And We caused the Mount to tower above them at (the taking of) their\ncovenant: and We bade them: Enter the gate, prostrate! and We bode\nthem: Transgress not the Sabbath! and We took from them a firm\ncovenant.\n\nS: And We lifted the mountain (Sainai) over them at (the taking of\nthe covenant) and We said to them: Enter the door making obeisance; and\nWe said to them: Do not exceed the limits of the Sabbath, and We made\nwith them a firm covenant.\n\n004.155\nY: (They have incurred divine displeasure): In that they broke their\ncovenant; that they rejected the signs of Allah; that they slew the\nMessengers in defiance of right; that they said, \"Our hearts are the\nwrappings (which preserve Allah's Word; We need no more)\";- Nay, Allah\nhath set the seal on their hearts for their blasphemy, and little is it\nthey believe;-\n\nP: Then because of their breaking of their covenant, and their\ndisbelieving in the revelations of Allah, and their slaying of the\nprophets wrongfully, and their saying: Our hearts are hardened - Nay,\nbut Allah set a seal upon them for their disbelief, so that they\nbelieve not save a few -\n\nS: Therefore, for their breaking their covenant and their disbelief in\nthe communications of Allah and their killing the prophets wrongfully\nand their saying: Our hearts are covered; nay! Allah set a seal upon\nthem owing to their unbelief, so they shall not believe except a few.\n\n004.156\nY: That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave\nfalse charge;\n\nP: And because of their disbelief and of their speaking against Mary a\ntremendous calumny;\n\nS: And for their unbelief and for their having uttered against Marium a\ngrievous calumny.\n\n004.157\nY: That they said (in boast), \"We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary,\nthe Messenger of Allah\";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him,\nbut so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are\nfull of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to\nfollow, for of a surety they killed him not:-\n\nP: And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary,\nAllah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it\nappeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in\ndoubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a\nconjecture; they slew him not for certain.\n\nS: And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of\nMarium, the messenger of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they\ncrucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely\nthose who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no\nknowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed\nhim not for sure.\n\n004.158\nY: Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power,\nWise;-\n\nP: But Allah took him up unto Himself. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n004.159\nY: And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him\nbefore his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness\nagainst them;-\n\nP: There is not one of the People of the Scripture but will believe in\nhim before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a\nwitness against them -\n\nS: And there is not one of the followers of the Book but most certainly\nbelieves in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he\n(Isa) shall be a witness against them.\n\n004.160\nY: For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain\n(foods) good and wholesome which had been lawful for them;- in that\nthey hindered many from Allah's Way;-\n\nP: Because of the wrongdoing of the Jews We forbade them good things\nwhich were (before) made lawful unto them, and because of their much\nhindering from Allah's way,\n\nS: Wherefore for the iniquity of those who are Jews did We disallow to\nthem the good things which had been made lawful for them and for their\nhindering many (people) from Allah's way.\n\n004.161\nY: That they took usury, though they were forbidden; and that they\ndevoured men's substance wrongfully;- we have prepared for those among\nthem who reject faith a grievous punishment.\n\nP: And of their taking usury when they were forbidden it, and of their\ndevouring people's wealth by false pretences, We have prepared for\nthose of them who disbelieve a painful doom.\n\nS: And their taking usury though indeed they were forbidden it and their\ndevouring the property of people falsely, and We have prepared for the\nunbelievers from among them a painful chastisement.\n\n004.162\nY: But those among them who are well-grounded in knowledge, and the\nbelievers, believe in what hath been revealed to thee and what was\nrevealed before thee: And (especially) those who establish regular\nprayer and practise regular charity and believe in Allah and in the\nLast Day: To them shall We soon give a great reward.\n\nP: But those of them who are firm in knowledge and the believers believe\nin that which is revealed unto thee, and that which was revealed before\nthee, especially the diligent in prayer and those who pay the poor-due,\nthe believers in Allah and the Last Day. Upon these We shall bestow\nimmense reward.\n\nS: But the firm in knowledge among them and the believers believe in\nwhat has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you, and\nthose who keep up prayers and those who give the poor-rate and the\nbelievers in Allah and the last day, these it is whom We will give a\nmighty reward.\n\n004.163\nY: We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the\nMessengers after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac,\nJacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to\nDavid We gave the Psalms.\n\nP: Lo! We inspire thee as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him,\nas We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes,\nand Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as We imparted\nunto David the Psalms;\n\nS: Surely We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh, and the\nprophets after him, and We revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and\nYaqoub and the tribes, and Isa and Ayub and Yunus and Haroun and\nSulaiman and We gave to Dawood Psalms.\n\n004.164\nY: Of some messengers We have already told thee the story; of others We\nhave not;- and to Moses Allah spoke direct;-\n\nP: And messengers We have mentioned unto thee before and messengers We\nhave not mentioned unto thee; and Allah spake directly unto Moses;\n\nS: And (We sent) messengers We have mentioned to you before and\nmessengers we have not mentioned to you; and to Musa, Allah addressed\nHis Word, speaking (to him):\n\n004.165\nY: Messengers who gave good news as well as warning, that mankind, after\n(the coming) of the messengers, should have no plea against Allah: For\nAllah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\n\nP: Messengers of good cheer and of warning, in order that mankind might\nhave no argument against Allah after the messengers. Allah was ever\nMighty, Wise.\n\nS: (We sent) messengers as the givers of good news and as warners, so\nthat people should not have a plea against Allah after the (coming of)\nmessengers; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n004.166\nY: But Allah beareth witness that what He hath sent unto thee He hath\nsent from His (own) knowledge, and the angels bear witness: But enough\nis Allah for a witness.\n\nP: But Allah (Himself) testifieth concerning that which He hath\nrevealeth unto thee; in His knowledge hath He revealed it; and the\nangels also testify. And Allah is sufficient Witness.\n\nS: But Allah bears witness by what He has revealed to you that He has\nrevealed it with His knowledge, and the angels bear witness (also); and\nAllah is sufficient as a witness.\n\n004.167\nY: Those who reject Faith and keep off (men) from the way of Allah, have\nverily strayed far, far away from the Path.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve and hinder (others) from the way of Allah,\nthey verily have wandered far astray.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who disbelieve and hinder (men) from Allah's\nway, they indeed have strayed off into a remote error.\n\n004.168\nY: Those who reject Faith and do wrong,- Allah will not forgive them nor\nguide them to any way-\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve and deal in wrong, Allah will never forgive\nthem, neither will He guide them unto a road,\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who disbelieve and act unjustly Allah will not\nforgive them nor guide them to a path,\n\n004.169\nY: Except the way of Hell, to dwell therein for ever. And this to Allah\nis easy.\n\nP: Except the road of hell, wherein they will abide for ever. And that\nis ever easy for Allah.\n\nS: Except the path of hell, to abide in it for ever, and this is easy to\nAllah.\n\n004.170\nY: O Mankind! The Messenger hath come to you in truth from Allah:\nbelieve in him: It is best for you. But if ye reject Faith, to Allah\nbelong all things in the heavens and on earth: And Allah is\nAll-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: O mankind! The messenger hath come unto you with the Truth from your\nLord. Therefor believe; (it is) better for you. But if ye disbelieve,\nstill, lo! unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the\nearth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise.\n\nS: O people! surely the Messenger has come to you with the truth from\nyour Lord, therefore believe, (it shall be) good for you and If you\ndisbelieve, then surely whatever is in the heavens and the earth is\nAllah's; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n004.171\nY: O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of\nAllah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more\nthan) a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary,\nand a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His\nmessengers. Say not \"Trinity\": desist: it will be better for you:\nfor Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far Exalted is He) above\nhaving a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth.\nAnd enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.\n\nP: O People of the Scripture! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor\nutter aught concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of\nMary, was only a messenger of Allah, and His word which He conveyed\nunto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His\nmessengers, and say not \"Three\" - Cease! (it is) better for you! -\nAllah is only One Allah. Far is it removed from His Transcendent\nMajesty that He should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens\nand all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.\n\nS: O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion,\nand do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the\nMessiah, Isa son of Marium is only a messenger of Allah and His Word\nwhich He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe\ntherefore in Allah and His messengers, and say not, Three. Desist, it\nis better for you; Allah is only one Allah; far be It from His glory\nthat He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is\nin the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.\n\n004.172\nY: Christ disdaineth nor to serve and worship Allah, nor do the angels,\nthose nearest (to Allah): those who disdain His worship and are\narrogant,-He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer).\n\nP: The Messiah will never scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the\nfavoured angels. Whoso scorneth His service and is proud, all such will\nHe assemble unto Him;\n\nS: The Messiah does by no means disdain that he should be a servant of\nAllah, nor do the angels who are near to Him, and whoever disdains His\nservice and is proud, He will gather them all together to Himself.\n\n004.173\nY: But to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, He will give\ntheir (due) rewards,- and more, out of His bounty: But those who are\ndisdainful and arrogant, He will punish with a grievous penalty; Nor\nwill they find, besides Allah, any to protect or help them.\n\nP: Then, as for those who believed and did good works, unto them will He\npay their wages in full, adding unto them of His bounty; and as for\nthose who were scornful and proud, them will He punish with a painful\ndoom. And they will not find for them, against Allah, any protecting\nfriend or helper.\n\nS: Then as for those who believe and do good, He will pay them fully\ntheir rewards and give them more out of His grace; and as for those who\ndisdain and are proud, He will chastise them with a painful\nchastisement. And they shall not find for themselves besides Allah a\nguardian or a helper.\n\n004.174\nY: O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing proof from your\nLord: For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.\n\nP: O mankind! Now hath a proof from your Lord come unto you, and We have\nsent down unto you a clear light;\n\nS: O people! surely there has come to you manifest proof from your Lord\nand We have sent to you clear light.\n\n004.175\nY: Then those who believe in Allah, and hold fast to Him,- soon will He\nadmit them to mercy and grace from Himself, and guide them to Himself\nby a straight way.\n\nP: As for those who believe in Allah, and hold fast unto Him, them He\nwill cause to enter into His mercy and grace, and will guide them unto\nHim by a straight road.\n\nS: Then as for those who believe in Allah and hold fast by Him, He will\ncause them to enter into His mercy and grace and guide them to Himself\non a right path.\n\n004.176\nY: They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus) about\nthose who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it is a man\nthat dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half the\ninheritance: If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, Her\nbrother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall\nhave two-thirds of the inheritance (between them): if there are\nbrothers and sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of\nthe female. Thus doth Allah make clear to you (His law), lest ye err.\nAnd Allah hath knowledge of all things.\n\nP: They ask thee for a pronouncement. Say: Allah hath pronounced for you\nconcerning distant kindred. If a man die childless and he have a\nsister, hers is half the heritage, and he would have inherited from her\nhad she died childless. And if there be two sisters, then theirs are\ntwo-thirds of the heritage, and if they be brethren, men and women,\nunto the male is the equivalent of the share of two females. Allah\nexpoundeth unto you, so that ye err not. Allah is Knower of all things.\n\nS: They ask you for a decision of the law. Say: Allah gives you a\ndecision concerning the person who has neither parents nor offspring;\nif a man dies (and) he has no son and he has a sister, she shall have\nhalf of what he leaves, and he shall be her heir she has no son; but if\nthere be two (sisters), they shall have two-thirds of what he leaves;\nand if there are brethren, men and women, then the male shall have the\nlike of the portion of two females; Allah makes clear to you, lest you\nerr; and Allah knows all things.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 5:\n\n                   AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD)\n Total Verses: 120 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n005.001\nY: O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for\nfood) are all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: But\nanimals of the chase are forbidden while ye are in the sacred precincts\nor in pilgrim garb: for Allah doth command according to His will and\nplan.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Fulfil your indentures. The beast of cattle is made\nlawful unto you (for food) except that which is announced unto you\n(herein), game being unlawful when ye are on the pilgrimage. Lo! Allah\nordaineth that which pleaseth Him.\n\nS: O you who believe! fulfill the obligations. The cattle quadrupeds are\nallowed to you except that which is recited to you, not violating the\nprohibition against game when you are entering upon the performance of\nthe pilgrimage; surely Allah orders what He desires.\n\n005.002\nY: O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of Allah,\nnor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor\nthe garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting to\nthe sacred house, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of their\nLord. But when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim\ngarb, ye may hunt and let not the hatred of some people in (once)\nshutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and\nhostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness and\npiety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for\nAllah is strict in punishment.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Profane not Allah's monuments nor the Sacred Month\nnor the offerings nor the garlands, nor those repairing to the Sacred\nHouse, seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when ye have\nleft the sacred territory, then go hunting (if ye will). And let not\nyour hatred of a folk who (once) stopped your going to the inviolable\nplace of worship seduce you to transgress; but help ye one another unto\nrighteousness and pious duty. Help not one another unto sin and\ntransgression, but keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is severe in\npunishment.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not violate the signs appointed by Allah nor\nthe sacred month, nor (interfere with) the offerings, nor the\nsacrificial animals with garlands, nor those going to the sacred house\nseeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord; and when you are free\nfrom the obligations of the pilgrimage, then hunt, and let not hatred\nof a people-- because they hindered you from the Sacred Masjid-- incite\nyou to exceed the limits, and help one another in goodness and piety,\nand do not help one another in sin and aggression; and be careful of\n(your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n005.003\nY: Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of\nswine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than\nAllah; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow,\nor by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been\n(partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in\ndue form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also\nis the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety.\nThis day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your\nreligion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your\nreligion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you\nIslam as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no\ninclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: Forbidden unto you (for food) are carrion and blood and swineflesh,\nand that which hath been dedicated unto any other than Allah, and the\nstrangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling\nfrom a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of)\nhorns, and the devoured of wild beasts, saving that which ye make\nlawful (by the death-stroke), and that which hath been immolated unto\nidols. And (forbidden is it) that ye swear by the divining arrows. This\nis an abomination. This day are those who disbelieve in despair of\n(ever harming) your religion; so fear them not, fear Me! This day have\nI perfected your religion for you and completed My favour unto you, and\nhave chosen for you as religion al-Islam. Whoso is forced by hunger,\nnot by will, to sin: (for him) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh\nof swine, and that on which any other name than that of Allah has been\ninvoked, and the strangled (animal) and that beaten to death, and that\nkilled by a fall and that killed by being smitten with the horn, and\nthat which wild beasts have eaten, except what you slaughter, and what\nis sacrificed on stones set up (for idols) and that you divide by the\narrows; that is a transgression. This day have those who disbelieve\ndespaired of your religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day\nhave I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you\nand chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled by\nhunger, not inclining willfully to sin, then surely Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n005.004\nY: They ask thee what is lawful to them (as food). Say: lawful unto you\nare (all) things good and pure: and what ye have taught your trained\nhunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by Allah: eat\nwhat they catch for you, but pronounce the name of Allah over it: and\nfear Allah; for Allah is swift in taking account.\n\nP: They ask thee (O Muhammad) what is made lawful for them. Say: (all)\ngood things are made lawful for you. And those beasts and birds of prey\nwhich ye have trained as hounds are trained, ye teach them that which\nAllah taught you; so eat of that which they catch for you and mention\nAllah's name upon it, and observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is\nswift to take account.\n\nS: They ask you as to what is allowed to them. Say: The good things are\nallowed to you, and what you have taught the beasts and birds of prey,\ntraining them to hunt-- you teach them of what Allah has taught you--\nso eat of that which they catch for you and mention the name of Allah\nover it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is swift\nin reckoning.\n\n005.005\nY: This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The\nfood of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful\nunto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women\nwho are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book,\nrevealed before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and\ndesire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects\nfaith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the\nranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).\n\nP: This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those\nwho have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is\nlawful for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the\nvirtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful\nfor you) when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them\nin honour, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines.\nWhoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the\nlosers in the Hereafter.\n\nS: This day (all) the good things are allowed to you; and the food of\nthose who have been given the Book is lawful for you and your food is\nlawful for them; and the chaste from among the believing women and the\nchaste from among those who have been given the Book before you (are\nlawful for you); when you have given them their dowries, taking (them)\nin marriage, not fornicating nor taking them for paramours in secret;\nand whoever denies faith, his work indeed is of no account, and in the\nhereafter he shall be one of the losers.\n\n005.006\nY: O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and\nyour hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and\n(wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial\nimpurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or\none of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact\nwith women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand\nor earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish\nto place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete\nhis favour to you, that ye may be grateful.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and\nyour hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your\nfeet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if\nye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or\nye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to\nclean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it.\nAllah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and\nwould perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you rise up to prayer, wash your faces and\nyour hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads and your feet to\nthe ankles; and if you are under an obligation to perform a total\nablution, then wash (yourselves) and if you are sick or on a journey,\nor one of you come from the privy, or you have touched the women, and\nyou cannot find water, betake yourselves to pure earth and wipe your\nfaces and your hands therewith, Allah does not desire to put on you any\ndifficulty, but He wishes to purify you and that He may complete His\nfavor on you, so that you may be grateful.\n\n005.007\nY: And call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you, and His\ncovenant, which He ratified with you, when ye said: \"We hear and we\nobey\": And fear Allah, for Allah knoweth well the secrets of your\nhearts.\n\nP: Remember Allah's grace upon you and His covenant by which He bound\nyou when ye said: We hear and we obey; And keep your duty to Allah. Lo!\nHe knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: And remember the favor of Allah on you and His covenant with which He\nbound you firmly, when you said: We have heard and we obey, and be\ncareful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah knows what is in the\nbreasts.\n\n005.008\nY: O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair\ndealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to\nwrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear\nAllah. For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let\nnot hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal\njustly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo!\nAllah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness with\njustice, and let not hatred of a people incite you not to act\nequitably; act equitably, that is nearer to piety, and he careful of\n(your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.\n\n005.009\nY: To those who believe and do deeds of righteousness hath Allah\npromised forgiveness and a great reward.\n\nP: Allah hath promised those who believe and do good works: Theirs will\nbe forgiveness and immense reward.\n\nS: Allah has promised to those who believe and do good deeds (that) they\nshall have forgiveness and a mighty reward.\n\n005.010\nY: Those who reject faith and deny our signs will be companions of\nHell-fire.\n\nP: And they who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, such are rightful\nowners of hell.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject our communications,\nthese are the companions of the name.\n\n005.011\nY: O ye who believe! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you\nwhen certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands against\nyou, but (Allah) held back their hands from you: so fear Allah. And on\nAllah let believers put (all) their trust.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how a people were\nminded to stretch out their hands against you but He withheld their\nhands from you; and keep your duty to Allah. In Allah let believers put\ntheir trust.\n\nS: O you who believe! remember Allah's favor on you when a people had\ndetermined to stretch forth their hands towards you, but He withheld\ntheir hands from you, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and on\nAllah let the believers rely.\n\n005.012\nY: Allah did aforetime take a covenant from the Children of Israel, and\nwe appointed twelve captains among them. And Allah said: \"I am with\nyou: if ye (but) establish regular prayers, practise regular charity,\nbelieve in my messengers, honour and assist them, and loan to Allah a\nbeautiful loan, verily I will wipe out from you your evils, and admit\nyou to gardens with rivers flowing beneath; but if any of you, after\nthis, resisteth faith, he hath truly wandered from the path or\nrectitude.\"\n\nP: Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We\nraised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you.\nIf ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My\nmessengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely\nI shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this\nwill go astray from a plain road.\n\nS: And certainly Allah made a covenant with the children of Israel, and\nWe raised up among them twelve chieftains; and Allah said: Surely I am\nwith you; if you keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and believe in My\nmessengers and assist them and offer to Allah a goodly gift, I will\nmost certainly cover your evil deeds, and I will most certainly cause\nyou to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, but whoever\ndisbelieves from among you after that, he indeed shall lose the right\nway.\n\n005.013\nY: But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and\nmade their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right)\nplaces and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor\nwilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new)\ndeceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah\nloveth those who are kind.\n\nP: And because of their breaking their covenant, We have cursed them and\nmade hard their hearts. They change words from their context and forget\na part of that whereof they were admonished. Thou wilt not cease to\ndiscover treachery from all save a few of them. But bear with them and\npardon them. Lo! Allah loveth the kindly.\n\nS: But on account of their breaking their covenant We cursed them and\nmade their hearts hard; they altered the words from their places and\nthey neglected a portion of what they were reminded of; and you shall\nalways discover treachery in them excepting a few of them; so pardon\nthem and turn away; surely Allah loves those who do good (to others).\n\n005.014\nY: From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a\ncovenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent\nthem: so we estranged them, with enmity and hatred between the one and\nthe other, to the Day of Judgment. And soon will Allah show them what\nit is they have done.\n\nP: And with those who say: \"Lo! we are Christians,\" We made a covenant,\nbut they forgot a part of that whereof they were admonished. Therefor\nWe have stirred up enmity and hatred among them till the Day of\nResurrection, when Allah will inform them of their handiwork.\n\nS: And with those who say, We are Christians, We made a covenant, but\nthey neglected a portion of what they were reminded of, therefore We\nexcited among them enmity and hatred to the day of resurrection; and\nAllah will inform them of what they did.\n\n005.015\nY: O people of the Book! There hath come to you our Messenger, revealing\nto you much that ye used to hide in the Book, and passing over much\n(that is now unnecessary): There hath come to you from Allah a (new)\nlight and a perspicuous Book, -\n\nP: O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you,\nexpounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the\nScripture, and forgiving much. Now hath come unto you light from Allah\nand plain Scripture.\n\nS: O followers of the Book! indeed Our Messenger has come to you making\nclear to you much of what you concealed of the Book and passing over\nmuch; indeed, there has come to you light and a clear Book from Allah;\n\n005.016\nY: Wherewith Allah guideth all who seek His good pleasure to ways of\npeace and safety, and leadeth them out of darkness, by His will, unto\nthe light,- guideth them to a path that is straight.\n\nP: Whereby Allah guideth him who seeketh His good pleasure unto paths of\npeace. He bringeth them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and\nguideth them unto a straight path.\n\nS: With it Allah guides him who will follow His pleasure into the ways\nof safety and brings them out of utter darkness into light by His will\nand guides them to the right path.\n\n005.017\nY: In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son\nof Mary. Say: \"Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will\nwere to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every - one\nthat is on the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the\nheavens and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He\npleaseth. For Allah hath power over all things.\"\n\nP: They indeed have disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son\nof Mary. Say: Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to\ndestroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth?\nAllah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is\nbetween them. He createth what He will. And Allah is Able to do all\nthings.\n\nS: Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely, Allah-- He is the Messiah,\nson of Marium. Say: Who then could control anything as against Allah\nwhen He wished to destroy the Messiah son of Marium and his mother and\nall those on the earth? And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and\nthe earth and what is between them; He creates what He pleases; and\nAllah has power over all things,\n\n005.018\nY: (Both) the Jews and the Christians say: \"We are sons of Allah, and\nhis beloved.\" Say: \"Why then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay, ye\nare but men,- of the men he hath created: He forgiveth whom He\npleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Allah belongeth the\ndominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between: and\nunto Him is the final goal (of all)\"\n\nP: The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones.\nSay: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins? Nay, ye are but\nmortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom\nHe will. Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and\nall that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying.\n\nS: And the Jews and the Christians say: We are the sons of Allah and His\nbeloved ones. Say: Why does He then chastise you for your faults? Nay,\nyou are mortals from among those whom He has created, He forgives whom\nHe pleases and chastises whom He pleases; and Allah's is the kingdom of\nthe heavens and the earth and what is between them, and to Him is the\neventual coming.\n\n005.019\nY: O People of the Book! Now hath come unto you, making (things) clear\nunto you, Our Messenger, after the break in (the series of) our\nmessengers, lest ye should say: \"There came unto us no bringer of glad\ntidings and no warner (from evil)\": But now hath come unto you a\nbringer of glad tidings and a warner (from evil). And Allah hath power\nover all things.\n\nP: O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you to\nmake things plain unto you after an interval (of cessation) of the\nmessengers, lest ye should say: There came not unto us a messenger of\ncheer nor any warner. Now hath a messenger of cheer and a warner come\nunto you. Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: O followers of the Book! indeed Our Messenger has come to you\nexplaining to you after a cessation of the (mission of the) messengers,\nlest you say: There came not to us a giver of good news or a warner, so\nindeed there has come to you a giver of good news and a warner; and\nAllah has power over all things.\n\n005.020\nY: Remember Moses said to his people: \"O my people! Call in remembrance\nthe favour of Allah unto you, when He produced prophets among you, made\nyou kings, and gave you what He had not given to any other among the\npeoples.\"\n\nP: And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Remember\nAllah's favour unto you, how He placed among you prophets, and He made\nyou kings, and gave you that (which) He gave not to any (other) of\n(His) creatures.\n\nS: And when Musa said to his people: O my people! remember the favor of\nAllah upon you when He raised prophets among you and made you kings and\ngave you what He had not given to any other among the nations.\n\n005.021\nY: \"O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto you,\nand turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to\nyour own ruin.\"\n\nP: O my people! Go into the holy land which Allah hath ordained for you.\nTurn not in flight, for surely ye turn back as losers:\n\nS: O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you\nand turn not on your backs for then you will turn back losers.\n\n005.022\nY: They said: \"O Moses! In this land are a people of exceeding strength:\nNever shall we enter it until they leave it: if (once) they leave, then\nshall we enter.\"\n\nP: They said: O Moses! Lo! a giant people (dwell) therein and lo! we go\nnot in till they go forth from thence. When they go forth from thence,\nthen we will enter (not till then).\n\nS: They said: O Musa! surely there is a strong race in it, and we will\non no account enter it until they go out from it, so if they go out\nfrom it, then surely we will enter.\n\n005.023\nY: (But) among (their) Allah-fearing men were two on whom Allah had\nbestowed His grace: They said: \"Assault them at the (proper) Gate: when\nonce ye are in, victory will be yours; But on Allah put your trust if\nye have faith.\"\n\nP: Then out spake two of those who feared (their Lord, men) unto whom\nAllah had been gracious: Enter in upon them by the gate, for if ye\nenter by it, lo! ye will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if\nye are indeed believers.\n\nS: Two men of those who feared, upon both of whom Allah had bestowed a\nfavor, said: Enter upon them by the gate, for when you have entered it\nyou shall surely be victorious, and on Allah should you rely if you are\nbelievers.\n\n005.024\nY: They said: \"O Moses! while they remain there, never shall we be able\nto enter, to the end of time. Go thou, and thy Lord, and fight ye two,\nwhile we sit here (and watch).\"\n\nP: They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in\nit. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here.\n\nS: They said: O Musa! we shall never enter it so long as they are in it;\ngo therefore you and your Lord, then fight you both surely we will here\nsit down.\n\n005.025\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother: so\nseparate us from this rebellious people!\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! I have control of none but myself and my brother,\nso distinguish between us and the wrong-doing folk.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! Surely I have no control (upon any) but my own self\nand my brother; therefore make a separation between us and the nation\nof transgressors.\n\n005.026\nY: Allah said: \"Therefore will the land be out of their reach for forty\nyears: In distraction will they wander through the land: But sorrow\nthou not over these rebellious people.\"\n\nP: (Their Lord) said: For this the land will surely be forbidden them\nfor forty years that they will wander in the earth, bewildered. So\ngrieve not over the wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: He said: So it shall surely be forbidden to them for forty years,\nthey shall wander about in the land, therefore do not grieve for the\nnation of transgressors.\n\n005.027\nY: Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam.\nBehold! they each presented a sacrifice (to Allah): It was accepted\nfrom one, but not from the other. Said the latter: \"Be sure I will slay\nthee.\" \"Surely,\" said the former, \"Allah doth accept of the sacrifice\nof those who are righteous.\"\n\nP: But recite unto them with truth the tale of the two sons of Adam, how\nthey offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from the one of them\nand it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will surely\nkill thee. (The other) answered: Allah accepteth only from those who\nward off (evil).\n\nS: And relate to them the story of the two sons of Adam with truth when\nthey both offered an offering, but it was accepted from one of them and\nwas not accepted from the other. He said: I will most certainly slay\nyou. (The other) said: Allah only accepts from those who guard (against\nevil).\n\n005.028\nY: \"If thou dost stretch thy hand against me, to slay me, it is not for\nme to stretch my hand against thee to slay thee: for I do fear Allah,\nthe cherisher of the worlds.\"\n\nP: Even if thou stretch out thy hand against me to kill me, I shall not\nstretch out my hand against thee to kill thee, lo! I fear Allah, the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: If you will stretch forth your hand towards me to slay me, I am not\none to stretch forth my hand towards you to slay you surely I fear\nAllah, the Lord of the worlds:\n\n005.029\nY: \"For me, I intend to let thee draw on thyself my sin as well as\nthine, for thou wilt be among the companions of the fire, and that is\nthe reward of those who do wrong.\"\n\nP: Lo! I would rather thou shouldst bear the punishment of the sin\nagainst me and thine own sin and become one of the owners of the fire.\nThat is the reward of evil-doers.\n\nS: Surely I wish that you should bear the sin committed against me and\nyour own sin, and so you would be of the inmates of the fire, and this\nis the recompense of the unjust.\n\n005.030\nY: The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the murder of his brother:\nhe murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones.\n\nP: But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so\nhe slew him and became one of the losers.\n\nS: Then his mind facilitated to him the slaying of his brother so he\nslew him; then he became one of the losers.\n\n005.031\nY: Then Allah sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him how to\nhide the shame of his brother. \"Woe is me!\" said he; \"Was I not even\nable to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?\" then he\nbecame full of regrets-\n\nP: Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to\nhide his brother's naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to\nbe as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse? And he became\nrepentant.\n\nS: Then Allah sent a crow digging up the earth so that he might show him\nhow he should cover the dead body of his brother. He said: Woe me! do I\nlack the strength that I should be like this crow and cover the dead\nbody of my brother? So he became of those who regret.\n\n005.032\nY: On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any\none slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief\nin the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any\none saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole\npeople. Then although there came to them Our messengers with clear\nsigns, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses\nin the land.\n\nP: For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever\nkilleth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the\nearth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth\nthe life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all\nmankind. Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of\nAllah's Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals\nin the earth.\n\nS: For this reason did We prescribe to the children of Israel that\nwhoever slays a soul, unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in\nthe land, it is as though he slew all men; and whoever keeps it alive,\nit is as though he kept alive all men; and certainly Our messengers\ncame to them with clear arguments, but even after that many of them\ncertainly act extravagantly in the land.\n\n005.033\nY: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger,\nand strive with might and main for mischief through the land is:\nexecution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from\nopposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this\nworld, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;\n\nP: The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger\nand strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be\nkilled or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides\ncut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their\ndegradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful\ndoom;\n\nS: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger\nand strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should\nbe murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut\noff on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a\ndisgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a\ngrievous chastisement,\n\n005.034\nY: Except for those who repent before they fall into your power: in that\ncase, know that Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Save those who repent before ye overpower them. For know that Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Except those who repent before you have them in your power; so know\nthat Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n005.035\nY: O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach\nunto Him, and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye may\nprosper.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah, and seek the way\nof approach unto Him, and strive in His way in order that ye may\nsucceed.\n\nS: O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and seek means\nof nearness to Him and strive hard in His way that you may be\nsuccessful.\n\n005.036\nY: As to those who reject Faith,- if they had everything on earth, and\ntwice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of\nJudgment, it would never be accepted of them, theirs would be a\ngrievous penalty.\n\nP: As for those who disbelieve, lo! if all that is in the earth were\ntheirs, and as much again therewith, to ransom them from the doom on\nthe Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them. Theirs\nwill be a painful doom.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who disbelieve, even if they had what is in the\nearth, all of it, and the like of it with it, that they might ransom\nthemselves with it from the punishment of the day of resurrection, it\nshall not be accepted from them, and they shall have a painful\npunishment.\n\n005.037\nY: Their wish will be to get out of the Fire, but never will they get\nout therefrom: their penalty will be one that endures.\n\nP: They will wish to come forth from the Fire, but they will not come\nforth from it. Theirs will be a lasting doom.\n\nS: They would desire to go forth from the fire, and they shall not go\nforth from it, and they shall have a lasting punishment.\n\n005.038\nY: As to the thief, Male or female, cut off his or her hands: a\npunishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is\nExalted in power.\n\nP: As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is\nthe reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah.\nAllah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And (as for) the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off\ntheir hands as a punishment for what they have earned, an exemplary\npunishment from Allah; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n005.039\nY: But if the thief repents after his crime, and amends his conduct,\nAllah turneth to him in forgiveness; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: But whoso repenteth after his wrongdoing and amendeth, lo! Allah will\nrelent toward him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: But whoever repents after his iniquity and reforms (himself), then\nsurely Allah will turn to him (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n005.040\nY: Knowest thou not that to Allah (alone) belongeth the dominion of the\nheavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He pleaseth, and He forgiveth\nwhom He pleaseth: and Allah hath power over all things.\n\nP: Knowest thou not that unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the\nheavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He will, and forgiveth whom He\nwill. Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Do you not know that Allah-- His is the kingdom of the heavens and\nthe earth; He chastises whom He pleases; and forgives whom He pleases\nand Allah has power over all things.\n\n005.041\nY: O Messenger! let not those grieve thee, who race each other into\nunbelief: (whether it be) among those who say \"We believe\" with their\nlips but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who\nwill listen to any lie,- will listen even to others who have never so\nmuch as come to thee. They change the words from their (right) times\nand places: they say, \"If ye are given this, take it, but if not,\nbeware!\" If any one's trial is intended by Allah, thou hast no\nauthority in the least for him against Allah. For such - it is not\nAllah's will to purify their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this\nworld, and in the Hereafter a heavy punishment.\n\nP: O Messenger! Let not them grieve thee who vie one with another in the\nrace to disbelief, of such as say with their mouths: \"We believe,\" but\ntheir hearts believe not, and of the Jews: listeners for the sake of\nfalsehood, listeners on behalf of other folk who come not unto thee,\nchanging words from their context and saying: If this be given unto\nyou, receive it, but if this be not given unto you, then beware! He\nwhom Allah doometh unto sin, thou (by thine efforts) wilt avail him\nnaught against Allah. Those are they for whom the Will of Allah is that\nHe cleanse not their hearts. Theirs in the world will be ignominy, and\nin the Hereafter an awful doom;\n\nS: O Messenger! let not those grieve you who strive together in\nhastening to unbelief from among those who say with their mouths: We\nbelieve, and their hearts do not believe, and from among those who are\nJews; they are listeners for the sake of a lie, listeners for another\npeople who have not come to you; they alter the words from their\nplaces, saying: If you are given this, take it, and if you are not\ngiven this, be cautious; and as for him whose temptation Allah desires,\nyou cannot control anything for him with Allah. Those are they for whom\nAllah does not desire that He should purify their hearts; they shall\nhave disgrace in this world, and they shall have a grievous\nchastisement in the hereafter.\n\n005.042\nY: (They are fond of) listening to falsehood, of devouring anything\nforbidden. If they do come to thee, either judge between them, or\ndecline to interfere. If thou decline, they cannot hurt thee in the\nleast. If thou judge, judge in equity between them. For Allah loveth\nthose who judge in equity.\n\nP: Listeners for the sake of falsehood! Greedy for illicit gain! If then\nthey have recourse unto thee (Muhammad) judge between them or disclaim\njurisdiction. If thou disclaimest jurisdiction, then they cannot harm\nthee at all. But if thou judgest, judge between them with equity. Lo!\nAllah loveth the equitable.\n\nS: (They are) listeners of a lie, devourers of what is forbidden;\ntherefore if they come to you, judge between them or turn aside from\nthem, and if you turn aside from them, they shall not harm you in any\nway; and if you judge, judge between them with equity; surely Allah\nloves those who judge equitably.\n\n005.043\nY: But why do they come to thee for decision, when they have (their own)\nlaw before them?- therein is the (plain) command of Allah; yet even\nafter that, they would turn away. For they are not (really) People of\nFaith.\n\nP: How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah,\nwherein Allah hath delivered judgment (for them)? Yet even after that\nthey turn away. Such (folk) are not believers.\n\nS: And how do they make you a judge and they have the Taurat wherein is\nAllah's judgment? Yet they turn back after that, and these are not the\nbelievers.\n\n005.044\nY: It was We who revealed the law (to Moses): therein was guidance and\nlight. By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the prophets who\nbowed (as in Islam) to Allah's will, by the rabbis and the doctors of\nlaw: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah's book, and they\nwere witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear me, and sell\nnot my signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge by (the\nlight of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than)\nUnbelievers.\n\nP: Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light, by\nwhich the prophets who surrendered (unto Allah) judged the Jews, and\nthe rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah's Scripture as\nthey were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear\nnot mankind, but fear Me. And My revelations for a little gain. Whoso\njudgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are disbelievers.\n\nS: Surely We revealed the Taurat in which was guidance and light; with\nit the prophets who submitted themselves (to Allah) judged (matters)\nfor those who were Jews, and the masters of Divine knowledge and the\ndoctors, because they were required to guard (part) of the Book of\nAllah, and they were witnesses thereof; therefore fear not the people\nand fear Me, and do not take a small price for My communications; and\nwhoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are\nthe unbelievers.\n\n005.045\nY: We ordained therein for them: \"Life for life, eye for eye, nose or\nnose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal.\" But if\nany one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of\natonement for himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what\nAllah hath revealed, they are (No better than) wrong-doers.\n\nP: And We prescribed for them therein: The life for the life, and the\neye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear,\nand the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. But whoso\nforgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him.\nWhoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: And We prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and eye for\neye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and (that\nthere is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes it, it shall be an\nexpiation for him; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed,\nthose are they that are the unjust.\n\n005.046\nY: And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the\nLaw that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was\nguidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before\nhim: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah.\n\nP: And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps,\nconfirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We\nbestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming\nthat which was (revealed) before it in the Torah - a guidance and an\nadmonition unto those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium,\nverifying what was before him of the Taurat and We gave him the Injeel\nin which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of\nTaurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against\nevil).\n\n005.047\nY: Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed\ntherein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath\nrevealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.\n\nP: Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed\ntherein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are\nevil-livers.\n\nS: And the followers of the Injeel should have judged by what Allah\nrevealed in it; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those\nare they that are the transgressors.\n\n005.048\nY: To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that\ncame before it, and guarding it in safety: so judge between them by\nwhat Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging\nfrom the Truth that hath come to thee. To each among you have we\nprescribed a law and an open way. If Allah had so willed, He would have\nmade you a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath\ngiven you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all\nis to Allah; it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in\nwhich ye dispute;\n\nP: And unto thee have We revealed the Scripture with the truth,\nconfirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it. So\njudge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not\ntheir desires away from the truth which hath come unto thee. For each\nWe have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah willed\nHe could have made you one community. But that He may try you by that\nwhich He hath given you (He hath made you as ye are). So vie one with\nanother in good works. Unto Allah ye will all return, and He will then\ninform you of that wherein ye differ.\n\nS: And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, verifying what\nis before it of the Book and a guardian over it, therefore judge\nbetween them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low\ndesires (to turn away) from the truth that has come to you; for every\none of you did We appoint a law and a way, and if Allah had pleased He\nwould have made you (all) a single people, but that He might try you in\nwhat He gave you, therefore strive with one another to hasten to\nvirtuous deeds; to Allah is your return, of all (of you), so He will\nlet you know that in which you differed;\n\n005.049\nY: And this (He commands): Judge thou between them by what Allah hath\nrevealed, and follow not their vain desires, but beware of them lest\nthey beguile thee from any of that (teaching) which Allah hath sent\ndown to thee. And if they turn away, be assured that for some of their\ncrime it is Allah's purpose to punish them. And truly most men are\nrebellious.\n\nP: So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow\nnot their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some\npart of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn\naway, then know that Allah's Will is to smite them for some sin of\ntheirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers.\n\nS: And that you should judge between them by what Allah has revealed,\nand do not follow their low desires, and be cautious of them, lest they\nseduce you from part of what Allah has revealed to you; but if they\nturn back, then know that Allah desires to afflict them on account of\nsome of their faults; and most surely many of the people are\ntransgressors.\n\n005.050\nY: Do they then seek after a judgment of (the days of) ignorance? But\nwho, for a people whose faith is assured, can give better judgment than\nAllah?\n\nP: Is it a judgment of the time of (pagan) ignorance that they are\nseeking? Who is better than Allah for judgment to a people who have\ncertainty (in their belief)?\n\nS: Is it then the judgment of (the times of) ignorance that they desire?\nAnd who is better than Allah to judge for a people who are sure?\n\n005.051\nY: O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your\nfriends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each\nother. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of\nthem. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends.\nThey are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for\nfriends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for\nfriends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes\nthem for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not\nguide the unjust people.\n\n005.052\nY: Those in whose hearts is a disease - thou seest how eagerly they run\nabout amongst them, saying: \"We do fear lest a change of fortune bring\nus disaster.\" Ah! perhaps Allah will give (thee) victory, or a decision\naccording to His will. Then will they repent of the thoughts which they\nsecretly harboured in their hearts.\n\nP: And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease race toward them,\nsaying: We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it may happen\nthat Allah will vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment\nfrom His presence. Then will they repent them of their secret thoughts.\n\nS: But you will see those in whose hearts is a disease hastening towards\nthem, saying: We fear lest a calamity should befall us; but it may be\nthat Allah will bring the victory or a punishment from Himself, so\nthat they shall be regretting on account of what they hid in their\nsouls.\n\n005.053\nY: And those who believe will say: \"Are these the men who swore their\nstrongest oaths by Allah, that they were with you?\" All that they do\nwill be in vain, and they will fall into (nothing but) ruin.\n\nP: Then will the believers say (unto the people of the Scripture): are\nthese they who swore by Allah their most binding oaths that they were\nsurely with you? Their works have failed, and they have become the\nlosers.\n\nS: And those who believe will say: Are these they who swore by Allah\nwith the most forcible of their oaths that they were most surely with\nyou? Their deeds shall go for nothing, so they shall become losers.\n\n005.054\nY: O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith,\nsoon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love\nHim,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting\nin the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find\nfault. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He\npleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Whoso of you becometh a renegade from his religion,\n(know that in his stead) Allah will bring a people whom He loveth and\nwho love Him, humble toward believers, stern toward disbelievers,\nstriving in the way of Allah, and fearing not the blame of any blamer.\nSuch is the grace of Allah which He giveth unto whom He will. Allah is\nAll-Embracing, All-Knowing.\n\nS: O you who believe! whoever from among you turns back from his\nreligion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love them and they\nshall love Him, lowly before the believers, mighty against the\nunbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah's way and shall not fear\nthe censure of any censurer; this is Allah's Face, He gives it to whom\nHe pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.\n\n005.055\nY: Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah, His Messenger, and the\n(fellowship of) believers,- those who establish regular prayers and\nregular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).\n\nP: Your guardian can be only Allah; and His messenger and those who\nbelieve, who establish worship and pay the poordue, and bow down (in\nprayer).\n\nS: Only Allah is your Vali and His Messenger and those who believe,\nthose who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow.\n\n005.056\nY: As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah, His Messenger, and\nthe (fellowship of) believers,- it is the fellowship of Allah that must\ncertainly triumph.\n\nP: And whoso taketh Allah and His messenger and those who believe for\nguardian (will know that), lo! the party of Allah, they are the\nvictorious.\n\nS: And whoever takes Allah and His messenger and those who believe for a\nguardian, then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be\ntriumphant.\n\n005.057\nY: O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take\nyour religion for a mockery or sport,- whether among those who received\nthe Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear ye\nAllah, if ye have faith (indeed).\n\nP: O Ye who believe! Choose not for guardians such of those who received\nthe Scripture before you, and of the disbelievers, as make a jest and\nsport of your religion. But keep your duty to Allah if ye are true\nbelievers.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not take for guardians those who take your\nreligion for a mockery and a joke, from among those who were given the\nBook before you and the unbelievers; and be careful of (your duty to)\nAllah if you are believers.\n\n005.058\nY: When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery\nand sport; that is because they are a people without understanding.\n\nP: And when ye call to prayer they take it for a jest and sport. That is\nbecause they are a folk who understand not.\n\nS: And when you call to prayer they make it a mockery and a joke; this\nis because they are a people who do not understand.\n\n005.059\nY: Say: \"O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other\nreason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come\nto us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you\nare rebellious and disobedient?\"\n\nP: Say: O People of the Scripture! Do ye blame us for aught else than\nthat we believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that\nwhich was revealed aforetime, and because most of you are evil-livers?\n\nS: Say: O followers of the Book! do you find fault with us (for aught)\nexcept that we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and\nwhat was revealed before, and that most of you are transgressors?\n\n005.060\nY: Say: \"Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as\njudged) by the treatment it received from Allah? those who incurred the\ncurse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into\napes and swine, those who worshipped evil;- these are (many times)\nworse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!\"\n\nP: Shall I tell thee of a worse (case) than theirs for retribution with\nAllah? (Worse is the case of him) whom Allah hath cursed, him on whom\nHis wrath hath fallen and of whose sort Allah hath turned some to apes\nand swine, and who serveth idols. Such are in worse plight and further\nastray from the plain road.\n\nS: Say: Shall I inform you of (him who is) worse than this in\nretribution from Allah? (Worse is he) whom Allah has cursed and brought\nHis wrath upon, and of whom He made apes and swine, and he who served\nthe Shaitan; these are worse in place and more erring from the straight\npath.\n\n005.061\nY: When they come to thee, they say: \"We believe\": but in fact they\nenter with a mind against Faith, and they go out with the same but\nAllah knoweth fully all that they hide.\n\nP: When they come unto you (Muslims), they say: We believe; but they\ncame in unbelief and they went out in the same; and Allah knoweth best\nwhat they were hiding.\n\nS: And when they come to you, they say: We believe; and indeed they come\nin with unbelief and indeed they go forth with it; and Allah knows best\nwhat they concealed.\n\n005.062\nY: Many of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and rancour, and\ntheir eating of things forbidden. Evil indeed are the things that they\ndo.\n\nP: And thou seest many of them vying one with another in sin and\ntransgression and their devouring of illicit gain. Verily evil is what\nthey do.\n\nS: And you will see many of them striving with one another to hasten in\nsin and exceeding the limits, and their eating of what is unlawfully\nacquired; certainly evil is that which they do.\n\n005.063\nY: Why do not the rabbis and the doctors of Law forbid them from their\n(habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil\nindeed are their works.\n\nP: Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and\ntheir devouring of illicit gain? Verily evil is their handiwork.\n\nS: Why do not the learned men and the doctors of law prohibit them from\ntheir speaking of what is sinful and their eating of what is unlawfully\nacquired? Certainly evil is that which they work.\n\n005.064\nY: The Jews say: \"Allah's hand is tied up.\" Be their hands tied up and\nbe they accursed for the (blasphemy) they utter. Nay, both His hands\nare widely outstretched: He giveth and spendeth (of His bounty) as He\npleaseth. But the revelation that cometh to thee from Allah increaseth\nin most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. Amongst them\nwe have placed enmity and hatred till the Day of Judgment. Every time\nthey kindle the fire of war, Allah doth extinguish it; but they (ever)\nstrive to do mischief on earth. And Allah loveth not those who do\nmischief.\n\nP: The Jews say: Allah's hand is fettered. Their hands are fettered and\nthey are accursed for saying so. Nay, but both His hands are spread out\nwide in bounty. He bestoweth as He will. That which hath been revealed\nunto thee from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and\ndisbelief of many of them, and We have cast among them enmity and\nhatred till the Day of Resurrection. As often as they light a fire for\nwar, Allah extinguisheth it. Their effort is for corruption in the\nland, and Allah loveth not corrupters.\n\nS: And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Their hands shall be\nshackled and they shall be cursed for what they say. Nay, both His\nhands are spread out, He expends as He pleases; and what has been\nrevealed to you from your Lord will certainly make many of them\nincrease in inordinacy and unbelief; and We have put enmity and hatred\namong them till the day of resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire\nfor war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the\nland; and Allah does not love the mischief-makers.\n\n005.065\nY: If only the People of the Book had believed and been righteous, We\nshould indeed have blotted out their iniquities and admitted them to\ngardens of bliss.\n\nP: If only the People of the Scripture would believe and ward off\n(evil), surely We should remit their sins from them and surely We\nshould bring them into Gardens of Delight.\n\nS: And if the followers of the Book had believed and guarded (against\nevil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would\ncertainly have made them enter gardens of bliss,\n\n005.066\nY: If only they had stood fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the\nrevelation that was sent to them from their Lord, they would have\nenjoyed happiness from every side. There is from among them a party on\nthe right course: but many of them follow a course that is evil.\n\nP: If they had observed the Torah and the Gospel and that which was\nrevealed unto them from their Lord, they would surely have been\nnourished from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them there\nare people who are moderate, but many of them are of evil conduct.\n\nS: And if they had kept up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which was\nrevealed to them from their Lord, they would certainly have eaten from\nabove them and from beneath their feet there is a party of them keeping\nto the moderate course, and (as for) most of them, evil is that which\nthey do.\n\n005.067\nY: O Messenger! proclaim the (message) which hath been sent to thee from\nthy Lord. If thou didst not, thou wouldst not have fulfilled and\nproclaimed His mission. And Allah will defend thee from men (who mean\nmischief). For Allah guideth not those who reject Faith.\n\nP: O Messenger! Make known that which hath been revealed unto thee from\nthy Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His\nmessage. Allah will protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth not\nthe disbelieving folk.\n\nS: O Messenger! deliver what bas been revealed to you from your Lord;\nand if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and\nAllah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the\nunbelieving people.\n\n005.068\nY: Say: \"O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye\nstand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come\nto you from your Lord.\" It is the revelation that cometh to thee from\nthy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and\nblasphemy. But sorrow thou not over (these) people without Faith.\n\nP: Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye\nobserve the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto you\nfrom your Lord. That which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) from thy\nLord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of\nthem. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk.\n\nS: Say: O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you keep up the\nTaurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord;\nand surely that which has been revealed to you from your Lord shall\nmake many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; grieve not\ntherefore for the unbelieving people.\n\n005.069\nY: Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish\n(scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,- any who believe in\nAllah and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no\nfear, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe, and those who are Jews, and Sabaeans, and\nChristians - Whosoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth\nright - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabians and\nthe Christians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and does\ngood-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.\n\n005.070\nY: We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent them\nmessengers, every time, there came to them a messenger with what they\nthemselves desired not - some (of these) they called impostors, and\nsome they (go so far as to) slay.\n\nP: We made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We sent\nunto them messengers. As often as a messenger came unto them with that\nwhich their souls desired not (they became rebellious). Some (of them)\nthey denied and some they slew.\n\nS: Certainly We made a covenant with the children of Israel and We sent\nto them messengers; whenever there came to them a messenger with what\nthat their souls did not desire, some (of them) did they call liars and\nsome they slew.\n\n005.071\nY: They thought there would be no trial (or punishment); so they became\nblind and deaf; yet Allah (in mercy) turned to them; yet again many of\nthem became blind and deaf. But Allah sees well all that they do.\n\nP: They thought no harm would come of it, so they were wilfully blind\nand deaf. And afterward Allah turned (in mercy) toward them. Now (even\nafter that) are many of them wilfully blind and deaf. Allah is Seer of\nwhat they do.\n\nS: And they thought that there would be no affliction, so they became\nblind and deaf; then Allah turned to them mercifully, but many of them\nbecame blind and deaf; and Allah is well seeing what they do.\n\n005.072\nY: They do blaspheme who say: \"Allah is Christ the son of Mary.\" But\nsaid Christ: \"O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your\nLord.\" Whoever joins other gods with Allah,- Allah will forbid him the\ngarden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers\nbe no one to help.\n\nP: They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of\nMary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah,\nmy Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him\nAllah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers\nthere will be no helpers.\n\nS: Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah,\nson of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah,\nmy Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah,\nthen Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire;\nand there shall be no helpers for the unjust.\n\n005.073\nY: They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity: for\nthere is no god except One Allah. If they desist not from their word\n(of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers\namong them.\n\nP: They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when\nthere is no God save the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying\na painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve.\n\nS: Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person)\nof the three; and there is no god but the one Allah, and if they desist\nnot from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among\nthem who disbelieve.\n\n005.074\nY: Why turn they not to Allah, and seek His forgiveness? For Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Will they not rather turn unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him? For\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Will they not then turn to Allah and ask His forgiveness? And Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n005.075\nY: Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the\nmessengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of\ntruth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make\nHis signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away\nfrom the truth!\n\nP: The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers\n(the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a\nsaintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We\nmake the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!\n\nS: The Messiah, son of Marium is but a messenger; messengers before him\nhave indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both\nused to eat food. See how We make the communications clear to them,\nthen behold, how they are turned away.\n\n005.076\nY: Say: \"Will ye worship, besides Allah, something which hath no power\neither to harm or benefit you? But Allah,- He it is that heareth and\nknoweth all things.\"\n\nP: Say: Serve ye in place of Allah that which possesseth for you neither\nhurt nor use? Allah it is Who is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: Say: Do you serve besides Allah that which does not control for you\nany harm, or any profit? And Allah-- He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n005.077\nY: Say: \"O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion the bounds\n(of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor follow the vain\ndesires of people who went wrong in times gone by,- who misled many,\nand strayed (themselves) from the even way.\"\n\nP: Say: O People of the Scripture! Stress not in your religion other\nthan the truth, and follow not the vain desires of folk who erred of\nold and led many astray, and erred from a plain road.\n\nS: Say: O followers of the Book! be not unduly immoderate in your\nreligion, and do not follow the low desires of people who went astray\nbefore and led many astray and went astray from the right path.\n\n005.078\nY: Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who\nrejected Faith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary:\nbecause they disobeyed and persisted in excesses.\n\nP: Those of the Children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the\ntongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they\nrebelled and used to transgress.\n\nS: Those who disbelieved from among the children of Israel were cursed\nby the tongue of Dawood and Isa, son of Marium; this was because they\ndisobeyed and used to exceed the limit.\n\n005.079\nY: Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they\ncommitted: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.\n\nP: They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily\nevil was that they used to do!\n\nS: They used not to forbid each other the hateful things (which) they\ndid; certainly evil was that which they did.\n\n005.080\nY: Thou seest many of them turning in friendship to the Unbelievers.\nEvil indeed are (the works) which their souls have sent forward before\nthem (with the result), that Allah's wrath is on them, and in torment\nwill they abide.\n\nP: Thou seest many of them making friends with those who disbelieve.\nSurely ill for them is that which they themselves send on before them:\nthat Allah will be wroth with them and in the doom they will abide.\n\nS: You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly\nevil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah\nbecame displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide.\n\n005.081\nY: If only they had believed in Allah, in the Prophet, and in what hath\nbeen revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends and\nprotectors, but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers.\n\nP: If they believed in Allah and the Prophet and that which is revealed\nunto him, they would not choose them for their friends. But many of\nthem are of evil conduct.\n\nS: And had they believed in Allah and the prophet and what was revealed\nto him, they would not have taken them for friends but! most of them\nare transgressors.\n\n005.082\nY: Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the\nJews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt\nthou find those who say, \"We are Christians\": because amongst these are\nmen devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they\nare not arrogant.\n\nP: Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those who\nbelieve (to be) the Jews and the idolaters. And thou wilt find the\nnearest of them in affection to those who believe (to be) those who\nsay: Lo! We are Christians. That is because there are among them\npriests and monks, and because they are not proud.\n\nS: Certainly you will find the most violent of people in enmity for\nthose who believe (to be) the Jews and those who are polytheists, and\nyou will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe\n(to be) those who say: We are Christians; this is because there are\npriests and monks among them and because they do not behave proudly.\n\n005.083\nY: And when they listen to the revelation received by the Messenger,\nthou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognise the\ntruth: they pray: \"Our Lord! we believe; write us down among the\nwitnesses.\"\n\nP: When they listen to that which hath been revealed unto the\nmessengers, thou seest their eyes overflow with tears because of their\nrecognition of the Truth. They say: Our Lord, we believe. Inscribe us\nas among the witnesses.\n\nS: And when they hear what has been revealed to the messenger you will\nsee their eyes overflowing with tears on account of the truth that they\nrecognize; they say: Our Lord! we believe, so write us down with the\nwitnesses (of truth).\n\n005.084\nY: \"What cause can we have not to believe in Allah and the truth which\nhas come to us, seeing that we long for our Lord to admit us to the\ncompany of the righteous?\"\n\nP: How should we not believe in Allah and that which hath come unto us\nof the Truth. And (how should we not) hope that our Lord will bring us\nin along with righteous folk?\n\nS: And what (reason) have we that we should not believe in Allah and in\nthe truth that has come to us, while we earnestly desire that our Lord\nshould cause us to enter with the good people?\n\n005.085\nY: And for this their prayer hath Allah rewarded them with gardens, with\nrivers flowing underneath,- their eternal home. Such is the recompense\nof those who do good.\n\nP: Allah hath rewarded them for that their saying - Gardens underneath\nwhich rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward\nof the good.\n\nS: Therefore Allah rewarded them on account of what they said, with\ngardens in which rivers flow to abide in them; and this is the reward\nof those who do good (to others).\n\n005.086\nY: But those who reject Faith and belie our Signs,- they shall be\ncompanions of Hell-fire.\n\nP: But those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, they are owners of\nhell-fire.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our communications,\nthese are the companions of the flame.\n\n005.087\nY: O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah hath\nmade lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah loveth not those\ngiven to excess.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Forbid not the good things which Allah hath made\nlawful for you, and transgress not, Lo! Allah loveth not transgressors.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not forbid (yourselves) the good things which\nAllah has made lawful for you and do not exceed the limits; surely\nAllah does not love those who exceed the limits.\n\n005.088\nY: Eat of the things which Allah hath provided for you, lawful and good;\nbut fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.\n\nP: Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as food lawful and good,\nand keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believers.\n\nS: And eat of the lawful and good (things) that Allah has given you, and\nbe careful of (your duty to) Allah, in Whom you believe.\n\n005.089\nY: Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths,\nbut He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for\nexpiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the\nfood of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If\nthat is beyond your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation\nfor the oaths ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah\nmake clear to you His signs, that ye may be grateful.\n\nP: Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in\nyour oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear\nin earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy\nwith the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the\nclothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth\nnot (the wherewithal to do so) then a three days' fast. This is the\nexpiation of your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus\nAllah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give\nthanks.\n\nS: Allah does not call you to account for what is vain in your oaths,\nbut He calls you to account for the making of deliberate oaths; so its\nexpiation is the feeding of ten poor men out of the middling (food) you\nfeed your families with, or their clothing, or the freeing of a neck;\nbut whosoever cannot find (means) then fasting for three days; this is\nthe expiation of your oaths when you swear; and guard your oaths. Thus\ndoes Allah make clear to you His communications, that you may be\nFateful.\n\n005.090\nY: O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones,\nand (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork:\neschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and\ndivining arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside\nin order that ye may succeed.\n\nS: O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing\nto) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleanness, the\nShaitan's work; shun it therefore that you may be successful.\n\n005.091\nY: Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with\nintoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah,\nand from prayer: will ye not then abstain?\n\nP: Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of\nstrong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of\nAllah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done?\n\nS: The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your\nmidst by means of intoxicants and games of chance, and to keep you off\nfrom the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you then desist?\n\n005.092\nY: Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and beware (of evil): if ye do\nturn back, know ye that it is Our Messenger's duty to proclaim (the\nmessage) in the clearest manner.\n\nP: Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and beware! But if ye turn away,\nthen know that the duty of Our messenger is only plain conveyance (of\nthe message).\n\nS: And obey Allah and obey the messenger and be cautious; but if you\nturn back, then know that only a clear deliverance of the message is\n(incumbent) on Our messenger.\n\n005.093\nY: On those who believe and do deeds of righteousness there is no blame\nfor what they ate (in the past), when they guard themselves from evil,\nand believe, and do deeds of righteousness,- (or) again, guard\nthemselves from evil and believe,- (or) again, guard themselves from\nevil and do good. For Allah loveth those who do good.\n\nP: There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good\nworks for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be mindful of your\nduty (to Allah), and believe, and do good works; and again: be mindful\nof your duty, and believe; and once again: be mindful of your duty, and\ndo right. Allah loveth the good.\n\nS: On those who believe and do good there is no blame for what they eat,\nwhen they are careful (of their duty) and believe and do good deeds,\nthen they are careful (of their duty) and believe, then they are\ncareful (of their duty) and do good (to others), and Allah loves those\nwho do good (to others).\n\n005.094\nY: O ye who believe! Allah doth but make a trial of you in a little\nmatter of game well within reach of your hands and your lances, that\nHe may test who feareth him unseen: any who transgress thereafter,\nwill have a grievous penalty.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter)\nof the game which ye take with your hands and your spears, that Allah\nmay know him who feareth Him in secret. Whoso transgresseth after this,\nfor him there is a painful doom.\n\nS: O you who believe! Allah will certainly try you in respect of some\ngame which your hands and your lances can reach, that Allah might know\nwho fears Him in secret; but whoever exceeds the limit after this, he\nshall have a painful punishment.\n\n005.095\nY: O ye who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred precincts or in\npilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensation is\nan offering, brought to the Ka'ba, of a domestic animal equivalent to\nthe one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or by way of\natonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts:\nthat he may taste of the penalty of his deed. Allah forgives what is\npast: for repetition Allah will exact from him the penalty. For Allah\nis Exalted, and Lord of Retribution.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Kill no wild game while ye are on the pilgrimage.\nWhoso of you killeth it of set purpose he shall pay its forfeit in the\nequivalent of that which he hath killed, of domestic animals, the judge\nto be two men among you known for justice, (the forfeit) to be brought\nas an offering to the Ka'bah; or, for expiation, he shall feed poor\npersons, or the equivalent thereof in fasting, that he may taste the\nevil consequences of his deed. Allah forgiveth whatever (of this kind)\nmay have happened in the past, but whoso relapseth, Allah will take\nretribution from him. Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).\n\nS: O you who believe! do not kill game while you are on pilgrimage, and\nwhoever among you shall kill it intentionally, the compensation (of it)\nis the like of what he killed, from the cattle, as two just persons\namong you shall judge, as an offering to be brought to the Kaaba or the\nexpiation (of it) is the feeding of the poor or the equivalent of it in\nfasting, that he may taste the unwholesome result of his deed; Allah\nhas pardoned what is gone by; and whoever returns (to it), Allah will\ninflict retribution on him; and Allah is Mighty, Lord of Retribution.\n\n005.096\nY: Lawful to you is the pursuit of water-game and its use for food,- for\nthe benefit of yourselves and those who travel; but forbidden is the\npursuit of land-game;- as long as ye are in the sacred precincts or in\npilgrim garb. And fear Allah, to Whom ye shall be gathered back.\n\nP: To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a\nprovision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden\nyou so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to\nAllah, unto Whom ye will be gathered.\n\nS: Lawful to you is the game of the sea and its food, a provision for\nyou and for the travellers, and the game of the land is forbidden to\nyou so long as you are on pilgrimage, and be careful of (your duty to)\nAllah, to Whom you shall be gathered.\n\n005.097\nY: Allah made the Ka'ba, the Sacred House, an asylum of security for\nmen, as also the Sacred Months, the animals for offerings, and the\ngarlands that mark them: That ye may know that Allah hath knowledge of\nwhat is in the heavens and on earth and that Allah is well acquainted\nwith all things.\n\nP: Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for\nmankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That\nis so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens\nand whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things.\n\nS: Allah has made the Kaaba, the sacred house, a maintenance for the\npeople, and the sacred month and the offerings and the sacrificial\nanimals with garlands; this is that you may know that Allah knows\nwhatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and that Allah\nis the Knower of all things.\n\n005.098\nY: Know ye that Allah is strict in punishment and that Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Know that Allah is severe in punishment, but that Allah (also) is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Know that Allah is severe in requiting (evil) and that Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n005.099\nY: The Messenger's duty is but to proclaim (the message). But Allah\nknoweth all that ye reveal and ye conceal.\n\nP: The duty of the messenger is only to convey (the message). Allah\nknoweth what ye proclaim and what ye hide.\n\nS: Nothing is (incumbent) on the Messenger but to deliver (the message),\nand Allah knows what you do openly and what you hide.\n\n005.100\nY: Say: \"Not equal are things that are bad and things that are good,\neven though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee; so fear Allah, O\nye that understand; that (so) ye may prosper.\"\n\nP: Say: The evil and the good are not alike even though the plenty of\nthe evil attract thee. So be mindful of your duty to Allah, O men of\nunderstanding, that ye may succeed.\n\nS: Say: The bad and the good are not equal, though the abundance of the\nbad may please you; so be careful of (your duty to) Allah, O men of\nunderstanding, that you may be successful.\n\n005.101\nY: O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain\nto you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the\nQur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will\nforgive those: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Ask not of things which, if they were made unto\nyou, would trouble you; but if ye ask of them when the Qur'an is being\nrevealed, they will be made known unto you. Allah pardoneth this, for\nAllah is Forgiving, Clement.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not put questions about things which if\ndeclared to you may trouble you, and if you question about them when\nthe Quran is being revealed, they shall be declared to you; Allah\npardons this, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.\n\n005.102\nY: Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account\nlost their faith.\n\nP: A folk before you asked (for such disclosures) and then disbelieved\ntherein.\n\nS: A people before you indeed asked such questions, and then became\ndisbelievers on account of them.\n\n005.103\nY: It was not Allah who instituted (superstitions like those of) a\nslit-ear she-camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or idol\nsacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels freed from\nwork: It is blasphemers who invent a lie against Allah; but most of\nthem lack wisdom.\n\nP: Allah hath not appointed anything in the nature of a Bahirah or a\nSa'ibah or a Wasilah or a Hami, but those who disbelieve invent a lie\nagainst Allah. Most of them have no sense.\n\nS: Allah has not ordained (the making of) a bahirah or a saibah or a\nwasilah or a hami but those who disbelieve fabricate a lie against\nAllah, and most of them do not understand.\n\n005.104\nY: When it is said to them: \"Come to what Allah hath revealed; come to\nthe Messenger\": They say: \"Enough for us are the ways we found our\nfathers following.\" what! even though their fathers were void of\nknowledge and guidance?\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Come unto that which Allah hath\nrevealed and unto the messenger, they say: Enough for us is that\nwherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers had no\nknowledge whatsoever, and no guidance?\n\nS: And when it is said to them, Come to what Allah has revealed and to\nthe Messenger, they say: That on which we found our fathers is\nsufficient for us. What! even though their fathers knew nothing and did\nnot follow the right way.\n\n005.105\nY: O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right)\nguidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. To goal of you\nall is to Allah: it is He that will show you the truth of all that ye\ndo.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Ye have charge of your own souls. He who erreth\ncannot injure you if ye are rightly guided. Unto Allah ye will all\nreturn; and then He will inform you of what ye used to do.\n\nS: O you who believe! take care of your souls; he who errs cannot hurt\nyou when you are on the right way; to Allah is your return, of all (of\nyou), so He will inform you of what you did.\n\n005.106\nY: O ye who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take) witnesses\namong yourselves when making bequests,- two just men of your own\n(brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeying through the\nearth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt (their\ntruth), detain them both after prayer, and let them both swear by\nAllah: \"We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even though the\n(beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidence\nbefore Allah: if we do, then behold! the sin be upon us!\"\n\nP: O ye who believe! Let there be witnesses between you when death\ndraweth nigh unto one of you, at the time of bequest - two witnesses,\njust men from among you, or two others from another tribe, in case ye\nare campaigning in the land and the calamity of death befall you. Ye\nshall empanel them both after the prayer, and, if ye doubt, they shall\nbe made to swear by Allah (saying): We will not take a bribe, even\nthough it were (on behalf of) a near kinsman nor will we hide the\ntestimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful.\n\nS: O you who believe! call to witness between you when death draws nigh\nto one of you, at the time of making the will, two just persons from\namong you, or two others from among others than you, if you are\ntravelling in the land and the calamity of death befalls you; the two\n(witnesses) you should detain after the prayer; then if you doubt\n(them), they shall both swear by Allah, (saying): We will not take for\nit a price, though there be a relative, and we will not hide the\ntestimony of Allah for then certainly we should be among the sinners.\n\n005.107\nY: But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of\nperjury), let two others stand forth in their places,- nearest in kin\nfrom among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by Allah: \"We\naffirm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that we\nhave not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be\nupon us!\"\n\nP: But then, if it is afterwards ascertained that both of them merit\n(the suspicion of) sin, let two others take their place of those nearly\nconcerned, and let them swear by Allah, (saying): Verily our testimony\nis truer than their testimony and we have not transgressed (the bounds\nof duty), for them indeed we should be of the evil-doers.\n\nS: Then if it becomes known that they both have been guilty of a sin,\ntwo others shall stand up in their place from among those who have a\nclaim against them, the two nearest in kin; so they two should swear by\nAllah: Certainly our testimony is truer than the testimony of those\ntwo, and we have not exceeded the limit, for then most surely we should\nbe of the unjust.\n\n005.108\nY: That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in its true\nnature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths would be\ntaken after their oaths. But fear Allah, and listen (to His counsel):\nfor Allah guideth not a rebellious people:\n\nP: Thus it is more likely that they will bear true witness or fear that\nafter their oaths the oaths (of others) will be taken. So be mindful of\nyour duty (to Allah) and hearken. Allah guideth not the froward folk.\n\nS: This is more proper in order that they should give testimony truly or\nfear that other oaths be given after their oaths; and be careful of\n(your duty to) Allah, and hear; and Allah does not guide the\ntransgressing people.\n\n005.109\nY: One day will Allah gather the messengers together, and ask: \"What was\nthe response ye received (from men to your teaching)?\" They will say:\n\"We have no knowledge: it is Thou Who knowest in full all that is\nhidden.\"\n\nP: In the day when Allah gathereth together the messengers, and saith:\nWhat was your response (from mankind)? they say: We have no knowledge.\nLo! Thou, only Thou art the Knower of Things Hidden,\n\nS: On the day when Allah will assemble the messengers, then say: What\nanswer were you given? They shall say: We have no knowledge, surely\nThou art the great Knower of the unseen things.\n\n005.110\nY: Then will Allah say: \"O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to\nthee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy\nspirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in\nmaturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the\nGospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a\nbird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by\nMy leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My\nleave. And behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And\nbehold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee\nwhen thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among\nthem said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.'\"\n\nP: When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee\nand unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so\nthat thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I\ntaught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and\nhow thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My\npermission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission,\nand thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My\npermission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how\nI restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou\ncamest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved\nexclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;\n\nS: When Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! Remember My favor on you\nand on your mother, when I strengthened you I with the holy Spirit, you\nspoke to the people in the cradle and I when of old age, and when I\ntaught you the Book and the wisdom and the Taurat and the Injeel; and\nwhen you determined out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My\npermission, then you breathed into it and it became a bird by My\npermission, and you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission;\nand when you brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I\nwithheld the children of Israel from you when you came to them with\nclear arguments, but those who disbelieved among them said: This is\nnothing but clear enchantment.\n\n005.111\nY: \"And behold! I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me and Mine\nMessenger: they said, 'We have faith, and do thou bear witness that we\nbow to Allah as Muslims'\".\n\nP: And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My\nmessenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we have surrendered\n(unto Thee) \"we are muslims\".\n\nS: And when I revealed to the disciples, saying, Believe in Me and My\nmessenger, they said: We believe and bear witness that we submit\n(ourselves).\n\n005.112\nY: Behold! the disciples, said: \"O Jesus the son of Mary! can thy Lord\nsend down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?\" Said Jesus:\n\"Fear Allah, if ye have faith.\"\n\nP: When the disciples said: O Jesus, son of Mary! Is thy Lord able to\nsend down for us a table spread with food from heaven? He said: Observe\nyour duty to Allah, if ye are true believers.\n\nS: When the disciples said: O Isa son of Marium! will your Lord consent\nto send down to us food from heaven? He said: Be careful of (your duty\nto) Allah if you are believers.\n\n005.113\nY: They said: \"We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts, and\nto know that thou hast indeed told us the truth; and that we ourselves\nmay be witnesses to the miracle.\"\n\nP: (They said:) We wish to eat thereof, that we may satisfy our hearts\nand know that thou hast spoken truth to us, and that thereof we may be\nwitnesses.\n\nS: They said: We desire that we should eat of it and that our hearts\nshould be at rest, and that we may know that you have indeed spoken the\ntruth to us and that we may be of the witnesses to it.\n\n005.114\nY: Said Jesus the son of Mary: \"O Allah our Lord! Send us from heaven a\ntable set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first and\nthe last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide\nfor our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs).\"\n\nP: Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us! Send down for us a\ntable spread with food from heaven, that it may be a feast for us, for\nthe first of us and for the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give us\nsustenance, for Thou art the Best of Sustainers.\n\nS: Isa the son of Marium said: O Allah, our Lord! send down to us food\nfrom heaven which should be to us an ever-recurring happiness, to the\nfirst of us and to the last of us, and a sign from Thee, and grant us\nmeans of subsistence, and Thou art the best of the Providers.\n\n005.115\nY: Allah said: \"I will send it down unto you: But if any of you after\nthat resisteth faith, I will punish him with a penalty such as I have\nnot inflicted on any one among all the peoples.\"\n\nP: Allah said: Lo! I send it down for you. And whoso disbelieveth of you\nafterward, him surely will I punish with a punishment wherewith I have\nnot punished any of (My) creatures.\n\nS: Allah said: Surely I will send it down to you, but whoever shall\ndisbelieve afterwards from among you, surely I will chastise him with a\nchastisement with which I will not chastise, anyone among the nations.\n\n005.116\nY: And behold! Allah will say: \"O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say\nunto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?\" He\nwill say: \"Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to\nsay). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou\nknowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou\nknowest in full all that is hidden.\"\n\nP: And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto\nmankind: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? he saith: Be\nglorified! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I\nused to say it, then Thou knewest it. Thou knowest what is in my mind,\nand I know not what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower\nof Things Hidden?\n\nS: And when Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! did you say to men,\nTake me and my mother for two gods besides Allah he will say: Glory be\nto Thee, it did not befit me that I should say what I had no right to\n(say); if I had said it, Thou wouldst indeed have known it; Thou\nknowest what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in Thy mind,\nsurely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen things.\n\n005.117\nY: \"Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say,\nto wit, 'worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord'; and I was a witness\nover them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou\nwast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.\"\n\nP: I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, (saying):\nWorship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness of them while I\ndwelt among them, and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the Watcher over\nthem. Thou art Witness over all things.\n\nS: I did not say to them aught save what Thou didst enjoin me with: That\nserve Allah, my Lord and your Lord, and I was a witness of them so long\nas I was among them, but when Thou didst cause me to die, Thou wert the\nwatcher over them, and Thou art witness of all things.\n\n005.118\nY: \"If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If Thou dost forgive\nthem, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise.\"\n\nP: If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive\nthem (lo! they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty,\nthe Wise.\n\nS: If Thou shouldst chastise them, then surely they are Thy servants;\nand if Thou shouldst forgive them, then surely Thou art the Mighty, the\nWise.\n\n005.119\nY: Allah will say: \"This is a day on which the truthful will profit from\ntheir truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their\neternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah: That\nis the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires).\"\n\nP: Allah saith: This is a day in which their truthfulness profiteth the\ntruthful, for theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein\nthey are secure for ever, Allah taking pleasure in them and they in\nHim. That is the great triumph.\n\nS: Allah will say: This is the day when their truth shall benefit the\ntruthful ones; they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow to\nabide in them for ever: Allah is well pleased with them and they are\nwell pleased with Allah; this is the mighty achievement.\n\n005.120\nY: To Allah doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and\nall that is therein, and it is He Who hath power over all things.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and\nwhatsoever is therein, and He is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is in\nthem; and He has power over all things.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 6:\n\n                        AL-ANAAM (CATTLE, LIVESTOCK)\n Total Verses: 165 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n006.001\nY: Praise be Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the\ndarkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as\nequal, with their Guardian-Lord.\n\nP: Praise be to Allah, Who hath created the heavens and the earth, and\nhath appointed darkness and light. Yet those who disbelieve ascribe\nrivals unto their Lord.\n\nS: All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and\nmade the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve set up equals\nwith their Lord.\n\n006.002\nY: He it is created you from clay, and then decreed a stated term (for\nyou). And there is in His presence another determined term; yet ye\ndoubt within yourselves!\n\nP: He it is Who hath created you from clay, and hath decreed a term for\nyou. A term is fixed with Him. Yet still ye doubt!\n\nS: He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed a term; and there\nis a term named with Him; still you doubt.\n\n006.003\nY: And He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what ye hide,\nand what ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) which ye earn (by\nyour deeds).\n\nP: He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knoweth both your\nsecret and your utterance, and He knoweth what ye earn.\n\nS: And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth; He knows your secret\n(thoughts) and your open (words), and He knows what you earn.\n\n006.004\nY: But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach them, but\nthey turned away therefrom.\n\nP: Never came there unto them a revelation of the revelations of Allah\nbut they did turn away from it.\n\nS: And there does not come to them any communication of the\ncommunications of their Lord but they turn aside from it.\n\n006.005\nY: And now they reject the truth when it reaches them: but soon shall\nthey learn the reality of what they used to mock at.\n\nP: And they denied the truth when it came unto them. But there will come\nunto them the tidings of that which they used to deride.\n\nS: So they have indeed rejected the truth when it came to them;\ntherefore the truth of what they mocked at will shine upon them.\n\n006.006\nY: See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?-\ngenerations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We\nhave not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in\nabundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet\nfor their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh\ngenerations (to succeed them).\n\nP: See they not how many a generation We destroyed before them, whom We\nhad established in the earth more firmly than We have established you,\nand We shed on them abundant showers from the sky, and made the rivers\nflow beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and created\nafter them another generation.\n\nS: Do they not consider how many a generation We have destroyed before\nthem, whom We had established in the earth as We have not established\nyou, and We sent the clouds pouring rain on them in abundance, and We\nmade the rivers to flow beneath them, then We destroyed them on account\nof their faults and raised up after them another generation.\n\n006.007\nY: If We had sent unto thee a written (message) on parchment, so that\nthey could touch it with their hands, the Unbelievers would have been\nsure to say: \"This is nothing but obvious magic!\"\n\nP: Had we sent down unto thee (Muhammad) (actual) writing upon\nparchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those who\ndisbelieve would have said: This is naught else than mere magic.\n\nS: And if We had sent to you a writing on a paper, then they had touched\nit with their hands, certainly those who disbelieve would have said:\nThis is nothing but clear enchantment.\n\n006.008\nY: They say: \"Why is not an angel sent down to him?\" If we did send down\nan angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would be\ngranted them.\n\nP: They say: Why hath not an angel been sent down unto him? If We sent\ndown an angel, then the matter would be judged; no further time would\nbe allowed them (for reflection).\n\nS: And they say: Why has not an angel been sent down to him? And had We\nsent down an angel, the matter would have certainly been decided and\nthen they would not have been respited.\n\n006.009\nY: If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We\nshould certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they have\nalready covered with confusion.\n\nP: Had we appointed him (Our messenger) an angel, We assuredly had made\nhim (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for\nthem (the truth) they (now) obscure.\n\nS: And if We had made him angel, We would certainly have made him a man,\nand We would certainly have made confused to them what they make\nconfused.\n\n006.010\nY: Mocked were (many) messengers before thee; but their scoffers were\nhemmed in by the thing that they mocked.\n\nP: Messengers (of Allah) have been derided before thee, but that whereat\nthey scoffed surrounded such of them as did deride.\n\nS: And certainly messengers before you were mocked at, but that which\nthey mocked at encompassed the scoffers among them.\n\n006.011\nY: Say: \"Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those who\nrejected Truth.\"\n\nP: Say (unto the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see the nature\nof the consequence for the rejecters!\n\nS: Say: Travel in the land, then see what was the end of the rejecters.\n\n006.012\nY: Say: \"To whom belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth?\"\nSay: \"To Allah. He hath inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy. That\nHe will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, there is no doubt\nwhatever. It is they who have lost their own souls, that will not\nbelieve.\"\n\nP: Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth?\nSay: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may\nbring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no\ndoubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe.\n\nS: Say: To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth? Say: To\nAllah; He has ordained mercy on Himself; most certainly He will gather\nyou on the resurrection day-- there is no doubt about it. (As for)\nthose who have lost their souls, they will not believe.\n\n006.013\nY: \"To him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night and the\nday. For he is the one who heareth and knoweth all things.\"\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth whatsoever resteth in the night and the day. He is\nthe Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and the day; and He\nis the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n006.014\nY: Say: \"Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah, the Maker\nof the heavens and the earth? And He it is that feedeth but is not\nfed.\" Say: \"Nay! but I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to\nAllah (in Islam), and be not thou of the company of those who join gods\nwith Allah.\"\n\nP: Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the\nOriginator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed?\nSay: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And be not\nthou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.\n\nS: Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the Originator of the\nheavens and the earth, and He feeds (others) and is not (Himself) fed.\nSay: I am commanded to be the first who submits himself, and you should\nnot be of the polytheists.\n\n006.015\nY: Say: \"I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the\npenalty of a Mighty Day.\"\n\nP: Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the retribution of an Awful\nDay.\n\nS: Say: Surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement of a\ngrievous day.\n\n006.016\nY: \"On that day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is due to\nAllah's mercy; And that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfilment of\nall desire.\"\n\nP: He from whom (such retribution) is averted on that day, (Allah) hath\nin truth had mercy on him. That will be the signal triumph.\n\nS: He from whom it is averted on that day, Allah indeed has shown mercy\nto him; and this is a manifest achievement.\n\n006.017\nY: \"If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He; if\nHe touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things.\"\n\nP: If Allah touch thee with affliction, there is none that can relieve\ntherefrom save Him, and if He touch thee with good fortune (there is\nnone that can impair it); for He is Able to do all things.\n\nS: And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is none to take it off\nbut He; and if He visit you with good, then He has power over all\nthings.\n\n006.018\nY: \"He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His worshippers;\nand He is the Wise, acquainted with all things.\"\n\nP: He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is the Wise, the Knower.\n\nS: And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He is the Wise, the\nAware.\n\n006.019\nY: Say: \"What thing is most weighty in evidence?\" Say: \"Allah is witness\nbetween me and you; This Qur'an hath been revealed to me by\ninspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye\npossibly bear witness that besides Allah there is another Allah?\" Say:\n\"Nay! I cannot bear witness!\" Say: \"But in truth He is the one Allah,\nand I truly am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with\nHim.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): What thing is of most weight in testimony? Say:\nAllah is Witness between me and you. And this Qur'an hath been inspired\nin me, that I may warn therewith you and whomsoever it may reach. Do ye\nin sooth bear witness that there are gods beside Allah? Say: I bear no\nsuch witness. Say: He is only One Allah. Lo! I am innocent of that\nwhich ye associate (with Him).\n\nS: Say: What thing is the weightiest in testimony? Say: Allah is witness\nbetween you and me; and this Quran has been revealed to me that with it\nI may warn you and whomsoever it reaches. Do you really bear witness\nthat there are other gods with Allah? Say: I do not bear witness. Say:\nHe is only one Allah, and surely I am clear of that which you set up\n(with Him).\n\n006.020\nY: Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know their own\nsons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to believe.\n\nP: Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise (this revelation) as\nthey recognise their sons. Those who ruin their own souls will not\nbelieve.\n\nS: Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as they recognize\ntheir sons; (as for) those who have lost their souls, they will not\nbelieve.\n\n006.021\nY: Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or\nrejecteth His signs? But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper.\n\nP: Who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or\ndenieth His revelations? Lo! the wrongdoers will not be successful.\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or (he\nwho) gives the lie to His communications; surely the unjust will not be\nsuccessful.\n\n006.022\nY: One day shall We gather them all together: We shall say to those who\nascribed partners (to Us): \"Where are the partners whom ye (invented\nand) talked about?\"\n\nP: And on the day We gather them together We shall say unto those who\nascribed partners (unto Allah): Where are (now) those partners of your\nmake-believe?\n\nS: And on the day when We shall gather them all together, then shall We\nsay to those who associated others (with Allah): Where are your\nassociates whom you asserted?\n\n006.023\nY: There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: \"By\nAllah our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah.\"\n\nP: Then will they have no contention save that they will say: By Allah,\nour Lord, we never were idolaters.\n\nS: Then their excuse would be nothing but that they would say: By Allah,\nour Lord, we were not polytheists.\n\n006.024\nY: Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which\nthey invented will leave them in the lurch.\n\nP: See how they lie against themselves, and (how) the thing which they\ndevised hath failed them!\n\nS: See how they lie against their own souls, and that which they forged\nhas passed away from them.\n\n006.025\nY: Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but We have\nthrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness\nin their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they will\nbelieve in them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (but)\ndispute with thee; the Unbelievers say: \"These are nothing but tales of\nthe ancients.\"\n\nP: Of them are some who listen unto thee, but We have placed upon their\nhearts veils, lest they should understand, and in their ears a\ndeafness. If they saw every token they would not believe therein; to\nthe point that, when they come unto thee to argue with thee, the\ndisbelievers say: This is naught else than fables of the men of old.\n\nS: And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have cast veils over\ntheir hearts lest they understand it and a heaviness into their ears;\nand even if they see every sign they will not believe in it; so much so\nthat when they come to you they only dispute with you; those who\ndisbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of the ancients.\n\n006.026\nY: Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but\nthey only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.\n\nP: And they forbid (men) from it and avoid it, and they ruin none save\nthemselves, though they perceive not.\n\nS: And they prohibit (others) from it and go far away from it, and they\nonly bring destruction upon their own souls while they do not perceive.\n\n006.027\nY: If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They\nwill say: \"Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject\nthe signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!\"\n\nP: If thou couldst see when they are set before the Fire and say: Oh,\nwould that we might return! Then would we not deny the revelations of\nour Lord but we would be of the believers!\n\nS: And could you see when they are made to stand before the fire, then\nthey shall say: Would that we were sent back, and we would not reject\nthe communications of our Lord and we would be of the believers.\n\n006.028\nY: Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before they\nconcealed. But if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to\nthe things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.\n\nP: Nay, but that hath become clear unto them which before they used to\nhide. And if they were sent back they would return unto that which they\nare forbidden. Lo! they are liars.\n\nS: Nay, what they concealed before shall become manifest to them; and if\nthey were sent back, they would certainly go back to that which they\nare forbidden, and most surely they are liars.\n\n006.029\nY: And they (sometimes) say: \"There is nothing except our life on this\nearth, and never shall we be raised up again.\"\n\nP: And they say: There is naught save our life of the world, and we\nshall not be raised (again).\n\nS: And they say: There is nothing but our life of this world, and we\nshall not be raised.\n\n006.030\nY: If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lord! He\nwill say: \"Is not this the truth?\" They will say: \"Yea, by our Lord!\"\nHe will say: \"Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected Faith.\"\n\nP: If thou couldst see when they are set before their Lord! He will say:\nIs not this real? They will say: Yea, verily, by our Lord! He will say:\nTaste now the retribution for that ye used to disbelieve.\n\nS: And could you see when they are made to stand before their Lord. He\nwill say: Is not this the truth? They will say: Yea! by our Lord. He\nwill say: Taste then the chastisement because you disbelieved.\n\n006.031\nY: Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they must meet\nAllah,- until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: \"Ah! woe\nunto us that we took no thought of it\"; for they bear their burdens on\ntheir backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear?\n\nP: They indeed are losers who deny their meeting with Allah until, when\nthe Hour cometh on them suddenly, they cry: Alas for us, that we\nneglected it! They bear upon their backs their burdens. Ah, evil is\nthat which they bear!\n\nS: They are losers indeed who reject the meeting of Allah; until when\nthe hour comes upon them all of a sudden they shall say: O our grief\nfor our neglecting it! and they shall bear their burdens on their\nbacks; now surely evil is that which they bear.\n\n006.032\nY: What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is\nthe home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not\nthen understand?\n\nP: Naught is the life of the world save a pastime and a spot. Better far\nis the abode of the Hereafter for those who keep their duty (to Allah).\nHave ye then no sense?\n\nS: And this world's life is naught but a play and an idle sport and\ncertainly the abode of the hereafter is better for those who guard\n(against evil); do you not then understand?\n\n006.033\nY: We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: It is not\nthee they reject: it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked contemn.\n\nP: We know well how their talk grieveth thee, though in truth they deny\nnot thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers flout the revelations of Allah.\n\nS: We know indeed that what they say certainly grieves you, but surely\nthey do not call you a liar; but the unjust deny the communications of\nAllah.\n\n006.034\nY: Rejected were the messengers before thee: with patience and constancy\nthey bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach\nthem: there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah.\nAlready hast thou received some account of those messengers.\n\nP: Messengers indeed have been denied before thee, and they were patient\nunder the denial and the persecution till Our succour reached them.\nThere is none to alter the decisions of Allah. Already there hath\nreached thee (somewhat) of the tidings of the messengers (We sent\nbefore).\n\nS: And certainly messengers before you were rejected, but they were\npatient on being rejected and persecuted until Our help came to them;\nand there is none to change the words of Allah, and certainly there has\ncome to you some information about the messengers.\n\n006.035\nY: If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek\na tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a sign,-\n(what good?). If it were Allah's will, He could gather them together\nunto true guidance: so be not thou amongst those who are swayed by\nignorance (and impatience)!\n\nP: And if their aversion is grievous unto thee, then, if thou canst,\nseek a way down into the earth or a ladder unto the sky that thou mayst\nbring unto them a portent (to convince them all)! - If Allah willed, He\ncould have brought them all together to the guidance - So be not thou\namong the foolish ones.\n\nS: And if their turning away is hard on you, then if you can seek an\nopening (to go down) into the earth or a ladder (to ascend up) to\nheaven so that you should bring them a sign and if Allah had pleased He\nwould certainly have gathered them all on guidance, therefore be not of\nthe ignorant.\n\n006.036\nY: Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dead,\nAllah will raise them up; then will they be turned unto Him.\n\nP: Only those can accept who hear. As for the dead, Allah will raise\nthem up; then unto Him they will be returned.\n\nS: Only those accept who listen; and (as to) the dead, Allah will raise\nthem, then to Him they shall be returned.\n\n006.037\nY: They say: \"Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?\" Say:\n\"Allah hath certainly power to send down a sign: but most of them\nunderstand not.\"\n\nP: They say: Why hath no portent been sent down upon him from his Lord?\nSay: Lo! Allah is Able to send down a portent. But most of them know\nnot.\n\nS: And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to him from his Lord?\nSay: Surely Allah is able to send down a sign, but most of them do not\nknow.\n\n006.038\nY: There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that\nflies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothing\nhave we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to\ntheir Lord in the end.\n\nP: There is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on\ntwo wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected\nnothing in the Book (of Our decrees). Then unto their Lord they will be\ngathered.\n\nS: And there is no animal that walks upon the earth nor a bird that\nflies with its two wings but (they are) genera like yourselves; We have\nnot neglected anything in the Book, then to their Lord shall they be\ngathered.\n\n006.039\nY: Those who reject our signs are deaf and dumb,- in the midst of\ndarkness profound: whom Allah willeth, He leaveth to wander: whom He\nwilleth, He placeth on the way that is straight.\n\nP: Those who deny Our revelations are deaf and dumb in darkness. Whom\nAllah will sendeth astray, and whom He will He placeth on a straight\npath.\n\nS: And they who reject Our communications are deaf and dumb, in utter\ndarkness; whom Allah pleases He causes to err and whom He pleases He\nputs on the right way.\n\n006.040\nY: Say: \"Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of\nAllah, or the Hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon other than\nAllah?- (reply) if ye are truthful!\"\n\nP: Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of Allah come upon you\nor the Hour come upon you, (calling upon other than Allah)? Do ye then\ncall (for help) to any other than Allah? (Answer that) if ye are\ntruthful.\n\nS: Say: Tell me if the chastisement of Allah should overtake you or the\nhour should come upon you, will you call (on others) besides Allah, if\nyou are truthful?\n\n006.041\nY: \"Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His will, He would remove\n(the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would forget\n(the false gods) which ye join with Him!\"\n\nP: Nay, but unto Him ye call, and He removeth that because of which ye\ncall unto Him, if He will, and ye forget whatever partners ye ascribed\nunto Him.\n\nS: Nay, Him you call upon, so He clears away that for which you pray if\nHe pleases and you forget what you set up (with Him).\n\n006.042\nY: Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted\nthe nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn\nhumility.\n\nP: We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We\nvisited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might\ngrow humble.\n\nS: And certainly We sent (messengers) to nations before you then We\nseized them with distress and affliction in order that they might\nhumble themselves.\n\n006.043\nY: When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn\nhumility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made\ntheir (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.\n\nP: If only, when Our disaster came on them, they had been humble! But\ntheir hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they used to do\nseem fair unto them!\n\nS: Yet why did they not, when Our punishment came to them, humble\nthemselves? But their hearts hardened and the Shaitan made what they\ndid fair-seeming to them.\n\n006.044\nY: But when they forgot the warning they had received, We opened to them\nthe gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their enjoyment\nof Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo! they\nwere plunged in despair!\n\nP: Then, when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We opened\nunto them the gates of all things till, even as they were rejoicing in\nthat which they were given, We seized them unawares, and lo! they were\ndumbfounded.\n\nS: But when they neglected that with which they had been admonished, We\nopened for them the doors of all things, until when they rejoiced in\nwhat they were given We seized them suddenly; then lo! they were in\nutter despair.\n\n006.045\nY: Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah,\nthe Cherisher of the worlds.\n\nP: So of the people who did wrong the last remnant was cut off. Praise\nbe to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: So the roots of the people who were unjust were cut off; and all\npraise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.\n\n006.046\nY: Say: \"Think ye, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight, and\nsealed up your hearts, who - a god other than Allah - could restore\nthem to you?\" See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); yet\nthey turn aside.\n\nP: Say: Have ye imagined, if Allah should take away your hearing and\nyour sight and seal your hearts, who is the God who could restore it\nto you save Allah? See how We display the revelations unto them! Yet\nstill they turn away.\n\nS: Say: Have you considered that if Allah takes away your hearing and\nyour sight and sets a seal on your hearts, who is the god besides Allah\nthat can bring it to you? See how We repeat the communications, yet\nthey turn away.\n\n006.047\nY: Say: \"Think ye, if the punishment of Allah comes to you, whether\nsuddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?\"\n\nP: Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of Allah come upon you\nunawares or openly? Would any perish save wrongdoing folk?\n\nS: Say: Have you considered if the chastisement of Allah should overtake\nyou suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed but the unjust people?\n\n006.048\nY: We send the messengers only to give good news and to warn: so those\nwho believe and mend (their lives),- upon them shall be no fear, nor\nshall they grieve.\n\nP: We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners.\nWhoso believeth and doeth right, there shall no fear come upon them\nneither shall they grieve.\n\nS: And We send not messengers but as announcers of good news and givers\nof warning, then whoever believes and acts aright, they shall have no\nfear, nor shall they grieve.\n\n006.049\nY: But those who reject our signs,- them shall punishment touch, for\nthat they ceased not from transgressing.\n\nP: But as for those who deny Our revelations, torment will afflict them\nfor that they used to disobey.\n\nS: And (as for) those who reject Our communications, chastisement shall\nafflict them because they transgressed.\n\n006.050\nY: Say: \"I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do\nI know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow\nwhat is revealed to me.\" Say: \"can the blind be held equal to the\nseeing?\" Will ye then consider not?\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): I say not unto you (that) I\npossess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge of the\nUnseen; and I say not unto you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that\nwhich is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal?\nWill ye not then take thought?\n\nS: Say: I do not say to you, I have with me the treasures of Allah, nor\ndo I know the unseen, nor do I say to you that I am an angel; I do not\nfollow aught save that which is revealed to me. Say: Are the blind and\nthe seeing one alike? Do you not then reflect?\n\n006.051\nY: Give this warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear that they\nwill be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except for Him they\nwill have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard (against\nevil).\n\nP: Warn hereby those who fear (because they know) that they will be\ngathered unto their Lord, for whom there is no protecting ally nor\nintercessor beside Him, that they may ward off (evil).\n\nS: And warn with it those who fear that they shall be gathered to their\nLord-- there is no guardian for them, nor any intercessor besides Him--\nthat they may guard (against evil).\n\n006.052\nY: Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and evening,\nseeking His face. In naught art thou accountable for them, and in\nnaught are they accountable for thee, that thou shouldst turn them\naway, and thus be (one) of the unjust.\n\nP: Repel not those who call upon their Lord at morn and evening, seeking\nHis Countenance. Thou art not accountable for them in aught, nor are\nthey accountable for thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel them and\nbe of the wrong-doers.\n\nS: And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning\nand the evening, they desire only His favor; neither are you answerable\nfor any reckoning of theirs, nor are they answerable for any reckoning\nof yours, so that you should drive them away and thus be of the unjust.\n\n006.053\nY: Thus did We try some of them by comparison with others, that they\nshould say: \"Is it these then that Allah hath favoured from amongst\nus?\" Doth not Allah know best those who are grateful?\n\nP: And even so do We try some of them by others, that they say: Are\nthese they whom Allah favoureth among us? Is not Allah best Aware of\nthe thanksgivers?\n\nS: And thus do We try some of them by others so that they say: Are these\nthey upon whom Allah has conferred benefit from among us? Does not\nAllah best know the grateful?\n\n006.054\nY: When those come to thee who believe in Our signs, Say: \"Peace be on\nyou: Your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule of) mercy: verily,\nif any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented, and amend\n(his conduct), lo! He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: And when those who believe in Our revelations come unto thee, say:\nPeace be unto you! Your Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that\nwhoso of you doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward\nthereof and doeth right, (for him) lo! He is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And when those who believe in Our communications come to you, say:\nPeace be on you, your Lord has ordained mercy on Himself, (so) that if\nany one of you does evil in ignorance, then turns after that and acts\naright, then He is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n006.055\nY: Thus do We explain the signs in detail: that the way of the sinners\nmay be shown up.\n\nP: Thus do We expound the revelations that the way of the unrighteous\nmay be manifest.\n\nS: And thus do We make distinct the communications and so that the way\nof the guilty may become clear.\n\n006.056\nY: Say: \"I am forbidden to worship those - others than Allah - whom ye\ncall upon.\" Say: \"I will not follow your vain desires: If I did, I\nwould stray from the path, and be not of the company of those who\nreceive guidance.\"\n\nP: Say: I am forbidden to worship those on whom ye call instead of\nAllah. Say: I will not follow your desires, for then should I go astray\nand I should not be of the rightly guided.\n\nS: Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon besides Allah.\nSay: I do not follow your low desires, for then indeed I should have\ngone astray and I should not be of those who go aright.\n\n006.057\nY: Say: \"For me, I (work) on a clear sign from my Lord, but ye reject\nHim. What ye would see hastened, is not in my power. The command rests\nwith none but Allah: He declares the truth, and He is the best of\njudges.\"\n\nP: Say: I am (relying) on clear proof from my Lord, while ye deny Him. I\nhave not that for which ye are impatient. The decision is for Allah\nonly. He telleth the truth and He is the Best of Deciders.\n\nS: Say: Surely I have manifest proof from my Lord and you call it a lie;\nI have not with me that which you would hasten; the judgment is only\nAllah's; He relates the truth and He is the best of deciders.\n\n006.058\nY: Say: \"If what ye would see hastened were in my power, the matter\nwould be settled at once between you and me. But Allah knoweth best\nthose who do wrong.\"\n\nP: Say: If I had that for which ye are impatient, then would the case\n(ere this) have been decided between me and you. Allah is Best Aware of\nthe wrong-doers.\n\nS: Say: If that which you desire to hasten were with me, the matter\nwould have certainly been decided between you and me; and Allah best\nknows the unjust.\n\n006.059\nY: With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knoweth\nbut He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a\nleaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the\ndarkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or\nwithered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can\nread).\n\nP: And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None but He knoweth them.\nAnd He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but\nHe knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of\nwet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear record.\n\nS: And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures-- none knows them\nbut He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls\nnot a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth,\nnor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book.\n\n006.060\nY: It is He who doth take your souls by night, and hath knowledge of all\nthat ye have done by day: by day doth He raise you up again; that a\nterm appointed be fulfilled; In the end unto Him will be your return;\nthen will He show you the truth of all that ye did.\n\nP: He it is Who gathereth you at night and knoweth that which ye commit\nby day. Then He raiseth you again to life therein, that the term\nappointed (for you) may be accomplished. And afterward unto Him is your\nreturn. Then He will proclaim unto you what ye used to do.\n\nS: And He it is Who takes your souls at night (in sleep), and He knows\nwhat you acquire in the day, then He raises you up therein that an\nappointed term may be fulfilled; then to Him is your return, then He\nwill inform you of what you were doing.\n\n006.061\nY: He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His worshippers,\nand He sets guardians over you. At length, when death approaches one of\nyou, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in their duty.\n\nP: He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He sendeth guardians over you\nuntil, when death cometh unto one of you, Our messengers receive him,\nand they neglect not.\n\nS: And He is the Supreme, above His servants, and He sends keepers over\nyou; until when death comes to one of you, Our messengers cause him to\ndie, and they are not remiss.\n\n006.062\nY: Then are men returned unto Allah, their protector, the (only)\nreality: Is not His the command? and He is the swiftest in taking\naccount.\n\nP: Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord, the Just. Surely His\nis the judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners.\n\nS: Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, the True one; now\nsurely His is the judgment and He is swiftest in taking account.\n\n006.063\nY: Say: \"Who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of land\nand sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent terror: 'If He\nonly delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our\ngratitude'?\"\n\nP: Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness of the land and the sea? Ye\ncall upon Him humbly and in secret, (saying): If we are delivered from\nthis (fear) we truly will be of the thankful.\n\nS: Say: Who is it that delivers you from the dangers of the land and the\nsea (when) you call upon Him (openly) humiliating yourselves, and in\nsecret: If He delivers us from this, we should certainly be of the\ngrateful ones.\n\n006.064\nY: Say \"It is Allah that delivereth you from these and all (other)\ndistresses: and yet ye worship false gods!\"\n\nP: Say: Allah delivereth you from this and from all affliction. Yet ye\nattribute partners unto Him.\n\nS: Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every distress, but again\nyou set up others (with Him).\n\n006.065\nY: Say: \"He hath power to send calamities on you, from above and below,\nor to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of\nmutual vengeance - each from the other.\" See how We explain the signs\nby various (symbols); that they may understand.\n\nP: Say: He is able to send punishment upon you from above you or from\nbeneath your feet, or to bewilder you with dissension and make you\ntaste the tyranny one of another. See how We display the revelations so\nthat they may understand.\n\nS: Say: He has the power that He should send on you a chastisement from\nabove you or from beneath your feet, or that He should throw you into\nconfusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some of you\ntaste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the communications that\nthey may understand.\n\n006.066\nY: But thy people reject this, though it is the truth. Say: \"Not mine is\nthe responsibility for arranging your affairs;\"\n\nP: Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it, though it is the Truth. Say:\nI am not put in charge of you.\n\nS: And your people call it a lie and it is the very truth. Say: I am not\nplaced in charge of you.\n\n006.067\nY: \"For every message is a limit of time, and soon shall ye know it.\"\n\nP: For every announcement there is a term, and ye will come to know.\n\nS: For every prophecy is a term, and you will come to know (it).\n\n006.068\nY: When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about Our signs, turn\naway from them unless they turn to a different theme. If Satan ever\nmakes thee forget, then after recollection, sit not thou in the company\nof those who do wrong.\n\nP: And when thou seest those who meddle with Our revelations, withdraw\nfrom them until they meddle with another topic. And if the devil cause\nthee to forget, sit not, after the remembrance, with the congregation\nof wrong-doers.\n\nS: And when you see those who enter into false discourses about Our\ncommunications, withdraw from them until they enter into some other\ndiscourse, and if the Shaitan causes you to forget, then do not sit\nafter recollection with the unjust people.\n\n006.069\nY: On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous, but (their\nduty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear Allah.\n\nP: Those who ward off (evil) are not accountable for them in aught, but\nthe Reminder (must be given them) that haply they (too) may ward off\n(evil).\n\nS: And nought of the reckoning of their (deeds) shall be against those\nwho guard (against evil), but (theirs) is only to remind, haply they\nmay guard.\n\n006.070\nY: Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and\namusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to\nthem) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own\nacts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except Allah:\nif it offered every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted:\nsuch is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own\nacts: they will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for\npunishment, one most grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah.\n\nP: And forsake those who take their religion for a pastime and a jest,\nand whom the life of the world beguileth. Remind (mankind) hereby lest\na soul be destroyed by what it earneth. It hath beside Allah no\nprotecting ally nor intercessor, and though it offer every compensation\nit will not be accepted from it. Those are they who perish by their own\ndeserts. For them is drink of boiling water and a painful doom, because\nthey disbelieved.\n\nS: And leave those who have taken their religion for a play and an idle\nsport, and whom this world's life has deceived, and remind (them)\nthereby lest a soul should be given up to destruction for what it has\nearned; it shall not have besides Allah any guardian nor an\nintercessor, and if it should seek to give every compensation, it shall\nnot be accepted from it; these are they who shall be given up to\ndestruction for what they earned; they shall have a drink of boiling\nwater and a painful chastisement because they disbelieved.\n\n006.071\nY: Say: \"Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah,- things that can\ndo us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after receiving\nguidance from Allah? - like one whom the evil ones have made into a\nfool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, come\nto us', (vainly) guiding him to the path.\" Say: \"Allah's guidance is\nthe (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to\nthe Lord of the worlds;-\"\n\nP: Say: Shall we cry, instead of unto Allah, unto that which neither\nprofiteth us nor hurteth us, and shall we turn back after Allah hath\nguided us, like one bewildered whom the devils have infatuated in the\nearth, who hath companions who invite him to the guidance (saying):\nCome unto us? Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah is Guidance, and we are\nordered to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds,\n\nS: Say: Shall we call on that besides Allah, which does not benefit us\nnor harm us, and shall we be returned back on our heels after Allah has\nguided us, like him whom the Shaitans have made to fall down perplexed\nin the earth? He has companions who call him to the right way,\n(saying): Come to us. Say: Surely the guidance of Allah, that is the\n(true) guidance, and we are commanded that we should submit to the Lord\nof the worlds.\n\n006.072\nY: \"To establish regular prayers and to fear Allah: for it is to Him\nthat we shall be gathered together.\"\n\nP: And to establish worship and be dutiful to Him, and He it is unto\nWhom ye will be gathered.\n\nS: And that you should keep up prayer and be careful of (your duty to)\nHim; and He it is to Whom you shall be gathered.\n\n006.073\nY: It is He who created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions):\nthe day He saith, \"Be,\" behold! it is. His word is the truth. His will\nbe the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. He knoweth the\nunseen as well as that which is open. For He is the Wise, well\nacquainted (with all things).\n\nP: He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in truth. In the day\nwhen He saith: Be! it is. His Word is the Truth, and His will be the\nSovereignty on the day when the trumpet is blown. Knower of the\nInvisible and the Visible, He is the Wise, the Aware.\n\nS: And He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth with truth,\nand on the day He says: Be, it is. His word is the truth, and His is\nthe kingdom on the day when the trumpet shall be blown; the Knower of\nthe unseen and the seen; and He is the Wise, the Aware.\n\n006.074\nY: Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: \"Takest thou idols for gods? For\nI see thee and thy people in manifest error.\"\n\nP: (Remember) when Abraham said unto his father Azar: Takest thou idols\nfor gods? Lo! I see thee and thy folk in error manifest.\n\nS: And when Ibrahim said to his sire, Azar: Do you take idols for gods?\nSurely I see you and your people in manifest error.\n\n006.075\nY: So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of the heavens and\nthe earth, that he might (with understanding) have certitude.\n\nP: Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth\nthat he might be of those possessing certainty:\n\nS: And thus did We show Ibrahim the kingdom of the heavens and the earth\nand that he might be of those who are sure.\n\n006.076\nY: When the night covered him over, He saw a star: He said: \"This is my\nLord.\" But when it set, He said: \"I love not those that set.\"\n\nP: When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is\nmy Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set.\n\nS: So when the night over-shadowed him, he saw a star; said he: Is this\nmy Lord? So when it set, he said: I do not love the setting ones.\n\n006.077\nY: When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he said: \"This is my Lord.\"\nBut when the moon set, He said: \"unless my Lord guide me, I shall\nsurely be among those who go astray.\"\n\nP: And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But\nwhen it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become\none of the folk who are astray.\n\nS: Then when he saw the moon rising, he said: Is this my Lord? So when\nit set, he said: If my Lord had not guided me I should certainly be of\nthe erring people.\n\n006.078\nY: When he saw the sun rising in splendour, he said: \"This is my Lord;\nthis is the greatest (of all).\" But when the sun set, he said: \"O my\npeople! I am indeed free from your (guilt) of giving partners to Allah.\"\n\nP: And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This is my Lord! This is\ngreater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free from\nall that ye associate (with Him).\n\nS: Then when he saw the sun rising, he said: Is this my Lord? Is this\nthe greatest? So when it set, he said: O my people! surely I am clear\nof what you set up (with Allah).\n\n006.079\nY: \"For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards Him Who\ncreated the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to\nAllah.\"\n\nP: Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the heavens and the\nearth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters.\n\nS: Surely I have turned myself, being upright, wholly to Him Who\noriginated the heavens and the earth, and I am not of the polytheists.\n\n006.080\nY: His people disputed with him. He said: \"(Come) ye to dispute with me,\nabout Allah, when He (Himself) hath guided me? I fear not (the beings)\nye associate with Allah: Unless my Lord willeth, (nothing can happen).\nMy Lord comprehendeth in His knowledge all things. Will ye not\n(yourselves) be admonished?\"\n\nP: His people argued with him. He said: Dispute ye with me concerning\nAllah when He hath guided me? I fear not at all that which ye set up\nbeside Him unless my Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth all things\nin His knowledge. Will ye not then remember?\n\nS: And his people disputed with him. He said: Do you dispute with me\nrespecting Allah? And He has guided me indeed; and I do not fear in any\nway those that you set up with Him, unless my Lord pleases; my Lord\ncomprehends all things in His knowledge; will you not then mind?\n\n006.081\nY: \"How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with Allah, when ye fear\nnot to give partners to Allah without any warrant having been given to\nyou? Which of (us) two parties hath more right to security? (tell me)\nif ye know.\"\n\nP: How should I fear that which ye set up beside Him, when ye fear not\nto set up beside Allah that for which He hath revealed unto you no\nwarrant? Which of the two factions hath more right to safety? (Answer\nme that) if ye have knowledge.\n\nS: And how should I fear what you have set up (with Him), while you do\nnot fear that you have set up with Allah that for which He has not sent\ndown to you any authority; which then of the two parties is surer of\nsecurity, if you know?\n\n006.082\nY: \"It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong\n- that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance.\"\n\nP: Those who believe and obscure not their belief by wrongdoing, theirs\nis safety; and they are rightly guided.\n\nS: Those who believe and do not mix up their faith with iniquity, those\nare they who shall have the security and they are those who go aright.\n\n006.083\nY: That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (to use)\nagainst his people: We raise whom We will, degree after degree: for thy\nLord is full of wisdom and knowledge.\n\nP: That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham against his folk. We\nraise unto degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.\n\nS: And this was Our argument which we gave to Ibrahim against his\npeople; We exalt in dignity whom We please; surely your Lord is Wise,\nKnowing.\n\n006.084\nY: We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided: and before him, We\nguided Noah, and among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses,\nand Aaron: thus do We reward those who do good:\n\nP: And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each of them We guided; and\nNoah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided) David and\nSolomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the\ngood.\n\nS: And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub; each did We guide, and Nuh did\nWe guide before, and of his descendants, Dawood and Sulaiman and Ayub\nand Yusuf and Haroun; and thus do We reward those who do good (to\nothers).\n\n006.085\nY: And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the\nrighteous:\n\nP: And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them) was of\nthe righteous.\n\nS: And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one was of the good;\n\n006.086\nY: And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonas, and Lot: and to all We gave favour\nabove the nations:\n\nP: And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We\nprefer above (Our) creatures,\n\nS: And Ismail and Al-Yasha and Yunus and Lut; and every one We made to\nexcel (in) the worlds:\n\n006.087\nY: (To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and brethren: We chose\nthem, and we guided them to a straight way.\n\nP: With some of their forefathers and their offspring and their\nbrethren; and We chose them and guided them unto a straight path.\n\nS: And from among their fathers and their descendants and their\nbrethren, and We chose them and guided them into the right way.\n\n006.088\nY: This is the guidance of Allah: He giveth that guidance to whom He\npleaseth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him,\nall that they did would be vain for them.\n\nP: Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He guideth whom He will of\nHis bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught beside Him,\n(all) that they did would have been vain.\n\nS: This is Allah's guidance, He guides thereby whom He pleases of His\nservants; and if they had set up others (with Him), certainly what they\ndid would have become ineffectual for them.\n\n006.089\nY: These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and authority, and\nprophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them, Behold! We shall\nentrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.\n\nP: Those are they unto whom We gave the Scripture and command and\nprophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We shall\nentrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein.\n\nS: These are they to whom We gave the book and the wisdom and the\nprophecy; therefore if these disbelieve in it We have already entrusted\nwith it a people who are not disbelievers in it.\n\n006.090\nY: Those were the (prophets) who received Allah's guidance: Copy the\nguidance they received; Say: \"No reward for this do I ask of you: This\nis no less than a message for the nations.\"\n\nP: Those are they whom Allah guideth, so follow their guidance. Say (O\nMuhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for it. Lo! it is naught\nbut a Reminder to (His) creatures.\n\nS: These are they whom Allah guided, therefore follow their guidance.\nSay: I do not ask you for any reward for it; it is nothing but a\nreminder to the nations.\n\n006.091\nY: No just estimate of Allah do they make when they say: \"Nothing doth\nAllah send down to man (by way of revelation)\" Say: \"Who then sent down\nthe Book which Moses brought?- a light and guidance to man: But ye make\nit into (separate) sheets for show, while ye conceal much (of its\ncontents): therein were ye taught that which ye knew not- neither ye\nnor your fathers.\" Say: \"Allah (sent it down)\": Then leave them to\nplunge in vain discourse and trifling.\n\nP: And they measure not the power of Allah its true measure when they\nsay: Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say (unto the Jews\nwho speak thus): Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and\nguidance for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye show,\nbut ye hide much (thereof), and (by which) ye were taught that which ye\nknew not yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it)? Say: Allah. Then\nleave them to their play of cavilling.\n\nS: And they do not assign to Allah the attributes due to Him when they\nsay: Allah has not revealed anything to a mortal. Say: Who revealed the\nBook which Musa brought, a light and a guidance to men, which you make\ninto scattered writings which you show while you conceal much? And you\nwere taught what you did not know, (neither) you nor your fathers. Say:\nAllah then leave them sporting in their vain discourses.\n\n006.092\nY: And this is a Book which We have sent down, bringing blessings, and\nconfirming (the revelations) which came before it: that thou mayest\nwarn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who believe in the\nHereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constant in guarding\ntheir prayers.\n\nP: And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed, confirming\nthat which (was revealed) before it, that thou mayst warn the Mother of\nVillages and those around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter\nbelieve herein, and they are careful of their worship.\n\nS: And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed, verifying that which is\nbefore it, and that you may warn the metropolis and those around her;\nand those who believe in the hereafter believe in it, and they attend\nto their prayers constantly.\n\n006.093\nY: Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah, or\nsaith, \"I have received inspiration,\" when he hath received none, or\n(again) who saith, \"I can reveal the like of what Allah hath revealed\"?\nIf thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of\nconfusion at death! - the angels stretch forth their hands,\n(saying), \"Yield up your souls: this day shall ye receive your reward,-\na penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against Allah, and\nscornfully to reject of His signs!\"\n\nP: Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a lie against Allah,\nor saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in aught; and who\nsaith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If\nthou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the\nangels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls. This\nday ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning\nAllah other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah, or\nsays: It has been revealed to me; while nothing has been revealed to\nhim, and he who says: I can reveal the like of what Allah has revealed?\nand if you had seen when the unjust shall be in the agonies of death\nand the angels shall spread forth their hands: Give up your souls;\ntoday shall you be recompensed with an ignominious chastisement because\nyou spoke against Allah other than the truth and (because) you showed\npride against His communications.\n\n006.094\nY: \"And behold! ye come to us bare and alone as We created you for the\nfirst time: ye have left behind you all (the favours) which We bestowed\non you: We see not with you your intercessors whom ye thought to be\npartners in your affairs: so now all relations between you have been\ncut off, and your (pet) fancies have left you in the lurch!\"\n\nP: Now have ye come unto Us solitary as We did create you at the first,\nand ye have left behind you all that We bestowed upon you, and We\nbehold not with you those your intercessors, of whom ye claimed that\nthey possessed a share in you. Now is the bond between you severed, and\nthat which ye presumed hath failed you.\n\nS: And certainly you have come to Us alone as We created you at first,\nand you have left behind your backs the things which We gave you, and\nWe do not see with you your intercessors about whom you asserted that\nthey were (Allah's) associates in respect to you; certainly the ties\nbetween you are now cut off and what you asserted is gone from you.\n\n006.095\nY: It is Allah Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to split\nand sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the\none to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is Allah: then how\nare ye deluded away from the truth?\n\nP: Lo! Allah (it is) Who splitteth the grain of corn and the date-stone\n(for sprouting). He bringeth forth the living from the dead, and is the\nbringer-forth of the dead from the living. Such is Allah. How then are\nye perverted?\n\nS: Surely Allah causes the grain and the stone to germinate; He brings\nforth the living from the dead and He is the bringer forth of the dead\nfrom the living; that is Allah! how are you then turned away.\n\n006.096\nY: He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the dark): He makes the\nnight for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckoning\n(of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in\nPower, the Omniscient.\n\nP: He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath appointed the night\nfor stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. That is the\nmeasuring of the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: He causes the dawn to break; and He has made the night for rest, and\nthe sun and the moon for reckoning; this is an arrangement of the\nMighty, the Knowing.\n\n006.097\nY: It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you, that ye may guide\nyourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces of land and sea:\nWe detail Our signs for people who know.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that ye may guide your\ncourse by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea. We have\ndetailed Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.\n\nS: And He it is Who has made the stars for you that you might follow the\nright way thereby in the darkness of the land and the sea; truly We\nhave made plain the communications for a people who know.\n\n006.098\nY: It is He Who hath produced you from a single person: here is a place\nof sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who\nunderstand.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath produced you from a single being, and (hath\ngiven you) a habitation and a repository. We have detailed Our\nrevelations for a people who have understanding.\n\nS: And He it is Who has brought you into being from a single soul, then\nthere is (for you) a resting-place and a depository; indeed We have\nmade plain the communications for a people who understand.\n\n006.099\nY: It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce\nvegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of\nwhich We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm\nand its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and\nnear: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and\npomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when\nthey begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the\nripeness thereof. Behold! in these things there are signs for people\nwho believe.\n\nP: He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, and therewith We bring\nforth buds of every kind; We bring forth the green blade from which We\nbring forth the thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm, from the\npollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (We bring forth) gardens of\ngrapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike. Look upon\nthe fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo!\nherein verily are portents for a people who believe.\n\nS: And He it is Who sends down water from the cloud, then We bring forth\nwith it buds of all (plants), then We bring forth from it green\n(foliage) from which We produce grain piled up (in the ear); and of the\npalm-tree, of the sheaths of it, come forth clusters (of dates) within\nreach, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, alike and\nunlike; behold the fruit of it when it yields the fruit and the\nripening of it; most surely there are signs in this for a people who\nbelieve.\n\n006.100\nY: Yet they make the jinns equals with Allah, though Allah did create\nthe jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons\nand daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what they\nattribute to Him!\n\nP: Yet they ascribe as partners unto Him the jinn, although He did\ncreate them, and impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and daughters\nunto Him. Glorified be He and High Exalted above (all) that they\nascribe (unto Him).\n\nS: And they make the jinn associates with Allah, while He created them,\nand they falsely attribute to Him sons and daughters without knowledge;\nglory be to Him, and highly exalted is He above what they ascribe (to\nHim).\n\n006.101\nY: To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can\nHe have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He\nhath full knowledge of all things.\n\nP: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child,\nwhen there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is\nAware of all things?\n\nS: Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have\na son when He has no consort, and He (Himself) created everything, and\nHe is the Knower of all things.\n\n006.102\nY: That is Allah, your Lord! there is no god but He, the Creator of all\nthings: then worship ye Him: and He hath power to dispose of all\naffairs.\n\nP: Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of\nall things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all things.\n\nS: That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god but He; the Creator of all\nthings, therefore serve Him, and He has charge of all things.\n\n006.103\nY: No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is\nabove all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.\n\nP: Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He comprehendeth (all) vision. He\nis the Subtle, the Aware.\n\nS: Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He\nis the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.\n\n006.104\nY: \"Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs (to open your eyes): if\nany will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any will be\nblind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your\ndoings.\"\n\nP: Proofs have come unto you from your Lord, so whoso seeth, it is for\nhis own good, and whoso is blind is blind to his own hurt. And I am not\na keeper over you.\n\nS: Indeed there have come to you clear proofs from your Lord; whoever\nwill therefore see, it is for his own soul and whoever will be blind,\nit shall be against himself and I am not a keeper over you.\n\n006.105\nY: Thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols): that they may say,\n\"Thou hast taught (us) diligently,\" and that We may make the matter\nclear to those who know.\n\nP: Thus do We display Our revelations that they may say (unto thee,\nMuhammad): \"Thou hast studied,\" and that We may make (it) clear for\npeople who have knowledge.\n\nS: And thus do We repeat the communications and that they may say: You\nhave read; and that We may make it clear to a people who know.\n\n006.106\nY: Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from thy Lord: there is no\ngod but He: and turn aside from those who join gods with Allah.\n\nP: Follow that which is inspired in thee from thy Lord; there is no\nAllah save Him; and turn away from the idolaters.\n\nS: Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; there is no god but\nHe; and withdraw from the polytheists.\n\n006.107\nY: If it had been Allah's plan, they would not have taken false gods:\nbut We made thee not one to watch over their doings, nor art thou set\nover them to dispose of their affairs.\n\nP: Had Allah willed, they had not been idolatrous. We have not set thee\nas a keeper over them, nor art thou responsible for them.\n\nS: And if Allah had pleased, they would not have set up others (with\nHim) and We have not appointed you a keeper over them, and you are not\nplaced in charge of them.\n\n006.108\nY: Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out\nof spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to\neach people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord,\nand We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.\n\nP: Revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest they\nwrongfully revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every nation have\nWe made their deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and\nHe will tell them what they used to do.\n\nS: And do not abuse those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest\nexceeding the limits they should abuse Allah out of ignorance. Thus\nhave We made fair seeming to every people their deeds; then to their\nLord shall be their return, so He will inform them of what they did.\n\n006.109\nY: They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a (special) sign\ncame to them, by it they would believe. Say: \"Certainly (all) signs are\nin the power of Allah: but what will make you (Muslims) realise that\n(even) if (special) signs came, they will not believe.\"?\n\nP: And they swear a solemn oath by Allah that if there come unto them a\nportent they will believe therein. Say; Portents are with Allah and (so\nis) that which telleth you that if such came unto them they would not\nbelieve.\n\nS: And they swear by Allah with the strongest of their oaths, that if a\nsign came to them they would most certainly believe in it. Say: Signs\nare only with Allah; and what should make you know that when it comes\nthey will not believe?\n\n006.110\nY: We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts and their eyes, even\nas they refused to believe in this in the first instance: We shall\nleave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.\n\nP: We confound their hearts and their eyes. As they believed not therein\nat the first, We let them wander blindly on in their contumacy.\n\nS: And We will turn their hearts and their sights, even as they did not\nbelieve in it the first time, and We will leave them in their\ninordinacy, blindly wandering on.\n\n006.111\nY: Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto\nthem, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they\nare not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's plan. But most of\nthem ignore (the truth).\n\nP: And though We should send down the angels unto them, and the dead\nshould speak unto them, and We should gather against them all things in\narray, they would not believe unless Allah so willed. Howbeit, most of\nthem are ignorant.\n\nS: And even if We had sent down to them the angels and the dead had\nspoken to them and We had brought together all things before them, they\nwould not believe unless Allah pleases, but most of them are ignorant.\n\n006.112\nY: Likewise did We make for every Messenger an enemy,- evil ones among\nmen and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of\ndeception. If thy Lord had so planned, they would not have done it: so\nleave them and their inventions alone.\n\nP: Thus have We appointed unto every prophet an adversary - devils of\nhumankind and jinn who inspire in one another plausible discourse\nthrough guile. If thy Lord willed, they would not do so; so leave them\nalone with their devising;\n\nS: And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy, the Shaitans from\namong men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others varnished\nfalsehood to deceive (them), and had your Lord pleased they would not\nhave done it, therefore leave them and that which they forge.\n\n006.113\nY: To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith\nin the hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them earn from it\nwhat they may.\n\nP: That the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter may incline\nthereto, and that they may take pleasure therein, and that they may\nearn what they are earning.\n\nS: And that the hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter may\nincline to it and that they may be well pleased with it and that they\nmay earn what they are going to earn (of evil).\n\n006.114\nY: Say: \"Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? - when He it is Who\nhath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail.\" They know full well,\nto whom We have given the Book, that it hath been sent down from thy\nLord in truth. Never be then of those who doubt.\n\nP: Shall I seek other than Allah for judge, when He it is Who hath\nrevealed unto you (this) Scripture, fully explained? Those unto whom We\ngave the Scripture (aforetime) know that it is revealed from thy Lord\nin truth. So be not thou (O Muhammad) of the waverers.\n\nS: Shall I then seek a judge other than Allah? And He it is Who has\nrevealed to you the Book (which is) made plain; and those whom We have\ngiven the Book know that it is revealed by your Lord with truth,\ntherefore you should not be of the disputers.\n\n006.115\nY: The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfilment in truth and in\njustice: None can change His words: for He is the one who heareth and\nknoweth all.\n\nP: Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is\nnaught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And the word of your Lord has been accomplished truly and justly;\nthere is none who can change His words, and He is the Hearing, the\nKnowing.\n\n006.116\nY: Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead\nthee away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture:\nthey do nothing but lie.\n\nP: If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would mislead thee far\nfrom Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but\nguess.\n\nS: And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray\nfrom Allah's way; they follow but conjecture and they only lie.\n\n006.117\nY: Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His way: He knoweth best who\nthey are that receive His guidance.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord, He knoweth best who erreth from His way; and He knoweth\nbest (who are) the rightly guided.\n\nS: Surely your Lord-- He best knows who goes astray from His way, and He\nbest knows those who follow the right course.\n\n006.118\nY: So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, if ye\nhave faith in His signs.\n\nP: Eat of that over which the name of Allah hath been mentioned, if ye\nare believers in His revelations.\n\nS: Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned if you\nare believers in His communications.\n\n006.119\nY: Why should ye not eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been\npronounced, when He hath explained to you in detail what is forbidden to\nyou - except under compulsion of necessity? But many do mislead (men) by\ntheir appetites unchecked by knowledge. Thy Lord knoweth best those who\ntransgress.\n\nP: How should ye not eat of that over which the name of Allah hath been\nmentioned, when He hath explained unto you that which is forbidden unto\nyou unless ye are compelled thereto. But lo! many are led astray by\ntheir own lusts through ignorance. Lo! thy Lord, He is Best Aware of\nthe transgressors.\n\nS: And what reason have you that you should not eat of that on which\nAllah's name has been mentioned, and He has already made plain to you\nwhat He has forbidden to you-- excepting what you are compelled to; and\nmost surely many would lead (people) astray by their low desires out of\nignorance; surely your Lord-- He best knows those who exceed the\nlimits.\n\n006.120\nY: Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin will get due\nrecompense for their \"earnings.\"\n\nP: Forsake the outwardness of sin and the inwardness thereof. Lo! those\nwho garner sin will be awarded that which they have earned.\n\nS: And abandon open and secret sin; surely they who earn sin shall be\nrecompensed with what they earned.\n\n006.121\nY: Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced:\nThat would be impiety. But the evil ones ever inspire their friends to\ncontend with you if ye were to obey them, ye would indeed be Pagans.\n\nP: And eat not of that whereon Allah's name hath not been mentioned, for\nlo! it is abomination. Lo! the devils do inspire their minions to\ndispute with you. But if ye obey them, ye will be in truth idolaters.\n\nS: And do not eat of that on which Allah's name has not been mentioned,\nand that is most surely a transgression; and most surely the Shaitans\nsuggest to their friends that they should contend with you; and if you\nobey them, you shall most surely be polytheists.\n\n006.122\nY: Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light whereby he can\nwalk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of darkness, from\nwhich he can never come out? Thus to those without faith their own\ndeeds seem pleasing.\n\nP: Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto life, and set for him\na light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose similitude is in\nutter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made\nfairseeming for the disbelievers.\n\nS: Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and made for him a\nlight by which he walks among the people, like him whose likeness is\nthat of one in utter darkness whence he cannot come forth? Thus what\nthey did was made fair seeming to the unbelievers.\n\n006.123\nY: Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot\n(and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and\nthey perceive it not.\n\nP: And thus have We made in every city great ones of its wicked ones,\nthat they should plot therein. They do but plot against themselves,\nthough they perceive not.\n\nS: And thus have We made in every town the great ones to be its guilty\nones, that they may plan therein; and they do not plan but against\ntheir own souls, and they do not perceive.\n\n006.124\nY: When there comes to them a sign (from Allah), They say: \"We shall not\nbelieve until we receive one (exactly) like those received by Allah's\nmessengers.\" Allah knoweth best where (and how) to carry out His\nmission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before Allah,\nand a severe punishment, for all their plots.\n\nP: And when a token cometh unto them, they say: We will not believe till\nwe are given that which Allah's messengers are given. Allah knoweth\nbest with whom to place His message. Humiliation from Allah and heavy\npunishment will smite the guilty for their scheming.\n\nS: And when a communication comes to them they say: We will not believe\ntill we are given the like of what Allah's messengers are given. Allah\nbest knows where He places His message. There shall befall those who\nare guilty humiliation from Allah and severe chastisement because of\nwhat they planned.\n\n006.125\nY: Those whom Allah (in His plan) willeth to guide,- He openeth their\nbreast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying,- He maketh\ntheir breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the\nskies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to\nbelieve.\n\nP: And whomsoever it is Allah's will to guide, He expandeth his bosom\nunto the Surrender, and whomsoever it is His Will to send astray, He\nmaketh his bosom close and narrow as if he were engaged in sheer\nascent. Thus Allah layeth ignominy upon those who believe not.\n\nS: Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would guide him\naright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever He\nintends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and\nnarrow as though he were ascending upwards; thus does Allah lay\nuncleanness on those who do not believe.\n\n006.126\nY: This is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We have detailed the\nsigns for those who receive admonition.\n\nP: This is the path of thy Lord, a straight path. We have detailed Our\nrevelations for a people who take heed.\n\nS: And this is the path of your Lord, (a) right (path); indeed We have\nmade the communications clear for a people who mind.\n\n006.127\nY: For them will be a home of peace in the presence of their Lord: He\nwill be their friend, because they practised (righteousness).\n\nP: For them is the abode of peace with their Lord. He will be their\nProtecting Friend because of what they used to do.\n\nS: They shall have the abode of peace with their Lord, and He is their\nguardian because of what they did.\n\n006.128\nY: One day will He gather them all together, (and say): \"O ye assembly\nof jinns! Much (toll) did ye take of men.\" Their friends amongst men\nwill say: \"Our Lord! we made profit from each other: but (alas!) we\nreached our term - which thou didst appoint for us.\" He will say: \"The\nFire be your dwelling-place: you will dwell therein for ever, except as\nAllah willeth.\" for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.\n\nP: In the day when He will gather them together (He will say): O ye\nassembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And their\nadherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another,\nbut now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst\nfor us. He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save\nhim whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.\n\nS: And on the day when He shall gather them all together: O assembly of\njinn! you took away a great part of mankind. And their friends from\namong the men shall say: Our Lord! some of us profited by others and we\nhave reached our appointed term which Thou didst appoint for us. He\nshall say: The fire is your abode, to abide in it, except as Allah is\npleased; surely your Lord is Wise, Knowing.\n\n006.129\nY: Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because of what\nthey earn.\n\nP: Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power over others because of\nwhat they are wont to earn.\n\nS: And thus do We make some of the iniquitous to befriend others on\naccount of what they earned.\n\n006.130\nY: \"O ye assembly of jinns and men! came there not unto you messengers\nfrom amongst you, setting forth unto you My signs, and warning you of\nthe meeting of this Day of yours?\" They will say: \"We bear witness\nagainst ourselves.\" It was the life of this world that deceived them.\nSo against themselves will they bear witness that they rejected Faith.\n\nP: O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came there not unto you\nmessengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens and warned you\nof the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify against\nourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify\nagainst themselves that they were disbelievers.\n\nS: O assembly of jinn and men! did there not come to you messengers from\namong you, relating to you My communications and warning you of the\nmeeting of this day of yours? They shall say: We bear witness against\nourselves; and this world's life deceived them, and they shall bear\nwitness against their own souls that they were unbelievers.\n\n006.131\nY: (The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for\ntheir wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were\nunwarned.\n\nP: This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily\nwhile their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).\n\nS: This is because your Lord would not destroy towns unjustly while\ntheir people were negligent.\n\n006.132\nY: To all are degrees (or ranks) according to their deeds: for thy Lord\nis not unmindful of anything that they do.\n\nP: For all there will be ranks from what they did. Thy Lord is not\nunaware of what they do.\n\nS: And all have degrees according to what they do; and your Lord is not\nheedless of what they do.\n\n006.133\nY: Thy Lord is self-sufficient, full of Mercy: if it were His will, He\ncould destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as your\nsuccessors, even as He raised you up from the posterity of other\npeople.\n\nP: Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can\nremove you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He\nraised you from the seed of other folk.\n\nS: And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord of mercy; if He\npleases, He may take you off, and make whom He pleases successors after\nyou, even as He raised you up from the seed of another people.\n\n006.134\nY: All that hath been promised unto you will come to pass: nor can ye\nfrustrate it (in the least bit).\n\nP: Lo! that which ye are promised will surely come to pass, and ye\ncannot escape.\n\nS: Surely what you are threatened with must come to pass and you cannot\nescape (it).\n\n006.135\nY: Say: \"O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): soon will\nye know who it is whose end will be (best) in the Hereafter: certain it\nis that the wrong-doers will not prosper.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): O my people! Work according to your power. Lo! I\ntoo am working. Thus ye will come to know for which of us will be the\nhappy sequel. Lo! the wrong-doers will not be successful.\n\nS: Say: O my people! act according to your ability; I too am acting; so\nyou will soon come to know, for whom (of us) will be the (good) end of\nthe abode; surely the unjust shall not be successful.\n\n006.136\nY: Out of what Allah hath produced in abundance in tilth and in cattle,\nthey assigned Him a share: they say, according to their fancies:\n\"This is for Allah, and this\" - for our \"partners\"! but the share of\ntheir \"partners\" reacheth not Allah, whilst the share of Allah reacheth\ntheir \"partners\"! evil (and unjust) is their assignment!\n\nP: They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle which He created, a\nportion, and they say: \"This is Allah's\" - in their make-believe - \"and\nthis is for (His) partners in regard to us.\" Thus that which (they\nassign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which\n(they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is\ntheir ordinance.\n\nS: And they set apart a portion for Allah out of what He has created of\ntilth and cattle, and say: This is for Allah-- so they assert-- and\nthis for our associates; then what is for their associates, it reaches\nnot to Allah, and whatever is (set apart) for Allah, it reaches to\ntheir associates; evil is that which they judge.\n\n006.137\nY: Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their \"partners\" made\nalluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them to\ntheir own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If Allah\nhad willed, they would not have done so: But leave alone them and their\ninventions.\n\nP: Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah) made the killing of\ntheir children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters, that they may\nruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it\notherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their\ndevices.\n\nS: And thus their associates have made fair seeming to most of the\npolytheists the killing of their children, that they may cause them to\nperish and obscure for them their religion; and if Allah had pleased,\nthey would not have done it, therefore leave them and that which they\nforge.\n\n006.138\nY: And they say that such and such cattle and crops are taboo, and none\nshould eat of them except those whom - so they say - We wish; further,\nthere are cattle forbidden to yoke or burden, and cattle on which, (at\nslaughter), the name of Allah is not pronounced; - inventions against\nAllah's name: soon will He requite them for their inventions.\n\nP: And they say: Such cattle and crops are forbidden. No-one is to eat\nof them save whom we will - in their make-believe - cattle whose backs\nare forbidden, cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah.\n(All that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that which they\ninvent.\n\nS: And they say: These are cattle and tilth prohibited, none shall eat\nthem except such as We please-- so they assert-- and cattle whose backs\nare forbidden, and cattle on which they would not mention Allah's\nname-- forging a lie against Him; He shall requite them for what they\nforged.\n\n006.139\nY: They say: \"What is in the wombs of such and such cattle is specially\nreserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to our women; but if it\nis still-born, then all have share therein.\" For their (false)\nattribution (of superstitions to Allah), He will soon punish them: for\nHe is full of wisdom and knowledge.\n\nP: And they say: That which is in the bellies of such cattle is reserved\nfor our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead,\nthen they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for their\nattribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise, Aware.\n\nS: And they say: What is in the wombs of these cattle is specially for\nour males, and forbidden to our wives, and if it be stillborn, then\nthey are all partners in it; He will reward them for their attributing\n(falsehood to Allah); surely He is Wise, Knowing.\n\n006.140\nY: Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, without\nknowledge, and forbid food which Allah hath provided for them,\ninventing (lies) against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and heeded\nno guidance.\n\nP: They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without\nknowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them,\ninventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not\nguided.\n\nS: They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly without\nknowledge, and forbid what Allah has given to them forging a lie\nagainst Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the\nfollowers of the right course.\n\n006.141\nY: It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and\ndates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and\npomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of\ntheir fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the\nday that the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah\nloveth not the wasters.\n\nP: He it is Who produceth gardens trellised and untrellised, and the\ndate-palm, and crops of divers flavour, and the olive and the\npomegranate, like and unlike. Eat ye of the fruit thereof when it\nfruiteth, and pay the due thereof upon the harvest day, and be not\nprodigal. Lo! Allah loveth not the prodigals.\n\nS: And He it is Who produces gardens (of vine), trellised and\nuntrellised, and palms and seed-produce of which the fruits are of\nvarious sorts, and olives and pomegranates, like and unlike; eat of its\nfruit when it bears fruit, and pay the due of it on the day of its\nreaping, and do not act extravagantly; surely He does not love the\nextravagant.\n\n006.142\nY: Of the cattle are some for burden and some for meat: eat what Allah\nhath provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan: for he is\nto you and avowed enemy.\n\nP: And of the cattle (He produceth) some for burdens, some for food. Eat\nof that which Allah hath bestowed upon you, and follow not the\nfootsteps of the devil, for lo! he is an open foe to you.\n\nS: And of cattle (He created) beasts of burden and those which are fit\nfor slaughter only; eat of what Allah has given you and do not follow\nthe footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.\n\n006.143\nY: (Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, and\nof goats a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the two\nfemales, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose?\nTell me with knowledge if ye are truthful:\n\nP: Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats twain. Say: Hath He\nforbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of\nthe two females contain? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye\nare truthful.\n\nS: Eight in pairs-- two of sheep and two of goats. Say: Has He forbidden\nthe two males or the two females or that which the wombs of the two\nfemales contain? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.\n\n006.144\nY: Of camels a pair, and oxen a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two\nmales, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two\nfemales enclose? - Were ye present when Allah ordered you such a thing?\nBut who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to\nlead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guideth not people who do\nwrong.\n\nP: And of the camels twain and of the oxen twain. Say: Hath He forbidden\nthe two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two\nfemales contain; or were ye by to witness when Allah commanded you\n(all) this? Then who doth greater wrong than he who deviseth a lie\nconcerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray without knowledge.\nLo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He forbidden the two\nmales or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females\ncontain? Or were you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this? Who, then,\nis more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah that he should\nlead astray men without knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the\nunjust people.\n\n006.145\nY: Say: \"I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any\n(meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be\ndead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine,- for it is an\nabomination - or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been\ninvoked, other than Allah's\". But (even so), if a person is forced by\nnecessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,-\nthy Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto me aught prohibited to\nan eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or blood poured\nforth, or swineflesh - for that verily is foul - or the abomination\nwhich was immolated to the name of other than Allah. But whoso is\ncompelled (thereto), neither craving nor transgressing, (for him) lo!\nthy Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Say: I do not find in that which has been revealed to me anything\nforbidden for an eater to eat of except that it be what has died of\nitself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine-- for that surely is\nunclean-- or that which is a transgression, other than (the name of)\nAllah having been invoked on it; but whoever is driven to necessity,\nnot desiring nor exceeding the limit, then surely your Lord is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n006.146\nY: For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every (animal) with\nundivided hoof, and We forbade them that fat of the ox and the sheep,\nexcept what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up\nwith a bone: this in recompense for their wilful disobedience: for We\nare true (in Our ordinances).\n\nP: Unto those who are Jews We forbade every animal with claws. And of\nthe oxen and the sheep forbade We unto them the fat thereof save that\nupon the backs or the entrails, or that which is mixed with the bone.\nThat we awarded them for their rebellion. And lo! we verily are\ntruthful.\n\nS: And to those who were Jews We made unlawful every animal having\nclaws, and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful to them the fat of both,\nexcept such as was on their backs or the entrails or what was mixed\nwith bones: this was a punishment We gave them on account of their\nrebellion, and We are surely Truthful.\n\n006.147\nY: If they accuse thee of falsehood, say: \"Your Lord is full of mercy\nall-embracing; but from people in guilt never will His wrath be turned\nback.\"\n\nP: So if they give the lie to thee (Muhammad), say: Your Lord is a Lord\nof all-embracing Mercy, and His wrath will never be withdrawn from\nguilty folk.\n\nS: But if they give you the lie, then say: Your Lord is the Lord of\nAll-encompassing mercy; and His punishment cannot be averted from the\nguilty people.\n\n006.148\nY: Those who give partners (to Allah) will say: \"If Allah had wished, we\nshould not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor should\nwe have had any taboos.\" So did their ancestors argue falsely, until\nthey tasted of Our wrath. Say: \"Have ye any (certain) knowledge? If so,\nproduce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye do nothing\nbut lie.\"\n\nP: They who are idolaters will say: Had Allah willed, we had not\nascribed (unto Him) partners neither had our fathers, nor had we\nforbidden aught. Thus did those who were before them give the lie (to\nAllah's messengers) till they tasted of the fear of Us. Say: Have ye\nany knowledge that ye can adduce for Us? Lo! ye follow naught but an\nopinion, Lo! ye do but guess.\n\nS: Those who are polytheists will say: If Allah had pleased we would not\nhave associated (aught with Him) nor our fathers, nor would we have\nforbidden (to ourselves) anything; even so did those before them reject\nuntil they tasted Our punishment. Say: Have you any knowledge with you\nso you should bring it forth to us? You only follow a conjecture and\nyou only tell lies.\n\n006.149\nY: Say: \"With Allah is the argument that reaches home: if it had been\nHis will, He could indeed have guided you all.\"\n\nP: Say - For Allah's is the final argument - Had He willed He could\nindeed have guided all of you.\n\nS: Say: Then Allah's is the conclusive argument; so if He please, He\nwould certainly guide you all.\n\n006.150\nY: Say: \"Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so\nand so.\" If they bring such witnesses, be not thou amongst them: Nor\nfollow thou the vain desires of such as treat our signs as falsehoods,\nand such as believe not in the Hereafter: for they hold others as equal\nwith their Guardian-Lord.\n\nP: Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can bear witness that Allah\nforbade (all) this. And if they bear witness, do not thou bear witness\nwith them. Follow thou not the whims of those who deny Our revelations,\nthose who believe not in the Hereafter and deem (others) equal with\ntheir Lord.\n\nS: Say: Bring your witnesses who should bear witness that Allah has\nforbidden this, then if they bear witness, do not bear witness with\nthem; and follow not the low desires of those who reject Our\ncommunications and of those who do not believe in the hereafter, and\nthey make (others) equal to their Lord.\n\n006.151\nY: Say: \"Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you\nfrom\": Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents;\nkill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide sustenance for\nyou and for them;- come not nigh to shameful deeds. Whether open or\nsecret; take not life, which Allah hath made sacred, except by way of\njustice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.\n\nP: Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a\nsacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and\nthat ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because\nof penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh\nto lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life\nwhich Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He\nhath command you, in order that ye may discern.\n\nS: Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you--\n(remember) that you do not associate anything with Him and show\nkindness to your parents, and do not slay your children for (fear of)\npoverty-- We provide for you and for them-- and do not draw nigh to\nindecencies, those of them which are apparent and those which are\nconcealed, and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except\nfor the requirements of justice; this He has enjoined you with that you\nmay understand.\n\n006.152\nY: And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except to improve it,\nuntil he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight with\n(full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it\ncan bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative is\nconcerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah: thus doth He command you,\nthat ye may remember.\n\nP: And approach not the wealth of the orphan save with that which is\nbetter, till he reach maturity. Give full measure and full weight, in\njustice. We task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye give your\nword, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman; and\nfulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may\nremember.\n\nS: And do not approach the property of the orphan except in the best\nmanner until he attains his maturity, and give full measure and weight\nwith justice-- We do not impose on any soul a duty except to the extent\nof its ability; and when you speak, then be just though it be (against)\na relative, and fulfill Allah's covenant; this He has enjoined you with\nthat you may be mindful;\n\n006.153\nY: Verily, this is My way, leading straight: follow it: follow not\n(other) paths: they will scatter you about from His (great) path: thus\ndoth He command you, that ye may be righteous.\n\nP: And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My straight path, so follow\nit. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from His way. This hath He\nordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).\n\nS: And (know) that this is My path, the right one therefore follow it,\nand follow not (other) ways, for they will lead you away from His way;\nthis He has enjoined you with that you may guard (against evil).\n\n006.154\nY: Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing (Our favour) to those\nwho would do right, and explaining all things in detail,- and a guide\nand a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.\n\nP: Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would\ndo good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, that\nthey might believe in the meeting with their Lord.\n\nS: Again, We gave the Book to Musa to complete (Our blessings) on him\nwho would do good (to others), and making plain all things and a\nguidance and a mercy, so that they should believe in the meeting of\ntheir Lord.\n\n006.155\nY: And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it\nand be righteous, that ye may receive mercy:\n\nP: And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed. So follow it\nand ward off (evil), that ye may find mercy.\n\nS: And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed; therefore follow it and\nguard (against evil) that mercy may be shown to you.\n\n006.156\nY: Lest ye should say: \"The Book was sent down to two Peoples before us,\nand for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned\nby assiduous study:\"\n\nP: Lest ye should say: The Scripture was revealed only to two sects\nbefore us, and we in sooth were unaware of what they read;\n\nS: Lest you say that the Book was only revealed to two parties before us\nand We were truly unaware of what they read.\n\n006.157\nY: Or lest ye should say: \"If the Book had only been sent down to us, we\nshould have followed its guidance better than they.\" Now then hath come\nunto you a clear (sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then\nwho could do more wrong than one who rejecteth Allah's signs, and\nturneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn\naway from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away.\n\nP: Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we\nsurely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto\nyou a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth\ngreater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth\naway from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations\nan evil doom because of their aversion.\n\nS: Or lest you should say: If the Book had been revealed to us, we would\ncertainly have been better guided than they, so indeed there has come\nto you clear proof from your Lord, and guidance and mercy. Who then is\nmore unjust than he who rejects Allah's communications and turns away\nfrom them? We will reward those who turn away from Our communications\nwith an evil chastisement because they turned away.\n\n006.158\nY: Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord\n(Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of\nthe signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believe\nin them then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through\nits faith. Say: \"Wait ye: we too are waiting.\"\n\nP: Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come\nunto them, or thy Lord should come, or there should come one of the\nportents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy\nLord cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore\nbelieved not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye!\nLo! We (too) are waiting.\n\nS: They do not wait aught but that the angels should come to them, or\nthat your Lord should come, or that some of the signs of your Lord\nshould come. On the day when some of the signs of your Lord shall come,\nits faith shall not profit a soul which did not believe before, or earn\ngood through its faith. Say: Wait; we too are waiting.\n\n006.159\nY: As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou\nhast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah: He will\nin the end tell them the truth of all that they did.\n\nP: Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no\nconcern at all hast thou with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who\nthen will tell them what they used to do.\n\nS: Surely they who divided their religion into parts and became sects,\nyou have no concern with them; their affair is only with Allah, then He\nwill inform them of what they did.\n\n006.160\nY: He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit: He\nthat doeth evil shall only be recompensed according to his evil: no\nwrong shall be done unto (any of) them.\n\nP: Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof,\nwhile whoso bringeth an ill-deed will be awarded but the like thereof;\nand they will not be wronged.\n\nS: Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it, and whoever\nbrings an evil deed, he shall be recompensed only with the like of it,\nand they shall not be dealt with unjustly.\n\n006.161\nY: Say: \"Verily, my Lord hath guided me to a way that is straight,- a\nreligion of right,- the path (trod) by Abraham the true in Faith, and\nhe (certainly) joined not gods with Allah.\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a\nright religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who was no\nidolater.\n\nS: Say: Surely, (as for) me, my Lord has guided me to the right path;\n(to) a most right religion, the faith of Ibrahim the upright one, and\nhe was not of the polytheists.\n\n006.162\nY: Say: \"Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my\ndeath, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds:\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are\nfor Allah, Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are\n(all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds;\n\n006.163\nY: No partner hath He: this am I commanded, and I am the first of those\nwho bow to His will.\n\nP: He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I am first of those who\nsurrender (unto Him).\n\nS: No associate has He; and this am I commanded, and I am the first of\nthose who submit.\n\n006.164\nY: Say: \"Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher other than Allah, when He is\nthe Cherisher of all things (that exist)? Every soul draws the meed of\nits acts on none but itself: no bearer of burdens can bear of burdens\ncan bear the burden of another. Your goal in the end is towards Allah:\nHe will tell you the truth of the things wherein ye disputed.\"\n\nP: Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all\nthings? Each soul earneth only on its own account, nor doth any laden\nbear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will\ntell you that wherein ye differed.\n\nS: Say: What! shall I seek a Lord other than Allah? And He is the Lord\nof all things; and no soul earns (evil) but against itself, and no\nbearer of burden shall bear the burden of another; then to your Lord is\nyour return, so He will inform you of that in which you differed.\n\n006.165\nY: It is He Who hath made you (His) agents, inheritors of the earth: He\nhath raised you in ranks, some above others: that He may try you in the\ngifts He hath given you: for thy Lord is quick in punishment: yet He is\nindeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: He it is Who hath placed you as viceroys of the earth and hath\nexalted some of you in rank above others, that He may try you by (the\ntest of) that which He hath given you. Lo! Thy Lord is swift in\nprosecution, and Lo! He verily is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And He it is Who has made you successors in the land and raised some\nof you above others by (various) grades, that He might try you by what\nHe has given you; surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil), and He\nis most surely the Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 7:\n\n                           AL-ARAF (THE HEIGHTS)\n Total Verses: 206 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n007.001\nY: Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim Suad.\n\n007.002\nY: A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by\nany difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the\nerring) and teach the Believers.\n\nP: (It is) a Scripture that is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) - so let\nthere be no heaviness in thy heart therefrom - that thou mayst warn\nthereby, and (it is) a Reminder unto believers.\n\nS: A Book revealed to you-- so let there be no straitness in your breast\non account of it-- that you may warn thereby, and a reminder close to\nthe believers.\n\n007.003\nY: Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and\nfollow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye\nremember of admonition.\n\nP: (Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and\nfollow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect!\n\nS: Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow\nguardians besides Him, how little do you mind.\n\n007.004\nY: How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment\ntook them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon\nrest.\n\nP: How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while\nthey slept at noon, Our terror came unto them.\n\nS: And how many a town that We destroyed, so Our punishment came to it\nby night or while they slept at midday.\n\n007.005\nY: When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this:\n\"Indeed we did wrong.\"\n\nP: No plea had they, when Our terror came unto them, save that they\nsaid: Lo! We were wrong-doers.\n\nS: Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was nothing but that\nthey said: Surely we were unjust.\n\n007.006\nY: Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those\nby whom We sent it.\n\nP: Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been\nsent, and verily We shall question the messengers.\n\nS: Most certainly then We will question those to whom (the messengers)\nwere sent, and most certainly We will also question the messengers;\n\n007.007\nY: And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We\nwere never absent (at any time or place).\n\nP: Then verily We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge,\nfor We were not absent (when it came to pass).\n\nS: Then most certainly We will relate to them with knowledge, and We\nwere not absent.\n\n007.008\nY: The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of\ngood) will be heavy, will prosper:\n\nP: The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose\nscale is heavy, they are the successful.\n\nS: And the measuring out on that day will be just; then as for him whose\nmeasure (of good deeds) is heavy, those are they who shall be\nsuccessful;\n\n007.009\nY: Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition,\nfor that they wrongfully treated Our signs.\n\nP: And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their\nsouls because they used to wrong Our revelations.\n\nS: And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light those are they\nwho have made their souls suffer loss because they disbelieved in Our\ncommunications.\n\n007.010\nY: It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided\nyou therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the\nthanks that ye give!\n\nP: And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for\nyou therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks!\n\nS: And certainly We have established you in the earth and made in it\nmeans of livelihood for you; little it is that you give thanks.\n\n007.011\nY: It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels\nprostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be\nof those who prostrate.\n\nP: And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye\nprostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was\nnot of those who make prostration.\n\nS: And certainly We created you, then We fashioned you, then We said to\nthe angels: Prostrate to Adam. So they did prostrate except Iblis; he\nwas not of those who prostrated.\n\n007.012\nY: (Allah) said: \"What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded\nthee?\" He said: \"I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire,\nand him from clay.\"\n\nP: He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I\nbade thee? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of\nfire while him Thou didst create of mud.\n\nS: He said: What hindered you so that you did not prostrate when I\ncommanded you? He said: I am better than he: Thou hast created me of\nfire, while him Thou didst create of dust.\n\n007.013\nY: (Allah) said: \"Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be\narrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures).\"\n\nP: He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee to show pride here,\nso go forth! Lo! thou art of those degraded.\n\nS: He said: Then get forth from this (state), for it does not befit you\nto behave proudly therein. Go forth, therefore, surely you are of the\nabject ones.\n\n007.014\nY: He said: \"Give me respite till the day they are raised up.\"\n\nP: He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised (from the\ndead).\n\nS: He said: Respite me until the day when they are raised up.\n\n007.015\nY: (Allah) said: \"Be thou among those who have respite.\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved.\n\nS: He said: Surely you are of the respited ones.\n\n007.016\nY: He said: \"Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie\nin wait for them on thy straight way:\"\n\nP: He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk\nin ambush for them on Thy Right Path.\n\nS: He said: As Thou hast caused me to remain disappointed I will\ncertainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path.\n\n007.017\nY: \"Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from\ntheir right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them,\ngratitude (for thy mercies).\"\n\nP: Then I shall come upon them from before them and from behind them and\nfrom their right hands and from their left hands, and Thou wilt not\nfind most of them beholden (unto Thee).\n\nS: Then I will certainly come to them from before them and from behind\nthem, and from their right-hand side and from their left-hand side; and\nThou shalt not find most of them thankful.\n\n007.018\nY: (Allah) said: \"Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of\nthem follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.\"\n\nP: He said: Go forth from hence, degraded, banished. As for such of them\nas follow thee, surely I will fill hell with all of you.\n\nS: He said: Get out of this (state), despised, driven away; whoever of\nthem will follow you, I will certainly fill hell with you all.\n\n007.019\nY: \"O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good\nthings) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and\ntransgression.\"\n\nP: And (unto man): O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat\nfrom whence ye will, but come not nigh this tree lest ye become\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: And (We said): O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the garden; so eat\nfrom where you desire, but do not go near this tree, for then you will\nbe of the unjust.\n\n007.020\nY: Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly\nbefore their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before):\nhe said: \"Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become\nangels or such beings as live for ever.\"\n\nP: Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that\nwhich was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord\nforbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become\nof the immortals.\n\nS: But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to them that he might make\nmanifest to them what had been hidden from them of their evil\ninclinations, and he said: Your Lord has not forbidden you this tree\nexcept that you may not both become two angels or that you may (not)\nbecome of the immortals.\n\n007.021\nY: And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.\n\nP: And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you.\n\nS: And he swore to them both: Most surely I am a sincere adviser to you.\n\n007.022\nY: So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the\ntree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew\ntogether the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord\ncalled unto them: \"Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that\nSatan was an avowed enemy unto you?\"\n\nP: Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree\ntheir shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on\nthemselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called\nthem, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo!\nSatan is an open enemy to you?\n\nS: Then he caused them to fall by deceit; so when they tasted of the\ntree, their evil inclinations became manifest to them, and they both\nbegan to cover themselves with the leaves of the garden; and their Lord\ncalled out to them: Did I not forbid you both from that tree and say to\nyou that the Shaitan is your open enemy?\n\n007.023\nY: They said: \"Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive\nus not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost.\"\n\nP: They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us\nnot and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!\n\nS: They said: Our Lord! We have been unjust to ourselves, and if Thou\nforgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us, we shall certainly be of\nthe losers.\n\n007.024\nY: (Allah) said: \"Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth\nwill be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time.\"\n\nP: He said: Go down (from hence), one of you a foe unto the other. There\nwill be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a while.\n\nS: He said: Get forth, some of you, the enemies of others, and there is\nfor you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time.\n\n007.025\nY: He said: \"Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from\nit shall ye be taken out (at last).\"\n\nP: He said: There shall ye live, and there shall ye die, and thence\nshall ye be brought forth.\n\nS: He (also) said: Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die,\nand from it shall you be raised.\n\n007.026\nY: O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover\nyour shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of\nrighteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah,\nthat they may receive admonition!\n\nP: O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you raiment to conceal your\nshame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment of restraint from evil,\nthat is best. This is of the revelations of Allah, that they may\nremember.\n\nS: O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you clothing to cover\nyour shame, and (clothing) for beauty and clothing that guards (against\nevil), that is the best. This is of the communications of Allah that\nthey may be mindful.\n\n007.027\nY: O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner\nas He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their\nraiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a\nposition where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only)\nto those without faith.\n\nP: O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your\n(first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them\ntheir robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them.\nLo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We\nhave made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.\n\nS: O children of Adam! let not the Shaitan cause you to fall into\naffliction as he expelled your parents from the garden, pulling off\nfrom them both their clothing that he might show them their evil\ninclinations, he surely sees you, he as well as his host, from whence\nyou cannot see them; surely We have made the Shaitans to be the\nguardians of those who do not believe.\n\n007.028\nY: When they do aught that is shameful, they say: \"We found our fathers\ndoing so\"; and \"Allah commanded us thus\": Say: \"Nay, Allah never\ncommands what is shameful: do ye say of Allah what ye know not?\"\n\nP: And when they do some lewdness they say: We found our fathers doing\nit and Allah hath enjoined it on us. Say: Allah, verily, enjoineth not\nlewdness. Tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not?\n\nS: And when they commit an indecency they say: We found our fathers\ndoing this, and Allah has enjoined it on us. Say: Surely Allah does not\nenjoin indecency; do you say against Allah what you do not know?\n\n007.029\nY: Say: \"My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole\nselves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him,\nmaking your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in\nthe beginning, so shall ye return.\"\n\nP: Say: My Lord enjoineth justice. And set your faces upright (toward\nHim) at every place of worship and call upon Him, making religion pure\nfor Him (only). As He brought you into being, so return ye (unto Him).\n\nS: Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set upright your faces at\nevery time of prayer and call on Him, being sincere to Him in\nobedience; as He brought you forth in the beginning, so shall you also\nreturn.\n\n007.030\nY: Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss\nof their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah,\nfor their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance.\n\nP: A party hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another)\nparty, for lo! they choose the devils for protecting supporters instead\nof Allah and deem that they are rightly guided.\n\nS: A part has He guided aright and (as for another) part, error is\njustly their due, surely they took the Shaitans for guardians beside\nAllah, and they think that they are followers of the right way.\n\n007.031\nY: O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and\nplace of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah\nloveth not the wasters.\n\nP: O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship,\nand eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the\nprodigals.\n\nS: O children of Adam! attend to your embellishments at every time of\nprayer, and eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely He does not\nlove the extravagant.\n\n007.032\nY: Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He hath\nproduced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He\nhath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this\nworld, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of\nJudgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who\nunderstand.\n\nP: Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought\nforth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing? Say: Such,\non the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during\nthe life of the world. Thus do we detail Our revelations for people who\nhave knowledge.\n\nS: Say: Who has prohibited the embellishment of Allah which He has\nbrought forth for His servants and the good provisions? Say: These are\nfor the believers in the life of this world, purely (theirs) on the\nresurrection day; thus do We make the communications clear for a people\nwho know.\n\n007.033\nY: Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful\ndeeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or\nreason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He hath given no\nauthority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.\n\nP: Say: My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are\napparent and such as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and\nthat ye associate with Allah that for which no warrant hath been\nrevealed, and that ye tell concerning Allah that which ye know not.\n\nS: Say: My Lord has only prohibited indecencies, those of them that are\napparent as well as those that are concealed, and sin and rebellion\nwithout justice, and that you associate with Allah that for which He\nhas not sent down any authority, and that you say against Allah what\nyou do not know.\n\n007.034\nY: To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not\nan hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in\nanticipation).\n\nP: And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot\nput it off an hour nor yet advance (it).\n\nS: And for every nation there is a doom, so when their doom is come they\nshall not remain behind the least while, nor shall they go before.\n\n007.035\nY: O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come to you messengers from\namongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are righteous and\nmend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: O Children of Adam! When messengers of your own come unto you who\nnarrate unto you My revelations, then whosoever refraineth from evil\nand amendeth - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they\ngrieve.\n\nS: O children of Adam! if there come to you messengers from among you\nrelating to you My communications, then whoever shall guard (against\nevil) and act aright-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.\n\n007.036\nY: But those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance,- they\nare companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever).\n\nP: But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them - each are rightful\nowners of the Fire; they will abide therein.\n\nS: And (as for) those who reject Our communications and turn away from\nthem haughtily-- these are the inmates of the fire they shall abide in\nit.\n\n007.037\nY: Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or\nrejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them\nfrom the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death)\narrive and take their souls, they say: \"Where are the things that ye\nused to invoke besides Allah?\" They will reply, \"They have left us in\nthe lurch,\" And they will bear witness against themselves, that they\nhad rejected Allah.\n\nP: Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah\nor denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book\n(of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather\nthem, they say: Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah?\nThey say: They have departed from us. And they testify against\nthemselves that they were disbelievers.\n\nS: Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or\nrejects His communications? (As for) those, their portion of the Book\nshall reach them, until when Our messengers come to them causing them\nto die, they shall say: Where is that which you used to call upon\nbesides Allah? They would say: They are gone away from us; and they\nshall bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.\n\n007.038\nY: He will say: \"Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away\nbefore you - men and jinns, - into the Fire.\" Every time a new people\nenters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they\nfollow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first:\n\"Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in\nthe Fire.\" He will say: \"Doubled for all\": but this ye do not\nunderstand.\n\nP: He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind\nwho passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth\nits sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one\nanother thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our\nLord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He\nsaith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not.\n\nS: He will say: Enter into fire among the nations that have passed away\nbefore you from among jinn and men; whenever a nation shall enter, it\nshall curse its sister, until when they have all come up with one\nanother into it; the last of them shall say with regard to the foremost\nof them: Our Lord! these led us astray therefore give them a double\nchastisement of the fire. He will say: Every one shall have double but\nyou do not know.\n\n007.039\nY: Then the first will say to the last: \"See then! No advantage have ye\nover us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did!\"\n\nP: And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit\nbetter than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn.\n\nS: And the foremost of them will say to the last of them: So you have no\npreference over us; therefore taste the chastisement for what you\nearned.\n\n007.040\nY: To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no\nopening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the\ngarden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is\nOur reward for those in sin.\n\nP: Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates\nof heaven will nor be opened not will they enter the Garden until the\ncamel goeth through the needle's eye. Thus do We requite the guilty.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who reject Our communications and turn away\nfrom them haughtily, the doors of heaven shall not be opened for them,\nnor shall they enter the garden until the camel pass through the eye of\nthe needle; and thus do We reward the guilty.\n\n007.041\nY: For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of\ncovering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong.\n\nP: Theirs will be a bed of hell, and over them coverings (of hell). Thus\ndo We requite wrong-doers.\n\nS: They shall have a bed of hell-fire and from above them coverings (of\nit); and thus do We reward the unjust.\n\n007.042\nY: But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We place\non any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of\nthe Garden, therein to dwell (for ever).\n\nP: But (as for) those who believe and do good works - We tax not any\nsoul beyond its scope - Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They\nabide therein.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good We do not impose on any\nsoul a duty except to the extent of its ability-- they are the dwellers\nof the garden; in it they shall abide.\n\n007.043\nY: And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;-\nbeneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: \"Praise be to\nAllah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found\nguidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was the\ntruth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us.\" And they shall\nhear the cry: \"Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its\ninheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness).\"\n\nP: And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow\nbeneath them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to\nthis. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided\nus. Verily the messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is\ncried unto them: This is the Garden. Ye inherit it for what ye used to\ndo.\n\nS: And We will remove whatever of ill-feeling is in their breasts; the\nrivers shall flow beneath them and they shall say: All praise is due to\nAllah Who guided us to this, and we would not have found the way had it\nnot been that Allah had guided us; certainly the messengers of our Lord\nbrought the truth; and it shall be cried out to them that this is the\ngarden of which you are made heirs for what you did.\n\n007.044\nY: The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the\nFire: \"We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have\nyou also found Your Lord's promises true?\" They shall say, \"Yes\"; but a\ncrier shall proclaim between them: \"The curse of Allah is on the\nwrong-doers;-\"\n\nP: And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We\nhave found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye\n(too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth? They say: Yea,\nverily. And a crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on\nevil-doers,\n\nS: And the dwellers of the garden will call out to the inmates of the\nfire: Surely we have found what our Lord promised us to be true; have\nyou too found what your Lord promised to be true? They will say: Yes.\nThen a crier will cry out among them that the curse of Allah is on the\nunjust.\n\n007.045\nY: \"Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek\nin it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter.\"\n\nP: Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and\nwho are disbelievers in the Last Day.\n\nS: Who hinder (people) from Allah's way and seek to make it crooked, and\nthey are disbelievers in the hereafter.\n\n007.046\nY: Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who\nwould know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions\nof the Garden, \"peace on you\": they will not have entered, but they\nwill have an assurance (thereof).\n\nP: Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all\nby their marks. And they call unto the dwellers of the Garden: Peace be\nunto you! They enter it not although they hope (to enter).\n\nS: And between the two there shall be a veil, and on the most elevated\nplaces there shall be men who know all by their marks, and they shall\ncall out to the dwellers of the garden: Peace be on you; they shall not\nhave yet entered it, though they hope.\n\n007.047\nY: When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire,\nthey will say: \"Our Lord! send us not to the company of the\nwrong-doers.\"\n\nP: And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they\nsay: Our Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk.\n\nS: And when their eyes shall be turned towards the inmates of the fire,\nthey shall say: Our Lord! place us not with the unjust people.\n\n007.048\nY: The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know\nfrom their marks, saying: \"Of what profit to you were your hoards and\nyour arrogant ways?\"\n\nP: And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their\nmarks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your\npride avail you?\n\nS: And the dwellers of the most elevated places shall call out to men\nwhom they will recognize by their marks saying: Of no avail were to you\nyour amassings and your behaving haughtily:\n\n007.049\nY: \"Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that Allah with His\nMercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on you,\nnor shall ye grieve.\"\n\nP: Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy?\n(Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come\nupon you nor is it ye who will grieve.\n\nS: Are these they about whom you swore that Allah will not bestow mercy\non them? Enter the garden; you shall have no fear, nor shall you\ngrieve.\n\n007.050\nY: The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden:\n\"Pour down to us water or anything that Allah doth provide for your\nsustenance.\" They will say: \"Both these things hath Allah forbidden to\nthose who rejected Him.\"\n\nP: And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden:\nPour on us some water or some wherewith Allah hath provided you. They\nsay: Lo! Allah hath forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance),\n\nS: And the inmates of the fire shall call out to the dwellers of the\ngarden, saying: Pour on us some water or of that which Allah has given\nyou. They shall say: Surely Allah has prohibited them both to the\nunbelievers.\n\n007.051\nY: \"Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were\ndeceived by the life of the world.\" That day shall We forget them as\nthey forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to\nreject Our signs.\n\nP: Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of\nthe world beguiled. So this day We have forgotten them even as they\nforgot the meeting of this their Day and as they used to deny Our\ntokens.\n\nS: Who take their religion for an idle sport and a play and this life's\nworld deceives them; so today We forsake them, as they neglected the\nmeeting of this day of theirs and as they denied Our communications.\n\n007.052\nY: For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on knowledge, which\nWe explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe.\n\nP: Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with\nknowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.\n\nS: And certainly We have brought them a Book which We have made clear\nwith knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe.\n\n007.053\nY: Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day\nthe event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will\nsay: \"The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have\nwe no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent\nback? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the\npast.\" In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they\ninvented will leave them in the lurch.\n\nP: Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof? On the day when the\nfulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will\nsay: The messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any\nintercessors, that they may intercede for us? Or can we be returned (to\nlife on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act? They\nhave lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them.\n\nS: Do they wait for aught but its final sequel? On the day when its\nfinal sequel comes about, those who neglected it before will say:\nIndeed the messengers of our Lord brought the truth; are there for us\nthen any intercessors so that they should intercede on our behalf? Or\ncould we be sent back so that we should do (deeds) other than those\nwhich we did? Indeed they have lost their souls and that which they\nforged has gone away from them.\n\n007.054\nY: Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in\nsix days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He\ndraweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in\nrapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all)\ngoverned by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to\ngovern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!\n\nP: Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six\nDays, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day,\nwhich is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and\nthe stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and\ncommandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in\nsix periods of time, and He is firm in power; He throws the veil of\nnight over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the\nsun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely\nHis is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the\nworlds.\n\n007.055\nY: Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not\nthose who trespass beyond bounds.\n\nP: (O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth\nnot aggressors.\n\nS: Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely He does not love those\nwho exceed the limits.\n\n007.056\nY: Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but\ncall on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of\nAllah is (always) near to those who do good.\n\nP: Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof).\nand call on Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto\nthe good.\n\nS: And do not make mischief in the earth after its reformation, and call\non Him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to those\nwho do good (to others).\n\n007.057\nY: It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going\nbefore His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We\ndrive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and\nproduce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the\ndead: perchance ye may remember.\n\nP: And He it is Who sendeth the winds as tidings heralding His mercy,\ntill, when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We lead it to a dead\nland, and then cause water to descend thereon and thereby bring forth\nfruits of every kind. Thus bring We forth the dead. Haply ye may\nremember.\n\nS: And He it is Who sends forth the winds bearing good news before His\nmercy, until, when they bring up a laden cloud, We drive it to a dead\nland, then We send down water on it, then bring forth with it of fruits\nof all kinds; thus shall We bring forth the dead that you may be\nmindful.\n\n007.058\nY: From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher,\nsprings up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is\nbad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain\nthe signs by various (symbols) to those who are grateful.\n\nP: As for the good land, its vegetation cometh forth by permission of\nits Lord; while as for that which is bad, only the useless cometh forth\n(from it). Thus do We recount the tokens for people who give thanks.\n\nS: And as for the good land, its vegetation springs forth (abundantly)\nby the permission of its Lord, and (as for) that which is inferior (its\nherbage) comes forth but scantily; thus do We repeat the communications\nfor a people who give thanks.\n\n007.059\nY: We sent Noah to his people. He said: \"O my people! worship Allah! ye\nhave no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful\nday!\"\n\nP: We sent Noah (of old) unto his people, and he said: O my people!\nServe Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! I fear for you the\nretribution of an Awful Day.\n\nS: Certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he said: O my people! serve\nAllah, you have no god other than Him; surely I fear for you the\nchastisement of a grievous day.\n\n007.060\nY: The leaders of his people said: \"Ah! we see thee evidently wandering\n(in mind).\"\n\nP: The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain\nerror.\n\nS: The chiefs of his people said: Most surely we see you in clear error.\n\n007.061\nY: He said: \"O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the\ncontrary I am a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a messenger\nfrom the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: He said: O my people! there is no error in me, but I am a messenger\nfrom the Lord of the worlds.\n\n007.062\nY: \"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is\nmy advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not.\"\n\nP: I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and give good counsel unto\nyou, and know from Allah that which ye know not.\n\nS: I deliver to you the messages of my Lord, and I offer you good advice\nand I know from Allah what you do not know.\n\n007.063\nY: \"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord,\nthrough a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may fear\nAllah and haply receive His Mercy?\"\n\nP: Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord\nby means of a man among you, that he may warn you, and that ye may keep\nfrom evil, and that haply ye may find mercy.\n\nS: What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord\nthrough a man from among you, that he might warn you and that you might\nguard (against evil) and so that mercy may be shown to you?\n\n007.064\nY: But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in\nthe Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our signs.\nThey were indeed a blind people!\n\nP: But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship,\nand We drowned those who denied Our tokens. Lo! they were blind folk.\n\nS: But they called him a liar, so We delivered him and those with him in\nthe ark, and We drowned those who rejected Our communications; surely\nthey were a blind people.\n\n007.065\nY: To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: He\nsaid: \"O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him will ye\nnot fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O\nmy people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not\nward off (evil)?\n\nS: And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my people! serve\nAllah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard (against\nevil)?\n\n007.066\nY: The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: \"Ah! we see\nthou art an imbecile!\" and \"We think thou art a liar!\"\n\nP: The chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: Lo! we\nsurely see thee in foolishness, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.\n\nS: The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: Most\nsurely we see you in folly, and most surely we think you to be of the\nliars.\n\n007.067\nY: He said: \"O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from\nthe Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds!\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a\nmessenger from the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: He said: O my people! there is no folly in me, but I am a messenger\nof the Lord of the worlds.\n\n007.068\nY: \"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to\nyou a sincere and trustworthy adviser.\"\n\nP: I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and am for you a true\nadviser.\n\nS: I deliver to you the messages of my Lord and I am a faithful adviser\nto you:\n\n007.069\nY: \"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord\nthrough a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that\nHe made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature\ntall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have\nreceived) from Allah: that so ye may prosper.\"\n\nP: Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord\nby means of a man among you, that he may warn you? Remember how He made\nyou viceroys after Noah's folk, and gave you growth of stature.\nRemember (all) the bounties of your Lord, that haply ye may be\nsuccessful.\n\nS: What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord\nthrough a man from among you that he might warn you? And remember when\nHe made you successors after Nuh's people and increased you in\nexcellence in respect of make; therefore remember the benefits of\nAllah, that you may be successful.\n\n007.070\nY: They said: \"Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and\ngive up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us\nwith, if so be that thou tellest the truth!\"\n\nP: They said: Hast come unto us that we should serve Allah alone, and\nforsake what our fathers worshipped? Then bring upon us that wherewith\nthou threatenest us if thou art of the truthful!\n\nS: They said: Have you come to us that we may serve Allah alone and give\nup what our fathers used to serve? Then bring to us what you threaten\nus with, if you are of the truthful ones.\n\n007.071\nY: He said: \"Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your\nLord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised - ye and your\nfathers,- without authority from Allah? then wait: I am amongst you,\nalso waiting.\"\n\nP: He said: Terror and wrath from your Lord have already fallen on you.\nWould ye wrangle with me over names which ye have named, ye and your\nfathers, for which no warrant from Allah hath been revealed? Then await\n(the consequence), lo! I (also) am of those awaiting (it).\n\nS: He said: Indeed uncleanness and wrath from your Lord have lighted\nupon you; what! do you dispute with me about names which you and your\nfathers have given? Allah has not sent any authority for them; wait\nthen, I too with you will be of those who wait.\n\n007.072\nY: We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut\noff the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe.\n\nP: And We saved him and those with him by a mercy from Us, and We cut\nthe root of those who denied Our revelations and were not believers.\n\nS: So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from Us, and We cut\noff the last of those who rejected Our communications and were not\nbelievers.\n\n007.073\nY: To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He\nsaid: \"O my people! worship Allah: ye have no other god but Him. Now\nhath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of\nAllah is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in Allah's earth, and\nlet her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a grievous\npunishment.\"\n\nP: And to (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said:\nO my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. A wonder\nfrom your Lord hath come unto you. Lo! this is the camel of Allah, a\ntoken unto you; so let her feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not\nwith hurt lest painful torment seize you.\n\nS: And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people!\nserve Allah, you have no god other than Him; clear proof indeed has\ncome to you from your Lord; this is (as) Allah's she-camel for you-- a\nsign, therefore leave her alone to pasture on Allah's earth, and do not\ntouch her with any harm, otherwise painful chastisement will overtake\nyou.\n\n007.074\nY: \"And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and\ngave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and\ncastles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountains; so bring\nto remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain\nfrom evil and mischief on the earth.\"\n\nP: And remember how He made you viceroys after A'ad and gave you station\nin the earth. Ye choose castles in the plains and hew the mountains\ninto dwellings. So remember (all) the bounties of Allah and do not\nevil, making mischief in the earth.\n\nS: And remember when He made you successors after Ad and settled you in\nthe land-- you make mansions on its plains and hew out houses in the\nmountains-- remember therefore Allah's benefits and do not act\ncorruptly in the land, making mischief.\n\n007.075\nY: The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who\nwere reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: \"know ye\nindeed that Salih is a messenger from his Lord?\" They said: \"We do\nindeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent through him.\"\n\nP: The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said unto those whom\nthey despised, unto such of them as believed: Know ye that Salih is one\nsent from his Lord? They said: Lo! In that wherewith he hath been sent\nwe are believers.\n\nS: The chief of those who behaved proudly among his people said to those\nwho were considered weak, to those who believed from among them: Do you\nknow that Salih is sent by his Lord? They said: Surely we are believers\nin what he has been sent with.\n\n007.076\nY: The Arrogant party said: \"For our part, we reject what ye believe\nin.\"\n\nP: Those who were scornful said: Lo! in that which ye believe we are\ndisbelievers.\n\nS: Those who were haughty said: Surely we are deniers of what you\nbelieve in.\n\n007.077\nY: Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order\nof their Lord, saying: \"O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art a\nmessenger (of Allah)!\"\n\nP: So they hamstrung the she-camel, and they flouted the commandment of\ntheir Lord, and they said: O Salih! Bring upon us that thou threatenest\nif thou art indeed of those sent (from Allah).\n\nS: So they slew the she-camel and revolted against their Lord's\ncommandment, and they said: O Salih! bring us what you threatened us\nwith, if you are one of the messengers.\n\n007.078\nY: So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their\nhomes in the morning!\n\nP: So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in\ntheir dwelling-place.\n\nS: Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies\nin their abode.\n\n007.079\nY: So Salih left them, saying: \"O my people! I did indeed convey to you\nthe message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel,\nbut ye love not good counsellors!\"\n\nP: And (Salih) turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my\nLord's message unto you and gave you good advice, but ye love not good\nadvisers.\n\nS: Then he turned away from them and said: O my people I did certainly\ndeliver to you the message of my Lord, and I gave you good advice, but\nyou do not love those who give good advice.\n\n007.080\nY: We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: \"Do ye commit lewdness\nsuch as no people in creation (ever) committed before you?\"\n\nP: And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit\nabomination such as no creature ever did before you?\n\nS: And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What! do you commit an\nindecency which any one in the world has not done before you?\n\n007.081\nY: \"For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are\nindeed a people transgressing beyond bounds.\"\n\nP: Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are\nwanton folk.\n\nS: Most surely you come to males in lust besides females; nay you are an\nextravagant people.\n\n007.082\nY: And his people gave no answer but this: they said, \"Drive them out of\nyour city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!\"\n\nP: And the answer of his people was only that they said (one to\nanother): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who\nkeep pure.\n\nS: And the answer of his people was no other than that they said: Turn\nthem out of your town, surely they are a people who seek to purify\n(themselves).\n\n007.083\nY: But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those\nwho legged behind.\n\nP: And We rescued him and his household, save his wife, who was of those\nwho stayed behind.\n\nS: So We delivered him and his followers, except his wife; she was of\nthose who remained behind.\n\n007.084\nY: And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was\nthe end of those who indulged in sin and crime!\n\nP: And We rained a rain upon them. See now the nature of the consequence\nof evil-doers!\n\nS: And We rained upon them a rain; consider then what was the end of the\nguilty.\n\n007.085\nY: To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he\nsaid: \"O my people! worship Allah; Ye have no other god but Him. Now\nhath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and\nweight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and\ndo no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: that will\nbe best for you, if ye have Faith.\"\n\nP: And unto Midian (We sent) their brother, Shu'eyb. He said: O my\npeople! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! a clear proof\nhath come unto you from your Lord; so give full measure and full weight\nand wrong not mankind in their goods, and work not confusion in the\nearth after the fair ordering thereof. That will be better for you, if\nye are believers.\n\nS: And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said: O my people!\nserve Allah, you have no god other than Him; clear proof indeed has\ncome to you from your Lord, therefore give full measure and weight and\ndo not diminish to men their things, and do not make mischief in the\nland after its reform; this is better for you if you are believers:\n\n007.086\nY: \"And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the\npath of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something\ncrooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And\nhold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief.\"\n\nP: Lurk not on every road to threaten (wayfarers), and to turn away from\nAllah's path him who believeth in Him, and to seek to make it crooked.\nAnd remember, when ye were but few, how He did multiply you. And see\nthe nature of the consequence for the corrupters!\n\nS: And do not lie in wait in every path, threatening and turning away\nfrom Allah's way him who believes in Him and seeking to make it\ncrooked; and remember when you were few then He multiplied you, and\nconsider what was the end of the mischief-makers.\n\n007.087\nY: \"And if there is a party among you who believes in the message with\nwhich I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, hold\nyourselves in patience until Allah doth decide between us: for He is\nthe best to decide.\"\n\nP: And if there is a party of you which believeth in that wherewith I\nhave been sent, and there is a party which believeth not, then have\npatience until Allah judge between us. He is the Best of all who deal\nin judgment.\n\nS: And if there is a party of you who believe in that with which am\nsent, and another party who do not believe, then wait patiently until\nAllah judges between us; and He is the best of the Judges.\n\n007.088\nY: The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said: \"O Shu'aib!\nwe shall certainly drive thee out of our city - (thee) and those who\nbelieve with thee; or else ye (thou and they) shall have to return to\nour ways and religion.\" He said: \"What! even though we do detest\n(them)?\"\n\nP: The chieftains of his people, who were scornful, said: Surely we will\ndrive thee out, O Shu'eyb, and those who believe with thee, from our\ntownship, unless ye return to our religion. He said: Even though we\nhate it?\n\nS: The chiefs, those who were proud from among his people said: We will\nmost certainly turn you out, O Shu'aib, and (also) those who believe\nwith you, from our town, or you shall come back to our faith. He said:\nWhat! though we dislike (it)?\n\n007.089\nY: \"We should indeed invent a lie against Allah, if we returned to your\nways after Allah hath rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any manner\nof means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of Allah,\nOur Lord. Our Lord can reach out to the utmost recesses of things by\nHis knowledge. In Allah is our trust. Our Lord! decide Thou between\nus and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide.\"\n\nP: We should have invented a lie against Allah if we returned to your\nreligion after Allah hath rescued us from it. It is not for us to\nreturn to it unless Allah our Lord should (so) will. Our Lord\ncomprehendeth all things in knowledge. In Allah do we put our trust.\nOur Lord! Decide with truth between us and our folk, for Thou art the\nbest of those who make decision.\n\nS: Indeed we shall have forged a lie against Allah If we go back to your\nreligion after Allah has delivered us from it, and it befits us not\nthat we should go back to it, except if Allah our Lord please: Our Lord\ncomprehends all things in His knowledge; in Allah do we trust: Our\nLord! decide between us and our people with truth; and Thou art the\nbest of deciders.\n\n007.090\nY: The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said: \"If ye follow\nShu'aib, be sure then ye are ruined!\"\n\nP: But the chieftains of his people, who were disbelieving, said: If ye\nfollow Shu'eyb, then truly ye shall be the losers.\n\nS: And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said:\nIf you follow Shu'aib, you shall then most surely be losers.\n\n007.091\nY: But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in\ntheir homes before the morning!\n\nP: So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in\ntheir dwelling-place.\n\nS: Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became motionless bodies\nin their abode.\n\n007.092\nY: The men who reject Shu'aib became as if they had never been in the\nhomes where they had flourished: the men who rejected Shu'aib - it was\nthey who were ruined!\n\nP: Those who denied Shu'eyb became as though they had not dwelt there.\nThose who denied Shu'eyb, they were the losers.\n\nS: Those who called Shu'aib a liar were as though they had never dwelt\ntherein; those who called Shu'aib a liar, they were the losers.\n\n007.093\nY: So Shu'aib left them, saying: \"O my people! I did indeed convey to\nyou the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good\ncounsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!\"\n\nP: So he turned from them and said: O my people! I delivered my Lord's\nmessages unto you and gave you good advice; then how can I sorrow for a\npeople that rejected (truth)?\n\nS: So he turned away from them and said: O my people! certainly I\ndelivered to you the messages of my Lord and I gave you good advice;\nhow shall I then be sorry for an unbelieving people?\n\n007.094\nY: Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in\nsuffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.\n\nP: And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk\nwith tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.\n\nS: And We did not send a prophet in a town but We overtook its people\nwith distress and affliction in order that they might humble\nthemselves.\n\n007.095\nY: Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and\nmultiplied, and began to say: \"Our fathers (too) were touched by\nsuffering and affluence\" ... Behold! We called them to account of a\nsudden, while they realised not (their peril).\n\nP: Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and\nsaid: Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized\nthem unawares, when they perceived not.\n\nS: Then We gave them good in the place of evil until they became many\nand said: Distress and happiness did indeed befall our fathers. Then We\ntook them by surprise while they did not perceive.\n\n007.096\nY: If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, We\nshould indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from\nheaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to\nbook for their misdeeds.\n\nP: And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil,\nsurely We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from\nthe earth. But (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We\nseized them on account of what they used to earn.\n\nS: And if the people of the towns had believed and guarded (against\nevil) We would certainly have opened up for them blessings from the\nheaven and the earth, but they rejected, so We overtook them for what\nthey had earned.\n\n007.097\nY: Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our\nwrath by night while they were asleep?\n\nP: Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our\nwrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep?\n\nS: What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from Our punishment\ncoming to them by night while they sleep?\n\n007.098\nY: Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight\nwhile they played about (care-free)?\n\nP: Or are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our\nwrath upon them in the daytime while they play?\n\nS: What! do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment\ncoming to them in the morning while they play?\n\n007.099\nY: Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah?- but no one can\nfeel secure from the Plan of Allah, except those (doomed) to ruin!\n\nP: Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure\nfrom Allah's scheme save folk that perish.\n\nS: What! do they then feel secure from Allah's plan? But none feels\nsecure from Allah's plan except the people who shall perish.\n\n007.100\nY: To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous)\npossessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if We so willed, We\ncould punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so\nthat they could not hear?\n\nP: Is it not an indication to those who inherit the land after its\npeople (who thus reaped the consequence of evil-doing) that, if We\nwill, We can smite them for their sins and print upon their hearts so\nthat they hear not?\n\nS: Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after its (former)\nresidents that if We please We would afflict them on account of their\nfaults and set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear.\n\n007.101\nY: Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto thee: There\ncame indeed to them their messengers with clear (signs): But they would\nnot believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Allah seal up the\nhearts of those who reject faith.\n\nP: Such were the townships. We relate some tidings of them unto thee\n(Muhammad). Their messengers verily came unto them with clear proofs\n(of Allah's Sovereignty), but they could not believe because they had\nbefore denied. Thus doth Allah print upon the hearts of disbelievers\n(that they hear not).\n\nS: These towns-- We relate to you some of their stories, and certainly\ntheir messengers came to them with clear arguments, but they would not\nbelieve in what they rejected at first; thus does Allah set a seal over\nthe hearts of the unbelievers.\n\n007.102\nY: Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: but most of\nthem We found rebellious and disobedient.\n\nP: We found no (loyalty to any) covenant in most of them. Nay, most of\nthem We found wrong-doers.\n\nS: And We did not find in most of them any (faithfulness to) covenant,\nand We found most of them to be certainly transgressors.\n\n007.103\nY: Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his\nchiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of\nthose who made mischief.\n\nP: Then, after them, We sent Moses with our tokens unto Pharaoh and his\nchiefs, but they repelled them. Now, see the nature of the consequence\nfor the corrupters!\n\nS: Then we raised after them Musa with Our communications to Firon and\nhis chiefs, but they disbelieved in them; consider then what was the\nend of the mischief makers.\n\n007.104\nY: Moses said: \"O Pharaoh! I am a messenger from the Lord of the\nworlds,-\"\n\nP: Moses said: O Pharaoh! Lo! I am a messenger from the Lord of the\nWorlds,\n\nS: And Musa said: O Firon! surely I am a messenger from the Lord of the\nworlds:\n\n007.105\nY: \"One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about Allah. Now\nhave I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear (Sign): So\nlet the Children of Israel depart along with me.\"\n\nP: Approved upon condition that I speak concerning Allah nothing but the\ntruth. I come unto you (lords of Egypt) with a clear proof from your\nLord. So let the Children of Israel go with me.\n\nS: (I am) worthy of not saying anything about Allah except the truth: I\nhave come to you indeed with clear proof from your Lord, therefore send\nwith me the children of Israel.\n\n007.106\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"If indeed thou hast come with a Sign, show it\nforth,- if thou tellest the truth.\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: If thou comest with a token, then produce it, if thou\nart of those who speak the truth.\n\nS: He said: If you have come with a sign, then bring it, if you are of\nthe truthful ones.\n\n007.107\nY: Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, plain (for\nall to see)!\n\nP: Then he flung down his staff and lo! it was a serpent manifest;\n\nS: So he threw his rod, then lo! it was a clear serpent.\n\n007.108\nY: And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all beholders!\n\nP: And he drew forth his hand (from his bosom), and lo! it was white for\nthe beholders.\n\nS: And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white to the beholders.\n\n007.109\nY: Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: \"This is indeed a sorcerer\nwell-versed.\"\n\nP: The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: Lo! this is some knowing wizard,\n\nS: The chiefs of Firon's people said: most surely this is an enchanter\npossessed of knowledge:\n\n007.110\nY: \"His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it ye\ncounsel?\"\n\nP: Who would expel you from your land. Now what do ye advise?\n\nS: He intends to turn you out of your land. What counsel do you then\ngive?\n\n007.111\nY: They said: \"Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and\nsend to the cities men to collect-\"\n\nP: They said (unto Pharaoh): Put him off (a while) - him and his brother\n- and send into the cities summoners,\n\nS: They said: Put him off and his brother, and send collectors into the\ncities:\n\n007.112\nY: \"And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed.\"\n\nP: To bring each knowing wizard unto thee.\n\nS: That they may bring to you every enchanter possessed of knowledge.\n\n007.113\nY: So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, \"of course we\nshall have a (suitable) reward if we win!\"\n\nP: And the wizards came to Pharaoh, saying: Surely there will be a\nreward for us if we are victors.\n\nS: And the enchanters came to Firon (and) said: We must surely have a\nreward if we are the prevailing ones.\n\n007.114\nY: He said: \"Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to\nposts) nearest (to my person).\"\n\nP: He answered: Yes, and surely ye shall be of those brought near (to\nme).\n\nS: He said: Yes, and you shall certainly be of those who are near (to\nme).\n\n007.115\nY: They said: \"O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the\n(first) throw?\"\n\nP: They said: O Moses! Either throw (first) or let us be the first\nthrowers?\n\nS: They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first to cast?\n\n007.116\nY: Said Moses: \"Throw ye (first).\" So when they threw, they bewitched\nthe eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a\ngreat (feat of) magic.\n\nP: He said: Throw! And when they threw they cast a spell upon the\npeople's eyes, and overawed them, and produced a mighty spell.\n\nS: He said: Cast. So when they cast, they deceived the people's eyes and\nfrightened them, and they produced a mighty enchantment.\n\n007.117\nY: We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: \"Throw (now) thy rod\": and\nbehold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they\nfake!\n\nP: And We inspired Moses (saying): Throw thy staff! And lo! it swallowed\nup their lying show.\n\nS: And We revealed to Musa, saying: Cast your rod; then lo! it devoured\nthe lies they told.\n\n007.118\nY: Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no\neffect.\n\nP: Thus was the Truth vindicated and that which they were doing was made\nvain.\n\nS: So the truth was established, and what they did became null.\n\n007.119\nY: So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to\nlook small.\n\nP: Thus were they there defeated and brought low.\n\nS: Thus they were vanquished there, and they went back abased.\n\n007.120\nY: But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.\n\nP: And the wizards fell down prostrate,\n\nS: And the enchanters were thrown down, prostrating (themselves).\n\n007.121\nY: Saying: \"We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,-\"\n\nP: Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,\n\nS: They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds,\n\n007.122\nY: \"The Lord of Moses and Aaron.\"\n\nP: The Lord of Moses and Aaron.\n\nS: The Lord of Musa and Haroun.\n\n007.123\nY: Said Pharaoh: \"Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely\nthis is a trick which ye have planned in the city to drive out its\npeople: but soon shall ye know (the consequences).\"\n\nP: Pharaoh said: Ye believe in Him before I give you leave! Lo! this is\nthe plot that ye have plotted in the city that ye may drive its people\nhence. But ye shall come to know!\n\nS: Firon said: Do you believe in Him before I have given you permission?\nSurely this is a plot which you have secretly devised in this city,\nthat you may turn out of it its people, but you shall know:\n\n007.124\nY: \"Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite sides,\nand I will cause you all to die on the cross.\"\n\nP: Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides.\nThen I shall crucify you every one.\n\nS: I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides,\nthen will I crucify you all together.\n\n007.125\nY: They said: \"For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord:\"\n\nP: They said: Lo! We are about to return unto our Lord!\n\nS: They said: Surely to our Lord shall we go back:\n\n007.126\nY: \"But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we believed\nin the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us\npatience and constancy, and take our souls unto thee as Muslims (who\nbow to thy will)!\"\n\nP: Thou takest vengeance on us only forasmuch as we believed the tokens\nof our Lord when they came unto us. Our Lord! Vouchsafe unto us\nsteadfastness and make us die as men who have surrendered (unto Thee).\n\nS: And you do not take revenge on us except because we have believed in\nthe communications of our Lord when they came to us! Our Lord: Pour out\nupon us patience and cause us to die in submission.\n\n007.127\nY: Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: \"Wilt thou leave Moses and his\npeople, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon thee and thy\ngods?\" He said: \"Their male children will we slay; (only) their females\nwill we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible.\"\n\nP: The chiefs of Pharaoh's people said: (O King), wilt thou suffer Moses\nand his people to make mischief in the land, and flout thee and thy\ngods? He said: We will slay their sons and spare their women, for lo!\nwe are in power over them.\n\nS: And the chiefs of Firon's people said: Do you leave Musa and his\npeople to make mischief in the land and to forsake you and your gods?\nHe said: We will slay their sons and spare their women, and surely we\nare masters over them.\n\n007.128\nY: Said Moses to his people: \"Pray for help from Allah, and (wait) in\npatience and constancy: for the earth is Allah's, to give as a heritage\nto such of His servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (best) for the\nrighteous.\"\n\nP: And Moses said unto his people: Seek help in Allah and endure. Lo!\nthe earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an inheritance to whom He will.\nAnd lo! the sequel is for those who keep their duty (unto Him).\n\nS: Musa said to his people: Ask help from Allah and be patient; surely\nthe land is Allah's; He causes such of His servants to inherit it as He\npleases, and the end is for those who guard (against evil).\n\n007.129\nY: They said: \"We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after\nthou camest to us.\" He said: \"It may be that your Lord will destroy\nyour enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you\nby your deeds.\"\n\nP: They said: We suffered hurt before thou camest unto us, and since\nthou hast come unto us. He said: It may be that your Lord is going to\ndestroy your adversary and make you viceroys in the earth, that He may\nsee how ye behave.\n\nS: They said: We have been persecuted before you came to us and since\nyou have come to us. He said: It may be that your Lord will destroy\nyour enemy and make you rulers in the land, then He will see how you\nact.\n\n007.130\nY: We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and\nshortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.\n\nP: And we straitened Pharaoh's folk with famine and dearth of fruits,\nthat peradventure they might heed.\n\nS: And certainly We overtook Firon's people with droughts and diminution\nof fruits that they may be mindful.\n\n007.131\nY: But when good (times) came, they said, \"This is due to us;\" When\ngripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with\nMoses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs\nin Allah's sight, but most of them do not understand!\n\nP: But whenever good befell them, they said: This is ours; and whenever\nevil smote them they ascribed it to the evil auspices of Moses and\nthose with him. Surely their evil auspice was only with Allah. But most\nof them knew not.\n\nS: But when good befell them they said: This is due to us; and when evil\nafflicted them, they attributed it to the ill-luck of Musa and those\nwith him; surely their evil fortune is only from Allah but most of them\ndo not know.\n\n007.132\nY: They said (to Moses): \"Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work\ntherewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee.\"\n\nP: And they said: Whatever portent thou bringest wherewith to bewitch\nus, we shall not put faith in thee.\n\nS: And they said: Whatever sign you may bring to us to charm us with\nit-- we will not believe in you.\n\n007.133\nY: So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs,\nAnd Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in\narrogance,- a people given to sin.\n\nP: So We sent against them the flood and the locusts and the vermin and\nthe frogs and the blood - a succession of clear signs. But they were\narrogant and became a guilty folk.\n\nS: Therefore We sent upon them widespread death, and the locusts and the\nlice and the frog and the blood, clear signs; but they behaved\nhaughtily and they were a guilty people.\n\n007.134\nY: Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: \"O Moses! on your\nbehalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt\nremove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we\nshall send away the Children of Israel with thee.\"\n\nP: And when the terror fell on them they cried: O Moses! Pray for us\nunto thy Lord, because He hath a covenant with thee. If thou removest\nthe terror from us we verily will trust thee and will let the Children\nof Israel go with thee.\n\nS: And when the plague fell upon them, they said: O Musa! pray for us to\nyour Lord as He has promised with you, if you remove the plague from\nus, we will certainly believe in you and we will certainly send away\nwith you the children of Israel.\n\n007.135\nY: But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed\nterm which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word!\n\nP: But when We did remove from them the terror for a term which they\nmust reach, behold! they broke their covenant.\n\nS: But when We removed the plague from them till a term which they\nshould attain lo! they broke (the promise).\n\n007.136\nY: So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea,\nbecause they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.\n\nP: Therefore We took retribution from them; therefore We drowned them in\nthe sea: because they denied Our revelations and were heedless of them.\n\nS: Therefore We inflicted retribution on them and drowned them in the\nsea because they rejected Our signs and were heedless of them.\n\n007.137\nY: And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors\nof lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our\nblessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children\nof Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to\nthe ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his\npeople erected (with such pride).\n\nP: And We caused the folk who were despised to inherit the eastern parts\nof the land and the western parts thereof which We had blessed. And the\nfair word of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because\nof their endurance; and We annihilated (all) that Pharaoh and his folk\nhad done and that they had contrived.\n\nS: And We made the people who were deemed weak to inherit the eastern\nlands and the western ones which We had blessed; and the good word of\nyour Lord was fulfilled in the children of Israel because they bore up\n(sufferings) patiently; and We utterly destroyed what Firon and his\npeople had wrought and what they built.\n\n007.138\nY: We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They\ncame upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said:\n\"O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the gods they have.\" He said:\n\"Surely ye are a people without knowledge.\"\n\nP: And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came\nunto a people who were given up to idols which they had. They said: O\nMoses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a\nfolk who know not.\n\nS: And We made the children of Israel to pass the sea; then they came\nupon a people who kept to the worship of their idols They said: O Musa!\nmake for us a god as they have (their) gods He said: Surely you are a\npeople acting ignorantly:\n\n007.139\nY: \"As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a\nruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise.\"\n\nP: Lo! as for these, their way will be destroyed and all that they are\ndoing is in vain.\n\nS: (As to) these, surely that about which they are shall be brought to\nnaught and that which they do is vain.\n\n007.140\nY: He said: \"Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) Allah,\nwhen it is Allah Who hath endowed you with gifts above the nations?\"\n\nP: He said: Shall I seek for you a god other than Allah when He hath\nfavoured you above (all) creatures?\n\nS: He said: What! shall I seek for you a god other than Allah while He\nhas made you excel (all) created things?\n\n007.141\nY: And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you\nwith the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and saved\nalive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord.\n\nP: And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk who were\nafflicting you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and\nsparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord.\n\nS: And when We delivered you from Firon's people who subjected you to\nsevere torment, killing your sons and sparing your women, and in this\nthere was a great trial from your Lord.\n\n007.142\nY: We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with\nten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord,\nforty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went\nup): \"Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow not the way\nof those who do mischief.\"\n\nP: And when We did appoint for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and\nadded to them ten, and he completed the whole time appointed by his\nLord of forty nights; and Moses said unto his brother, Aaron: Take my\nplace among the people. Do right, and follow not the way of\nmischief-makers.\n\nS: And We appointed with Musa a time of thirty nights and completed them\nwith ten (more), so the appointed time of his Lord was complete forty\nnights, and Musa said to his brother Haroun: Take my place among my\npeople, and act well and do not follow the way of the mischief-makers.\n\n007.143\nY: When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed\nhim, He said: \"O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon\nthee.\" Allah said: \"By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look\nupon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me.\" When\nhis Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And\nMoses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said:\n\"Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to\nbelieve.\"\n\nP: And when Moses came to Our appointed tryst and his Lord had spoken\nunto him, he said: My Lord! Show me (Thy Self), that I may gaze upon\nThee. He said: Thou wilt not see Me, but gaze upon the mountain! If it\nstand still in its place, then thou wilt see Me. And when his Lord\nrevealed (His) glory to the mountain He sent it crashing down. And\nMoses fell down senseless. And when he woke he said: Glory unto Thee! I\nturn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true) believers.\n\nS: And when Musa came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him,\nhe said: My Lord! show me (Thyself), so that I may look upon Thee. He\nsaid: You cannot (bear to) see Me but look at the mountain, if it\nremains firm in its place, then will you see Me; but when his Lord\nmanifested His glory to the mountain He made it crumble and Musa fell\ndown in a swoon; then when he recovered, he said: Glory be to Thee, I\nturn to Thee, and I am the first of the believers.\n\n007.144\nY: (Allah) said: \"O Moses! I have chosen thee above (other) men, by the\nmission I (have given thee) and the words I (have spoken to thee): take\nthen the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who give\nthanks.\"\n\nP: He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages\nand by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee,\nand be among the thankful.\n\nS: He said: O Musa! surely I have chosen you above the people with My\nmessages and with My words, therefore take hold of what I give to you\nand be of the grateful ones.\n\n007.145\nY: And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both\ncommanding and explaining all things, (and said): \"Take and hold these\nwith firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the\nprecepts: soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked,- (How they lie\ndesolate).\"\n\nP: And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from\nall things and the explanation of all things, then (bade him): Hold it\nfast; and command thy people (saying): Take the better (course made\nclear) therein. I shall show thee the abode of evil-livers.\n\nS: And We ordained for him in the tablets admonition of every kind and\nclear explanation of all things; so take hold of them with firmness and\nenjoin your people to take hold of what is best thereof; I will show\nyou the abode of the transgressors.\n\n007.146\nY: Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of right - them\nwill I turn away from My signs: Even if they see all the signs, they\nwill not believe in them; and if they see the way of right conduct,\nthey will not adopt it as the way; but if they see the way of error,\nthat is the way they will adopt. For they have rejected our signs, and\nfailed to take warning from them.\n\nP: I shall turn away from My revelations those who magnify themselves\nwrongfully in the earth, and if they see each token believe it not, and\nif they see the way of righteousness choose it nor for (their) way, and\nif they see the way of error choose if for (their) way. That is because\nthey deny Our revelations and are used to disregard them.\n\nS: I will turn away from My communications those who are unjustly proud\nin the earth; and if they see every sign they will not believe in It;\nand if they see the way of rectitude they do not take It for a way, and\nif they see the way of error, they take it for a way; this is because\nthey rejected Our communications and were heedless of them.\n\n007.147\nY: Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter,- vain\nare their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have\nwrought?\n\nP: Those who deny Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter,\ntheir works are fruitless. Are they requited aught save what they used\nto do?\n\nS: And (as to) those who reject Our communications and the meeting of\nthe hereafter, their deeds are null. Shall they be rewarded except for\nwhat they have done?\n\n007.148\nY: The people of Moses made, in his absence, out of their ornaments, the\nimage of calf, (for worship): it seemed to low: did they not see that\nit could neither speak to them, nor show them the way? They took it for\nworship and they did wrong.\n\nP: And the folk of Moses, after (he left them), chose a calf (for\nworship), (made) out of their ornaments, of saffron hue, which gave a\nlowing sound. Saw they not that it spake not unto them nor guided them\nto any way? They chose it, and became wrong-doers.\n\nS: And Musa's people made of their ornaments a calf after him, a (mere)\nbody, which gave a mooing sound. What! could they not see that it did\nnot speak to them nor guide them in the way? They took it (for worship)\nand they were unjust.\n\n007.149\nY: When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said: \"If our\nLord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of those\nwho perish.\"\n\nP: And when they feared the consequences thereof and saw that they had\ngone astray, they said: Unless our Lord have mercy on us and forgive\nus, we verily are of the lost.\n\nS: And when they repented and saw that they had gone astray, they said:\nIf our Lord show not mercy to us and forgive us we shall certainly be\nof the losers.\n\n007.150\nY: When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said:\n\n\"Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did ye make\nhaste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?\" He put down the tablets,\nseized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him.\nAaron said: \"Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as\nnaught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over\nmy misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin.\"\nP: And when Moses returned unto his people, angry and grieved, he said:\nEvil is that (course) which ye took after I had left you. Would ye\nhasten on the judgment of your Lord? And he cast down the tablets, and\nhe seized his brother by the head, dragging him toward him. He said:\nSon of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me weak and almost killed me.\nOh, make not mine enemies to triumph over me and place me not among the\nevil-doers.\n\nS: And when Musa returned to his people, wrathful (and) in violent\ngrief, he said: Evil is it that you have done after me; did you turn\naway from the bidding of your Lord? And he threw down the tablets and\nseized his brother by the head, dragging him towards him. He said: Son\nof my mother! surely the people reckoned me weak and had well-nigh\nslain me, therefore make not the enemies to rejoice over me and count\nme not among the unjust people.\n\n007.151\nY: Moses prayed: \"O my Lord! forgive me and my brother! admit us to Thy\nmercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Have mercy on me and on my brother; bring us into\nThy mercy, Thou the Most Merciful of all who show mercy.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! forgive me and my brother and cause us to enter\ninto Thy mercy, and Thou art the most Merciful of the merciful ones.\n\n007.152\nY: Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with\nwrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life: thus do We\nrecompense those who invent (falsehoods).\n\nP: Lo! Those who chose the calf (for worship), terror from their Lord\nand humiliation will come upon them in the life of the world. Thus do\nWe requite those who invent a lie.\n\nS: (As for) those who took the calf (for a god), surely wrath from their\nLord and disgrace in this world's life shall overtake them, and thus do\nWe recompense the devisers of lies.\n\n007.153\nY: But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly) believe,-\nverily thy Lord is thereafter Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: But those who do ill-deeds and afterward repent and believe - lo! for\nthem, afterward, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And (as to) those who do evil deeds, then repent after that and\nbelieve, your Lord after that is most surely Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n007.154\nY: When the anger of Moses was appeased, he took up the tablets: in the\nwriting thereon was guidance and Mercy for such as fear their Lord.\n\nP: Then, when the anger of Moses abated, he took up the tablets, and in\ntheir inscription there was guidance and mercy for all those who fear\ntheir Lord.\n\nS: And when Musa's anger calmed down he took up the tablets, and in the\nwriting thereof was guidance and mercy for those who fear for the sake\nof their Lord.\n\n007.155\nY: And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when\nthey were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: \"O my Lord! if it had\nbeen Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and\nme: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us?\nthis is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to\nstray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art\nour Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the\nbest of those who forgive.\"\n\nP: And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed tryst\nand, when the trembling came on them, he said: My Lord! If Thou hadst\nwilled Thou hadst destroyed them long before, and me with them. Wilt\nthou destroy us for that which the ignorant among us did? It is but Thy\ntrial (of us). Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray and guidest whom Thou\nwilt: Thou art our Protecting Friend, therefore forgive us and have\nmercy on us, Thou, the Best of all who show forgiveness.\n\nS: And Musa chose out of his people seventy men for Our appointment; so\nwhen the earthquake overtook them, he said: My Lord! if Thou hadst\npleased, Thou hadst destroyed them before and myself (too); wilt Thou\ndestroy us for what the fools among us have done? It is naught but Thy\ntrial, Thou makest err with it whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou\npleasest: Thou art our Guardian, therefore forgive us and have mercy on\nus, and Thou art the best of the forgivers.\n\n007.156\nY: \"And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the\nHereafter: for we have turned unto Thee.\" He said: \"With My punishment\nI visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That (mercy)\nI shall ordain for those who do right, and practise regular charity,\nand those who believe in Our signs;-\"\n\nP: And ordain for us in this world that which is good, and in the\nHereafter (that which is good), Lo! We have turned unto Thee. He said:\nI smite with My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all\nthings, therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil) and\npay the poor-due, and those who believe Our revelations;\n\nS: And ordain for us good in this world's life and in the hereafter, for\nsurely we turn to Thee. He said: (As for) My chastisement, I will\nafflict with it whom I please, and My mercy encompasses all things; so\nI will ordain it (specially) for those who guard (against evil) and pay\nthe poor-rate, and those who believe in Our communications.\n\n007.157\nY: \"Those who follow the messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they\nfind mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;-\nfor he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he\nallows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from\nwhat is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and\nfrom the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him,\nhonour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with\nhim,- it is they who will prosper.\"\n\nP: Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor\nwrite, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which\nare) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid\nthem that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things\nand prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their\nburden and the fetters that they used to wear. Then those who believe\nin him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is\nsent down with him: they are the successful.\n\nS: Those who follow the Messenger-Prophet, the Ummi, whom they find\nwritten down with them in the Taurat and the Injeel (who) enjoins them\ngood and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things\nand makes unlawful to them impure things, and removes from them their\nburden and the shackles which were upon them; so (as for) those who\nbelieve in him and honor him and help him, and follow the light which\nhas been sent down with him, these it is that are the successful.\n\n007.158\nY: Say: \"O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of Allah, to\nWhom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no\ngod but He: it is He That giveth both life and death. So believe in\nAllah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah\nand His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah to you\nall - (the messenger of) Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the\nheavens and the earth. There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and He\ngiveth death. So believe in Allah and His messenger, the Prophet who\ncan neither read nor write, who believeth in Allah and in His Words,\nand follow him that haply ye may be led aright.\n\nS: Say: O people! surely I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him\nWhose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth there is no god but\nHe; He brings to life and causes to die therefore believe in Allah and\nHis messenger, the Ummi Prophet who believes in Allah and His words,\nand follow him so that you may walk in the right way.\n\n007.159\nY: Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and do justice in\nthe light of truth.\n\nP: And of Moses' folk there is a community who lead with truth and\nestablish justice therewith.\n\nS: And of Musa's people was a party who guided (people) with the truth,\nand thereby did they do justice.\n\n007.160\nY: We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed Moses by\ninspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: \"Strike the\nrock with thy staff\": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs: Each\ngroup knew its own place for water. We gave them the shade of clouds,\nand sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): \"Eat of the good\nthings We have provided for you\": (but they rebelled); to Us they did\nno harm, but they harmed their own souls.\n\nP: We divided them into twelve tribes, nations; and We inspired Moses,\nwhen his people asked him for water, saying: Smite with thy staff the\nrock! And there gushed forth therefrom twelve springs, so that each\ntribe knew their drinking-place. And we caused the white cloud to\novershadow them and sent down for them the manna and the quails\n(saying): Eat of the good things wherewith we have provided you. They\nwronged Us not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.\n\nS: And We divided them into twelve tribes, as nations; and We revealed\nto Musa when his people asked him for water: Strike the rock with your\nstaff, so outflowed from it twelve springs; each tribe knew its drinking\nplace; and We made the clouds to give shade over them and We sent to\nthem manna and quails: Eat of the good things We have given you. And\nthey did not do Us any harm, but they did injustice to their own souls.\n\n007.161\nY: And remember it was said to them: \"Dwell in this town and eat therein\nas ye wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate in a\nposture of humility: We shall forgive you your faults; We shall\nincrease (the portion of) those who do good.\"\n\nP: And when it was said unto them: Dwell in this township and eat\ntherefrom whence ye will, and say \"Repentance,\" and enter the gate\nprostrate; We shall forgive you your sins; We shall increase (reward)\nfor the right-doers.\n\nS: And when it was said to them: Reside in this town and eat from it\nwherever you wish, and say, Put down from us our heavy burdens: and\nenter the gate making obeisance, We will forgive you your wrongs: We\nwill give more to those who do good (to others).\n\n007.162\nY: But the transgressors among them changed the word from that which had\nbeen given them so we sent on them a plague from heaven. For that they\nrepeatedly transgressed.\n\nP: But those of them who did wrong changed the word which had been told\nthem for another saying, and We sent down upon them wrath from heaven\nfor their wrongdoing.\n\nS: But those who were unjust among them changed it for a saying other\nthan that which had been spoken to them; so We sent upon them a\npestilence from heaven because they were unjust.\n\n007.163\nY: Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they\ntransgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their\nSabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but\non the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial\nof them, for they were given to transgression.\n\nP: Ask them (O Muhammad) of the township that was by the sea, how they\ndid break the Sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon\ntheir Sabbath day and on a day when they did not keep Sabbath came they\nnot unto them. Thus did We try them for that they were evil-livers.\n\nS: And ask them about the town which stood by the sea; when they\nexceeded the limits of the Sabbath, when their fish came to them on the\nday of their Sabbath, appearing on the surface of the water, and on the\nday on which they did not keep the Sabbath they did not come to them;\nthus did We try them because they transgressed.\n\n007.164\nY: When some of them said: \"Why do ye preach to a people whom Allah will\ndestroy or visit with a terrible punishment?\"- said the preachers: \"To\ndischarge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may fear Him.\"\n\nP: And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom\nAllah is about to destroy or punish with an awful doom, they said: In\norder to be free from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may\nward off (evil).\n\nS: And when a party of them said: Why do you admonish a with a severe\nchastisement? They said: To be free from blame before your Lord, and\nthat haply they may guard (against evil).\n\n007.165\nY: When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them, We\nrescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a\ngrievous punishment because they were given to transgression.\n\nP: And when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We rescued\nthose who forbade wrong, and visited those who did wrong with dreadful\npunishment because they were evil-livers.\n\nS: So when they neglected what they had been reminded of, We delivered\nthose who forbade evil and We overtook those who were unjust with an\nevil chastisement because they transgressed.\n\n007.166\nY: When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said\nto them: \"Be ye apes, despised and rejected.\"\n\nP: So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We\nsaid unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed!\n\nS: Therefore when they revoltingly persisted in what they had been\nforbidden, We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and hated.\n\n007.167\nY: Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them, to the\nDay of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievous penalty.\nThy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: And (remember) when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise against\nthem till the Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel\ntorment. Lo! verily thy Lord is swift in prosecution and lo! verily He\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And when your Lord announced that He would certainly send against\nthem to the day of resurrection those who would subject them to severe\ntorment; most surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil) and most\nsurely He is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n007.168\nY: We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them\nsome that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have\ntried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might\nturn (to us).\n\nP: And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations. Some of\nthem are righteous, and some far from that. And We have tried them with\ngood things and evil things that haply they might return.\n\nS: And We cut them up on the earth into parties, (some) of them being\nrighteous and (others) of them falling short of that, and We tried them\nwith blessings and misfortunes that they might turn.\n\n007.169\nY: After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book,\nbut they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for\nexcuse): \"(Everything) will be forgiven us.\" (Even so), if similar\nvanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the\ncovenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to\nAllah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But\nbest for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not\nunderstand?\n\nP: And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures.\nThey grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and\nsay: It will be forgiven us. And if there came to them (again) the\noffer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again). Hath not\nthe covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they\nshould not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth? And they have\nstudied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is\nbetter, for those who ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: Then there came after them an evil posterity who inherited the Book,\ntaking only the frail good of this low life and saying: It will be\nforgiven us. And if the like good came to them, they would take it\n(too). Was not a promise taken from them in the Book that they would\nnot speak anything about Allah but the truth, and they have read what\nis in it; and the abode of the hereafter is better for those who guard\n(against evil). Do you not then understand?\n\n007.170\nY: As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer,-\nnever shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.\n\nP: And as for those who make (men) keep the Scripture, and establish\nworship - lo! We squander not the wages of reformers.\n\nS: And (as for) those who hold fast by the Book and keep up prayer,\nsurely We do not waste the reward of the right doers.\n\n007.171\nY: When We shook the Mount over them, as if it had been a canopy, and\nthey thought it was going to fall on them (We said): \"Hold firmly to\nwhat We have given you, and bring (ever) to remembrance what is\ntherein; perchance ye may fear Allah.\"\n\nP: And when We shook the Mount above them as it were a covering, and\nthey supposed that it was going to fall upon them (and We said): Hold\nfast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein,\nthat ye may ward off (evil).\n\nS: And when We shook the mountain over them as if it were a covering\noverhead, and they thought that it was going to fall down upon them:\nTake hold of what We have given you with firmness, and be mindful of\nwhat is in it, so that you may guard (against evil).\n\n007.172\nY: When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins\n- their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves,\n(saying): \"Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?\"- They\nsaid: \"Yea! We do testify!\" (This), lest ye should say on the Day of\nJudgment: \"Of this we were never mindful\":\n\nP: And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam,\nfrom their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves,\n(saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That\nwas) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were\nunaware;\n\nS: And when your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam, from\ntheir backs, their descendants, and made them bear witness against\ntheir own souls: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes! we bear witness.\nLest you should say on the day of resurrection: Surely we were heedless\nof this.\n\n007.173\nY: Or lest ye should say: \"Our fathers before us may have taken false\ngods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy\nus because of the deeds of men who were futile?\"\n\nP: Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed\npartners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou\ndestroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did?\n\nS: Or you should say: Only our fathers associated others (with Allah)\nbefore, and we were an offspring after them: Wilt Thou then destroy us\nfor what the vain doers did?\n\n007.174\nY: Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn\n(unto Us).\n\nP: Thus we detail the revelations, that haply they may return.\n\nS: And thus do We make clear the communications, and that haply they\nmight return.\n\n007.175\nY: Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he\npassed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray.\n\nP: Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but\nhe sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who\nlead astray.\n\nS: And recite to them the narrative of him to whom We give Our\ncommunications, but he withdraws himself from them, so the Shaitan\novertakes him, so he is of those who go astray.\n\n007.176\nY: If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs;\nbut he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His\nsimilitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his\ntongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue.\nThat is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the\nstory; perchance they may reflect.\n\nP: And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he\nclung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is\nas the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his\ntongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out.\nSuch is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate\nunto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take\nthought.\n\nS: And if We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted him thereby;\nbut he clung to the earth and followed his low desire, so his parable\nis as the parable of the dog; if you attack him he lolls out his\ntongue; and if you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue; this is the\nparable of the people who reject Our communications; therefore relate\nthe narrative that they may reflect.\n\n007.177\nY: Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their\nown souls.\n\nP: Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were\nwont to wrong themselves.\n\nS: Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our communications and\nare unjust to their own souls.\n\n007.178\nY: Whom Allah doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He rejects from\nHis guidance,- such are the persons who perish.\n\nP: He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah\nsendeth astray - they indeed are losers.\n\nS: Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the one who follows the right way; and\nwhomsoever He causes to err, these are the losers.\n\n007.179\nY: Many are the jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts\nwherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears\nwherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for\nthey are heedless (of warning).\n\nP: Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind,\nhaving hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith\nthey see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the\ncattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful.\n\nS: And certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men;\nthey have hearts with which they do not understand, and they have eyes\nwith which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not\nhear; they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors; these are the\nheedless ones.\n\n007.180\nY: The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on him by them; but\nshun such men as use profanity in his names: for what they do, they\nwill soon be requited.\n\nP: Allah's are the fairest names. Invoke Him by them. And leave the\ncompany of those who blaspheme His names. They will be requited what\nthey do.\n\nS: And Allah's are the best names, therefore call on Him thereby, and\nleave alone those who violate the sanctity of His names; they shall be\nrecompensed for what they did.\n\n007.181\nY: Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with truth.\nAnd dispense justice therewith.\n\nP: And of those whom We created there is a nation who guide with the\nTruth and establish justice therewith.\n\nS: And of those whom We have created are a people who guide with the\ntruth and thereby they do justice.\n\n007.182\nY: Those who reject Our signs, We shall gradually visit with punishment,\nin ways they perceive not;\n\nP: And those who deny Our revelations - step by step We lead them on\nfrom whence they know not.\n\nS: And (as to) those who reject Our communications, We draw them near\n(to destruction) by degrees from whence they know not.\n\n007.183\nY: Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (and\nunfailing).\n\nP: I give them rein (for) lo! My scheme is strong.\n\nS: And I grant them respite; surely My scheme is effective.\n\n007.184\nY: Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized with madness: he\nis but a perspicuous warner.\n\nP: Have they not bethought them (that) there is no madness in their\ncomrade? He is but a plain warner.\n\nS: Do they not reflect that their companion has not unsoundness in mind;\nhe is only a plain warner.\n\n007.185\nY: Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the earth\nand all that Allah hath created? (Do they not see) that it may well be\nthat their term is nigh drawing to an end? In what message after this\nwill they then believe?\n\nP: Have they not considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth,\nand what things Allah hath created, and that it may be that their own\nterm draweth nigh? In what fact after this will they believe?\n\nS: Do they not consider the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and\nwhatever things Allah has created, and that may be their doom shall\nhave drawn nigh; what announcement would they then believe in after\nthis?\n\n007.186\nY: To such as Allah rejects from His guidance, there can be no guide: He\nwill leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction.\n\nP: Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He\nleaveth them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.\n\nS: Whomsoever Allah causes to err, there is no guide for him; and He\nleaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.\n\n007.187\nY: They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed\ntime? Say: \"The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He\ncan reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the\nheavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you.\" They\nask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: \"The knowledge\nthereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not.\"\n\nP: They ask thee of the (destined) Hour, when will it come to port. Say:\nKnowledge thereof is with my Lord only. He alone will manifest it at\nits proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It cometh\nnot to you save unawares. They question thee as if thou couldst be well\ninformed thereof. Say: Knowledge thereof is with Allah only, but most\nof mankind know not.\n\nS: They ask you about the hour, when will be its taking place? Say: The\nknowledge of it is only with my Lord; none but He shall manifest it at\nits time; it will be momentous in the heavens and the earth; it will\nnot come on you but of a sudden. They ask you as if you were solicitous\nabout it. Say: Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not\nknow.\n\n007.188\nY: Say: \"I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah\nwilleth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all\ngood, and no evil should have touched me: I am but a warner, and a\nbringer of glad tidings to those who have faith.\"\n\nP: Say: For myself I have no power to benefit, nor power to hurt, save\nthat which Allah willeth. Had I knowledge of the Unseen, I should have\nabundance of wealth, and adversity would not touch me. I am but a\nwarner, and a bearer of good tidings unto folk who believe.\n\nS: Say: I do not control any benefit or harm for my own soul except as\nAllah please; and had I known the unseen I would have had much of good\nand no evil would have touched me; I am nothing but a warner and the\ngiver of good news to a people who believe.\n\n007.189\nY: It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of\nlike nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they\nare united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed).\nWhen she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord, (saying): \"If\nThou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful.\"\n\nP: He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and therefrom did\nmake his mate that he might take rest in her. And when he covered her\nshe bore a light burden, and she passed (unnoticed) with it, but when\nit became heavy they cried unto Allah, their Lord, saying: If thou\ngivest unto us aright we shall be of the thankful.\n\nS: He it is Who created you from a single being, and of the same (kind)\ndid He make his mate, that he might incline to her; so when he covers\nher she bears a light burden, then moves about with it; but when it\ngrows heavy, they both call upon Allah, their Lord: If Thou givest us a\ngood one, we shall certainly be of the grateful ones.\n\n007.190\nY: But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to others a\nshare in the gift they have received: but Allah is Exalted high above\nthe partners they ascribe to Him.\n\nP: But when He gave unto them aright, they ascribed unto Him partners in\nrespect of that which He had given them. High is He Exalted above all\nthat they associate (with Him).\n\nS: But when He gives them a good one, they set up with Him associates in\nwhat He has given them; but high is Allah above what they associate\n(with Him).\n\n007.191\nY: Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create\nnothing, but are themselves created?\n\nP: Attribute they as partners to Allah those who created naught, but are\nthemselves created,\n\nS: What! they associate (with Him) that which does not create any thing,\nwhile they are themselves created!\n\n007.192\nY: No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves!\n\nP: And cannot give them help, nor can they help themselves?\n\nS: And they have no power to give them help, nor can they help\nthemselves.\n\n007.193\nY: If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the\nsame whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!\n\nP: And if ye call them to the Guidance, they follow you not. Whether ye\ncall them or are silent is all one for you.\n\nS: And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is\nthe same to you whether you invite them or you are silent.\n\n007.194\nY: Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto\nyou: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are\n(indeed) truthful!\n\nP: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah are slaves like unto you. Call\non them now, and let them answer you, if ye are truthful!\n\nS: Surely those whom you call on besides Allah are in a state of\nsubjugation like yourselves; therefore call on them, then let them\nanswer you if you are truthful.\n\n007.195\nY: Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to lay hold with? Or eyes to\nsee with? Or ears to hear with? Say: \"Call your 'god-partners', scheme\n(your worst) against me, and give me no respite!\"\n\nP: Have they feet wherewith they walk, or have they hands wherewith they\nhold, or have they eyes wherewith they see, or have they ears wherewith\nthey hear? Say: Call upon your (so-called) partners (of Allah), and\nthen contrive against me, spare me not!\n\nS: Have they feet with which they walk, or have they hands with which\nthey hold, or have they eyes with which they see, or have they ears\nwith which they hear? Say: Call your associates, then make a struggle\n(to prevail) against me and give me no respite.\n\n007.196\nY: \"For my Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to\ntime), and He will choose and befriend the righteous.\"\n\nP: Lo! my Protecting Friend is Allah Who revealeth the Scripture. He\nbefriendeth the righteous.\n\nS: Surely my guardian is Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He befriends\nthe good.\n\n007.197\nY: \"But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and\nindeed to help themselves.\"\n\nP: They on whom ye call beside Him have no power to help you, nor can\nthey help you, nor can they help themselves.\n\nS: And those whom you call upon besides Him are not able to help you,\nnor can they help themselves.\n\n007.198\nY: If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them\nlooking at thee, but they see not.\n\nP: And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou\n(Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not.\n\nS: And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see\nthem looking towards you, yet they do not see.\n\n007.199\nY: Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the\nignorant.\n\nP: Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away\nfrom the ignorant.\n\nS: Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant.\n\n007.200\nY: If a suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with Allah;\nfor He heareth and knoweth (all things).\n\nP: And if a slander from the devil wound thee, then seek refuge in\nAllah. Lo! He is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: And if a false imputation from the Shaitan afflict you, seek refuge\nin Allah; surely He is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n007.201\nY: Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from Satan assaults\nthem, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright)!\n\nP: Lo! those who ward off (evil), when a glamour from the devil\ntroubleth them, they do but remember (Allah's Guidance) and behold them\nseers!\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil), when a visitation from the\nShaitan afflicts them they become mindful, then lo! they see.\n\n007.202\nY: But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error, and\nnever relax (their efforts).\n\nP: Their brethren plunge them further into error and cease not.\n\nS: And their brethren increase them in error, then they cease not.\n\n007.203\nY: If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: \"Why hast thou not got\nit together?\" Say: \"I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord:\nthis is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and mercy,\nfor any who have faith.\"\n\nP: And when thou bringest not a verse for them they say: Why hast thou\nnot chosen it? Say: I follow only that which is inspired in me from my\nLord. This (Qur'an) is insight from your Lord, and a guidance and a\nmercy for a people that believe.\n\nS: And when you bring them not a revelation they say: Why do you not\nforge it? Say: I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord; these\nare clear proofs from your Lord and a guidance and a mercy for a people\nwho believe.\n\n007.204\nY: When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your\npeace: that ye may receive Mercy.\n\nP: And when the Qur'an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye\nmay obtain mercy.\n\nS: And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent,\nthat mercy may be shown to you.\n\n007.205\nY: And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy (very)\nsoul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the\nmornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are unheedful.\n\nP: And do thou (O Muhammad) remember thy Lord within thyself humbly and\nwith awe, below thy breath, at morn and evening. And be not thou of the\nneglectful.\n\nS: And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and fearing and in a\nvoice not loud in the morning and the evening and be not of the\nheedless ones.\n\n007.206\nY: Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do Him worship: They\ncelebrate His praises, and prostrate before Him.\n\nP: Lo! those who are with thy Lord are not too proud to do Him service,\nbut they praise Him and prostrate before Him.\n\nS: Surely those who are with your Lord are not too proud to serve Him,\nand they declare His glory and prostrate in humility before Him.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 8:\n\n                      AL-ANFAL (SPOILS OF WAR, BOOTY)\n Total Verses: 75 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n008.001\nY: They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Say:\n\"(such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger: So fear\nAllah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves: Obey Allah\nand His Messenger, if ye do believe.\"\n\nP: They ask thee (O Muhammad) of the spoils of war. Say: The spoils of\nwar belong to Allah and the messenger, so keep your duty to Allah, and\nadjust the matter of your difference, and obey Allah and His messenger,\nif ye are (true) believers.\n\nS: They ask you about the windfalls. Say: The windfalls are for Allah\nand the Messenger. So be careful of (your duty to) Allah and set aright\nmatters of your difference, and obey Allah and His Messenger if you are\nbelievers.\n\n008.002\nY: For, Believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a tremor\nin their hearts, and when they hear His signs rehearsed, find their\nfaith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord;\n\nP: They only are the (true) believers whose hearts feel fear when Allah\nis mentioned, and when His revelations are recited unto them they\nincrease their faith, and who trust in their Lord;\n\nS: Those only are believers whose hearts become full of fear when Allah\nis mentioned, and when His communications are recited to them they\nincrease them in faith, and in their Lord do they trust.\n\n008.003\nY: Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gifts We\nhave given them for sustenance:\n\nP: Who establish worship and spend of that We have bestowed on them.\n\nS: Those who keep up prayer and spend (benevolently) out of what We have\ngiven them.\n\n008.004\nY: Such in truth are the believers: they have grades of dignity with\ntheir Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance:\n\nP: Those are they who are in truth believers. For them are grades (of\nhonour) with their Lord, and pardon, and a bountiful provision.\n\nS: These are the believers in truth; they shall have from their Lord\nexalted grades and forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.\n\n008.005\nY: Just as thy Lord ordered thee out of thy house in truth, even though\na party among the Believers disliked it,\n\nP: Even as thy Lord caused thee (Muhammad) to go forth from thy home\nwith the Truth, and lo! a party of the believers were averse (to it).\n\nS: Even as your Lord caused you to go forth from your house with the\ntruth, though a party of the believers were surely averse;\n\n008.006\nY: Disputing with thee concerning the truth after it was made manifest,\nas if they were being driven to death and they (actually) saw it.\n\nP: Disputing with thee of the Truth after it had been made manifest, as\nif they were being driven to death visible.\n\nS: They disputed with you about the truth after it had become clear,\n(and they went forth) as if they were being driven to death while they\nsaw (it).\n\n008.007\nY: Behold! Allah promised you one of the two (enemy) parties, that it\nshould be yours: Ye wished that the one unarmed should be yours, but\nAllah willed to justify the Truth according to His words and to cut off\nthe roots of the Unbelievers;-\n\nP: And when Allah promised you one of the two bands (of the enemy) that\nit should be yours, and ye longed that other than the armed one might\nbe yours. And Allah willed that He should cause the Truth to triumph by\nHis words, and cut the root of the disbelievers;\n\nS: And when Allah promised you one of the two parties that it shall be\nyours and you loved that the one not armed should he yours and Allah\ndesired to manifest the truth of what was true by His words and to cut\noff the root of the unbelievers.\n\n008.008\nY: That He might justify Truth and prove Falsehood false, distasteful\nthough it be to those in guilt.\n\nP: That He might cause the Truth to triumph and bring vanity to naught,\nhowever much the guilty might oppose;\n\nS: That He may manifest the truth of what was true and show the\nfalsehood of what was false, though the guilty disliked.\n\n008.009\nY: Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered\nyou: \"I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks.\"\n\nP: When ye sought help of your Lord and He answered you (saying): I will\nhelp you with a thousand of the angels, rank on rank.\n\nS: When you sought aid from your Lord, so He answered you: I will assist\nyou with a thousand of the angels following one another.\n\n008.010\nY: Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your hearts:\n(in any case) there is no help except from Allah: and Allah is Exalted\nin Power, Wise.\n\nP: Allah appointed it only as good tidings, and that your hearts thereby\nmight be at rest. Victory cometh only by the help of Allah. Lo! Allah\nis Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And Allah only gave it as a good news and that your hearts might be\nat ease thereby; and victory is only from Allah; surely Allah is\nMighty, Wise.\n\n008.011\nY: Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to give you calm\nas from Himself, and he caused rain to descend on you from heaven, to\nclean you therewith, to remove from you the stain of Satan, to\nstrengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firmly therewith.\n\nP: When He made the slumber fall upon you as a reassurance from him and\nsent down water from the sky upon you, that thereby He might purify\nyou, and remove from you the fear of Satan, and make strong your hearts\nand firm (your) feet thereby.\n\nS: When He caused calm to fall on you as a security from Him and sent\ndown upon you water from the cloud that He might thereby purify you,\nand take away from you the uncleanness of the Shaitan, and that He\nmight fortify your hearts and steady (your) footsteps thereby.\n\n008.012\nY: Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): \"I am with\nyou: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the\nhearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all\ntheir finger-tips off them.\"\n\nP: When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make\nthose who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of\nthose who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each\nfinger.\n\nS: When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make\nfirm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who\ndisbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every\nfingertip of them.\n\n008.013\nY: This because they contended against Allah and His Messenger: If any\ncontend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment.\n\nP: That is because they opposed Allah and His messenger. Whoso opposeth\nAllah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment.\n\nS: This is because they acted adversely to Allah and His Messenger; and\nwhoever acts adversely to Allah and His Messenger-- then surely Allah\nis severe in requiting (evil).\n\n008.014\nY: Thus (will it be said): \"Taste ye then of the (punishment): for those\nwho resist Allah, is the penalty of the Fire.\"\n\nP: That (is the award), so taste it, and (know) that for disbelievers is\nthe torment of the Fire.\n\nS: This-- taste it, and (know) that for the unbelievers is the\nchastisement of fire.\n\n008.015\nY: O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array,\nnever turn your backs to them.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye meet those who disbelieve in battle, turn\nnot your backs to them.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you meet those who disbelieve marching for\nwar, then turn not your backs to them.\n\n008.016\nY: If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a\nstratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on\nhimself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge\n(indeed)!\n\nP: Whoso on that day turneth his back to them, unless maneuvering for\nbattle or intent to join a company, he truly hath incurred wrath from\nAllah, and his habitation will be hell, a hapless journey's end.\n\nS: And whoever shall turn his back to them on that day-- unless he turn\naside for the sake of fighting or withdraws to a company-- then he,\nindeed, becomes deserving of Allah's wrath, and his abode is hell; and\nan evil destination shall it be.\n\n008.017\nY: It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest (a\nhandful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah'S: in order that He\nmight test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for Allah is\nHe Who heareth and knoweth (all things).\n\nP: Ye (Muslims) slew them not, but Allah slew them. And thou (Muhammad)\nthrewest not when thou didst throw, but Allah threw, that He might test\nthe believers by a fair test from Him. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: So you did not slay them, but it was Allah Who slew them, and you did\nnot smite when you smote (the enemy), but it was Allah Who smote, and\nthat He might confer upon the believers a good gift from Himself;\nsurely Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n008.018\nY: That, and also because Allah is He Who makes feeble the plans and\nstratagem of the Unbelievers.\n\nP: That (is the case); and (know) that Allah (it is) Who maketh weak the\nplan of disbelievers.\n\nS: This, and that Allah is the weakener of the struggle of the\nunbelievers.\n\n008.019\nY: (O Unbelievers!) if ye prayed for victory and judgment, now hath the\njudgment come to you: if ye desist (from wrong), it will be best for\nyou: if ye return (to the attack), so shall We. Not the least good will\nyour forces be to you even if they were multiplied: for verily Allah is\nwith those who believe!\n\nP: (O Qureysh!) If ye sought a judgment, now hath the judgment come unto\nyou. And if ye cease (from persecuting the believers) it will be better\nfor you, but if ye return (to the attack) We also shall return. And\nyour host will avail you naught, however numerous it be, and (know)\nthat Allah is with the believers (in His Guidance).\n\nS: If you demanded a judgment, the judgment has then indeed come to you;\nand if you desist, it will be better for you; and if you turn back (to\nfight), We (too) shall turn back, and your forces shall avail you\nnothing, though they may be many, and (know) that Allah is with the\nbelievers.\n\n008.020\nY: O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not away\nfrom him when ye hear (him speak).\n\nP: O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His messenger, and turn not away\nfrom him when ye hear (him speak).\n\nS: O you who believe! obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn back\nfrom Him while you hear.\n\n008.021\nY: Nor be like those who say, \"We hear,\" but listen not:\n\nP: Be not as those who say, we hear, and they hear not.\n\nS: And be not like those who said, We hear, and they did not obey.\n\n008.022\nY: For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the\ndumb,- those who understand not.\n\nP: Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb, who\nhave no sense.\n\nS: Surely the vilest of animals, in Allah's sight, are the deaf, the\ndumb, who do not understand.\n\n008.023\nY: If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them\nlisten: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have\nturned back and declined (Faith).\n\nP: Had Allah known of any good in them He would have made them hear, but\nhad He made them hear they would have turned away, averse.\n\nS: And if Allah had known any good in them He would have made them hear,\nand if He makes them hear they would turn back while they withdraw.\n\n008.024\nY: O ye who believe! give your response to Allah and His Messenger, when\nHe calleth you to that which will give you life; and know that Allah\ncometh in between a man and his heart, and that it is He to Whom ye\nshall (all) be gathered.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and the messenger when He calleth you\nto that which quickeneth you, and know that Allah cometh in between the\nman and his own heart, and that He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered.\n\nS: O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His Messenger when\nhe calls you to that which gives you life; and know that Allah\nintervenes between man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be\ngathered.\n\n008.025\nY: And fear tumult or oppression, which affecteth not in particular\n(only) those of you who do wrong: and know that Allah is strict in\npunishment.\n\nP: And guard yourselves against a chastisement which cannot fall\nexclusively on those of you who are wrong-doers, and know that Allah is\nsevere in punishment.\n\nS: And fear an affliction which may not smite those of you in particular\nwho are unjust; and know that Allah is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n008.026\nY: Call to mind when ye were a small (band), despised through the land,\nand afraid that men might despoil and kidnap you; But He provided a\nsafe asylum for you, strengthened you with His aid, and gave you Good\nthings for sustenance: that ye might be grateful.\n\nP: And remember, when ye were few and reckoned feeble in the land, and\nwere in fear lest men should extirpate you, how He gave you refuge, and\nstrengthened you with His help, and made provision of good things for\nyou, that haply ye might be thankful.\n\nS: And remember when you were few, deemed weak in the land, fearing lest\npeople might carry you off by force, but He sheltered you and\nstrengthened you with His aid and gave you of the good things that you\nmay give thanks.\n\n008.027\nY: O ye that believe! betray not the trust of Allah and the Messenger,\nnor misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Betray not Allah and His messenger, nor knowingly\nbetray your trusts.\n\nS: O you who believe! be not unfaithful to Allah and the Messenger, nor\nbe unfaithful to your trusts while you know.\n\n008.028\nY: And know ye that your possessions and your progeny are but a trial;\nand that it is Allah with Whom lies your highest reward.\n\nP: And know that your possessions and your children are a test, and that\nwith Allah is immense reward.\n\nS: And know that your property and your children are a temptation, and\nthat Allah is He with Whom there is a mighty reward.\n\n008.029\nY: O ye who believe! if ye fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion (to\njudge between right and wrong), remove from you (all) evil (that may\nafflict) you, and forgive you: for Allah is the Lord of grace\nunbounded.\n\nP: O ye who believe! If ye keep your duty to Allah, He will give you\ndiscrimination (between right and wrong) and will rid you of your evil\nthoughts and deeds, and will forgive you. Allah is of Infinite Bounty.\n\nS: O you who believe! If you are careful of (your duty to) Allah, He\nwill grant you a distinction and do away with your evils and forgive\nyou; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.\n\n008.030\nY: Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep thee in\nbonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home). They plot and plan,\nand Allah too plans; but the best of planners is Allah.\n\nP: And when those who disbelieve plot against thee (O Muhammad) to wound\nthee fatally, or to kill thee or to drive thee forth; they plot, but\nAllah (also) plotteth; and Allah is the best of plotters.\n\nS: And when those who disbelieved devised plans against you that they\nmight confine you or slay you or drive you away; and they devised plans\nand Allah too had arranged a plan; and Allah is the best of planners.\n\n008.031\nY: When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: \"We have heard this\n(before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are\nnothing but tales of the ancients.\"\n\nP: And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have\nheard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but\nfables of the men of old.\n\nS: And when Our communications are recited to them, they say: We have\nheard indeed; if we pleased we could say the like of it; this is\nnothing but the stories of the ancients.\n\n008.032\nY: Remember how they said: \"O Allah if this is indeed the Truth from\nThee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a\ngrievous penalty.\"\n\nP: And when they said: O Allah! If this be indeed the truth from Thee,\nthen rain down stones on us or bring on us some painful doom!\n\nS: And when they said: O Allah! if this is the truth from Thee, then\nrain upon us stones from heaven or inflict on us a painful punishment.\n\n008.033\nY: But Allah was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast\namongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for\npardon.\n\nP: But Allah would not punish them while thou wast with them, nor will\nHe punish them while they seek forgiveness.\n\nS: But Allah was not going to chastise them while you were among them,\nnor is Allah going to chastise them while yet they ask for forgiveness.\n\n008.034\nY: But what plea have they that Allah should not punish them, when they\nkeep out (men) from the sacred Mosque - and they are not its guardians?\nNo men can be its guardians except the righteous; but most of them do\nnot understand.\n\nP: What (plea) have they that Allah should not punish them, when they\ndebar (His servants) from the Inviolable Place of Worship, though they\nare not its fitting guardians. Its fitting guardians are those only who\nkeep their duty to Allah. But most of them know not.\n\nS: And what (excuse) have they that Allah should not chastise them while\nthey hinder (men) from the Sacred Mosque and they are not (fit to be)\nguardians of it; its guardians are only those who guard (against evil),\nbut most of them do not know.\n\n008.035\nY: Their prayer at the House (of Allah) is nothing but whistling and\nclapping of hands: (Its only answer can be), \"Taste ye the penalty\nbecause ye blasphemed.\"\n\nP: And their worship at the (holy) House is naught but whistling and\nhand-clapping. Therefore (it is said unto them): Taste of the doom\nbecause ye disbelieve.\n\nS: And their prayer before the House is nothing but whistling and\nclapping of hands; taste then the chastisement, for you disbelieved.\n\n008.036\nY: The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (man) from the path of\nAllah, and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they will\nhave (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: and the\nUnbelievers will be gathered together to Hell;-\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve spend their wealth in order that they may\ndebar (men) from the way of Allah. They will spend it, then it will\nbecome an anguish for them, then they will be conquered. And those who\ndisbelieve will be gathered unto hell,\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder (people)\nfrom the way of Allah; so they shall spend it, then it shall be to them\nan intense regret, then they shall be overcome; and those who\ndisbelieve shall be driven together to hell.\n\n008.037\nY: In order that Allah may separate the impure from the pure, put the\nimpure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell.\nThey will be the ones to have lost.\n\nP: That Allah may separate the wicked from the good, The wicked will He\nplace piece upon piece, and heap them all together, and consign them\nunto hell. Such verily are the losers.\n\nS: That Allah might separate the impure from the good, and put the\nimpure, some of it upon the other, and pile it up together, then cast\nit into hell; these it is that are the losers.\n\n008.038\nY: Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their\npast would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of\nthose before them is already (a matter of warning for them).\n\nP: Tell those who disbelieve that if they cease (from persecution of\nbelievers) that which is past will be forgiven them; but if they return\n(thereto) then the example of the men of old hath already gone (before\nthem, for a warning).\n\nS: Say to those who disbelieve, if they desist, that which is past shall\nbe forgiven to them; and if they return, then what happened to the\nancients has already passed.\n\n008.039\nY: And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and\nthere prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but\nif they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do.\n\nP: And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for\nAllah. But if they cease, then lo! Allah is Seer of what they do.\n\nS: And fight with them until there is no more persecution and religion\nshould be only for Allah; but if they desist, then surely Allah sees\nwhat they do.\n\n008.040\nY: If they refuse, be sure that Allah is your Protector - the best to\nprotect and the best to help.\n\nP: And if they turn away, then know that Allah is your Befriender - a\nTranscendent Patron, a Transcendent Helper!\n\nS: And if they turn back, then know that Allah is your Patron; most\nexcellent is the Patron and most excellent the Helper.\n\n008.041\nY: And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a\nfifth share is assigned to Allah,- and to the Messenger, and to near\nrelatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,- if ye do believe in\nAllah and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of\nTesting,- the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath\npower over all things.\n\nP: And know that whatever ye take as spoils of war, lo! a fifth thereof\nis for Allah, and for the messenger and for the kinsman (who hath need)\nand orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if ye believe in Allah and\nthat which We revealed unto Our slave on the Day of Discrimination, the\nday when the two armies met. And Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: And know that whatever thing you gain, a fifth of it is for Allah and\nfor the Messenger and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy\nand the wayfarer, if you believe in Allah and in that which We revealed\nto Our servant, on the day of distinction, the day on which the two\nparties met; and Allah has power over all things.\n\n008.042\nY: Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the\nfarther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if ye had\nmade a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in\nthe appointment: But (thus ye met), that Allah might accomplish a\nmatter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear\nSign (had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear\nSign (had been given). And verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth\n(all things).\n\nP: When ye were on the near bank (of the valley) and they were on the\nyonder bank, and the caravan was below you (on the coast plain). And\nhad ye trysted to meet one another ye surely would have failed to keep\nthe tryst, but (it happened, as it did, without the forethought of\neither of you) that Allah might conclude a thing that must be done;\nthat he who perished (on that day) might perish by a clear proof (of\nHis Sovereignty) and he who survived might survive by a clear proof (of\nHis Sovereignty). Lo! Allah in truth is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: When you were on the nearer side (of the valley) and they were on the\nfarthest side, while the caravan was in a lower place than you; and if\nyou had mutually made an appointment, you would certainly have broken\naway from the appointment, but-- in order that Allah might bring about\na matter which was to be done, that he who would perish might perish by\nclear proof, and he who would live might live by clear proof; and most\nsurely Allah is Hearing, Knowing;\n\n008.043\nY: Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to thee as few: if He had\nshown them to thee as many, ye would surely have been discouraged, and\nye would surely have disputed in (your) decision; but Allah saved\n(you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.\n\nP: When Allah showed them unto thee (O Muhammad) in thy dream as few in\nnumber, and if He had shown them to thee as many, ye (Muslims) would\nhave faltered and would have quarreled over the affair. But Allah\nsaved (you). Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: When Allah showed them to you in your dream as few; and if He had\nshown them to you as many you would certainly have become weak-hearted\nand you would have disputed about the matter, but Allah saved (you);\nsurely He is the Knower of what is in the breasts.\n\n008.044\nY: And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes,\nand He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that Allah might\naccomplish a matter already enacted. For to Allah do all questions go\nback (for decision).\n\nP: And when He made you (Muslims), when ye met (them), see them with\nyour eyes as few, and lessened you in their eyes, (it was) that Allah\nmight conclude a thing that must be done. Unto Allah all things are\nbrought back.\n\nS: And when He showed them to you, when you met, as few in your eyes and\nHe made you to appear little in their eyes, in order that Allah might\nbring about a matter which was to be done, and to Allah are all affairs\nreturned.\n\n008.045\nY: O ye who believe! When ye meet a force, be firm, and call Allah in\nremembrance much (and often); that ye may prosper:\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye meet an army, hold firm and think of Allah\nmuch, that ye may be successful.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you meet a party, then be firm, and remember\nAllah much, that you may be successful.\n\n008.046\nY: And obey Allah and His Messenger; and fall into no disputes, lest ye\nlose heart and your power depart; and be patient and persevering: For\nAllah is with those who patiently persevere:\n\nP: And obey Allah and His messenger, and dispute not one with another\nlest ye falter and your strength depart from you; but be steadfast! Lo!\nAllah is with the steadfast.\n\nS: And obey Allah and His Messenger and do not quarrel for then you will\nbe weak in hearts and your power will depart, and be patient; surely\nAllah is with the patient.\n\n008.047\nY: And be not like those who started from their homes insolently and to\nbe seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah: For Allah\ncompasseth round about all that they do.\n\nP: Be not as those who came forth from their dwellings boastfully and to\nbe seen of men, and debar (men) from the way of Allah, while Allah is\nsurrounding all they do.\n\nS: And be not like those who came forth from their homes in great\nexultation and to be seen of men, and (who) turn away from the way of\nAllah, and Allah comprehends what they do.\n\n008.048\nY: Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them, and\nsaid: \"No one among men can overcome you this day, while I am near to\nyou\": But when the two forces came in sight of each other, he turned on\nhis heels, and said: \"Lo! I am clear of you; lo! I see what ye see not;\nLo! I fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment.\"\n\nP: And when Satan made their deeds seem fair to them and said: No one of\nmankind can conquer you this day, for I am your protector. But when the\narmies came in sight of one another, he took flight, saying: Lo! I am\nguiltless of you. Lo! I see that which ye see not. Lo! I fear Allah.\nAnd Allah is severe in punishment.\n\nS: And when the Shaitan made their works fair seeming to them, and said:\nNo one can overcome you this day, and surely I am your protector: but\nwhen the two parties came in sight of each other he turned upon his\nheels, and said: Surely I am clear of you, surely I see what you do not\nsee, surely I fear Allah; and Allah is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n008.049\nY: Lo! the hypocrites say, and those in whose hearts is a disease:\n\"These people,- their religion has misled them.\" But if any trust in\nAllah, behold! Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.\n\nP: When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease said:\nTheir religion hath deluded these. Whoso putteth his trust in Allah\n(will find that) lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: When the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was disease said: Their\nreligion has deceived them; and whoever trusts in Allah, then surely\nAllah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n008.050\nY: If thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of the\nUnbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces and their backs,\n(saying): \"Taste the penalty of the blazing Fire-\"\n\nP: If thou couldst see how the angels receive those who disbelieve,\nsmiting faces and their backs and (saying): Taste the punishment of\nburning!\n\nS: And had you seen when the angels will cause to die those who\ndisbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs, and (saying): Taste\nthe punishment of burning.\n\n008.051\nY: \"Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth; for Allah\nis never unjust to His servants:\"\n\nP: This is for that which your own hands have sent before (to the\nJudgment), and (know) that Allah is not a tyrant to His slaves.\n\nS: This is for what your own hands have sent on before, and because\nAllah is not in the least unjust to the servants;\n\n008.052\nY: \"(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those\nbefore them: They rejected the Signs of Allah, and Allah punished them\nfor their crimes: for Allah is Strong, and Strict in punishment:\"\n\nP: (Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them;\nthey disbelieved the revelations of Allah, and Allah took them in their\nsins. Lo! Allah is Strong, severe in punishment.\n\nS: In the manner of the people of Firon and those before them; they\ndisbelieved in Allah's communications, therefore Allah destroyed them\non account of their faults; surely Allah is strong, severe in requiting\n(evil).\n\n008.053\nY: \"Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath bestowed on\na people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and verily\nAllah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).\"\n\nP: That is because Allah never changeth the grace He hath bestowed on\nany people until they first change that which is in their hearts, and\n(that is) because Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: This is because Allah has never changed a favor which He has\nconferred upon a people until they change their own condition; and\nbecause Allah is Hearing, Knowing;\n\n008.054\nY: \"(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and those before\nthem\": They treated as false the Signs of their Lord: so We destroyed\nthem for their crimes, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh: for they\nwere all oppressors and wrong-doers.\n\nP: (Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them;\nthey denied the revelations of their Lord, so We destroyed them in\ntheir sins. And We drowned the folk of Pharaoh. All were evil-doers.\n\nS: In the manner of the people of Firon and those before them; they\nrejected the communications of their Lord, therefore We destroyed them\non account of their faults and We drowned Firon's people, and they were\nall unjust.\n\n008.055\nY: For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who reject\nHim: They will not believe.\n\nP: Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will\nnot believe.\n\nS: Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who\ndisbelieve, then they would not believe.\n\n008.056\nY: They are those with whom thou didst make a covenant, but they break\ntheir covenant every time, and they have not the fear (of Allah).\n\nP: Those of them with whom thou madest a treaty, and then at every\nopportunity they break their treaty, and they keep not duty (to Allah).\n\nS: Those with whom you make an agreement, then they break their\nagreement every time and they do not guard (against punishment).\n\n008.057\nY: If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them, those\nwho follow them, that they may remember.\n\nP: If thou comest on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike\nfear in those who are behind them, that haply they may remember.\n\nS: Therefore if you overtake them in fighting, then scatter by (making\nan example of) them those who are in their rear, that they may be\nmindful.\n\n008.058\nY: If thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (their covenant)\nto them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for Allah loveth not the\ntreacherous.\n\nP: And if thou fearest treachery from any folk, then throw back to them\n(their treaty) fairly. Lo! Allah loveth not the treacherous.\n\nS: And if you fear treachery on the part of a people, then throw back to\nthem on terms of equality; surely Allah does not love the treacherous.\n\n008.059\nY: Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the\ngodly): they will never frustrate (them).\n\nP: And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip\n(Allah's Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape.\n\nS: And let not those who disbelieve think that they shall come in first;\nsurely they will not escape.\n\n008.060\nY: Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power,\nincluding steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the\nenemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not\nknow, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of\nAllah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.\n\nP: Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses\ntethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy,\nand others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever\nye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye\nwill not be wronged.\n\nS: And prepare against them what force you can and horses tied at the\nfrontier, to frighten thereby the enemy of Allah and your enemy and\nothers besides them, whom you do not know (but) Allah knows them; and\nwhatever thing you will spend in Allah's way, it will be paid back to\nyou fully and you shall not be dealt with unjustly.\n\n008.061\nY: But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline\ntowards peace, and trust in Allah: for He is One that heareth and\nknoweth (all things).\n\nP: And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it, and trust in\nAllah. Lo! He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and trust in Allah;\nsurely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n008.062\nY: Should they intend to deceive thee,- verily Allah sufficeth thee: He\nit is That hath strengthened thee with His aid and with (the company\nof) the Believers;\n\nP: And if they would deceive thee, then lo! Allah is Sufficient for\nthee. He it is Who supporteth thee with His help and with the\nbelievers,\n\nS: And if they intend to deceive you-- then surely Allah is sufficient\nfor you; He it is Who strengthened you with His help and with the\nbelievers,\n\n008.063\nY: And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not if\nthou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced\nthat affection, but Allah hath done it: for He is Exalted in might,\nWise.\n\nP: And (as for the believers) hath attuned their hearts. If thou hadst\nspent all that is in the earth thou couldst not have attuned their\nhearts, but Allah hath attuned them. Lo! He is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And united their hearts; had you spent all that is in the earth, you\ncould not have united their hearts, but Allah united them; surely He is\nMighty, Wise.\n\n008.064\nY: O Prophet! sufficient unto thee is Allah,- (unto thee) and unto those\nwho follow thee among the Believers.\n\nP: O Prophet! Allah is Sufficient for thee and those who follow thee of\nthe believers.\n\nS: O Prophet! Allah is sufficient for you and (for) such of the\nbelievers as follow you.\n\n008.065\nY: O Prophet! rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty\namongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred:\nif a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers: for\nthese are a people without understanding.\n\nP: O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty\nsteadfast they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a\nhundred (steadfast) they shall overcome a thousand of those who\ndisbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are a folk without\nintelligence.\n\nS: O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient\nones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred\nof you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because\nthey are a people who do not understand.\n\n008.066\nY: For the present, Allah hath lightened your (task), for He knoweth\nthat there is a weak spot in you: But (even so), if there are a hundred\nof you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred, and if\na thousand, they will vanquish two thousand, with the leave of Allah:\nfor Allah is with those who patiently persevere.\n\nP: Now hath Allah lightened your burden, for He knoweth that there is\nweakness in you. So if there be of you a steadfast hundred they shall\novercome two hundred, and if there be of you a thousand (steadfast)\nthey shall overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. Allah is with\nthe steadfast.\n\nS: For the present Allah has made light your burden, and He knows that\nthere is weakness in you; so if there are a hundred patient ones of you\nthey shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a thousand they shall\novercome two thousand by Allah's permission, and Allah is with the\npatient.\n\n008.067\nY: It is not fitting for a prophet that he should have prisoners of war\nuntil he hath thoroughly subdued the land. Ye look for the temporal\ngoods of this world; but Allah looketh to the Hereafter: And Allah is\nExalted in might, Wise.\n\nP: It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made\nslaughter in the land. Ye desire the lure of this world and Allah\ndesireth (for you) the Hereafter, and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: It is not fit for a prophet that he should take captives unless he\nhas fought and triumphed in the land; you desire the frail goods of\nthis world, while Allah desires (for you) the hereafter; and Allah is\nMighty, Wise.\n\n008.068\nY: Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe\npenalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.\n\nP: Had it not been for an ordinance of Allah which had gone before, an\nawful doom had come upon you on account of what ye took.\n\nS: Were it not for an ordinance from Allah that had already gone forth,\nsurely there would have befallen you a great chastisement for what you\nhad taken to.\n\n008.069\nY: But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful and good: but fear Allah:\nfor Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Now enjoy what ye have won, as lawful and good, and keep your duty to\nAllah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Eat then of the lawful and good (things) which you have acquired in\nwar, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n008.070\nY: O Prophet! say to those who are captives in your hands: \"If Allah\nfindeth any good in your hearts, He will give you something better than\nwhat has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: for Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: O Prophet! Say unto those captives who are in your hands: If Allah\nknoweth any good in your hearts He will give you better than that which\nhath been taken from you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: O Prophet! say to those of the captives who are in your hands: If\nAllah knows anything good in your hearts, He will give to you better\nthan that which has been taken away from you and will forgive you, and\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n008.071\nY: But if they have treacherous designs against thee, (O Messenger!),\nthey have already been in treason against Allah, and so hath He given\n(thee) power over them. And Allah so He Who hath (full) knowledge and\nwisdom.\n\nP: And if they would betray thee, they betrayed Allah before, and He\ngave (thee) power over them. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And if they intend to act unfaithfully towards you, so indeed they\nacted unfaithfully towards Allah before, but He gave (you) mastery over\nthem; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n008.072\nY: Those who believed, and adopted exile, and fought for the Faith, with\ntheir property and their persons, in the cause of Allah, as well as\nthose who gave (them) asylum and aid,- these are (all) friends and\nprotectors, one of another. As to those who believed but came not into\nexile, ye owe no duty of protection to them until they come into exile;\nbut if they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them,\nexcept against a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual alliance.\nAnd (remember) Allah seeth all that ye do.\n\nP: Lo! those who believed and left their homes and strove with their\nwealth and their lives for the cause of Allah, and those who took them\nin and helped them: these are protecting friends one of another. And\nthose who believed but did not leave their homes, ye have no duty to\nprotect them till they leave their homes; but if they seek help from\nyou in the matter of religion then it is your duty to help (them)\nexcept against a folk between whom and you there is a treaty. Allah is\nSeer of what ye do.\n\nS: Surely those who believed and fled (their homes) and struggled hard\nin Allah's way with their property and their souls, and those who gave\nshelter and helped-- these are guardians of each other; and (as for)\nthose who believed and did not fly, not yours is their guardianship\nuntil they fly; and if they seek aid from you in the matter of\nreligion, aid is incumbent on you except against a people between whom\nand you there is a treaty, and Allah sees what you do.\n\n008.073\nY: The Unbelievers are protectors, one of another: Unless ye do this,\n(protect each other), there would be tumult and oppression on earth,\nand great mischief.\n\nP: And those who disbelieve are protectors one of another - If ye do not\nso, there will be confusion in the land, and great corruption.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve, some of them are the guardians of\nothers; if you will not do it, there will be in the land persecution\nand great mischief.\n\n008.074\nY: Those who believe, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith, in the\ncause of Allah as well as those who give (them) asylum and aid,- these\nare (all) in very truth the Believers: for them is the forgiveness of\nsins and a provision most generous.\n\nP: Those who believed and left their homes and strove for the cause of\nAllah, and those who took them in and helped them - these are the\nbelievers in truth. For them is pardon, and bountiful provision.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believed and fled and struggled hard in\nAllah's way, and those who gave shelter and helped, these are the\nbelievers truly; they shall have forgiveness and honorable provision.\n\n008.075\nY: And those who accept Faith subsequently, and adopt exile, and fight\nfor the Faith in your company,- they are of you. But kindred by blood\nhave prior rights against each other in the Book of Allah. Verily Allah\nis well-acquainted with all things.\n\nP: And those who afterwards believed and left their homes and strove\nalong with you, they are of you; and those who are akin are nearer one\nto another in the ordinance of Allah. Lo! Allah is Knower of all\nthings.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believed afterwards and fled and struggled\nhard along with you, they are of you; and the possessors of\nrelationships are nearer to each other in the ordinance of Allah;\nsurely Allah knows all things.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 9:\n\n                    AL-TAWBA (REPENTANCE, DISPENSATION)\n Total Verses: 129 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n009.001\nY: A (declaration) of immunity from Allah and His Messenger, to those of\nthe Pagans with whom ye have contracted mutual alliances:-\n\nP: Freedom from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger\ntoward those of the idolaters with whom ye made a treaty.\n\nS: (This is a declaration of) immunity by Allah and His Messenger\ntowards those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement.\n\n009.002\nY: Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as ye will),\nthroughout the land, but know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah (by\nyour falsehood) but that Allah will cover with shame those who reject\nHim.\n\nP: Travel freely in the land four months, and know that ye cannot escape\nAllah and that Allah will confound the disbelievers (in His Guidance).\n\nS: So go about in the land for four months and know that you cannot\nweaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers.\n\n009.003\nY: And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people\n(assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His\nMessenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye\nrepent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye\ncannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who\nreject Faith.\n\nP: And a proclamation from Allah and His messenger to all men on the day\nof the Greater Pilgrimage that Allah is free from obligation to the\nidolaters, and (so is) His messenger. So, if ye repent, it will be\nbetter for you; but if ye are averse, then know that ye cannot escape\nAllah. Give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom to those who\ndisbelieve,\n\nS: And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the\nday of the greater pilgrimage that Allah and His Messenger are free\nfrom liability to the idolaters; therefore if you repent, it will be\nbetter for you, and if you turn back, then know that you will not\nweaken Allah; and announce painful punishment to those who disbelieve.\n\n009.004\nY: (But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom ye\nhave entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in\naught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with\nthem to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.\n\nP: Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a\ntreaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have\nsupported anyone against you. (As for these), fulfil their treaty to\nthem till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty (unto\nHim).\n\nS: Except those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement, then\nthey have not failed you in anything and have not backed up any one\nagainst you, so fulfill their agreement to the end of their term;\nsurely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).\n\n009.005\nY: But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the\nPagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in\nwait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and\nestablish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the\nway for them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever\nye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare\nfor them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay\nthe poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters\nwherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie\nin wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up\nprayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n009.006\nY: If one amongst the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so\nthat he may hear the word of Allah; and then escort him to where he can\nbe secure. That is because they are men without knowledge.\n\nP: And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad),\nthen protect him so that he may hear the Word of Allah, and afterward\nconvey him to his place of safety. That is because they are a folk who\nknow not.\n\nS: And if one of the idolaters seek protection from you, grant him\nprotection till he hears the word of Allah, then make him attain his\nplace of safety; this is because they are a people who do not know.\n\n009.007\nY: How can there be a league, before Allah and His Messenger, with the\nPagans, except those with whom ye made a treaty near the sacred Mosque?\nAs long as these stand true to you, stand ye true to them: for Allah\ndoth love the righteous.\n\nP: How can there be a treaty with Allah and with His messenger for the\nidolaters save those with whom ye made a treaty at the Inviolable Place\nof Worship? So long as they are true to you, be true to them. Lo! Allah\nloveth those who keep their duty.\n\nS: How can there be an agreement for the idolaters with Allah and with\nHis Messenger; except those with whom you made an agreement at the\nSacred Mosque? So as long as they are true to you, be true to them;\nsurely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).\n\n009.008\nY: How (can there be such a league), seeing that if they get an\nadvantage over you, they respect not in you the ties either of kinship\nor of covenant? With (fair words from) their mouths they entice you,\nbut their hearts are averse from you; and most of them are rebellious\nand wicked.\n\nP: How (can there be any treaty for the others) when, if they have the\nupper hand of you, they regard not pact nor honour in respect of you?\nThey satisfy you with their mouths the while their hearts refuse. And\nmost of them are wrongdoers.\n\nS: How (can it be)! while if they prevail against you, they would not\npay regard in your case to ties of relationship, nor those of covenant;\nthey please you with their mouths while their hearts do not consent;\nand most of them are transgressors.\n\n009.009\nY: The Signs of Allah have they sold for a miserable price, and (many)\nhave they hindered from His way: evil indeed are the deeds they have\ndone.\n\nP: They have purchased with the revelations of Allah a little gain, so\nthey debar (men) from His way. Lo! evil is that which they are wont to\ndo.\n\nS: They have taken a small price for the communications of Allah, so\nthey turn away from His way; surely evil is it that they do.\n\n009.010\nY: In a Believer they respect not the ties either of kinship or of\ncovenant! It is they who have transgressed all bounds.\n\nP: And they observe toward a believer neither pact nor honour. These are\nthey who are transgressors.\n\nS: They do not pay regard to ties of relationship nor those of covenant\nin the case of a believer; and these are they who go beyond the limits.\n\n009.011\nY: But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and\npractise regular charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do\nWe explain the Signs in detail, for those who understand.\n\nP: But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then\nare they your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations for a\npeople who have knowledge.\n\nS: But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are\nyour brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a\npeople who know.\n\n009.012\nY: But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you\nfor your Faith,- fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: for their oaths are\nnothing to them: that thus they may be restrained.\n\nP: And if they break their pledges after their treaty (hath been made\nwith you) and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief -\nLo! they have no binding oaths - in order that they may desist.\n\nS: And if they break their oaths after their agreement and (openly)\nrevile your religion, then fight the leaders of unbelief-- surely their\noaths are nothing-- so that they may desist.\n\n009.013\nY: Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel\nthe Messenger, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault)\nyou? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom ye should more justly fear,\nif ye believe!\n\nP: Will ye not fight a folk who broke their solemn pledges, and purposed\nto drive out the messenger and did attack you first? What! Fear ye\nthem? Now Allah hath more right that ye should fear Him, if ye are\nbelievers.\n\nS: What! will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at\nthe expulsion of the Messenger, and they attacked you first; do you\nfear them? But Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you\nare believers.\n\n009.014\nY: Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with\nshame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers,\n\nP: Fight them! Allah will chastise them at your hands, and He will lay\nthem low and give you victory over them, and He will heal the breasts\nof folk who are believers.\n\nS: Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands and bring them to\ndisgrace, and assist you against them and heal the hearts of a\nbelieving people.\n\n009.015\nY: And still the indignation of their hearts. For Allah will turn (in\nmercy) to whom He will; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: And He will remove the anger of their hearts. Allah relenteth toward\nwhom He will. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And remove the rage of their hearts; and Allah turns (mercifully) to\nwhom He pleases, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n009.016\nY: Or think ye that ye shall be abandoned, as though Allah did not know\nthose among you who strive with might and main, and take none for\nfriends and protectors except Allah, His Messenger, and the (community\nof) Believers? But Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.\n\nP: Or deemed ye that ye would be left (in peace) when Allah yet knoweth\nnot those of you who strive, choosing for familiar none save Allah and\nHis messenger and the believers? Allah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: What! do you think that you will be left alone while Allah has not\nyet known those of you who have struggled hard and have not taken any\none as an adherent besides Allah and His Messenger and the believers;\nand Allah is aware of what you do.\n\n009.017\nY: It is not for such as join gods with Allah, to visit or maintain the\nmosques of Allah while they witness against their own souls to\ninfidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.\n\nP: It is not for the idolaters to tend Allah's sanctuaries, bearing\nwitness against themselves of disbelief. As for such, their works are\nvain and in the Fire they will abide.\n\nS: The idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of Allah while\nbearing witness to unbelief against themselves, these it is whose\ndoings are null, and in the fire shall they abide.\n\n009.018\nY: The mosques of Allah shall be visited and maintained by such as\nbelieve in Allah and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and\npractise regular charity, and fear none (at all) except Allah. It is\nthey who are expected to be on true guidance.\n\nP: He only shall tend Allah's sanctuaries who believeth in Allah and the\nLast Day and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due and\nfeareth none save Allah. For such (only) is it possible that they can\nbe of the rightly guided.\n\nS: Only he shall visit the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and\nthe latter day, and keeps up prayer and pays the poor-rate and fears\nnone but Allah; so (as for) these, it may be that they are of the\nfollowers of the right course.\n\n009.019\nY: Do ye make the giving of drink to pilgrims, or the maintenance of the\nSacred Mosque, equal to (the pious service of) those who believe in\nAllah and the Last Day, and strive with might and main in the cause of\nAllah? They are not comparable in the sight of Allah: and Allah guides\nnot those who do wrong.\n\nP: Count ye the slaking of a pilgrim's thirst and tendance of the\nInviolable Place of Worship as (equal to the worth of) him who\nbelieveth in Allah and the Last Day, and striveth in the way of Allah?\nThey are not equal in the sight of Allah. Allah guideth not wrongdoing\nfolk.\n\nS: What! do you make (one who undertakes) the giving of drink to the\npilgrims and the guarding of the Sacred Mosque like him who believes in\nAllah and the latter day and strives hard in Allah's way? They are not\nequal with Allah; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.\n\n009.020\nY: Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive with might and main,\nin Allah's cause, with their goods and their persons, have the highest\nrank in the sight of Allah: they are the people who will achieve\n(salvation).\n\nP: Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their\nwealth and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in\nAllah's sight. These are they who are triumphant.\n\nS: Those who believed and fled (their homes), and strove hard in Allah's\nway with their property and their souls, are much higher in rank with\nAllah; and those are they who are the achievers (of their objects).\n\n009.021\nY: Their Lord doth give them glad tidings of a Mercy from Himself, of\nHis good pleasure, and of gardens for them, wherein are delights that\nendure:\n\nP: Their Lord giveth them good tidings of mercy from Him, and\nacceptance, and Gardens where enduring pleasure will be theirs;\n\nS: Their Lord gives them good news of mercy from Himself and (His) good\npleasure and gardens, wherein lasting blessings shall be theirs;\n\n009.022\nY: They will dwell therein for ever. Verily in Allah's presence is a\nreward, the greatest (of all).\n\nP: There they will abide for ever. Lo! with Allah there is immense\nreward.\n\nS: Abiding therein for ever; surely Allah has a Mighty reward with Him.\n\n009.023\nY: O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your\nbrothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they\ndo wrong.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for\nfriends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of\nyou taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not take your fathers and your brothers for\nguardians if they love unbelief more than belief; and whoever of you\ntakes them for a guardian, these it is that are the unjust.\n\n009.024\nY: Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your\nmates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in\nwhich ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight - are\ndearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His\ncause;- then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah\nguides not the rebellious.\n\nP: Say: If your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your\nwives, and your tribe, and the wealth ye have acquired, and merchandise\nfor which ye fear that there will no sale, and dwellings ye desire are\ndearer to you than Allah and His messenger and striving in His way:\nthen wait till Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah guideth not\nwrongdoing folk.\n\nS: Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your mates\nand your kinsfolk and property which you have acquired, and the\nslackness of trade which you fear and dwellings which you like, are\ndearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His way,\nthen wait till Allah brings about His command: and Allah does not guide\nthe transgressing people.\n\n009.025\nY: Assuredly Allah did help you in many battle-fields and on the day of\nHunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you\nnaught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and ye\nturned back in retreat.\n\nP: Allah hath given you victory on many fields and on the day of Huneyn,\nwhen ye exulted in your multitude but it availed you naught, and the\nearth, vast as it is, was straitened for you; then ye turned back in\nflight;\n\nS: Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and on the day of\nHunain, when your great numbers made you vain, but they availed you\nnothing and the earth became strait to you notwithstanding its\nspaciousness, then you turned back retreating.\n\n009.026\nY: But Allah did pour His calm on the Messenger and on the Believers,\nand sent down forces which ye saw not: He punished the Unbelievers;\nthus doth He reward those without Faith.\n\nP: Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and\nupon the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not see, and punished\nthose who disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers.\n\nS: Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the\nbelievers, and sent down hosts which you did not see, and chastised\nthose who disbelieved, and that is the reward of the unbelievers.\n\n009.027\nY: Again will Allah, after this, turn (in mercy) to whom He will: for\nAllah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Then afterward Allah will relent toward whom He will; for Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Then will Allah after this turn (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n009.028\nY: O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not,\nafter this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear\npoverty, soon will Allah enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty,\nfor Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: O ye who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not\ncome near the Inviolable Place of Worship after this their year. If ye\nfear poverty (from the loss of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve\nyou of His bounty if He will. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: O you who believe! the idolaters are nothing but unclean, so they\nshall not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year; and if you fear\npoverty then Allah will enrich you out of His grace if He please;\nsurely Allah is Knowing Wise.\n\n009.029\nY: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that\nforbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor\nacknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of\nthe Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel\nthemselves subdued.\n\nP: Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as\nbelieve not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah\nhath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth,\nuntil they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.\n\nS: Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor\ndo they prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited, nor\nfollow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the\nBook, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they\nare in a state of subjection.\n\n009.030\nY: The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ\nthe son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but\nimitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on\nthem: how they are deluded away from the Truth!\n\nP: And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say:\nThe Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their\nmouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah\n(Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they!\n\nS: And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say:\nThe Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths;\nthey imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah\ndestroy them; how they are turned away!\n\n009.031\nY: They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in\nderogation of Allah, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of\nMary; yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah: there is no god\nbut He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners\nthey associate (with Him).\n\nP: They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their monks\nand the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One\nAllah. There is no God save Him. Be He Glorified from all that they\nascribe as partner (unto Him)!\n\nS: They have taken their doctors of law and their monks for lords\nbesides Allah, and (also) the Messiah son of Marium and they were\nenjoined that they should serve one Allah only, there is no god but He;\nfar from His glory be what they set up (with Him).\n\n009.032\nY: Fain would they extinguish Allah's light with their mouths, but Allah\nwill not allow but that His light should be perfected, even though the\nUnbelievers may detest (it).\n\nP: Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but\nAllah disdaineth (aught) save that He shall perfect His light, however\nmuch the disbelievers are averse.\n\nS: They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, and\nAllah will not consent save to perfect His light, though the\nunbelievers are averse.\n\n009.033\nY: It is He Who hath sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion\nof Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may\ndetest (it).\n\nP: He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the\nReligion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion,\nhowever much the idolaters may be averse.\n\nS: He it is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of\ntruth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions, though the\npolytheists may be averse.\n\n009.034\nY: O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and\nanchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder\n(them) from the way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and\nsilver and spend it not in the way of Allah: announce unto them a most\ngrievous penalty-\n\nP: O ye who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian)\nmonks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (men) from the\nway of Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the\nway of Allah, unto them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom,\n\nS: O you who believe! most surely many of the doctors of law and the\nmonks eat away the property of men falsely, and turn (them) from\nAllah's way; and (as for) those who hoard up gold and silver and do not\nspend it in Allah's way, announce to them a painful chastisement,\n\n009.035\nY: On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the\nfire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their\nflanks, and their backs, their flanks, and their backs.- \"This is the\n(treasure) which ye buried for yourselves: taste ye, then, the\n(treasures) ye buried!\"\n\nP: On the day when it will (all) be heated in the fire of hell, and\ntheir foreheads and their flanks and their backs will be branded\ntherewith (and it will be said unto them): Here is that which ye\nhoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what ye used to hoard.\n\nS: On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, then their\nforeheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded with it;\nthis is what you hoarded up for yourselves, therefore taste what you\nhoarded.\n\n009.036\nY: The number of months in the sight of Allah is twelve (in a year)- so\nordained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of them\nfour are sacred: that is the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves\ntherein, and fight the Pagans all together as they fight you all\ntogether. But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.\n\nP: Lo! the number of the months with Allah is twelve months by Allah's\nordinance in the day that He created the heavens and the earth. Four of\nthem are sacred: that is the right religion. So wrong not yourselves in\nthem. And wage war on all of the idolaters as they are waging war on\nall of you. And know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto\nHim).\n\nS: Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve months in Allah's\nordinance since the day when He created the heavens and the earth, of\nthese four being sacred; that is the right reckoning; therefore be not\nunjust to yourselves regarding them, and fight the polytheists all\ntogether as they fight you all together; and know that Allah is with\nthose who guard (against evil).\n\n009.037\nY: Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to\nUnbelief: the Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it\nlawful one year, and forbidden another year, in order to adjust the\nnumber of months forbidden by Allah and make such forbidden ones\nlawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah\nguideth not those who reject Faith.\n\nP: Postponement (of a sacred month) is only an excess of disbelief\nwhereby those who disbelieve are misled; they allow it one year and\nforbid it (another) year, that they may make up the number of the\nmonths which Allah hath hallowed, so that they allow that which Allah\nhath forbidden. The evil of their deeds is made fairseeming unto them.\nAllah guideth not the disbelieving folk.\n\nS: Postponing (of the sacred month) is only an addition in unbelief,\nwherewith those who disbelieve are led astray, violating it one year\nand keeping it sacred another, that they may agree in the number (of\nmonths) that Allah has made sacred, and thus violate what Allah has\nmade sacred; the evil of their doings is made fairseeming to them; and\nAllah does not guide the unbelieving people.\n\n009.038\nY: O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are\nasked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth?\nDo ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the\ncomfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter.\n\nP: O ye who believe! What aileth you that when it is said unto you: Go\nforth in the way of Allah, ye are bowed down to the ground with\nheaviness. Take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the\nHereafter? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in the\nHereafter.\n\nS: O you who believe! What (excuse) have you that when it is said to\nyou: Go forth in Allah's way, you should incline heavily to earth; are\nyou contented with this world's life instead of the hereafter? But the\nprovision of this world's life compared with the hereafter is but\nlittle.\n\n009.039\nY: Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and\nput others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least. For\nAllah hath power over all things.\n\nP: If ye go not forth He will afflict you with a painful doom, and will\nchoose instead of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot harm Him at all.\nAllah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: If you do not go forth, He will chastise you with a painful\nchastisement and bring in your place a people other than you, and you\nwill do Him no harm; and Allah has power over all things.\n\n009.040\nY: If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed\nhelp him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one\ncompanion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion,\n\"Have no fear, for Allah is with us\": then Allah sent down His peace\nupon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and\nhumbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of\nAllah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in Might, Wise.\n\nP: If ye help him not, still Allah helped him when those who disbelieve\ndrove him forth, the second of two; when they two were in the cave,\nwhen he said unto his comrade: Grieve not. Lo! Allah is with us. Then\nAllah caused His peace of reassurance to descend upon him and supported\nhim with hosts ye cannot see, and made the word of those who\ndisbelieved the nethermost, while Allah's Word it was that became the\nuppermost. Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who\ndisbelieved expelled him, he being the second of the two, when they\nwere both in the cave, when he said to his companion: Grieve not,\nsurely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him\nand strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and made lowest\nthe word of those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the\nhighest; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n009.041\nY: Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and\nstruggle, with your goods and your persons, in the cause of Allah. That\nis best for you, if ye (but) knew.\n\nP: Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth\nand your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if ye but\nknew.\n\nS: Go forth light and heavy, and strive hard in Allah's way with your\nproperty and your persons; this is better for you, if you know.\n\n009.042\nY: If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy,\nthey would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was\nlong, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, \"If we\nonly could, we should certainly have come out with you\": They would\ndestroy their own souls; for Allah doth know that they are certainly\nlying.\n\nP: Had it been a near adventure and an easy journey they had followed\nthee, but the distance seemed too far for them. Yet will they swear by\nAllah (saying): If we had been able we would surely have set out with\nyou. They destroy their souls, and Allah knoweth that they verily are\nliars.\n\nS: Had it been a near advantage and a short journey, they would\ncertainly have followed you, but the tedious journey was too long for\nthem; and they swear by Allah: If we had been able, we would certainly\nhave gone forth with you; they cause their own souls to perish, and\nAllah knows that they are most surely liars.\n\n009.043\nY: Allah give thee grace! why didst thou grant them exemption until those\nwho told the truth were seen by thee in a clear light, and thou hadst\nproved the liars?\n\nP: Allah forgive thee (O Muhammad)! Wherefore didst thou grant them leave\nere those who told the truth were manifest to thee and thou didst know\nthe liars?\n\nS: Allah pardon you! Why did you give them leave until those who spoke\nthe truth had become manifest to you and you had known the liars?\n\n009.044\nY: Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask thee for no exemption\nfrom fighting with their goods and persons. And Allah knoweth well\nthose who do their duty.\n\nP: Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask no leave of thee lest\nthey should strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is Aware of\nthose who keep their duty (unto Him).\n\nS: They do not ask leave of you who believe in Allah and the latter day\n(to stay away) from striving hard with their property and their\npersons, and Allah knows those who guard (against evil).\n\n009.045\nY: Only those ask thee for exemption who believe not in Allah and the\nLast Day, and whose hearts are in doubt, so that they are tossed in\ntheir doubts to and fro.\n\nP: They alone ask leave of thee who believe not in Allah and the Last\nDay, and whose hearts feel doubt, so in their doubt they waver.\n\nS: They only ask leave of you who do not believe in Allah and the latter\nday and their hearts are in doubt, so in their doubt do they waver.\n\n009.046\nY: If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have made some\npreparation therefor; but Allah was averse to their being sent forth;\nso He made them lag behind, and they were told, \"Sit ye among those who\nsit (inactive).\"\n\nP: And if they had wished to go forth they would assuredly have made\nready some equipment, but Allah was averse to their being sent forth\nand held them back and it was said (unto them): Sit ye with the\nsedentary!\n\nS: And if they had intended to go forth, they would certainly have\nprovided equipment for it, but Allah did not like their going forth, so\nHe withheld them, and it was said (to them): Hold back with those who\nhold back.\n\n009.047\nY: If they had come out with you, they would not have added to your\n(strength) but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your\nmidst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have been some\namong you who would have listened to them. But Allah knoweth well those\nwho do wrong.\n\nP: Had they gone forth among you they had added to you naught save\ntrouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition\namong you; and among you there are some who would have listened to\nthem. Allah is Aware of evil-doers.\n\nS: Had they gone forth with you, they would not have added to you aught\nsave corruption, and they would certainly have hurried about among you\nseeking (to sow) dissension among you, and among you there are those\nwho hearken for their sake; and Allah knows the unjust.\n\n009.048\nY: Indeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters for thee,\nuntil,- the Truth arrived, and the Decree of Allah became manifest much\nto their disgust.\n\nP: Aforetime they sought to cause sedition and raised difficulties for\nthee till the Truth came and the decree of Allah was made manifest,\nthough they were loth.\n\nS: Certainly they sought (to sow) dissension before, and they meditated\nplots against you until the truth came, and Allah's commandment\nprevailed although they were averse (from it).\n\n009.049\nY: Among them is (many) a man who says: \"Grant me exemption and draw me\nnot into trial.\" Have they not fallen into trial already? and indeed\nHell surrounds the Unbelievers (on all sides).\n\nP: Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay at home) and tempt\nme not. Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have fallen. Lo!\nhell verily is all around the disbelievers.\n\nS: And among them there is he who says: Allow me and do not try me.\nSurely into trial have they already tumbled down, and most surely hell\nencompasses the unbelievers.\n\n009.050\nY: If good befalls thee, it grieves them; but if a misfortune befalls\nthee, they say, \"We took indeed our precautions beforehand,\" and they\nturn away rejoicing.\n\nP: If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it afflicteth them, and if\ncalamity befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn\naway well pleased.\n\nS: If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if hardship afflicts you,\nthey say: Indeed we had taken care of our affair before; and they turn\nback and are glad.\n\n009.051\nY: Say: \"Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us:\nHe is our protector\": and on Allah let the Believers put their trust.\n\nP: Say: Naught befalleth us save that which Allah hath decreed for us.\nHe is our Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust!\n\nS: Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has ordained for us; He\nis our Patron; and on Allah let the believers rely.\n\n009.052\nY: Say: \"Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of two glorious\nthings- (Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either that\nAllah will send his punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait\n(expectant); we too will wait with you.\"\n\nP: Say: Can ye await for us aught save one of two good things (death or\nvictory in Allah's way)? while we await for you that Allah will afflict\nyou with a doom from Him or at our hands. Await then! Lo! We are\nawaiting with you.\n\nS: Say: Do you await for us but one of two most excellent things? And we\nawait for you that Allah will afflict you with punishment from Himself\nor by our hands. So wait; we too will wait with you.\n\n009.053\nY: Say: \"Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you\nwill it be accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious and wicked.\"\n\nP: Say: Pay (your contribution), willingly or unwillingly, it will not\nbe accepted from you. Lo! ye were ever froward folk.\n\nS: Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from\nyou; surely you are a transgressing people.\n\n009.054\nY: The only reasons why their contributions are not accepted are: that\nthey reject Allah and His Messenger; that they come to prayer without\nearnestness; and that they offer contributions unwillingly.\n\nP: And naught preventeth that their contributions should be accepted\nfrom them save that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His\nmessenger, and they come not to worship save as idlers, and pay not\n(their contribution) save reluctantly.\n\nS: And nothing hinders their spendings being accepted from them, except\nthat they disbelieve in Allah and in His Messenger and they do not come\nto prayer but while they are sluggish, and they do not spend but while\nthey are unwilling.\n\n009.055\nY: Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in\nreality Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this life,\nand that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.\n\nP: So let not their riches nor their children please thee (O Muhammad).\nAllah thereby intendeth but to punish them in the life of the world and\nthat their souls shall pass away while they are disbelievers.\n\nS: Let not then their property and their children excite your\nadmiration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this\nworld's life and (that) their souls may depart while they are\nunbelievers.\n\n009.056\nY: They swear by Allah that they are indeed of you; but they are not of\nyou: yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colours).\n\nP: And they swear by Allah that they are in truth of you, when they are\nnot of you, but they are folk who are afraid.\n\nS: And they swear by Allah that they are most surely of you, and they\nare not of you, but they are a people who are afraid (of you).\n\n009.057\nY: If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of\nconcealment, they would turn straightaway thereto, with an obstinate\nrush.\n\nP: Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a place to enter, they\nsurely had resorted thither swift as runaways.\n\nS: If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they\nwould certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.\n\n009.058\nY: And among them are men who slander thee in the matter of (the\ndistribution of) the alms: if they are given part thereof, they are\npleased, but if not, behold! they are indignant!\n\nP: And of them is he who defameth thee in the matter of the alms. If\nthey are given thereof they are content, and if they are not given\nthereof, behold! they are enraged.\n\nS: And of them there are those who blame you with respect to the alms;\nso if they are given from it they are pleased, and if they are not\ngiven from it, lo! they are full of rage.\n\n009.059\nY: If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger gave\nthem, and had said, \"Sufficient unto us is Allah! Allah and His\nMessenger will soon give us of His bounty: to Allah do we turn our\nhopes!\" (that would have been the right course).\n\nP: (How much more seemly) had they been content with that which Allah\nand His messenger had given them and had said: Allah sufficeth us.\nAllah will give us of His bounty, and (also) His messenger. Unto Allah\nwe are suppliants.\n\nS: And if they were content with what Allah and His Messenger gave them,\nand had said: Allah is sufficient for us; Allah will soon give us\n(more) out of His grace and His Messenger too; surely to Allah do we\nmake our petition.\n\n009.060\nY: Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer\nthe (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to\nTruth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah; and\nfor the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of\nknowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect\nthem, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the\ncaptives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the\nwayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials\n(appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to incline (to\ntruth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in debts and in the\nway of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is\nknowing, Wise.\n\n009.061\nY: Among them are men who molest the Prophet and say, \"He is (all) ear.\"\nSay, \"He listens to what is best for you: he believes in Allah, has\nfaith in the Believers, and is a Mercy to those of you who believe.\"\nBut those who molest the Messenger will have a grievous penalty.\n\nP: And of them are those who vex the Prophet and say: He is only a\nhearer. Say: A hearer of good for you, who believeth in Allah and is\ntrue to the believers, and a mercy for such of you as believe. Those\nwho vex the messenger of Allah, for them there is a painful doom.\n\nS: And there are some of them who molest the Prophet and say: He is one\nwho believes every thing that he hears; say: A hearer of good for you\n(who) believes in Allah and believes the faithful and a mercy for those\nof you who believe; and (as for) those who molest the Messenger of\nAllah, they shall have a painful punishment.\n\n009.062\nY: To you they swear by Allah. In order to please you: But it is more\nfitting that they should please Allah and His Messenger, if they are\nBelievers.\n\nP: They swear by Allah to you (Muslims) to please you, but Allah, with\nHis messenger, hath more right that they should please Him if they are\nbelievers.\n\nS: They swear to you by Allah that they might please you and, Allah, as\nwell as His Messenger, has a greater right that they should please Him,\nif they are believers.\n\n009.063\nY: Know they not that for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, is\nthe Fire of Hell?- wherein they shall dwell. That is the supreme\ndisgrace.\n\nP: Know they not that whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, his verily\nis fire of hell, to abide therein? That is the extreme abasement.\n\nS: Do they not know that whoever acts in opposition to Allah and His\nMessenger, he shall surely have the fire of hell to abide in it? That\nis the grievous abasement.\n\n009.064\nY: The Hypocrites are afraid lest a Sura should be sent down about them,\nshowing them what is (really passing) in their hearts. Say: \"Mock ye!\nBut verily Allah will bring to light all that ye fear (should be\nrevealed).\"\n\nP: The hypocrites fear lest a surah should be revealed concerning them,\nproclaiming what is in their hearts. Say: Scoff (your fill)! Lo! Allah\nis disclosing what ye fear.\n\nS: The hypocrites fear lest a Chapter should be sent down to them\ntelling them plainly of what is in their hearts. Say: Go on mocking,\nsurely Allah will bring forth what you fear.\n\n009.065\nY: If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): \"We were\nonly talking idly and in play.\" Say: \"Was it at Allah, and His Signs,\nand His Messenger, that ye were mocking?\"\n\nP: And if thou ask them (O Muhammad) they will say: We did but talk and\njest. Say: Was it at Allah and His revelations and His messenger that\nye did scoff?\n\nS: And if you should question them, they would certainly say: We were\nonly idly discoursing and sporting. Say: Was it at Allah and His\ncommunications and His Messenger that you mocked?\n\n009.066\nY: Make ye no excuses: ye have rejected Faith after ye had accepted it.\nIf We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you, for that\nthey are in sin.\n\nP: Make no excuse. Ye have disbelieved after your (confession of)\nbelief. If We forgive a party of you, a party of you We shall punish\nbecause they have been guilty.\n\nS: Do not make excuses; you have denied indeed after you had believed;\nif We pardon a party of you, We will chastise (another) party because\nthey are guilty.\n\n009.067\nY: The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with each\nother: They enjoin evil, and forbid what is just, and are close with\ntheir hands. They have forgotten Allah; so He hath forgotten them.\nVerily the Hypocrites are rebellious and perverse.\n\nP: The hypocrites, both men and women, proceed one from another. They\nenjoin the wrong, and they forbid the right, and they withhold their\nhands (from spending for the cause of Allah). They forget Allah, so He\nhath forgotten them. Lo! the hypocrites, they are the transgressors.\n\nS: The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are all alike; they\nenjoin evil and forbid good and withhold their hands; they have\nforsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them; surely the hypocrites are the\ntransgressors.\n\n009.068\nY: Allah hath promised the Hypocrites men and women, and the rejecters,\nof Faith, the fire of Hell: Therein shall they dwell: Sufficient is it\nfor them: for them is the curse of Allah, and an enduring punishment,-\n\nP: Allah promiseth the hypocrites, both men and women, and the\ndisbelievers fire of hell for their abode. It will suffice them. Allah\ncurseth them, and theirs is lasting torment.\n\nS: Allah has promised the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women\nand the unbelievers the fire of hell to abide therein; it is enough for\nthem; and Allah has cursed them and they shall have lasting punishment.\n\n009.069\nY: As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you in\npower, and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their\nenjoyment of their portion: and ye have of yours, as did those before\nyou; and ye indulge in idle talk as they did. They!- their work are\nfruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they will lose (all\nspiritual good).\n\nP: Even as those before you who were mightier than you in strength, and\nmore affluent than you in wealth and children. They enjoyed their lot\nawhile, so ye enjoy your lot awhile even as those before you did enjoy\ntheir lot awhile. And ye prate even as they prated. Such are they whose\nworks have perished in the world and the Hereafter. Such are they who\nare the losers.\n\nS: Like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more\nabundant in wealth and children, so they enjoyed their portion; thus\nhave you enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their\nportion; and you entered into vain discourses like the vain discourses\nin which entered those before you. These are they whose works are null\nin this world and the hereafter, and these are they who are the losers.\n\n009.070\nY: Hath not the story reached them of those before them?- the People of\nNoah, and 'Ad, and Thamud; the People of Abraham, the men of Midian,\nand the cities overthrown. To them came their messengers with clear\nsigns. It is not Allah Who wrongs them, but they wrong their own souls.\n\nP: Hath not the fame of those before them reached them - the folk of\nNoah, A'ad, Thamud, the folk of Abraham, the dwellers of Midian and the\ndisasters (which befell them)? Their messengers (from Allah) came unto\nthem with proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). So Allah surely wronged them\nnot, but they did wrong themselves.\n\nS: Has not the news of those before them come to them; of the people of\nNuh and Ad and Samood, and the people of Ibrahim and the dwellers of\nMadyan and the overthrown cities; their messengers came to them with\nclear arguments; so it was not Allah Who should do them injustice, but\nthey were unjust to themselves.\n\n009.071\nY: The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they\nenjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular\nprayers, practise regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On\nthem will Allah pour His mercy: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.\n\nP: And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of\nanother; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish\nworship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His\nmessenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Lo! Allah is\nMighty, Wise.\n\nS: And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are\nguardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up\nprayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as\nfor) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty,\nWise.\n\n009.072\nY: Allah hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which\nrivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of\neverlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of\nAllah: that is the supreme felicity.\n\nP: Allah promiseth to the believers, men and women, Gardens underneath\nwhich rivers flow, wherein they will abide - blessed dwellings in\nGardens of Eden. And - greater (far)! - acceptance from Allah. That is\nthe supreme triumph.\n\nS: Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing women\ngardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and goodly\ndwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of all is Allah's\ngoodly pleasure; that is the grand achievement.\n\n009.073\nY: O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites,\nand be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed.\n\nP: O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be\nharsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end.\n\nS: O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and\nbe unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the\ndestination.\n\n009.074\nY: They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they\nuttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they\nmeditated a plot which they were unable to carry out: this revenge of\ntheirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which Allah and His\nMessenger had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them;\nbut if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah will punish them with\na grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have\nnone on earth to protect or help them.\n\nP: They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say\nthe word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to\nAllah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they\nsought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of\nHis bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn\naway, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the\nHereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.\n\nS: They swear by Allah that they did not speak, and certainly they did\nspeak, the word of unbelief, and disbelieved after their Islam, and\nthey had determined upon what they have not been able to effect, and\nthey did not find fault except because Allah and His Messenger enriched\nthem out of His grace; therefore if they repent, it will be good for\nthem; and if they turn back, Allah will chastise them with a painful\nchastisement in this world and the hereafter, and they shall not have\nin the land any guardian or a helper.\n\n009.075\nY: Amongst them are men who made a covenant with Allah, that if He\nbestowed on them of His bounty, they would give (largely) in charity,\nand be truly amongst those who are righteous.\n\nP: And of them is he who made a covenant with Allah (saying): If He give\nus of His bounty we will give alms and become of the righteous.\n\nS: And there are those of them who made a covenant with Allah: If He\ngive us out of His grace, we will certainly give alms and we will\ncertainly be of the good.\n\n009.076\nY: But when He did bestow of His bounty, they became covetous, and\nturned back (from their covenant), averse (from its fulfilment).\n\nP: Yet when He gave them of His bounty, they hoarded it and turned away,\naverse;\n\nS: But when He gave them out of His grace, they became niggardly of it\nand they turned back and they withdrew.\n\n009.077\nY: So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to\nlast) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke\ntheir covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again).\n\nP: So He hath made the consequence (to be) hypocrisy in their hearts\nuntil the day when they shall meet Him, because they broke their word\nto Allah that they promised Him, and because they lied.\n\nS: So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into their hearts\ntill the day when they shall meet Him because they failed to perform\ntowards Allah what they had promised with Him and because they told\nlies.\n\n009.078\nY: Know they not that Allah doth know their secret (thoughts) and their\nsecret counsels, and that Allah knoweth well all things unseen?\n\nP: Know they not that Allah knoweth both their secret and the thought\nthat they confide, and that Allah is the Knower of Things Hidden?\n\nS: Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts and their\nsecret counsels, and that Allah is the great Knower of the unseen\nthings?\n\n009.079\nY: Those who slander such of the believers as give themselves freely to\n(deeds of) charity, as well as such as can find nothing to give except\nthe fruits of their labour,- and throw ridicule on them,- Allah will\nthrow back their ridicule on them: and they shall have a grievous\npenalty.\n\nP: Those who point at such of the believers as give the alms willingly\nand such as can find naught to give but their endeavours, and deride\nthem - Allah (Himself) derideth them. Theirs will be a painful doom.\n\nS: They who taunt those of the faithful who give their alms freely, and\nthose who give to the extent of their earnings and scoff at them; Allah\nwill pay them back their scoffing, and they shall have a painful\nchastisement.\n\n009.080\nY: Whether thou ask for their forgiveness, or not, (their sin is\nunforgivable): if thou ask seventy times for their forgiveness, Allah\nwill not forgive them: because they have rejected Allah and His\nMessenger: and Allah guideth not those who are perversely rebellious.\n\nP: Ask forgiveness for them (O Muhammad), or ask not forgiveness for\nthem; though thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times Allah will not\nforgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His\nmessenger, and Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if\nyou ask forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah will not forgive\nthem; this is because they disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger, and\nAllah does not guide the transgressing people.\n\n009.081\nY: Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in\ntheir inaction behind the back of the Messenger of Allah: they hated to\nstrive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of\nAllah: they said, \"Go not forth in the heat.\" Say, \"The fire of Hell is\nfiercer in heat.\" If only they could understand!\n\nP: Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the\nmessenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and\ntheir lives in Allah's way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat!\nSay: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.\n\nS: Those who were left behind were glad on account of their sitting\nbehind Allah's Messenger and they were averse from striving in Allah's\nway with their property and their persons, and said: Do not go forth in\nthe heat. Say: The fire of hell is much severe in heat. Would that they\nunderstood (it).\n\n009.082\nY: Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the\n(evil) that they do.\n\nP: Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of\nwhat they used to earn.\n\nS: Therefore they shall laugh little and weep much as a recompense for\nwhat they earned.\n\n009.083\nY: If, then, Allah bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thy\npermission to come out (with thee), say: \"Never shall ye come out with\nme, nor fight an enemy with me: for ye preferred to sit inactive on the\nfirst occasion: Then sit ye (now) with those who lag behind.\"\n\nP: If Allah bring thee back (from the campaign) unto a party of them and\nthey ask of thee leave to go out (to fight), then say unto them: Ye\nshall never more go out with me nor fight with me against a foe. Ye\nwere content with sitting still the first time. So sit still, with the\nuseless.\n\nS: Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of them and then they\nask your permission to go forth, say: By no means shall you ever go\nforth with me and by no means shall you fight an enemy with me; surely\nyou chose to sit the first time, therefore sit (now) with those who\nremain behind.\n\n009.084\nY: Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his\ngrave; for they rejected Allah and His Messenger, and died in a state\nof perverse rebellion.\n\nP: And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by\nhis grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they\ndied while they were evil-doers.\n\nS: And never offer prayer for any one of them who dies and do not stand\nby his grave; surely they disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger and\nthey shall die in transgression.\n\n009.085\nY: Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee:\nAllah's plan is to punish them with these things in this world, and\nthat their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.\n\nP: Let not their wealth nor their children please thee! Allah purposeth\nonly to punish them thereby in the world, and that their souls shall\npass away while they are disbelievers.\n\nS: And let not their property and their children excite your admiration;\nAllah only wishes to chastise them with these in this world and (that)\ntheir souls may depart while they are unbelievers.\n\n009.086\nY: When a Sura comes down, enjoining them to believe in Allah and to\nstrive and fight along with His Messenger, those with wealth and\ninfluence among them ask thee for exemption, and say: \"Leave us\n(behind): we would be with those who sit (at home).\"\n\nP: And when a surah is revealed (which saith): Believe in Allah and\nstrive along with His messenger, the men of wealth among them still ask\nleave of thee and say: Suffer us to be with those who sit (at home).\n\nS: And whenever a Chapter is revealed, saying: Believe in Allah and\nstrive hard along with His Messenger, those having ampleness of means\nask permission of you and say: Leave us (behind), that we may be with\nthose who sit.\n\n009.087\nY: They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (at home):\ntheir hearts are sealed and so they understand not.\n\nP: They are content that they should be with the useless and their\nhearts are sealed, so that they apprehend not.\n\nS: They preferred to be with those who remained behind, and a seal is\nset on their hearts so they do not understand.\n\n009.088\nY: But the Messenger, and those who believe with him, strive and fight\nwith their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things:\nand it is they who will prosper.\n\nP: But the messenger and those who believe with him strive with their\nwealth and their lives. Such are they for whom are the good things.\nSuch are they who are the successful.\n\nS: But the Messenger and those who believe with him strive hard with\ntheir property and their persons; and these it is who shall have the\ngood things and these it is who shall be successful.\n\n009.089\nY: Allah hath prepared for them gardens under which rivers flow, to\ndwell therein: that is the supreme felicity.\n\nP: Allah hath made ready for them Gardens underneath which rivers flow,\nwherein they will abide. That is the supreme triumph.\n\nS: Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to\nabide in them; that is the great achievement.\n\n009.090\nY: And there were, among the desert Arabs (also), men who made excuses\nand came to claim exemption; and those who were false to Allah and His\nMessenger (merely) sat inactive. Soon will a grievous penalty seize the\nUnbelievers among them.\n\nP: And those among the wandering Arabs who had an excuse came in order\nthat permission might be granted them. And those who lied to Allah and\nHis messenger sat at home. A painful doom will fall on those of them\nwho disbelieve.\n\nS: And the defaulters from among the dwellers of the desert came that\npermission may be given to them and they sat (at home) who lied to\nAllah and His Messenger; a painful chastisement shall afflict those of\nthem who disbelieved.\n\n009.091\nY: There is no blame on those who are infirm, or ill, or who find no\nresources to spend (on the cause), if they are sincere (in duty) to\nAllah and His Messenger: no ground (of complaint) can there be against\nsuch as do right: and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Not unto the weak nor unto the sick nor unto those who can find\nnaught to spend is any fault (to be imputed though they stay at home)\nif they are true to Allah and His messenger. Not unto the good is there\nany road (of blame). Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: It shall be no crime in the weak, nor in the sick, nor in those who\ndo not find what they should spend (to stay behind), so long as they\nare sincere to Allah and His Messenger; there is no way (to blame)\nagainst the doers of good; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;\n\n009.092\nY: Nor (is there blame) on those who came to thee to be provided with\nmounts, and when thou saidst, \"I can find no mounts for you,\" they\nturned back, their eyes streaming with tears of grief that they had no\nresources wherewith to provide the expenses.\n\nP: Nor unto those whom, when they came to thee (asking) that thou\nshouldst mount them, thou didst tell: I cannot find whereon to mount\nyou. They turned back with eyes flowing with tears, for sorrow that\nthey could not find the means to spend.\n\nS: Nor in those who when they came to you that you might carry them, you\nsaid: I cannot find that on which to carry you; they went back while\ntheir eyes overflowed with tears on account of grief for not finding\nthat which they should spend.\n\n009.093\nY: The ground (of complaint) is against such as claim exemption while\nthey are rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who remain behind:\nAllah hath sealed their hearts; so they know not (What they miss).\n\nP: The road (of blame) is only against those who ask for leave of thee\n(to stay at home) when they are rich. They are content to be with the\nuseless. Allah hath sealed their hearts so that they know not.\n\nS: The way (to blame) is only against those who ask permission of you\nthough they are rich; they have chosen to be with those who remained\nbehind, and Allah has set a seal upon their hearts so they do not know.\n\n009.094\nY: They will present their excuses to you when ye return to them. Say\nthou: \"Present no excuses: we shall not believe you: Allah hath already\ninformed us of the true state of matters concerning you: It is your\nactions that Allah and His Messenger will observe: in the end will ye\nbe brought back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden and what is open:\nthen will He show you the truth of all that ye did.\"\n\nP: They will make excuse to you (Muslims) when ye return unto them. Say:\nMake no excuse, for we shall not believe you. Allah hath told us\ntidings of you. Allah and His messenger will see your conduct, and then\nye will be brought back unto Him Who knoweth the Invisible as well as\nthe Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.\n\nS: They will excuse themselves to you when you go back to them. Say:\nUrge no excuse, by no means will we believe you; indeed Allah has\ninformed us of matters relating to you; and now Allah and His Messenger\nwill see your doings, then you shall be brought back to the Knower of\nthe unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did.\n\n009.095\nY: They will swear to you by Allah, when ye return to them, that ye may\nleave them alone. So leave them alone: For they are an abomination, and\nHell is their dwelling-place,-a fitting recompense for the (evil) that\nthey did.\n\nP: They will swear by Allah unto you, when ye return unto them, that ye\nmay let them be. Let them be, for lo! they are unclean, and their abode\nis hell as the reward for what they used to earn.\n\nS: They will swear to you by Allah when you return to them so that you\nmay turn aside from them; so do turn aside from them; surely they are\nunclean and their abode is hell; a recompense for what they earned.\n\n009.096\nY: They will swear unto you, that ye may be pleased with them but if ye\nare pleased with them, Allah is not pleased with those who disobey.\n\nP: They swear unto you, that ye may accept them. Though ye accept them.\nAllah verily accepteth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: They will swear to you that you may be pleased with them; but if you\nare pleased with them, yet surely Allah is not pleased with the\ntransgressing people.\n\n009.097\nY: The Arabs of the desert are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy, and\nmost fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah hath sent\ndown to His Messenger: But Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.\n\nP: The wandering Arabs are more hard in disbelief and hypocrisy, and\nmore likely to be ignorant of the limits which Allah hath revealed unto\nHis messenger. And Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: The dwellers of the desert are very hard in unbelief and hypocrisy,\nand more disposed not to know the limits of what Allah has revealed to\nHis Messenger; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n009.098\nY: Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine, and\nwatch for disasters for you: on them be the disaster of evil: for Allah\nis He That heareth and knoweth (all things).\n\nP: And of the wandering Arabs there is he who taketh that which he\nexpendeth (for the cause of Allah) as a loss, and awaiteth (evil) turns\nof fortune for you (that he may be rid of it). The evil turn of fortune\nwill be theirs. Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: And of the dwellers of the desert are those who take what they spend\nto be a fine, and they wait (the befalling of) calamities to you; on\nthem (will be) the evil calamity; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n009.099\nY: But some of the desert Arabs believe in Allah and the Last Day, and\nlook on their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer to Allah and\nobtaining the prayers of the Messenger. Aye, indeed they bring them\nnearer (to Him): soon will Allah admit them to His Mercy: for Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And of the wandering Arabs there is he who believeth in Allah and the\nLast Day, and taketh that which he expendeth and also the prayers of\nthe messenger as acceptable offerings in the sight of Allah. Lo! verily\nit is an acceptable offering for them. Allah will bring them into His\nmercy. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And of the dwellers of the desert are those who believe in Allah and\nthe latter day and take what they spend to be (means of) the nearness\nof Allah and the Messenger's prayers; surely it shall be means of\nnearness for them; Allah will make them enter into His mercy; surely\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n009.100\nY: The vanguard (of Islam)- the first of those who forsook (their homes)\nand of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow them in\n(all) good deeds,- well-pleased is Allah with them, as are they with\nHim: for them hath He prepared gardens under which rivers flow, to\ndwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity.\n\nP: And the first to lead the way, of the Muhajirin and the Ansar, and\nthose who followed them in goodness - Allah is well pleased with them\nand they are well pleased with Him, and He hath made ready for them\nGardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever.\nThat is the supreme triumph.\n\nS: And (as for) the foremost, the first of the Muhajirs and the Ansars,\nand those who followed them in goodness, Allah is well pleased with\nthem and they are well pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them\ngardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them for ever; that is\nthe mighty achievement.\n\n009.101\nY: Certain of the desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites, as well\nas (desert Arabs) among the Medina folk: they are obstinate in\nhypocrisy: thou knowest them not: We know them: twice shall We punish\nthem: and in addition shall they be sent to a grievous penalty.\n\nP: And among those around you of the wandering Arabs there are\nhypocrites, and among the townspeople of Al-Madinah (there are some\nwho) persist in hypocrisy whom thou (O Muhammad) knowest not. We, We\nknow them, and We shall chastise them twice; then they will be\nrelegated to a painful doom.\n\nS: And from among those who are round about you of the dwellers of the\ndesert there are hypocrites, and from among the people of Medina\n(also); they are stubborn in hypocrisy; you do not know them; We know\nthem; We will chastise them twice then shall they be turned back to a\ngrievous chastisement.\n\n009.102\nY: Others (there are who) have acknowledged their wrong-doings: they\nhave mixed an act that was good with another that was evil. Perhaps\nAllah will turn unto them (in Mercy): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: And (there are) others who have acknowledged their faults. They mixed\na righteous action with another that was bad. It may be that Allah will\nrelent toward them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed\nand an evil one; may be Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n009.103\nY: Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and sanctify\nthem; and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of\nsecurity for them: And Allah is One Who heareth and knoweth.\n\nP: Take alms of their wealth, wherewith thou mayst purify them and mayst\nmake them grow, and pray for them. Lo! thy prayer is an assuagement for\nthem. Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify\nthem thereby, and pray for them; surely your prayer is a relief to\nthem; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n009.104\nY: Know they not that Allah doth accept repentance from His votaries and\nreceives their gifts of charity, and that Allah is verily He, the\nOft-Returning, Most Merciful?\n\nP: Know they not that Allah is He Who accepteth repentance from His\nbondmen and taketh the alms, and that Allah is He Who is the Relenting,\nthe Merciful.\n\nS: Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His servants and\ntakes the alms, and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the\nMerciful?\n\n009.105\nY: And say: \"Work (righteousness): Soon will Allah observe your work,\nand His Messenger, and the Believers: Soon will ye be brought back to\nthe knower of what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you\nthe truth of all that ye did.\"\n\nP: And say (unto them): Act! Allah will behold your actions, and (so\nwill) His messenger and the believers, and ye will be brought back to\nthe Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what\nye used to do.\n\nS: And say: Work; so Allah will see your work and (so will) His\nMessenger and the believers; and you shall be brought back to the\nKnower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you\ndid.\n\n009.106\nY: There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of Allah,\nwhether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and Allah is\nAll-Knowing, Wise.\n\nP: And (there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will\npunish them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And others are made to await Allah's command, whether He chastise\nthem or whether He turn to them (mercifully), and Allah is Knowing,\nWise.\n\n009.107\nY: And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and\ninfidelity - to disunite the Believers - and in preparation for one who\nwarred against Allah and His Messenger aforetime. They will indeed\nswear that their intention is nothing but good; But Allah doth declare\nthat they are certainly liars.\n\nP: And as for those who chose a place of worship out of opposition and\ndisbelief, and in order to cause dissent among the believers, and as an\noutpost for those who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime,\nthey will surely swear: We purposed naught save good. Allah beareth\nwitness that they verily are liars.\n\nS: And those who built a masjid to cause harm and for unbelief and to\ncause disunion among the believers and an ambush to him who made war\nagainst Allah and His Messenger before; and they will certainly swear:\nWe did not desire aught but good; and Allah bears witness that they are\nmost surely liars.\n\n009.108\nY: Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation\nwas laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing\nforth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and\nAllah loveth those who make themselves pure.\n\nP: Never stand (to pray) there. A place of worship which was found upon\nduty (to Allah) from the first day is more worthy that thou shouldst\nstand (to pray) therein, wherein are men who love to purify themselves.\nAllah loveth the purifiers.\n\nS: Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very\nfirst day is more deserving that you should stand in it; in it are men\nwho love that they should be purified; and Allah loves those who purify\nthemselves.\n\n009.109\nY: Which then is best? - he that layeth his foundation on piety to Allah\nand His good pleasure? - or he that layeth his foundation on an\nundermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? and it doth crumble\nto pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And Allah guideth not people\nthat do wrong.\n\nP: Is he who founded his building upon duty to Allah and His good\npleasure better; or he who founded his building on the brink of a\ncrumbling, overhanging precipice so that it toppled with him into the\nfire of hell? Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: Is he, therefore, better who lays his foundation on fear of Allah and\n(His) good pleasure, or he who lays his foundation on the edge of a\ncracking hollowed bank, so it broke down with him into the fire of\nhell; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.\n\n009.110\nY: The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and\nshakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces. And\nAllah is All-Knowing, Wise.\n\nP: The building which they built will never cease to be a misgiving in\ntheir hearts unless their hearts be torn to pieces. Allah is Knower,\nWise.\n\nS: The building which they have built will ever continue to be a source\nof disquiet in their hearts, except that their hearts get cut into\npieces; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n009.111\nY: Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods;\nfor theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His\ncause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth,\nthrough the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful\nto his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have\nconcluded: that is the achievement supreme.\n\nP: Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth\nbecause the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah\nand shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in\nthe Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant\nbetter than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for\nthat is the supreme triumph.\n\nS: Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their\nproperty for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in\nAllah's way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on\nHim in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more\nfaithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge\nwhich you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.\n\n009.112\nY: Those that turn (to Allah) in repentance; that serve Him, and praise\nHim; that wander in devotion to the cause of Allah: that bow down and\nprostrate themselves in prayer; that enjoin good and forbid evil; and\nobserve the limit set by Allah;- (These do rejoice). So proclaim the\nglad tidings to the Believers.\n\nP: (Triumphant) are those who turn repentant (to Allah), those who serve\n(Him), those who praise (Him), those who fast, those who bow down,\nthose who fall prostrate (in worship), those who enjoin the right and\nwho forbid the wrong and those who keep the limits (ordained) of Allah\n- And give glad tidings to believers!\n\nS: They who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who praise (Him), who\nfast, who bow down, who prostrate themselves, who enjoin what is good\nand forbid what is evil, and who keep the limits of Allah; and give\ngood news to the believers.\n\n009.113\nY: It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe, that they\nshould pray for forgiveness for Pagans, even though they be of kin,\nafter it is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire.\n\nP: It is not for the Prophet, and those who believe, to pray for the\nforgiveness of idolaters even though they may be near of kin (to them)\nafter it hath become clear that they are people of hell-fire.\n\nS: It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe that they\nshould ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even though they should be\nnear relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are inmates\nof the flaming fire.\n\n009.114\nY: And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a\npromise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was\nan enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was\nmost tender-hearted, forbearing.\n\nP: The prayer of Abraham for the forgiveness of his father was only\nbecause of a promise he had promised him, but when it had become clear\nunto him that he (his father) was an enemy to Allah he (Abraham)\ndisowned him. Lo! Abraham was soft of heart, long-suffering.\n\nS: And Ibrahim asking forgiveness for his sire was only owing to a\npromise which he had made to him; but when it became clear to him that\nhe was an enemy of Allah, he declared himself to be clear of him; most\nsurely Ibrahim was very tender-hearted forbearing.\n\n009.115\nY: And Allah will not mislead a people after He hath guided them, in\norder that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)- for\nAllah hath knowledge of all things.\n\nP: It was never Allah's (part) that He should send a folk astray after\nHe had guided them until He had made clear unto them what they should\navoid. Lo! Allah is Aware of all things.\n\nS: It is not (attributable to) Allah that He should lead a people astray\nafter He has guided them; He even makes clear to them what they should\nguard against; surely Allah knows all things.\n\n009.116\nY: Unto Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He\ngiveth life and He taketh it. Except for Him ye have no protector nor\nhelper.\n\nP: Lo! Allah! Unto Him belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the\nearth. He quickeneth and He giveth death. And ye have, instead of\nAllah, no protecting friend nor helper.\n\nS: Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He brings\nto life and causes to die; and there is not for you besides Allah any\nGuardian or Helper.\n\n009.117\nY: Allah turned with favour to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and the\nAnsar,- who followed him in a time of distress, after that the hearts\nof a part of them had nearly swerved (from duty); but He turned to them\n(also): for He is unto them Most Kind, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Allah hath turned in mercy to the Prophet, and to the Muhajirin and\nthe Ansar who followed him in the hour of hardship. After the hearts of\na party of them had almost swerved aside, then turned He unto them in\nmercy. Lo! He is Full of Pity, Merciful for them.\n\nS: Certainly Allah has turned (mercifully) to the Prophet and those who\nfled (their homes) and the helpers who followed him in the hour of\nstraitness after the hearts of a part of them were about to deviate,\nthen He turned to them (mercifully); surely to them He is\nCompassionate, Merciful.\n\n009.118\nY: (He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they\nfelt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to\nthem, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed\nstraitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from\nAllah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they\nmight repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And to the three also (did He turn in mercy) who were left behind,\nwhen the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for them, and their own\nsouls were straitened for them till they bethought them that there is\nno refuge from Allah save toward Him. Then turned He unto them in mercy\nthat they (too) might turn (repentant unto Him). Lo! Allah! He is the\nRelenting, the Merciful.\n\nS: And to the three who were left behind, until the earth became strait\nto them notwithstanding its spaciousness and their souls were also\nstraitened to them; and they knew it for certain that there was no\nrefuge from Allah but in Him; then He turned to them (mercifully) that\nthey might turn (to Him); surely Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy),\nthe Merciful.\n\n009.119\nY: O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true (in word\nand deed).\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah, and be with the\ntruthful.\n\nS: O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and be with the\ntrue ones.\n\n009.120\nY: It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of\nthe neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah's Messenger, nor to prefer\ntheir own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but\nwas reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they\nsuffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod\npaths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury\nwhatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost\nof those who do good;-\n\nP: It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Madinah and for those around them\nof the wandering Arabs so stay behind the messenger of Allah and prefer\ntheir lives to his life. That is because neither thirst nor toil nor\nhunger afflicteth them in the way of Allah, nor step they any step that\nangereth the disbelievers, nor gain they from the enemy a gain, but a\ngood deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah loseth not the wages\nof the good.\n\nS: It did not beseem the people of Medina and those round about them of\nthe dwellers of the desert to remain behind the Messenger of Allah, nor\nshould they desire (anything) for themselves in preference to him; this\nis because there afflicts them not thirst or fatigue or hunger in\nAllah's way, nor do they tread a path which enrages the unbelievers,\nnor do they attain from the enemy what they attain, but a good work is\nwritten down to them on account of it; surely Allah does not waste the\nreward of the doers of good;\n\n009.121\nY: Nor could they spend anything (for the cause) - small or great- nor\ncut across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit: that\nAllah may requite their deed with the best (possible reward).\n\nP: Nor spend they any spending, small or great, nor do they cross a\nvalley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them the best\nof what they used to do.\n\nS: Nor do they spend anything that may be spent, small or great, nor do\nthey traverse a valley, but it is written down to their credit, that\nAllah may reward them with the best of what they have done.\n\n009.122\nY: Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent from\nevery expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to\nstudies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,-\nthat thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil).\n\nP: And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of every troop of\nthem, a party only should go forth, that they (who are left behind) may\ngain sound knowledge in religion, and that they may warn their folk\nwhen they return to them, so that they may beware.\n\nS: And it does not beseem the believers that they should go forth all\ntogether; why should not then a company from every party from among\nthem go forth that they may apply themselves to obtain understanding in\nreligion, and that they may warn their people when they come back to\nthem that they may be cautious?\n\n009.123\nY: O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let\nthem find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear\nHim.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to\nyou, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with\nthose who keep their duty (unto Him).\n\nS: O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you\nand let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those\nwho guard (against evil).\n\n009.124\nY: Whenever there cometh down a sura, some of them say: \"Which of you\nhas had his faith increased by it?\" Yea, those who believe,- their\nfaith is increased and they do rejoice.\n\nP: And whenever a surah is revealed there are some of them who say:\nWhich one of you hath thus increased in faith? As for those who\nbelieve, it hath increased them in faith and they rejoice (therefor).\n\nS: And whenever a Chapter is revealed, there are some of them who say:\nWhich of you has it strengthened in faith? Then as for those who\nbelieve, it strengthens them in faith and they rejoice.\n\n009.125\nY: But those in whose hearts is a disease,- it will add doubt to their\ndoubt, and they will die in a state of Unbelief.\n\nP: But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it only addeth\nwickedness to their wickedness, and they die while they are\ndisbelievers.\n\nS: And as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it adds uncleanness to\ntheir uncleanness and they die while they are unbelievers.\n\n009.126\nY: See they not that they are tried every year once or twice? Yet they\nturn not in repentance, and they take no heed.\n\nP: See they not that they are tested once or twice in every year? Still\nthey turn not in repentance, neither pay they heed.\n\nS: Do they not see that they are tried once or twice in every year, yet\nthey do not turn (to Allah) nor do they mind.\n\n009.127\nY: Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other, (saying),\n\"Doth anyone see you?\" Then they turn aside: Allah hath turned their\nhearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not.\n\nP: And whenever a surah is revealed, they look one at another (as who\nshould say): Doth anybody see you? Then they turn away. Allah turneth\naway their hearts because they are a folk who understand not.\n\nS: And whenever a Chapter is revealed, they cast glances at one another:\nDoes any one see you? Then they turn away: Allah has turned away their\nhearts because they are a people who do not understand.\n\n009.128\nY: Now hath come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it\ngrieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to\nthe Believers is he most kind and merciful.\n\nP: There hath come unto you a messenger, (one) of yourselves, unto whom\naught that ye are overburdened is grievous, full of concern for you,\nfor the believers full of pity, merciful.\n\nS: Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous\nto him is your falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting\nyou; to the believers (he is) compassionate,\n\n009.129\nY: But if they turn away, Say: \"Allah sufficeth me: there is no god but\nHe: On Him is my trust,- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme!\"\n\nP: Now, if they turn away (O Muhammad) say: Allah sufficeth me. There is\nno God save Him. In Him have I put my trust, and He is Lord of the\nTremendous Throne.\n\nS: But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me, there is no\ngod but He; on Him do I rely, and He is the Lord of mighty power.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 10:\n\n                               YUNUS (JONAH)\n Total Verses: 109 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n010.001\nY: A.L.R. These are the ayats of the Book of Wisdom.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Wise Scripture.\n\nS: Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book.\n\n010.002\nY: Is it a matter of wonderment to men that We have sent Our inspiration\nto a man from among themselves?- that he should warn mankind (of their\ndanger), and give the good news to the Believers that they have before\ntheir Lord the lofty rank of truth. (But) say the Unbelievers: \"This is\nindeed an evident sorcerer!\"\n\nP: Is it a wonder for mankind that We have inspired a man among them,\nsaying: Warn mankind and bring unto those who believe the good tidings\nthat they have a sure footing with their Lord? The disbelievers say:\nLo! this is a mere wizard.\n\nS: What! is it a wonder to the people that We revealed to a man from\namong themselves, saying: Warn the people and give good news to those\nwho believe that theirs is a footing of firmness with their Lord. The\nunbelievers say: This is most surely a manifest enchanter.\n\n010.003\nY: Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in\nsix days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority),\nregulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with\nHim) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your\nLord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?\n\nP: Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six\nDays, then He established Himself upon the Throne, directing all\nthings. There is no intercessor (with Him) save after His permission.\nThat is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Oh, will ye not remind?\n\nS: Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in\nsix periods, and He is firm in power, regulating the affair, there is\nno intercessor except after His permission; this is Allah, your Lord,\ntherefore serve Him; will you not then mind?\n\n010.004\nY: To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of Allah is\ntrue and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and\nrepeateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and\nwork righteousness; but those who reject Him will have draughts of\nboiling fluids, and a penalty grievous, because they did reject Him.\n\nP: Unto Him is the return of all of you; it is a promise of Allah in\ntruth. Lo! He produceth creation, then reproduceth it, that He may\nreward those who believe and do good works with equity; while, as for\nthose who disbelieve, theirs will be a boiling drink and painful doom\nbecause they disbelieved.\n\nS: To Him is your return, of all (of you); the promise of Allah (made)\nin truth; surely He begins the creation in the first instance, then He\nreproduces it, that He may with justice recompense those who believe\nand do good; and (as for) those who disbelieve, they shall have a drink\nof hot water and painful punishment because they disbelieved.\n\n010.005\nY: It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a\nlight (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know\nthe number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create\nthis but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs\nin detail, for those who understand.\n\nP: He it is Who appointed the sun a splendour and the moon a light, and\nmeasured for her stages, that ye might know the number of the years,\nand the reckoning. Allah created not (all) that save in truth. He\ndetaileth the revelations for people who have knowledge.\n\nS: He it is Who made the sun a shining brightness and the moon a light,\nand ordained for it mansions that you might know the computation of\nyears and the reckoning. Allah did not create it but with truth; He\nmakes the signs manifest for a people who know.\n\n010.006\nY: Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in all that\nAllah hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those\nwho fear Him.\n\nP: Lo! in the difference of day and night and all that Allah hath\ncreated in the heavens and the earth are portents, verily, for folk who\nward off (evil).\n\nS: Most surely in the variation of the night and the day, and what Allah\nhas created in the heavens and the earth, there are signs for a people\nwho guard (against evil).\n\n010.007\nY: Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are\npleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed\nnot Our Signs,-\n\nP: Lo! those who expect not the meeting with Us but desire the life of\nthe world and feel secure therein, and those who are neglectful of Our\nrevelations,\n\nS: Surely those who do not hope in Our meeting and are pleased with this\nworld's life and are content with it, and those who are heedless of Our\ncommunications:\n\n010.008\nY: Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.\n\nP: Their home will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.\n\nS: (As for) those, their abode is the fire because of what they earned.\n\n010.009\nY: Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will guide\nthem because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens\nof bliss.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works, their Lord guideth them by\ntheir faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Delight,\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, their Lord will guide\nthem by their faith; there shall flow from beneath them rivers in\ngardens of bliss.\n\n010.010\nY: (This will be) their cry therein: \"Glory to Thee, O Allah!\" And\n\"Peace\" will be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will\nbe: \"Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!\"\n\nP: Their prayer therein will be: Glory be to Thee, O Allah! and their\ngreeting therein will be: Peace. And the conclusion of their prayer\nwill be: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: Their cry in it shall be: Glory to Thee, O Allah! and their greeting\nin it shall be: Peace; and the last of their cry shall be: Praise be to\nAllah, the Lord of the worlds.\n\n010.011\nY: If Allah were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they\nwould fain hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at\nonce. But We leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with\nUs, in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.\n\nP: If Allah were to hasten on for men the ill (that they have earned) as\nthey would hasten on the good, their respite would already have\nexpired. But We suffer those who look not for the meeting with Us to\nwander blindly on in their contumacy.\n\nS: And if Allah should hasten the evil to men as they desire the\nhastening on of good, their doom should certainly have been decreed for\nthem; but We leave those alone who hope not for Our meeting in their\ninordinacy, blindly wandering on.\n\n010.012\nY: When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all postures)-\nlying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have\nsolved his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to\nUs for a trouble that touched him! thus do the deeds of transgressors\nseem fair in their eyes!\n\nP: And if misfortune touch a man he crieth unto Us, (while reclining) on\nhis side, or sitting or standing, but when We have relieved him of the\nmisfortune he goeth his way as though he had not cried unto Us because\nof a misfortune that afflicted him. Thus is what they do made (seeming)\nfair unto the prodigal.\n\nS: And when affliction touches a man, he calls on Us, whether lying on\nhis side or sitting or standing; but when We remove his affliction from\nhim, he passes on as though he had never called on Us on account of an\naffliction that touched him; thus that which they do is made\nfair-seeming to the extravagant.\n\n010.013\nY: Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: their\nmessengers came to them with clear-signs, but they would not believe!\nthus do We requite those who sin!\n\nP: We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong; and\ntheir messengers (from Allah) came unto them with clear proofs (of His\nSovereignty) but they would not believe. Thus do We reward the guilty\nfolk.\n\nS: And certainly We did destroy generations before you when they were\nunjust, and their messengers had come to them with clear arguments, and\nthey would not believe; thus do We recompense the guilty people.\n\n010.014\nY: Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye would\nbehave!\n\nP: Then We appointed you viceroys in the earth after them, that We might\nsee how ye behave.\n\nS: Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may see\nhow you act.\n\n010.015\nY: But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not\ntheir hope on their meeting with Us, Say: \"Bring us a reading other\nthan this, or change this,\" Say: \"It is not for me, of my own accord,\nto change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: if I were\nto disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to\ncome).\"\n\nP: And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, they who look\nnot for the meeting with Us say: Bring a Lecture other than this, or\nchange it. Say (O Muhammad): It is not for me to change it of my\naccord. I only follow that which is inspired in me. Lo! if I disobey my\nLord I fear the retribution of an awful Day.\n\nS: And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who hope\nnot for Our meeting say: Bring a Quran other than this or change it.\nSay: It does not beseem me that I should change it of myself; I follow\nnaught but what is revealed to me; surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord,\nthe punishment of a mighty day.\n\n010.016\nY: Say: \"If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you,\nnor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this\nhave I tarried amongst you: will ye not then understand?\"\n\nP: Say: If Allah had so willed I should not have recited it to you nor\nwould He have made it known to you. I dwelt among you a whole lifetime\nbefore it (came to me). Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: Say: If Allah had desired (otherwise) I would not have recited it to\nyou, nor would He have taught it to you; indeed I have lived a lifetime\namong you before it; do you not then understand?\n\n010.017\nY: Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against Allah, or deny\nHis Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.\n\nP: Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah\nand denieth His revelations? Lo! the guilty never are successful.\n\nS: Who is then more unjust than who forges a lie against Allah or (who)\ngives the lie to His communications? Surely the guilty shall not be\nsuccessful.\n\n010.018\nY: They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit them,\nand they say: \"These are our intercessors with Allah.\" Say: \"Do ye\nindeed inform Allah of something He knows not, in the heavens or on\nearth?- Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to\nHim)!\"\n\nP: They worship beside Allah that which neither hurteth them nor\nprofiteth them, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allah.\nSay: Would ye inform Allah of (something) that He knoweth not in the\nheavens or in the earth? Praised be He and High Exalted above all that\nye associate (with Him)!\n\nS: And they serve beside Allah what can neither harm them nor profit\nthem, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allah. Say: Do you\n(presume to) inform Allah of what He knows not in the heavens and the\nearth? Glory be to Him, and supremely exalted is He above what they set\nup (with Him).\n\n010.019\nY: Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for\na word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would\nhave been settled between them.\n\nP: Mankind were but one community; then they differed; and had it not\nbeen for a word that had already gone forth from thy Lord it had been\njudged between them in respect of that wherein they differ.\n\nS: And people are naught but a single nation, so they disagree; and had\nnot a word already gone forth from your Lord, the matter would have\ncertainly been decided between them in respect of that concerning which\nthey disagree.\n\n010.020\nY: They say: \"Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?\" Say:\n\"The Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait\nwith you.\"\n\nP: And they will say: If only a portent were sent down upon him from his\nLord! Then say, (O Muhammad): The Unseen belongeth to Allah. So wait!\nLo! I am waiting with you.\n\nS: And they say: Why is not a sign sent to him from his Lord? Say: The\nunseen is only for Allah; therefore wait-- surely I too, with you am of\nthose who wait.\n\n010.021\nY: When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity hath touched\nthem, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs! Say: \"Swifter to\nplan is Allah!\" Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that ye\nmake!\n\nP: And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy after some adversity\nwhich had afflicted them, behold! they have some plot against Our\nrevelations. Say: Allah is more swift in plotting. Lo! Our messengers\nwrite down that which ye plot.\n\nS: And when We make people taste of mercy after an affliction touches\nthem, lo! they devise plans against Our communication. Say: Allah is\nquicker to plan; surely Our messengers write down what you plan.\n\n010.022\nY: He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that\nye even board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and\nthey rejoice there at; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to\nthem from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they\ncry unto Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, \"If\nthou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!\"\n\nP: He it is Who maketh you to go on the land and the sea till, when ye\nare in the ships and they sail with them with a fair breeze and they\nare glad therein, a storm-wind reacheth them and the wave cometh unto\nthem from every side and they deem that they are overwhelmed therein;\n(then) they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only: If\nThou deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful.\n\nS: He it is Who makes you travel by land and sea; until when you are in\nthe ships, and they sail on with them in a pleasant breeze, and they\nrejoice, a violent wind overtakes them and the billows surge in on them\nfrom all sides, and they become certain that they are encompassed\nabout, they pray to Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience: If Thou\ndost deliver us from this, we will most certainly be of the grateful\nones.\n\n010.023\nY: But when He delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently\nthrough the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is\nagainst your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in\nthe end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all\nthat ye did.\n\nP: Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the earth\nwrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion is only against yourselves. (Ye\nhave) enjoyment of the life of the world; then unto Us is your return\nand We shall proclaim unto you what ye used to do.\n\nS: But when He delivers them, lo! they are unjustly rebellious in the\nearth. O men! your rebellion is against your own souls-- provision\n(only) of this world's life-- then to Us shall be your return, so We\nwill inform you of what you did.\n\n010.024\nY: The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send\ndown from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth-\nwhich provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is\nclad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the\npeople to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over\nit: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it\nlike a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day\nbefore! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.\n\nP: The similitude of the life of the world is only as water which We\nsend down from the sky, then the earth's growth of that which men and\ncattle eat mingleth with it till, when the earth hath taken on her\nornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are masters\nof her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make it as\nreaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we expound\nthe revelations for people who reflect.\n\nS: The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We send down\nfrom the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle\neat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden\nraiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have\npower over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We\nrender it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in\nexistence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a\npeople who reflect.\n\n010.025\nY: But Allah doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He\npleaseth to a way that is straight.\n\nP: And Allah summoneth to the abode of peace, and leadeth whom He will\nto a straight path.\n\nS: And Allah invites to the abode of peace and guides whom He pleases\ninto the right path.\n\n010.026\nY: To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in\nmeasure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are\ncompanions of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!\n\nP: For those who do good is the best (reward) and more (thereto).\nNeither dust nor ignominy cometh near their faces. Such are rightful\nowners of the Garden; they will abide therein.\n\nS: For those who do good is good (reward) and more (than this); and\nblackness or ignominy shall not cover their faces; these are the\ndwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.\n\n010.027\nY: But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil:\nignominy will cover their (faces): No defender will they have from (the\nwrath of) Allah: Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces\nfrom the depth of the darkness of night: they are companions of the\nFire: they will abide therein (for aye)!\n\nP: And those who earn ill-deeds, (for them) requital of each ill-deed by\nthe like thereof; and ignominy overtaketh them - They have no protector\nfrom Allah - as if their faces had been covered with a cloak of darkest\nnight. Such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.\n\nS: And (as for) those who have earned evil, the punishment of an evil is\nthe like of it, and abasement shall come upon them-- they shall have\nnone to protect them from Allah-- as if their faces had been covered\nwith slices of the dense darkness of night; these are the inmates of\nthe fire; in it they shall abide.\n\n010.028\nY: One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to those\nwho joined gods (with Us): \"To your place! ye and those ye joined as\n'partners'.\" We shall separate them, and their 'Partners' shall say: \"It\nwas not us that ye worshipped!\"\n\nP: On the day when We gather them all together, then We say unto those\nwho ascribed partners (unto Us): Stand back, ye and your (pretended)\npartners (of Allah)! And We separate them, the one from the other, and\ntheir (pretended) partners say: It was not us ye worshipped.\n\nS: And on the day when We will gather them all together, then We will\nsay to those who associated others (with Allah): Keep where you are,\nyou and your associates; then We shall separate them widely one from\nanother and their associates would say: It was not us that you served:\n\n010.029\nY: \"Enough is Allah for a witness between us and you: we certainly knew\nnothing of your worship of us!\"\n\nP: Allah sufficeth as a witness between us and you, that we were unaware\nof your worship.\n\nS: Therefore Allah is sufficient as a witness between us and you that we\nwere quite unaware of your serving (us).\n\n010.030\nY: There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent before:\nthey will be brought back to Allah their rightful Lord, and their\ninvented falsehoods will leave them in the lurch.\n\nP: There doth every soul experience that which it did aforetime, and\nthey are returned unto Allah, their rightful Lord, and that which they\nused to invent hath failed them.\n\nS: There shall every soul become acquainted with what it sent before,\nand they shall be brought back to Allah, their true Patron, and what\nthey devised shall escape from them.\n\n010.031\nY: Say: \"Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from the\nearth? or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And who is\nit that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the\nliving? and who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?\" They will\nsoon say,\n\n\"Allah\". Say, \"will ye not then show piety (to Him)?\"\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Who provideth for you from the sky and\nthe earth, or Who owneth hearing and sight; and Who bringeth forth the\nliving from the dead and bringeth forth the dead from the living; and\nWho directeth the course? They will say: Allah. Then say: Will ye not\nthen keep your duty (unto Him)?\n\nS: Say: Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth? Or Who\ncontrols the hearing and the sight? And Who brings forth the living\nfrom the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living? And Who\nregulates the affairs? Then they will say: Allah. Say then: Will you\nnot then guard (against evil)?\n\n010.032\nY: Such is Allah, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth,\nwhat (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?\n\nP: Such then is Allah, your rightful Lord. After the Truth what is there\nsaving error? How then are ye turned away!\n\nS: This then is Allah, your true Lord; and what is there after the truth\nbut error; how are you then turned back?\n\n010.033\nY: Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel:\nVerily they will not believe.\n\nP: Thus is the Word of thy Lord justified concerning those who do wrong:\nthat they believe not.\n\nS: Thus does the word of your Lord prove true against those who\ntransgress that they do not believe.\n\n010.034\nY: Say: \"Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and repeat it?\"\nSay: \"It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are\nye deluded away (from the truth)?\"\n\nP: Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah) one that\nproduceth Creation and then reproduceth it? Say: Allah produceth\nCreation, then reproduceth it. How then, are ye misled!\n\nS: Say: Is there any one among your associates who can bring into\nexistence the creation in the first instance, then reproduce it? Say:\nAllah brings the creation into existence, then He reproduces it; how\nare you then turned away?\n\n010.035\nY: Say: \"Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance\ntowards truth?\" Say: \"It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is\nthen He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he\nwho finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the\nmatter with you? How judge ye?\"\n\nP: Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah) one that\nleadeth to the Truth? Say: Allah leadeth to the Truth. Is He Who\nleadeth to the Truth more deserving that He should be followed, or he\nwho findeth not the way unless he (himself) be guided. What aileth you?\nHow judge ye?\n\nS: Say: Is there any of your associates who guides to the truth? Say:\nAllah guides to the truth. Is He then Who guides to the truth more\nworthy to be followed, or he who himself does not go aright unless he\nis guided? What then is the matter with you; how do you judge?\n\n010.036\nY: But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no\navail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.\n\nP: Most of them follow not but conjecture. Assuredly conjecture can by\nno means take the place of truth. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do.\n\nS: And most of them do not follow (anything) but conjecture; surely\nconjecture will not avail aught against the truth; surely Allah is\ncognizant of what they do.\n\n010.037\nY: This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah; on\nthe contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it,\nand a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from\nthe Lord of the worlds.\n\nP: And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be invented in despite of\nAllah; but it is a confirmation of that which was before it and an\nexposition of that which is decreed for mankind - Therein is no doubt -\nfrom the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And this Quran is not such as could be forged by those besides Allah,\nbut it is a verification of that which is before it and a clear\nexplanation of the book, there is no doubt in it, from the Lord of the\nworlds.\n\n010.038\nY: Or do they say, \"He forged it\"? say: \"Bring then a Sura like unto it,\nand call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak\nthe truth!\"\n\nP: Or say they: He hath invented it? Say: Then bring a surah like unto\nit, and call (for help) on all ye can besides Allah, if ye are\ntruthful.\n\nS: Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: Then bring a Chapter like this\nand invite whom you can besides Allah, if you are truthful.\n\n010.039\nY: Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot\ncompass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus\ndid those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the\nend of those who did wrong!\n\nP: Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they could not\ncompass, and whereof the interpretation (in events) hath not yet come\nunto them. Even so did those before them deny. Then see what was the\nconsequence for the wrong-doers!\n\nS: Nay, they reject that of which they have no comprehensive knowledge,\nand the final sequel of it has not yet come to them; even thus did\nthose before them reject (the truth); see then what was the end of the\nunjust.\n\n010.040\nY: Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who do not: and\nthy Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief.\n\nP: And of them is he who believeth therein, and of them is he who\nbelieveth not therein, and thy Lord is Best Aware of the corrupters.\n\nS: And of them is he who believes in it, and of them is he who does not\nbelieve in it, and your Lord best knows the mischief-makers.\n\n010.041\nY: If they charge thee with falsehood, say: \"My work to me, and yours to\nyou! ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye\ndo!\"\n\nP: And if they deny thee, say: Unto me my work, and unto you your work.\nYe are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what ye do.\n\nS: And if they call you a liar, say: My work is for me and your work for\nyou; you are clear of what I do and I am clear of what you do.\n\n010.042\nY: Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: But canst thou\nmake the deaf to hear,- even though they are without understanding?\n\nP: And of them are some who listen unto thee. But canst thou make the\ndeaf to hear even though they apprehend not?\n\nS: And there are those of them who hear you, but can you make the deaf\nto hear though they will not understand?\n\n010.043\nY: And among them are some who look at thee: but canst thou guide the\nblind,- even though they will not see?\n\nP: And of them is he who looketh toward thee. But canst thou guide the\nblind even though they see not?\n\nS: And there are those of them who look at you, but can you show the way\nto the blind though they will not see?\n\n010.044\nY: Verily Allah will not deal unjustly with man in aught: It is man that\nwrongs his own soul.\n\nP: Lo! Allah wrongeth not mankind in aught; but mankind wrong\nthemselves.\n\nS: Surely Allah does not do any injustice to men, but men are unjust to\nthemselves.\n\n010.045\nY: One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had\ntarried but an hour of a day: they will recognise each other: assuredly\nthose will be lost who denied the meeting with Allah and refused to\nreceive true guidance.\n\nP: And on the day when He shall gather them together, (when it will\nseem) as though they had tarried but an hour of the day, recognising\none another, those will verily have perished who denied the meeting\nwith Allah and were not guided.\n\nS: And on the day when He will gather them as though they had not stayed\nbut an hour of the day, they will know each other. They will perish\nindeed who called the meeting with Allah to be a lie, and they are not\nfollowers of the right direction.\n\n010.046\nY: Whether We show thee (realised in thy life-time) some part of what We\npromise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that),- in\nany case, to Us is their return: ultimately Allah is witness, to all\nthat they do.\n\nP: Whether We let thee (O Muhammad) behold something of that which We\npromise them or (whether We) cause thee to die, still unto Us is their\nreturn, and Allah, moreover, is Witness over what they do.\n\nS: And if We show you something of what We threaten them with, or cause\nyou to die, yet to Us is their return, and Allah is the bearer of\nwitness to what they do.\n\n010.047\nY: To every people (was sent) a messenger: when their messenger comes\n(before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and\nthey will not be wronged.\n\nP: And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their messenger\ncometh (on the Day of Judgment) it will be judged between them fairly,\nand they will not be wronged.\n\nS: And every nation had a messenger; so when their messenger came, the\nmatter was decided between them with justice and they shall not be\ndealt with unjustly.\n\n010.048\nY: They say: \"When will this promise come to pass,- if ye speak the\ntruth?\"\n\nP: And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are\ntruthful?\n\nS: And they say: When will this threat come about, if you are truthful?\n\n010.049\nY: Say: \"I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except as\nAllah willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is\nreached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they\nadvance (it in anticipation).\"\n\nP: Say: I have no power to hurt or benefit myself, save that which Allah\nwilleth. For every nation there is an appointed time. When their time\ncometh, then they cannot put it off an hour, nor hasten (it).\n\nS: Say: I do not control for myself any harm, or any benefit except what\nAllah pleases; every nation has a term; when their term comes, they\nshall not then remain behind for an hour, nor can they go before (their\ntime).\n\n010.050\nY: Say: \"Do ye see,- if His punishment should come to you by night or by\nday,- what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?\"\n\nP: Say: Have ye thought: When His doom cometh unto you as a raid by\nnight, or in the (busy) day; what is there of it that the guilty ones\ndesire to hasten?\n\nS: Say: Tell me if His punishment overtakes you by night or by day! what\nthen is there of it that the guilty would hasten on?\n\n010.051\nY: \"Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh to\npass?\" (It will then be said): 'Ah! now? and ye wanted (aforetime) to\nhasten it on!'\n\nP: Is it (only) then, when it hath befallen you, that ye will believe?\nWhat! (Believe) now, when (until now) ye have been hastening it on\n(through disbelief)?\n\nS: And when it comes to pass, will you believe in it? What! now (you\nbelieve), and already you wished to have it hastened on.\n\n010.052\nY: \"At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring\npunishment! ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'\"\n\nP: Then will it be said unto those who dealt unjustly Taste the torment\nof eternity. Are ye requited aught save what ye used to earn?\n\nS: Then it shall be said to those who were unjust: Taste abiding\nchastisement; you are not requited except for what you earned.\n\n010.053\nY: They seek to be informed by thee: \"Is that true?\" Say: \"Aye! by my\nLord! it is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate it!\"\n\nP: And they ask thee to inform them (saying): Is it true? Say: Yea, by\nmy Lord, verily it is true, and ye cannot escape.\n\nS: And they ask you: Is that true? Say: Aye! by my Lord! it is most\nsurely the truth, and you will not escape.\n\n010.054\nY: Every soul that hath sinned, if it possessed all that is on earth,\nwould fain give it in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance\nwhen they see the penalty: but the judgment between them will be with\njustice, and no wrong will be done unto them.\n\nP: And if each soul that doeth wrong had all that is in the earth it\nwould seek to ransom itself therewith; and they will feel remorse\nwithin them, when they see the doom. But it hath been judged between\nthem fairly and they are not wronged.\n\nS: And if every soul that has done injustice had all that is in the\nearth, it would offer it for ransom, and they will manifest regret when\nthey see the chastisement and the matter shall be decided between them\nwith justice and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.\n\n010.055\nY: Is it not (the case) that to Allah belongeth whatever is in the\nheavens and on earth? Is it not (the case) that Allah's promise is\nassuredly true? Yet most of them understand not.\n\nP: Lo! verily all that is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's. Lo!\nverily Allah's promise is true. But most of them know not.\n\nS: Now surely Allah's is what is in the heavens and the earth; now\nsurely Allah's promise is true, but most of them do not know.\n\n010.056\nY: It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all\nbe brought back.\n\nP: He quickeneth and giveth death, and unto Him ye will be returned.\n\nS: He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be brought back.\n\n010.057\nY: O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a\nhealing for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe,\na guidance and a Mercy.\n\nP: O mankind! There hath come unto you an exhortation from your Lord, a\nbalm for that which is in the breasts, a guidance and a mercy for\nbelievers.\n\nS: O men! there has come to you indeed an admonition from your Lord and\na healing for what is in the breasts and a guidance and a mercy for the\nbelievers.\n\n010.058\nY: Say: \"In the bounty of Allah. And in His Mercy,- in that let them\nrejoice\": that is better than the (wealth) they hoard.\n\nP: Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy: therein let them\nrejoice. It is better than what they hoard.\n\nS: Say: In the grace of Allah and in His mercy-- in that they should\nrejoice; it is better than that which they gather.\n\n010.059\nY: Say: \"See ye what things Allah hath sent down to you for sustenance?\nYet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things) lawful.\"\nSay: \"Hath Allah indeed permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to\nattribute to Allah?\"\n\nP: Say: Have ye considered what provision Allah hath sent down for you,\nhow ye have made of it lawful and unlawful? Hath Allah permitted you,\nor do ye invent a lie concerning Allah?\n\nS: Say: Tell me what Allah has sent down for you of sustenance, then you\nmake (a part) of it unlawful and (a part) lawful. Say: Has Allah\ncommanded you, or do you forge a lie against Allah?\n\n010.060\nY: And what think those who invent lies against Allah, of the Day of\nJudgment? Verily Allah is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them\nare ungrateful.\n\nP: And what think those who invent a lie concerning Allah (will be their\nplight) upon the Day of Resurrection? Lo! Allah truly is Bountiful\ntoward mankind, but most of them give not thanks.\n\nS: And what will be the thought of those who forge lies against Allah on\nthe day of resurrection? Most surely Allah is the Lord of grace towards\nmen, but most of them do not give thanks.\n\n010.061\nY: In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest\nbe reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be\ndoing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein.\nNor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the\nearth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these\nthings but are recorded in a clear record.\n\nP: And thou (Muhammad) art not occupied with any business and thou\nrecitest not a Lecture from this (Scripture), and ye (mankind) perform\nno act, but We are Witness of you when ye are engaged therein. And not\nan atom's weight in the earth or in the sky escapeth your Lord, nor\nwhat is less than that or greater than that, but it is (written) in a\nclear Book.\n\nS: And you are not (engaged) in any affair, nor do you recite concerning\nit any portion of the Quran, nor do you do any work but We are\nwitnesses over you when you enter into it, and there does not lie\nconcealed from your Lord the weight of an atom in the earth or in the\nheaven, nor any thing less than that nor greater, but it is in a clear\nbook.\n\n010.062\nY: Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall\nthey grieve;\n\nP: Lo! verily the friends of Allah are (those) on whom fear (cometh)\nnot, nor do they grieve?\n\nS: Now surely the friends of Allah-- they shall have no fear nor shall\nthey grieve.\n\n010.063\nY: Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;-\n\nP: Those who believe and keep their duty (to Allah).\n\nS: Those who believe and guarded (against evil):\n\n010.064\nY: For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the\nHereafter; no change can there be in the words of Allah. This is indeed\nthe supreme felicity.\n\nP: Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the Hereafter\n- There is no changing the Words of Allah - that is the Supreme\nTriumph.\n\nS: They shall have good news in this world's life and in the hereafter;\nthere is no changing the words of Allah; that is the mighty\nachievement.\n\n010.065\nY: Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honour belong to\nAllah: It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).\n\nP: And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power\nbelongeth wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And let not their speech grieve you; surely might is wholly Allah's;\nHe is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n010.066\nY: Behold! verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on\nearth. What do they follow who worship as His \"partners\" other than\nAllah? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.\n\nP: Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the heavens\nand whosoever is in the earth? Those who follow aught instead of Allah\nfollow not (His) partners. They follow only a conjecture, and they do\nbut guess.\n\nS: Now, surely, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth\nis Allah's; and they do not (really) follow any associates, who call on\nothers besides Allah; they do not follow (anything) but conjectures,\nand they only lie.\n\n010.067\nY: He it is That hath made you the night that ye may rest therein, and\nthe day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs for\nthose who listen (to His Message).\n\nP: He it is Who hath appointed for you the night that ye should rest\ntherein and the day giving sight. Lo! herein verily are portents for a\nfolk that heed.\n\nS: He it is Who made for you the night that you might rest in it, and\nthe day giving light; most surely there are signs in it for a people\nwho would hear.\n\n010.068\nY: They say: \"Allah hath begotten a son!\" - Glory be to Him! He is\nself-sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No\nwarrant have ye for this! say ye about Allah what ye know not?\n\nP: They say: Allah hath taken (unto Him) a son - Glorified be He! He\nhath no needs! His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the\nearth. Ye have no warrant for this. Tell ye concerning Allah that which\nye know not?\n\nS: They say: Allah has taken a son (to Himself)! Glory be to Him: He is\nthe Self-sufficient: His is what is in the heavens and what is in the\nearth; you have no authority for this; do you say against Allah what\nyou do not know?\n\n010.069\nY: Say: \"Those who invent a lie against Allah will never prosper.\"\n\nP: Say: Verily those who invent a lie concerning Allah will not succeed.\n\nS: Say: Those who forge a lie against Allah shall not be successful.\n\n010.070\nY: A little enjoyment in this world!- and then, to Us will be their\nreturn, then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their\nblasphemies.\n\nP: This world's portion (will be theirs), then unto Us is their return.\nThen We make them taste a dreadful doom because they used to\ndisbelieve.\n\nS: (It is only) a provision in this world, then to Us shall be their\nreturn; then We shall make them taste severe punishment because they\ndisbelieved.\n\n010.071\nY: Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his people:\n\"O my people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with you)\nand commemorate the signs of Allah,- yet I put my trust in Allah. Get\nye then an agreement about your plan and among your partners, so your\nplan be on to you dark and dubious. Then pass your sentence on me, and\ngive me no respite.\"\n\nP: Recite unto them the story of Noah, when he told his people: O my\npeople! If my sojourn (here) and my reminding you by Allah's\nrevelations are an offence unto you, in Allah have I put my trust, so\ndecide upon your course of action you and your partners. Let not your\ncourse of action be in doubt for you. Then have at me, give me no\nrespite.\n\nS: And recite to them the story of Nuh when he said to his people: O my\npeople! if my stay and my reminding (you) by the communications of\nAllah is hard on you-- yet on Allah do I rely-- then resolve upon your\naffair and (gather) your associates, then let not your affair remain\ndubious to you, then have it executed against me and give me no\nrespite:\n\n010.072\nY: \"But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked of you: my\nreward is only due from Allah, and I have been commanded to be of those\nwho submit to Allah's will (in Islam).\"\n\nP: But if ye are averse I have asked of you no wage. My wage is the\nconcern of Allah only, and I am commanded to be of those who surrender\n(unto Him).\n\nS: But if you turn back, I did not ask for any reward from you; my\nreward is only with Allah, and I am commanded that I should be of those\nwho submit.\n\n010.073\nY: They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in the\nArk, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the\nflood those who rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of those\nwho were warned (but heeded not)!\n\nP: But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship,\nand made them viceroys (in the earth), while We drowned those who\ndenied Our revelations. See then the nature of the consequence for\nthose who had been warned.\n\nS: But they rejected him, so We delivered him and those with him in the\nark, and We made them rulers and drowned those who rejected Our\ncommunications; see then what was the end of the (people) warned.\n\n010.074\nY: Then after him We sent (many) messengers to their peoples: they\nbrought them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had\nalready rejected beforehand. Thus do We seal the hearts of the\ntransgressors.\n\nP: Then, after him, We sent messengers unto their folk, and they brought\nthem clear proofs. But they were not ready to believe in that which\nthey before denied. Thus print We on the hearts of the transgressors.\n\nS: Then did We raise up after him messengers to their people, so they\ncame to them with clear arguments, but they would not believe in what\nthey had rejected before; thus it is that We set seals upon the hearts\nof those who exceed the limits.\n\n010.075\nY: Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs\nwith Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.\n\nP: Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron unto Pharaoh and his chiefs\nwith Our revelations, but they were arrogant and were a guilty folk.\n\nS: Then did We send up after them Musa and Haroun to Firon and his\nchiefs with Our signs, but they showed pride and they were a guilty\npeople.\n\n010.076\nY: When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: \"This is indeed\nevident sorcery!\"\n\nP: And when the Truth from Our presence came unto them, they said: Lo!\nthis is mere magic.\n\nS: So when the truth came to them from Us they said: This is most surely\nclear enchantment!\n\n010.077\nY: Said Moses: \"Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath (actually)\nreached you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper.\"\n\nP: Moses said: Speak ye (so) of the Truth when it hath come unto you? Is\nthis magic? Now magicians thrive not.\n\nS: Musa said: Do you say (this) of the truth when it has come to you? Is\nit magic? And the magicians are not successful.\n\n010.078\nY: They said: \"Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we\nfound our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may\nhave greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!\"\n\nP: They said: Hast thou come unto us to pervert us from that (faith) in\nwhich we found our fathers, and that you two may own the place of\ngreatness in the land? We will not believe you two.\n\nS: They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from what we found our\nfathers upon, and (that) greatness in the land should be for you two?\nAnd we are not going to believe in you.\n\n010.079\nY: Said Pharaoh: \"Bring me every sorcerer well versed.\"\n\nP: And Pharaoh said: Bring every cunning wizard unto me.\n\nS: And Firon said: Bring to me every skillful magician.\n\n010.080\nY: When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: \"Throw ye what ye (wish)\nto throw!\"\n\nP: And when the wizards came, Moses said unto them: Cast your cast!\n\nS: And when the magicians came, Musa said to them: Cast down what you\nhave to cast.\n\n010.081\nY: When they had had their throw, Moses said: \"What ye have brought is\nsorcery: Allah will surely make it of no effect: for Allah prospereth\nnot the work of those who make mischief.\"\n\nP: And when they had cast, Moses said: That which ye have brought is\nmagic. Lo! Allah will make it vain. Lo! Allah upholdeth not the work of\nmischief-makers.\n\nS: So when they cast down, Musa said to them: What you have brought is\ndeception; surely Allah will make it naught; surely Allah does not make\nthe work of mischief-makers to thrive.\n\n010.082\nY: \"And Allah by His words doth prove and establish His truth, however\nmuch the sinners may hate it!\"\n\nP: And Allah will vindicate the Truth by His words, however much the\nguilty be averse.\n\nS: And Allah will show the truth to be the truth by His words, though\nthe guilty may be averse (to it).\n\n010.083\nY: But none believed in Moses except some children of his people,\nbecause of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should\npersecute them; and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one\nwho transgressed all bounds.\n\nP: But none trusted Moses, save some scions of his people, (and they\nwere) in fear of Pharaoh and their chiefs, that he would persecute\nthem. Lo! Pharaoh was verily a tyrant in the land, and lo! he verily\nwas of the wanton.\n\nS: But none believed in Musa except the offspring of his people, on\naccount of the fear of Firon and their chiefs, lest he should persecute\nthem; and most surely Firon was lofty in the land; and most surely he\nwas of the extravagant.\n\n010.084\nY: Moses said: \"O my people! If ye do (really) believe in Allah, then in\nHim put your trust if ye submit (your will to His).\"\n\nP: And Moses said: O my people! If ye have believed in Allah then put\ntrust in Him, if ye have indeed surrendered (unto Him)!\n\nS: And Musa said: O my people! if you believe in Allah, then rely on Him\n(alone) if you submit (to Allah).\n\n010.085\nY: They said: \"In Allah do we put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a\ntrial for those who practise oppression;\"\n\nP: They said: In Allah we put trust. Our Lord! Oh, make us not a lure\nfor the wrongdoing folk;\n\nS: So they said: On Allah we rely: O our Lord! make us not subject to\nthe persecution of the unjust people:\n\n010.086\nY: \"And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee).\"\n\nP: And, of Thy mercy, save us from the folk that disbelieve.\n\nS: And do Thou deliver us by Thy mercy from the unbelieving people.\n\n010.087\nY: We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message: \"Provide\ndwellings for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of\nworship, and establish regular prayers: and give glad tidings to those\nwho believe!\"\n\nP: And We inspired Moses and his brother, (saying): Appoint houses for\nyour people in Egypt and make your houses oratories, and establish\nworship. And give good news to the believers.\n\nS: And We revealed to Musa and his brother, saying: Take for your people\nhouses to abide in Egypt and make your houses places of worship and\nkeep up prayer and give good news to the believers.\n\n010.088\nY: Moses prayed: \"Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his\nchiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our\nLord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features\nof their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not\nbelieve until they see the grievous penalty.\"\n\nP: And Moses said: Our Lord! Lo! Thou hast given Pharaoh and his chiefs\nsplendour and riches in the life of the world, Our Lord! that they may\nlead men astray from Thy way. Our Lord! Destroy their riches and harden\ntheir hearts so that they believe not till they see the painful doom.\n\nS: And Musa said: Our Lord! surely Thou hast given to Firon and his\nchiefs finery and riches in this world's life, to this end, our Lord,\nthat they lead (people) astray from Thy way: Our Lord! destroy their\nriches and harden their hearts so that they believe not until they see\nthe painful punishment.\n\n010.089\nY: Allah said: \"Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand ye\nstraight, and follow not the path of those who know not.\"\n\nP: He said: Your prayer is heard. Do ye twain keep to the straight path,\nand follow not the road of those who have no knowledge.\n\nS: He said: The prayer of you both has indeed been accepted, therefore\ncontinue in the right way and do not follow the path of those who do\nnot know.\n\n010.090\nY: We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts\nfollowed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with\nthe flood, he said: \"I believe that there is no god except Him Whom the\nChildren of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah in\nIslam).\"\n\nP: And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh\nwith his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when\nthe (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed: I believe that there\nis no God save Him in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am\nof those who surrender (unto Him).\n\nS: And We made the children of Israel to pass through the sea, then\nFiron and his hosts followed them for oppression and tyranny; until\nwhen drowning overtook him, he said: I believe that there is no god but\nHe in Whom the children of Israel believe and I am of those who submit.\n\n010.091\nY: (It was said to him): \"Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou\nin rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!\"\n\nP: What! Now! When hitherto thou hast rebelled and been of the\nwrong-doers?\n\nS: What! now! and indeed you disobeyed before and you were of the\nmischief-makers.\n\n010.092\nY: \"This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a sign\nto those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are\nheedless of Our Signs!\"\n\nP: But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayst be a portent\nfor those after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our portents.\n\nS: But We will this day deliver you with your body that you may be a\nsign to those after you, and most surely the majority of the people are\nheedless to Our communications.\n\n010.093\nY: We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and\nprovided for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledge had\nbeen granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily Allah will\njudge between them as to the schisms amongst them, on the Day of\nJudgment.\n\nP: And We verily did allot unto the Children of Israel a fixed abode,\nand did provide them with good things; and they differed not until the\nknowledge came unto them. Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the\nDay of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.\n\nS: And certainly We lodged the children of Israel in a goodly abode and\nWe provided them with good things; but they did not disagree until the\nknowledge had come to them; surely your Lord will judge between them on\nthe resurrection day concerning that in which they disagreed.\n\n010.094\nY: If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask\nthose who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath\nindeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.\n\nP: And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt concerning that which We reveal\nunto thee, then question those who read the Scripture (that was) before\nthee. Verily the Truth from thy Lord hath come unto thee. So be not\nthou of the waverers.\n\nS: But if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to you, ask those\nwho read the Book before you; certainly the truth has come to you from\nyour Lord, therefore you should not be of the disputers.\n\n010.095\nY: Nor be of those who reject the signs of Allah, or thou shalt be of\nthose who perish.\n\nP: And be not thou of those who deny the revelations of Allah, for then\nwert thou of the losers.\n\nS: And you should not be of those who reject the communications of\nAllah, (for) then you should be one of the losers.\n\n010.096\nY: Those against whom the word of thy Lord hath been verified would not\nbelieve-\n\nP: Lo! those for whom the word of thy Lord (concerning sinners) hath\neffect will not believe,\n\nS: Surely those against whom the word of your Lord has proved true will\nnot believe,\n\n010.097\nY: Even if every Sign was brought unto them,- until they see (for\nthemselves) the penalty grievous.\n\nP: Though every token come unto them, till they see the painful doom.\n\nS: Though every sign should come to them, until they witness the painful\nchastisement.\n\n010.098\nY: Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which\nbelieved,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of\nJonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy\nin the life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life)\nfor a while.\n\nP: If only there had been a community (of all those that were destroyed\nof old) that believed and profited by its belief as did the folk of\nJonah! When they believed We drew off from them the torment of disgrace\nin the life of the world and gave them comfort for a while.\n\nS: And wherefore was there not a town which should believe so that their\nbelief should have profited them but the people of Yunus? When they\nbelieved, We removed from them the chastisement of disgrace in this\nworld's life and We gave them provision till a time.\n\n010.099\nY: If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all\nwho are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to\nbelieve!\n\nP: And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed\ntogether. Wouldst thou (Muhammad) compel men until they are believers?\n\nS: And if your Lord had pleased, surely all those who are in the earth\nwould have believed, all of them; will you then force men till they\nbecome believers?\n\n010.100\nY: No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah, and He will place\ndoubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.\n\nP: It is not for any soul to believe save by the permission of Allah. He\nhath set uncleanness upon those who have no sense.\n\nS: And it is not for a soul to believe except by Allah's permission; and\nHe casts uncleanness on those who will not understand.\n\n010.101\nY: Say: \"Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth\"; but neither\nSigns nor Warners profit those who believe not.\n\nP: Say: Behold what is in the heavens and the earth! But revelations and\nwarnings avail not folk who will not believe.\n\nS: Say: Consider what is it that is in the heavens and the earth; and\nsigns and warners do not avail a people who would not believe.\n\n010.102\nY: Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of\nthe men who passed away before them? Say: \"Wait ye then: for I, too,\nwill wait with you.\"\n\nP: What expect they save the like of the days of those who passed away\nbefore them? Say: Expect then! I am with you among the expectant.\n\nS: What do they wait for then but the like of the days of those who\npassed away before them? Say: Wait then; surely I too am with you of\nthose who wait.\n\n010.103\nY: In the end We deliver Our messengers and those who believe: Thus is\nit fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!\n\nP: Then shall We save Our messengers and the believers, in like manner\n(as of old). It is incumbent upon Us to save believers.\n\nS: Then We deliver Our messengers and those who believe-- even so (now),\nit is binding on Us (that) We deliver the believers.\n\n010.104\nY: Say: \"O ye men! If ye are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I\nworship not what ye worship, other than Allah! But I worship Allah -\nWho will take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in the\nranks) of the Believers,\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! If ye are in doubt of my religion, then\n(know that) I worship not those whom ye worship instead of Allah, but I\nworship Allah Who causeth you to die, and I have been commanded to be\nof the believers.\n\nS: Say: O people! if you are in doubt as to my religion, then (know\nthat) I do not serve those whom you serve besides Allah but I do serve\nAllah, Who will cause you to die, and I am commanded that I should be\nof the believers.\n\n010.105\nY: \"And further (thus): 'set thy face towards religion with true piety,\nand never in any wise be of the Unbelievers;'\"\n\nP: And, (O Muhammad) set thy purpose resolutely for religion, as a man\nby nature upright, and be not of those who ascribe partners (to Allah).\n\nS: And that you should keep your course towards the religion uprightly;\nand you should not be of the polytheists.\n\n010.106\nY: \"'Nor call on any, other than Allah;- Such will neither profit thee\nnor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those\nwho do wrong.'\"\n\nP: And cry not, beside Allah, unto that which cannot profit thee nor\nhurt thee, for if thou didst so then wert thou of the wrong-doers.\n\nS: And do not call besides Allah on that which can neither benefit you\nnor harm you, for if you do then surely you will in that case be of the\nunjust.\n\n010.107\nY: If Allah do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but He:\nif He do design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His\nfavour: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth.\nAnd He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: If Allah afflicteth thee with some hurt, there is none who can remove\nit save Him; and if He desireth good for thee, there is none who can\nrepel His bounty. He striketh with it whom He will of his bondmen. He\nis the Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\nS: And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to\nremove it but He; and if He intends good to you there is none to repel\nHis grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is\nthe Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\n010.108\nY: Say: \"O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! those who\nreceive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who\nstray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange\nyour affairs.\"\n\nP: Say: O mankind! Now hath the Truth from your Lord come unto you. So\nwhosoever is guided, is guided only for (the good of) his soul, and\nwhosoever erreth erreth only against it. And I am not a warder over\nyou.\n\nS: Say: O people! indeed there has come to you the truth from your Lord,\ntherefore whoever goes aright, he goes aright only for the good of his\nown soul, and whoever goes astray, he goes astray only to the detriment\nof it, and I am not a custodian over you.\n\n010.109\nY: Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient and\nconstant, till Allah do decide: for He is the best to decide.\n\nP: And (O Muhammad) follow that which is inspired in thee, and forbear\nuntil Allah give judgment. And He is the Best of Judges.\n\nS: And follow what is revealed to you and be patient till Allah should\ngive judgment, and He is the best of the judges.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 11:\n\n                                 HUD (HUD)\n Total Verses: 123 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n011.001\nY: A. L. R. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental (of\nestablished meaning), further explained in detail,- from One Who is\nWise and Well-acquainted (with all things):\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Ra. (This is) a Scripture the revelations whereof are\nperfected and then expounded. (It cometh) from One Wise, Informed,\n\nS: Alif Lam Ra (This is) a Book, whose verses are made decisive, then\nare they made plain, from the Wise, All-aware:\n\n011.002\nY: (It teacheth) that ye should worship none but Allah. (Say):\n\"Verily I am (sent) unto you from Him to warn and to bring glad tidings:\"\n\nP: (Saying): Serve none but Allah. Lo! I am unto you from Him a warner\nand a bringer of good tidings.\n\nS: That you shall not serve (any) but Allah; surely I am a warner for\nyou from Him and a giver of good news,\n\n011.003\nY: \"(And to preach thus), 'Seek ye the forgiveness of your Lord, and\nturn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, good (and\ntrue), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace on all who\nabound in merit! But if ye turn away, then I fear for you the penalty\nof a great day:'\"\n\nP: And (bidding you): Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him repentant.\nHe will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed. He\ngiveth His bounty unto every bountiful one. But if ye turn away, lo!\n(then) I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day.\n\nS: And you that ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him; He will\nprovide you with a goodly provision to an appointed term and bestow His\ngrace on every one endowed with grace, and if you turn back, then\nsurely I fear for you the chastisement of a great day.\n\n011.004\nY: \"'To Allah is your return, and He hath power over all things.'\"\n\nP: Unto Allah is your return, and He is Able to do all things.\n\nS: To Allah is your return, and He has power over all things.\n\n011.005\nY: Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him! Ah\neven when they cover themselves with their garments, He knoweth what\nthey conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth well the (inmost\nsecrets) of the hearts.\n\nP: Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their\nthoughts) from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with\ntheir clothing, Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that\nwhich they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware of what is in the breasts (of\nmen).\n\nS: Now surely they fold up their breasts that they may conceal (their\nenmity) from Him; now surely, when they use their garments as a\ncovering, He knows what they conceal and what they make public; surely\nHe knows what is in the breasts.\n\n011.006\nY: There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth on\nAllah: He knoweth the time and place of its definite abode and its\ntemporary deposit: All is in a clear Record.\n\nP: And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof\ndependeth on Allah. He knoweth its habitation and its repository. All\nis in a clear Record.\n\nS: And there is no animal in the earth but on Allah is the sustenance of\nit, and He knows its resting place and its depository all (things) are\nin a manifest book.\n\n011.007\nY: He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His\nThrone was over the waters - that He might try you, which of you is\nbest in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them, \"Ye shall indeed be\nraised up after death\", the Unbelievers would be sure to say, \"This is\nnothing but obvious sorcery!\"\n\nP: And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and\nHis Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is\nbest in conduct. Yet if thou (O Muhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised\nagain after death! those who disbelieve will surely say: This is naught\nbut mere magic.\n\nS: And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods--\nand His dominion (extends) on the water-- that He might manifest to\nyou, which of you is best in action, and if you say, surely you shall\nbe raised up after death, those who disbelieve would certainly say:\nThis is nothing but clear magic.\n\n011.008\nY: If We delay the penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure\nto say, \"What keeps it back?\" Ah! On the day it (actually) reaches\nthem, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be completely\nencircled by that which they used to mock at!\n\nP: And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will\nsurely say: What withholdeth it? Verily on the day when it cometh unto\nthem, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will\nsurround them.\n\nS: And if We hold back from them the punishment until a stated period of\ntime, they will certainly say: What prevents it? Now surely on the day\nwhen it will come to them, it shall not be averted from them and that\nwhich they scoffed at shall beset them.\n\n011.009\nY: If We give man a taste of Mercy from Ourselves, and then withdraw it\nfrom him, behold! he is in despair and (falls into) blasphemy.\n\nP: And if we cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward\nwithdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless.\n\nS: And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then take it off from him,\nmost surely he is despairing, ungrateful.\n\n011.010\nY: But if We give him a taste of (Our) favours after adversity hath\ntouched him, he is sure to say, \"All evil has departed from me:\"\nBehold! he falls into exultation and pride.\n\nP: And if We cause him to taste grace after some misfortune that had\nbefallen him, he saith: The ills have gone from me. Lo! he is exultant,\nboastful;\n\nS: And if We make him taste a favor after distress has afflicted him, he\nwill certainly say: The evils are gone away from me. Most surely he is\nexulting, boasting;\n\n011.011\nY: Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work\nrighteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward.\n\nP: Save those who persevere and do good works. Theirs will be\nforgiveness and a great reward.\n\nS: Except those who are patient and do good, they shall have forgiveness\nand a great reward.\n\n011.012\nY: Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of\nwhat is revealed unto thee, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest they\nsay, \"Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel\ncome down with him?\" But thou art there only to warn! It is Allah that\narrangeth all affairs!\n\nP: A likely thing, that thou wouldst forsake aught of that which hath\nbeen revealed unto thee, and that thy breast should be straitened for\nit, because they say: Why hath not a treasure been sent down for him,\nor an angel come with him? Thou art but a warner, and Allah is in\ncharge of all things.\n\nS: Then, it may be that you will give up part of what is revealed to you\nand your breast will become straitened by it because they say: Why has\nnot a treasure been sent down upon him or an angel come with him? You\nare only a warner; and Allah is custodian over all things.\n\n011.013\nY: Or they may say, \"He forged it,\" Say, \"Bring ye then ten suras\nforged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other\nthan Allah!- If ye speak the truth!\"\n\nP: Or they say: He hath invented it. Say: Then bring ten surahs, the\nlike thereof, invented, and call on everyone ye can beside Allah, if ye\nare truthful!\n\nS: Or, do they say: He has forged it. Say: Then bring ten forged\nchapters like it and call upon whom you can besides Allah, if you are\ntruthful.\n\n011.014\nY: \"If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye that\nthis revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Allah, and\nthat there is no god but He! will ye even then submit (to Islam)?\"\n\nP: And if they answer not your prayer, then know that it is revealed\nonly in the knowledge of Allah; and that there is no God save Him.\nWill ye then be (of) those who surrender?\n\nS: But if they do not answer you, then know that it is revealed by\nAllah's knowledge and that there is no god but He; will you then\nsubmit?\n\n011.015\nY: Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter,- to them we\nshall pay (the price of) their deeds therein,- without diminution.\n\nP: Whoso desireth the life of the world and its pomp, We shall repay\nthem their deeds herein, and therein they will not be wronged.\n\nS: Whoever desires this world's life and its finery, We will pay them in\nfull their deeds therein, and they shall not be made to suffer loss in\nrespect of them.\n\n011.016\nY: They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the\nFire: vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect and the\ndeeds that they do!\n\nP: Those are they for whom is naught in the Hereafter save the Fire.\n(All) that they contrive here is vain and (all) that they are wont to\ndo is fruitless.\n\nS: These are they for whom there is nothing but fire in the hereafter,\nand what they wrought in it shall go for nothing, and vain is what they\ndo.\n\n011.017\nY: Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their Lord,\nand whom a witness from Himself doth teach, as did the Book of Moses\nbefore it,- a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; but those of the\nSects that reject it,- the Fire will be their promised meeting-place.\nBe not then in doubt thereon: for it is the truth from thy Lord: yet\nmany among men do not believe!\n\nP: Is he (to be counted equal with them) who relieth on a clear proof\nfrom his Lord, and a witness from Him reciteth it, and before it was\nthe Book of Moses, an example and a mercy? Such believe therein, and\nwhoso disbelieveth therein of the clans, the Fire is his appointed\nplace. So be not thou in doubt concerning it. Lo! it is the Truth from\nthy Lord; but most of mankind believe not.\n\nS: Is he then who has with him clear proof from his Lord, and a witness\nfrom Him recites it and before it (is) the Book of Musa, a guide and a\nmercy? These believe in it; and whoever of the (different) parties\ndisbelieves in it, surely it is the truth from your Lord, but most men\ndo not believe.\n\n011.018\nY: Who doth more wrong than those who invent a lie against Allah? They\nwill be turned back to the presence of their Lord, and the witnesses\nwill say, \"These are the ones who lied against their Lord! Behold! the\nCurse of Allah is on those who do wrong!-\"\n\nP: Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah?\nSuch will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say:\nThese are they who lied concerning their Lord. Now the curse of Allah\nis upon wrong-doers,\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah? These\nshall be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses shall say: These\nare they who lied against their Lord. Now surely the curse of Allah is\non the unjust.\n\n011.019\nY: \"Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek\nin it something crooked: these were they who denied the Hereafter!\"\n\nP: Who debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and\nwho are disbelievers in the Hereafter.\n\nS: Who turn away from the path of Allah and desire to make it crooked;\nand they are disbelievers in the hereafter.\n\n011.020\nY: They will in no wise frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have they\nprotectors besides Allah! Their penalty will be doubled! They lost the\npower to hear, and they did not see!\n\nP: Such will not escape in the earth, nor have they any protecting\nfriends beside Allah. For them the torment will be double. They could\nnot bear to hear, and they used not to see.\n\nS: These shall not escape in the earth, nor shall they have any\nguardians besides Allah; the punishment shall be doubled for them, they\ncould not bear to hear and they did not see.\n\n011.021\nY: They are the ones who have lost their own souls: and the (fancies)\nthey invented have left them in the lurch!\n\nP: Such are they who have lost their souls, and that which they used to\ninvent hath failed them.\n\nS: These are they who have lost their souls, and what they forged is\ngone from them.\n\n011.022\nY: Without a doubt, these are the very ones who will lose most in the\nHereafter!\n\nP: Assuredly in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.\n\nS: Truly in the hereafter they are the greatest losers.\n\n011.023\nY: But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves\nbefore their Lord,- They will be companions of the gardens, to dwell\ntherein for aye!\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works and humble themselves before\ntheir Lord: such are rightful owners of the Garden; they will abide\ntherein.\n\nS: Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and humble themselves to\ntheir Lord, these are the dwellers of the garden, in it they will\nabide.\n\n011.024\nY: These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and deaf, and\nthose who can see and hear well. Are they equal when compared? Will ye\nnot then take heed?\n\nP: The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and\nthe seer and the hearer. Are they equal in similitude? Will ye not then\nbe admonished?\n\nS: The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the\nseeing and the hearing: are they equal in condition? Will you not then\nmind?\n\n011.025\nY: We sent Noah to his people (with a mission): \"I have come to you with\na Clear Warning:\"\n\nP: And We sent Noah unto his folk (and he said): Lo! I am a plain warner\nunto you.\n\nS: And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I am a plain warner\nfor you:\n\n011.026\nY: \"That ye serve none but Allah: Verily I do fear for you the penalty\nof a grievous day.\"\n\nP: That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of\na painful Day.\n\nS: That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I fear for you the\npunishment of a painful day.\n\n011.027\nY: But the chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: \"We see (in)\nthee nothing but a man like ourselves: Nor do we see that any follow\nthee but the meanest among us, in judgment immature: Nor do we see in\nyou (all) any merit above us: in fact we thing ye are liars!\"\n\nP: The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee but a\nmortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most\nabject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above us\n- nay, we deem you liars.\n\nS: But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said:\nWe do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see\nany have followed you but those who are the meanest of us at first\nthought and we do not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem\nyou liars.\n\n011.028\nY: He said: \"O my people! See ye if (it be that) I have a Clear Sign\nfrom my Lord, and that He hath sent Mercy unto me from His own\npresence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from your sight? shall\nwe compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it?\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my\nLord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence, and it hath\nbeen made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are\naverse thereto?\n\nS: He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me clear proof from my\nLord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself and it has been made\nobscure to you; shall we constrain you to (accept) it while you are\naverse from it?\n\n011.029\nY: \"And O my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward is\nfrom none but Allah: But I will not drive away (in contempt) those who\nbelieve: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I see are the\nignorant ones!\"\n\nP: And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefor. My reward is the\nconcern only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who\nbelieve - Lo! they have to meet their Lord! - but I see you a folk that\nare ignorant.\n\nS: And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for it; my\nreward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive away those who\nbelieve; surely they shall meet their Lord, but I consider you a people\nwho are ignorant:\n\n011.030\nY: \"And O my people! who would help me against Allah if I drove them\naway? Will ye not then take heed?\"\n\nP: And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust them\naway? Will ye not then reflect?\n\nS: And, O my people! who will help me against Allah if I drive them\naway? Will you not then mind?\n\n011.031\nY: \"I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I\nknow what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of\nthose whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not grant them (all)\nthat is good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I\ndid, indeed be a wrong-doer.\"\n\nP: I say not unto you: \"I have the treasures of Allah\" nor \"I have\nknowledge of the Unseen,\" nor say I: \"Lo! I am an angel!\" Nor say I\nunto those whom your eyes scorn that Allah will not give them good -\nAllah knoweth best what is in their hearts - Lo! then indeed I should\nbe of the wrong-doers.\n\nS: And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of Allah and I do\nnot know the unseen, nor do I say that I am an angel, nor do I say\nabout those whom your eyes hold in mean estimation (that) Allah will\nnever grant them (any) good-- Allah knows best what is in their souls--\nfor then most surely I should be of the unjust.\n\n011.032\nY: They said: \"O Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and (much) hast thou\nprolonged the dispute with us: now bring upon us what thou threatenest\nus with, if thou speakest the truth!\"\n\nP: They said: O Noah! Thou hast disputed with us and multiplied\ndisputation with us; now bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest\nus, if thou art of the truthful.\n\nS: They said: O Nuh! indeed you have disputed with us and lengthened\ndispute with us, therefore bring to us what you threaten us with, if\nyou are of the truthful ones.\n\n011.033\nY: He said: \"Truly, Allah will bring it on you if He wills,- and then,\nye will not be able to frustrate it!\"\n\nP: He said: Only Allah will bring it upon you if He will, and ye can by\nno means escape.\n\nS: He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He please, and you will\nnot escape:\n\n011.034\nY: \"Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you\n(good) counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray: He is\nyour Lord! and to Him will ye return!\"\n\nP: My counsel will not profit you if I were minded to advise you, if\nAllah's will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord and unto Him ye\nwill be brought back.\n\nS: And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice will not profit\nyou if Allah intended that He should leave you to go astray; He is your\nLord, and to Him shall you be returned.\n\n011.035\nY: Or do they say, \"He has forged it\"? Say: \"If I had forged it, on me\nwere my sins! and I am free of the sins of which ye are guilty!\"\n\nP: Or say they (again): He hath invented it? Say: If I have invented it,\nupon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) that ye commit.\n\nS: Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have forged it, on me is\nmy guilt, and I am clear of that of which you are guilty.\n\n011.036\nY: It was revealed to Noah: \"None of thy people will believe except\nthose who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their (evil)\ndeeds.\"\n\nP: And it was inspired in Noah, (saying): No-one of thy folk will\nbelieve save him who hath believed already. Be not distressed because\nof what they do.\n\nS: And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people will believe\nexcept those who have already believed, therefore do not grieve at what\nthey do:\n\n011.037\nY: \"But construct an Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration, and address\nMe no (further) on behalf of those who are in sin: for they are about\nto be overwhelmed (in the Flood).\"\n\nP: Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our inspiration, and speak not\nunto Me on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be drowned.\n\nS: And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our revelation,\nand do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust; surely they\nshall be drowned.\n\n011.038\nY: Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the\nchiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He\nsaid: \"If ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you\nwith ridicule likewise!\"\n\nP: And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his\npeople passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock\nof Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock;\n\nS: And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs from among his\npeople passed by him they laughed at him. He said: If you laugh at us,\nsurely we too laugh at you as you laugh (at us).\n\n011.039\nY: \"But soon will ye know who it is on whom will descend a penalty that\nwill cover them with shame,- on whom will be unloosed a penalty\nlasting:\"\n\nP: And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him cometh,\nand upon whom a lasting doom will fall.\n\nS: So shall you know who it is on whom will come a chastisement which\nwill disgrace him, and on whom will lasting chastisement come down.\n\n011.040\nY: At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the\nearth gushed forth! We said: \"Embark therein, of each kind two, male\nand female, and your family - except those against whom the word has\nalready gone forth,- and the Believers.\" but only a few believed with\nhim.\n\nP: (Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven\ngushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a pair\n(the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom the\nword hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few were\nthey who believed with him.\n\nS: Until when Our command came and water came forth from the valley, We\nsaid: Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and your own family--\nexcept those against whom the word has already gone forth, and those\nwho believe. And there believed not with him but a few.\n\n011.041\nY: So he said: \"Embark ye on the Ark, In the name of Allah, whether it\nmove or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful!\"\n\nP: And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and\nits mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be its sailing and\nits anchoring; most surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n011.042\nY: So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like mountains,\nand Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the\nrest): \"O my son! embark with us, and be not with the unbelievers!\"\n\nP: And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains, and Noah cried\nunto his son - and he was standing aloof - O my son! Come ride with us,\nand be not with the disbelievers.\n\nS: And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains; and Nuh called\nout to his son, and he was aloof: O my son! embark with us and be not\nwith the unbelievers.\n\n011.043\nY: The son replied: \"I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save\nme from the water.\" Noah said: \"This day nothing can save, from the\ncommand of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy!\" And the waves\ncame between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the\nFlood.\n\nP: He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from\nthe water. (Noah) said: This day there is none that saveth from the\ncommandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave\ncame in between them, so he was among the drowned.\n\nS: He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall\nprotect me from the water. Nuh said: There is no protector today from\nAllah's punishment but He Who has mercy; and a wave intervened between\nthem, so he was of the drowned.\n\n011.044\nY: Then the word went forth: \"O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky!\nWithhold (thy rain)!\" and the water abated, and the matter was ended.\nThe Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: \"Away with those\nwho do wrong!\"\n\nP: And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of\nclouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was\nfulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) Al-Judi and\nit was said: A far removal for wrongdoing folk!\n\nS: And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water, and O cloud, clear\naway; and the water was made to abate and the affair was decided, and\nthe ark rested on the Judi, and it was said: Away with the unjust\npeople.\n\n011.045\nY: And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: \"O my Lord! surely my son is\nof my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the Justest of\nJudges!\"\n\nP: And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my\nhousehold! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just\nof Judges.\n\nS: And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord! surely my son is of\nmy family, and Thy promise is surely true, and Thou art the most just\nof the judges.\n\n011.046\nY: He said: \"O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is\nunrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I\ngive thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!\"\n\nP: He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil\nconduct, so ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I\nadmonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant.\n\nS: He said: O Nuh! surely he is not of your family; surely he is (the\ndoer of) other than good deeds, therefore ask not of Me that of which\nyou have no knowledge; surely I admonish you lest you may be of the\nignorant.\n\n011.047\nY: Noah said: \"O my Lord! I do seek refuge with Thee, lest I ask Thee\nfor that of which I have no knowledge. And unless thou forgive me and\nhave Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I\nshould ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou\nforgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee that of\nwhich I have no knowledge; and if Thou shouldst not forgive me and have\nmercy on me, I should be of the losers.\n\n011.048\nY: The word came: \"O Noah! Come down (from the Ark) with peace from Us,\nand blessing on thee and on some of the peoples (who will spring) from\nthose with thee: but (there will be other) peoples to whom We shall\ngrant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end will a grievous\npenalty reach them from Us.\"\n\nP: It was said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the mountain) with\npeace from Us and blessings upon thee and some nations (that will\nspring) from those with thee. (There will be other) nations unto whom\nWe shall give enjoyment a long while and then a painful doom from Us\nwill overtake them.\n\nS: It was said: O Nuh! descend with peace from Us and blessings on you\nand on the people from among those who are with you, and there shall be\nnations whom We will afford provisions, then a painful punishment from\nUs shall afflict them.\n\n011.049\nY: Such are some of the stories of the unseen, which We have revealed\nunto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy people knew them. So\npersevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous.\n\nP: This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee\n(Muhammad). Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it)\nbefore this. Then have patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward\noff (evil).\n\nS: These are announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to\nyou, you did not know them-- (neither) you nor your people-- before\nthis; therefore be patient; surely the end is for those who guard\n(against evil).\n\n011.050\nY: To the 'Ad People (We sent) Hud, one of their own brethren. He said:\n\"O my people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him. (Your other\ngods) ye do nothing but invent!\"\n\nP: And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O\nmy people! Serve Allah! Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! ye do but\ninvent.\n\nS: And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my people! serve\nAllah, you have no god other than He; you are nothing but forgers (of\nlies).\n\n011.051\nY: \"O my people! I ask of you no reward for this (Message). My reward is\nfrom none but Him who created me: Will ye not then understand?\"\n\nP: O my people! I ask of you no reward for it. Lo! my reward is the\nconcern only of Him Who made me. Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: O my people! I do not ask of you any reward for it; my reward is only\nwith Him Who created me; do you not then understand?\n\n011.052\nY: \"And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him (in\nrepentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain, and add\nstrength to your strength: so turn ye not back in sin!\"\n\nP: And, O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn unto Him\nrepentant; He will cause the sky to rain abundance on you and will add\nunto you strength to your strength. Turn not away, guilty!\n\nS: And, O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him; He\nwill send on you clouds pouring down abundance of rain and add strength\nto your strength, and do not turn back guilty.\n\n011.053\nY: They said: \"O Hud! No Clear (Sign) that hast thou brought us, and we\nare not the ones to desert our gods on thy word! Nor shall we believe\nin thee!\"\n\nP: They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we are not\ngoing to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not\nbelievers in thee.\n\nS: They said: O Hud! you have not brought to us any clear argument and\nwe are not going to desert our gods for your word, and we are not\nbelievers in you:\n\n011.054\nY: \"We say nothing but that (perhaps) some of our gods may have seized\nthee with imbecility.\" He said: \"I call Allah to witness, and do ye\nbear witness, that I am free from the sin of ascribing, to Him,\"\n\nP: We say naught save that one of our gods hath possessed thee in an\nevil way. He said: I call Allah to witness, and do ye (too) bear\nwitness, that I am innocent of (all) that ye ascribe as partners (to\nAllah)\n\nS: We cannot say aught but that some of our gods have smitten you with\nevil. He said: Surely I call Allah to witness, and do you bear witness\ntoo, that I am clear of what you associate (with Allah).\n\n011.055\nY: \"Other gods as partners! so scheme (your worst) against me, all of\nyou, and give me no respite.\"\n\nP: Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no\nrespite.\n\nS: Besides Him, therefore scheme against me all together; then give me\nno respite:\n\n011.056\nY: \"I put my trust in Allah, My Lord and your Lord! There is not a\nmoving creature, but He hath grasp of its forelock. Verily, it is my\nLord that is on a straight Path.\"\n\nP: Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not an\nanimal but He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a\nstraight path.\n\nS: Surely I rely on Allah, my Lord and your Lord; there is no living\ncreature but He holds it by its forelock; surely my Lord is on the\nright path.\n\n011.057\nY: \"If ye turn away,- I (at least) have conveyed the Message with which\nI was sent to you. My Lord will make another people to succeed you, and\nyou will not harm Him in the least. For my Lord hath care and watch\nover all things.\"\n\nP: And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that wherewith I\nwas sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a folk other\nthan you. Ye cannot injure Him at all. Lo! my Lord is Guardian over all\nthings.\n\nS: But if you turn back, then indeed I have delivered to you the message\nwith which I have been sent to you, and my Lord will bring another\npeople in your place, and you cannot do Him any harm; surely my Lord is\nthe Preserver of all things.\n\n011.058\nY: So when Our decree issued, We saved Hud and those who believed with\nhim, by (special) Grace from Ourselves: We saved them from a severe\npenalty.\n\nP: And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Hud and those who\nbelieved with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a harsh doom.\n\nS: And when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Hud and those who\nbelieved with him with mercy from Us, and We delivered them from a hard\nchastisement.\n\n011.059\nY: Such were the 'Ad People: they rejected the Signs of their Lord and\nCherisher; disobeyed His messengers; And followed the command of every\npowerful, obstinate transgressor.\n\nP: And such were A'ad. They denied the revelations of their Lord and\nflouted His messengers and followed the command of every froward\npotentate.\n\nS: And this was Ad; they denied the communications of their Lord, and\ndisobeyed His messengers and followed the bidding of every insolent\nopposer (of truth).\n\n011.060\nY: And they were pursued by a Curse in this life,- and on the Day of\nJudgment. Ah! Behold! for the 'Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher!\nAh! Behold! removed (from sight) were 'Ad the people of Hud!\n\nP: And a curse was made to follow them in the world and on the Day of\nResurrection. Lo! A'ad disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for\nA'ad, the folk of Hud!\n\nS: And they were overtaken by curse in this world and on the\nresurrection day; now surely Ad disbelieved in their Lord; now surely,\naway with Ad, the people of Hud.\n\n011.061\nY: To the Thamud People (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren. He\nsaid: \"O my people! Worship Allah: ye have no other god but Him. It is\nHe Who hath produced you from the earth and settled you therein: then\nask forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him (in repentance): for my Lord is\n(always) near, ready to answer.\"\n\nP: And unto (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He\nsaid: O my people! Serve Allah, Ye have no other Allah save Him. He\nbrought you forth from the earth and hath made you husband it. So ask\nforgiveness of Him and turn unto Him repentant. Lo! my Lord is Nigh,\nResponsive.\n\nS: And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people!\nserve Allah, you have no god other than He; He brought you into being\nfrom the earth, and made you dwell in it, therefore ask forgiveness of\nHim, then turn to Him; surely my Lord is Nigh, Answering.\n\n011.062\nY: They said: \"O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes\nhitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers\nworshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to\nthat to which thou invitest us.\"\n\nP: They said: O Salih! Thou hast been among us hitherto as that wherein\nour hope was placed. Dost thou ask us not to worship what our fathers\nworshipped? Lo! we verily are in grave doubt concerning that to which\nthou callest us.\n\nS: They said: O Salih! surely you were one amongst us in whom great\nexpectations were placed before this; do you (now) forbid us from\nworshipping what our fathers worshipped? And as to that which you call\nus to, most surely we are in disquieting doubt.\n\n011.063\nY: He said: \"O my people! do ye see? if I have a Clear (Sign) from my\nLord and He hath sent Mercy unto me from Himself,- who then can help me\nagainst Allah if I were to disobey Him? What then would ye add to my\n(portion) but perdition?\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on clear proof\nfrom my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from Him, who will\nsave me from Allah if I disobey Him? Ye would add to me naught save\nperdition.\n\nS: He said: O my people! tell me if I have clear proof from my Lord and\nHe has granted to me mercy from Himself-- who will then help me against\nAllah if I disobey Him? Therefore you do not add to me other than loss:\n\n011.064\nY: \"And O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a symbol to you: leave\nher to feed on Allah's (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her, or a\nswift penalty will seize you!\"\n\nP: O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token unto you, so suffer\nher to feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with harm lest a near\ntorment seize you.\n\nS: And, O my people! this will be (as) Allah's she-camel for you, a\nsign; therefore leave her to pasture on Allah's earth and do not touch\nher with evil, for then a near chastisement will overtake you.\n\n011.065\nY: But they did ham-string her. So he said: \"Enjoy yourselves in your\nhomes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): (Behold) there a\npromise not to be belied!\"\n\nP: But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your\ndwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.\n\nS: But they slew her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in your abode for\nthree days, that is a promise not to be belied.\n\n011.066\nY: When Our Decree issued, We saved Salih and those who believed with\nhim, by (special) Grace from Ourselves - and from the Ignominy of that\nday. For thy Lord - He is the Strong One, and able to enforce His Will.\n\nP: So, when Our commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and those who\nbelieved with him, by a mercy from Us, from the ignominy of that day.\nLo, thy Lord! He is the Strong, the Mighty.\n\nS: So when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Salih and those who\nbelieved with him by mercy from Us, and (We saved them) from the\ndisgrace of that day; surely your Lord is the Strong, the Mighty.\n\n011.067\nY: The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrong-doers, and they lay prostrate\nin their homes before the morning,-\n\nP: And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning\nfound them prostrate in their dwellings,\n\nS: And the rumbling overtook those who were unjust, so they became\nmotionless bodies in their abodes,\n\n011.068\nY: As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! Behold! for the\nThamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from\nsight) were the Thamud!\n\nP: As though they had not dwelt there. Lo! Thamud disbelieved in their\nLord. A far removal for Thamud!\n\nS: As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely did Samood\ndisbelieve in their Lord; now surely, away with Samood.\n\n011.069\nY: There came Our messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said,\n\"Peace!\" He answered, \"Peace!\" and hastened to entertain them with a\nroasted calf.\n\nP: And Our messengers came unto Abraham with good news. They said: Peace!\nHe answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf.\n\nS: And certainly Our messengers came to Ibrahim with good news. They\nsaid: Peace. Peace, said he, and he made no delay in bringing a roasted\ncalf.\n\n011.070\nY: But when he saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he felt some\nmistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: \"Fear not:\nWe have been sent against the people of Lut.\"\n\nP: And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and\nconceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the\nfolk of Lot.\n\nS: But when he saw that their hands were not extended towards it, he\ndeemed them strange and conceived fear of them. . They said: Fear not,\nsurely we are sent to Lut's people.\n\n011.071\nY: And his wife was standing (there), and she laughed: But we gave her\nglad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob.\n\nP: And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of\nthe birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.\n\nS: And his wife was standing (by), so she laughed, then We gave her the\ngood news of Ishaq and after Ishaq of (a son's son) Yaqoub.\n\n011.072\nY: She said: \"Alas for me! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old\nwoman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a\nwonderful thing!\"\n\nP: She said: Oh woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman,\nand this my husband is an old man? Lo! this is a strange thing!\n\nS: She said: O wonder! shall I bear a son when I am an extremely old\nwoman and this my husband an extremely old man? Most surely this is a\nwonderful thing.\n\n011.073\nY: They said: \"Dost thou wonder at Allah's decree? The grace of Allah\nand His blessings on you, O ye people of the house! for He is indeed\nworthy of all praise, full of all glory!\"\n\nP: They said: Wonderest thou at the commandment of Allah? The mercy of\nAllah and His blessings be upon you, O people of the house! Lo! He is\nOwner of Praise, Owner of Glory!\n\nS: They said: Do you wonder at Allah's bidding? The mercy of Allah and\nHis blessings are on you, O people of the house, surely He is Praised,\nGlorious.\n\n011.074\nY: When fear had passed from (the mind of) Abraham and the glad tidings\nhad reached him, he began to plead with us for Lut's people.\n\nP: And when the awe departed from Abraham, and the glad news reached\nhim, he pleaded with Us on behalf of the folk of Lot.\n\nS: So when fear had gone away from Ibrahim and good news came to him, he\nbegan to plead with Us for Lut's people.\n\n011.075\nY: For Abraham was, without doubt, forbearing (of faults),\ncompassionate, and given to look to Allah.\n\nP: Lo! Abraham was mild, imploring, penitent.\n\nS: Most surely Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted, oft-returning (to\nAllah):\n\n011.076\nY: O Abraham! Seek not this. The decree of thy Lord hath gone forth: for\nthem there cometh a penalty that cannot be turned back!\n\nP: (It was said) O Abraham! Forsake this! Lo! thy Lord's commandment\nhath gone forth, and lo! there cometh unto them a doom which cannot be\nrepelled.\n\nS: O Ibrahim! leave off this, surely the decree of your Lord has come to\npass, and surely there must come to them a chastisement that cannot be\naverted.\n\n011.077\nY: When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and\nfelt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: \"This is a\ndistressful day.\"\n\nP: And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was distressed and knew not\nhow to protect them. He said: This is a distressful day.\n\nS: And when Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved for them, and he\nlacked strength to protect them, and said: This is a hard day.\n\n011.078\nY: And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in\nthe habit of practising abominations. He said: \"O my people! Here are\nmy daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fear Allah, and\ncover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a\nsingle right-minded man?\"\n\nP: And his people came unto him, running towards him - and before then\nthey used to commit abominations - He said: O my people! Here are my\ndaughters! They are purer for you. Beware of Allah, and degrade me not\nin (the person of) my guests. Is there not among you any upright man?\n\nS: And his people came to him, (as if) rushed on towards him, and\nalready they did evil deeds. He said: O my people! these are my\ndaughters-- they are purer for you, so guard against (the punishment\nof) Allah and do not disgrace me with regard to my guests; is there not\namong you one right-minded man?\n\n011.079\nY: They said: \"Well dost thou know we have no need of thy daughters:\nindeed thou knowest quite well what we want!\"\n\nP: They said: Well thou knowest that we have no right to thy daughters,\nand well thou knowest what we want.\n\nS: They said: Certainly you know that we have no claim on your\ndaughters, and most surely you know what we desire.\n\n011.080\nY: He said: \"Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could\nbetake myself to some powerful support.\"\n\nP: He said: Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong\nsupport (among you)!\n\nS: He said: Ah! that I had power to suppress you, rather I shall have\nrecourse to a strong support.\n\n011.081\nY: (The Messengers) said: \"O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no\nmeans shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a\npart of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy\nwife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the\npeople. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?\"\n\nP: (The messengers) said: O Lot! Lo! we are messengers of thy Lord; they\nshall not reach thee. So travel with thy people in a part of the night,\nand let not one of you turn round - (all) save thy wife. Lo! that which\nsmiteth them will smite her (also). Lo! their tryst is (for) the\nmorning. Is not the morning nigh?\n\nS: They said: O Lut! we are the messengers of your Lord; they shall by\nno means reach you; so remove your followers in a part of the night--\nand let none of you turn back-- except your wife, for surely whatsoever\nbefalls them shall befall her; surely their appointed time is the\nmorning; is not the morning nigh?\n\n011.082\nY: When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and\nrained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on\nlayer,-\n\nP: So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and\nrained upon it stones of clay, one after another,\n\nS: So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside down and\nrained down upon them stones, of what had been decreed, one after\nanother.\n\n011.083\nY: Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who do\nwrong!\n\nP: Marked with fire in the providence of thy Lord (for the destruction\nof the wicked). And they are never far from the wrong-doers.\n\nS: Marked (for punishment) with your Lord and it is not far off from the\nunjust.\n\n011.084\nY: To the Madyan People (We sent) Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he\nsaid: \"O my people! worship Allah: Ye have no other god but Him. And\ngive not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I fear\nfor you the penalty of a day that will compass (you) all round.\"\n\nP: And unto Midian (We sent) their brother Shu'eyb. He said: O my\npeople! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him! And give not\nshort measure and short weight. Lo! I see you well-to-do, and lo! I\nfear for you the doom of a besetting Day.\n\nS: And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said: O my people!\nserve Allah, you have no god other than He, and do not give short\nmeasure and weight: surely I see you in prosperity and surely I fear\nfor you the punishment of an all-encompassing day.\n\n011.085\nY: \"And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the\npeople the things that are their due: commit not evil in the land with\nintent to do mischief.\"\n\nP: O my people! Give full measure and full weight in justice, and wrong\nnot people in respect of their goods. And do not evil in the earth,\ncausing corruption.\n\nS: And, O my people! give full measure and weight fairly, and defraud\nnot men their things, and do not act corruptly in the land, making\nmischief:\n\n011.086\nY: \"That which is left you by Allah is best for you, if ye (but)\nbelieved! but I am not set over you to keep watch!\"\n\nP: That which Allah leaveth with you is better for you if ye are\nbelievers; and I am not a keeper over you.\n\nS: What remains with Allah is better for you if you are believers, and I\nam not a keeper over you.\n\n011.087\nY: They said: \"O Shu'aib! Does thy (religion of) prayer command thee\nthat we leave off the worship which our fathers practised, or that we\nleave off doing what we like with our property? truly, thou art the one\nthat forbeareth with faults and is right-minded!\"\n\nP: They said: O Shu'eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that we\nshould forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we\n(should leave off) doing what we will with our own property. Lo! thou\nart the mild, the guide to right behaviour.\n\nS: They said: O Shu'aib! does your prayer enjoin you that we should\nforsake what our fathers worshipped or that we should not do what we\nplease with regard to our property? Forsooth you are the forbearing,\nthe right-directing one.\n\n011.088\nY: He said: \"O my people! see ye whether I have a Clear (Sign) from my\nLord, and He hath given me sustenance (pure and) good as from Himself?\nI wish not, in opposition to you, to do that which I forbid you to do.\nI only desire (your) betterment to the best of my power; and my success\n(in my task) can only come from Allah. In Him I trust, and unto Him I\nlook.\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on a clear proof\nfrom my Lord and He sustaineth me with fair sustenance from Him (how\ncan I concede aught to you)? I desire not to do behind your backs that\nwhich I ask you not to do. I desire naught save reform so far as I am\nable. My welfare is only in Allah. In Him I trust and unto Him I turn\n(repentant).\n\nS: He said: O my people! have you considered if I have a clear proof\nfrom my Lord and He has given me a goodly sustenance from Himself, and\nI do not desire that in opposition to you I should betake myself to\nthat which I forbid you: I desire nothing but reform so far as I am\nable, and with none but Allah is the direction of my affair to a right\nissue; on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn:\n\n011.089\nY: \"And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to sin,\nlest ye suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud\nor of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you!\"\n\nP: And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that\nthere befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of\nHud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from\nyou.\n\nS: And, O my people! let not opposition to me make you guilty so that\nthere may befall you the like of what befell the people of Nuh, or the\npeople of Hud, or the people of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far\noff from you;\n\n011.090\nY: \"But ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him (in repentance):\nFor my Lord is indeed full of mercy and loving-kindness.\"\n\nP: Ask pardon of your Lord and then turn unto Him (repentant). Lo! my\nLord is Merciful, Loving.\n\nS: And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him; surely my Lord is\nMerciful, Loving-kind.\n\n011.091\nY: They said: \"O Shu'aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand!\nIn fact among us we see that thou hast no strength! Were it not for thy\nfamily, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast among us no\ngreat position!\"\n\nP: They said: O Shu'eyb! We understand not much of that thou tellest,\nand lo! we do behold thee weak among us. But for thy family, we should\nhave stoned thee, for thou art not strong against us.\n\nS: They said: O Shu'aib! we do not understand much of what you say and\nmost surely we see you to be weak among us, and were it not for your\nfamily we would surely stone you, and you are not mighty against us.\n\n011.092\nY: He said: \"O my people! is then my family of more consideration with\nyou than Allah? For ye cast Him away behind your backs (with contempt).\nBut verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that ye do!\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! Is my family more to be honoured by you than\nAllah? and ye put Him behind you, neglected! Lo! my Lord surroundeth\nwhat ye do.\n\nS: He said: O my people! is my family more esteemed by you than Allah?\nAnd you neglect Him as a thing cast behind your back; surely my Lord\nencompasses what you do:\n\n011.093\nY: \"And O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): Soon will\nye know who it is on whom descends the penalty of ignominy; and who is\na liar! and watch ye! for I too am watching with you!\"\n\nP: And, O my people! Act according to your power, lo! I (too) am acting.\nYe will soon know on whom there cometh a doom that will abase him, and\nwho it is that lieth. And watch! Lo! I am a watcher with you.\n\nS: And, O my people! act according to your ability, I too am acting; you\nwill come to know soon who it is on whom will light the punishment that\nwill disgrace him and who it is that is a liar, and watch, surely I too\nam watching with you.\n\n011.094\nY: When Our decree issued, We saved Shu'aib and those who believed with\nhim, by (special) mercy from Ourselves: But the (mighty) blast did\nseize the wrong-doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the\nmorning,-\n\nP: And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu'eyb and those who\nbelieved with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry seized those\nwho did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,\n\nS: And when Our decree came to pass We delivered Shu'aib, and those who\nbelieved with him by mercy from Us, and the rumbling overtook those who\nwere unjust so they became motionless bodies in their abodes,\n\n011.095\nY: As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the\nMadyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud!\n\nP: As though they had not dwelt there. A far removal for Midian, even as\nThamud had been removed afar!\n\nS: As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely perdition overtook\nMadyan as had perished Samood.\n\n011.096\nY: And we sent Moses, with Our Clear (Signs) and an authority manifest,\n\nP: And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant\n\nS: And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and a clear\nauthority,\n\n011.097\nY: Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs: but they followed the command of Pharaoh\nand the command of Pharaoh was no right (guide).\n\nP: Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they did follow the command of\nPharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was no right guide.\n\nS: To Firon and his chiefs, but they followed the bidding of Firon, and\nFiron's bidding was not right-directing.\n\n011.098\nY: He will go before his people on the Day of Judgment, and lead them\ninto the Fire (as cattle are led to water): But woeful indeed will be\nthe place to which they are led!\n\nP: He will go before his people on the Day of Resurrection and will lead\nthem to the Fire for watering-place. Ah, hapless is the watering-place\n(whither they are) led.\n\nS: He shall lead his people on the resurrection day, and bring them down\nto the fire; and evil the place to which they are brought.\n\n011.099\nY: And they are followed by a curse in this (life) and on the Day of\nJudgment: and woeful is the gift which shall be given (unto them)!\n\nP: A curse is made to follow them in the world and on the Day of\nResurrection. Hapless is the gift (that will be) given (them).\n\nS: And they are overtaken by curse in this (world), and on the\nresurrection day, evil the gift which shall be given.\n\n011.100\nY: These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto\nthee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the\nsickle of time).\n\nP: That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which were\ndestroyed of old). We relate it unto thee (Muhammad). Some of them are\nstanding and some (already) reaped.\n\nS: This is an account of (the fate of) the towns which We relate to you;\nof them are some that stand and (others) mown down.\n\n011.101\nY: It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own souls: the\ndeities, other than Allah, whom they invoked, profited them no whit\nwhen there issued the decree of thy Lord: Nor did they add aught (to\ntheir lot) but perdition!\n\nP: We wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves; and their gods on\nwhom they call beside Allah availed them naught when came thy Lord's\ncommand; they added to them naught save ruin.\n\nS: And We did not do them injustice, but they were unjust to themselves,\nso their gods whom they called upon besides Allah did not avail them\naught when the decree of your Lord came to pass; and they added but to\ntheir ruin.\n\n011.102\nY: Such is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises communities in\nthe midst of their wrong: grievous, indeed, and severe is His\nchastisement.\n\nP: Even thus is the grasp of thy Lord when He graspeth the townships\nwhile they are doing wrong. Lo! His grasp is painful, very strong.\n\nS: And such is the punishment of your Lord when He punishes the towns\nwhile they are unjust; surely His punishment is painful, severe.\n\n011.103\nY: In that is a Sign for those who fear the penalty of the Hereafter:\nthat is a Day for which mankind will be gathered together: that will be\na Day of Testimony.\n\nP: Lo! herein verily there is a portent for those who fear the doom of\nthe Hereafter. That is a day unto which mankind will be gathered, and\nthat is a day that will be witnessed.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this for him who fears the\nchastisement of the hereafter; this is a day on which the people shall\nbe gathered together and this is a day that shall be witnessed.\n\n011.104\nY: Nor shall We delay it but for a term appointed.\n\nP: And We defer it only to a term already reckoned.\n\nS: And We do not delay it but to an appointed term.\n\n011.105\nY: The day it arrives, no soul shall speak except by His leave: of those\n(gathered) some will be wretched and some will be blessed.\n\nP: On the day when it cometh no soul will speak except by His\npermission; some among them will be wretched, (others) glad.\n\nS: On the day when it shall come, no soul shall speak except with His\npermission, then (some) of them shall be unhappy and (others) happy.\n\n011.106\nY: Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for them\ntherein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:\n\nP: As for those who will be wretched (on that day) they will be in the\nFire; sighing and wailing will be their portion therein,\n\nS: So as to those who are unhappy, they shall be in the fire; for them\nshall be sighing and groaning in it:\n\n011.107\nY: They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the\nearth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure)\naccomplisher of what He planneth.\n\nP: Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for\nthat which thy Lord willeth. Lo! thy Lord is Doer of what He will.\n\nS: Abiding therein so long as the heavens and the earth endure, except\nas your Lord please; surely your Lord is the mighty doer of what He\nintends.\n\n011.108\nY: And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will dwell\ntherein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except\nas thy Lord willeth: a gift without break.\n\nP: And as for those who will be glad (that day) they will be in the\nGarden, abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save\nfor that which thy Lord willeth: a gift unfailing.\n\nS: And as to those who are made happy, they shall be in the garden,\nabiding in it as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except as\nyour Lord please; a gift which shall never be cut off.\n\n011.109\nY: Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They worship\nnothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but verily We\nshall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least)\nabatement.\n\nP: So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship.\nThey worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo! we shall\npay them their whole due unabated.\n\nS: Therefore be not in doubt as to what these worship; they do not\nworship but as their fathers worshipped before; and most surely We will\npay them back in full their portion undiminished.\n\n011.110\nY: We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein:\nhad it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the\nmatter would have been decided between them, but they are in suspicious\ndoubt concerning it.\n\nP: And we verily gave unto Moses the Scripture, and there was strife\nthereupon; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth\nfrom thy Lord, the case would have been judged between them, and lo!\nthey are in grave doubt concerning it.\n\nS: And certainly We gave the book to Musa, but it was gone against; and\nhad not a word gone forth from your Lord, the matter would surely have\nbeen decided between them; and surely they are in a disquieting doubt\nabout it.\n\n011.111\nY: And, of a surety, to all will your Lord pay back (in full the\nrecompense) of their deeds: for He knoweth well all that they do.\n\nP: And lo! unto each thy Lord will verily repay his works in full. Lo!\nHe is Informed of what they do.\n\nS: And your Lord will most surely pay back to all their deeds in full;\nsurely He is aware of what they do.\n\n011.112\nY: Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art commanded,-\nthou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah); and transgress not\n(from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do.\n\nP: So tread thou the straight path as thou art commanded, and those who\nturn (unto Allah) with thee, and transgress not. Lo! He is Seer of what\nye do.\n\nS: Continue then in the right way as you are commanded, as also he who\nhas turned (to Allah) with you, and be not inordinate (O men!), surely\nHe sees what you do.\n\n011.113\nY: And incline not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize you;\nand ye have no protectors other than Allah, nor shall ye be helped.\n\nP: And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you,\nand ye have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye would\nnot be helped.\n\nS: And do not incline to those who are unjust, lest the fire touch you,\nand you have no guardians besides Allah, then you shall not be helped.\n\n011.114\nY: And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the\napproaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those\nthat are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember\n(their Lord):\n\nP: Establish worship at the two ends of the day and in some watches of\nthe night. Lo! good deeds annul ill-deeds. This is reminder for the\nmindful.\n\nS: And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and in the first hours\nof the night; surely good deeds take away evil deeds this is a reminder\nto the mindful.\n\n011.115\nY: And be steadfast in patience; for verily Allah will not suffer the\nreward of the righteous to perish.\n\nP: And have patience, (O Muhammad), for lo! Allah loseth not the wages\nof the good.\n\nS: And be patient, for surely Allah does not waste the reward of the\ngood-doers.\n\n011.116\nY: Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons\npossessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in\nthe earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)? But the\nwrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were\ngiven them, and persisted in sin.\n\nP: If only there had been among the generations before you men\npossessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from\ncorruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them!\nThe wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were\nguilty.\n\nS: But why were there not among the generations before you those\npossessing understanding, who should have forbidden the making of\nmischief in the earth, except a few of those whom We delivered from\namong them? And those who were unjust went after what they are made to\nenjoy of plenty, and they were guilty.\n\n011.117\nY: Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a single\nwrong-doing, if its members were likely to mend.\n\nP: In truth thy Lord destroyed not the townships tyrannously while their\nfolk were doing right.\n\nS: And it did not beseem your Lord to have destroyed the towns\ntyrannously, while their people acted well.\n\n011.118\nY: If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one people: but\nthey will not cease to dispute.\n\nP: And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind one\nnation, yet they cease not differing,\n\nS: And if your Lord had pleased He would certainly have made people a\nsingle nation, and they shall continue to differ.\n\n011.119\nY: Except those on whom thy Lord hath bestowed His Mercy: and for this\ndid He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: \"I\nwill fill Hell with jinns and men all together.\"\n\nP: Save him on whom thy Lord hath mercy; and for that He did create\nthem. And the Word of thy Lord hath been fulfilled: Verily I shall fill\nhell with the jinn and mankind together.\n\nS: Except those on whom your Lord has mercy; and for this did He create\nthem; and the word of your Lord is fulfilled: Certainly I will fill\nhell with the jinn and the men, all together.\n\n011.120\nY: All that we relate to thee of the stories of the messengers,- with it\nWe make firm thy heart: in them there cometh to thee the Truth, as well\nas an exhortation and a message of remembrance to those who believe.\n\nP: And all that We relate unto thee of the story of the messengers is in\norder that thereby We may make firm thy heart. And herein hath come\nunto thee the Truth and an exhortation and a reminder for believers.\n\nS: And all we relate to you of the accounts of the messengers is to\nstrengthen your heart therewith; and in this has come to you the truth\nand an admonition, and a reminder to the believers.\n\n011.121\nY: Say to those who do not believe: \"Do what ever ye can: We shall do\nour part;\"\n\nP: And say unto those who believe not: Act according to your power. Lo!\nWe (too) are acting.\n\nS: And say to those who do not believe: Act according to your state;\nsurely we too are acting.\n\n011.122\nY: \"And wait ye! We too shall wait.\"\n\nP: And wait! Lo! We (too) are waiting.\n\nS: And wait; surely we are waiting also.\n\n011.123\nY: To Allah do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the earth,\nand to Him goeth back every affair (for decision): then worship Him,\nand put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not unmindful of aught that\nye do.\n\nP: And Allah's is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth, and unto\nHim the whole matter will be returned. So worship Him and put thy trust\nin Him. Lo! thy Lord is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.\n\nS: And Allah's is the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is\nreturned the whole of the affair; therefore serve Him and rely on Him,\nand your Lord is not heedless of what you do.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 12:\n\n                               YUSUF (JOSEPH)\n Total Verses: 111 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n012.001\nY: A.L.R. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain.\n\nS: Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book that makes (things)\nmanifest.\n\n012.002\nY: We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, in order that ye may learn\nwisdom.\n\nP: Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.\n\nS: Surely We have revealed it-- an Arabic Quran-- that you may\nunderstand.\n\n012.003\nY: We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We\nreveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too was\namong those who knew it not.\n\nP: We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We\nhave inspired in thee this Qur'an, though aforetime thou wast of the\nheedless.\n\nS: We narrate to you the best of narratives, by Our revealing to you\nthis Quran, though before this you were certainly one of those who did\nnot know.\n\n012.004\nY: Behold! Joseph said to his father: \"O my father! I did see eleven\nstars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!\"\n\nP: When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream\neleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating\nthemselves unto me.\n\nS: When Yusuf said to his father: O my father! surely I saw eleven stars\nand the sun and the moon-- I saw them making obeisance to me.\n\n012.005\nY: Said (the father): \"My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to\nthy brothers, lest they concoct a plot against thee: for Satan is to\nman an avowed enemy!\"\n\nP: He said: O my dear son! Tell not thy brethren of thy vision, lest\nthey plot a plot against thee. Lo! Satan is for man an open foe.\n\nS: He said: O my son! do not relate your vision to your brothers, lest\nthey devise a plan against you; surely the Shaitan is an open enemy to\nman.\n\n012.006\nY: \"Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation of\nstories (and events) and perfect His favour to thee and to the\nposterity of Jacob - even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and\nIsaac aforetime! for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.\"\n\nP: Thus thy Lord will prefer thee and will teach thee the interpretation\nof events, and will perfect His grace upon thee and upon the family of\nJacob as He perfected it upon thy forefathers, Abraham and Isaac. Lo!\nthy Lord is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation\nof sayings and make His favor complete to you and to the children of\nYaqoub, as He made it complete before to your fathers, Ibrahim and\nIshaq; surely your Lord is Knowing, Wise.\n\n012.007\nY: Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers\n(after Truth).\n\nP: Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (of Allah's Sovereignty)\nfor the inquiring.\n\nS: Certainly in Yusuf and his brothers there are signs for the\ninquirers.\n\n012.008\nY: They said: \"Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our father\nthan we: But we are a goodly body! really our father is obviously\nwandering (in his mind)!\"\n\nP: When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are dearer to our\nfather than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain\naberration.\n\nS: When they said: Certainly Yusuf and his brother are dearer to our\nfather than we, though we are a (stronger) company; most surely our\nfather is in manifest error:\n\n012.009\nY: \"Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so the\nfavour of your father may be given to you alone: (there will be time\nenough) for you to be righteous after that!\"\n\nP: (One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that\nyour father's favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be\nrighteous folk.\n\nS: Slay Yusuf or cast him (forth) into some land, so that your father's\nregard may be exclusively for you, and after that you may be a\nrighteous people.\n\n012.010\nY: Said one of them: \"Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something,\nthrow him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some\ncaravan of travellers.\"\n\nP: One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling\nhim into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.\n\nS: A speaker from among them said: Do not slay Yusuf, and cast him down\ninto the bottom of the pit if you must do (it), (so that) some of the\ntravellers may pick him up.\n\n012.011\nY: They said: \"O our father! why dost thou not trust us with Joseph,-\nseeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?\"\n\nP: They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us with Joseph, when\nlo! we are good friends to him?\n\nS: They said: O our father! what reason have you that you do not trust\nin us with respect to Yusuf? And most surely we are his sincere\nwell-wishers:\n\n012.012\nY: \"Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and we shall\ntake every care of him.\"\n\nP: Send him with us to-morrow that he may enjoy himself and play. And\nlo! we shall take good care of him.\n\nS: Send him with us tomorrow that he may enjoy himself and sport, and\nsurely we will guard him well.\n\n012.013\nY: (Jacob) said: \"Really it saddens me that ye should take him away: I\nfear lest the wolf should devour him while ye attend not to him.\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! in truth it saddens me that ye should take him with you,\nand I fear less the wolf devour him while ye are heedless of him.\n\nS: He said: Surely it grieves me that you should take him off, and I\nfear lest the wolf devour him while you are heedless of him.\n\n012.014\nY: They said: \"If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large) a\nparty, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!\"\n\nP: They said: If the wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a\nband, then surely we should have already perished.\n\nS: They said: Surely if the wolf should devour him notwithstanding that\nwe are a (strong) company, we should then certainly be losers.\n\n012.015\nY: So they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw him down to\nthe bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (this Message): 'Of a\nsurety thou shalt (one day) tell them the truth of this their affair\nwhile they know (thee) not'\n\nP: Then, when they led him off, and were of one mind that they should\nplace him in the depth of the pit, We inspired in him: Thou wilt tell\nthem of this deed of theirs when they know (thee) not.\n\nS: So when they had gone off with him and agreed that they should put\nhim down at the bottom of the pit, and We revealed to him: You will\nmost certainly inform them of this their affair while they do not\nperceive.\n\n012.016\nY: Then they came to their father in the early part of the night,\nweeping.\n\nP: And they came weeping to their father in the evening.\n\nS: And they came to their father at nightfall, weeping.\n\n012.017\nY: They said: \"O our father! We went racing with one another, and left\nJoseph with our things; and the wolf devoured him.... But thou wilt\nnever believe us even though we tell the truth.\"\n\nP: Saying: O our father! We went racing one with another, and left\nJoseph by our things, and the wolf devoured him, and thou believest not\nour saying even when we speak the truth.\n\nS: They said: O our father! surely we went off racing and left Yusuf by\nour goods, so the wolf devoured him, and you will not believe us though\nwe are truthful.\n\n012.018\nY: They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: \"Nay, but your\nminds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience\nis most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone)\nWhose help can be sought\"..\n\nP: And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your\nminds have beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience.\nAnd Allah it is Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which\nye describe.\n\nS: And they brought his shirt with false blood upon it. He said: Nay,\nyour souls have made the matter light for you, but patience is good and\nAllah is He Whose help is sought for against what you describe.\n\n012.019\nY: Then there came a caravan of travellers: they sent their\nwater-carrier (for water), and he let down his bucket (into the\nwell)...He said: \"Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine) young man!\" So\nthey concealed him as a treasure! But Allah knoweth well all that they\ndo!\n\nP: And there came a caravan, and they sent their waterdrawer. He let\ndown his pail (into the pit). He said: Good luck! Here is a youth. And\nthey hid him as a treasure, and Allah was Aware of what they did.\n\nS: And there came travellers and they sent their water-drawer and he let\ndown his bucket. He said: O good news! this is a youth; and they\nconcealed him as an article of merchandise, and Allah knew what they\ndid.\n\n012.020\nY: The (Brethren) sold him for a miserable price, for a few dirhams\ncounted out: in such low estimation did they hold him!\n\nP: And they sold him for a low price, a number of silver coins; and they\nattached no value to him.\n\nS: And they sold him for a small price, a few pieces of silver, and they\nshowed no desire for him.\n\n012.021\nY: The man in Egypt who bought him, said to his wife: \"Make his stay\n(among us) honourable: may be he will bring us much good, or we shall\nadopt him as a son.\" Thus did We establish Joseph in the land, that We\nmight teach him the interpretation of stories (and events). And Allah\nhath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind\nknow it not.\n\nP: And he of Egypt who purchased him said unto his wife: Receive him\nhonourably. Perchance he may prove useful to us or we may adopt him as\na son. Thus we established Joseph in the land that We might teach him\nthe interpretation of events. And Allah was predominant in His career,\nbut most of mankind know not.\n\nS: And the Egyptian who bought him said to his wife: Give him an\nhonorable abode, maybe he will be useful to us, or we may adopt him as\na son. And thus did We establish Yusuf in the land and that We might\nteach him the interpretation of sayings; and Allah is the master of His\naffair, but most people do not know.\n\n012.022\nY: When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and\nknowledge: thus do We reward those who do right.\n\nP: And when he reached his prime We gave him wisdom and knowledge.\nThus We reward the good.\n\nS: And when he had attained his maturity, We gave him wisdom and\nknowledge: and thus do We reward those who do good.\n\n012.023\nY: But she in whose house he was, sought to seduce him from his (true)\nself: she fastened the doors, and said: \"Now come, thou (dear one)!\" He\nsaid: \"Allah forbid! truly (thy husband) is my lord! he made my sojourn\nagreeable! truly to no good come those who do wrong!\"\n\nP: And she, in whose house he was, asked of him an evil act. She bolted\nthe doors and said: Come! He said: I seek refuge in Allah! Lo! he is my\nlord, who hath treated me honourably. Lo! wrong-doers never prosper.\n\nS: And she in whose house he was sought to make himself yield (to her),\nand she made fast the doors and said: Come forward. He said: I seek\nAllah's refuge, surely my Lord made good my abode: Surely the unjust do\nnot prosper.\n\n012.024\nY: And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her,\nbut that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did We order) that We\nmight turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one\nof Our servants, sincere and purified.\n\nP: She verily desired him, and he would have desired her if it had not\nbeen that he saw the argument of his Lord. Thus it was, that We might\nward off from him evil and lewdness. Lo! he was of Our chosen slaves.\n\nS: And certainly she made for him, and he would have made for her, were\nit not that he had seen the manifest evidence of his Lord; thus (it\nwas) that We might turn away from him evil and indecency, surely he was\none of Our sincere servants.\n\n012.025\nY: So they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt\nfrom the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said: \"What\nis the (fitting) punishment for one who formed an evil design against\nthy wife, but prison or a grievous chastisement?\"\n\nP: And they raced with one another to the door, and she tore his shirt\nfrom behind, and they met her lord and master at the door. She said:\nWhat shall be his reward, who wisheth evil to thy folk, save prison or\na painful doom?\n\nS: And they both hastened to the door, and she rent his shirt from\nbehind and they met her husband at the door. She said: What is the\npunishment of him who intends evil to your wife except imprisonment or\na painful chastisement?\n\n012.026\nY: He said: \"It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self.\"\nAnd one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- \"If it\nbe that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he\nis a liar!\"\n\nP: (Joseph) said: She it was who asked of me an evil act. And a witness\nof her own folk testified: If his shirt is torn from before, then she\nspeaketh truth and he is of the liars.\n\nS: He said: She sought to make me yield (to her); and a witness of her\nown family bore witness: If his shirt is rent from front, she speaks\nthe truth and he is one of the liars:\n\n012.027\nY: \"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the\nliar, and he is telling the truth!\"\n\nP: And if his shirt is torn from behind, then she hath lied and he is of\nthe truthful.\n\nS: And if his shirt is rent from behind, she tells a lie and he is one\nof the truthful.\n\n012.028\nY: So when he saw his shirt,- that it was torn at the back,- (her\nhusband) said: \"Behold! It is a snare of you women! truly, mighty is\nyour snare!\"\n\nP: So when he saw his shirt torn from behind, he said: Lo! this is of\nthe guile of you women. Lo! the guile of you is very great.\n\nS: So when he saw his shirt rent from behind, he said: Surely it is a\nguile of you women; surely your guile is great:\n\n012.029\nY: \"O Joseph, pass this over! (O wife), ask forgiveness for thy sin, for\ntruly thou hast been at fault!\"\n\nP: O Joseph! Turn away from this, and thou, (O woman), ask forgiveness\nfor thy sin. Lo! thou art of the faulty.\n\nS: O Yusuf! turn aside from this; and (O my wife)! ask forgiveness for\nyour fault, surely you are one of the wrong-doers.\n\n012.030\nY: Ladies said in the City: \"The wife of the (great) 'Aziz is seeking to\nseduce her slave from his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her with\nviolent love: we see she is evidently going astray.\"\n\nP: And women in the city said: The ruler's wife is asking of her\nslave-boy an ill-deed. Indeed he has smitten her to the heart with\nlove. We behold her in plain aberration.\n\nS: And women in the city said: The chief's wife seeks her slave to yield\nhimself (to her), surely he has affected her deeply with (his) love;\nmost surely we see her in manifest error.\n\n012.031\nY: When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and\nprepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knife: and she\nsaid (to Joseph), \"Come out before them.\" When they saw him, they did\nextol him, and (in their amazement) cut their hands: they said, \"Allah\npreserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!\"\n\nP: And when she heard of their sly talk, she sent to them and prepared\nfor them a cushioned couch (to lie on at the feast) and gave to every\none of them a knife and said (to Joseph): Come out unto them! And when\nthey saw him they exalted him and cut their hands, exclaiming: Allah\nBlameless! This is no a human being. This is not other than some\ngracious angel.\n\nS: So when she heard of their sly talk she sent for them and prepared\nfor them a repast, and gave each of them a knife, and said (to Yusuf):\nCome forth to them. So when they saw him, they deemed him great, and\ncut their hands (in amazement), and said: Remote is Allah (from\nimperfection); this is not a mortal; this is but a noble angel.\n\n012.032\nY: She said: \"There before you is the man about whom ye did blame me! I\ndid seek to seduce him from his (true) self but he did firmly save\nhimself guiltless!.... And now, if he doth not my bidding, he shall\ncertainly be cast into prison, and (what is more) be of the company of\nthe vilest!\"\n\nP: She said: This is he on whose account ye blamed me. I asked of him an\nevil act, but he proved continent, but if he do not my behest he verily\nshall be imprisoned, and verily shall be of those brought low.\n\nS: She said: This is he with respect to whom you blamed me, and\ncertainly I sought his yielding himself (to me), but he abstained, and\nif he does not do what I bid him, he shall certainly be imprisoned, and\nhe shall certainly be of those who are in a state of ignominy.\n\n012.033\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! the prison is more to my liking than that to\nwhich they invite me: Unless Thou turn away their snare from me, I\nshould (in my youthful folly) feel inclined towards them and join the\nranks of the ignorant.\"\n\nP: He said: O my Lord! Prison is more dear than that unto which they\nurge me, and if Thou fend not off their wiles from me I shall incline\nunto them and become of the foolish.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! the prison house is dearer to me than that to which\nthey invite me; and if Thou turn not away their device from me, I will\nyearn towards them and become (one) of the ignorant.\n\n012.034\nY: So his Lord hearkened to him (in his prayer), and turned away from\nhim their snare: Verily He heareth and knoweth (all things).\n\nP: So his Lord heard his prayer and fended off their wiles from him. Lo!\nHe is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: Thereupon his Lord accepted his prayer and turned away their guile\nfrom him; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n012.035\nY: Then it occurred to the men, after they had seen the signs, (that it\nwas best) to imprison him for a time.\n\nP: And it seemed good to them (the men-folk) after they had seen the\nsigns (of his innocence) to imprison him for a time.\n\nS: Then it occurred to them after they had seen the signs that they\nshould imprison him till a time.\n\n012.036\nY: Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said one of\nthem: \"I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine.\" said the other: \"I see\nmyself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating,\nthereof.\" \"Tell us\" (they said) \"The truth and meaning thereof: for we\nsee thou art one that doth good (to all).\"\n\nP: And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I\ndreamed that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was\ncarrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce\nunto us the interpretation, for we see thee of those good (at\ninterpretation).\n\nS: And two youths entered the prison with him. One of them said: I saw\nmyself pressing wine. And the other said: I saw myself carrying bread\non my head, of which birds ate. Inform us of its interpretation; surely\nwe see you to be of the doers of good.\n\n012.037\nY: He said: \"Before any food comes (in due course) to feed either of\nyou, I will surely reveal to you the truth and meaning of this ere it\nbefall you: that is part of the (duty) which my Lord hath taught me. I\nhave (I assure you) abandoned the ways of a people that believe not in\nAllah and that (even) deny the Hereafter.\"\n\nP: He said: The food which ye are given (daily) shall not come unto you\nbut I shall tell you the interpretation ere it cometh unto you. This is\nof that which my Lord hath taught me. Lo! I have forsaken the religion\nof folk who believe not in Allah and are disbelievers in the Hereafter.\n\nS: He said: There shall not come to you the food with which you are fed,\nbut I will inform you both of its interpretation before it comes to\nyou; this is of what my Lord has taught me; surely I have forsaken the\nreligion of a people who do not believe in Allah, and they are deniers\nof the hereafter:\n\n012.038\nY: \"And I follow the ways of my fathers,- Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and\nnever could we attribute any partners whatever to Allah: that (comes)\nof the grace of Allah to us and to mankind: yet most men are not\ngrateful.\"\n\nP: And I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and\nJacob. It never was for us to attribute aught as partner to Allah. This\nis of the bounty of Allah unto us (the seed of Abraham) and unto\nmankind; but most men give not thanks.\n\nS: And I follow the religion of my fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq and\nYaqoub; it beseems us not that we should associate aught with Allah;\nthis is by Allah's grace upon us and on mankind, but most people do not\ngive thanks:\n\n012.039\nY: \"O my two companions of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords\ndiffering among themselves better, or the One Allah, Supreme and\nIrresistible?\"\n\nP: O my fellow-prisoners! Are divers lords better, or Allah the One,\nAlmighty?\n\nS: O my two mates of the prison! are sundry lords better or Allah the\nOne, the Supreme?\n\n012.040\nY: \"If not Him, ye worship nothing but names which ye have named,- ye\nand your fathers,- for which Allah hath sent down no authority: the\ncommand is for none but Allah: He hath commanded that ye worship none\nbut Him: that is the right religion, but most men understand not...\"\n\nP: Those whom ye worship beside Him are but names which ye have named,\nye and your fathers. Allah hath revealed no sanction for them. The\ndecision rests with Allah only, Who hath commanded you that ye worship\nnone save Him. This is the right religion, but most men know not.\n\nS: You do not serve besides Him but names which you have named, you and\nyour fathers; Allah has not sent down any authority for them; judgment\nis only Allah's; He has commanded that you shall not serve aught but\nHim; this is the right religion but most people do not know:\n\n012.041\nY: \"O my two companions of the prison! As to one of you, he will pour\nout the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hang from\nthe cross, and the birds will eat from off his head. (So) hath been\ndecreed that matter whereof ye twain do enquire...\"\n\nP: O my two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he will pour out wine\nfor his lord to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified so\nthat the birds will eat from his head. Thus is the case judged\nconcerning which ye did inquire.\n\nS: O my two mates of the prison! as for one of you, he shall give his\nlord to drink wine; and as for the other, he shall be crucified, so\nthat the birds shall eat from his head, the matter is decreed\nconcerning which you inquired.\n\n012.042\nY: And of the two, to that one whom he consider about to be saved, he\nsaid: \"Mention me to thy lord.\" But Satan made him forget to mention\nhim to his lord: and (Joseph) lingered in prison a few (more) years.\n\nP: And he said unto him of the twain who he knew would be released:\nMention me in the presence of thy lord. But Satan caused him to forget\nto mention it to his lord, so he (Joseph) stayed in prison for some\nyears.\n\nS: And he said to him whom he knew would be delivered of the two:\nRemember me with your lord; but the Shaitan caused him to forget\nmentioning (it) to his lord, so he remained in the prison a few years.\n\n012.043\nY: The king (of Egypt) said: \"I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine,\nwhom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven\n(others) withered. O ye chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be that\nye can interpret visions.\"\n\nP: And the king said: Lo! I saw in a dream seven fat kine which seven\nlean were eating, and seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry. O\nnotables! Expound for me my vision, if ye can interpret dreams.\n\nS: And the king said: Surely I see seven fat kine which seven lean ones\ndevoured; and seven green ears and (seven) others dry: O chiefs!\nexplain to me my dream, if you can interpret the dream.\n\n012.044\nY: They said: \"A confused medley of dreams: and we are not skilled in\nthe interpretation of dreams.\"\n\nP: They answered: Jumbled dreams! And we are not knowing in the\ninterpretation of dreams.\n\nS: They said: Confused dreams, and we do not know the interpretation of\ndreams.\n\n012.045\nY: But the man who had been released, one of the two (who had been in\nprison) and who now bethought him after (so long) a space of time,\nsaid: \"I will tell you the truth of its interpretation: send ye me\n(therefore).\"\n\nP: And he of the two who was released, and (now) at length remembered,\nsaid: I am going to announce unto you the interpretation, therefore\nsend me forth.\n\nS: And of the two (prisoners) he who had found deliverance and\nremembered after a long time said: I will inform you of its\ninterpretation, so let me go:\n\n012.046\nY: \"O Joseph!\" (he said) \"O man of truth! Expound to us (the dream) of\nseven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven green ears of\ncorn and (seven) others withered: that I may return to the people, and\nthat they may understand.\"\n\nP: (And when he came to Joseph in the prison, he exclaimed): Joseph! O\nthou truthful one! Expound for us the seven fat kine which seven lean\nwere eating and the seven green ears of corn and other (seven) dry,\nthat I may return unto the people, so that they may know.\n\nS: Yusuf! O truthful one! explain to us seven fat kine which seven lean\nones devoured, and seven green ears and (seven) others dry, that I may\ngo back to the people so that they may know.\n\n012.047\nY: (Joseph) said: \"For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your\nwont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,-\nexcept a little, of which ye shall eat.\"\n\nP: He said: Ye shall sow seven years as usual, but that which ye reap,\nleave it in the ear, all save a little which ye eat.\n\nS: He said: You shall sow for seven years continuously, then what you\nreap leave it in its ear except a little of which you eat.\n\n012.048\nY: \"Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which\nwill devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all)\nexcept a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.\"\n\nP: Then after that will come seven hard years which will devour all that\nye have prepared for them, save a little of that which ye have stored.\n\nS: Then there shall come after that seven years of hardship which shall\neat away all that you have beforehand laid up in store for them, except\na little of what you shall have preserved:\n\n012.049\nY: \"Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will\nhave abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil).\"\n\nP: Then, after that, will come a year when the people will have\nplenteous crops and when they will press (wine and oil).\n\nS: Then there will come after that a year in which people shall have\nrain and in which they shall press (grapes).\n\n012.050\nY: So the king said: \"Bring ye him unto me.\" But when the messenger came\nto him, (Joseph) said: \"Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him, 'What is\nthe state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my Lord is\ncertainly well aware of their snare.\"\n\nP: And the king said: Bring him unto me. And when the messenger came\nunto him, he (Joseph) said: Return unto thy lord and ask him what was\nthe case of the women who cut their hands. Lo! my Lord knoweth their\nguile.\n\nS: And the king said: Bring him to me. So when the messenger came to\nhim, he said: Go back to your lord and ask him, what is the case of the\nwomen who cut their hands; surely my Lord knows their guile.\n\n012.051\nY: (The king) said (to the ladies): \"What was your affair when ye did\nseek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?\" The ladies said: \"Allah\npreserve us! no evil know we against him!\" Said the 'Aziz's wife: \"Now\nis the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from\nhis (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and\nvirtuous).\"\n\nP: He (the king) (then sent for those women and) said: What happened\nwhen ye asked an evil act of Joseph? They answered: Allah Blameless! We\nknow no evil of him. Said the wife of the ruler: Now the truth is out.\nI asked of him an evil act, and he is surely of the truthful.\n\nS: He said: How was your affair when you sought Yusuf to yield himself\n(to you)? They said: Remote is Allah (from imperfection), we knew of no\nevil on his part. The chief's wife said: Now has the truth become\nestablished: I sought him to yield himself (to me), and he is most\nsurely of the truthful ones.\n\n012.052\nY: \"This (say I), in order that He may know that I have never been false\nto him in his absence, and that Allah will never guide the snare of the\nfalse ones.\"\n\nP: (Then Joseph said: I asked for) this, that he (my lord) may know that\nI betrayed him not in secret, and that surely Allah guideth not the\nsnare of the betrayers.\n\nS: This is that he might know that I have not been unfaithful to him in\nsecret and that Allah does not guide the device of the unfaithful.\n\n012.053\nY: \"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is\ncertainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely\nmy Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: I do not exculpate myself. Lo! the (human) soul enjoineth unto evil,\nsave that whereon my Lord hath mercy. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: And I do not declare myself free, most surely (man's) self is wont to\ncommand (him to do) evil, except such as my Lord has had mercy on,\nsurely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n012.054\nY: So the king said: \"Bring him unto me; I will take him specially to\nserve about my own person.\" Therefore when he had spoken to him, he\nsaid: \"Be assured this day, thou art, before our own presence, with rank\nfirmly established, and fidelity fully proved!\"\n\nP: And the king said: Bring him unto me that I may attach him to my\nperson. And when he had talked with him he said: Lo! thou art to-day in\nour presence established and trusted.\n\nS: And the king said: Bring him to me, I will choose him for myself. So\nwhen he had spoken with him, he said: Surely you are in our presence\ntoday an honorable, a faithful one.\n\n012.055\nY: (Joseph) said: \"Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will\nindeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance).\"\n\nP: He said: Set me over the storehouses of the land. Lo! I am a skilled\ncustodian.\n\nS: He said: Place me (in authority) over the treasures of the land,\nsurely I am a good keeper, knowing well.\n\n012.056\nY: Thus did We give established power to Joseph in the land, to take\npossession therein as, when, or where he pleased. We bestow of our\nMercy on whom We please, and We suffer not, to be lost, the reward of\nthose who do good.\n\nP: Thus gave We power to Joseph in the land. He was the owner of it\nwhere he pleased. We reach with Our mercy whom We will. We lose not the\nreward of the good.\n\nS: And thus did We give to Yusuf power in the land-- he had mastery in\nit wherever he liked; We send down Our mercy on whom We please, and We\ndo not waste the reward of those who do good.\n\n012.057\nY: But verily the reward of the Hereafter is the best, for those who\nbelieve, and are constant in righteousness.\n\nP: And the reward of the Hereafter is better, for those who believe and\nward off (evil).\n\nS: And certainly the reward of the hereafter is much better for those\nwho believe and guard (against evil).\n\n012.058\nY: Then came Joseph's brethren: they entered his presence, and he knew\nthem, but they knew him not.\n\nP: And Joseph's brethren came and presented themselves before him, and\nhe knew them but they knew him not.\n\nS: And Yusuf's brothers came and went in to him, and he knew them, while\nthey did not recognize him.\n\n012.059\nY: And when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable) for\nthem, he said: \"Bring unto me a brother ye have, of the same father as\nyourselves, (but a different mother): see ye not that I pay out full\nmeasure, and that I do provide the best hospitality?\"\n\nP: And when he provided them with their provision he said: Bring unto me\na brother of yours from your father. See ye not that I fill up the\nmeasure and I am the best of hosts?\n\nS: And when he furnished them with their provision, he said: Bring to me\na brother of yours from your father; do you not see that I give full\nmeasure and that I am the best of hosts?\n\n012.060\nY: \"Now if ye bring him not to me, ye shall have no measure (of corn)\nfrom me, nor shall ye (even) come near me.\"\n\nP: And if ye bring him not unto me, then there shall be no measure for\nyou with me, nor shall ye draw near.\n\nS: But if you do not bring him to me, you shall have no measure (of\ncorn) from me, nor shall you come near me.\n\n012.061\nY: They said: \"We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him from\nhis father: Indeed we shall do it.\"\n\nP: They said: We will try to win him from his father: that we will\nsurely do.\n\nS: They said: We will strive to make his father yield in respect of him,\nand we are sure to do (it).\n\n012.062\nY: And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock-in-trade (with\nwhich they had bartered) into their saddle-bags, so they should know it\nonly when they returned to their people, in order that they might come\nback.\n\nP: He said unto his young men: Place their merchandise in their\nsaddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back to their folk,\nand so will come again.\n\nS: And he said to his servants: Put their money into their bags that\nthey may recognize it when they go back to their family, so that they\nmay come back.\n\n012.063\nY: Now when they returned to their father, they said: \"O our father! No\nmore measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother): So\nsend our brother with us, that we may get our measure; and we will\nindeed take every care of him.\"\n\nP: So when they went back to their father they said: O our father! The\nmeasure is denied us, so send with us our brother that we may obtain\nthe measure, surely we will guard him well.\n\nS: So when they returned to their father, they said: O our father, the\nmeasure is withheld from us, therefore send with us our brother, (so\nthat) we may get the measure, and we will most surely guard him.\n\n012.064\nY: He said: \"Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when\nI trusted you with his brother aforetime? But Allah is the best to take\ncare (of him), and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!\"\n\nP: He said: Can I entrust him to you save as I entrusted his brother to\nyou aforetime? Allah is better at guarding, and He is the Most Merciful\nof those who show mercy.\n\nS: He said: I cannot trust in you with respect to him, except as I\ntrusted in you with respect to his brother before; but Allah is the\nbest Keeper, and He is the most Merciful of the merciful ones.\n\n012.065\nY: Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock-in-trade\nhad been returned to them. They said: \"O our father! What (more) can we\ndesire? this our stock-in-trade has been returned to us: so we shall\nget (more) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother; and\nadd (at the same time) a full camel's load (of grain to our\nprovisions). This is but a small quantity.\"\n\nP: And when they opened their belongings they discovered that their\nmerchandise had been returned to them. They said: O our father! What\n(more) can we ask? Here is our merchandise returned to us. We shall get\nprovision for our folk and guard our brother, and we shall have the\nextra measure of a camel (load). This (that we bring now) is a light\nmeasure.\n\nS: And when they opened their goods, they found their money returned to\nthem. They said: O our father! what (more) can we desire? This is our\nproperty returned to us, and we will bring corn for our family and\nguard our brother, and will have in addition the measure of a camel\n(load); this is an easy measure.\n\n012.066\nY: (Jacob) said: \"Never will I send him with you until ye swear a solemn\noath to me, in Allah's name, that ye will be sure to bring him back to\nme unless ye are yourselves hemmed in (and made powerless).\" And when\nthey had sworn their solemn oath, he said: \"Over all that we say, be\nAllah the witness and guardian!\"\n\nP: He said: I will not send him with you till ye give me an undertaking\nin the name of Allah that ye will bring him back to me, unless ye are\nsurrounded. And when they gave him their undertaking he said: Allah is\nthe Warden over what we say.\n\nS: He said: I will by no means send him with you until you give me a\nfirm covenant in Allah's name that you will most certainly bring him\nback to me, unless you are completely surrounded. And when they gave\nhim their covenant, he said: Allah is the One in Whom trust is placed\nas regards what we say.\n\n012.067\nY: Further he said: \"O my sons! enter not all by one gate: enter ye by\ndifferent gates. Not that I can profit you aught against Allah (with my\nadvice): None can command except Allah: On Him do I put my trust: and\nlet all that trust put their trust on Him.\"\n\nP: And he said: O my sons! Go not in by one gate; go in by different\ngates. I can naught avail you as against Allah. Lo! the decision rests\nwith Allah only. In Him do I put my trust, and in Him let all the\ntrusting put their trust.\n\nS: And he said: O my sons! do not (all) enter by one gate and enter by\ndifferent gates and I cannot avail you aught against Allah; judgment is\nonly Allah's; on Him do I rely, and on Him let those who are reliant\nrely.\n\n012.068\nY: And when they entered in the manner their father had enjoined, it did\nnot profit them in the least against (the plan of) Allah: It was but a\nnecessity of Jacob's soul, which he discharged. For he was, by our\ninstruction, full of knowledge (and experience): but most men know not.\n\nP: And when they entered in the manner which their father had enjoined,\nit would have naught availed them as against Allah; it was but a need\nof Jacob's soul which he thus satisfied; and lo! he was a lord of\nknowledge because We had taught him; but most of mankind know not.\n\nS: And when they had entered as their father had bidden them, it did not\navail them aught against Allah, but (it was only) a desire in the soul\nof Yaqoub which he satisfied; and surely he was possessed of knowledge\nbecause We had given him knowledge, but most people do not know.\n\n012.069\nY: Now when they came into Joseph's presence, he received his (full)\nbrother to stay with him. He said (to him): \"Behold! I am thy (own)\nbrother; so grieve not at aught of their doings.\"\n\nP: And when they went in before Joseph, he took his brother unto him,\nsaying: Lo! I, even I, am thy brother, therefore sorrow not for what\nthey did.\n\nS: And when they went in to Yusuf. he lodged his brother with himself,\nsaying: I am your brother, therefore grieve not at what they do.\n\n012.070\nY: At length when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable)\nfor them, he put the drinking cup into his brother's saddle-bag. Then\nshouted out a crier: \"O ye (in) the caravan! behold! ye are thieves,\nwithout doubt!\"\n\nP: And when he provided them with their provision, he put the\ndrinking-cup in his brother's saddlebag, and then a crier cried: O\ncamel-riders! Lo! ye are surely thieves!\n\nS: So when he furnished them with their provisions, (someone) placed the\ndrinking cup in his brother's bag. Then a crier cried out: O caravan!\nyou are most surely thieves.\n\n012.071\nY: They said, turning towards them: \"What is it that ye miss?\"\n\nP: They cried, coming toward them: What is it ye have lost?\n\nS: They said while they were facing them: What is it that you miss?\n\n012.072\nY: They said: \"We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who\nproduces it, is (the reward of) a camel load; I will be bound by it.\"\n\nP: They said: We have lost the king's cup, and he who bringeth it shall\nhave a camel-load, and I (said Joseph) am answerable for it.\n\nS: They said: We miss the king's drinking cup, and he who shall bring it\nshall have a camel-load and I am responsible for it.\n\n012.073\nY: (The brothers) said: \"By Allah! well ye know that we came not to make\nmischief in the land, and we are no thieves!\"\n\nP: They said: By Allah, well ye know we came not to do evil in the land,\nand are no thieves.\n\nS: They said: By Allah! you know for certain that we have not come to\nmake mischief in the land, and we are not thieves.\n\n012.074\nY: (The Egyptians) said: \"What then shall be the penalty of this, if ye\nare (proved) to have lied?\"\n\nP: They said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars?\n\nS: They said: But what shall be the requital of this, if you are liars?\n\n012.075\nY: They said: \"The penalty should be that he in whose saddle-bag it is\nfound, should be held (as bondman) to atone for the (crime). Thus it is\nwe punish the wrong-doers!\"\n\nP: They said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag (the cup) is found, he\nis the penalty for it. Thus we requite wrong-doers.\n\nS: They said: The requital of this is that the person in whose bag it is\nfound shall himself be (held for) the satisfaction thereof; thus do we\npunish the wrongdoers.\n\n012.076\nY: So he began (the search) with their baggage, before (he came to) the\nbaggage of his brother: at length he brought it out of his brother's\nbaggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not take his brother by\nthe law of the king except that Allah willed it (so). We raise to\ndegrees (of wisdom) whom We please: but over all endued with knowledge\nis one, the All-Knowing.\n\nP: Then he (Joseph) began the search with their bags before his\nbrother's bag, then he produced it from his brother's bag. Thus did We\ncontrive for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother according to\nthe king's law unless Allah willed. We raise by grades (of mercy) whom\nWe will, and over every lord of knowledge there is one more knowing.\n\nS: So he began with their sacks before the sack of his brother, then he\nbrought it out from his brother's sack. Thus did We plan for the sake\nof Yusuf; it was not (lawful) that he should take his brother under the\nking's law unless Allah pleased; We raise the degrees of whomsoever We\nplease, and above every one possessed of knowledge is the All-knowing\none.\n\n012.077\nY: They said: \"If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal\nbefore (him).\" But these things did Joseph keep locked in his heart,\nrevealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said (to himself): \"Ye\nare the worse situated; and Allah knoweth best the truth of what ye\nassert!\"\n\nP: They said: If he stealeth, a brother of his stole before. But Joseph\nkept it secret in his soul and revealed it not unto them. He said\n(within himself): Ye are in worse case, and Allah knoweth best (the\ntruth of) that which ye allege.\n\nS: They said: If he steal, a brother of his did indeed steal before; but\nYusuf kept it secret in his heart and did not disclose it to them. He\nsaid: You are in an evil condition and Allah knows best what you state.\n\n012.078\nY: They said: \"O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, aged and\nvenerable, (who will grieve for him); so take one of us in his place;\nfor we see that thou art (gracious) in doing good.\"\n\nP: They said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he hath a very aged father, so\ntake one of us instead of him. Lo! we behold thee of those who do\nkindness.\n\nS: They said: O chief! he has a father, a very old man, therefore retain\none of us in his stead; surely we see you to be of the doers of good.\n\n012.079\nY: He said: \"Allah forbid that we take other than him with whom we found\nour property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting wrongfully.\"\n\nP: He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with whom we\nfound our property; then truly we should be wrong-doers.\n\nS: He said: Allah protect us that we should seize other than him with\nwhom we found our property, for then most surely we would be unjust.\n\n012.080\nY: Now when they saw no hope of his (yielding), they held a conference\nin private. The leader among them said: \"Know ye not that your father\ndid take an oath from you in Allah's name, and how, before this, ye did\nfail in your duty with Joseph? Therefore will I not leave this land\nuntil my father permits me, or Allah commands me; and He is the best to\ncommand.\"\n\nP: So, When they despaired of (moving) him, they conferred together\napart. The eldest of them said: Know ye not how your father took an\nundertaking from you in Allah's name and how ye failed in the case of\nJoseph aforetime? Therefore I shall not go forth from the land until my\nfather giveth leave or Allah judgeth for me. He is the Best of Judges.\n\nS: Then when they despaired of him, they retired, conferring privately\ntogether. The eldest of them said: Do you not know that your father\ntook from you a covenant in Allah's name, and how you fell short of\nyour duty with respect to Yusuf before? Therefore I will by no means\ndepart from this land until my father permits me or Allah decides for\nme, and He is the best of the judges:\n\n012.081\nY: \"Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy son\ncommitted theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not\nwell guard against the unseen!\"\n\nP: Return unto your father and say: O our father! Lo! thy son hath\nstolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are not guardians of\nthe Unseen.\n\nS: Go back to your father and say: O our father! surely your son\ncommitted theft, and we do not bear witness except to what we have\nknown, and we could not keep watch over the unseen:\n\n012.082\nY: \"'Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which we\nreturned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.'\"\n\nP: Ask the township where we were, and the caravan with which we\ntravelled hither. Lo! we speak the truth.\n\nS: And inquire in the town in which we were and the caravan with which\nwe proceeded, and most surely we are truthful.\n\n012.083\nY: Jacob said: \"Nay, but ye have yourselves contrived a story (good\nenough) for you. So patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe Allah will\nbring them (back) all to me (in the end). For He is indeed full of\nknowledge and wisdom.\"\n\nP: (And when they came unto their father and had spoken thus to him) he\nsaid: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you into something. (My course\nis) comely patience! It may be that Allah will bring them all unto me.\nLo! He, only He, is the Knower, the Wise.\n\nS: He (Yaqoub) said: Nay, your souls have made a matter light for you,\nso patience is good; maybe Allah will bring them all together to me;\nsurely He is the Knowing, the Wise.\n\n012.084\nY: And he turned away from them, and said: \"How great is my grief for\nJoseph!\" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell into silent\nmelancholy.\n\nP: And he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief for Joseph! And\nhis eyes were whitened with the sorrow that he was suppressing.\n\nS: And he turned away from them, and said: O my sorrow for Yusuf! and\nhis eyes became white on account of the grief, and he was a repressor\n(of grief).\n\n012.085\nY: They said: \"By Allah! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph\nuntil thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!\"\n\nP: They said: By Allah, thou wilt never cease remembering Joseph till\nthy health is ruined or thou art of those who perish!\n\nS: They said: By Allah! you will not cease to remember Yusuf until you\nare a prey to constant disease or (until) you are of those who perish.\n\n012.086\nY: He said: \"I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah, and\nI know from Allah that which ye know not...\"\n\nP: He said: I expose my distress and anguish only unto Allah, and I know\nfrom Allah that which ye know not.\n\nS: He said: I only complain of my grief and sorrow to Allah, and I know\nfrom Allah what you do not know.\n\n012.087\nY: \"O my sons! go ye and enquire about Joseph and his brother, and never\ngive up hope of Allah's Soothing Mercy: truly no one despairs of\nAllah's Soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith.\"\n\nP: Go, O my sons, and ascertain concerning Joseph and his brother, and\ndespair not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! none despaireth of the Spirit\nof Allah save disbelieving folk.\n\nS: O my sons! Go and inquire respecting Yusuf and his brother, and\ndespair not of Allah's mercy; surely none despairs of Allah's mercy\nexcept the unbelieving people.\n\n012.088\nY: Then, when they came (back) into (Joseph's) presence they said: \"O\nexalted one! distress has seized us and our family: we have (now)\nbrought but scanty capital: so pay us full measure, (we pray thee), and\ntreat it as charity to us: for Allah doth reward the charitable.\"\n\nP: And when they came (again) before him (Joseph) they said: O ruler!\nMisfortune hath touched us and our folk, and we bring but poor\nmerchandise, so fill for us the measure and be charitable unto us. Lo!\nAllah will requite the charitable,\n\nS: So when they came in to him, they said: O chief! distress has\nafflicted us and our family and we have brought scanty money, so give\nus full measure and be charitable to us; surely Allah rewards the\ncharitable.\n\n012.089\nY: He said: \"Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph and his brother, not\nknowing (what ye were doing)?\"\n\nP: He said: Know ye what ye did unto Joseph and his brother in your\nignorance?\n\nS: He said: Do you know how you treated Yusuf and his brother when you\nwere ignorant?\n\n012.090\nY: They said: \"Art thou indeed Joseph?\" He said, \"I am Joseph, and this\nis my brother: Allah has indeed been gracious to us (all): behold, he\nthat is righteous and patient,- never will Allah suffer the reward to\nbe lost, of those who do right.\"\n\nP: They said: Is it indeed thou who art Joseph? He said: I am Joseph and\nthis is my brother. Allah hath shown us favour. Lo! he who wardeth off\n(evil) and endureth (findeth favour); for lo! Allah loseth not the\nwages of the kindly.\n\nS: They said: Are you indeed Yusuf? He said: I am Yusuf and this is my\nbrother; Allah has indeed been gracious to us; surely he who guards\n(against evil) and is patient (is rewarded) for surely Allah does not\nwaste the reward of those who do good.\n\n012.091\nY: They said: \"By Allah! indeed has Allah preferred thee above us, and\nwe certainly have been guilty of sin!\"\n\nP: They said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and\nwe were indeed sinful.\n\nS: They said: By Allah! now has Allah certainly chosen you over us, and\nwe were certainly sinners.\n\n012.092\nY: He said: \"This day let no reproach be (cast) on you: Allah will\nforgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!\"\n\nP: He said: Have no fear this day! May Allah forgive you, and He is the\nMost Merciful of those who show mercy.\n\nS: He said: (There shall be) no reproof against you this day; Allah may\nforgive you, and He is the most Merciful of the merciful.\n\n012.093\nY: \"Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he\nwill come to see (clearly). Then come ye (here) to me together with all\nyour family.\"\n\nP: Go with this shirt of mine and lay it on my father's face, he will\nbecome (again) a seer; and come to me with all your folk.\n\nS: Take this my shirt and cast it on my father's face, he will (again)\nbe able to see, and come to me with all your families.\n\n012.094\nY: When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: \"I do indeed scent\nthe presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard.\"\n\nP: When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I am conscious\nof the breath of Joseph, though ye call me dotard.\n\nS: And when the caravan had departed, their father said: Most surely I\nperceive the greatness of Yusuf, unless you pronounce me to be weak in\njudgment.\n\n012.095\nY: They said: \"By Allah! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind.\"\n\nP: (Those around him) said: By Allah, lo! thou art in thine old\naberration.\n\nS: They said: By Allah, you are most surely in your old error.\n\n012.096\nY: Then when the bearer of the good news came, He cast (the shirt) over\nhis face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: \"Did I not\nsay to you, 'I know from Allah that which ye know not?'\"\n\nP: Then, when the bearer of glad tidings came, he laid it on his face\nand he became a seer once more. He said: Said I not unto you that I\nknow from Allah that which ye know not?\n\nS: So when the bearer of good news came he cast it on his face, so\nforthwith he regained his sight. He said: Did I not say to you that I\nknow from Allah what you do not know?\n\n012.097\nY: They said: \"O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for we\nwere truly at fault.\"\n\nP: They said: O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for us, for lo!\nwe were sinful.\n\nS: They said: O our father! ask forgiveness of our faults for us, surely\nwe were sinners.\n\n012.098\nY: He said: \"Soon will I ask my Lord for forgiveness for you: for he is\nindeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: He said: I shall ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Lo! He is the\nForgiving, the Merciful.\n\nS: He said: I will ask for you forgiveness from my Lord; surely He is\nthe Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\n012.099\nY: Then when they entered the presence of Joseph, he provided a home for\nhis parents with himself, and said: \"Enter ye Egypt (all) in safety if\nit please Allah.\"\n\nP: And when they came in before Joseph, he took his parents unto him,\nand said: Come into Egypt safe, if Allah will!\n\nS: Then when they came in to Yusuf, he took his parents to lodge with\nhim and said: Enter safe into Egypt, if Allah please.\n\n012.100\nY: And he raised his parents high on the throne (of dignity), and they\nfell down in prostration, (all) before him. He said: \"O my father! this\nis the fulfilment of my vision of old! Allah hath made it come true! He\nwas indeed good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you\n(all here) out of the desert, (even) after Satan had sown enmity\nbetween me and my brothers. Verily my Lord understandeth best the\nmysteries of all that He planneth to do, for verily He is full of\nknowledge and wisdom.\"\n\nP: And he placed his parents on the dais and they fell down before him\nprostrate, and he said: O my father! This is the interpretation of my\ndream of old. My Lord hath made it true, and He hath shown me kindness,\nsince He took me out of the prison and hath brought you from the desert\nafter Satan had made strife between me and my brethren. Lo! my Lord is\ntender unto whom He will. He is the Knower, the Wise.\n\nS: And he raised his parents upon the throne and they fell down in\nprostration before him, and he said: O my father! this is the\nsignificance of my vision of old; my Lord has indeed made it to be\ntrue; and He was indeed kind to me when He brought me forth from the\nprison and brought you from the desert after the Shaitan had sown\ndissensions between me and my brothers, surely my Lord is benignant to\nwhom He pleases; surely He is the Knowing, the Wise.\n\n012.101\nY: \"O my Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on me some power, and taught me\nsomething of the interpretation of dreams and events,- O Thou Creator\nof the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protector in this world and\nin the Hereafter. Take Thou my soul (at death) as one submitting to Thy\nwill (as a Muslim), and unite me with the righteous.\"\n\nP: O my Lord! Thou hast given me (something) of sovereignty and hast\ntaught me (something) of the interpretation of events - Creator of the\nheavens and the earth! Thou art my Protecting Guardian in the world and\nthe Hereafter. Make me to die muslim (unto Thee), and join me to the\nrighteous.\n\nS: My Lord! Thou hast given me of the kingdom and taught me of the\ninterpretation of sayings: Originator of the heavens and the earth!\nThou art my guardian in this world and the hereafter; make me die a\nmuslim and join me with the good.\n\n012.102\nY: Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which We reveal\nby inspiration unto thee; nor wast thou (present) with them then when\nthey concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their\nplots.\n\nP: This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee\n(Muhammad). Thou wast not present with them when they fixed their plan\nand they were scheming.\n\nS: This is of the announcements relating to the unseen (which) We reveal\nto you, and you were not with them when they resolved upon their\naffair, and they were devising plans.\n\n012.103\nY: Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, however ardently\nthou dost desire it.\n\nP: And though thou try much, most men will not believe.\n\nS: And most men will not believe though you desire it eagerly.\n\n012.104\nY: And no reward dost thou ask of them for this: it is no less than a\nmessage for all creatures.\n\nP: Thou askest them no fee for it. It is naught else than a reminder\nunto the peoples.\n\nS: And you do not ask them for a reward for this; it is nothing but a\nreminder for all mankind.\n\n012.105\nY: And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet\nthey turn (their faces) away from them!\n\nP: How many a portent is there in the heavens and the earth which they\npass by with face averted!\n\nS: And how many a sign in the heavens and the earth which they pass by,\nyet they turn aside from it.\n\n012.106\nY: And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (other as\npartners) with Him!\n\nP: And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute\npartners (unto Him).\n\nS: And most of them do not believe in Allah without associating others\n(with Him).\n\n012.107\nY: Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of the covering\nveil of the wrath of Allah,- or of the coming against them of the\n(final) Hour all of a sudden while they perceive not?\n\nP: Deem they themselves secure from the coming on them of a pall of\nAllah's punishment, or the coming of the Hour suddenly while they are\nunaware?\n\nS: Do they then feel secure that there may come to them an extensive\nchastisement from Allah or (that) the hour may come to them suddenly\nwhile they do not perceive?\n\n012.108\nY: Say thou: \"This is my way: I do invite unto Allah,- on evidence clear\nas the seeing with one's eyes,- I and whoever follows me. Glory to\nAllah! and never will I join gods with Allah!\"\n\nP: Say: This is my Way: I call on Allah with sure knowledge. I and\nwhosoever followeth me - Glory be to Allah! - and I am not of the\nidolaters.\n\nS: Say: This is my way: I call to Allah, I and those who follow me being\ncertain, and glory be to Allah, and I am not one of the polytheists.\n\n012.109\nY: Nor did We send before thee (as messengers) any but men, whom we did\ninspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel through\nthe earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But the home\nof the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then\nunderstand?\n\nP: We sent not before thee (any messengers) save men whom We inspired\nfrom among the folk of the townships - Have they not travelled in the\nland and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before\nthem? And verily the abode of the Hereafter, for those who ward off\n(evil), is best. Have ye then no sense? -\n\nS: And We have not sent before you but men from (among) the people of\nthe towns, to whom We sent revelations. Have they not then travelled in\nthe land and seen what was the end of those before them? And certainly\nthe abode of the hereafter is best for those who guard (against evil);\ndo you not then understand?\n\n012.110\nY: (Respite will be granted) until, when the messengers give up hope (of\ntheir people) and (come to) think that they were treated as liars,\nthere reaches them Our help, and those whom We will are delivered into\nsafety. But never will be warded off our punishment from those who are\nin sin.\n\nP: Till, when the messengers despaired and thought that they were\ndenied, then came unto them Our help, and whom We would was saved. And\nOur wrath cannot be warded from the guilty.\n\nS: Until when the messengers despaired and the people became sure that\nthey were indeed told a lie, Our help came to them and whom We pleased\nwas delivered; and Our punishment is not averted from the guilty\npeople.\n\n012.111\nY: There is, in their stories, instruction for men endued with\nunderstanding. It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of what\nwent before it,- a detailed exposition of all things, and a guide and a\nmercy to any such as believe.\n\nP: In their history verily there is a lesson for men of understanding.\nIt is no invented story but a confirmation of the existing (Scripture)\nand a detailed explanation of everything, and a guidance and a mercy\nfor folk who believe.\n\nS: In their histories there is certainly a lesson for men of\nunderstanding. It is not a narrative which could be forged, but a\nverification of what is before it and a distinct explanation of all\nthings and a guide and a mercy to a people who believe.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 13:\n\n                            AL-RAD (THE THUNDER)\n Total Verses: 43 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n013.001\nY: A.L.M.R. These are the signs (or verses) of the Book: that which hath\nbeen revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth; but most men\nbelieve not.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture. That which is\nrevealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, but most of mankind\nbelieve not.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and that which is\nrevealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not\nbelieve.\n\n013.002\nY: Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye can\nsee; is firmly established on the throne (of authority); He has\nsubjected the sun and the moon (to his Law)! Each one runs (its course)\nfor a term appointed. He doth regulate all affairs, explaining the\nsigns in detail, that ye may believe with certainty in the meeting with\nyour Lord.\n\nP: Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then\nmounted the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of\nservice, each runneth unto an appointed term; He ordereth the course;\nHe detaileth the revelations, that haply ye may be certain of the\nmeeting with your Lord.\n\nS: Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that you see,\nand He is firm in power and He made the sun and the moon subservient\n(to you); each one pursues its course to an appointed time; He\nregulates the affair, making clear the signs that you may be certain of\nmeeting your Lord.\n\n013.003\nY: And it is He who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains\nstanding firm and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made in\npairs, two and two: He draweth the night as a veil o'er the Day.\nBehold, verily in these things there are signs for those who consider!\n\nP: And He it is Who spread out the earth and placed therein firm hills\nand flowing streams, and of all fruits He placed therein two spouses\n(male and female). He covereth the night with the day. Lo! herein\nverily are portents for people who take thought.\n\nS: And He it is Who spread the earth and made in it firm mountains and\nrivers, and of all fruits He has made in it two kinds; He makes the\nnight cover the day; most surely there are signs in this for a people\nwho reflect.\n\n013.004\nY: And in the earth are tracts (diverse though) neighbouring, and\ngardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing\nout of single roots or otherwise: watered with the same water, yet some\nof them We make more excellent than others to eat. Behold, verily in\nthese things there are signs for those who understand!\n\nP: And in the Earth are neighbouring tracts, vineyards and ploughed\nlands, and date-palms, like and unlike, which are watered with one\nwater. And we have made some of them to excel others in fruit. Lo!\nherein verily are portents for people who have sense.\n\nS: And in the earth there are tracts side by side and gardens of grapes\nand corn and palm trees having one root and (others) having distinct\nroots-- they are watered with one water, and We make some of them excel\nothers in fruit; most surely there are signs in this for a people who\nunderstand.\n\n013.005\nY: If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their\nsaying: \"When we are (actually) dust, shall we indeed then be in a\ncreation renewed?\" They are those who deny their Lord! They are those\nround whose necks will be yokes (of servitude): they will be Companions\nof the Fire, to dwell therein (for aye)!\n\nP: And if thou wonderest, then wondrous is their saying: When we are\ndust, are we then forsooth (to be raised) in a new creation? Such are\nthey who disbelieve in their Lord; such have carcans on their necks;\nsuch are rightful owners of the Fire, they will abide therein.\n\nS: And if you would wonder, then wondrous is their saying: What! when we\nare dust, shall we then certainly be in a new creation? These are they\nwho disbelieve in their Lord, and these have chains on their necks, and\nthey are the inmates of the fire; in it they shall abide.\n\n013.006\nY: They ask thee to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: Yet\nhave come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishments! But\nverily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for their\nwrong-doing, and verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment.\n\nP: And they bid thee hasten on the evil rather than the good, when\nexemplary punishments have indeed occurred before them. But lo! thy\nLord is rich in pardon for mankind despite their wrong, and lo! thy\nLord is strong in punishment.\n\nS: And they ask you to hasten on the evil before the good, and indeed\nthere have been exemplary punishments before them; and most surely your\nLord is the Lord of forgiveness to people, notwithstanding their\ninjustice; and most surely your Lord is severe in requiting (evil).\n\n013.007\nY: And the Unbelievers say: \"Why is not a sign sent down to him from his\nLord?\" But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide.\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say: If only some portent were sent down upon\nhim from his Lord! Thou art a warner only, and for every folk a guide.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: Why has not a sign been sent down upon\nhim from his Lord? You are only a warner and (there is) a guide for\nevery people.\n\n013.008\nY: Allah doth know what every female (womb) doth bear, by how much the\nwombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Every single\nthing is before His sight, in (due) proportion.\n\nP: Allah knoweth that which every female beareth and that which the\nwombs absorb and that which they grow. And everything with Him is\nmeasured.\n\nS: Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall\nshort of completion and that in which they increase; and there is a\nmeasure with Him of everything.\n\n013.009\nY: He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great, the\nMost High.\n\nP: He is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Great, the\nHigh Exalted.\n\nS: The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High.\n\n013.010\nY: It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or\ndeclare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by\nday.\n\nP: Alike of you is he who hideth the saying and he who noiseth it\nabroad, he who lurketh in the night and he who goeth freely in the\ndaytime.\n\nS: Alike (to Him) among you is he who conceals (his) words and he who\nspeaks them openly, and he who hides himself by night and (who) goes\nforth by day.\n\n013.011\nY: For each (such person) there are (angels) in succession, before and\nbehind him: They guard him by command of Allah. Allah does not change a\npeople's lot unless they change what is in their hearts. But when\n(once) Allah willeth a people's punishment, there can be no turning it\nback, nor will they find, besides Him, any to protect.\n\nP: For him are angels ranged before him and behind him, who guard him by\nAllah's command. Lo! Allah changeth not the condition of a folk until\nthey (first) change that which is in their hearts; and if Allah willeth\nmisfortune for a folk there is none that can repel it, nor have they a\ndefender beside Him.\n\nS: For his sake there are angels following one another, before him and\nbehind him, who guard him by Allah's commandment; surely Allah does not\nchange the condition of a people until they change their own condition;\nand when Allah intends evil to a people, there is no averting it, and\nbesides Him they have no protector.\n\n013.012\nY: It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear and of\nhope: It is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilising)\nrain!\n\nP: He it is Who showeth you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and\nraiseth the heavy clouds.\n\nS: He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and (Who)\nbrings up the heavy cloud.\n\n013.013\nY: Nay, thunder repeateth His praises, and so do the angels, with awe:\nHe flingeth the loud-voiced thunder-bolts, and therewith He striketh\nwhomsoever He will..yet these (are the men) who (dare to) dispute about\nAllah, with the strength of His power (supreme)!\n\nP: The thunder hymneth His praise and (so do) the angels for awe of Him.\nHe launcheth the thunderbolts and smiteth with them whom He will while\nthey dispute (in doubt) concerning Allah, and He is mighty in wrath.\n\nS: And the thunder declares His glory with His praise, and the angels\ntoo for awe of Him; and He sends the thunderbolts and smites with them\nwhom He pleases, yet they dispute concerning Allah, and He is mighty in\nprowess.\n\n013.014\nY: For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upon\nbesides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth their\nhands for water to reach their mouths but it reaches them not: for the\nprayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in the\nmind).\n\nP: Unto Him is the real prayer. Those unto whom they pray beside Allah\nrespond to them not at all, save as (is the response to) one who\nstretcheth forth his hands toward water (asking) that it may come unto\nhis mouth, and it will never reach it. The prayer of disbelievers goeth\n(far) astray.\n\nS: To Him is due the true prayer; and those whom they pray to besides\nAllah give them no answer, but (they are) like one who stretches forth\nhis two hands towards water that it may reach his mouth, but it will\nnot reach it; and the prayer of the unbelievers is only in error.\n\n013.015\nY: Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate\nthemselves to Allah (Acknowledging subjection),- with good-will or in\nspite of themselves: so do their shadows in the morning and evenings.\n\nP: And unto Allah falleth prostrate whosoever is in the heavens and the\nearth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning and\nthe evening hours.\n\nS: And whoever is in the heavens and the earth makes obeisance to Allah\nonly, willingly and unwillingly, and their shadows too at morn and eve.\n\n013.016\nY: Say: \"Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?\"\nSay: \"(It is) Allah.\" Say: \"Do ye then take (for worship) protectors\nother than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to\nthemselves?\" Say: \"Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the\ndepths of darkness equal with light?\" Or do they assign to Allah\npartners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the\ncreation seemed to them similar? Say: \"Allah is the Creator of all\nthings: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth? Say:\nAllah. Say: Take ye then (others) beside Him for protectors, which,\neven for themselves, have neither benefit nor hurt? Say: Is the blind\nman equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they\nunto Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that the\ncreation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them? Say:\nAllah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty.\n\nS: Say: Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?-- Say: Allah. Say:\nDo you take then besides Him guardians who do not control any profit or\nharm for themselves? Say: Are the blind and the seeing alike? Or can\nthe darkness and the light be equal? Or have they set up with Allah\nassociates who have created creation like His, so that what is created\nbecame confused to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and\nHe is the One, the Supreme.\n\n013.017\nY: He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow, each\naccording to its measure: But the torrent bears away to foam that\nmounts up to the surface. Even so, from that (ore) which they heat in\nthe fire, to make ornaments or utensils therewith, there is a scum\nlikewise. Thus doth Allah (by parables) show forth Truth and Vanity.\nFor the scum disappears like forth cast out; while that which is for\nthe good of mankind remains on the earth. Thus doth Allah set forth\nparables.\n\nP: He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to\ntheir measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam -\nfrom that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and\ntools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude\nof) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as\nscum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it\nremaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes.\n\nS: He sends down water from the cloud, then watercourses flow (with\nwater) according to their measure, and the torrent bears along the\nswelling foam, and from what they melt in the fire for the sake of\nmaking ornaments or apparatus arises a scum like it; thus does Allah\ncompare truth and falsehood; then as for the scum, it passes away as a\nworthless thing; and as for that which profits the people, it tarries\nin the earth; thus does Allah set forth parables.\n\n013.018\nY: For those who respond to their Lord, are (all) good things. But those\nwho respond not to Him,- Even if they had all that is in the heavens\nand on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would they offer it for\nransom. For them will the reckoning be terrible: their abode will be\nHell,- what a bed of misery!\n\nP: For those who answered Allah's call is bliss; and for those who\nanswered not His call, if they had all that is in the earth, and\ntherewith the like thereof, they would proffer it as ransom. Such will\nhave a woeful reckoning, and their habitation will be hell, a dire\nabode.\n\nS: For those who respond to their Lord is good; and (as for) those who\ndo not respond to Him, had they all that is in the earth and the like\nthereof with it they would certainly offer it for a ransom. (As for)\nthose, an evil reckoning shall be theirs and their abode is hell, and\nevil is the resting-place.\n\n013.019\nY: Is then one who doth know that that which hath been revealed unto\nthee from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind? It is those who\nare endued with understanding that receive admonition;-\n\nP: Is he who knoweth that what is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is\nthe truth like him who is blind? But only men of understanding heed;\n\nS: Is he then who knows that what has been revealed to you from your\nLord is the truth like him who is blind? Only those possessed of\nunderstanding will mind,\n\n013.020\nY: Those who fulfil the covenant of Allah and fail not in their plighted\nword;\n\nP: Such as keep the pact of Allah, and break not the covenant;\n\nS: Those who fulfil the promise of Allah and do not break the covenant,\n\n013.021\nY: Those who join together those things which Allah hath commanded to be\njoined, hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrible reckoning;\n\nP: Such as unite that which Allah hath commandeth should be joined, and\nfear their Lord, and dread a woeful reckoning;\n\nS: And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have\nawe of their Lord and fear the evil reckoning.\n\n013.022\nY: Those who patiently persevere, seeking the countenance of their Lord;\nEstablish regular prayers; spend, out of (the gifts) We have bestowed\nfor their sustenance, secretly and openly; and turn off Evil with good:\nfor such there is the final attainment of the (eternal) home,-\n\nP: Such as persevere in seeking their Lord's Countenance and are regular\nin prayer and spend of that which We bestow upon them secretly and\nopenly, and overcome evil with good. Theirs will be the sequel of the\n(heavenly) Home,\n\nS: And those who are constant, seeking the pleasure of their Lord, and\nkeep up prayer and spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them\nsecretly and openly and repel evil with good; as for those, they shall\nhave the (happy) issue of the abode,\n\n013.023\nY: Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the\nrighteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring: and\nangels shall enter unto them from every gate (with the salutation):\n\nP: Gardens of Eden which they enter, along with all who do right of\ntheir fathers and their helpmeets and their seed. The angels enter unto\nthem from every gate,\n\nS: The gardens of perpetual abode which they will enter along with those\nwho do good from among their parents and their spouses and their\noffspring; and the angels will enter in upon them from every gate:\n\n013.024\nY: \"Peace unto you for that ye persevered in patience! Now how excellent\nis the final home!\"\n\nP: (Saying): Peace be unto you because ye persevered. Ah, passing sweet\nwill be the sequel of the (heavenly) Home.\n\nS: Peace be on you because you were constant, how excellent, is then,\nthe issue of the abode.\n\n013.025\nY: But those who break the Covenant of Allah, after having plighted\ntheir word thereto, and cut asunder those things which Allah has\ncommanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land;- on them is the\ncurse; for them is the terrible home!\n\nP: And those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and\nsever that which Allah hath commanded should be joined, and make\nmischief in the earth: theirs is the curse and theirs the ill abode.\n\nS: And those who break the covenant of Allah after its confirmation and\ncut asunder that which Allah has ordered to be joined and make mischief\nin the land; (as for) those, upon them shall be curse and they shall\nhave the evil (issue) of the abode.\n\n013.026\nY: Allah doth enlarge, or grant by (strict) measure, the sustenance\n(which He giveth) to whomso He pleaseth. (The wordly) rejoice in the\nlife of this world: But the life of this world is but little comfort in\nthe Hereafter.\n\nP: Allah enlargeth livelihood for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for\nwhom He will); and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the\nlife of the world is but brief comfort as compared with the Hereafter.\n\nS: Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He\npleases; and they rejoice in this world's life, and this world's life\nis nothing compared with the hereafter but a temporary enjoyment.\n\n013.027\nY: The Unbelievers say: \"Why is not a sign sent down to him from his\nLord?\" Say: \"Truly Allah leaveth, to stray, whom He will; But He\nguideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence,-\"\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say: If only a portent were sent down upon him\nfrom his Lord! Say: Lo! Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth\nunto Himself all who turn (unto Him),\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: Why is not a sign sent down upon him by\nhis Lord? Say: Surely Allah makes him who will go astray, and guides to\nHimself those who turn (to Him).\n\n013.028\nY: \"Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the\nremembrance of Allah: for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do\nhearts find satisfaction.\"\n\nP: Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of\nAllah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!\n\nS: Those who believe and whose hearts are set at rest by the remembrance\nof Allah; now surely by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest.\n\n013.029\nY: \"For those who believe and work righteousness, is (every)\nblessedness, and a beautiful place of (final) return.\"\n\nP: Those who believe and do right: Joy is for them, and bliss (their)\njourney's end.\n\nS: (As for) those who believe and do good, a good final state shall be\ntheirs and a goodly return.\n\n013.030\nY: Thus have we sent thee amongst a People before whom (long since) have\n(other) Peoples (gone and) passed away; in order that thou mightest\nrehearse unto them what We send down unto thee by inspiration; yet do\nthey reject (Him), the Most Gracious! Say: \"He is my Lord! There is no\ngod but He! On Him is my trust, and to Him do I turn!\"\n\nP: Thus We send thee (O Muhammad) unto a nation, before whom other\nnations have passed away, that thou mayst recite unto them that which\nWe have inspired in thee, while they are disbelievers in the\nBeneficent. Say: He is my Lord; there is no God save Him. In Him do I\nput my trust and unto Him is my recourse.\n\nS: And thus We have sent you among a nation before which other nations\nhave passed away, that you might recite to them what We have revealed\nto you and (still) they deny the Beneficent Allah. Say: He is my Lord,\nthere is no god but He; on Him do I rely and to Him is my return.\n\n013.031\nY: If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth\nwere cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the\none!) But, truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the\nBelievers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all\nmankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease\nto seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes,\nuntil the promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not\nfail in His promise.\n\nP: Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or\nthe earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, (this Qur'an would\nhave done so). Nay, but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who\nbelieve know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all mankind?\nAs for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them\nbecause of what they do, or it dwelleth near their home until the\nthreat of Allah come to pass. Lo! Allah faileth not to keep the tryst.\n\nS: And even if there were a Quran with which the mountains were made to\npass away, or the earth were travelled over with it, or the dead were\nmade to speak thereby; nay! the commandment is wholly Allah's, Have not\nyet those who believe known that if Allah please He would certainly\nguide all the people? And (as for) those who disbelieve, there will not\ncease to afflict them because of what they do a repelling calamity, or\nit will alight close by their abodes, until the promise of Allah comes\nabout; surely Allah will not fail in (His) promise.\n\n013.032\nY: Mocked were (many) messengers before thee: but I granted respite to\nthe unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was\nmy requital!\n\nP: And verily messengers (of Allah) were mocked before thee, but long I\nbore with those who disbelieved. At length I seized them, and how\n(awful) was My punishment!\n\nS: And messengers before you were certainly mocked at, but I gave\nrespite to those who disbelieved, then I destroyed them; how then was\nMy requital (of evil)?\n\n013.033\nY: Is then He who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all that it\ndoth, (like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say:\n\"But name them! is it that ye will inform Him of something he knoweth\nnot on earth, or is it (just) a show of words?\" Nay! to those who\nbelieve not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back\n(thereby) from the path. And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one\ncan guide.\n\nP: Is He Who is aware of the deserts of every soul (as he who is aware\nof nothing)? Yet they ascribe unto Allah partners. Say: Name them. Is\nit that ye would inform Him of something which He knoweth not in the\nearth? Or is it but a way of speaking? Nay but their contrivance is\nmade seeming fair for those who disbelieve and they are kept from the\nright road. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.\n\nS: Is He then Who watches every soul as to what it earns? And yet they\ngive associates to Allah! Say: Give them a name; nay, do you mean to\ninform Him of what He does not know in the earth, or (do you affirm\nthis) by an outward saying? Rather, their plans are made to appear\nfair-seeming to those who disbelieve, and they are kept back from the\npath; and whom Allah makes err, he shall have no guide.\n\n013.034\nY: For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly,\nis the penalty of the Hereafter: and defender have they none against\nAllah.\n\nP: For them is torment in the life of the world, and verily the doom of\nthe Hereafter is more painful, and they have no defender from Allah.\n\nS: They shall have chastisement in this world's life, and the\nchastisement of the hereafter is certainly more grievous, and they\nshall have no protector against Allah.\n\n013.035\nY: The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!- beneath\nit flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade\ntherein: such is the end of the Righteous; and the end of Unbelievers\nin the Fire.\n\nP: A similitude of the Garden which is promised unto those who keep\ntheir duty (to Allah): Underneath it rivers flow; its food is\neverlasting, and its shade; this is the reward of those who keep their\nduty, while the reward of disbelievers is the Fire.\n\nS: A likeness of the garden which the righteous are promised; there flow\nbeneath it rivers, its food and shades are perpetual; this is the\nrequital of those who guarded (against evil), and the requital of the\nunbelievers is the fire.\n\n013.036\nY: Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what hath been\nrevealed unto thee: but there are among the clans those who reject a\npart thereof. Say: \"I am commanded to worship Allah, and not to join\npartners with Him. Unto Him do I call, and unto Him is my return.\"\n\nP: Those unto whom We gave the Scripture rejoice in that which is\nrevealed unto thee. And of the clans there are who deny some of it.\nSay: I am commanded only that I serve Allah and ascribe unto Him no\npartner. Unto Him I cry, and unto Him is my return.\n\nS: And those to whom We have given the Book rejoice in that which has\nbeen revealed to you, and of the confederates are some who deny a part\nof it. Say: I am only commanded that I should serve Allah and not\nassociate anything with Him, to Him do I invite (you) and to Him is my\nreturn.\n\n013.037\nY: Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic.\nWert thou to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge which hath\nreached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor defender\nagainst Allah.\n\nP: Thus have We revealed it, a decisive utterance in Arabic; and if thou\nshouldst follow their desires after that which hath come unto thee of\nknowledge, then truly wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting friend\nnor defender.\n\nS: And thus have We revealed it, a true judgment in Arabic, and if you\nfollow their low desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you\nshall not have against Allah any guardian or a protector.\n\n013.038\nY: We did send messengers before thee, and appointed for them wives and\nchildren: and it was never the part of a messenger to bring a sign\nexcept as Allah permitted (or commanded). For each period is a Book\n(revealed).\n\nP: And verily We sent messengers (to mankind) before thee, and We\nappointed for them wives and offspring, and it was not (given) to any\nmessenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave. For\neverything there is a time prescribed.\n\nS: And certainly We sent messengers before you and gave them wives and\nchildren, and it is not in (the power of) a messenger to bring a sign\nexcept by Allah's permission; for every term there is an appointment.\n\n013.039\nY: Allah doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the\nMother of the Book.\n\nP: Allah effaceth what He will, and establisheth (what He will), and\nwith Him is the source of ordinance.\n\nS: Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases, and with\nHim is the basis of the Book.\n\n013.040\nY: Whether We shall show thee (within thy life-time) part of what we\npromised them or take to ourselves thy soul (before it is all\naccomplished),- thy duty is to make (the Message) reach them: it is our\npart to call them to account.\n\nP: Whether We let thee see something of that which We have promised\nthem, or make thee die (before its happening), thine is but conveyance\n(of the message). Ours the reckoning.\n\nS: And We will either let you see part of what We threaten them with or\ncause you to die, for only the delivery of the message is (incumbent)\non you, while calling (them) to account is Our (business).\n\n013.041\nY: See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control)\nfrom its outlying borders? (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put\nback His Command: and He is swift in calling to account.\n\nP: See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying\nparts? (When) Allah doometh there is none that can postpone His doom,\nand He is swift at reckoning.\n\nS: Do they not see that We are bringing destruction upon the land by\ncurtailing it of its sides? And Allah pronounces a doom-- there is no\nrepeller of His decree, and He is swift to take account.\n\n013.042\nY: Those before them did (also) devise plots; but in all things the\nmaster-planning is Allah's He knoweth the doings of every soul: and\nsoon will the Unbelievers know who gets home in the end.\n\nP: Those who were before them plotted; but all plotting is Allah's. He\nknoweth that which each soul earneth. The disbelievers will come to\nknow for whom will be the sequel of the (heavenly) Home.\n\nS: And those before them did indeed make plans, but all planning is\nAllah's; He knows what every soul earns, and the unbelievers shall come\nto know for whom is the (better) issue of the abode.\n\n013.043\nY: The Unbelievers say: \"No messenger art thou.\" Say: \"Enough for a\nwitness between me and you is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the\nBook.\"\n\nP: They who disbelieve say: Thou art no messenger (of Allah). Say:\nAllah, and whosoever hath knowledge of the Scripture, is sufficient\nwitness between me and you.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: You are not a messenger. Say: Allah is\nsufficient as a witness between me and you and whoever has knowledge of\nthe Book.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 14:\n\n                             IBRAHIM (ABRAHAM)\n Total Verses: 52 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n014.001\nY: A. L. R. A Book which We have revealed unto thee, in order that thou\nmightest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light - by the\nleave of their Lord - to the Way of (Him) the Exalted in power, worthy\nof all praise!-\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Ra. (This is) a Scripture which We have revealed unto thee\n(Muhammad) that thereby thou mayst bring forth mankind from darkness\nunto light, by the permission of their Lord, unto the path of the\nMighty, the Owner of Praise,\n\nS: Alif Lam Ra. (This is) a Book which We have revealed to you that you\nmay bring forth men, by their Lord's permission from utter darkness\ninto light-- to the way of the Mighty, the Praised One,\n\n014.002\nY: Of Allah, to Whom do belong all things in the heavens and on earth!\nBut alas for the Unbelievers for a terrible penalty (their Unfaith will\nbring them)!-\n\nP: Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and\nwhatsoever is in the earth. And woe unto the disbelievers from an awful\ndoom;\n\nS: (Of) Allah, Whose is whatever is in the heavens and whatever Is in\nthe earth; and woe to the unbelievers on account of the severe\nchastisement,\n\n014.003\nY: Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, who\nhinder (men) from the Path of Allah and seek therein something crooked:\nthey are astray by a long distance.\n\nP: Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and\ndebar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are\nfar astray.\n\nS: (To) those who love this world's life more than the hereafter, and\nturn away from Allah's path and desire to make it crooked; these are in\na great error.\n\n014.004\nY: We sent not a messenger except (to teach) in the language of his\n(own) people, in order to make (things) clear to them. Now Allah leaves\nstraying those whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases: and He is\nExalted in power, full of Wisdom.\n\nP: And We never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk,\nthat he might make (the message) clear for them. Then Allah sendeth\nwhom He will astray, and guideth whom He will. He is the Mighty, the\nWise.\n\nS: And We did not send any messenger but with the language of his\npeople, so that he might explain to them clearly; then Allah makes whom\nHe pleases err and He guides whom He pleases and He is the Mighty, the\nWise.\n\n014.005\nY: We sent Moses with Our signs (and the command). \"Bring out thy people\nfrom the depths of darkness into light, and teach them to remember the\nDays of Allah.\" Verily in this there are Signs for such as are firmly\npatient and constant,- grateful and appreciative.\n\nP: We verily sent Moses with Our revelations, saying: Bring thy people\nforth from darkness unto light. And remind them of the days of Allah.\nLo! therein are revelations for each steadfast, thankful (heart).\n\nS: And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications, saying: Bring\nforth your people from utter darkness into light and remind them of the\ndays of Allah; most surely there are signs in this for every patient,\ngrateful one.\n\n014.006\nY: Remember! Moses said to his people: \"Call to mind the favour of Allah\nto you when He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: they set you\nhard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons, and let your\nwomen-folk live: therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.\"\n\nP: And (remind them) how Moses said unto his people: Remember Allah's\nfavour unto you when He delivered you from Pharaoh's folk who were\nafflicting you with dreadful torment, and were slaying your sons and\nsparing your women; that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.\n\nS: And when Musa said to his people: Call to mind Allah's favor to you\nwhen He delivered you from Firon's people, who subjected you to severe\ntorment, and slew your sons and spared your women; and in this there\nwas a great trial from your Lord.\n\n014.007\nY: And remember! your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): \"If ye are\ngrateful, I will add more (favours) unto you; But if ye show\ningratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed.\"\n\nP: And when your Lord proclaimed: If ye give thanks, I will give you\nmore; but if ye are thankless, lo! My punishment is dire.\n\nS: And when your Lord made it known: If you are grateful, I would\ncertainly give to you more, and if you are ungrateful, My chastisement\nis truly severe.\n\n014.008\nY: And Moses said: \"If ye show ingratitude, ye and all on earth\ntogether, yet is Allah free of all wants, worthy of all praise.\"\n\nP: And Moses said: Though ye and all who are in the earth prove\nthankless, lo! Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise.\n\nS: And Musa said: If you are ungrateful, you and those on earth all\ntogether, most surely Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised;\n\n014.009\nY: Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (went)\nbefore you? - of the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud? - And of\nthose who (came) after them? None knows them but Allah. To them came\nmessengers with Clear (Signs); but they put their hands up to their\nmouths, and said: \"We do deny (the mission) on which ye have been sent,\nand we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which\nye invite us.\"\n\nP: Hath not the history of those before you reached you: the folk of\nNoah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and those after them? None\nsave Allah knoweth them. Their messengers came unto them with clear\nproofs, but they thrust their hands into their mouths, and said: Lo! we\ndisbelieve in that wherewith ye have been sent, and lo! we are in grave\ndoubt concerning that to which ye call us.\n\nS: Has not the account reached you of those before you, of the people of\nNuh and Ad and Samood, and those after them? None knows them but Allah.\nTheir messengers come to them with clear arguments, but they thrust\ntheir hands into their mouths and said: Surely we deny that with which\nyou are sent, and most surely we are in serious doubt as to that to\nwhich you invite us.\n\n014.010\nY: Their messengers said: \"Is there a doubt about Allah, The Creator of\nthe heavens and the earth? It is He Who invites you, in order that He\nmay forgive you your sins and give you respite for a term appointed!\"\nThey said: \"Ah! ye are no more than human, like ourselves! Ye wish to\nturn us away from the (gods) our fathers used to worship: then bring\nus some clear authority.\"\n\nP: Their messengers said: Can there be doubt concerning Allah, the\nCreator of the heavens and the earth? He calleth you that He may\nforgive you your sins and reprieve you unto an appointed term. They\nsaid: Ye are but mortals like us, who would fain turn us away from what\nour fathers used to worship. Then bring some clear warrant.\n\nS: Their messengers said: Is there doubt about Allah, the Maker of the\nheavens and the earth? He invites you to forgive you your faults and to\nrespite you till an appointed term. They said: You are nothing but\nmortals like us; you wish to turn us away from what our fathers used to\nworship; bring us therefore some clear authority.\n\n014.011\nY: Their messengers said to them: \"True, we are human like yourselves,\nbut Allah doth grant His grace to such of his servants as He pleases.\nIt is not for us to bring you an authority except as Allah permits. And\non Allah let all men of faith put their trust.\"\n\nP: Their messengers said unto them: We are but mortals like you, but\nAllah giveth grace unto whom He will of His slaves. It is not ours to\nbring you a warrant unless by the permission of Allah. In Allah let\nbelievers put their trust!\n\nS: Their messengers said to them: We are nothing but mortals like\nyourselves, but Allah bestows (His) favors on whom He pleases of His\nservants, and it is not for us that we should bring you an authority\nexcept by Allah's permission; and on Allah should the believers rely.\n\n014.012\nY: \"No reason have we why we should not put our trust on Allah. Indeed\nHe Has guided us to the Ways we (follow). We shall certainly bear with\npatience all the hurt you may cause us. For those who put their trust\nshould put their trust on Allah.\"\n\nP: How should we not put our trust in Allah when He hath shown us our\nways? We surely will endure the hurt ye do us. In Allah let the\ntrusting put their trust.\n\nS: And what reason have we that we should not rely on Allah? And He has\nindeed guided us in our ways; and certainly we would bear with patience\nyour persecution of us; and on Allah should the reliant rely.\n\n014.013\nY: And the Unbelievers said to their messengers: \"Be sure we shall drive\nyou out of our land, or ye shall return to our religion.\" But their\nLord inspired (this Message) to them: \"Verily We shall cause the\nwrong-doers to perish!\"\n\nP: And those who disbelieved said unto their messengers: Verily we will\ndrive you out from our land, unless ye return to our religion. Then\ntheir Lord inspired them, (saying): Verily we shall destroy the\nwrong-doers,\n\nS: And those who disbelieved said to their messengers: We will most\ncertainly drive you forth from our land, or else you shall come back\ninto our religion. So their Lord revealed to them: Most certainly We\nwill destroy the unjust.\n\n014.014\nY: \"And verily We shall cause you to abide in the land, and succeed\nthem. This for such as fear the Time when they shall stand before My\ntribunal,- such as fear the punishment denounced.\"\n\nP: And verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is\nfor him who feareth My Majesty and feareth My threats.\n\nS: And most certainly We will settle you in the land after them; this is\nfor him who fears standing in My presence and who fears My threat.\n\n014.015\nY: But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and\nfrustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.\n\nP: And they sought help (from their Lord) and every froward potentate\nwas bought to naught;\n\nS: And they asked for judgment and every insolent opposer was\ndisappointed:\n\n014.016\nY: In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling\nfetid water.\n\nP: Hell is before him, and he is made to drink a festering water,\n\nS: Hell is before him and he shall be given to drink of festering water:\n\n014.017\nY: In gulps will he sip it, but never will he be near swallowing it down\nhis throat: death will come to him from every quarter, yet will he not\ndie: and in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting.\n\nP: Which he sippeth but can hardly swallow, and death cometh unto him\nfrom every side while yet he cannot die, and before him is a harsh\ndoom.\n\nS: He will drink it little by little and will not be able to swallow it\nagreeably, and death will come to him from every quarter, but he shall\nnot die; and there shall be vehement chastisement before him.\n\n014.018\nY: The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works are as\nashes, on which the wind blows furiously on a tempestuous day: No power\nhave they over aught that they have earned: that is the straying far,\nfar (from the goal).\n\nP: A similitude of those who disbelieve in their Lord: Their works are\nas ashes which the wind bloweth hard upon a stormy day. They have no\ncontrol of aught that they have earned. That is the extreme failure.\n\nS: The parable of those who disbelieve in their Lord: their actions are\nlike ashes on which the wind blows hard on a stormy day; they shall not\nhave power over any thing out of what they have earned; this is the\ngreat error.\n\n014.019\nY: Seest thou not that Allah created the heavens and the earth in Truth?\nIf He so will, He can remove you and put (in your place) a new\ncreation?\n\nP: Hast thou not seen that Allah hath created the heavens and the earth\nwith truth? If He will, He can remove you and bring (in) some new\ncreation;\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah created the heavens and the earth with\ntruth? If He please He will take you off and bring a new creation,\n\n014.020\nY: Nor is that for Allah any great matter.\n\nP: And that is no great matter for Allah.\n\nS: And this is not difficult for Allah.\n\n014.021\nY: They will all be marshalled before Allah together: then will the weak\nsay to those who were arrogant, \"For us, we but followed you; can ye\nthen avail us to all against the wrath of Allah?\" They will reply, \"If\nwe had received the Guidance of Allah, we should have given it to you:\nto us it makes no difference (now) whether we rage, or bear (these\ntorments) with patience: for ourselves there is no way of escape.\"\n\nP: They all come forth unto their Lord. Then those who were despised say\nunto those who were scornful: We were unto you a following, can ye then\navert from us aught of Allah's doom? They say: Had Allah guided us, we\nshould have guided you. Whether we rage or patiently endure is (now)\nall one for us; we have no place of refuge.\n\nS: And they shall all come forth before Allah, then the weak shall say\nto those who were proud: Surely we were your followers, can you\ntherefore avert from us any part of the chastisement of Allah? They\nwould say: If Allah had guided us, we too would have guided you; it is\nthe same to us whether we are impatient (now) or patient, there is no\nplace for us to fly to.\n\n014.022\nY: And Satan will say when the matter is decided: \"It was Allah Who gave\nyou a promise of Truth: I too promised, but I failed in my promise to\nyou. I had no authority over you except to call you but ye listened to\nme: then reproach not me, but reproach your own souls. I cannot listen\nto your cries, nor can ye listen to mine. I reject your former act in\nassociating me with Allah. For wrong-doers there must be a grievous\npenalty.\"\n\nP: And Satan saith, when the matter hath been decided: Lo! Allah\npromised you a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you.\nAnd I had no power over you save that I called unto you and ye obeyed\nme. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can ye\nhelp me, Lo! I disbelieved in that which ye before ascribed to me. Lo!\nfor wrong-doers is a painful doom.\n\nS: And the Shaitan shall say after the affair is decided: Surely Allah\npromised you the promise of truth, and I gave you promises, then failed\nto keep them to you, and I had no authority over you, except that I\ncalled you and you obeyed me, therefore do not blame me but blame\nyourselves: I cannot be your aider (now) nor can you be my aiders;\nsurely I disbelieved in your associating me with Allah before; surely\nit is the unjust that shall have the painful punishment.\n\n014.023\nY: But those who believe and work righteousness will be admitted to\ngardens beneath which rivers flow,- to dwell therein for aye with the\nleave of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be: \"Peace!\"\n\nP: And those who believed and did good works are made to enter Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow, therein abiding by permission of their\nLord, their greeting therein: Peace!\n\nS: And those who believe and do good are made to enter gardens, beneath\nwhich rivers flow, to abide in them by their Lord's permission; their\ngreeting therein is, Peace.\n\n014.024\nY: Seest thou not how Allah sets forth a parable? - A goodly word like a\ngoodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to\nthe heavens,- of its Lord. So Allah sets forth parables for men, in\norder that they may receive admonition.\n\nP: Seest thou not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a\ngoodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven,\n\nS: Have you not considered how Allah sets forth a parable of a good word\n(being) like a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches are in\nheaven,\n\n014.025\nY: It brings forth its fruit at all times, by the leave of its Lord. So\nAllah sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive\nadmonition.\n\nP: Giving its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord? Allah\ncoineth the similitudes for mankind in order that they may reflect.\n\nS: Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord? And\nAllah sets forth parables for men that they may be mindful.\n\n014.026\nY: And the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree: It is torn\nup by the root from the surface of the earth: it has no stability.\n\nP: And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from\nupon the earth, possessing no stability.\n\nS: And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the\nearth's surface; it has no stability.\n\n014.027\nY: Allah will establish in strength those who believe, with the word\nthat stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter; but Allah will\nleave, to stray, those who do wrong: Allah doeth what He willeth.\n\nP: Allah confirmeth those who believe by a firm saying in the life of\nthe world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrong-doers astray.\nAnd Allah doeth what He will.\n\nS: Allah confirms those who believe with the sure word in this world's\nlife and in the hereafter, and Allah causes the unjust to go astray,\nand Allah does what He pleases.\n\n014.028\nY: Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have changed the favour\nof Allah. Into blasphemy and caused their people to descend to the\nHouse of Perdition?-\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for\nthanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss,\n\nS: Have you not seen those who have changed Allah's favor for\nungratefulness and made their people to alight into the abode of\nperdition;\n\n014.029\nY: Into Hell? They will burn therein,- an evil place to stay in!\n\nP: (Even to) hell? They are exposed thereto. A hapless end!\n\nS: (Into) hell? They shall enter into it and an evil place it is to\nsettle in.\n\n014.030\nY: And they set up (idols) as equal to Allah, to mislead (men) from the\nPath! Say: \"Enjoy (your brief power)! But verily ye are making\nstraightway for Hell!\"\n\nP: And they set up rivals to Allah that they may mislead (men) from His\nway. Say: Enjoy life (while ye may) for lo! your journey's end will be\nthe Fire.\n\nS: And they set up equals with Allah that they may lead (people) astray\nfrom His path. Say: Enjoy yourselves, for surely your return is to the\nfire.\n\n014.031\nY: Speak to my servants who have believed, that they may establish\nregular prayers, and spend (in charity) out of the sustenance we have\ngiven them, secretly and openly, before the coming of a Day in which\nthere will be neither mutual bargaining nor befriending.\n\nP: Tell My bondmen who believe to establish worship and spend of that\nwhich We have given them, secretly and publicly, before a day cometh\nwherein there will be neither bargaining nor befriending.\n\nS: Say to My servants who believe that they should keep up prayer and\nspend out of what We have given them secretly and openly before the\ncoming of the day in which there shall be no bartering nor mutual\nbefriending.\n\n014.032\nY: It is Allah Who hath created the heavens and the earth and sendeth\ndown rain from the skies, and with it bringeth out fruits wherewith to\nfeed you; it is He Who hath made the ships subject to you, that they\nmay sail through the sea by His command; and the rivers (also) hath He\nmade subject to you.\n\nP: Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth, and causeth water\nto descend from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you, and\nmaketh the ships to be of service unto you, that they may run upon the\nsea at His command, and hath made of service unto you the rivers;\n\nS: Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and sent down water\nfrom the clouds, then brought forth with it fruits as a sustenance for\nyou, and He has made the ships subservient to you, that they might run\ntheir course in the sea by His command, and He has made the rivers\nsubservient to you.\n\n014.033\nY: And He hath made subject to you the sun and the moon, both diligently\npursuing their courses; and the night and the day hath he (also) made\nsubject to you.\n\nP: And maketh the sun and the moon, constant in their courses, to be of\nservice unto you, and hath made of service unto you the night and the\nday.\n\nS: And He has made subservient to you the sun and the moon pursuing\ntheir courses, and He has made subservient to you the night and the\nday.\n\n014.034\nY: And He giveth you of all that ye ask for. But if ye count the favours\nof Allah, never will ye be able to number them. Verily, man is given up\nto injustice and ingratitude.\n\nP: And He giveth you of all ye ask of Him, and if ye would count the\nbounty of Allah ye cannot reckon it. Lo! man is verily a wrong-doer, an\ningrate.\n\nS: And He gives you of all that you ask Him; and if you count Allah's\nfavors, you will not be able to number them; most surely man is very\nunjust, very ungrateful.\n\n014.035\nY: Remember Abraham said: \"O my Lord! make this city one of peace and\nsecurity: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols.\"\n\nP: And when Abraham said: My Lord! Make safe this territory, and\npreserve me and my sons from serving idols.\n\nS: And when Ibrahim said: My Lord! make this city secure, and save me\nand my sons from worshipping idols:\n\n014.036\nY: \"O my Lord! they have indeed led astray many among mankind; He then\nwho follows my (ways) is of me, and he that disobeys me,- but Thou art\nindeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: My Lord! Lo! they have led many of mankind astray. But whoso\nfolloweth me, he verily is of me. And whoso disobeyeth me - Still Thou\nart Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: My Lord! surely they have led many men astray; then whoever follows\nme, he is surely of me, and whoever disobeys me, Thou surely arc\nForgiving, Merciful:\n\n014.037\nY: \"O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley\nwithout cultivation, by Thy Sacred House; in order, O our Lord, that\nthey may establish regular Prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men\nwith love towards them, and feed them with fruits: so that they may\ngive thanks.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Lo! I have settled some of my posterity in an uncultivable\nvalley near unto Thy holy House, our Lord! that they may establish\nproper worship; so incline some hearts of men that they may yearn\ntoward them, and provide Thou them with fruits in order that they may\nbe thankful.\n\nS: O our Lord! surely I have settled a part of my offspring in a valley\nunproductive of fruit near Thy Sacred House, our Lord! that they may\nkeep up prayer; therefore make the hearts of some people yearn towards\nthem and provide them with fruits; haply they may be grateful:\n\n014.038\nY: \"O our Lord! truly Thou dost know what we conceal and what we reveal:\nfor nothing whatever is hidden from Allah, whether on earth or in\nheaven.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Lo! Thou knowest that which we hide and that which we\nproclaim. Nothing in the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah.\n\nS: O our Lord! Surely Thou knowest what we hide and what we make public,\nand nothing in the earth nor any thing in heaven is hidden from Allah:\n\n014.039\nY: \"Praise be to Allah, Who hath granted unto me in old age Isma'il and\nIsaac: for truly my Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer!\"\n\nP: Praise be to Allah Who hath given me, in my old age, Ishmael and\nIsaac! Lo! my Lord is indeed the Hearer of Prayer.\n\nS: Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail and Ishaq;\nmost surely my Lord is the Hearer of prayer:\n\n014.040\nY: O my Lord! make me one who establishes regular Prayer, and also\n(raise such) among my offspring O our Lord! and accept Thou my Prayer.\n\nP: My Lord! Make me to establish proper worship, and some of my\nposterity (also); our Lord! and accept my prayer.\n\nS: My Lord! make me keep up prayer and from my offspring (too), O our\nLord, and accept my prayer:\n\n014.041\nY: \"O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness - me, my parents, and\n(all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will be established!\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and believers on the day when the\naccount is cast.\n\nS: O our Lord! grant me protection and my parents and the believers on\nthe day when the reckoning shall come to pass!\n\n014.042\nY: Think not that Allah doth not heed the deeds of those who do wrong.\nHe but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes will fixedly\nstare in horror,-\n\nP: Deem not that Allah is unaware of what the wicked do. He but giveth\nthem a respite till a day when eyes will stare (in terror),\n\nS: And do not think Allah to be heedless of what the unjust do; He only\nrespites them to a day on which the eyes shall be fixedly open,\n\n014.043\nY: They running forward with necks outstretched, their heads uplifted,\ntheir gaze returning not towards them, and their hearts a (gaping)\nvoid!\n\nP: As they come hurrying on in fear, their heads upraised, their gaze\nreturning not to them, and their hearts as air.\n\nS: Hastening forward, their heads upraised, their eyes not reverting to\nthem and their hearts vacant.\n\n014.044\nY: So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them: then will\nthe wrong-doers say: \"Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a short term:\nwe will answer Thy call, and follow the messengers!\" \"What! were ye not\nwont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline?\"\n\nP: And warn mankind of a day when the doom will come upon them, and\nthose who did wrong will say: Our Lord! Reprieve us for a little while.\nWe will obey Thy call and will follow the messengers. (It will be\nanswered): Did ye not swear before that there would be no end for you?\n\nS: And warn people of the day when the chastisement shall come to them,\nthen those who were unjust will say: O our Lord! respite us to a near\nterm, (so) we shall respond to Thy call and follow the messengers.\nWhat! did you not swear before (that) there will be no passing away for\nyou!\n\n014.045\nY: \"And ye dwelt in the dwellings of men who wronged their own souls; ye\nwere clearly shown how We dealt with them; and We put forth (many)\nparables in your behoof!\"\n\nP: And (have ye not) dwelt in the dwellings of those who wronged\nthemselves (of old) and (hath it not) become plain to you how We dealt\nwith them and made examples for you?\n\nS: And you dwell in the abodes of those who were unjust to themselves,\nand it is clear to you how We dealt with them and We have made (them)\nexamples to you.\n\n014.046\nY: Mighty indeed were the plots which they made, but their plots were\n(well) within the sight of Allah, even though they were such as to\nshake the hills!\n\nP: Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with Allah,\nthough their plot were one whereby the mountains should be moved.\n\nS: And they have indeed planned their plan, but their plan is with\nAllah, though their plan was such that the mountains should pass away\nthereby.\n\n014.047\nY: Never think that Allah would fail his messengers in His promise: for\nAllah is Exalted in power, - the Lord of Retribution.\n\nP: So think not that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His\nmessengers. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).\n\nS: Therefore do not think Allah (to be one) failing in His promise to\nHis messengers; surely Allah is Mighty, the Lord of Retribution.\n\n014.048\nY: One day the earth will be changed to a different earth, and so will\nbe the heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before Allah, the\nOne, the Irresistible;\n\nP: On the day when the earth will be changed to other than the earth,\nand the heavens (also will be changed) and they will come forth unto\nAllah, the One, the Almighty,\n\nS: On the day when the earth shall be changed into a different earth,\nand the heavens (as well), and they shall come forth before Allah, the\nOne, the Supreme.\n\n014.049\nY: And thou wilt see the sinners that day bound together in fetters;-\n\nP: Thou wilt see the guilty on that day linked together in chains,\n\nS: And you will see the guilty on that day linked together in chains.\n\n014.050\nY: Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;\n\nP: Their raiment of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces,\n\nS: Their shirts made of pitch and the fire covering their faces\n\n014.051\nY: That Allah may requite each soul according to its deserts; and verily\nAllah is swift in calling to account.\n\nP: That Allah may repay each soul what it hath earned. Lo! Allah is\nswift at reckoning.\n\nS: That Allah may requite each soul (according to) what it has earned;\nsurely Allah is swift in reckoning.\n\n014.052\nY: Here is a Message for mankind: Let them take warning therefrom, and\nlet them know that He is (no other than) One Allah: let men of\nunderstanding take heed.\n\nP: This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned\nthereby, and that they may know that He is only One Allah, and that men\nof understanding may take heed.\n\nS: This is a sufficient exposition for the people and that they may be\nwarned thereby, and that they may know that He is One Allah and that\nthose possessed of understanding may mind.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 15:\n\n                  AL-HIJR (AL-HIJR, STONELAND, ROCK CITY)\n Total Verses: 99 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n015.001\nY: A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes\nthings clear.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture and a plain Reading.\n\nS: Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Quran that\nmakes (things) clear.\n\n015.002\nY: Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed\n(to Allah's will) in Islam.\n\nP: It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they were\nMuslims.\n\nS: Often will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.\n\n015.003\nY: Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to\nplease themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge\n(undeceive them).\n\nP: Let them eat and enjoy life, and let (false) hope beguile them. They\nwill come to know!\n\nS: Leave them that they may eat and enjoy themselves and (that) hope may\nbeguile them, for they will soon know.\n\n015.004\nY: Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and\nassigned beforehand.\n\nP: And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.\n\nS: And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.\n\n015.005\nY: Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.\n\nP: No nation can outstrip its term nor can they lag behind.\n\nS: No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).\n\n015.006\nY: They say: \"O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou\nart mad (or possessed)!\"\n\nP: And they say: O thou unto whom the Reminder is revealed, lo! thou art\nindeed a madman!\n\nS: And they say: O you to whom the Reminder has been revealed! you are\nmost surely insane:\n\n015.007\nY: \"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the\nTruth?\"\n\nP: Why bringest thou not angels unto us, if thou art of the truthful?\n\nS: Why do you not bring to us the angels if you are of the truthful\nones?\n\n015.008\nY: We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to\nthe ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!\n\nP: We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the\ndisbelievers) would not be tolerated.\n\nS: We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be\nrespited.\n\n015.009\nY: We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly\nguard it (from corruption).\n\nP: Lo! We, even We, reveal the Reminder, and lo! We verily are its\nGuardian.\n\nS: Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its\nguardian.\n\n015.010\nY: We did send messengers before thee amongst the religious sects of\nold:\n\nP: We verily sent (messengers) before thee among the factions of the men\nof old.\n\nS: And certainly We sent (messengers) before you among the nations of\nyore.\n\n015.011\nY: But never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.\n\nP: And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.\n\nS: And there never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.\n\n015.012\nY: Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -\n\nP: Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty:\n\nS: Thus do We make it to enter into the hearts of the guilty;\n\n015.013\nY: That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the\nancients have passed away.\n\nP: They believe not therein, though the example of the men of old hath\ngone before.\n\nS: They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former\npeople has already passed.\n\n015.014\nY: Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to\ncontinue (all day) ascending therein,\n\nP: And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept\nmounting through it,\n\nS: And even if We open to them a gateway of heaven, so that they ascend\ninto it all the while,\n\n015.015\nY: They would only say: \"Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have\nbeen bewitched by sorcery.\"\n\nP: They would say: Our sight is wrong - nay, but we are folk bewitched.\n\nS: They would certainly say: Only our eyes have been covered over,\nrather we are an enchanted people.\n\n015.016\nY: It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made\nthem fair-seeming to (all) beholders;\n\nP: And verily in the heaven we have set mansions of the stars, and We\nhave beautified it for beholders.\n\nS: And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven and We have made\nit fair seeming to the beholders.\n\n015.017\nY: And (moreover) We have guarded them from every cursed devil:\n\nP: And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,\n\nS: And We guard it against every accursed Shaitan,\n\n015.018\nY: But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming\nfire, bright (to see).\n\nP: Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame\npursue.\n\nS: But he who steals a hearing, so there follows him a visible flame.\n\n015.019\nY: And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon\nmountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things\nin due balance.\n\nP: And the earth have We spread out, and placed therein firm hills, and\ncaused each seemly thing to grow therein.\n\nS: And the earth-- We have spread it forth and made in it firm mountains\nand caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.\n\n015.020\nY: And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for\nthose for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.\n\nP: And we have given unto you livelihoods therein, and unto those for\nwhom ye provide not.\n\nS: And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for\nwhom you are not the suppliers.\n\n015.021\nY: And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures\n(inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and\nascertainable measures.\n\nP: And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we\nsend it not down save in appointed measure.\n\nS: And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We\ndo not send it down but in a known measure.\n\n015.022\nY: And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend\nfrom the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though\nye are not the guardians of its stores.\n\nP: And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from\nthe sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of\nthe store thereof.\n\nS: And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the\ncloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.\n\n015.023\nY: And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who\nremain inheritors (after all else passes away).\n\nP: Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the\nInheritor.\n\nS: And most surely We bring to life and cause to die and We are the\nheirs.\n\n015.024\nY: To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag\nbehind.\n\nP: And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the\nlaggards.\n\nS: And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We\ncertainly know those who shall come later.\n\n015.025\nY: Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is\nperfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware.\n\nS: And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise,\nKnowing.\n\n015.026\nY: We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;\n\nP: Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,\n\nS: And certainly We created man of clay that gives forth sound, of black\nmud fashioned in shape.\n\n015.027\nY: And the jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a\nscorching wind.\n\nP: And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire.\n\nS: And the jinn We created before, of intensely hot fire.\n\n015.028\nY: Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: \"I am about to create man, from\nsounding clay from mud moulded into shape;\"\n\nP: And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating\na mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered,\n\nS: And when your Lord said to the angels: Surely I am going to create a\nmortal of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.\n\n015.029\nY: \"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him\nof My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him.\"\n\nP: So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do\nye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.\n\nS: So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit,\nfall down making obeisance to him.\n\n015.030\nY: So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:\n\nP: So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together\n\nS: So the angels made obeisance, all of them together,\n\n015.031\nY: Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.\n\nP: Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.\n\nS: But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made\nobeisance.\n\n015.032\nY: (Allah) said: \"O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those\nwho prostrated themselves?\"\n\nP: He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the\nprostrate?\n\nS: He said: O Iblis! what excuse have you that you are not with those\nwho make obeisance?\n\n015.033\nY: (Iblis) said: \"I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou\ndidst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape.\"\n\nP: He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou\nhast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!\n\nS: He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom\nThou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.\n\n015.034\nY: (Allah) said: \"Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected,\naccursed.\"\n\nP: He said: Then go thou forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast.\n\nS: He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:\n\n015.035\nY: \"And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment.\"\n\nP: And lo! the curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.\n\nS: And surely on you is curse until the Day of Judgment.\n\n015.036\nY: (Iblis) said: \"O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the\n(dead) are raised.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when they are raised.\n\n015.037\nY: (Allah) said: \"Respite is granted thee-\"\n\nP: He said: Then lo! thou art of those reprieved\n\nS: He said: So surely you are of the respited ones\n\n015.038\nY: \"Till the Day of the Time appointed.\"\n\nP: Till the Day of appointed time.\n\nS: Till the period of the time made known.\n\n015.039\nY: (Iblis) said: \"O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I\nwill make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put\nthem all in the wrong,-\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Because Thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall\nadorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them\nevery one,\n\nS: He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to me, I will\ncertainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on earth, and I will\ncertainly cause them all to deviate,\n\n015.040\nY: \"Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy\nGrace).\"\n\nP: Save such of them as are Thy perfectly devoted slaves.\n\nS: Except Thy servants from among them, the devoted ones.\n\n015.041\nY: (Allah) said: \"This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that\nleads straight to Me.\"\n\nP: He said: This is a right course incumbent upon Me:\n\nS: He said: This is a right way with Me:\n\n015.042\nY: \"For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as\nput themselves in the wrong and follow thee.\"\n\nP: Lo! as for My slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such\nof the froward as follow thee,\n\nS: Surely. as regards My servants, you have no authority over them\nexcept those who follow you of the deviators.\n\n015.043\nY: And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!\n\nP: And lo! for all such, hell will be the promised place.\n\nS: And surely Hell is the promised place of them all:\n\n015.044\nY: To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class\n(of sinners) assigned.\n\nP: It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.\n\nS: It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate party of\nthem.\n\n015.045\nY: The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing\nwater).\n\nP: Lo! those who ward off (evil) are among gardens and watersprings.\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in the midst of\ngardens and fountains:\n\n015.046\nY: (Their greeting will be): \"Enter ye here in peace and security.\"\n\nP: (And it is said unto them): Enter them in peace, secure.\n\nS: Enter them in peace, secure.\n\n015.047\nY: And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury:\n(they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of\ndignity).\n\nP: And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts. As brethren,\nface to face, (they rest) on couches raised.\n\nS: And We will root out whatever of rancor is in their breasts-- (they\nshall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face.\n\n015.048\nY: There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be\nasked to leave.\n\nP: Toil cometh not unto them there, nor will they be expelled from\nthence.\n\nS: Toil shall not afflict them in it, nor shall they be ever ejected\nfrom it.\n\n015.049\nY: Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful;\n\nP: Announce, (O Muhammad) unto My slaves that verily I am the Forgiving,\nthe Merciful,\n\nS: Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,\n\n015.050\nY: And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.\n\nP: And that My doom is the dolorous doom.\n\nS: And that My punishment-- that is the painful punishment.\n\n015.051\nY: Tell them about the guests of Abraham.\n\nP: And tell them of Abraham's guests,\n\nS: And inform them of the guests of Ibrahim:\n\n015.052\nY: When they entered his presence and said, \"Peace!\" He said, \"We feel\nafraid of you!\"\n\nP: (How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we\nare afraid of you.\n\nS: When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely we are\nafraid of you.\n\n015.053\nY: They said: \"Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with\nwisdom.\"\n\nP: They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring thee good tidings of a boy\npossessing wisdom.\n\nS: They said: Be not afraid, surely we give you the good news of a boy,\npossessing knowledge.\n\n015.054\nY: He said: \"Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of\nwhat, then, is your good news?\"\n\nP: He said: Bring ye me good tidings (of a son) when old age hath\novertaken me? Of what then can ye bring good tidings?\n\nS: He said: Do you give me good news (of a son) when old age has come\nupon me?-- Of what then do you give me good news!\n\n015.055\nY: They said: \"We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in\ndespair!\"\n\nP: They said: We bring thee good tidings in truth. So be not thou of the\ndespairing.\n\nS: They said: We give you good news with truth, therefore be not of the\ndespairing.\n\n015.056\nY: He said: \"And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go\nastray?\"\n\nP: He said: And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord save those who\nare astray?\n\nS: He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring\nones?\n\n015.057\nY: Abraham said: \"What then is the business on which ye (have come), O\nye messengers (of Allah)?\"\n\nP: He said: And afterward what is your business, O ye messengers (of\nAllah)?\n\nS: He said: What is your business then, O messengers?\n\n015.058\nY: They said: \"We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,\"\n\nP: They said: We have been sent unto a guilty folk,\n\nS: They said: Surely we are sent towards a guilty people,\n\n015.059\nY: \"Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to\nsave (from harm),- All -\"\n\nP: (All) save the family of Lot. Them we shall deliver every one,\n\nS: Except Lut's followers: We will most surely deliver them all,\n\n015.060\nY: \"Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who\nwill lag behind.\"\n\nP: Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should be of those\nwho stay behind.\n\nS: Except his wife; We ordained that she shall surely be of those who\nremain behind.\n\n015.061\nY: At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,\n\nP: And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot,\n\nS: So when the messengers came to Lut's followers,\n\n015.062\nY: He said: \"Ye appear to be uncommon folk.\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! ye are folk unknown (to me).\n\nS: He said: Surely you are an unknown people.\n\n015.063\nY: They said: \"Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which\nthey doubt.\"\n\nP: They said: Nay, but we bring thee that concerning which they keep\ndisputing,\n\nS: They said: Nay, we have come to you with that about which they\ndisputed.\n\n015.064\nY: \"We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly\nwe tell the truth.\"\n\nP: And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.\n\nS: And we have come to you with the truth, and we are most surely\ntruthful.\n\n015.065\nY: \"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night\n(yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you\nlook back, but pass on whither ye are ordered.\"\n\nP: So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow\nthou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are\ncommanded.\n\nS: Therefore go forth with your followers in a part of the night and\nyourself follow their rear, and let not any one of you turn round, and\ngo forth whither you are commanded.\n\n015.066\nY: And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those\n(sinners) should be cut off by the morning.\n\nP: And We made plain the case to him, that the root of them (who did\nwrong) was to be cut at early morn.\n\nS: And We revealed to him this decree, that the roots of these shall be\ncut off in the morning.\n\n015.067\nY: The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young\nmen).\n\nP: And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news (of new\narrivals).\n\nS: And the people of the town came rejoicing.\n\n015.068\nY: Lut said: \"These are my guests: disgrace me not:\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! they are my guests. Affront me not!\n\nS: He said: Surely these are my guests, therefore do not disgrace me,\n\n015.069\nY: \"But fear Allah, and shame me not.\"\n\nP: And keep your duty to Allah, and shame me not!\n\nS: And guard against (the punishment of) Allah and do not put me to\nshame.\n\n015.070\nY: They said: \"Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?\"\n\nP: They said; Have we not forbidden you from (entertaining) anyone?\n\nS: They said: Have we not forbidden you from (other) people?\n\n015.071\nY: He said: \"There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so).\"\n\nP: He said: Here are my daughters, if ye must be doing (so).\n\nS: He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught).\n\n015.072\nY: Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they\nwander in distraction, to and fro.\n\nP: By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of\napproaching death.\n\nS: By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.\n\n015.073\nY: But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,\n\nP: Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.\n\nS: So the rumbling overtook them (while) entering upon the time of\nsunrise;\n\n015.074\nY: And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them\nbrimstones hard as baked clay.\n\nP: And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones of\nheated clay.\n\nS: Thus did We turn it upside down, and rained down upon them stones of\nwhat had been decreed.\n\n015.075\nY: Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.\n\nP: Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.\n\nS: Surely in this are signs for those who examine.\n\n015.076\nY: And the (cities were) right on the high-road.\n\nP: And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.\n\nS: And surely it is on a road that still abides.\n\n015.077\nY: Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.\n\nP: Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this for the believers.\n\n015.078\nY: And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;\n\nP: And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.\n\nS: And the dwellers of the thicket also were most surely unjust.\n\n015.079\nY: So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open\nhighway, plain to see.\n\nP: So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road\nplain to see.\n\nS: So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an\nopen road (still) pursued.\n\n015.080\nY: The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the messengers:\n\nP: And the dwellers in Al-Hijr denied (Our) messengers.\n\nS: And the dwellers of the Rock certainly rejected the messengers;\n\n015.081\nY: We sent them Our Signs, but they persisted in turning away from them.\n\nP: And we gave them Our revelations, but they were averse to them.\n\nS: And We gave them Our communications, but they turned aside from them;\n\n015.082\nY: Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling\nthemselves) secure.\n\nP: And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills, (wherein they\ndwelt) secure.\n\nS: And they hewed houses in the mountains in security.\n\n015.083\nY: But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,\n\nP: But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,\n\nS: So the rumbling overtook them in the morning;\n\n015.084\nY: And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and\ncare)!\n\nP: And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not.\n\nS: And what they earned did not avail them.\n\n015.085\nY: We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for\njust ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest).\nSo overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.\n\nP: We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them\nsave with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely coming. So forgive, (O\nMuhammad), with a gracious forgiveness.\n\nS: And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between\nthem two but in truth; and the hour is most surely coming, so turn away\nwith kindly forgiveness.\n\n015.086\nY: For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master-Creator, knowing all\nthings.\n\nP: Lo! Thy Lord! He is the All-Wise Creator.\n\nS: Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing.\n\n015.087\nY: And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven oft-repeated (verses) and\nthe Grand Qur'an.\n\nP: We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great\nQur'an.\n\nS: And certainly We have given you seven of the oft-repeated (verses)\nand the grand Quran.\n\n015.088\nY: Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what We have bestowed on\ncertain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in\ngentleness) to the believers.\n\nP: Strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs\namong them to enjoin, and be not grieved on their account, and lower\nthy wing (in tenderness) for the believers.\n\nS: Do not strain your eyes after what We have given certain classes of\nthem to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and make yourself gentle to\nthe believers.\n\n015.089\nY: And say: \"I am indeed he that warneth openly and without ambiguity,\"-\n\nP: And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner,\n\nS: And say: Surely I am the plain warner.\n\n015.090\nY: (Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided (Scripture\ninto arbitrary parts),-\n\nP: Such as We send down for those who make division,\n\nS: Like as We sent down on the dividers\n\n015.091\nY: (So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).\n\nP: Those who break the Qur'an into parts.\n\nS: Those who made the Quran into shreds.\n\n015.092\nY: Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,\n\nP: Them, by thy Lord, We shall question, every one,\n\nS: So, by your Lord, We would most certainly question them all,\n\n015.093\nY: For all their deeds.\n\nP: Of what they used to do.\n\nS: As to what they did.\n\n015.094\nY: Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from\nthose who join false gods with Allah.\n\nP: So proclaim that which thou art commanded, and withdraw from the\nidolaters.\n\nS: Therefore declare openly what you are bidden and turn aside from the\npolytheists.\n\n015.095\nY: For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff,-\n\nP: Lo! We defend thee from the scoffers,\n\nS: Surely We will suffice you against the scoffers\n\n015.096\nY: Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they come to\nknow.\n\nP: Who set some other god along with Allah. But they will come to know.\n\nS: Those who set up another god with Allah; so they shall soon know.\n\n015.097\nY: We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.\n\nP: Well know We that thy bosom is oppressed by what they say,\n\nS: And surely We know that your breast straitens at what they say;\n\n015.098\nY: But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who prostrate\nthemselves in adoration.\n\nP: But hymn the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make prostration\n(unto Him).\n\nS: Therefore celebrate the praise of your Lord, and be of those who make\nobeisance.\n\n015.099\nY: And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is\nCertain.\n\nP: And serve thy Lord till the Inevitable cometh unto thee.\n\nS: And serve your Lord until there comes to you that which is certain.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 16:\n\n                             AN-NAHL (THE BEE)\n Total Verses: 128 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n016.001\nY: (Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of Allah: seek ye not then\nto hasten it: Glory to Him, and far is He above having the partners\nthey ascribe unto Him!\n\nP: The commandment of Allah will come to pass, so seek not ye to hasten\nit. Glorified and Exalted be He above all that they associate (with\nHim).\n\nS: Allah's commandment has come, therefore do not desire to hasten it;\nglory be to Him, and highly exalted be He above what they associate\n(with Him).\n\n016.002\nY: He doth send down His angels with inspiration of His Command, to such\nof His servants as He pleaseth, (saying): \"Warn (Man) that there is no\ngod but I: so do your duty unto Me.\"\n\nP: He sendeth down the angels with the Spirit of His command unto whom\nHe will of His bondmen, (saying): Warn mankind that there is no God\nsave Me, so keep your duty unto Me.\n\nS: He sends down the angels with the inspiration by His commandment on\nwhom He pleases of His servants, saying: Give the warning that there is\nno god but Me, therefore be careful (of your duty) to Me.\n\n016.003\nY: He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: Far is He\nabove having the partners they ascribe to Him!\n\nP: He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. High be He\nExalted above all that they associate (with Him).\n\nS: He created the heavens and the earth with the truth, highly exalted\nbe He above what they associate (with Him).\n\n016.004\nY: He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same (man)\nbecomes an open disputer!\n\nP: He hath created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is an open\nopponent.\n\nS: He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open contender.\n\n016.005\nY: And cattle He has created for you (men): from them ye derive warmth,\nand numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye eat.\n\nP: And the cattle hath He created, whence ye have warm clothing and\nuses, and whereof ye eat;\n\nS: And He created the cattle for you; you have in them warm clothing and\n(many) advantages, and of them do you eat.\n\n016.006\nY: And ye have a sense of pride and beauty in them as ye drive them home\nin the evening, and as ye lead them forth to pasture in the morning.\n\nP: And wherein is beauty for you, when ye bring them home, and when ye\ntake them out to pasture.\n\nS: And there is beauty in them for you when you drive them back (to\nhome), and when you send them forth (to pasture).\n\n016.007\nY: And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could not\n(otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed\nMost Kind, Most Merciful,\n\nP: And they bear your loads for you unto a land ye could not reach save\nwith great trouble to yourselves. Lo! your Lord is Full of Pity,\nMerciful.\n\nS: And they carry your heavy loads to regions which you could not reach\nbut with distress of the souls; most surely your Lord is Compassionate,\nMerciful.\n\n016.008\nY: And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and\nuse for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no\nknowledge.\n\nP: And horses and mules and asses (hath He created) that ye may ride\nthem, and for ornament. And He createth that which ye know not.\n\nS: And (He made) horses and mules and asses that you might ride upon\nthem and as an ornament; and He creates what you do not know.\n\n016.009\nY: And unto Allah leads straight the Way, but there are ways that turn\naside: if Allah had willed, He could have guided all of you.\n\nP: And Allah's is the direction of the way, and some (roads) go not\nstraight. And had He willed He would have led you all aright.\n\nS: And upon Allah it rests to show the right way, and there are some\ndeviating (ways); and if He please He would certainly guide you all\naright.\n\n016.010\nY: It is He who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, and out\nof it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle.\n\nP: He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, whence ye have drink,\nand whence are trees on which ye send your beasts to pasture.\n\nS: He it is Who sends down water from the cloud for you; it gives drink,\nand by it (grow) the trees upon which you pasture.\n\n016.011\nY: With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes and\nevery kind of fruit: verily in this is a sign for those who give\nthought.\n\nP: Therewith He causeth crops to grow for you, and the olive and the\ndate-palm and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Lo! herein is indeed a\nportent for people who reflect.\n\nS: He causes to grow for you thereby herbage, and the olives, and the\npalm trees, and the grapes, and of all the fruits; most surely there is\na sign in this for a people who reflect.\n\n016.012\nY: He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the sun and the\nmoon; and the stars are in subjection by His Command: verily in this\nare Signs for men who are wise.\n\nP: And He hath constrained the night and the day and the sun and the\nmoon to be of service unto you, and the stars are made subservient by\nHis command. Lo! herein indeed are portents for people who have sense.\n\nS: And He has made subservient for you the night and the day and the sun\nand the moon, and the stars are made subservient by His commandment;\nmost surely there are signs in this for a people who ponder;\n\n016.013\nY: And the things on this earth which He has multiplied in varying\ncolours (and qualities): verily in this is a sign for men who celebrate\nthe praises of Allah (in gratitude).\n\nP: And whatsoever He hath created for you in the earth of divers hues,\nlo! therein is indeed a portent for people who take heed.\n\nS: And what He has created in the earth of varied hues most surely there\nis a sign in this for a people who are mindful.\n\n016.014\nY: It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may eat thereof flesh\nthat is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom ornaments\nto wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that\nye may seek (thus) of the bounty of Allah and that ye may be grateful.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath constrained the sea to be of service that ye\neat fresh meat from thence, and bring forth from thence ornaments which\nye wear. And thou seest the ships ploughing it that ye (mankind) may\nseek of His bounty and that haply ye may give thanks.\n\nS: And He it is Who has made the sea subservient that you may eat fresh\nflesh from it and bring forth from it ornaments which you wear, and you\nsee the ships cleaving through it, and that you might seek of His\nbounty and that you may give thanks.\n\n016.015\nY: And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it\nshould shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide\nyourselves;\n\nP: And He hath cast into the earth firm hills that it quake not with\nyou, and streams and roads that ye may find a way.\n\nS: And He has cast great mountains in the earth lest it might be\nconvulsed with you, and rivers and roads that you may go aright,\n\n016.016\nY: And marks and sign-posts; and by the stars (men) guide themselves.\n\nP: And landmarks (too), and by the star they find a way.\n\nS: And landmarks; and by the stars they find the right way.\n\n016.017\nY: Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not receive\nadmonition?\n\nP: Is He then Who createth as him who createth not? Will ye not then\nremember?\n\nS: Is He then Who creates like him who does not create? Do you not then\nmind?\n\n016.018\nY: If ye would count up the favours of Allah, never would ye be able to\nnumber them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And if ye would count the favour of Allah ye cannot reckon it. Lo!\nAllah is indeed Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And if you would count Allah's favors, you will not be able to number\nthem; most surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n016.019\nY: And Allah doth know what ye conceal, and what ye reveal.\n\nP: And Allah knoweth that which ye keep hidden and that which ye\nproclaim.\n\nS: And Allah knows what you conceal and what you do openly.\n\n016.020\nY: Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are\nthemselves created.\n\nP: Those unto whom they cry beside Allah created naught, but are\nthemselves created.\n\nS: And those whom they call on besides Allah have not created anything\nwhile they are themselves created;\n\n016.021\nY: (They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be\nraised up.\n\nP: (They are) dead, not living. And they know not when they will be\nraised.\n\nS: Dead (are they), not living, and they know not when they shall be\nraised.\n\n016.022\nY: Your Allah is one Allah: as to those who believe not in the\nHereafter, their hearts refuse to know, and they are arrogant.\n\nP: Your Allah is One Allah. But as for those who believe not in the\nHereafter their hearts refuse to know, for they are proud.\n\nS: Your God is one Allah; so (as for) those who do not believe in the\nhereafter, their hearts are ignorant and they are proud.\n\n016.023\nY: Undoubtedly Allah doth know what they conceal, and what they reveal:\nverily He loveth not the arrogant.\n\nP: Assuredly Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which\nthey proclaim. Lo! He loveth not the proud.\n\nS: Truly Allah knows what they hide and what they manifest; surely He\ndoes not love the proud.\n\n016.024\nY: When it is said to them, \"What is it that your Lord has revealed?\"\nthey say, \"Tales of the ancients!\"\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: What hath your Lord revealed? they\nsay: (Mere) fables of the men of old,\n\nS: And when it is said to them, what is it that your Lord has revealed?\nThey say: Stories of the ancients;\n\n016.025\nY: Let them bear, on the Day of Judgment, their own burdens in full, and\nalso (something) of the burdens of those without knowledge, whom they\nmisled. Alas, how grievous the burdens they will bear!\n\nP: That they may bear their burdens undiminished on the Day of\nResurrection, with somewhat of the burdens of those whom they mislead\nwithout knowledge. Ah! evil is that which they bear!\n\nS: That they may bear their burdens entirely on the day of resurrection\nand also of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without\nknowledge; now surely evil is what they bear.\n\n016.026\nY: Those before them did also plot (against Allah's Way): but Allah took\ntheir structures from their foundations, and the roof fell down on them\nfrom above; and the Wrath seized them from directions they did not\nperceive.\n\nP: Those before them plotted, so Allah struck at the foundations of\ntheir building, and then the roof fell down upon them from above them,\nand the doom came on them whence they knew not;\n\nS: Those before them did indeed devise plans, but Allah demolished their\nbuilding from the foundations, so the roof fell down on them from above\nthem, and the punishment came to them from whence they did not\nperceive.\n\n016.027\nY: Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will cover them with shame, and say:\n\"Where are My 'partners' concerning whom ye used to dispute (with the\ngodly)?\" Those endued with knowledge will say: \"This Day, indeed, are\nthe Unbelievers covered with shame and misery,-\"\n\nP: Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and will say:\nWhere are My partners, for whose sake ye opposed (My guidance)? Those\nwho have been given knowledge will say: Disgrace this day and evil are\nupon the disbelievers,\n\nS: Then on the resurrection day He will bring them to disgrace and say:\nWhere are the associates you gave Me, for whose sake you became\nhostile? Those who are given the knowledge will say: Surely the\ndisgrace and the evil are this day upon the unbelievers:\n\n016.028\nY: \"(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrong-doing\nto their own souls.\" Then would they offer submission (with the\npretence), \"We did no evil (knowingly).\" (The angels will reply), \"Nay,\nbut verily Allah knoweth all that ye did;\"\n\nP: Whom the angels cause to die while they are wronging themselves. Then\nwill they make full submission (saying): We used not to do any wrong.\nNay! Surely Allah is Knower of what ye used to do.\n\nS: Those whom the angels cause to die while they are unjust to\nthemselves. Then would they offer submission: We used not to do any\nevil. Aye! surely Allah knows what you did.\n\n016.029\nY: \"So enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed is\nthe abode of the arrogant.\"\n\nP: So enter the gates of hell, to dwell therein for ever. Woeful indeed\nwill be the lodging of the arrogant.\n\nS: Therefore enter the gates of hell, to abide therein; so certainly\nevil is the dwelling place of the proud.\n\n016.030\nY: To the righteous (when) it is said, \"What is it that your Lord has\nrevealed?\" they say, \"All that is good.\" To those who do good, there is\ngood in this world, and the Home of the Hereafter is even better and\nexcellent indeed is the Home of the righteous,-\n\nP: And it is said unto those who ward off (evil): What hath your Lord\nrevealed? They say: Good. For those who do good in this world there is\na good (reward) and the home of the Hereafter will be better. Pleasant\nindeed will be the home of those who ward off (evil) -\n\nS: And it is said to those who guard (against evil): What is it that\nyour Lord has revealed? They say, Good. For those who do good in this\nworld is good, and certainly the abode of the hereafter is better; and\ncertainly most excellent is the abode of those who guard (against\nevil);\n\n016.031\nY: Gardens of Eternity which they will enter: beneath them flow\n(pleasant) rivers: they will have therein all that they wish: thus doth\nAllah reward the righteous,-\n\nP: Gardens of Eden which they enter, underneath which rivers flow,\nwherein they have what they will. Thus Allah repayeth those who ward\noff (evil),\n\nS: The gardens of perpetuity, they shall enter them, rivers flowing\nbeneath them; they shall have in them what they please. Thus does Allah\nreward those who guard (against evil),\n\n016.032\nY: (Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of purity,\nsaying (to them), \"Peace be on you; enter ye the Garden, because of\n(the good) which ye did (in the world).\"\n\nP: Those whom the angels cause to die (when they are) good. They say:\nPeace be unto you! Enter the Garden because of what ye used to do.\n\nS: Those whom the angels cause to die in a good state, saying: Peace be\non you: enter the garden for what you did.\n\n016.033\nY: Do the (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them, or there comes\nthe Command of thy Lord (for their doom)? So did those who went before\nthem. But Allah wronged them not: nay, they wronged their own souls.\n\nP: Await they aught say that the angels should come unto them or thy\nLord's command should come to pass? Even so did those before them.\nAllah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves,\n\nS: They do not wait aught but that the angels should come to them or\nthat the commandment of your Lord should come to pass. Thus did those\nbefore them; and Allah was not unjust to them, but they were unjust to\nthemselves.\n\n016.034\nY: But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that very\n(Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in.\n\nP: So that the evils of what they did smote them, and that which they\nused to mock surrounded them.\n\nS: So the evil (consequences) of what they did shall afflict them and\nthat which they mocked shall encompass them.\n\n016.035\nY: The worshippers of false gods say: \"If Allah had so willed, we should\nnot have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor\nshould we have prescribed prohibitions other than His.\" So did those\nwho went before them. But what is the mission of messengers but to\npreach the Clear Message?\n\nP: And the idolaters say: Had Allah willed, we had not worshipped aught\nbeside Him, we and our fathers, nor had we forbidden aught without\n(command from) Him. Even so did those before them. Are the messengers\ncharged with aught save plain conveyance (of the message)?\n\nS: And they who give associates (to Allah) say: If Allah had pleased, we\nwould not have served anything besides Allah, (neither) we nor our\nfathers, nor would we have prohibited anything without (order from)\nHim. Thus did those before them; is then aught incumbent upon the\nmessengers except a plain delivery (of the message)?\n\n016.036\nY: For We assuredly sent amongst every People a messenger, (with the\nCommand), \"Serve Allah, and eschew Evil\": of the People were some whom\nAllah guided, and some on whom error became inevitably (established).\nSo travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who\ndenied (the Truth).\n\nP: And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming):\nServe Allah and shun false gods. Then some of them (there were) whom\nAllah guided, and some of them (there were) upon whom error had just\nhold. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence\nfor the deniers!\n\nS: And certainly We raised in every nation a messenger saying: Serve\nAllah and shun the Shaitan. So there were some of them whom Allah\nguided and there were others against whom error was due; therefore\ntravel in the land, then see what was the end of the rejecters.\n\n016.037\nY: If thou art anxious for their guidance, yet Allah guideth not such as\nHe leaves to stray, and there is none to help them.\n\nP: Even if thou (O Muhammad) desirest their right guidance, still Allah\nassuredly will not guide him who misleadeth. Such have no helpers.\n\nS: If you desire for their guidance, yet surely Allah does not guide him\nwho leads astray, nor shall they have any helpers.\n\n016.038\nY: They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that Allah will not raise\nup those who die: Nay, but it is a promise (binding) on Him in truth:\nbut most among mankind realise it not.\n\nP: And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths (that) Allah will\nnot raise up him who dieth. Nay, but it is a promise (binding) upon Him\nin truth, but most of mankind know not,\n\nS: And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths: Allah\nwill not raise up him who dies. Yea! it is a promise binding on Him,\nquite true, but most people do not know;\n\n016.039\nY: (They must be raised up), in order that He may manifest to them the\ntruth of that wherein they differ, and that the rejecters of Truth may\nrealise that they had indeed (surrendered to) Falsehood.\n\nP: That He may explain unto them that wherein they differ, and that\nthose who disbelieved may know that they were liars.\n\nS: So that He might make manifest to them that about which they differ,\nand that those who disbelieve might know that they were liars.\n\n016.040\nY: For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, \"Be\", and\nit is.\n\nP: And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say\nunto it: Be! and it is.\n\nS: Our word for a thing when We intend it, is only that We say to it,\nBe, and it is.\n\n016.041\nY: To those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, after suffering\noppression,- We will assuredly give a goodly home in this world; but\ntruly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater. If they only\nrealised (this)!\n\nP: And those who became fugitives for the cause of Allah after they had\nbeen oppressed, We verily shall give them goodly lodging in the world,\nand surely the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if they but knew;\n\nS: And those who fly for Allah's sake after they are oppressed, We will\nmost certainly give them a good abode in the world, and the reward of\nthe hereafter is certainly much greater, did they but know;\n\n016.042\nY: (They are) those who persevere in patience, and put their trust on\ntheir Lord.\n\nP: Such as are steadfast and put their trust in Allah.\n\nS: Those who are patient and on their Lord do they rely.\n\n016.043\nY: And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We\ngranted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess\nthe Message.\n\nP: And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom\nWe inspired - Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! -\n\nS: And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent\nrevelation-- so ask the followers of the Reminder if you do not know--\n\n016.044\nY: (We sent them) with Clear Signs and Books of dark prophecies; and We\nhave sent down unto thee (also) the Message; that thou mayest explain\nclearly to men what is sent for them, and that they may give thought.\n\nP: With clear proofs and writings; and We have revealed unto thee the\nRemembrance that thou mayst explain to mankind that which hath been\nrevealed for them, and that haply they may reflect.\n\nS: With clear arguments and scriptures; and We have revealed to you the\nReminder that you may make clear to men what has been revealed to them,\nand that haply they may reflect.\n\n016.045\nY: Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah will not\ncause the earth to swallow them up, or that the Wrath will not seize\nthem from directions they little perceive?-\n\nP: Are they who plan ill-deeds then secure that Allah will not cause the\nearth to swallow them, or that the doom will not come on them whence\nthey know not?\n\nS: Do they then who plan evil (deeds) feel secure (of this) that Allah\nwill not cause the earth to swallow them or that punishment may not\novertake them from whence they do not perceive?\n\n016.046\nY: Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of their goings\nto and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him?-\n\nP: Or that He will not seize them in their going to and fro so that\nthere be no escape for them?\n\nS: Or that He may not seize them in the course of their journeys, then\nshall they not escape;\n\n016.047\nY: Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage\n- for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy.\n\nP: Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting? Lo! thy Lord\nis indeed Full of Pity, Merciful.\n\nS: Or that He may not seize them by causing them to suffer gradual loss,\nfor your Lord is most surely Compassionate, Merciful.\n\n016.048\nY: Do they not look at Allah's creation, (even) among (inanimate)\nthings,- How their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and the\nleft, prostrating themselves to Allah, and that in the humblest manner?\n\nP: Have they not observed all things that Allah hath created, how their\nshadows incline to the right and to the left, making prostration unto\nAllah, and they are lowly?\n\nS: Do they not consider every thing that Allah has created? Its (very)\nshadows return from right and left, making obeisance to Allah while\nthey are in utter abasement.\n\n016.049\nY: And to Allah doth obeisance all that is in the heavens and on earth,\nwhether moving (living) creatures or the angels: for none are arrogant\n(before their Lord).\n\nP: And unto Allah maketh prostration whatsoever is in the heavens and\nwhatsoever is in the earth of living creatures, and the angels (also)\nand they are not proud.\n\nS: And whatever creature that is in the heavens and that is in the earth\nmakes obeisance to Allah (only), and the angels (too) and they do not\nshow pride.\n\n016.050\nY: They all revere their Lord, high above them, and they do all that\nthey are commanded.\n\nP: They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are bidden.\n\nS: They fear their Lord above them and do what they are commanded.\n\n016.051\nY: Allah has said: \"Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is just One\nAllah: then fear Me (and Me alone).\"\n\nP: Allah hath said: Choose not two gods. There is only One Allah. So of\nMe, Me only, be in awe.\n\nS: And Allah has said: Take not two gods, He is only one Allah; so of Me\nalone should you be afraid.\n\n016.052\nY: To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him is\nduty due always: then will ye fear other than Allah?\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth, and\nreligion is His for ever. Will ye then fear any other than Allah?\n\nS: And whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His, and to Him\nshould obedience be (rendered) constantly; will you then guard against\nother than (the punishment of) Allah?\n\n016.053\nY: And ye have no good thing but is from Allah: and moreover, when ye\nare touched by distress, unto Him ye cry with groans;\n\nP: And whatever of comfort ye enjoy, it is from Allah. Then, when\nmisfortune reacheth you, unto Him ye cry for help.\n\nS: And whatever favor is (bestowed) on you it is from Allah; then when\nevil afflicts you, to Him do you cry for aid.\n\n016.054\nY: Yet, when He removes the distress from you, behold! some of you turn\nto other gods to join with their Lord-\n\nP: And afterward, when He hath rid you of the misfortune, behold! a set\nof you attribute partners to their Lord,\n\nS: Yet when He removes the evil from you, lo! a party of you associate\nothers with their Lord;\n\n016.055\nY: (As if) to show their ingratitude for the favours we have bestowed on\nthem! then enjoy (your brief day): but soon will ye know (your folly)!\n\nP: So as to deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy life (while\nye may), for ye will come to know.\n\nS: So that they be ungrateful for what We have given them; then enjoy\nyourselves; for soon will you know.\n\n016.056\nY: And they (even) assign, to things they do not know, a portion out of\nthat which We have bestowed for their sustenance! By Allah, ye shall\ncertainly be called to account for your false inventions.\n\nP: And they assign a portion of that which We have given them unto what\nthey know not. By Allah! but ye will indeed be asked concerning (all)\nthat ye used to invent.\n\nS: And they set apart for what they do not know a portion of what We\nhave given them. By Allah, you shall most certainly be questioned about\nthat which you forged.\n\n016.057\nY: And they assign daughters for Allah! - Glory be to Him! - and for\nthemselves (sons,- the issue) they desire!\n\nP: And they assign unto Allah daughters - Be He Glorified! - and unto\nthemselves what they desire;\n\nS: And they ascribe daughters to Allah, glory be to Him; and for\nthemselves (they would have) what they desire.\n\n016.058\nY: When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female\n(child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!\n\nP: When if one of them receiveth tidings of the birth of a female, his\nface remaineth darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.\n\nS: And when a daughter is announced to one of them his face becomes\nblack and he is full of wrath.\n\n016.059\nY: With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad\nnews he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or\nbury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on?\n\nP: He hideth himself from the folk because of the evil of that whereof\nhe hath had tidings, (asking himself): Shall he keep it in contempt, or\nbury it beneath the dust. Verily evil is their judgment.\n\nS: He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that which is\nannounced to him. Shall he keep it with disgrace or bury it (alive) in\nthe dust? Now surely evil is what they judge.\n\n016.060\nY: To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude of\nevil: to Allah applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in\nPower, full of Wisdom.\n\nP: For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil similitude, and\nAllah's is the Sublime Similitude. He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: For those who do not believe in the hereafter is an evil attribute,\nand Allah's is the loftiest attribute; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n016.061\nY: If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not\nleave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them\nrespite for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be\nable to delay (the punishment) for a single hour, just as they would\nnot be able to anticipate it (for a single hour).\n\nP: If Allah were to take mankind to task for their wrong-doing, he would\nnot leave hereon a living creature, but He reprieveth them to an\nappointed term, and when their term cometh they cannot put (it) off an\nhour nor (yet) advance (it).\n\nS: And if Allah had destroyed men for their iniquity, He would not leave\non the earth a single creature, but He respites them till an appointed\ntime; so when their doom will come they shall not be able to delay (it)\nan hour nor can they bring (it) on (before its time).\n\n016.062\nY: They attribute to Allah what they hate (for themselves), and their\ntongues assert the falsehood that all good things are for themselves:\nwithout doubt for them is the Fire, and they will be the first to be\nhastened on into it!\n\nP: And they assign unto Allah that which they (themselves) dislike, and\ntheir tongues expound the lie that the better portion will be theirs.\nAssuredly theirs will be the Fire, and they will be abandoned.\n\nS: And they ascribe to Allah what they (themselves) hate and their\ntongues relate the lie that they shall have the good; there is no\navoiding it that for them is the fire and that they shall be sent\nbefore.\n\n016.063\nY: By Allah, We (also) sent (Our messengers) to Peoples before thee; but\nSatan made, (to the wicked), their own acts seem alluring: He is also\ntheir patron today, but they shall have a most grievous penalty.\n\nP: By Allah, We verily sent messengers unto the nations before thee, but\nthe devil made their deeds fairseeming unto them. So he is their patron\nthis day, and theirs will be a painful doom.\n\nS: By Allah, most certainly We sent (messengers) to nations before you,\nbut the Shaitan made their deeds fair-seeming to them, so he is their\nguardian today, and they shall have a painful punishment.\n\n016.064\nY: And We sent down the Book to thee for the express purpose, that thou\nshouldst make clear to them those things in which they differ, and that\nit should be a guide and a mercy to those who believe.\n\nP: And We have revealed the Scripture unto thee only that thou mayst\nexplain unto them that wherein they differ, and (as) a guidance and a\nmercy for a people who believe.\n\nS: And We have not revealed to you the Book except that you may make\nclear to them that about which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a\nmercy for a people who believe.\n\n016.065\nY: And Allah sends down rain from the skies, and gives therewith life to\nthe earth after its death: verily in this is a Sign for those who\nlisten.\n\nP: Allah sendeth down water from the sky and therewith reviveth the\nearth after her death. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a folk who\nhear.\n\nS: And Allah has sent down water from the cloud and therewith given life\nto the earth after its death; most surely there is a sign in this for a\npeople who would listen.\n\n016.066\nY: And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive sign. From\nwhat is within their bodies between excretions and blood, We produce,\nfor your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it.\n\nP: And lo! in the cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink\nof that which is in their bellies, from betwixt the refuse and the\nblood, pure milk palatable to the drinkers.\n\nS: And most surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle; We give you\nto drink of what is in their bellies-- from betwixt the feces and the\nblood-- pure milk, easy and agreeable to swallow for those who drink.\n\n016.067\nY: And from the fruit of the date-palm and the vine, ye get out\nwholesome drink and food: behold, in this also is a sign for those who\nare wise.\n\nP: And of the fruits of the date-palm, and grapes, whence ye derive\nstrong drink and (also) good nourishment. Lo! therein is indeed a\nportent for people who have sense.\n\nS: And of the fruits of the palms and the grapes-- you obtain from them\nintoxication and goodly provision; most surely there is a sign in this\nfor a people who ponder.\n\n016.068\nY: And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees,\nand in (men's) habitations;\n\nP: And thy Lord inspired the bee, saying: Choose thou habitations in the\nhills and in the trees and in that which they thatch;\n\nS: And your Lord revealed to the bee saying: Make hives in the mountains\nand in the trees and in what they build:\n\n016.069\nY: Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill\nthe spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a\ndrink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is\na Sign for those who give thought.\n\nP: Then eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of thy Lord, made smooth\n(for thee). There cometh forth from their bellies a drink divers of\nhues, wherein is healing for mankind. Lo! herein is indeed a portent\nfor people who reflect.\n\nS: Then eat of all the fruits and walk in the ways of your Lord\nsubmissively. There comes forth from within it a beverage of many\ncolours, in which there is healing for men; most surely there is a sign\nin this for a people who reflect.\n\n016.070\nY: It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you\nthere are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know\nnothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing,\nAll-Powerful.\n\nP: And Allah createth you, then causeth you to die, and among you is he\nwho is brought back to the most abject stage of life, so that he\nknoweth nothing after (having had) knowledge. Lo! Allah is Knower,\nPowerful.\n\nS: And Allah has created you, then He causes you to die, and of you is\nhe who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after having\nknowledge he does not know anything; surely Allah is Knowing, Powerful.\n\n016.071\nY: Allah has bestowed His gifts of sustenance more freely on some of you\nthan on others: those more favoured are not going to throw back their\ngifts to those whom their right hands possess, so as to be equal in\nthat respect. Will they then deny the favours of Allah?\n\nP: And Allah hath favoured some of you above others in provision. Now\nthose who are more favoured will by no means hand over their provision\nto those (slaves) whom their right hands possess, so that they may be\nequal with them in respect thereof. Is it then the grace of Allah that\nthey deny?\n\nS: And Allah has made some of you excel others in the means of\nsubsistence, so those who are made to excel do not give away their\nsustenance to those whom their right hands possess so that they should\nbe equal therein; is it then the favor of Allah which they deny?\n\n016.072\nY: And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature,\nand made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren,\nand provided for you sustenance of the best: will they then believe in\nvain things, and be ungrateful for Allah's favours?-\n\nP: And Allah hath given you wives of your own kind, and hath given you,\nfrom your wives, sons and grandsons, and hath made provision of good\nthings for you. Is it then in vanity that they believe and in the grace\nof Allah that they disbelieve?\n\nS: And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves, and has given\nyou sons and grandchildren from your wives, and has given you of the\ngood things; is it then in the falsehood that they believe while it is\nin the favor of Allah that they disbelieve?\n\n016.073\nY: And worship others than Allah,- such as have no power of providing\nthem, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot\npossibly have such power?\n\nP: And they worship beside Allah that which owneth no provision\nwhatsoever for them from the heavens or the earth, nor have they (whom\nthey worship) any power.\n\nS: And they serve besides Allah that which does not control for them any\nsustenance at all from the heavens and the earth, nor have they any\npower.\n\n016.074\nY: Invent not similitudes for Allah: for Allah knoweth, and ye know not.\n\nP: So coin not similitudes for Allah. Lo! Allah knoweth; ye know not.\n\nS: Therefore do not give likenesses to Allah; surely Allah knows and you\ndo not know.\n\n016.075\nY: Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the\ndominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man\non whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends\nthereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no\nmeans;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.\n\nP: Allah coineth a similitude: (on the one hand) a (mere) chattel slave,\nwho hath control of nothing, and (on the other hand) one on whom we\nhave bestowed a fair provision from Us, and he spendeth thereof\nsecretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah! But most of\nthem know not.\n\nS: Allah sets forth a parable: (consider) a slave, the property of\nanother, (who) has no power over anything, and one whom We have granted\nfrom Ourselves a goodly sustenance so he spends from it secretly and\nopenly; are the two alike? (All) praise is due to Allah! Nay, most of\nthem do not know.\n\n016.076\nY: Allah sets forth (another) Parable of two men: one of them dumb, with\nno power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his master; whichever\nway be directs him, he brings no good: is such a man equal with one who\ncommands Justice, and is on a Straight Way?\n\nP: And Allah coineth a similitude: Two men, one of them dumb, having\ncontrol of nothing, and he is a burden on his owner; whithersoever he\ndirecteth him to go, he bringeth no good. Is he equal with one who\nenjoineth justice and followeth a straight path (of conduct)?\n\nS: And Allah sets forth a parable of two men; one of them is dumb, not\nable to do anything, and he is a burden to his master; wherever he\nsends him, he brings no good; can he be held equal with him who enjoins\nwhat is just, and he (himself) is on the right path?\n\n016.077\nY: To Allah belongeth the Mystery of the heavens and the earth. And the\nDecision of the Hour (of Judgment) is as the twinkling of an eye, or\neven quicker: for Allah hath power over all things.\n\nP: And unto Allah belongeth the Unseen of the heavens and the earth, and\nthe matter of the Hour (of Doom) is but as a twinkling of the eye, or\nit is nearer still. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: And Allah's is the unseen of the heavens and the earth; and the\nmatter of the hour is but as the twinkling of an eye or it is higher\nstill; surely Allah has power over all things.\n\n016.078\nY: It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when ye\nknew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and\naffections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah).\n\nP: And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers knowing\nnothing, and gave you hearing and sight and hearts that haply ye might\ngive thanks.\n\nS: And Allah has brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers-- you\ndid not know anything-- and He gave you hearing and sight and hearts\nthat you may give thanks.\n\n016.079\nY: Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air\nand) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) Allah. Verily in\nthis are signs for those who believe.\n\nP: Have they not seen the birds obedient in mid-air? None holdeth them\nsave Allah. Lo! herein, verily, are portents for a people who believe.\n\nS: Do they not see the birds, constrained in the middle of the sky? None\nwithholds them but Allah; most surely there are signs in this for a\npeople who believe.\n\n016.080\nY: It is Allah Who made your habitations homes of rest and quiet for\nyou; and made for you, out of the skins of animals, (tents for)\ndwellings, which ye find so light (and handy) when ye travel and when\nye stop (in your travels); and out of their wool, and their soft fibres\n(between wool and hair), and their hair, rich stuff and articles of\nconvenience (to serve you) for a time.\n\nP: And Allah hath given you in your houses an abode, and hath given you\n(also), of the hides of cattle, houses which ye find light (to carry)\non the day of migration and on the day of pitching camp; and of their\nwool and their fur and their hair, caparison and comfort for a while.\n\nS: And Allah has given you a place to abide in your houses, and He has\ngiven you tents of the skins of cattle which you find light to carry on\nthe day of your march and on the day of your halting, and of their wool\nand their fur and their hair (He has given you) household stuff and a\nprovision for a time.\n\n016.081\nY: It is Allah Who made out of the things He created, some things to\ngive you shade; of the hills He made some for your shelter; He made you\ngarments to protect you from heat, and coats of mail to protect you\nfrom your (mutual) violence. Thus does He complete His favours on you,\nthat ye may bow to His Will (in Islam).\n\nP: And Allah hath given you, of that which He hath created, shelter from\nthe sun; and hath given you places of refuge in the mountains, and hath\ngiven you coats to ward off the heat from you, and coats (of armour) to\nsave you from your own foolhardiness. Thus doth He perfect His favour\nunto you, in order that ye may surrender (unto Him).\n\nS: And Allah has made for you of what He has created shelters, and He\nhas given you in the mountains places of retreat, and He has given you\ngarments to preserve you from the heat and coats of mail to preserve\nyou in your fighting; even thus does He complete His favor upon you,\nthat haply you may submit.\n\n016.082\nY: But if they turn away, thy duty is only to preach the clear Message.\n\nP: Then, if they turn away, thy duty (O Muhammad) is but plain\nconveyance (of the message).\n\nS: But if they turn back, then on you devolves only the clear\ndeliverance (of the message).\n\n016.083\nY: They recognise the favours of Allah; then they deny them; and most of\nthem are (creatures) ungrateful.\n\nP: They know the favour of Allah and then deny it. Most of them are\ningrates.\n\nS: They recognize the favor of Allah, yet they deny it, and most of them\nare ungrateful.\n\n016.084\nY: One Day We shall raise from all Peoples a Witness: then will no\nexcuse be accepted from Unbelievers, nor will they receive any favours.\n\nP: And (bethink you of) the day when we raise up of every nation a\nwitness, then there is no leave for disbelievers, nor are they allowed\nto make amends.\n\nS: And on the day when We will raise up a witness out of every nation,\nthen shall no permission be given to those who disbelieve, nor shall\nthey be made to solicit favor.\n\n016.085\nY: When the wrong-doers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in no\nway be mitigated, nor will they then receive respite.\n\nP: And when those who did wrong behold the doom, it will not be made\nlight for them, nor will they be reprieved.\n\nS: And when those who are unjust shall see the chastisement, it shall\nnot be lightened for them, nor shall they be respited. .\n\n016.086\nY: When those who gave partners to Allah will see their \"partners\", they\nwill say: \"Our Lord! these are our 'partners,' those whom we used to\ninvoke besides Thee.\" But they will throw back their word at them (and\nsay): \"Indeed ye are liars!\"\n\nP: And when those who ascribed partners to Allah behold those partners\nof theirs, they will say: Our Lord! these are our partners unto whom we\nused to cry instead of Thee. But they will fling to them the saying:\nLo! ye verily are liars!\n\nS: And when those who associate (others with Allah) shall see their\nassociate-gods, they shall say: Our Lord, these are our associate-gods\non whom we called besides Thee. But they will give them back the reply:\nMost surely you are liars.\n\n016.087\nY: That Day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to Allah; and\nall their inventions shall leave them in the lurch.\n\nP: And they proffer unto Allah submission on that day, and all that they\nused to invent hath failed them.\n\nS: And they shall tender submission to Allah on that day; and what they\nused to forge shall depart from them.\n\n016.088\nY: Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah - for\nthem will We add Penalty to Penalty; for that they used to spread\nmischief.\n\nP: For those who disbelieve and debar (men) from the way of Allah, We\nadd doom to doom because they wrought corruption,\n\nS: (As for) those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's way, We will\nadd chastisement to their chastisement because they made mischief.\n\n016.089\nY: One day We shall raise from all Peoples a witness against them, from\namongst themselves: and We shall bring thee as a witness against these\n(thy people): and We have sent down to thee the Book explaining all\nthings, a Guide, a Mercy, and Glad Tidings to Muslims.\n\nP: And (bethink you of) the day when We raise in every nation a witness\nagainst them of their own folk, and We bring thee (Muhammad) as a\nwitness against these. And We reveal the Scripture unto thee as an\nexposition of all things, and a guidance and a mercy and good tidings\nfor those who have surrendered (to Allah).\n\nS: And on the day when We will raise up in every people a witness\nagainst them from among themselves, and bring you as a witness against\nthese-- and We have revealed the Book to you explaining clearly\neverything, and a guidance and mercy and good news for those who\nsubmit.\n\n016.090\nY: Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and\nkin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He\ninstructs you, that ye may receive admonition.\n\nP: Lo! Allah enjoineth justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk, and\nforbiddeth lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He exhorteth you in\norder that ye may take heed.\n\nS: Surely Allah enjoins the doing of justice and the doing of good (to\nothers) and the giving to the kindred, and He forbids indecency and\nevil and rebellion; He admonishes you that you may be mindful.\n\n016.091\nY: Fulfil the Covenant of Allah when ye have entered into it, and break\nnot your oaths after ye have confirmed them; indeed ye have made Allah\nyour surety; for Allah knoweth all that ye do.\n\nP: Fulfil the covenant of Allah when ye have covenanted, and break not\nyour oaths after the asseveration of them, and after ye have made Allah\nsurety over you. Lo! Allah knoweth what ye do.\n\nS: And fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have made a covenant, and\ndo not break the oaths after making them fast, and you have indeed made\nAllah a surety for you; surely Allah knows what you do.\n\n016.092\nY: And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the yarn\nwhich she has spun, after it has become strong. Nor take your oaths to\npractise deception between yourselves, lest one party should be more\nnumerous than another: for Allah will test you by this; and on the Day\nof Judgment He will certainly make clear to you (the truth of) that\nwherein ye disagree.\n\nP: And be not like unto her who unravelleth the thread, after she hath\nmade it strong, to thin filaments, making your oaths a deceit between\nyou because of a nation being more numerous than (another) nation.\nAllah only trieth you thereby, and He verily will explain to you on the\nDay of Resurrection that wherein ye differed.\n\nS: And be not like her who unravels her yarn, disintegrating it into\npieces after she has spun it strongly. You make your oaths to be means\nof deceit between you because (one) nation is more numerous than\n(another) nation. Allah only tries you by this; and He will most\ncertainly make clear to you on the resurrection day that about which\nyou differed.\n\n016.093\nY: If Allah so willed, He could make you all one people: But He leaves\nstraying whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases: but ye shall\ncertainly be called to account for all your actions.\n\nP: Had Allah willed He could have made you (all) one nation, but He\nsendeth whom He will astray and guideth whom He will, and ye will\nindeed be asked of what ye used to do.\n\nS: And if Allah please He would certainly make you a single nation, but\nHe causes to err whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases; and most\ncertainly you will be questioned as to what you did.\n\n016.094\nY: And take not your oaths, to practise deception between yourselves,\nwith the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly\nplanted, and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having\nhindered (men) from the Path of Allah, and a Mighty Wrath descend on\nyou.\n\nP: Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot should slip\nafter being firmly planted and ye should taste evil forasmuch as ye\ndebarred (men) from the way of Allah, and yours should be an awful\ndoom.\n\nS: And do not make your oaths a means of deceit between you, lest a foot\nshould slip after its stability and you should taste evil because you\nturned away from Allah's way and grievous punishment be your (lot).\n\n016.095\nY: Nor sell the covenant of Allah for a miserable price: for with Allah\nis (a prize) far better for you, if ye only knew.\n\nP: And purchase not a small gain at the price of Allah's covenant. Lo!\nthat which Allah hath is better for you, if ye did but know.\n\nS: And do not take a small price in exchange for Allah's covenant;\nsurely what is with Allah is better for you, did you but know.\n\n016.096\nY: What is with you must vanish: what is with Allah will endure. And We\nwill certainly bestow, on those who patiently persevere, their reward\naccording to the best of their actions.\n\nP: That which ye have wasteth away, and that which Allah hath remaineth.\nAnd verily We shall pay those who are steadfast a recompense in\nproportion to the best of what they used to do.\n\nS: What is with you passes away and what is with Allah is enduring; and\nWe will most certainly give to those who are patient their reward for\nthe best of what they did.\n\n016.097\nY: Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily, to\nhim will We give a new Life, a life that is good and pure and We will\nbestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.\n\nP: Whosoever doeth right, whether male or female, and is a believer, him\nverily we shall quicken with good life, and We shall pay them a\nrecompense in proportion to the best of what they used to do.\n\nS: Whoever does good whether male or female and he is a believer, We\nwill most certainly make him live a happy life, and We will most\ncertainly give them their reward for the best of what they did.\n\n016.098\nY: When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek Allah's protection from Satan\nthe rejected one.\n\nP: And when thou recitest the Qur'an, seek refuge in Allah from Satan\nthe outcast.\n\nS: So when you recite the Quran, seek refuge with Allah from the\naccursed Shaitan,\n\n016.099\nY: No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in\ntheir Lord.\n\nP: Lo! he hath no power over those who believe and put trust in their\nLord.\n\nS: Surely he has no authority over those who believe and rely on their\nLord.\n\n016.100\nY: His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and who join\npartners with Allah.\n\nP: His power is only over those who make a friend of him, and those who\nascribe partners unto Him (Allah).\n\nS: His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who\nassociate others with Him.\n\n016.101\nY: When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah knows best\nwhat He reveals (in stages),- they say, \"Thou art but a forger\": but\nmost of them understand not.\n\nP: And when We put a revelation in place of (another) revelation, - and\nAllah knoweth best what He revealeth - they say: Lo! thou art but\ninventing. Most of them know not.\n\nS: And when We change (one) communication for (another) communication,\nand Allah knows best what He reveals, they say: You are only a forger.\nNay, most of them do not know.\n\n016.102\nY: Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in\nTruth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a Guide and\nGlad Tidings to Muslims.\n\nP: Say: The holy Spirit hath delivered it from thy Lord with truth, that\nit may confirm (the faith of) those who believe, and as guidance and\ngood tidings for those who have surrendered (to Allah).\n\nS: Say: The Holy spirit has revealed it from your Lord with the truth,\nthat it may establish those who believe and as a guidance and good news\nfor those who submit.\n\n016.103\nY: We know indeed that they say, \"It is a man that teaches him.\" The\ntongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is\nArabic, pure and clear.\n\nP: And We know well that they say: Only a man teacheth him. The speech\nof him at whom they falsely hint is outlandish, and this is clear\nArabic speech.\n\nS: And certainly We know that they say: Only a mortal teaches him. The\ntongue of him whom they reproach is barbarous, and this is clear Arabic\ntongue.\n\n016.104\nY: Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah,- Allah will not guide\nthem, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, Allah guideth them\nnot and theirs will be a painful doom.\n\nS: (As for) those who do not believe in Allah's communications, surely\nAllah will not guide them, and they shall have a painful punishment.\n\n016.105\nY: It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, that forge\nfalsehood: it is they who lie!\n\nP: Only they invent falsehood who believe not Allah's revelations, and\n(only) they are the liars.\n\nS: Only they forge the lie who do not believe in Allah's communications,\nand these are the liars.\n\n016.106\nY: Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief,- except\nunder compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open\ntheir breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will\nbe a dreadful Penalty.\n\nP: Whoso disbelieveth in Allah after his belief - save him who is forced\nthereto and whose heart is still content with the Faith - but whoso\nfindeth ease in disbelief: On them is wrath from Allah. Theirs will be\nan awful doom.\n\nS: He who disbelieves in Allah after his having believed, not he who is\ncompelled while his heart is at rest on account of faith, but he who\nopens (his) breast to disbelief-- on these is the wrath of Allah, and\nthey shall have a grievous chastisement.\n\n016.107\nY: This because they love the life of this world better than the\nHereafter: and Allah will not guide those who reject Faith.\n\nP: That is because they have chosen the life of the world rather than\nthe Hereafter, and because Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.\n\nS: This is because they love this world's life more than the hereafter,\nand because Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.\n\n016.108\nY: Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has sealed up, and\nthey take no heed.\n\nP: Such are they whose hearts and ears and eyes Allah hath sealed. And\nsuch are the heedless.\n\nS: These are they on whose hearts and their hearing and their eyes Allah\nhas set a seal, and these are the heedless ones.\n\n016.109\nY: Without doubt, in the Hereafter they will perish.\n\nP: Assuredly in the Hereafter they are the losers.\n\nS: No doubt that in the hereafter they will be the losers.\n\n016.110\nY: But verily thy Lord,- to those who leave their homes after trials and\npersecutions,- and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and\npatiently persevere,- Thy Lord, after all this is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: Then lo! thy Lord - for those who became fugitives after they had\nbeen persecuted, and then fought and were steadfast - lo! thy Lord\nafterward is (for them) indeed Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who fly after they are\npersecuted, then they struggle hard and are patient, most surely your\nLord after that is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n016.111\nY: One Day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and every soul\nwill be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will be\nunjustly dealt with.\n\nP: On the Day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every\nsoul will be repaid what it did, and they will not be wronged.\n\nS: (Remember) the day when every soul shall come, pleading for itself\nand every soul shall be paid in full what it has done, and they shall\nnot be dealt with unjustly.\n\n016.112\nY: Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet,\nabundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it\nungrateful for the favours of Allah: so Allah made it taste of hunger\nand terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every\nside), because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought.\n\nP: Allah coineth a similitude: a township that dwelt secure and well\ncontent, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side, but\nit disbelieved in Allah's favours, so Allah made it experience the garb\nof dearth and fear because of what they used to do.\n\nS: And Allah sets forth a parable: (Consider) a town safe and secure to\nwhich its means of subsistence come in abundance from every quarter;\nbut it became ungrateful to Allah's favors, therefore Allah made it to\ntaste the utmost degree of hunger and fear because of what they\nwrought.\n\n016.113\nY: And there came to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they\nfalsely rejected him; so the Wrath seized them even in the midst of\ntheir iniquities.\n\nP: And verily there had come unto them a messenger from among them, but\nthey had denied him, and so the torment seized them while they were\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: And certainly there came to them a Messenger from among them, but\nthey rejected him, so the punishment overtook them while they were\nunjust.\n\n016.114\nY: So eat of the sustenance which Allah has provided for you, lawful and\ngood; and be grateful for the favours of Allah, if it is He Whom ye\nserve.\n\nP: So eat of the lawful and good food which Allah hath provided for you,\nand thank the bounty of your Lord if it is Him ye serve.\n\nS: Therefore eat of what Allah has given you, lawful and good (things),\nand give thanks for Allah's favor if Him do you serve.\n\n016.115\nY: He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of\nswine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been\ninvoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful\ndisobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: He hath forbidden for you only carrion and blood and swineflesh and\nthat which hath been immolated in the name of any other than Allah; but\nhe who is driven thereto, neither craving nor transgressing, lo! then\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: He has only forbidden you what dies of itself and blood and flesh of\nswine and that over which any other name than that of Allah has been\ninvoked, but whoever is driven to necessity, not desiring nor exceeding\nthe limit, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n016.116\nY: But say not - for any false thing that your tongues may put forth,-\n\"This is lawful, and this is forbidden,\" so as to ascribe false things\nto Allah. For those who ascribe false things to Allah, will never\nprosper.\n\nP: And speak not, concerning that which your own tongues qualify (as\nclean or unclean), the falsehood: \"This is lawful, and this is\nforbidden,\" so that ye invent a lie against Allah. Lo! those who invent\na lie against Allah will not succeed.\n\nS: And, for what your tongues describe, do not utter the lie, (saying)\nThis is lawful and this is unlawful, in order to forge a lie against\nAllah; surely those who forge the lie against Allah shall not prosper.\n\n016.117\nY: (In such falsehood) is but a paltry profit; but they will have a most\ngrievous Penalty.\n\nP: A brief enjoyment (will be theirs); and theirs a painful doom.\n\nS: A little enjoyment and they shall have a painful punishment.\n\n016.118\nY: To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to thee\nbefore: We did them no wrong, but they were used to doing wrong to\nthemselves.\n\nP: And unto those who are Jews We have forbidden that which We have\nalready related unto thee. And We wronged them not, but they were wont\nto wrong themselves.\n\nS: And for those who were Jews We prohibited what We have related to you\nalready, and We did them no injustice, but they were unjust to\nthemselves.\n\n016.119\nY: But verily thy Lord,- to those who do wrong in ignorance, but who\nthereafter repent and make amends,- thy Lord, after all this, is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Then lo! thy Lord - for those who do evil in ignorance and afterward\nrepent and amend - lo! (for them) thy Lord is afterward indeed\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Yet surely your Lord, with respect to those who do an evil in\nignorance, then turn after that and make amends, most surely your Lord\nafter that is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n016.120\nY: Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to Allah, (and) true in\nFaith, and he joined not gods with Allah:\n\nP: Lo! Abraham was a nation obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he\nwas not of the idolaters;\n\nS: Surely Ibrahim was an exemplar, obedient to Allah, upright, and he\nwas not of the polytheists.\n\n016.121\nY: He showed his gratitude for the favours of Allah, who chose him, and\nguided him to a Straight Way.\n\nP: Thankful for His bounties; He chose him and He guided him unto a\nstraight path.\n\nS: Grateful for His favors; He chose him and guided him on the right\npath.\n\n016.122\nY: And We gave him Good in this world, and he will be, in the Hereafter,\nin the ranks of the Righteous.\n\nP: And We gave him good in the world, and in the Hereafter he is among\nthe righteous.\n\nS: And We gave him good in this world, and in the next he will most\nsurely be among the good.\n\n016.123\nY: So We have taught thee the inspired (Message), \"Follow the ways of\nAbraham the True in Faith, and he joined not gods with Allah.\"\n\nP: And afterward We inspired thee (Muhammad, saying): Follow the\nreligion of Abraham, as one by nature upright. He was not of the\nidolaters.\n\nS: Then We revealed to you: Follow the faith of Ibrahim, the upright\none, and he was not of the polytheists.\n\n016.124\nY: The Sabbath was only made (strict) for those who disagreed (as to its\nobservance); But Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment,\nas to their differences.\n\nP: The Sabbath was appointed only for those who differed concerning it,\nand lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection\nconcerning that wherein they used to differ.\n\nS: The Sabbath was ordained only for those who differed about it, and\nmost surely your Lord will judge between them on the resurrection day\nconcerning that about which they differed.\n\n016.125\nY: Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful\npreaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious:\nfor thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who\nreceive guidance.\n\nP: Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and\nreason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him\nwho strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.\n\nS: Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and\nhave disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best\nknows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who\nfollow the right way.\n\n016.126\nY: And if ye do catch them out, catch them out no worse than they catch\nyou out: But if ye show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for\nthose who are patient.\n\nP: If ye punish, then punish with the like of that wherewith ye were\nafflicted. But if ye endure patiently, verily it is better for the\npatient.\n\nS: And if you take your turn, then retaliate with the like of that with\nwhich you were afflicted; but if you are patient, it will certainly be\nbest for those who are patient.\n\n016.127\nY: And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from Allah; nor\ngrieve over them: and distress not thyself because of their plots.\n\nP: Endure thou patiently (O Muhammad). Thine endurance is only by (the\nhelp of) Allah. Grieve not for them, and be not in distress because of\nthat which they devise.\n\nS: And be patient and your patience is not but by (the assistance of)\nAllah, and grieve not for them, and do not distress yourself at what\nthey plan.\n\n016.128\nY: For Allah is with those who restrain themselves, and those who do\ngood.\n\nP: Lo! Allah is with those who keep their duty unto Him and those who\nare doers of good.\n\nS: Surely Allah is with those who guard (against evil) and those who do\ngood (to others).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 17:\n\n           AL-ISRA (ISRA', THE NIGHT JOURNEY, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL)\n Total Verses: 111 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n017.001\nY: Glory to (Allah) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from\nthe Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did\nbless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is\nthe One Who heareth and seeth (all things).\n\nP: Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable\nPlace of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood\nwhereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He,\nonly He, is the Hearer, the Seer.\n\nS: Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred\nMosque to the remote mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so\nthat We may show to him some of Our signs; surely He is the Hearing,\nthe Seeing.\n\n017.002\nY: We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of\nIsrael, (commanding): \"Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your)\naffairs.\"\n\nP: We gave unto Moses the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for\nthe children of Israel, saying: Choose no guardian beside Me.\n\nS: And We gave Musa the Book and made it a guidance to the children of\nIsrael, saying: Do not take a protector besides Me;\n\n017.003\nY: O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with\nNoah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful.\n\nP: (They were) the seed of those whom We carried (in the ship) along\nwith Noah. Lo! he was a grateful slave.\n\nS: The offspring of those whom We bore with Nuh; surely he was a\ngrateful servant.\n\n017.004\nY: And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book,\nthat twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated with\nmighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!\n\nP: And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture: Ye verily\nwill work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great\ntyrants.\n\nS: And We had made known to the children of Israel in the Book: Most\ncertainly you will make mischief in the land twice, and most certainly\nyou will behave insolently with great insolence.\n\n017.005\nY: When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against you Our\nservants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost parts\nof your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled.\n\nP: So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you\nslaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a\nthreat performed.\n\nS: So when the promise for the first of the two came, We sent over you\nOur servants, of mighty prowess, so they went to and fro among the\nhouses, and it was a promise to be accomplished.\n\n017.006\nY: Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave you\nincrease in resources and sons, and made you the more numerous in\nman-power.\n\nP: Then we gave you once again your turn against them, and We aided you\nwith wealth and children and made you more in soldiery.\n\nS: Then We gave you back the turn to prevail against them, and aided you\nwith wealth and children and made you a numerous band.\n\n017.007\nY: If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did\nit) against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to\npass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter\nyour Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit with\ndestruction all that fell into their power.\n\nP: (Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do\nevil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second\n(of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to\nravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first\ntime, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.\n\nS: If you do good, you will do good for your own souls, and if you do\nevil, it shall be for them. So when the second promise came (We raised\nanother people) that they may bring you to grief and that they may\nenter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and that they might\ndestroy whatever they gained ascendancy over with utter destruction.\n\n017.008\nY: It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if ye\nrevert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): And we\nhave made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith).\n\nP: It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, but if ye repeat\n(the crime) We shall repeat (the punishment), and We have appointed\nhell a dungeon for the disbelievers.\n\nS: It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, and if you again\nreturn (to disobedience) We too will return (to punishment), and We\nhave made hell a prison for the unbelievers.\n\n017.009\nY: Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or\nstable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of\nrighteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;\n\nP: Lo! this Qur'an guideth unto that which is straightest, and giveth\ntidings unto the believers who do good works that theirs will be a\ngreat reward.\n\nS: Surely this Quran guides to that which is most upright and gives good\nnews to the believers who do good that they shall have a great reward.\n\n017.010\nY: And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that\nWe have prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed).\n\nP: And that those who believe not in the Hereafter, for them We have\nprepared a painful doom.\n\nS: And that (as for) those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have\nprepared for them a painful chastisement.\n\n017.011\nY: The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man\nis given to hasty (deeds).\n\nP: Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.\n\nS: And man prays for evil as he ought to pray for good, and man is ever\nhasty.\n\n017.012\nY: We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of\nthe Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to\nenlighten you; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may\nknow the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in\ndetail.\n\nP: And We appoint the night and the day two portents. Then We make dark\nthe portent of the night, and We make the portent of the day\nsight-giving, that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may\nknow the computation of the years, and the reckoning; and everything\nhave We expounded with a clear expounding.\n\nS: And We have made the night and the day two signs, then We have made\nthe sign of the night to pass away and We have made the sign of the day\nmanifest, so that you may seek grace from your Lord, and that you might\nknow the numbering of years and the reckoning; and We have explained\neverything with distinctness.\n\n017.013\nY: Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of\nJudgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread\nopen.\n\nP: And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall\nbring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will\nfind wide open.\n\nS: And We have made every man's actions to cling to his neck, and We\nwill bring forth to him on the resurrection day a book which he will\nfind wide open:\n\n017.014\nY: (It will be said to him:) \"Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy\nsoul this day to make out an account against thee.\"\n\nP: (And it will be said unto him): Read thy Book. Thy soul sufficeth as\nreckoner against thee this day.\n\nS: Read your book; your own self is sufficient as a reckoner against you\nthis day.\n\n017.015\nY: Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who goeth\nastray doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the\nburden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent\na messenger (to give warning).\n\nP: Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that\nhe goeth right, and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden\nsoul can bear another's load, We never punish until we have sent a\nmessenger.\n\nS: Whoever goes aright, for his own soul does he go aright; and whoever\ngoes astray, to its detriment only does he go astray: nor can the\nbearer of a burden bear the burden of another, nor do We chastise until\nWe raise a messenger.\n\n017.016\nY: When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite\norder to those among them who are given the good things of this life\nand yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then\n(it is) We destroy them utterly.\n\nP: And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk\nwho live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so\nthe Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with\ncomplete annihilation.\n\nS: And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our commandment to the\npeople of it who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the\nword proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction.\n\n017.017\nY: How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? and enough is thy\nLord to note and see the sins of His servants.\n\nP: How many generations have We destroyed since Noah! And Allah\nsufficeth as Knower and Beholder of the sins of His slaves.\n\nS: And how many of the generations did We destroy after Nuh! and your\nLord is sufficient as Knowing and Seeing with regard to His servants'\nfaults.\n\n017.018\nY: If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life), We readily\ngrant them - such things as We will, to such person as We will: in the\nend have We provided Hell for them: they will burn therein, disgraced\nand rejected.\n\nP: Whoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away, We hasten for him\ntherein what We will for whom We please. And afterward We have\nappointed for him hell; he will endure the heat thereof, condemned,\nrejected.\n\nS: Whoever desires this present life, We hasten to him therein what We\nplease for whomsoever We desire, then We assign to him the hell; he\nshall enter it despised, driven away.\n\n017.019\nY: Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and strive\ntherefor with all due striving, and have Faith,- they are the ones\nwhose striving is acceptable (to Allah).\n\nP: And whoso desireth the Hereafter and striveth for it with the effort\nnecessary, being a believer; for such, their effort findeth favour\n(with their Lord).\n\nS: And whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it as he ought to\nstrive and he is a believer; (as for) these, their striving shall\nsurely be accepted.\n\n017.020\nY: Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all- These as well as\nthose: The bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone).\n\nP: Each do We supply, both these and those, from the bounty of thy Lord.\nAnd the bounty of thy Lord can never be walled up.\n\nS: All do We aid-- these as well as those-- out of the bounty of your\nLord, and the bounty of your Lord is not confined.\n\n017.021\nY: See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the\nHereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.\n\nP: See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter\nwill be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.\n\nS: See how We have made some of them to excel others, and certainly the\nhereafter is much superior in respect of excellence.\n\n017.022\nY: Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt\nsit in disgrace and destitution.\n\nP: Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down\nreproved, forsaken.\n\nS: Do not associate with Allah any other god, lest you sit down\ndespised, neglected.\n\n017.023\nY: Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye be\nkind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy\nlife, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address\nthem in terms of honour.\n\nP: Thy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye\nshow) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old\nage with thee, say not \"Fie\" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto\nthem a gracious word.\n\nS: And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him,\nand goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age\nwith you, say not to them (so much as) \"Ugh\" nor chide them, and speak\nto them a generous word.\n\n017.024\nY: And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say:\n\"My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in\nchildhood.\"\n\nP: And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My\nLord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was\nlittle.\n\nS: And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and\nsay: O my Lord! have compassion on them, as they brought me up (when I\nwas) little.\n\n017.025\nY: Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: If ye do deeds of\nrighteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him\nagain and again (in true penitence).\n\nP: Your Lord is Best Aware of what is in your minds. If ye are\nrighteous, then lo! He was ever Forgiving unto those who turn (unto\nHim).\n\nS: Your Lord knows best what is in your minds; if you are good, then He\nis surely Forgiving to those who turn (to Him) frequently.\n\n017.026\nY: And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in\nwant, and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner\nof a spendthrift.\n\nP: Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and\nsquander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.\n\nS: And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the\nwayfarer, and do not squander wastefully.\n\n017.027\nY: Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One\nis to his Lord (himself) ungrateful.\n\nP: Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil\nwas ever an ingrate to his Lord.\n\nS: Surely the squanderers are the fellows of the Shaitans and the\nShaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.\n\n017.028\nY: And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit of the Mercy\nfrom thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a word of easy\nkindness.\n\nP: But if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for\nwhich thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.\n\nS: And if you turn away from them to seek mercy from your Lord, which\nyou hope for, speak to them a gentle word.\n\n017.029\nY: Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch it\nforth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and\ndestitute.\n\nP: And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a\ncomplete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.\n\nS: And do not make your hand to be shackled to your neck nor stretch it\nforth to the utmost (limit) of its stretching forth, lest you should\n(afterwards) sit down blamed, stripped off.\n\n017.030\nY: Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom He\npleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure. For He doth know and\nregard all His servants.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and\nstraiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo, He was ever Knower, Seer of His\nslaves.\n\nS: Surely your Lord makes plentiful the means of subsistence for whom He\npleases and He straitens (them); surely He is ever Aware of, Seeing,\nHis servants.\n\n017.031\nY: Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance\nfor them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.\n\nP: Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide\nfor them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.\n\nS: And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them\nsustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.\n\n017.032\nY: Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil,\nopening the road (to other evils).\n\nP: And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil\nway.\n\nS: And go not nigh to fornication; surely it is an indecency and an evil\nway.\n\n0.033\nY: Nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just cause.\nAnd if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to\ndemand qisas or to forgive): but let him not exceed bounds in the\nmatter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law).\n\nP: And slay not the life which Allah hath forbidden save with right.\nWhoso is slain wrongfully, We have given power unto his heir, but let\nhim not commit excess in slaying. Lo! he will be helped.\n\nS: And do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just\ncause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his heir\nauthority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying; surely he\nis aided.\n\n017.034\nY: Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it, until he\nattains the age of full strength; and fulfil (every) engagement, for\n(every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).\n\nP: Come not near the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better\ntill he come to strength; and keep the covenant. Lo! of the covenant it\nwill be asked.\n\nS: And draw not near to the property of the orphan except in a goodly\nway till he attains his maturity and fulfill the promise; surely\n(every) promise shall be questioned about.\n\n017.035\nY: Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balance that is\nstraight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the\nfinal determination.\n\nP: Fill the measure when ye measure, and weigh with a right balance;\nthat is meet, and better in the end.\n\nS: And give full measure when you measure out, and weigh with a true\nbalance; this is fair and better in the end.\n\n017.036\nY: And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of\nhearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired\ninto (on the Day of Reckoning).\n\nP: (O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the\nhearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be\nasked.\n\nS: And follow not that of which you have not the knowledge; surely the\nhearing and the sight and the heart, all of these, shall be questioned\nabout that.\n\n017.037\nY: Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the\nearth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.\n\nP: And walk not in the earth exultant. Lo! thou canst not rend the\nearth, nor canst thou stretch to the height of the hills.\n\nS: And do not go about in the land exultingly, for you cannot cut\nthrough the earth nor reach the mountains in height.\n\n017.038\nY: Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.\n\nP: The evil of all that is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.\n\nS: All this-- the evil of it-- is hateful in the sight of your Lord.\n\n017.039\nY: These are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord has revealed\nto thee. Take not, with Allah, another object of worship, lest thou\nshouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.\n\nP: This is (part) of that wisdom wherewith thy Lord hath inspired thee\n(O Muhammad). And set not up with Allah any other god, lest thou be\ncast into hell, reproved, abandoned.\n\nS: This is of what your Lord has revealed to you of wisdom, and do not\nassociate any other god with Allah lest you should be thrown into hell,\nblamed, cast away.\n\n017.040\nY: Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, and taken for\nHimself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a most dreadful\nsaying!\n\nP: Hath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you\nsons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo!\nverily ye speak an awful word!\n\nS: What! has then your Lord preferred to give you sons, and (for\nHimself) taken daughters from among the angels? Most surely you utter a\ngrievous saying.\n\n017.041\nY: We have explained (things) in various (ways) in this Qur'an, in order\nthat they may receive admonition, but it only increases their flight\n(from the Truth)!\n\nP: We verily have displayed (Our warnings) in this Qur'an that they may\ntake heed, but it increaseth them in naught save aversion.\n\nS: And certainly We have repeated (warnings) in this Quran that they may\nbe mindful, but it does not add save to their aversion.\n\n017.042\nY: Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say,- behold,\nthey would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne!\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): If there were other gods along\nwith Him, as they say, then had they sought a way against the Lord of\nthe Throne.\n\nS: Say: If there were with Him gods as they say, then certainly they\nwould have been able to seek a way to the Lord of power.\n\n017.043\nY: Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great\n(beyond measure)!\n\nP: Glorified is He, and High Exalted above what they say!\n\nS: Glory be to Him and exalted be He in high exaltation above what they\nsay.\n\n017.044\nY: The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declare His\nglory: there is not a thing but celebrates His praise; And yet ye\nunderstand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oft-Forbearing,\nMost Forgiving!\n\nP: The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him,\nand there is not a thing but hymneth His praise; but ye understand not\ntheir praise. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.\n\nS: The seven heavens declare His glory and the earth (too), and those\nwho are in them; and there is not a single thing but glorifies Him with\nHis praise, but you do not understand their glorification; surely He is\nForbearing, Forgiving.\n\n017.045\nY: When thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between thee and those who\nbelieve not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible:\n\nP: And when thou recitest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who\nbelieve not in the Hereafter a hidden barrier;\n\nS: And when you recite the Quran, We place between you and those who do\nnot believe in the hereafter a hidden barrier;\n\n017.046\nY: And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest they should\nunderstand the Qur'an, and deafness into their ears: when thou dost\ncommemorate thy Lord and Him alone in the Qur'an, they turn on their\nbacks, fleeing (from the Truth).\n\nP: And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should understand it,\nand in their ears a deafness; and when thou makest mention of thy Lord\nalone in the Qur'an, they turn their backs in aversion.\n\nS: And We have placed coverings on their hearts and a heaviness in their\nears lest they understand it, and when you mention your Lord alone in\nthe Quran they turn their backs in aversion.\n\n017.047\nY: We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; and\nwhen they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, \"Ye\nfollow none other than a man bewitched!\"\n\nP: We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to\nthee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye\nfollow but a man bewitched.\n\nS: We know best what they listen to when they listen to you, and when\nthey take counsel secretly, when the unjust say: You follow only a man\ndeprived of reason.\n\n017.048\nY: See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and\nnever can they find a way.\n\nP: See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and\ncannot find a road!\n\nS: See what they liken you to! So they have gone astray and cannot find\nthe way.\n\n017.049\nY: They say: \"What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we\nreally be raised up (to be) a new creation?\"\n\nP: And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be\nraised up as a new creation?\n\nS: And they say: What! when we shall have become bones and decayed\nparticles, shall we then certainly be raised up, being a new creation?\n\n017.050\nY: Say: \"(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,\"\n\nP: Say: Be ye stones or iron\n\nS: Say: Become stones or iron,\n\n017.051\nY: \"Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest (to be raised\nup),- (Yet shall ye be raised up)!\" then will they say: \"Who will cause\nus to return?\" Say: \"He who created you first!\" Then will they wag\ntheir heads towards thee, and say, \"When will that be?\" Say, \"May be it\nwill be quite soon!\"\n\nP: Or some created thing that is yet greater in your thoughts! Then they\nwill say: Who shall bring us back (to life). Say: He Who created you at\nthe first. Then will they shake their heads at thee, and say: When will\nit be? Say: It will perhaps be soon;\n\nS: Or some other creature of those which are too hard (to receive life)\nin your minds! But they will say: Who will return us? Say: Who created\nyou at first. Still they will shake their heads at you and say: When\nwill it be? Say: Maybe it has drawn nigh.\n\n017.052\nY: \"It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye will answer (His\ncall) with (words of) His praise, and ye will think that ye tarried but\na little while!\"\n\nP: A day when He will call you and ye will answer with His praise, and\nye will think that ye have tarried but a little while.\n\nS: On the day when He will call you forth, then shall you obey Him,\ngiving Him praise, and you will think that you tarried but a little\n(while).\n\n017.053\nY: Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are\nbest: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan is to man an\navowed enemy.\n\nP: Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth\ndiscord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe.\n\nS: And say to My servants (that) they speak that which is best; surely\nthe Shaitan sows dissensions among them; surely the Shaitan is an open\nenemy to man.\n\n017.054\nY: It is your Lord that knoweth you best: If He please, He granteth you\nmercy, or if He please, punishment: We have not sent thee to be a\ndisposer of their affairs for them.\n\nP: Your Lord is Best Aware of you. If He will, He will have mercy on\nyou, or if He will, He will punish you. We have not sent thee (O\nMuhammad) as a warden over them.\n\nS: Your Lord knows you best; He will have mercy on you if He pleases, or\nHe will chastise you if He pleases; and We have not sent you as being\nin charge of them.\n\n017.055\nY: And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that are in the\nheavens and on earth: We did bestow on some prophets more (and other)\ngifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms.\n\nP: And thy Lord is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the\nearth. And we preferred some of the prophets above others, and unto\nDavid We gave the Psalms.\n\nS: And your Lord best knows those who are in the heavens and the earth;\nand certainly We have made some of the prophets to excel others, and to\nDawood We gave a scripture.\n\n017.056\nY: Say: \"Call on those - besides Him - whom ye fancy: they have neither\nthe power to remove your troubles from you nor to change them.\"\n\nP: Say: Cry unto those (saints and angels) whom ye assume (to be gods)\nbeside Him, yet they have no power to rid you of misfortune nor to\nchange.\n\nS: Say: Call on those whom you assert besides Him, so they shall not\ncontrol the removal of distress from you nor (its) transference.\n\n017.057\nY: Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access\nto their Lord, - even those who are nearest: they hope for His Mercy\nand fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed\nof.\n\nP: Those unto whom they cry seek the way of approach to their Lord,\nwhich of them shall be the nearest; they hope for His mercy and they\nfear His doom. Lo! the doom of thy Lord is to be shunned.\n\nS: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to\ntheir Lord-- whoever of them is nearest-- and they hope for His mercy\nand fear His chastisement; surely the chastisement of your Lord is a\nthing to be cautious of.\n\n017.058\nY: There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of\nJudgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the\n(eternal) Record.\n\nP: There is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of\nResurrection, or punish it with dire punishment. That is set forth in\nthe Book (of Our decrees).\n\nS: And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the day of\nresurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement; this is written\nin the Divine ordinance.\n\n017.059\nY: And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former\ngenerations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud\nto open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the\nSigns by way of terror (and warning from evil).\n\nP: Naught hindereth Us from sending portents save that the folk of old\ndenied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel - a clear portent save to\nwarn.\n\nS: And nothing could have hindered Us that We should send signs except\nthat the ancients rejected them; and We gave to Samood the she-camel--\na manifest sign-- but on her account they did injustice, and We do not\nsend signs but to make (men) fear.\n\n017.060\nY: Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass mankind round\nabout: We granted the vision which We showed thee, but as a trial for\nmen,- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror\n(and warning) into them, but it only increases their inordinate\ntransgression!\n\nP: And (it was a warning) when we told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth\nmankind, and We appointed the sight which We showed thee as an ordeal\nfor mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur'an. We warn\nthem, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.\n\nS: And when We said to you: Surely your Lord encompasses men; and We did\nnot make the vision which We showed you but a trial for men and the\ncursed tree in the Quran as well; and We cause them to fear, but it\nonly adds to their great inordinacy.\n\n017.061\nY: Behold! We said to the angels: \"Bow down unto Adam\": They bowed down\nexcept Iblis: He said, \"Shall I bow down to one whom Thou didst create\nfrom clay?\"\n\nP: And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and\nthey fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate\nbefore that which Thou hast created of clay?\n\nS: And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam; they made\nobeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He said: Shall I make obeisance to\nhim whom Thou hast created of dust?\n\n017.062\nY: He said: \"Seest Thou? this is the one whom Thou hast honoured above\nme! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of Judgment, I will surely\nbring his descendants under my sway - all but a few!\"\n\nP: He said: Seest Thou this (creature) whom Thou hast honoured above me,\nif Thou give me grace until the Day of Resurrection I verily will seize\nhis seed, save but a few.\n\nS: He said: Tell me, is this he whom Thou hast honored above me? If Thou\nshouldst respite me to the day of resurrection, I will most certainly\ncause his progeny to perish except a few.\n\n017.063\nY: (Allah) said: \"Go thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell\nwill be the recompense of you (all)- an ample recompense.\"\n\nP: He said: Go, and whosoever of them followeth thee - lo! hell will be\nyour payment, ample payment.\n\nS: He said: Be gone! for whoever of them will follow you, then surely\nhell is your recompense, a full recompense:\n\n017.064\nY: \"Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them, with thy\n(seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy\ninfantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make\npromises to them.\" But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.\n\nP: And excite any of them whom thou canst with thy voice, and urge thy\nhorse and foot against them, and be a partner in their wealth and\nchildren, and promise them. Satan promiseth them only to deceive.\n\nS: And beguile whomsoever of them you can with your voice, and collect\nagainst them your forces riding and on foot, and share with them in\nwealth and children, and hold out promises to them; and the Shaitan\nmakes not promises to them but to deceive:\n\n017.065\nY: \"As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them:\" Enough\nis thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.\n\nP: Lo! My (faithful) bondmen - over them thou hast no power, and thy\nLord sufficeth as (their) guardian.\n\nS: Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and\nyour Lord is sufficient as a Protector.\n\n017.066\nY: Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly for you through the\nsea, in order that ye may seek of his Bounty. For he is unto you most\nMerciful.\n\nP: (O mankind), your Lord is He Who driveth for you the ship upon the\nsea that ye may seek of His bounty. Lo! He was ever Merciful toward\nyou.\n\nS: Your Lord is He Who speeds the ships for you in the sea that you may\nseek of His grace; surely He is ever Merciful to you.\n\n017.067\nY: When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call upon - besides\nHimself - leave you in the lurch! but when He brings you back safe to\nland, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man!\n\nP: And when harm toucheth you upon the sea, all unto whom ye cry (for\nsuccour) fail save Him (alone), but when He bringeth you safe to land,\nye turn away, for man was ever thankless.\n\nS: And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you\ncall on except He; but when He brings you safe to the land, you turn\naside; and man is ever ungrateful.\n\n017.068\nY: Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you to be swallowed up\nbeneath the earth when ye are on land, or that He will not send against\nyou a violent tornado (with showers of stones) so that ye shall find no\none to carry out your affairs for you?\n\nP: Feel ye then secure that He will not cause a slope of the land to\nengulf you, or send a sand-storm upon you, and then ye will find that\nye have no protector?\n\nS: What! Do you then feel secure that He will not cause a tract of land\nto engulf you or send on you a tornado? Then you shall not find a\nprotector for yourselves.\n\n017.069\nY: Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back a second time to\nsea and send against you a heavy gale to drown you because of your\ningratitude, so that ye find no helper. Therein against Us?\n\nP: Or feel ye secure that He will not return you to that (plight) a\nsecond time, and send against you a hurricane of wind and drown you for\nyour thanklessness, and then ye will not find therein that ye have any\navenger against Us?\n\nS: Or, do you feel secure that He will (not) take you back into it\nanother time, then send on you a fierce gale and thus drown you on\naccount of your ungratefulness? Then you shall not find any aider\nagainst Us in the matter.\n\n017.070\nY: We have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on\nland and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure; and\nconferred on them special favours, above a great part of our creation.\n\nP: Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the\nland and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and\nhave preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked\npreferment.\n\nS: And surely We have honored the children of Adam, and We carry them in\nthe land and the sea, and We have given them of the good things, and We\nhave made them to excel by an appropriate excellence over most of those\nwhom We have created.\n\n017.071\nY: One day We shall call together all human beings with their\n(respective) Imams: those who are given their record in their right\nhand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with\nunjustly in the least.\n\nP: On the day when We shall summon all men with their record, whoso is\ngiven his book in his right hand - such will read their book and they\nwill not be wronged a shred.\n\nS: (Remember) the day when We will call every people with their Imam;\nthen whoever is given his book in his right hand, these shall read\ntheir book; and they shall not be dealt with a whit unjustly.\n\n017.072\nY: But those who were blind in this world, will be blind in the\nhereafter, and most astray from the Path.\n\nP: Whoso is blind here will be blind in the Hereafter, and yet further\nfrom the road.\n\nS: And whoever is blind in this, he shall (also) be blind in the\nhereafter; and more erring from the way.\n\n017.073\nY: And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that which We had\nrevealed unto thee, to substitute in our name something quite\ndifferent; (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made thee\n(their) friend!\n\nP: And they indeed strove hard to beguile thee (Muhammad) away from that\nwherewith We have inspired thee, that thou shouldst invent other than\nit against Us; and then would they have accepted thee as a friend.\n\nS: And surely they had purposed to turn you away from that which We have\nrevealed to you, that you should forge against Us other than that, and\nthen they would certainly have taken you for a friend.\n\n017.074\nY: And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined\nto them a little.\n\nP: And if We had not made thee wholly firm thou mightest almost have\ninclined unto them a little.\n\nS: And had it not been that We had already established you, you would\ncertainly have been near to incline to them a little;\n\n017.075\nY: In that case We should have made thee taste an equal portion (of\npunishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and moreover\nthou wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!\n\nP: Then had we made thee taste a double (punishment) of living and a\ndouble (punishment) of dying, then hadst thou found no helper against\nUs.\n\nS: In that case We would certainly have made you to taste a double\n(punishment) in this life and a double (punishment) after death, then\nyou would not have found any helper against Us.\n\n017.076\nY: Their purpose was to scare thee off the land, in order to expel thee;\nbut in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after thee,\nexcept for a little while.\n\nP: And they indeed wished to scare thee from the land that they might\ndrive thee forth from thence, and then they would have stayed (there)\nbut a little after thee.\n\nS: And surely they purposed to unsettle you from the land that they\nmight expel you from it, and in that case they will not tarry behind\nyou but a little.\n\n017.077\nY: (This was Our) way with the messengers We sent before thee: thou wilt\nfind no change in Our ways.\n\nP: (Such was Our) method in the case of those whom We sent before thee\n(to mankind), and thou wilt not find for Our method aught of power to\nchange.\n\nS: (This is Our) course with regard to those of Our messengers whom We\nsent before you, and you shall not find a change in Our course.\n\n017.078\nY: Establish regular prayers - at the sun's decline till the darkness of\nthe night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and\nreading in the morning carry their testimony.\n\nP: Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of\nnight, and (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of)\nthe Qur'an at dawn is ever witnessed.\n\nS: Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the\nnight and the morning recitation; surely the morning recitation is\nwitnessed.\n\n017.079\nY: And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an\nadditional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord\nraise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!\n\nP: And some part of the night awake for it, a largess for thee. It may\nbe that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised estate.\n\nS: And during a part of the night, pray Tahajjud beyond what is\nincumbent on you; maybe your Lord will raise you to a position of great\nglory.\n\n017.080\nY: Say: \"O my Lord! Let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honour, and\nlikewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honour; and grant me from Thy\nPresence an authority to aid (me).\"\n\nP: And say: My Lord! Cause me to come in with a firm incoming and to go\nout with a firm outgoing. And give me from Thy presence a sustaining\nPower.\n\nS: And say: My Lord! make me to enter a goodly entering, and cause me to\ngo forth a goodly going forth, and grant me from near Thee power to\nassist (me).\n\n017.081\nY: And say: \"Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for\nFalsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish.\"\n\nP: And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo!\nfalsehood is ever bound to vanish.\n\nS: And say: The truth has come and the falsehood has vanished; surely\nfalsehood is a vanishing (thing).\n\n017.082\nY: We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing\nand a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but\nloss after loss.\n\nP: And We reveal of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for\nbelievers though it increase the evil-doers in naught save ruin.\n\nS: And We reveal of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to the\nbelievers, and it adds only to the perdition of the unjust.\n\n017.083\nY: Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and becomes\nremote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil seizes him\nhe gives himself up to despair!\n\nP: And when We make life pleasant unto man, he turneth away and is\naverse; and when ill toucheth him he is in despair.\n\nS: And when We bestow favor on man, he turns aside and behaves proudly,\nand when evil afflicts him, he is despairing.\n\n017.084\nY: Say: \"Everyone acts according to his own disposition: But your Lord\nknows best who it is that is best guided on the Way.\"\n\nP: Say: Each one doth according to his rule of conduct, and thy Lord is\nBest Aware of him whose way is right.\n\nS: Say: Every one acts according to his manner; but your Lord best knows\nwho is best guided in the path.\n\n017.085\nY: They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: \"The\nSpirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it is only a little\nthat is communicated to you, (O men!)\"\n\nP: They are asking thee concerning the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is by\ncommand of my Lord, and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but\nlittle.\n\nS: And they ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is one of the commands\nof my Lord, and you are not given aught of knowledge but a little.\n\n017.086\nY: If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have sent thee\nby inspiration: then wouldst thou find none to plead thy affair in that\nmatter as against Us,-\n\nP: And if We willed We could withdraw that which We have revealed unto\nthee, then wouldst thou find no guardian for thee against Us in respect\nthereof.\n\nS: And if We please, We should certainly take away that which We have\nrevealed to you, then you would not find for it any protector against\nUs.\n\n017.087\nY: Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for his bounty is to thee (indeed)\ngreat.\n\nP: (It is naught) save mercy from thy Lord. Lo! His kindness unto thee\nwas ever great.\n\nS: But on account of mercy from your Lord-- surely His grace to you is\nabundant.\n\n017.088\nY: Say: \"If the whole of mankind and jinns were to gather together to\nproduce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like\nthereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.\"\n\nP: Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce\nthe like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof though\nthey were helpers one of another.\n\nS: Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of\nthis Quran, they could not bring the like of it, though some of them\nwere aiders of others.\n\n017.089\nY: And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind of\nsimilitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except\nwith ingratitude!\n\nP: And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all kind of\nsimilitudes, but most of mankind refuse aught save disbelief.\n\nS: And certainly We have explained for men in this Quran every kind of\nsimilitude, but most men do not consent to aught but denying.\n\n017.090\nY: They say: \"We shall not believe in thee, until thou cause a spring to\ngush forth for us from the earth,\"\n\nP: And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring\nto gush forth from the earth for us;\n\nS: And they say: We will by no means believe in you until you cause a\nfountain to gush forth from the earth for us.\n\n017.091\nY: \"Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause\nrivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water;\"\n\nP: Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapes, and cause rivers to\ngush forth therein abundantly;\n\nS: Or you should have a garden of palms and grapes in the midst of which\nyou should cause rivers to flow forth, gushing out.\n\n017.092\nY: \"Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will\nhappen), against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us)\nface to face:\"\n\nP: Or thou cause the heaven to fall upon us piecemeal, as thou hast\npretended, or bring Allah and the angels as a warrant;\n\nS: Or you should cause the heaven to come down upon us in pieces as you\nthink, or bring Allah and the angels face to face (with us).\n\n017.093\nY: \"Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder right\ninto the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting until\nthou send down to us a book that we could read.\" Say: \"Glory to my\nLord! Am I aught but a man,- a messenger?\"\n\nP: Or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into heaven, and even\nthen we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for\nus a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be Glorified! Am\nI aught save a mortal messenger?\n\nS: Or you should have a house of gold, or you should ascend into heaven,\nand we will not believe in your ascending until you bring down to us a\nbook which we may read. Say: Glory be to my Lord; am I aught but a\nmortal messenger?\n\n017.094\nY: What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was\nnothing but this: they said, \"Has Allah sent a man (like us) to be\n(His) Messenger?\"\n\nP: And naught prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came\nunto them save that they said: Hath Allah sent a mortal as (His)\nmessenger?\n\nS: And nothing prevented people from believing when the guidance came to\nthem except that they said: What! has Allah raised up a mortal to be a\nmessenger?\n\n017.095\nY: Say, \"If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace\nand quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an\nangel for a messenger.\"\n\nP: Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent\ndown for them from heaven an angel as messenger.\n\nS: Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We\nwould certainly have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a\nmessenger.\n\n017.096\nY: Say: \"Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He is\nwell acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).\"\n\nP: Say: Allah sufficeth for a witness between me and you. Lo! He is\nKnower, Seer of His slaves.\n\nS: Say: Allah suffices as a witness between me and you; surely He is\nAware of His servants, Seeing.\n\n017.097\nY: It is he whom Allah guides, that is on true Guidance; but he whom He\nleaves astray - for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him. On\nthe Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their\nfaces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it\nshows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the\nFire.\n\nP: And he whom Allah guideth, he is led aright; while, as for him whom\nHe sendeth astray, for them thou wilt find no protecting friends beside\nHim, and We shall assemble them on the Day of Resurrection on their\nfaces, blind, dumb and deaf; their habitation will be hell; whenever it\nabateth, We increase the flame for them.\n\nS: And whomsoever Allah guides, he is the follower of the right way, and\nwhomsoever He causes to err, you shall not find for him guardians\nbesides Him; and We will gather them together on the day of\nresurrection on their faces, blind and dumb and deaf; their abode is\nhell; whenever it becomes allayed We will add to their burning.\n\n017.098\nY: That is their recompense, because they rejected Our signs, and said,\n\"When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really be\nraised up (to be) a new Creation?\"\n\nP: That is their reward because they disbelieved Our revelations and\nsaid: When we are bones and fragments shall we, forsooth, be raised up\nas a new creation?\n\nS: This is their retribution because they disbelieved in Our\ncommunications and said What! when we shall have become bones and\ndecayed particles, shall we then indeed be raised up into a new\ncreation?\n\n017.099\nY: See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, has\npower to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed a term\nappointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (to\nreceive it) except with ingratitude.\n\nP: Have they not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth\nis Able to create the like of them, and hath appointed for them an end\nwhereof there is no doubt? But the wrong-doers refuse aught save\ndisbelief.\n\nS: Do they not consider that Allah, Who created the heavens and the\nearth, is able to create their like, and He has appointed for them a\ndoom about which there is no doubt? But the unjust do not consent to\naught but denying.\n\n017.100\nY: Say: \"If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord,\nbehold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for man is\n(every) niggardly!\"\n\nP: Say (unto them): If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my\nLord, ye would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man was\never grudging.\n\nS: Say: If you control the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, then you\nwould withhold (them) from fear of spending, and man is niggardly.\n\n017.101\nY: To Moses We did give Nine Clear Signs: As the Children of Israel:\nwhen he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: \"O Moses! I consider thee,\nindeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery!\"\n\nP: And verily We gave unto Moses nine tokens, clear proofs (of Allah's\nSovereignty). Do but ask the Children of Israel how he came unto them,\nthen Pharaoh said unto him: Lo! I deem thee one bewitched, O Moses.\n\nS: And certainly We gave Musa nine clear signs; so ask the children of\nIsrael. When he came to them, Firon said to him: Most surely I deem\nyou, O Musa, to be a man deprived of reason.\n\n017.102\nY: Moses said, \"Thou knowest well that these things have been sent down\nby none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eye-opening\nevidence: and I consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh, to be one doomed to\ndestruction!\"\n\nP: He said: In truth thou knowest that none sent down these (portents)\nsave the Lord of the heavens and the earth as proofs, and lo! (for my\npart) I deem thee lost, O Pharaoh.\n\nS: He said: Truly you know that none but the Lord of the heavens and the\nearth has sent down these as clear proof and most surely I believe you,\nO Firon, to be given over to perdition.\n\n017.103\nY: So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but We did\ndrown him and all who were with him.\n\nP: And he wished to scare them from the land, but We drowned him and\nthose with him, all together.\n\nS: So he desired to destroy them out of the earth, but We drowned him\nand those with him all together;\n\n017.104\nY: And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, \"Dwell securely in\nthe land (of promise)\": but when the second of the warnings came to\npass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd.\n\nP: And We said unto the Children of Israel after him: Dwell in the land;\nbut when the promise of the Hereafter cometh to pass We shall bring you\nas a crowd gathered out of various nations.\n\nS: And We said to the Israelites after him: Dwell in the land: and when\nthe promise of the next life shall come to pass, we will bring you both\ntogether in judgment.\n\n017.105\nY: We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has it descended:\nand We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings and to warn (sinners).\n\nP: With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended.\nAnd We have sent thee as naught else save a bearer of good tidings and\na warner.\n\nS: And with truth have We revealed it, and with truth did it come; and\nWe have not sent you but as the giver of good news and as a warner.\n\n017.106\nY: (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to\ntime), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We\nhave revealed it by stages.\n\nP: And (it is) a Qur'an that We have divided, that thou mayst recite it\nunto mankind at intervals, and We have revealed it by (successive)\nrevelation.\n\nS: And it is a Quran which We have revealed in portions so that you may\nread it to the people by slow degrees, and We have revealed it,\nrevealing in portions.\n\n017.107\nY: Say: \"Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were\ngiven knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on\ntheir faces in humble prostration,\"\n\nP: Say: Believe therein or believe not, lo! those who were given\nknowledge before it, when it is read unto them, fall down prostrate on\ntheir faces, adoring,\n\nS: Say: Believe in it or believe not; surely those who are given the\nknowledge before it fall down on their faces, making obeisance when it\nis recited to them.\n\n017.108\nY: \"And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord\nbeen fulfilled!'\"\n\nP: Saying: Glory to our Lord! Verily the promise of our Lord must be\nfulfilled.\n\nS: And they say: Glory be to our Lord! most surely the promise of our\nLord was to be fulfilled.\n\n017.109\nY: They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their\n(earnest) humility.\n\nP: They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in\nthem.\n\nS: And they fall down on their faces weeping, and it adds to their\nhumility.\n\n017.110\nY: Say: \"Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call\nupon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names.\nNeither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a\nmiddle course between.\"\n\nP: Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto\nwhichsoever ye cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names.\nAnd thou (Muhammad), be not loud-voiced in thy worship nor yet silent\ntherein, but follow a way between.\n\nS: Say: Call upon Allah or call upon, the Beneficent Allah; whichever\nyou call upon, He has the best names; and do not utter your prayer with\na very raised voice nor be silent with regard to it, and seek a way\nbetween these.\n\n017.111\nY: Say: \"Praise be to Allah, who begets no son, and has no partner in\n(His) dominion: Nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation:\nyea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!\"\n\nP: And say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath not taken unto Himself a son,\nand Who hath no partner in the Sovereignty, nor hath He any protecting\nfriend through dependence. And magnify Him with all magnificence.\n\nS: And say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has not taken a son and\nWho has not a partner in the kingdom, and Who has not a helper to save\nHim from disgrace; and proclaim His greatness magnifying (Him).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 18:\n\n                             AL-KAHF (THE CAVE)\n Total Verses: 110 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n018.001\nY: Praise be to Allah, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath\nallowed therein no Crookedness:\n\nP: Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave,\nand hath not placed therein any crookedness,\n\nS: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who revealed the Book to His servant\nand did not make in it any crookedness.\n\n018.002\nY: (He hath made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may warn (the\ngodless) of a terrible Punishment from Him, and that He may give Glad\nTidings to the Believers who work righteous deeds, that they shall have\na goodly Reward,\n\nP: (But hath made it) straight, to give warning of stern punishment from\nHim, and to bring unto the believers who do good works the news that\ntheirs will be a fair reward,\n\nS: Rightly directing, that he might give warning of severe punishment\nfrom Him and give good news to the believers who do good that they\nshall have a goodly reward,\n\n018.003\nY: Wherein they shall remain for ever:\n\nP: Wherein they will abide for ever;\n\nS: Staying in it for ever;\n\n018.004\nY: Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, \"Allah hath begotten\na son\":\n\nP: And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son,\n\nS: And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son.\n\n018.005\nY: No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is\na grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying what they\nsay is nothing but falsehood!\n\nP: (A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers,\nDreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught\nbut a lie.\n\nS: They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers; a grievous word\nit is that comes out of their mouths; they speak nothing but a lie.\n\n018.006\nY: Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after\nthem, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.\n\nP: Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou\n(Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.\n\nS: Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them,\nif they do not believe in this announcement.\n\n018.007\nY: That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the\nearth, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in\nconduct.\n\nP: Lo! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof\nthat We may try them: which of them is best in conduct.\n\nS: Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it,\nso that We may try them (as to) which of them is best in works.\n\n018.008\nY: Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil\n(without growth or herbage).\n\nP: And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound.\n\nS: And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without\nherbage.\n\n018.009\nY: Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the\nInscription were wonders among Our Sign?\n\nP: Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a\nwonder among Our portents?\n\nS: Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription\nwere of Our wonderful signs?\n\n018.010\nY: Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, \"Our\nLord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us\nin the right way!\"\n\nP: When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord!\nGive us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our\nplight.\n\nS: When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our Lord! grant\nus mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course in our affair.\n\n018.011\nY: Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the\nCave, (so that they heard not):\n\nP: Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years.\n\nS: So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.\n\n018.012\nY: Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was\nbest at calculating the term of years they had tarried!\n\nP: And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two\nparties would best calculate the time that they had tarried.\n\nS: Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties\nwas best able to compute the time for which they remained.\n\n018.013\nY: We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who believed\nin their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance:\n\nP: We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young men\nwho believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.\n\nS: We relate to you their story with the truth; surely they were youths\nwho believed in their Lord and We increased them in guidance.\n\n018.014\nY: We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said:\n\"Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we\ncall upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have\nuttered an enormity!\"\n\nP: And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our\nLord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no God\nbeside Him, for then should we utter an enormity.\n\nS: And We strengthened their hearts with patience, when they stood up\nand said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will by\nno means call upon any god besides Him, for then indeed we should have\nsaid an extravagant thing.\n\n018.015\nY: \"These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do\nthey not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what\nthey do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against\nAllah?\"\n\nP: These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they\nbring no clear warrant (vouchsafed) to them. And who doth greater wrong\nthan he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah?\n\nS: These our people have taken gods besides Him; why do they not produce\nany clear authority in their support? Who is then more unjust than he\nwho forges a lie against Allah?\n\n018.016\nY: \"When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other than\nAllah, betake yourselves to the Cave: Your Lord will shower His mercies\non you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease.\"\n\nP: And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except\nAllah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of\nHis mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.\n\nS: And when you forsake them and what they worship save Allah, betake\nyourselves for refuge to the cave; your Lord will extend to you largely\nof His mercy and provide for you a profitable course in your affair.\n\n018.017\nY: Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right\nfrom their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left,\nwhile they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Such are\namong the Signs of Allah: He whom Allah, guides is rightly guided; but\nhe whom Allah leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to\nlead him to the Right Way.\n\nP: And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their\ncave to the right, and when it set go past them on the left, and they\nwere in the cleft thereof. That was (one) of the portents of Allah. He\nwhom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth\nastray, for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend.\n\nS: And you might see the sun when it rose, decline from their cave\ntowards the right hand, and when it set, leave them behind on the left\nwhile they were in a wide space thereof. This is of the signs of Allah;\nwhomsoever Allah guides, he is the rightly guided one, and whomsoever\nHe causes to err, you shall not find for him any friend to lead (him)\naright.\n\n018.018\nY: Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We\nturned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog\nstretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come\nup on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in\nflight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.\n\nP: And thou wouldst have deemed them waking though they were asleep, and\nWe caused them to turn over to the right and the left, and their dog\nstretching out his paws on the threshold. If thou hadst observed them\nclosely thou hadst assuredly turned away from them in flight, and hadst\nbeen filled with awe of them.\n\nS: And you might think them awake while they were asleep and We turned\nthem about to the right and to the left, while their dog (lay)\noutstretching its paws at the entrance; if you looked at them you would\ncertainly turn back from them in flight, and you would certainly be\nfilled with awe because of them.\n\n018.019\nY: Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they\nmight question each other. Said one of them, \"How long have ye stayed\n(here)?\" They said, \"We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day.\"\n(At length) they (all) said, \"Allah (alone) knows best how long ye have\nstayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours to\nthe town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring\nsome to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him\nbehave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about\nyou.\"\n\nP: And in like manner We awakened them that they might question one\nanother. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They\nsaid: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, (Others) said: Your\nLord best knoweth what ye have tarried. Now send one of you with this\nyour silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest\nthere and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no\nman know of you.\n\nS: And thus did We rouse them that they might question each other. A\nspeaker among them said: How long have you tarried? They said: We have\ntarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others) said: Your Lord knows\nbest how long you have tarried. Now send one of you with this silver\n(coin) of yours to the city, then let him see which of them has purest\nfood, so let him bring you provision from it, and let him behave with\ngentleness, and by no means make your case known to any one:\n\n018.020\nY: \"For if they should come upon you, they would stone you or force you\nto return to their cult, and in that case ye would never attain\nprosperity.\"\n\nP: For they, if they should come to know of you, will stone you or turn\nyou back to their religion; then ye will never prosper.\n\nS: For surely if they prevail against you they would stone you to death\nor force you back to their religion, and then you will never succeed.\n\n018.021\nY: Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know\nthat the promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about\nthe Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their\naffair. (Some) said, \"Construct a building over them\": Their Lord knows\nbest about them: those who prevailed over their affair said, \"Let us\nsurely build a place of worship over them.\"\n\nP: And in like manner We disclosed them (to the people of the city) that\nthey might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that, as for the\nHour, there is no doubt concerning it. When (the people of the city)\ndisputed of their case among themselves, they said: Build over them a\nbuilding; their Lord knoweth best concerning them. Those who won their\npoint said: We verily shall build a place of worship over them.\n\nS: And thus did We make (men) to get knowledge of them that they might\nknow that Allah's promise is true and that as for the hour there is no\ndoubt about it. When they disputed among themselves about their affair\nand said: Erect an edifice over them-- their Lord best knows them.\nThose who prevailed in their affair said: We will certainly raise a\nmasjid over them.\n\n018.022\nY: (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them;\n(others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,- doubtfully\nguessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog\nbeing the eighth. Say thou: \"My Lord knoweth best their number; It is\nbut few that know their (real case).\" Enter not, therefore, into\ncontroversies concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor\nconsult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers.\n\nP: (Some) will say: They were three, their dog the fourth, and (some)\nsay: Five, their dog the sixth, guessing at random; and (some) say:\nSeven, and their dog the eighth. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord is Best\nAware of their number. None knoweth them save a few. So contend not\nconcerning them except with an outward contending, and ask not any of\nthem to pronounce concerning them.\n\nS: (Some) say: (They are) three, the fourth of them being their dog; and\n(others) say: Five, the sixth of them being their dog, making\nconjectures at what is unknown; and (others yet) say: Seven, and the\neighth of them is their dog. Say: My Lord best knows their number, none\nknows them but a few; therefore contend not in the matter of them but\nwith an outward contention, and do not question concerning them any of\nthem.\n\n018.023\nY: Nor say of anything, \"I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow\"-\n\nP: And say not of anything: Lo! I shall do that tomorrow,\n\nS: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow,\n\n018.024\nY: Without adding, \"So please Allah!\" and call thy Lord to mind when\nthou forgettest, and say, \"I hope that my Lord will guide me ever\ncloser (even) than this to the right road.\"\n\nP: Except if Allah will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and\nsay: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth than\nthis.\n\nS: Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say:\nMaybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.\n\n018.025\nY: So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some) add nine\n(more)\n\nP: And (it is said) they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and\nadd nine.\n\nS: And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add\n(another) nine.\n\n018.026\nY: Say: \"Allah knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the\nknowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clearly He\nsees, how finely He hears (everything)! They have no protector other\nthan Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.\"\n\nP: Say: Allah is Best Aware how long they tarried. His is the Invisible\nof the heavens and the earth. How clear of sight is He and keen of\nhearing! They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He maketh none\nto share in His government.\n\nS: Say: Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are (known) the\nunseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear His sight and how\nclear His hearing! There is none to be a guardian for them besides Him,\nand He does not make any one His associate in His Judgment.\n\n018.027\nY: And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the Book of\nthy Lord: none can change His Words, and none wilt thou find as a\nrefuge other than Him.\n\nP: And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture\nof thy Lord. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find\nno refuge beside Him.\n\nS: And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord,\nthere is none who can alter His words; and you shall not find any\nrefuge besides Him.\n\n018.028\nY: And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lord morning\nand evening, seeking His Face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them,\nseeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; no obey any whose heart We\nhave permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one who follows his\nown desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds.\n\nP: Restrain thyself along with those who cry unto their Lord at morn and\nevening, seeking His Countenance; and let not thine eyes overlook them,\ndesiring the pomp of the life of the world; and obey not him whose\nheart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his own\nlust and whose case hath been abandoned.\n\nS: And withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord morning and\nevening desiring His goodwill, and let not your eyes pass from them,\ndesiring the beauties of this world's life; and do not follow him whose\nheart We have made unmindful to Our remembrance, and he follows his low\ndesires and his case is one in which due bounds are exceeded.\n\n018.029\nY: Say, \"The truth is from your Lord\": Let him who will believe, and let\nhim who will, reject (it): for the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire\nwhose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem\nthem in: if they implore relief they will be granted water like melted\nbrass, that will scald their faces, how dreadful the drink! How\nuncomfortable a couch to recline on!\n\nP: Say: (It is) the truth from the Lord of you (all). Then whosoever\nwill, let him believe, and whosoever will, let him disbelieve. Lo! We\nhave prepared for disbelievers Fire. Its tent encloseth them. If they\nask for showers, they will be showered with water like to molten lead\nwhich burneth the faces. Calamitous the drink and ill the\nresting-place!\n\nS: And say: The truth is from your Lord, so let him who please believe,\nand let him who please disbelieve; surely We have prepared for the\niniquitous a fire, the curtains of which shall encompass them about;\nand if they cry for water, they shall be given water like molten brass\nwhich will scald their faces; evil the drink and ill the resting-place.\n\n018.030\nY: As to those who believe and work righteousness, verily We shall not\nsuffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed.\n\nP: Lo! as for those who believe and do good works - Lo! We suffer not\nthe reward of one whose work is goodly to be lost.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, We do not waste the\nreward of him who does a good work.\n\n018.031\nY: For them will be Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers will flow;\nthey will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will wear\ngreen garments of fine silk and heavy brocade: They will recline\ntherein on raised thrones. How good the recompense! How beautiful a\ncouch to recline on!\n\nP: As for such, theirs will be Gardens of Eden, wherein rivers flow\nbeneath them; therein they will be given armlets of gold and will wear\ngreen robes of finest silk and gold embroidery, reclining upon throne\ntherein. Blest the reward, and fair the resting-place!\n\nS: These it is for whom are gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers\nflow, ornaments shall be given to them therein of bracelets of gold,\nand they shall wear green robes of fine silk and thick silk brocade\ninterwoven with gold, reclining therein on raised couches; excellent\nthe recompense and goodly the resting place.\n\n018.032\nY: Set forth to them the parable of two men: for one of them We provided\ntwo gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date palms; in\nbetween the two We placed corn-fields.\n\nP: Coin for them a similitude: Two men, unto one of whom We had assigned\ntwo gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms and\nhad put between them tillage.\n\nS: And set forth to them a parable of two men; for one of them We made\ntwo gardens of grape vines, and We surrounded them both with palms, and\nin the midst of them We made cornfields.\n\n018.033\nY: Each of those gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in\nthe least therein: in the midst of them We caused a river to flow.\n\nP: Each of the gardens gave its fruit and withheld naught thereof. And\nWe caused a river to gush forth therein.\n\nS: Both these gardens yielded their fruits, and failed not aught\nthereof, and We caused a river to gush forth in their midst,\n\n018.034\nY: (Abundant) was the produce this man had: he said to his companion,\nin the course of a mutual argument: \"more wealth have I than you, and\nmore honour and power in (my following of) men.\"\n\nP: And he had fruit. And he said unto his comrade, when he spake with\nhim: I am more than thee in wealth, and stronger in respect of men.\n\nS: And he possessed much wealth; so he said to his companion, while he\ndisputed with him: I have greater wealth than you, and am mightier in\nfollowers.\n\n018.035\nY: He went into his garden in a state (of mind) unjust to his soul: He\nsaid, \"I deem not that this will ever perish,\"\n\nP: And he went into his garden, while he (thus) wronged himself. He\nsaid: I think not that all this will ever perish.\n\nS: And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said: I\ndo not think that this will ever perish,\n\n018.036\nY: \"Nor do I deem that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) come: Even if\nI am brought back to my Lord, I shall surely find (there) something\nbetter in exchange.\"\n\nP: I think not that the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought\nback unto my Lord I surely shall find better than this as a resort.\n\nS: And I do not think the hour will come, and even if I am returned to\nmy Lord I will most certainly find a returning place better than this.\n\n018.037\nY: His companion said to him, in the course of the argument with him:\n\"Dost thou deny Him Who created thee out of dust, then out of a\nsperm-drop, then fashioned thee into a man?\"\n\nP: His comrade, when he (thus) spake with him, exclaimed: Disbelievest\nthou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop (of seed), and\nthen fashioned thee a man?\n\nS: His companion said to him while disputing with him: Do you disbelieve\nin Him Who created you from dust, then from a small seed, then He made\nyou a perfect man?\n\n018.038\nY: \"But (I think) for my part that He is Allah, My Lord, and none shall\nI associate with my Lord.\"\n\nP: But He is Allah, my Lord, and I ascribe unto my Lord no partner.\n\nS: But as for me, He, Allah, is my Lord, and I do not associate anyone\nwith my Lord.\n\n018.039\nY: \"Why didst thou not, as thou wentest into thy garden, say:\n'Allah's will (be done)! There is no power but with Allah!' If thou dost\nsee me less than thee in wealth and sons,\"\n\nP: If only, when thou enteredst thy garden, thou hadst said: That which\nAllah willeth (will come to pass)! There is no strength save in Allah!\nThough thou seest me as less than thee in wealth and children,\n\nS: And wherefore did you not say when you entered your garden: It is as\nAllah has pleased, there is no power save in Allah? If you consider me\nto be inferior to you in wealth and children,\n\n018.040\nY: \"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy\ngarden, and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts (by way of\nreckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!-\"\n\nP: Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and\nwill send on it a bolt from heaven, and some morning it will be a\nsmooth hillside,\n\nS: Then maybe my Lord will give me what is better than your garden, and\nsend on it a thunderbolt from heaven so that it shall become even\nground without plant,\n\n018.041\nY: \"Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou\nwilt never be able to find it.\"\n\nP: Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that\nthou canst not make search for it.\n\nS: Or its waters should sink down into the ground so that you are unable\nto find it.\n\n018.042\nY: So his fruits (and enjoyment) were encompassed (with ruin), and he\nremained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spent on his\nproperty, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations,\nand he could only say, \"Woe is me! Would I had never ascribed partners\nto my Lord and Cherisher!\"\n\nP: And his fruit was beset (with destruction). Then began he to wring\nhis hands for all that he had spent upon it, when (now) it was all\nruined on its trellises, and to say: Would that I had ascribed no\npartner to my Lord!\n\nS: And his wealth was destroyed; so he began to wring his hands for what\nhe had spent on it, while it lay, having fallen down upon its roofs,\nand he said: Ah me! would that I had not associated anyone with my\nLord.\n\n018.043\nY: Nor had he numbers to help him against Allah, nor was he able to\ndeliver himself.\n\nP: And he had no troop of men to help him as against Allah, nor could he\nsave himself.\n\nS: And he had no host to help him besides Allah nor could he defend\nhimself.\n\n018.044\nY: There, the (only) protection comes from Allah, the True One. He is\nthe Best to reward, and the Best to give success.\n\nP: In this case is protection only from Allah, the True, He is Best for\nreward, and best for consequence.\n\nS: Here is protection only Allah's, the True One; He is best in (the\ngiving of) reward and best in requiting.\n\n018.045\nY: Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is\nlike the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation\nabsorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do\nscatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things.\n\nP: And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water\nwhich We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth\nmingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter.\nAllah is able to do all things.\n\nS: And set forth to them parable of the life of this world: like water\nwhich We send down from the cloud so the herbage of the earth becomes\ntangled on account of it, then it becomes dry broken into pieces which\nthe winds scatter; and Allah is the holder of power over all things.\n\n018.046\nY: Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the\nthings that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as\nrewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.\n\nP: Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of the world. But the\ngood deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and\nbetter in respect of hope.\n\nS: Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; and\nthe ever-abiding, the good works, are better with your Lord in reward\nand better in expectation.\n\n018.047\nY: One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as\na level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, nor shall We\nleave out any one of them.\n\nP: And (bethink you of) the Day when we remove the hills and ye see the\nearth emerging, and We gather them together so as to leave not one of\nthem behind.\n\nS: And the day on which We will cause the mountains to pass away and you\nwill see the earth a levelled plain and We will gather them and leave\nnot any one of them behind.\n\n018.048\nY: And they will be marshalled before thy Lord in ranks, (with the\nannouncement), \"Now have ye come to Us (bare) as We created you first:\naye, ye thought We shall not fulfill the appointment made to you to meet\n(Us)!\":\n\nP: And they are set before thy Lord in ranks (and it is said unto them):\nNow verily have ye come unto Us as We created you at the first. But ye\nthought that We had set no tryst for you.\n\nS: And they shall be brought before your Lord, standing in ranks: Now\ncertainly you have come to Us as We created you at first. Nay, you\nthought that We had not appointed to you a time of the fulfillment of\nthe promise.\n\n018.049\nY: And the Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and thou wilt\nsee the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded) therein;\nthey will say, \"Ah! woe to us! what a Book is this! It leaves out\nnothing small or great, but takes account thereof!\" They will find all\nthat they did, placed before them: And not one will thy Lord treat with\ninjustice.\n\nP: And the Book is placed, and thou seest the guilty fearful of that\nwhich is therein, and they say: What kind of a Book is this that\nleaveth not a small thing nor a great thing but hath counted it! And\nthey find all that they did confronting them, and thy Lord wrongeth\nno-one.\n\nS: And the Book shall be placed, then you will see the guilty fearing\nfrom what is in it, and they will say: Ah! woe to us! what a book is\nthis! it does not omit a small one nor a great one, but numbers them\n(all); and what they had done they shall find present (there); and your\nLord does not deal unjustly with anyone.\n\n018.050\nY: Behold! We said to the angels, \"Bow down to Adam\": They bowed down\nexcept Iblis. He was one of the jinns, and he broke the Command of his\nLord. Will ye then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than\nMe? And they are enemies to you! Evil would be the exchange for the\nwrong-doers!\n\nP: And (remember) when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before\nAdam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so\nhe rebelled against his Lord's command. Will ye choose him and his seed\nfor your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto\nyou? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers.\n\nS: And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam; they made\nobeisance but Iblis (did it not). He was of the jinn, so he\ntransgressed the commandment of his Lord. What! would you then take him\nand his offspring for friends rather than Me, and they are your\nenemies? Evil is (this) change for the unjust.\n\n018.051\nY: I called them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the\nearth, nor (even) their own creation: nor is it for helpers such as Me\nto take as lead (men) astray!\n\nP: I made them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth,\nnor their own creation; nor choose I misleaders for (My) helpers.\n\nS: I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the\nearth, nor of the creation of their own souls; nor could I take those\nwho lead (others) astray for aiders.\n\n018.052\nY: One Day He will say, \"Call on those whom ye thought to be My\npartners,\" and they will call on them, but they will not listen to\nthem; and We shall make for them a place of common perdition.\n\nP: And (be mindful of) the Day when He will say: Call those partners of\nMine whom ye pretended. Then they will cry unto them, but they will not\nhear their prayer, and We shall set a gulf of doom between them.\n\nS: And on the day when He shall say: Call on those whom you considered\nto be My associates. So they shall call on them, but they shall not\nanswer them, and We will cause a separation between them.\n\n018.053\nY: And the Sinful shall see the fire and apprehend that they have to\nfall therein: no means will they find to turn away therefrom.\n\nP: And the guilty behold the Fire and know that they are about to fall\ntherein, and they find no way of escape thence.\n\nS: And the guilty shall see the fire, then they shall know that they are\ngoing to fall into it, and they shall not find a place to which to turn\naway from it.\n\n018.054\nY: We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of\nmankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things,\ncontentious.\n\nP: And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all manner of\nsimilitudes, but man is more than anything contentious.\n\nS: And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of example,\nand man is most of all given to contention.\n\n018.055\nY: And what is there to keep back men from believing, now that Guidance\nhas come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness from their Lord, but\nthat (they ask that) the ways of the ancients be repeated with them, or\nthe Wrath be brought to them face to face?\n\nP: And naught hindereth mankind from believing when the guidance cometh\nunto them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord unless (it be that\nthey wish) that the judgment of the men of old should come upon them or\n(that) they should be confronted with the Doom.\n\nS: And nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to\nthem, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that what\nhappened to the ancients should overtake them, or that the chastisement\nshould come face to face with them.\n\n018.056\nY: We only send the messengers to give Glad Tidings and to give\nwarnings: But the unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order\ntherewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as\nalso the fact that they are warned!\n\nP: We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners.\nThose who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the\nTruth thereby. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith they\nare threatened as a jest.\n\nS: And We do not send messengers but as givers of good news and warning,\nand those who disbelieve make a false contention that they may render\nnull thereby the truth, and they take My communications and that with\nwhich they are warned for a mockery.\n\n018.057\nY: And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his\nLord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands\nhave sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they\nshould understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest\nthem to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.\n\nP: And who doth greater wrong than he who hath been reminded of the\nrevelations of his Lord, yet turneth away from them and forgetteth what\nhis hands send forward (to the Judgment)? Lo! on their hearts We have\nplaced coverings so that they understand not, and in their ears a\ndeafness. And though thou call them to the guidance, in that case they\ncan never be led aright.\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the communications\nof his Lord, then he turns away from them and forgets what his two\nhands have sent before? Surely We have placed veils over their hearts\nlest they should understand it and a heaviness in their ears; and if\nyou call them to the guidance, they will not ever follow the right\ncourse in that case.\n\n018.058\nY: But your Lord is Most Forgiving, Full of Mercy. If He were to call\nthem (at once) to account for what they have earned, then surely He\nwould have hastened their punishment: but they have their appointed\ntime, beyond which they will find no refuge.\n\nP: Thy Lord is the Forgiver, Full of Mercy. If He took them to task\n(now) for what they earn, He would hasten on the doom for them; but\ntheirs is an appointed term from which they will find no escape.\n\nS: And your Lord is Forgiving, the Lord of Mercy; were He to punish them\nfor what they earn, He would certainly have hastened the chastisement\nfor them; but for them there is an appointed time from which they shall\nnot find a refuge.\n\n018.059\nY: Such were the populations we destroyed when they committed\niniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction.\n\nP: And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and\nWe appointed a fixed time for their destruction.\n\nS: And (as for) these towns, We destroyed them when they acted unjustly,\nand We have appointed a time for their destruction.\n\n018.060\nY: Behold, Moses said to his attendant, \"I will not give up until I\nreach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years\nin travel.\"\n\nP: And when Moses said unto his servant: I will not give up until I\nreach the point where the two rivers meet, though I march on for ages.\n\nS: And when Musa said to his servant: I will not cease until I reach the\njunction of the two rivers or I will go on for years.\n\n018.061\nY: But when they reached the Junction, they forgot (about) their Fish,\nwhich took its course through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel.\n\nP: And when they reached the point where the two met, they forgot their\nfish, and it took its way into the waters, being free.\n\nS: So when they had reached the junction of the two (rivers) they forgot\ntheir fish, and it took its way into the sea, going away.\n\n018.062\nY: When they had passed on (some distance), Moses said to his attendant:\n\"Bring us our early meal; truly we have suffered much fatigue at this\n(stage of) our journey.\"\n\nP: And when they had gone further, he said unto his servant: Bring us\nour breakfast. Verily we have found fatigue in this our journey.\n\nS: But when they had gone farther, he said to his servant: Bring to us\nour morning meal, certainly we have met with fatigue from this our\njourney.\n\n018.063\nY: He replied: \"Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to\nthe rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Satan made me\nforget to tell (you) about it: it took its course through the sea in a\nmarvellous way!\"\n\nP: He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I\nforgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it\n- it took its way into the waters by a marvel.\n\nS: He said: Did you see when we took refuge on the rock then I forgot\nthe fish, and nothing made me forget to speak of it but the Shaitan,\nand it took its way into the river; what a wonder!\n\n018.064\nY: Moses said: \"That was what we were seeking after:\" So they went back\non their footsteps, following (the path they had come).\n\nP: He said: This is that which we have been seeking. So they retraced\ntheir steps again.\n\nS: He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned retracing their\nfootsteps.\n\n018.065\nY: So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from\nOurselves and whom We had taught knowledge from Our own Presence.\n\nP: Then found they one of Our slaves, unto whom We had given mercy from\nUs, and had taught him knowledge from Our presence.\n\nS: Then they found one from among Our servants whom We had granted mercy\nfrom Us and whom We had taught knowledge from Ourselves.\n\n018.066\nY: Moses said to him: \"May I follow thee, on the footing that thou teach\nme something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?\"\n\nP: Moses said unto him: May I follow thee, to the end that thou mayst\nteach me right conduct of that which thou hast been taught?\n\nS: Musa said to him: Shall I follow you on condition that you should\nteach me right knowledge of what you have been taught?\n\n018.067\nY: (The other) said: \"Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with\nme!\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! thou canst not bear with me.\n\nS: He said: Surely you cannot have patience with me\n\n018.068\nY: \"And how canst thou have patience about things about which thy\nunderstanding is not complete?\"\n\nP: How canst thou bear with that whereof thou canst not compass any\nknowledge?\n\nS: And how can you have patience in that of which you have not got a\ncomprehensive knowledge?\n\n018.069\nY: Moses said: \"Thou wilt find me, if Allah so will, (truly) patient:\nnor shall I disobey thee in aught.\"\n\nP: He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in\naught gainsay thee.\n\nS: He said: If Allah pleases, you will find me patient and I shall not\ndisobey you in any matter.\n\n018.070\nY: The other said: \"If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions\nabout anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it.\"\n\nP: He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I\nmyself make mention of it unto thee.\n\nS: He said: If you would follow me, then do not question me about any\nthing until I myself speak to you about it.\n\n018.071\nY: So they both proceeded: until, when they were in the boat, he\nscuttled it. Said Moses: \"Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those\nin it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!\"\n\nP: So they twain set out till, when they were in the ship, he made a\nhole therein. (Moses) said: Hast thou made a hole therein to drown the\nfolk thereof? Thou verily hast done a dreadful thing.\n\nS: So they went (their way) until when they embarked in the boat he made\na hole in it. (Musa) said: Have you made a hole in it to drown its\ninmates? Certainly you have done a grievous thing.\n\n018.072\nY: He answered: \"Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience\nwith me?\"\n\nP: He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?\n\nS: He said: Did I not say that you will not be able to have patience\nwith me?\n\n018.073\nY: Moses said: \"Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by raising\ndifficulties in my case.\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: Be not wroth with me that I forgot, and be not hard\nupon me for my fault.\n\nS: He said: Blame me not for what I forgot, and do not constrain me to a\ndifficult thing in my affair.\n\n018.074\nY: Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he slew him.\nMoses said: \"Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none?\nTruly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!\"\n\nP: So they twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad, he slew him.\n(Moses) said: What! Hast thou slain an innocent soul who hath slain no\nman? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing.\n\nS: So they went on until, when they met a boy, he slew him. (Musa) said:\nHave you slain an innocent person otherwise than for manslaughter?\nCertainly you have done an evil thing.\n\n018.075\nY: He answered: \"Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience\nwith me?\"\n\nP: He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?\n\nS: He said: Did I not say to you that you will not be able to have\npatience with me?\n\n018.076\nY: (Moses) said: \"If ever I ask thee about anything after this, keep me\nnot in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from\nmy side.\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not\ncompany with me. Thou hast received an excuse from me.\n\nS: He said: If I ask you about anything after this, keep me not in your\ncompany; indeed you shall have (then) found an excuse in my case.\n\n018.077\nY: Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a\ntown, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality. They\nfound there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up\nstraight. (Moses) said: \"If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have\nexacted some recompense for it!\"\n\nP: So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a\ncertain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to\nmake them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of\nfalling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst\nwished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.\n\nS: So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they\nasked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then\nthey found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it\ninto a right state. (Musa) said: If you had pleased, you might\ncertainly have taken a recompense for it.\n\n018.078\nY: He answered: \"This is the parting between me and thee: now will I\ntell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast\nunable to hold patience.\"\n\nP: He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce\nunto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with\npatience.\n\nS: He said: This shall be separation between me and you; now I will\ninform you of the significance of that with which you could not have\npatience.\n\n018.079\nY: \"As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied\non the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there was\nafter them a certain king who seized on every boat by force.\"\n\nP: As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and\nI wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking\nevery ship by force.\n\nS: As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the\nriver and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a\nking who seized every boat by force.\n\n018.080\nY: \"As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared\nthat he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to\nAllah and man).\"\n\nP: And as for the lad, his parents were believers and we feared lest he\nshould oppress them by rebellion and disbelief.\n\nS: And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared lest he\nshould make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon them:\n\n018.081\nY: \"So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son)\nbetter in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.\"\n\nP: And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one\nbetter in purity and nearer to mercy.\n\nS: So we desired that their Lord might give them in his place one better\nthan him in purity and nearer to having compassion.\n\n018.082\nY: \"As for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town;\nthere was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitled:\ntheir father had been a righteous man: So thy Lord desired that they\nshould attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure - a\nmercy (and favour) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own accord. Such\nis the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to\nhold patience.\"\n\nP: And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and\nthere was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father had\nbeen righteous, and thy Lord intended that they should come to their\nfull strength and should bring forth their treasure as a mercy from\ntheir Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the\ninterpretation of that wherewith thou couldst not bear.\n\nS: And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and\nthere was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was\na righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their\nmaturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did\nnot do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which\nyou could not have patience.\n\n018.083\nY: They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, \"I will rehearse to you\nsomething of his story.\"\n\nP: They will ask thee of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say: I shall recite unto you a\nremembrance of him.\n\nS: And they ask you about Zulqarnain. Say: I will recite to you an\naccount of him.\n\n018.084\nY: Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways\nand the means to all ends.\n\nP: Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a\nroad.\n\nS: Surely We established him in the land and granted him means of access\nto every thing.\n\n018.085\nY: One (such) way he followed,\n\nP: And he followed a road\n\nS: So he followed a course.\n\n018.086\nY: Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a\nspring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: \"O\nZul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat\nthem with kindness.\"\n\nP: Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it\nsetting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O\nDhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness.\n\nS: Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going\ndown into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain!\neither give them a chastisement or do them a benefit.\n\n018.087\nY: He said: \"Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be\nsent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment\nunheard-of (before).\"\n\nP: He said: As for him who doeth wrong, we shall punish him, and then he\nwill be brought back unto his Lord, Who will punish him with awful\npunishment!\n\nS: He said: As to him who is injust, we will chastise him, then shall he\nbe returned to his Lord, and He will chastise him with an exemplary\nchastisement:\n\n018.088\nY: \"But whoever believes, and works righteousness,- he shall have a\ngoodly reward, and easy will be his task as We order it by our\nCommand.\"\n\nP: But as for him who believeth and doeth right, good will be his\nreward, and We shall speak unto him a mild command.\n\nS: And as for him who believes and does good, he shall have goodly\nreward, and We will speak to him an easy word of Our command.\n\n018.089\nY: Then followed he (another) way,\n\nP: Then he followed a road\n\nS: Then he followed (another) course.\n\n018.090\nY: Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a\npeople for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun.\n\nP: Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising\non a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.\n\nS: Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he found it\nrising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from It;\n\n018.091\nY: (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before\nhim.\n\nP: So (it was). And We knew all concerning him.\n\nS: Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had.\n\n018.092\nY: Then followed he (another) way,\n\nP: Then he followed a road\n\nS: Then he followed (another) course.\n\n018.093\nY: Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found,\nbeneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.\n\nP: Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their\nhither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying.\n\nS: Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found\non that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word.\n\n018.094\nY: They said: \"O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great\nmischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou\nmightest erect a barrier between us and them?\"\n\nP: They said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Lo! Gog and Magog are spoiling the land.\nSo may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier between\nus and them?\n\nS: They said: O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief in the\nland. Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that you should\nraise a barrier between us and them.\n\n018.095\nY: He said: \"(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better\n(than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will\nerect a strong barrier between you and them:\"\n\nP: He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than\nyour tribute). Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set\nbetween you and them a bank.\n\nS: He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better,\ntherefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified\nbarrier between you and them;\n\n018.096\nY: \"Bring me blocks of iron.\" At length, when he had filled up the space\nbetween the two steep mountain-sides, He said, \"Blow (with your\nbellows)\" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: \"Bring me,\nthat I may pour over it, molten lead.\"\n\nP: Give me pieces of iron - till, when he had levelled up (the gap)\nbetween the cliffs, he said: Blow! - till, when he had made it a fire,\nhe said: Bring me molten copper to pour thereon.\n\nS: Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the space\nbetween the two mountain sides, he said: Blow, until when he had made\nit (as) fire, he said: Bring me molten brass which I may pour over it.\n\n018.097\nY: Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.\n\nP: And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce\n(it).\n\nS: So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.\n\n018.098\nY: He said: \"This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my\nLord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my\nLord is true.\"\n\nP: He said: This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my\nLord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is\ntrue.\n\nS: He said: This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the promise of my\nLord comes to pass He will make it level with the ground, and the\npromise of my Lord is ever true.\n\n018.099\nY: On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another:\nthe trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.\n\nP: And on that day we shall let some of them surge against others, and\nthe Trumpet will be blown. Then We shall gather them together in one\ngathering.\n\nS: And on that day We will leave a part of them in conflict with another\npart, and the trumpet will be blown, so We will gather them all\ntogether;\n\n018.100\nY: And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, all spread\nout,-\n\nP: On that day we shall present hell to the disbelievers, plain to view,\n\nS: And We will bring forth hell, exposed to view, on that day before the\nunbelievers.\n\n018.101\nY: (Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil from remembrance of\nMe, and who had been unable even to hear.\n\nP: Those whose eyes were hoodwinked from My reminder, and who could not\nbear to hear.\n\nS: They whose eyes were under a cover from My reminder and they could\nnot even hear.\n\n018.102\nY: Do the Unbelievers think that they can take My servants as protectors\nbesides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for\n(their) entertainment.\n\nP: Do the disbelievers reckon that they can choose My bondmen as\nprotecting friends beside Me? Lo! We have prepared hell as a welcome\nfor the disbelievers.\n\nS: What! do then those who disbelieve think that they can take My\nservants to be guardians besides Me? Surely We have prepared hell for\nthe entertainment of the unbelievers.\n\n018.103\nY: Say: \"Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their\ndeeds?\"-\n\nP: Say: Shall We inform you who will be the greatest losers by their\nworks?\n\nS: Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in (their) deeds?\n\n018.104\nY: \"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they\nthought that they were acquiring good by their works?\"\n\nP: Those whose effort goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet\nthey reckon that they do good work.\n\nS: (These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they\nthink that they are well versed in skill of the work of hands.\n\n018.105\nY: They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their\nhaving to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor\nshall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.\n\nP: Those are they who disbelieve in the revelations of their Lord and in\nthe meeting with Him. Therefor their works are vain, and on the Day of\nResurrection We assign no weight to them.\n\nS: These are they who disbelieve in the communications of their Lord and\nHis meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore We will not set\nup a balance for them on the day of resurrection.\n\n018.106\nY: That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My\nSigns and My Messengers by way of jest.\n\nP: That is their reward: hell, because they disbelieved, and made a jest\nof Our revelations and Our messengers.\n\nS: Thus it is that their recompense is hell, because they disbelieved\nand held My communications and My messengers in mockery.\n\n018.107\nY: As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have, for\ntheir entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs are the Gardens of\nParadise for welcome,\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, their place of\nentertainment shall be the gardens of paradise,\n\n018.108\nY: Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from\nthem.\n\nP: Wherein they will abide, with no desire to be removed from thence.\n\nS: Abiding therein; they shall not desire removal from them.\n\n018.109\nY: Say: \"If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my\nLord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my\nLord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid.\"\n\nP: Say: Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the\nsea would be used up before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even\nthough We brought the like thereof to help.\n\nS: Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would\nsurely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, though We\nwere to bring the like of that (sea) to add thereto.\n\n018.110\nY: Say: \"I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come\nto me, that your Allah is one Allah: whoever expects to meet his Lord,\nlet him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no\none as partner.\"\n\nP: Say: I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that your\nAllah is only One Allah. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his\nLord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship\ndue unto his Lord.\n\nS: Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your god\nis one Allah, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do\ngood deeds, and not join any one in the service of his Lord.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 19:\n\n                               MARYAM (MARY)\n Total Verses: 98 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n019.001\nY: Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad.\n\nP: Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad.\n\nS: Kaf Ha Ya Ain Suad.\n\n019.002\nY: (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.\n\nP: A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah.\n\nS: A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariya.\n\n019.003\nY: Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,\n\nP: When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret,\n\nS: When he called upon his Lord in a low voice,\n\n019.004\nY: Praying: \"O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my\nhead doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my\nprayer to Thee!\"\n\nP: Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is\nshining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to\nThee, my Lord.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! surely my bones are weakened and my head flares\nwith hoariness, and, my Lord! I have never been unsuccessful in my\nprayer to Thee:\n\n019.005\nY: \"Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me:\nbut my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,\"-\n\nP: Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me\nfrom Thy presence a successor,\n\nS: And surely I fear my cousins after me, and my wife is barren,\ntherefore grant me from Thyself an heir,\n\n019.006\nY: \"(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of\nJacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!\"\n\nP: Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And\nmake him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).\n\nS: Who should inherit me and inherit from the children of Yaqoub, and\nmake him, my Lord, one in whom Thou art well pleased.\n\n019.007\nY: (His prayer was answered): \"O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a\nson: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred\ndistinction before.\"\n\nP: (It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a\nson whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before\n(him).\n\nS: O Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name shall be\nYahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.\n\n019.008\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren\nand I have grown quite decrepit from old age?\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I\nhave reached infirm old age?\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren,\nand I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age?\n\n019.009\nY: He said: \"So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did\nindeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'\"\n\nP: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as\nI created thee before, when thou wast naught.\n\nS: He said: So shall it be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me, and indeed\nI created you before, when you were nothing.\n\n019.010\nY: (Zakariya) said: \"O my Lord! give me a Sign.\" \"Thy Sign,\" was the\nanswer, \"Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights,\nalthough thou art not dumb.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is\nthat thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three\nnights.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that you will\nnot be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.\n\n019.011\nY: So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told them by\nsigns to celebrate Allah's praises in the morning and in the evening.\n\nP: Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified\nto them: Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night.\n\nS: So he went forth to his people from his place of worship, then he\nmade known to them that they should glorify (Allah) morning and\nevening.\n\n019.012\nY: (To his son came the command): \"O Yahya! take hold of the Book with\nmight\": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,\n\nP: (And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And\nwe gave him wisdom when a child,\n\nS: O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him\nwisdom while yet a child,\n\n019.013\nY: And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,\n\nP: And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout,\n\nS: And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded\n(against evil),\n\n019.014\nY: And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.\n\nP: And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious.\n\nS: And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient.\n\n019.015\nY: So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and the\nday that he will be raised up to life (again)!\n\nP: Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he\nshall be raised alive!\n\nS: And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and\non the day he is raised to life.\n\n019.016\nY: Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her\nfamily to a place in the East.\n\nP: And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn\nfrom her people to a chamber looking East,\n\nS: And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her family to\nan eastern place;\n\n019.017\nY: She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her\nour angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.\n\nP: And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit\nand it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.\n\nS: So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her\nOur spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man.\n\n019.018\nY: She said: \"I seek refuge from thee to (Allah) Most Gracious: (come\nnot near) if thou dost fear Allah.\"\n\nP: She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou\nart Allah-fearing.\n\nS: She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent Allah,\nif you are one guarding (against evil).\n\n019.019\nY: He said: \"Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to\nthee the gift of a holy son.\"\n\nP: He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee\na faultless son.\n\nS: He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a\npure boy.\n\n019.020\nY: She said: \"How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me,\nand I am not unchaste?\"\n\nP: She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me,\nneither have I been unchaste?\n\nS: She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me,\nnor have I been unchaste?\n\n019.021\nY: He said: \"So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and\n(We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': It is\na matter (so) decreed.\"\n\nP: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it\nwill be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy\nfrom Us, and it is a thing ordained.\n\nS: He said: Even so; your Lord says: It is easy to Me: and that We may\nmake him a sign to men and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter which\nhas been decreed.\n\n019.022\nY: So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place.\n\nP: And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place.\n\nS: So she conceived him; then withdrew herself with him to a remote\nplace.\n\n019.023\nY: And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree:\nShe cried (in her anguish): \"Ah! would that I had died before this!\nwould that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!\"\n\nP: And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the\npalm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become\na thing of naught, forgotten!\n\nS: And the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake herself to the\ntrunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this,\nand had been a thing quite forgotten!\n\n019.024\nY: But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): \"Grieve not!\nfor thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;\"\n\nP: Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy\nLord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee,\n\nS: Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not,\nsurely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you;\n\n019.025\nY: \"And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let\nfall fresh ripe dates upon thee.\"\n\nP: And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause\nripe dates to fall upon thee.\n\nS: And shake towards you the trunk of the palmtree, it will drop on you\nfresh ripe dates:\n\n019.026\nY: \"So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man,\nsay, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious, and this day will I\nenter into not talk with any human being'\"\n\nP: So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal,\nsay: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak\nthis day to any mortal.\n\nS: So eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any mortal,\nsay: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent Allah, so I shall not\nspeak to any man today.\n\n019.027\nY: At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her\narms). They said: \"O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!\"\n\nP: Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O\nMary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing.\n\nS: And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her). They\nsaid: O Marium! surely you have done a strange thing.\n\n019.028\nY: \"O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother\na woman unchaste!\"\n\nP: O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother\na harlot.\n\nS: O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your\nmother an unchaste woman.\n\n019.029\nY: But she pointed to the babe. They said: \"How can we talk to one who\nis a child in the cradle?\"\n\nP: Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in\nthe cradle, a young boy?\n\nS: But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was\na child in the cradle?\n\n019.030\nY: He said: \"I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation\nand made me a prophet;\"\n\nP: He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture\nand hath appointed me a Prophet,\n\nS: He said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and\nmade me a prophet;\n\n019.031\nY: \"And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on\nme Prayer and Charity as long as I live;\"\n\nP: And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon\nme prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,\n\nS: And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on\nme prayer and poor-rate so long as I live;\n\n019.032\nY: \"(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or\nmiserable;\"\n\nP: And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made\nme arrogant, unblest.\n\nS: And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed;\n\n019.033\nY: \"So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the\nday that I shall be raised up to life (again)\"!\n\nP: Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I\nshall be raised alive!\n\nS: And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on\nthe day I am raised to life.\n\n019.034\nY: Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about\nwhich they (vainly) dispute.\n\nP: Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth\nconcerning which they doubt.\n\nS: Such is Isa, son of Marium; (this is) the saying of truth about which\nthey dispute.\n\n019.035\nY: It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a\nson. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it,\n\"Be\", and it is.\n\nP: It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto\nHimself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto\nit only: Be! and it is.\n\nS: It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a son, glory\nbe to Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it \"Be,\" and it\nis.\n\n019.036\nY: Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this\nis a Way that is straight.\n\nP: And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the\nright path.\n\nS: And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this\nis the right path.\n\n019.037\nY: But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the unbelievers\nbecause of the (coming) Judgment of a Momentous Day!\n\nP: The sects among them differ: but woe unto the disbelievers from the\nmeeting of an awful Day.\n\nS: But parties from among them disagreed with each other, so woe to\nthose who disbelieve, because of presence on a great day.\n\n019.038\nY: How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear\nbefore Us! but the unjust today are in error manifest!\n\nP: See and hear them on the Day they come unto Us! yet the evil-doers\nare to-day in error manifest.\n\nS: How clearly shall they hear and how clearly shall they see on the day\nwhen they come to Us; but the unjust this day are in manifest error.\n\n019.039\nY: But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be\ndetermined: for (behold,) they are negligent and they do not believe!\n\nP: And warn them of the Day of anguish when the case hath been decided.\nNow they are in a state of carelessness, and they believe not.\n\nS: And warn them of the day of intense regret, when the matter shall\nhave been decided; and they are (now) in negligence and they do not\nbelieve.\n\n019.040\nY: It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us\nwill they all be returned.\n\nP: Lo! We, only We, inherit the earth and all who are thereon, and unto\nUs they are returned.\n\nS: Surely We inherit the earth and all those who are on it, and to Us\nthey shall be returned.\n\n019.041\nY: (Also) mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: He was a man of\nTruth, a prophet.\n\nP: And make mention (O Muhammad) in the Scripture of Abraham. Lo! he was\na saint, a prophet.\n\nS: And mention Ibrahim in the Book; surely he was a truthful man, a\nprophet.\n\n019.042\nY: Behold, he said to his father: \"O my father! why worship that which\nheareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?\"\n\nP: When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that\nwhich heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee?\n\nS: When he said to his father; O my father! why do you worship what\nneither hears nor sees, nor does it avail you in the least:\n\n019.043\nY: \"O my father! to me hath come knowledge which hath not reached thee:\nso follow me: I will guide thee to a way that is even and straight.\"\n\nP: O my father! Lo! there hath come unto me of knowledge that which came\nnot unto thee. So follow me, and I will lead thee on a right path.\n\nS: O my father! truly the knowledge has come to me which has not come to\nyou, therefore follow me, I will guide you on a right path:\n\n019.044\nY: \"O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against (Allah)\nMost Gracious.\"\n\nP: O my father! Serve not the devil. Lo! the devil is a rebel unto the\nBeneficent.\n\nS: O my father! serve not the Shaitan, surely the Shaitan is disobedient\nto the Beneficent Allah:\n\n019.045\nY: \"O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (Allah) Most\nGracious, so that thou become to Satan a friend.\"\n\nP: O my father! Lo! I fear lest a punishment from the Beneficent\novertake thee so that thou become a comrade of the devil.\n\nS: O my father! surely I fear that a punishment from the Beneficent\nAllah should afflict you so that you should be a friend of the Shaitan.\n\n019.046\nY: (The father) replied: \"Dost thou hate my gods, O Abraham? If thou\nforbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a good\nlong while!\"\n\nP: He said: Rejectest thou my gods, O Abraham? If thou cease not, I\nshall surely stone thee. Depart from me a long while!\n\nS: He said: Do you dislike my gods, O Ibrahim? If you do not desist I\nwill certainly revile you, and leave me for a time.\n\n019.047\nY: Abraham said: \"Peace be on thee: I will pray to my Lord for thy\nforgiveness: for He is to me Most Gracious.\"\n\nP: He said: Peace be unto thee! I shall ask forgiveness of my Lord for\nthee. Lo! He was ever gracious unto me.\n\nS: He said: Peace be on you, I will pray to my Lord to forgive you;\nsurely He is ever Affectionate to me:\n\n019.048\nY: \"And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom ye invoke\nbesides Allah: I will call on my Lord: perhaps, by my prayer to my\nLord, I shall be not unblest.\"\n\nP: I shall withdraw from you and that unto which ye pray beside Allah,\nand I shall pray unto my Lord. It may be that, in prayer unto my Lord,\nI shall not be unblest.\n\nS: And I will withdraw from you and what you call on besides Allah, and\nI will call upon my Lord; may be I shall not remain unblessed in\ncalling upon my Lord.\n\n019.049\nY: When he had turned away from them and from those whom they worshipped\nbesides Allah, We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and each one of them\nWe made a prophet.\n\nP: So, when he had withdrawn from them and that which they were\nworshipping beside Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. Each of them We\nmade a prophet.\n\nS: So when he withdrew from them and what they worshipped besides Allah,\nWe gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and each one of them We made a\nprophet.\n\n019.050\nY: And We bestowed of Our Mercy on them, and We granted them lofty\nhonour on the tongue of truth.\n\nP: And we gave them of Our mercy, and assigned to them a high and true\nrenown.\n\nS: And We granted to them of Our mercy, and We left (behind them) a\ntruthful mention of eminence for them.\n\n019.051\nY: Also mention in the Book (the story of) Moses: for he was specially\nchosen, and he was a messenger (and) a prophet.\n\nP: And make mention in the Scripture of Moses. Lo! he was chosen, and he\nwas a messenger (of Allah), a prophet.\n\nS: And mention Musa in the Book; surely he was one purified, and he was\na messenger, a prophet.\n\n019.052\nY: And we called him from the right side of Mount (Sinai), and made him\ndraw near to Us, for mystic (converse).\n\nP: We called him from the right slope of the Mount, and brought him nigh\nin communion.\n\nS: And We called to him from the blessed side of the mountain, and We\nmade him draw nigh, holding communion (with Us).\n\n019.053\nY: And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a\nprophet.\n\nP: And We bestowed upon him of Our mercy his brother Aaron, a prophet\n(likewise).\n\nS: And We gave to him out of Our mercy his brother Haroun a prophet.\n\n019.054\nY: Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly)\ntrue to what he promised, and he was a messenger (and) a prophet.\n\nP: And make mention in the Scripture of Ishmael. Lo! he was a keeper of\nhis promise, and he was a messenger (of Allah), a prophet.\n\nS: And mention Ismail in the Book; surely he was truthful in (his)\npromise, and he was a messenger, a prophet.\n\n019.055\nY: He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he was most\nacceptable in the sight of his Lord.\n\nP: He enjoined upon his people worship and almsgiving, and was\nacceptable in the sight of his Lord.\n\nS: And he enjoined on his family prayer and almsgiving, and was one in\nwhom his Lord was well pleased.\n\n019.056\nY: Also mention in the Book the case of Idris: He was a man of truth\n(and sincerity), (and) a prophet:\n\nP: And make mention in the Scripture of Idris. Lo! he was a saint, a\nprophet;\n\nS: And mention Idris in the Book; surely he was a truthful man, a\nprophet,\n\n019.057\nY: And We raised him to a lofty station.\n\nP: And We raised him to high station.\n\nS: And We raised him high in Heaven.\n\n019.058\nY: Those were some of the prophets on whom Allah did bestow His Grace,-\nof the posterity of Adam, and of those who We carried (in the Ark) with\nNoah, and of the posterity of Abraham and Israel of those whom We\nguided and chose. Whenever the Signs of (Allah) Most Gracious were\nrehearsed to them, they would fall down in prostrate adoration and in\ntears.\n\nP: These are they unto whom Allah showed favour from among the prophets,\nof the seed of Adam and of those whom We carried (in the ship) with\nNoah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and from among those whom\nWe guided and chose. When the revelations of the Beneficent were\nrecited unto them, they fell down, adoring and weeping.\n\nS: These are they on whom Allah bestowed favors, from among the prophets\nof the seed of Adam, and of those whom We carried with Nuh, and of the\nseed of Ibrahim and Israel, and of those whom We guided and chose; when\nthe communications of the Beneficent Allah were recited to them, they\nfell down making obeisance and weeping.\n\n019.059\nY: But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and\nfollowed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-\n\nP: Now there hath succeeded them a later generation whom have ruined\nworship and have followed lusts. But they will meet deception.\n\nS: But there came after them an evil generation, who neglected prayers\nand followed and sensual desires, so they win meet perdition,\n\n019.060\nY: Except those who repent and believe, and work righteousness: for\nthese will enter the Garden and will not be wronged in the least,-\n\nP: Save him who shall repent and believe and do right. Such will enter\nthe Garden, and they will not be wronged in aught -\n\nS: Except such as repent and believe and do good, these shall enter the\ngarden, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly in any way:\n\n019.061\nY: Gardens of Eternity, those which (Allah) Most Gracious has promised\nto His servants in the Unseen: for His promise must (necessarily) come\nto pass.\n\nP: Gardens of Eden, which the Beneficent hath promised to His slaves in\nthe unseen. Lo! His promise is ever sure of fulfilment -\n\nS: The gardens of perpetuity which the Beneficent Allah has promised to\nHis servants while unseen; surely His promise shall come to pass.\n\n019.062\nY: They will not there hear any vain discourse, but only salutations of\nPeace: And they will have therein their sustenance, morning and\nevening.\n\nP: They hear therein no idle talk, but only Peace; and therein they have\nfood for morn and evening.\n\nS: They shall not hear therein any vain discourse, but only: Peace, and\nthey shall have their sustenance therein morning and evening.\n\n019.063\nY: Such is the Garden which We give as an inheritance to those of Our\nservants who guard against Evil.\n\nP: Such is the Garden which We cause the devout among Our bondmen to\ninherit.\n\nS: This is the garden which We cause those of Our servants to inherit\nwho guard (against evil).\n\n019.064\nY: (The angels say:) \"We descend not but by command of thy Lord: to Him\nbelongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between:\nand thy Lord never doth forget,\"-\n\nP: We (angels) come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him\nbelongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that\nis between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful -\n\nS: And we do not descend but by the command of your Lord; to Him belongs\nwhatever is before us and whatever is behind us and whatever is between\nthese, and your Lord is not forgetful.\n\n019.065\nY: \"Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between\nthem; so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship:\nknowest thou of any who is worthy of the same Name as He?\"\n\nP: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them!\nTherefor, worship thou Him and be thou steadfast in His service.\nKnowest thou one that can be named along with Him?\n\nS: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, so\nserve Him and be patient in His service. Do you know any one equal to\nHim?\n\n019.066\nY: Man says: \"What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?\"\n\nP: And man saith: When I am dead, shall I forsooth be brought forth\nalive?\n\nS: And says man: What! when I am dead shall I truly be brought forth\nalive?\n\n019.067\nY: But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of\nnothing?\n\nP: Doth not man remember that We created him before, when he was naught?\n\nS: Does not man remember that We created him before, when he was\nnothing?\n\n019.068\nY: So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together, and\n(also) the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them forth on\ntheir knees round about Hell;\n\nP: And, by thy Lord, verily We shall assemble them and the devils, then\nWe shall bring them, crouching, around hell.\n\nS: So by your Lord! We will most certainly gather them together and the\nShaitans, then shall We certainly cause them to be present round hell\non their knees.\n\n019.069\nY: Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were\nworst in obstinate rebellion against (Allah) Most Gracious.\n\nP: Then We shall pluck out from every sect whichever of them was most\nstubborn in rebellion to the Beneficent.\n\nS: Then We will most certainly draw forth from every sect of them him\nwho is most exorbitantly rebellious against the Beneficent Allah.\n\n019.070\nY: And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned\ntherein.\n\nP: And surely We are Best Aware of those most worthy to be burned\ntherein.\n\nS: Again We do certainly know best those who deserve most to be burned\ntherein.\n\n019.071\nY: Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a\nDecree which must be accomplished.\n\nP: There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed\nordinance of thy Lord.\n\nS: And there is not one of you but shall come to it; this is an\nunavoidable decree of your Lord.\n\n019.072\nY: But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We shall leave\nthe wrong-doers therein, (humbled) to their knees.\n\nP: Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the\nevil-doers crouching there.\n\nS: And We will deliver those who guarded (against evil), and We will\nleave the unjust therein on their knees.\n\n019.073\nY: When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say to\nthose who believe, \"Which of the two sides is best in point of\nposition? Which makes the best show in council?\"\n\nP: And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who\ndisbelieve say unto those who believe: Which of the two parties (yours\nor ours) is better in position, and more imposing as an army?\n\nS: And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who\ndisbelieve say to those who believe: Which of the two parties is best\nin abiding and best in assembly?\n\n019.074\nY: But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed,\nwho were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?\n\nP: How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more\nimposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!\n\nS: And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who\nwere better in respect of goods and outward appearance!\n\n019.075\nY: Say: \"If any men go astray, (Allah) Most Gracious extends (the rope)\nto them, until, when they see the warning of Allah (being fulfilled) -\neither in punishment or in (the approach of) the Hour,- they will at\nlength realise who is worst in position, and (who) weakest in forces!\"\n\nP: Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will verily prolong\nhis span of life until, when they behold that which they were promised,\nwhether it be punishment (in the world), or the Hour (of doom), they\nwill know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army.\n\nS: Say: As for him who remains in error, the Beneficent Allah will\nsurely prolong his length of days, until they see what they were\nthreatened with, either the punishment or the hour; then they shall\nknow who is in more evil plight and weaker in forces.\n\n019.076\nY: \"And Allah doth advance in guidance those who seek guidance: and the\nthings that endure, Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as\nrewards, and best in respect of (their) eventual return.\"\n\nP: Allah increaseth in right guidance those who walk aright, and the\ngood deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and\nbetter for resort.\n\nS: And Allah increases in guidance those who go aright; and ever-abiding\ngood works are with your Lord best in recompense and best in yielding\nfruit.\n\n019.077\nY: Hast thou then seen the (sort of) man who rejects Our Signs, yet\nsays: \"I shall certainly be given wealth and children?\"\n\nP: Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations and saith:\nAssuredly I shall be given wealth and children?\n\nS: Have you, then, seen him who disbelieves in Our communications and\nsays: I shall certainly be given wealth and children?\n\n019.078\nY: Has he penetrated to the Unseen, or has he taken a contract with\n(Allah) Most Gracious?\n\nP: Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the\nBeneficent?\n\nS: Has he gained knowledge of the unseen, or made a covenant with the\nBeneficent Allah?\n\n019.079\nY: Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall add and add to his\npunishment.\n\nP: Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a\nspan of torment.\n\nS: By no means! We write down what he says, and We will lengthen to him\nthe length of the chastisement,\n\n019.080\nY: To Us shall return all that he talks of and he shall appear before Us\nbare and alone.\n\nP: And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come\nunto Us, alone (without his wealth and children).\n\nS: And We will inherit of him what he says, and he shall come to Us\nalone.\n\n019.081\nY: And they have taken (for worship) gods other than Allah, to give them\npower and glory!\n\nP: And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a\npower for them.\n\nS: And they have taken gods besides Allah, that they should be to them a\nsource of strength;\n\n019.082\nY: Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries\nagainst them.\n\nP: Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents\nunto them.\n\nS: By no means! They shall soon deny their worshipping them, and they\nshall be adversaries to them.\n\n019.083\nY: Seest thou not that We have set the Evil Ones on against the\nunbelievers, to incite them with fury?\n\nP: Seest thou not that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to\nconfound them with confusion?\n\nS: Do you not see that We have sent the Shaitans against the\nunbelievers, inciting them by incitement?\n\n019.084\nY: So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them a\n(limited) number (of days).\n\nP: So make no haste against them (O Muhammad). We do but number unto\nthem a sum (of days).\n\nS: Therefore be not in haste against them, We only number out to them a\nnumber (of days).\n\n019.085\nY: The day We shall gather the righteous to (Allah) Most Gracious, like\na band presented before a king for honours,\n\nP: On the day when We shall gather the righteous unto the Beneficent, a\ngoodly company.\n\nS: The day on which We will gather those who guard (against evil) to the\nBeneficent Allah to receive honors,\n\n019.086\nY: And We shall drive the sinners to Hell, like thirsty cattle driven\ndown to water,-\n\nP: And drive the guilty unto hell, a weary herd,\n\nS: And We will drive the guilty to hell thirsty\n\n019.087\nY: None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has\nreceived permission (or promise) from (Allah) Most Gracious.\n\nP: They will have no power of intercession, save him who hath made a\ncovenant with his Lord.\n\nS: They shall not control intercession, save he who has made a covenant\nwith the Beneficent Allah.\n\n019.088\nY: They say: \"(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!\"\n\nP: And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son.\n\nS: And they say: The Beneficent Allah has taken (to Himself) a son.\n\n019.089\nY: Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!\n\nP: Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing\n\nS: Certainly you have made an abominable assertion\n\n019.090\nY: At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and\nthe mountains to fall down in utter ruin,\n\nP: Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder\nand the mountains fall in ruins,\n\nS: The heavens may almost be rent thereat, and the earth cleave asunder,\nand the mountains fall down in pieces,\n\n019.091\nY: That they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious.\n\nP: That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,\n\nS: That they ascribe a son to the Beneficent Allah.\n\n019.092\nY: For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) Most Gracious\nthat He should beget a son.\n\nP: When it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He\nshould choose a son.\n\nS: And it is not worthy of the Beneficent Allah that He should take (to\nHimself) a son.\n\n019.093\nY: Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to\n(Allah) Most Gracious as a servant.\n\nP: There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the\nBeneficent as a slave.\n\nS: There is no one in the heavens and the earth but will come to the\nBeneficent Allah as a servant.\n\n019.094\nY: He does take an account of them (all), and hath numbered them (all)\nexactly.\n\nP: Verily He knoweth them and numbereth them with (right) numbering.\n\nS: Certainly He has a comprehensive knowledge of them and He has\nnumbered them a (comprehensive) numbering.\n\n019.095\nY: And everyone of them will come to Him singly on the Day of Judgment.\n\nP: And each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection,\nalone.\n\nS: And every one of them will come to Him on the day of resurrection\nalone.\n\n019.096\nY: On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will (Allah)\nMost Gracious bestow love.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint\nfor them love.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds for them will\nAllah bring about love.\n\n019.097\nY: So have We made the (Qur'an) easy in thine own tongue, that with it\nthou mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warnings to people\ngiven to contention.\n\nP: And We make (this Scripture) easy in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only\nthat thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off\n(evil), and warn therewith the froward folk.\n\nS: So We have only made it easy in your tongue that you may give good\nnews thereby to those who guard (against evil) and warn thereby a\nvehemently contentious people.\n\n019.098\nY: But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed?\nCanst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a\nwhisper of them?\n\nP: And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou\n(Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest\nsound?\n\nS: And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Do you see\nany one of them or hear a sound of them?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 20:\n\n                               TA-HA (TA-HA)\n Total Verses: 135 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n020.001\nY: Ta-Ha.\n\nP: Ta. Ha.\n\nS: Ta Ha.\n\n020.002\nY: We have not sent down the Qur'an to thee to be (an occasion) for thy\ndistress,\n\nP: We have not revealed unto thee (Muhammad) this Qur'an that thou\nshouldst be distressed,\n\nS: We have not revealed the Quran to you that you may be unsuccessful.\n\n020.003\nY: But only as an admonition to those who fear (Allah),-\n\nP: But as a reminder unto him who feareth,\n\nS: Nay, it is a reminder to him who fears:\n\n020.004\nY: A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens on high.\n\nP: A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens,\n\nS: A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens.\n\n020.005\nY: (Allah) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of\nauthority).\n\nP: The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.\n\nS: The Beneficent Allah is firm in power.\n\n020.006\nY: To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all between\nthem, and all beneath the soil.\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in\nthe earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is beneath\nthe sod.\n\nS: His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is\nbetween them two and what is beneath the ground.\n\n020.007\nY: If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily He\nknoweth what is secret and what is yet more hidden.\n\nP: And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought)\nand (that which is yet) more hidden.\n\nS: And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the secret,\nand what is yet more hidden.\n\n020.008\nY: Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful\nNames.\n\nP: Allah! There is no God save Him. His are the most beautiful names.\n\nS: Allah-- there is no god but He; His are the very best names.\n\n020.009\nY: Has the story of Moses reached thee?\n\nP: Hath there come unto thee the story of Moses?\n\nS: And has the story of Musa come to you?\n\n020.010\nY: Behold, he saw a fire: So he said to his family, \"Tarry ye; I\nperceive a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom,\nor find some guidance at the fire.\"\n\nP: When he saw a fire and said unto his folk: Lo! Wait! I see a fire\nafar off. Peradventure I may bring you a brand therefrom or may find\nguidance at the fire.\n\nS: When he saw fire, he said to his family: Stop, for surely I see a\nfire, haply I may bring to you therefrom a live coal or find a guidance\nat the fire.\n\n020.011\nY: But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: \"O Moses!\"\n\nP: And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses!\n\nS: So when he came to it, a voice was uttered: O Musa:\n\n020.012\nY: \"Verily I am thy Lord! therefore (in My presence) put off thy shoes:\nthou art in the sacred valley Tuwa.\"\n\nP: Lo! I, even I, am thy Lord. So take off thy shoes, for lo! thou art\nin the holy valley of Tuwa.\n\nS: Surely I am your Lord, therefore put off your shoes; surely you are\nin the sacred valley, Tuwa,\n\n020.013\nY: \"I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to thee).\"\n\nP: And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired.\n\nS: And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:\n\n020.014\nY: \"Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only),\nand establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.\"\n\nP: Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no God save Me. So serve Me and\nestablish worship for My remembrance.\n\nS: Surely I am Allah, there is no god but I, therefore serve Me and keep\nup prayer for My remembrance:\n\n020.015\nY: \"Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for\nevery soul to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour.\"\n\nP: Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that\nevery soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve).\n\nS: Surely the hour is coming-- I am about to make it manifest-- so that\nevery soul may be rewarded as it strives:\n\n020.016\nY: \"Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own\nlusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!\"..\n\nP: Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who\nbelieveth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish.\n\nS: Therefore let not him who believes not in it and follows his low\ndesires turn you away from it so that you should perish;\n\n020.017\nY: \"And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?\"\n\nP: And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?\n\nS: And what is this in your right hand, O Musa!\n\n020.018\nY: He said, \"It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for\nmy flocks; and in it I find other uses.\"\n\nP: He said: This is my staff whereon I lean, and wherewith I bear down\nbranches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses.\n\nS: He said: This is my staff: I recline on it and I beat the leaves with\nit to make them fall upon my sheep, and I have other uses for it.\n\n020.019\nY: (Allah) said, \"Throw it, O Moses!\"\n\nP: He said: Cast it down, O Moses!\n\nS: He said: Cast it down, O Musa!\n\n020.020\nY: He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.\n\nP: So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding.\n\nS: So he cast it down; and lo! it was a serpent running.\n\n020.021\nY: (Allah) said, \"Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to\nits former condition\"..\n\nP: He said: Grasp it and fear not. We shall return it to its former\nstate.\n\nS: He said: Take hold of it and fear not; We will restore it to its\nformer state:\n\n020.022\nY: \"Now draw thy hand close to thy side: It shall come forth white (and\nshining), without harm (or stain),- as another Sign,\"-\n\nP: And thrust thy hand within thine armpit, it will come forth white\nwithout hurt. (That will be) another token.\n\nS: And press your hand to your side, it shall come out white without\nevil: another sign:\n\n020.023\nY: \"In order that We may show thee (two) of our Greater Signs.\"\n\nP: That We may show thee (some) of Our greater portents,\n\nS: That We may show you of Our greater signs:\n\n020.024\nY: \"Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds.\"\n\nP: Go thou unto Pharaoh! Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).\n\nS: Go to Firon, surely he has exceeded all limits.\n\n020.025\nY: (Moses) said: \"O my Lord! expand me my breast;\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! Expand my breast for me,\n\n020.026\nY: \"Ease my task for me;\"\n\nP: And ease my task for me;\n\nS: And make my affair easy to me,\n\n020.027\nY: \"And remove the impediment from my speech,\"\n\nP: And loose a knot from my tongue,\n\nS: And loose the knot from my tongue,\n\n020.028\nY: \"So they may understand what I say:\"\n\nP: That they may understand my saying.\n\nS: (That) they may understand my word;\n\n020.029\nY: \"And give me a Minister from my family,\"\n\nP: Appoint for me a henchman from my folk,\n\nS: And give to me an aider from my family:\n\n020.030\nY: \"Aaron, my brother;\"\n\nP: Aaron, my brother.\n\nS: Haroun, my brother,\n\n020.031\nY: \"Add to my strength through him,\"\n\nP: Confirm my strength with him\n\nS: Strengthen my back by him,\n\n020.032\nY: \"And make him share my task:\"\n\nP: And let him share my task,\n\nS: And associate him (with me) in my affair,\n\n020.033\nY: \"That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint,\"\n\nP: That we may glorify Thee much\n\nS: So that we should glorify Thee much,\n\n020.034\nY: \"And remember Thee without stint:\"\n\nP: And much remember Thee.\n\nS: And remember Thee oft.\n\n020.035\nY: \"For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us.\"\n\nP: Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us.\n\nS: Surely, Thou art seeing us.\n\n020.036\nY: (Allah) said: \"Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!\"\n\nP: He said: Thou art granted thy request, O Moses.\n\nS: He said: You are indeed granted your petition, O Musa\n\n020.037\nY: \"And indeed We conferred a favour on thee another time (before).\"\n\nP: And indeed, another time, already We have shown thee favour,\n\nS: And certainly We bestowed on you a favor at another time;\n\n020.038\nY: \"Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message:\"\n\nP: When we inspired in thy mother that which is inspired,\n\nS: When We revealed to your mother what was revealed;\n\n020.039\nY: \"'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the\nriver: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up\nby one who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the\ngarment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order that thou\nmayest be reared under Mine eye.\"\n\nP: Saying: Throw him into the ark, and throw it into the river, then the\nriver shall throw it on to the bank, and there an enemy to Me and an\nenemy to him shall take him. And I endued thee with love from Me that\nthou mightest be trained according to My will,\n\nS: Saying: Put him into a chest, then cast it down into the river, then\nthe river shall throw him on the shore; there shall take him up one who\nis an enemy to Me and enemy to him, and I cast down upon you love from\nMe, and that you might be brought up before My eyes;\n\n020.040\nY: \"Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, 'shall I show you one who\nwill nurse and rear the (child)?' So We brought thee back to thy\nmother, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve. Then\nthou didst slay a man, but We saved thee from trouble, and We tried\nthee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of years with the\npeople of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordained, O Moses!\"\n\nP: When thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse\nhim? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be\nrefreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We\ndelivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial.\nAnd thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou\n(hither) by (My) providence, O Moses,\n\nS: When your sister went and said: Shall I direct you to one who will\ntake charge of him? So We brought you back to your mother, that her eye\nmight be cooled and she should not grieve and you killed a man, then We\ndelivered you from the grief, and We tried you with (a severe) trying.\nThen you stayed for years among the people of Madyan; then you came\nhither as ordained, O Musa.\n\n020.041\nY: \"And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)\"..\n\nP: And I have attached thee to Myself.\n\nS: And I have chosen you for Myself:\n\n020.042\nY: \"Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either of\nyou, in keeping Me in remembrance.\"\n\nP: Go, thou and thy brother, with My tokens, and be not faint in\nremembrance of Me.\n\nS: Go you and your brother with My communications and be not remiss in\nremembering Me;\n\n020.043\nY: \"Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all\nbounds;\"\n\nP: Go, both of you, unto Pharaoh. Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).\n\nS: Go both to Firon, surely he has become inordinate;\n\n020.044\nY: \"But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear\n(Allah).\"\n\nP: And speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or\nfear.\n\nS: Then speak to him a gentle word haply he may mind or fear.\n\n020.045\nY: They (Moses and Aaron) said: \"Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with\ninsolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds.\"\n\nP: They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or\nthat he may play the tyrant.\n\nS: Both said: O our Lord! Surely we fear that he may hasten to do evil\nto us or that he may become inordinate.\n\n020.046\nY: He said: \"Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything).\"\n\nP: He said: Fear not. Lo! I am with you twain, Hearing and Seeing.\n\nS: He said: Fear not, surely I am with you both: I do hear and see.\n\n020.047\nY: \"So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are messengers sent by thy\nLord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and\nafflict them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and\npeace to all who follow guidance!\"\n\nP: So go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So\nlet the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring\nthee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth\nright guidance.\n\nS: So go you both to him and say: Surely we are two messengers of your\nLord; therefore send the children of Israel with us and do not torment\nthem! Indeed we have brought to you a communication from your Lord, and\npeace is on him who follows the guidance;\n\n020.048\nY: \"'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those\nwho reject and turn away.'\"\n\nP: Lo! it hath been revealed unto us that the doom will be for him who\ndenieth and turneth away.\n\nS: Surely it has been revealed to us that the chastisement will surely\ncome upon him who rejects and turns back.\n\n020.049\nY: (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: \"Who, then, O\nMoses, is the Lord of you two?\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses?\n\nS: (Firon) said: And who is your Lord, O Musa?\n\n020.050\nY: He said: \"Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form\nand nature, and further, gave (it) guidance.\"\n\nP: He said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then\nguided it aright.\n\nS: He said: Our Lord is He Who gave to everything its creation, then\nguided it (to its goal).\n\n020.051\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"What then is the condition of previous generations?\"\n\nP: He said: What then is the state of the generations of old?\n\nS: He said: Then what is the state of the former generations?\n\n020.052\nY: He replied: \"The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my\nLord never errs, nor forgets,\"-\n\nP: He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord\nneither erreth nor forgetteth,\n\nS: He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a book, my Lord\nerrs not, nor does He forget;\n\n020.053\nY: \"He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has\nenabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent\ndown water from the sky.\" With it have We produced diverse pairs of\nplants each separate from the others.\n\nP: Who hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you\ntherein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have\nbrought forth divers kinds of vegetation,\n\nS: Who made the earth for you an expanse and made for you therein paths\nand sent down water from the cloud; then thereby We have brought forth\nmany species of various herbs.\n\n020.054\nY: Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are\nSigns for men endued with understanding.\n\nP: (Saying): Eat ye and feed your cattle. Lo! herein verily are portents\nfor men of thought.\n\nS: Eat and pasture your cattle; most surely there are signs in this for\nthose endowed with understanding.\n\n020.055\nY: From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you,\nand from it shall We bring you out once again.\n\nP: Thereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We\nbring you forth a second time.\n\nS: From it We created you and into it We shall send you back and from it\nwill We raise you a second time.\n\n020.056\nY: And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.\n\nP: And We verily did show him all Our tokens, but he denied them and\nrefused.\n\nS: And truly We showed him Our signs, all of them, but he rejected and\nrefused.\n\n020.057\nY: He said: \"Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic,\nO Moses?\"\n\nP: He said: Hast come to drive us out from our land by thy magic, O\nMoses?\n\nS: Said he: Have you come to us that you should turn us out of our land\nby your magic, O Musa?\n\n020.058\nY: \"But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst\nbetween us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor\nthou - in a place where both shall have even chances.\"\n\nP: But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint\na tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to\nkeep, at a place convenient (to us both).\n\nS: So we too will produce before you magic like it, therefore make\nbetween us and you an appointment, which we should not break, (neither)\nwe nor you, (in) a central place.\n\n020.059\nY: Moses said: \"Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the\npeople be assembled when the sun is well up.\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the\npeople assemble when the sun hath risen high.\n\nS: (Musa) said: Your appointment is the day of the Festival and let the\npeople be gathered together in the early forenoon.\n\n020.060\nY: So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).\n\nP: Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the\nappointed tryst).\n\nS: So Firon turned his back and settled his plan, then came.\n\n020.061\nY: Moses said to him: \"Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah, lest\nHe destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must\nsuffer frustration!\"\n\nP: Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah,\nlest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth\nmiserably.\n\nS: Musa said to them: Woe to you! do not forge a lie against Allah, lest\nHe destroy you by a punishment, and he who forges (a lie) indeed fails\nto attain (his desire).\n\n020.062\nY: So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept\ntheir talk secret.\n\nP: Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept\ntheir counsel secret.\n\nS: So they disputed with one another about their affair and kept the\ndiscourse secret.\n\n020.063\nY: They said: \"These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object\nis to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away\nwith your most cherished institutions\".\n\nP: They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from\nyour country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;\n\nS: They said: These are most surely two magicians who wish to turn you\nout from your land by their magic and to take away your best\ntraditions.\n\n020.064\nY: \"Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks:\nHe wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand.\"\n\nP: So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost\nthis day will be indeed successful.\n\nS: Therefore settle your plan, then come standing in ranks and he will\nprosper indeed this day who overcomes.\n\n020.065\nY: They said: \"O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or\nthat we be the first to throw?\"\n\nP: They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to\nthrow?\n\nS: They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast\ndown?\n\n020.066\nY: He said, \"Nay, throw ye first!\" Then behold their ropes and their\nrods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in\nlively motion!\n\nP: He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by\ntheir magic, appeared to him as though they ran.\n\nS: He said: Nay! cast down. Then lo! their cords and their rods-- it was\nimaged to him on account of their magic as if they were running.\n\n020.067\nY: So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.\n\nP: And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.\n\nS: So Musa conceived in his mind a fear.\n\n020.068\nY: We said: \"Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:\"\n\nP: We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.\n\nS: We said: Fear not, surely you shall be the uppermost,\n\n020.069\nY: \"Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up\nthat which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's\ntrick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes.\"\n\nP: Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they\nhave made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice,\nand a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he\nmay attain.\n\nS: And cast down what is in your right hand; it shall devour what they\nhave wrought; they have wrought only the plan of a magician, and the\nmagician shall not be successful wheresoever he may come from.\n\n020.070\nY: So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, \"We\nbelieve in the Lord of Aaron and Moses\".\n\nP: Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe\nin the Lord of Aaron and Moses.\n\nS: And the magicians were cast down making obeisance; they said: We\nbelieve in the Lord of Haroun and Musa.\n\n020.071\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"Believe ye in Him before I give you permission?\nSurely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I\nwill cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you\ncrucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know for certain, which\nof us can give the more severe and the more lasting punishment!\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he\nis your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your\nhands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks\nof palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner\nand more lasting punishment.\n\nS: (Firon) said: You believe in him before I give you leave; most surely\nhe is the chief of you who taught you enchantment, therefore I will\ncertainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I\nwill certainly crucify you on the trunks of the palm trees, and\ncertainly you will come to know which of us is the more severe and the\nmore abiding in chastising.\n\n020.072\nY: They said: \"Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Signs\nthat have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever\nthou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life\nof this world.\"\n\nP: They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come\nunto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree.\nThou wilt end for us only this life of the world.\n\nS: They said: We do not prefer you to what has come to us of clear\narguments and to He Who made us, therefore decide what you are going to\ndecide; you can only decide about this world's life.\n\n020.073\nY: \"For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults,\nand the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and Most\nAbiding.\"\n\nP: Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the\nmagic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting.\n\nS: Surely we believe in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and the\nmagic to which you compelled us; and Allah is better and more abiding.\n\n020.074\nY: Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him\nis Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.\n\nP: Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There\nhe will neither die nor live.\n\nS: Whoever comes to his Lord (being) guilty, for him is surely hell; he\nshall not die therein, nor shall he live.\n\n020.075\nY: But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous\ndeeds,- for them are ranks exalted,-\n\nP: But whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having done good works, for\nsuch are the high stations;\n\nS: And whoever comes to Him a believer (and) he has done good deeds\nindeed, these it is who shall have the high ranks,\n\n020.076\nY: Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell\ntherein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves\n(from evil).\n\nP: Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide\nfor ever. That is the reward of him who groweth.\n\nS: The gardens of perpetuity, beneath which rivers flow, to abide\ntherein; and this is the reward of him who has purified himself.\n\n020.077\nY: We sent an inspiration to Moses: \"Travel by night with My servants,\nand strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of being\novertaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear.\"\n\nP: And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night\nand strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken,\nneither being afraid (of the sea).\n\nS: And certainly We revealed to Musa, saying: Travel by night with My\nservants, then make for them a dry path in the sea, not fearing to be\novertaken, nor being afraid.\n\n020.078\nY: Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely\noverwhelmed them and covered them up.\n\nP: Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that\nwhich did cover them of the sea.\n\nS: And Firon followed them with his armies, so there came upon them of\nthe sea that which came upon them.\n\n020.079\nY: Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.\n\nP: And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.\n\nS: And Firon led astray his people and he did not guide (them) aright.\n\n020.080\nY: O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We\nmade a Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We\nsent down to you Manna and quails:\n\nP: O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a\ncovenant with you on the holy mountain's side, and sent down on you the\nmanna and the quails,\n\nS: O children of Israel! indeed We delivered you from your enemy, and We\nmade a covenant with you on the blessed side of the mountain, and We\nsent to you the manna and the quails.\n\n020.081\nY: (Saying): \"Eat of the good things We have provided for your\nsustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly\ndescend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!\"\n\nP: (Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and\ntransgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he\non whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.\n\nS: Eat of the good things We have given you for sustenance, and be not\ninordinate with respect to them, lest My wrath should be due to you,\nand to whomsoever My wrath is due be shall perish indeed.\n\n020.082\nY: \"But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and again, to\nthose who repent, believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to\nreceive true guidance.\"\n\nP: And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth\nand doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.\n\nS: And most surely I am most Forgiving to him who repents and believes\nand does good, then continues to follow the right direction.\n\n020.083\nY: (When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:) \"What made thee hasten\nin advance of thy people, O Moses?\"\n\nP: And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?\n\nS: And what caused you to hasten from your people, O Musa?\n\n020.084\nY: He replied: \"Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to\nthee, O my Lord, to please thee.\"\n\nP: He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord,\nthat Thou mightest be well pleased.\n\nS: He said: They are here on my track and I hastened on to Thee, my\nLord, that Thou mightest be pleased.\n\n020.085\nY: (Allah) said: \"We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri\nhas led them astray.\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri\nhath misled them.\n\nS: He said: So surely We have tried your people after you, and the\nSamiri has led them astray.\n\n020.086\nY: So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow.\nHe said: \"O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to\nyou? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye\ndesire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so ye broke\nyour promise to me?\"\n\nP: Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my\npeople! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time\nappointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from\nyour Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?\n\nS: So Musa returned to his people wrathful, sorrowing. Said he: O my\npeople! did not your Lord promise you a goodly promise: did then the\ntime seem long to you, or did you wish that displeasure from your Lord\nshould be due to you, so that you broke (your) promise to me?\n\n020.087\nY: They said: \"We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our\npower: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the\n(whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what\nthe Samiri suggested.\"\n\nP: They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were\nladen with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the\nfire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.\n\nS: They said: We did not break (our) promise to you of our own accord,\nbut we were made to bear the burdens of the ornaments of the people,\nthen we made a casting of them, and thus did the Samiri suggest.\n\n020.088\nY: \"Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a\ncalf: It seemed to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of\nMoses, but (Moses) has forgotten!\"\n\nP: Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a\nlowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses,\nbut he hath forgotten.\n\nS: So he brought forth for them a calf, a (mere) body, which had a\nmooing sound, so they said: This is your god and the god of Musa, but\nhe forgot.\n\n020.089\nY: Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer),\nand that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?\n\nP: See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and\npossesseth for them neither hurt nor use?\n\nS: What! could they not see that it did not return to them a reply, and\n(that) it did not control any harm or benefit for them?\n\n020.090\nY: Aaron had already, before this said to them: \"O my people! ye are\nbeing tested in this: for verily your Lord is (Allah) Most Gracious; so\nfollow me and obey my command.\"\n\nP: And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but\nbeing seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow\nme and obey my order.\n\nS: And certainly Haroun had said to them before: O my people! you are\nonly tried by it, and surely your Lord is the Beneficent Allah,\ntherefore follow me and obey my order.\n\n020.091\nY: They had said: \"We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote\nourselves to it until Moses returns to us.\"\n\nP: They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses\nreturn unto us.\n\nS: They said: We will by no means cease to keep to its worship until\nMusa returns to us.\n\n020.092\nY: (Moses) said: \"O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them\ngoing wrong,\"\n\nP: He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see\nthem gone astray,\n\nS: (Musa) said: O Haroun! what prevented you, when you saw them going\nastray,\n\n020.093\nY: \"From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?\"\n\nP: That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order?\n\nS: So that you did not follow me? Did you then disobey my order?\n\n020.094\nY: (Aaron) replied: \"O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor\nby (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou\nhas caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not\nrespect my word!'\"\n\nP: He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I\nfeared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the\nChildren of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.\n\nS: He said: O son of my mother! seize me not by my beard nor by my head;\nsurely I was afraid lest you should say: You have caused a division\namong the children of Israel and not waited for my word.\n\n020.095\nY: (Moses) said: \"What then is thy case, O Samiri?\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?\n\nS: He said: What was then your object, O Samiri?\n\n020.096\nY: He replied: \"I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust)\nfrom the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus\ndid my soul suggest to me.\"\n\nP: He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful\nfrom the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul\ncommended to me.\n\nS: He said: I saw (Jibreel) what they did not see, so I took a handful\n(of the dust) from the footsteps of the messenger, then I threw it in\nthe casting; thus did my soul commend to me.\n\n020.097\nY: (Moses) said: \"Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will\nbe that thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future\npenalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy god,\nof whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt)\nit in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say:\nTouch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break.\nNow look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we\nwill burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.\n\nS: He said: Begone then, surely for you it will be in this life to say,\nTouch (me) not; and surely there is a threat for you, which shall not\nbe made to fail to you, and look at your god to whose worship you kept\n(so long); we will certainly burn it, then we will certainly scatter it\na (wide) scattering in the sea.\n\n020.098\nY: But the god of you all is the One Allah: there is no god but He: all\nthings He comprehends in His knowledge.\n\nP: Your God is only Allah, than Whom there is no other God. He\nembraceth all things in His knowledge.\n\nS: Your God is only Allah, there is no god but He; He comprehends all\nthings in (His) knowledge.\n\n020.099\nY: Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for\nWe have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.\n\nP: Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which\nhappened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder.\n\nS: Thus do We relate to you (some) of the news of what has gone before;\nand indeed We have given to you a Reminder from Ourselves.\n\n020.100\nY: If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden on the\nDay of judgment;\n\nP: Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day\nof Resurrection,\n\nS: Whoever turns aside from it, he shall surely bear a burden on the day\nof resurrection,\n\n020.101\nY: They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be to\nthem on that Day,-\n\nP: Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of\nResurrection,\n\nS: Abiding in this (state), and evil will it be for them to bear on the\nday of resurrection;\n\n020.102\nY: The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shall gather\nthe sinful, blear-eyed (with terror).\n\nP: The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty\nwhite-eyed (with terror),\n\nS: On the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and We will gather the\nguilty, blue-eyed, on that day;\n\n020.103\nY: In whispers will they consult each other: \"Yet tarried not longer\nthan ten (Days);\"\n\nP: Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days).\n\nS: They shall consult together secretly: You did tarry but ten\n(centuries).\n\n020.104\nY: We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in\nconduct will say: \"Ye tarried not longer than a day!\"\n\nP: We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say:\nYe have tarried but a day.\n\nS: We know best what they say, when the fairest of them in course would\nsay: You tarried but a day.\n\n020.105\nY: They ask thee concerning the Mountains: say, \"My Lord will uproot\nthem and scatter them as dust;\"\n\nP: They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will\nbreak them into scattered dust.\n\nS: And they ask you about the mountains. Say: My Lord will carry them\naway from the roots.\n\n020.106\nY: \"He will leave them as plains smooth and level;\"\n\nP: And leave it as an empty plain,\n\nS: Then leave it a plain, smooth level\n\n020.107\nY: \"Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place.\"\n\nP: Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness.\n\nS: You shall not see therein any crookedness or unevenness.\n\n020.108\nY: On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness\n(can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence\nof (Allah) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of\ntheir feet (as they march).\n\nP: On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices\nare hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.\n\nS: On that day they shall follow the inviter, there is no crookedness in\nhim, and the voices shall be low before the Beneficent Allah so that\nyou shall not hear aught but a soft sound.\n\n020.109\nY: On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom\npermission has been granted by (Allah) Most Gracious and whose word is\nacceptable to Him.\n\nP: On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the\nBeneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth.\n\nS: On that day shall no intercession avail except of him whom the\nBeneficent Allah allows and whose word He is pleased with.\n\n020.110\nY: He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind\nthem: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.\n\nP: He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them,\nwhile they cannot compass it in knowledge.\n\nS: He knows what is before them and what is behind them, while they do\nnot comprehend it in knowledge.\n\n020.111\nY: (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the\nSelf-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries\niniquity (on his back).\n\nP: And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he\nwho beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).\n\nS: And the faces shall be humbled before the Living, the Self-subsistent\nAllah, and he who bears iniquity is indeed a failure.\n\n020.112\nY: But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will have no\nfear of harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).\n\nP: And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth\nnot injustice nor begrudging (of his wage).\n\nS: And whoever does good works and he is a believer, he shall have no\nfear of injustice nor of the withholding of his due.\n\n020.113\nY: Thus have We sent this down - an Arabic Qur'an - and explained\ntherein in detail some of the warnings, in order that they may fear\nAllah, or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him).\n\nP: Thus we have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have displayed\ntherein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from evil or\nthat it may cause them to take heed.\n\nS: And thus have We sent it down an Arabic Quran, and have distinctly\nset forth therein of threats that they may guard (against evil) or that\nit may produce a reminder for them.\n\n020.114\nY: High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with\nthe Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, \"O my\nLord! advance me in knowledge.\"\n\nP: Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad)\nwith the Qur'an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and\nsay: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.\n\nS: Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth, and do not\nmake haste with the Quran before its revelation is made complete to you\nand say: O my Lord! increase me in knowledge.\n\n020.115\nY: We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he\nforgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.\n\nP: And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and We\nfound no constancy in him.\n\nS: And certainly We gave a commandment to Adam before, but he forgot;\nand We did not find in him any determination.\n\n020.116\nY: When We said to the angels, \"Prostrate yourselves to Adam\", they\nprostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.\n\nP: And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they\nfell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.\n\nS: And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam, they made\nobeisance, but Iblis (did it not); he refused.\n\n020.117\nY: Then We said: \"O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife:\nso let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed\nin misery.\"\n\nP: Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy\nwife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come\nto toil.\n\nS: So We said: O Adam! This is an enemy to you and to your wife;\ntherefore let him not drive you both forth from the garden so that you\nshould be unhappy;\n\n020.118\nY: \"There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to\ngo naked,\"\n\nP: It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art\nnaked,\n\nS: Surely it is (ordained) for you that you shall not be hungry therein\nnor bare of clothing;\n\n020.119\nY: \"Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat.\"\n\nP: And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's\nheat.\n\nS: And that you shall not be thirsty therein nor shall you feel the heat\nof the sun.\n\n020.120\nY: But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, \"O Adam! shall I lead thee\nto the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?\"\n\nP: But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the\ntree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?\n\nS: But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to him; he said: O Adam!\nShall I guide you to the tree of immortality and a kingdom which decays\nnot?\n\n020.121\nY: In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness\nappeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering,\nleaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow\nhimself to be seduced.\n\nP: Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto\nthem, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the\nleaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.\n\nS: Then they both ate of it, so their evil inclinations became manifest\nto them, and they both began to cover themselves with leaves of the\ngarden, and Adam disobeyed his Lord, so his life became evil (to him).\n\n020.122\nY: But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave\nhim Guidance.\n\nP: Then his Lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.\n\nS: Then his Lord chose him, so He turned to him and guided (him).\n\n020.123\nY: He said: \"Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden,\nwith enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you\nGuidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way,\nnor fall into misery.\"\n\nP: He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other.\nBut when there come unto you from Me a guidance, then whoso followeth\nMy guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.\n\nS: He said: Get forth you two therefrom, all (of you), one of you (is)\nenemy to another. So there will surely come to you guidance from Me,\nthen whoever follows My guidance, he shall not go astray nor be\nunhappy;\n\n020.124\nY: \"But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life\nnarrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment.\"\n\nP: But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow\nlife, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of\nResurrection.\n\nS: And whoever turns away from My reminder, his shall be a straitened\nlife, and We will raise him on the day of resurrection, blind.\n\n020.125\nY: He will say: \"O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I\nhad sight (before)?\"\n\nP: He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither) blind,\nwhen I was wont to see?\n\nS: He shall say: My Lord! why hast Thou raised me blind and I was a\nseeing one indeed?\n\n020.126\nY: (Allah) will say: \"Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto thee,\ndisregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded.\"\n\nP: He will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but thou\ndidst forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this Day.\n\nS: He will say: Even so, Our communications came to you but you\nneglected them; even thus shall you be forsaken this day.\n\n020.127\nY: And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond bounds and\nbelieves not in the Signs of his Lord: and the Penalty of the Hereafter\nis far more grievous and more enduring.\n\nP: Thus do We reward him who is prodigal and believeth not the\nrevelations of his Lord; and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be\nsterner and more lasting.\n\nS: And thus do We recompense him who is extravagant and does not believe\nin the communications of his Lord, and certainly the chastisement of\nthe hereafter is severer and more lasting.\n\n020.128\nY: Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many\ngenerations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move?\nVerily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.\n\nP: Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We\ndestroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein\nverily are signs for men of thought.\n\nS: Does it not then direct them aright how many of the generations in\nwhose dwelling-places they go about We destroyed before them? Most\nsurely there are signs in this for those endowed with understanding.\n\n020.129\nY: Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord,\n(their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term\nappointed (for respite).\n\nP: And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a\nterm already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this\nworld).\n\nS: And had there not been a word (that had) already gone forth from your\nLord and an appointed term, it would surely have been made to cleave\n(to them).\n\n020.130\nY: Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly)\nthe praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its\nsetting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night, and at\nthe sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual) joy.\n\nP: Therefor (O Muhammad), bear with what they say, and celebrate the\npraise of thy Lord ere the rising of the sun and ere the going down\nthereof. And glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of\nthe day, that thou mayst find acceptance.\n\nS: Bear then patiently what they say, and glorify your Lord by the\npraising of Him before the rising of the sun and before its setting,\nand during hours of the night do also glorify (Him) and during parts of\nthe day, that you may be well pleased.\n\n020.131\nY: Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for\nenjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world,\nthrough which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and\nmore enduring.\n\nP: And strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded\npairs among them to enjoy, the flower of the life of the world, that We\nmay try them thereby. The provision of thy Lord is better and more\nlasting.\n\nS: And do not stretch your eyes after that with which We have provided\ndifferent classes of them, (of) the splendor of this world's life, that\nWe may thereby try them; and the sustenance (given) by your Lord is\nbetter and more abiding.\n\n020.132\nY: Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee not\nto provide sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of) the\nHereafter is for righteousness.\n\nP: And enjoin upon thy people worship, and be constant therein. We ask\nnot of thee a provision: We provided for thee. And the sequel is for\nrighteousness.\n\nS: And enjoin prayer on your followers, and steadily adhere to it; We do\nnot ask you for subsistence; We do give you subsistence, and the (good)\nend is for guarding (against evil).\n\n020.133\nY: They say: \"Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?\" Has not a\nClear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of\nrevelation?\n\nP: And they say: If only he would bring us a miracle from his Lord! Hath\nthere not come unto them the proof of what is in the former scriptures?\n\nS: And they say: Why does he not bring to us a sign from his Lord? Has\nnot there come to them a clear evidence of what is in the previous\nbooks?\n\n020.134\nY: And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would\nhave said: \"Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us a messenger, we should\ncertainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to\nshame.\"\n\nP: And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they\nwould assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a\nmessenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we\nwere (thus) humbled and disgraced!\n\nS: And had We destroyed them with chastisement before this, they would\ncertainly have said: O our Lord! why didst Thou not send to us a\nmessenger, for then we should have followed Thy communications before\nthat we met disgrace and shame.\n\n020.135\nY: Say: \"Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soon shall\nye know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is\nthat has received Guidance.\"\n\nP: Say: Each is awaiting; so await ye! Ye will come to know who are the\nowners of the path of equity, and who is right.\n\nS: Say: Every one (of us) is awaiting, therefore do await: So you will\ncome to know who is the follower of the even path and who goes aright.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 21:\n\n                          AL-ANBIYA (THE PROPHETS)\n Total Verses: 112 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n021.001\nY: Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not\nand they turn away.\n\nP: Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in\nheedlessness.\n\nS: Their reckoning has drawn near to men, and in heedlessness are they\nturning aside.\n\n021.002\nY: Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but\nthey listen to it as in jest,-\n\nP: Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they\nlisten to it while they play,\n\nS: There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear\nit while they sport,\n\n021.003\nY: Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their\nprivate counsels, (saying), \"Is this (one) more than a man like\nyourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?\"\n\nP: With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers\nsay: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to\nmagic when ye see (it)?\n\nS: Their hearts trifling; and those who are unjust counsel together in\nsecret: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves; what! will you then\nyield to enchantment while you see?\n\n021.004\nY: Say: \"My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on\nearth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things).\"\n\nP: He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth.\nHe is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: He said: My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth,\nand He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n021.005\nY: \"Nay,\" they say, \"(these are) medleys of dream! - Nay, He forged it!\n- Nay, He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones\nthat were sent to (Prophets) of old!\"\n\nP: Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but\ninvented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as\nthose of old (who were Allah's messengers) were sent (with portents).\n\nS: Nay! say they: Medleys of dreams; nay! he has forged it; nay! he is a\npoet; so let him bring to us a sign as the former (prophets) were sent\n(with).\n\n021.006\nY: (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We\ndestroyed believed: will these believe?\n\nP: Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them\n(though We sent them portents): would they then believe?\n\nS: There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed, will\nthey then believe?\n\n021.007\nY: Before thee, also, the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We\ngranted inspiration: If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess\nthe Message.\n\nP: And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom\nWe inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not?\n\nS: And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent\nrevelation, so ask the followers of the reminder if you do not know.\n\n021.008\nY: Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt\nfrom death.\n\nP: We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they\nimmortals.\n\nS: And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and they were\nnot to abide (forever).\n\n021.009\nY: In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and\nthose whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond\nbounds.\n\nP: Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and\nwhom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.\n\nS: Then We made Our promise good to them, so We delivered them and those\nwhom We pleased, and We destroyed the extravagant.\n\n021.010\nY: We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for\nyou: will ye not then understand?\n\nP: Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder.\nHave ye then no sense?\n\nS: Certainly We have revealed to you a Book in which is your good\nremembrance; what! do you not then understand?\n\n021.011\nY: How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their\niniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?\n\nP: How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and\nraised up after them another folk!\n\nS: And how many a town which was iniquitous did We demolish, and We\nraised up after it another people!\n\n021.012\nY: Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to)\nflee from it.\n\nP: And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it!\n\nS: So when they felt Our punishment, lo! they began to fly\n\n021.013\nY: Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given\nyou, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.\n\nP: (But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence)\nwhich emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned.\n\nS: Do not fly (now) and come back to what you were made to lead easy\nlives in and to your dwellings, haply you will be questioned.\n\n021.014\nY: They said: \"Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!\"\n\nP: They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers.\n\nS: They said: O woe to us! surely we were unjust.\n\n021.015\nY: And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that\nis mown, as ashes silent and quenched.\n\nP: And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn,\nextinct.\n\nS: And this ceased not to be their cry till We made them cut\n\n021.016\nY: Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all\nthat is between!\n\nP: We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them\nin play.\n\nS: And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between\nthem for sport.\n\n021.017\nY: If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely\nhave taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a\nthing)!\n\nP: If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our\npresence - if We ever did.\n\nS: Had We wished to make a diversion, We would have made it from before\nOurselves: by no means would We do (it).\n\n021.018\nY: Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its\nbrain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the\n(false) things ye ascribe (to Us).\n\nP: Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its\nhead and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye\nascribe (unto Him).\n\nS: Nay! We cast the truth against the falsehood, so that it breaks its\nhead, and lo! it vanishes; and woe to you for what you describe;\n\n021.019\nY: To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those\nwho are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are\nthey (ever) weary (of His service):\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And\nthose who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor\ndo they weary;\n\nS: And whoever is in the heavens and the earth is His; and those who are\nwith Him are not proud to serve Him, nor do they grow weary.\n\n021.020\nY: They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or\nintermit.\n\nP: They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not.\n\nS: They glorify (Him) by night and day; they are never languid.\n\n021.021\nY: Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise\n(the dead)?\n\nP: Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?\n\nS: Or have they taken gods from the earth who raise (the dead).\n\n021.022\nY: If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides\nAllah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the\nLord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!\n\nP: If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the\nheavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the\nLord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).\n\nS: If there had been in them any gods except Allah, they would both have\ncertainly been in a state of disorder; therefore glory be to Allah, the\nLord of the dominion, above what they attribute (to Him).\n\n021.023\nY: He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned\n(for theirs).\n\nP: He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be\nquestioned.\n\nS: He cannot be questioned concerning what He does and they shall be\nquestioned.\n\n021.024\nY: Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say,\n\"Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and\nthe Message of those before me.\" But most of them know not the Truth,\nand so turn away.\n\nP: Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of\ntheir godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before\nme, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse.\n\nS: Or, have they taken gods besides Him? Say: Bring your proof; this is\nthe reminder of those with me and the reminder of those before me. Nay!\nmost of them do not know the truth, so they turn aside.\n\n021.025\nY: Not a messenger did We send before thee without this inspiration sent\nby Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve\nMe.\n\nP: And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying):\nThere is no God save Me (Allah), so worship Me.\n\nS: And We did not send before you any messenger but We revealed to him\nthat there is no god but Me, therefore serve Me.\n\n021.026\nY: And they say: \"(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten offspring.\" Glory\nto Him! they are (but) servants raised to honour.\n\nP: And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He\nGlorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves;\n\nS: And they say: The Beneficent Allah has taken to Himself a son.\nGlory be to Him. Nay! they are honored servants;\n\n021.027\nY: They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His\nCommand.\n\nP: They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.\n\nS: They do not precede Him in speech and (only) according to His\ncommandment do they act.\n\n021.028\nY: He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer\nno intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in\nawe and reverence of His (Glory).\n\nP: He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they\ncannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth, and they quake for\nawe of Him.\n\nS: He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they do not\nintercede except for him whom He approves and for fear of Him they\ntremble.\n\n021.029\nY: If any of them should say, \"I am a god besides Him\", such a one We\nshould reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong.\n\nP: And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one\nWe should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers.\n\nS: And whoever of them should say: Surely I am a god besides Him, such a\none do We recompense with hell; thus do, We recompense the unjust.\n\n021.030\nY: Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined\ntogether (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We\nmade from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?\n\nP: Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth\nwere of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing\nof water? Will they not then believe?\n\nS: Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were\nclosed up, but We have opened them; and We have made of water\neverything living, will they not then believe?\n\n021.031\nY: And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should\nshake with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between\nmountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive Guidance.\n\nP: And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them,\nand We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find\ntheir way.\n\nS: And We have made great mountains in the earth lest it might be\nconvulsed with them, and We have made in it wide ways that they may\nfollow a right direction.\n\n021.032\nY: And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they\nturn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!\n\nP: And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn\naway from its portents.\n\nS: And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy and (yet) they turn\naside from its signs.\n\n021.033\nY: It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon:\nall (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.\n\nP: And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the\nmoon. They float, each in an orbit.\n\nS: And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the\nmoon; all (orbs) travel along swiftly in their celestial spheres.\n\n021.034\nY: We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then\nthou shouldst die, would they live permanently?\n\nP: We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou\ndiest, can they be immortal!\n\nS: And We did not ordain abiding for any mortal before you. What! Then\nif you die, will they abide?\n\n021.035\nY: Every soul shall have a taste of death: And We test you by evil and\nby good by way of trial: To Us must ye return.\n\nP: Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with\ngood, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.\n\nS: Every soul must taste of death and We try you by evil and good by way\nof probation; and to Us you shall be brought back.\n\n021.036\nY: When the Unbelievers see thee, they treat thee not except with\nridicule. \"Is this,\" (they say), \"the one who talks of your gods?\" and\nthey blaspheme at the mention of (Allah) Most Gracious!\n\nP: And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out\nfor mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And\nthey would deny all mention of the Beneficent.\n\nS: And when those who disbelieve see you, they do not take you but for\none to be scoffed at: Is this he who speaks of your gods? And they are\ndeniers at the mention of the Beneficent Allah.\n\n021.037\nY: Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you My Signs;\nthen ye will not ask Me to hasten them!\n\nP: Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to\nhasten.\n\nS: Man is created of haste; now will I show to you My signs, therefore\ndo not ask Me to hasten (them) on.\n\n021.038\nY: They say: \"When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the\ntruth?\"\n\nP: And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are\ntruthful?\n\nS: And they say: When will this threat come to pass if you are truthful?\n\n021.039\nY: If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be able to\nward off the fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and\n(when) no help can reach them!\n\nP: If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able\nto drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they\nwill not be helped!\n\nS: Had those who disbelieve but known (of the time) when they shall not\nbe able to ward off the fire from their faces nor from their backs, nor\nshall they be helped.\n\n021.040\nY: Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no power\nwill they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.\n\nP: Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy\nthem, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be\nreprieved.\n\nS: Nay, it shall come on them all of a sudden and cause them to become\nconfounded, so they shall not have the power to avert it, nor shall\nthey be respited.\n\n021.041\nY: Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were\nhemmed in by the thing that they mocked.\n\nP: Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they\nmocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.\n\nS: And certainly messengers before you were scoffed at, then there\nbefell those of them who scoffed that at which they had scoffed.\n\n021.042\nY: Say: \"Who can keep you safe by night and by day from (the Wrath of)\n(Allah) Most Gracious?\" Yet they turn away from the mention of their\nLord.\n\nP: Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent?\nNay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord!\n\nS: Say: Who guards you by night and by day from the Beneficent Allah?\nNay, they turn aside at the mention of their Lord.\n\n021.043\nY: Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have no power to\naid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.\n\nP: Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help\nthemselves nor can they be defended from Us.\n\nS: Or, have they gods who can defend them against Us? They shall not be\nable to assist themselves, nor shall they be defended from Us.\n\n021.044\nY: Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their\nfathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We\ngradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders?\nIs it then they who will win?\n\nP: Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long\nfor them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its\noutlying parts? Can they then be the victors?\n\nS: Nay, We gave provision to these and their fathers until life was\nprolonged to them. Do they not then see that We are visiting the land,\ncurtailing it of its sides? Shall they then prevail?\n\n021.045\nY: Say, \"I do but warn you according to revelation\": But the deaf will\nnot hear the call, (even) when they are warned!\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration.\nBut the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.\n\nS: Say: I warn you only by revelation; and the deaf do not hear the call\nwhenever they are warned.\n\n021.046\nY: If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will\nthen say, \"Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!\"\n\nP: And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they\nassuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.\n\nS: And if a blast of the chastisement of your Lord were to touch them,\nthey will certainly say: O woe to us! surely we were unjust.\n\n021.047\nY: We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that\nnot a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be\n(no more than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to\naccount): and enough are We to take account.\n\nP: And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul\nis wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard\nseed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners.\n\nS: And We will set up a just balance on the day of resurrection, so no\nsoul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and though there be the\nweight of a grain of mustard seed, (yet) will We bring it, and\nsufficient are We to take account.\n\n021.048\nY: In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for\njudgment), and a Light and a Message for those who would do right,-\n\nP: And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong)\nand a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil,\n\nS: And certainly We gave to Musa and Haroun the Furqan and a light and a\nreminder for those who would guard (against evil).\n\n021.049\nY: Those who fear their Lord in their most secret thoughts, and who hold\nthe Hour (of Judgment) in awe.\n\nP: Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of doom).\n\nS: (For) those who fear their Lord in secret and they are fearful of the\nhour.\n\n021.050\nY: And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will ye then\nreject it?\n\nP: This is a blessed Reminder that we have revealed: Will ye then reject\nit?\n\nS: And this is a blessed Reminder which We have revealed; will you then\ndeny it?\n\n021.051\nY: We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well\nwere We acquainted with him.\n\nP: And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were\nAware of him,\n\nS: And certainly We gave to Ibrahim his rectitude before, and We knew\nhim fully well.\n\n021.052\nY: Behold! he said to his father and his people, \"What are these images,\nto which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?\"\n\nP: When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto\nwhich ye pay devotion?\n\nS: When he said to his father and his people: What are these images to\nwhose worship you cleave?\n\n021.053\nY: They said, \"We found our fathers worshipping them.\"\n\nP: They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them.\n\nS: They said: We found our fathers worshipping them.\n\n021.054\nY: He said, \"Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your\nfathers.\"\n\nP: He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error.\n\nS: He said: Certainly you have been, (both) you and your fathers, in\nmanifest error.\n\n021.055\nY: They said, \"Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those\nwho jest?\"\n\nP: They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester?\n\nS: They said: Have you brought to us the truth, or are you one of the\ntriflers?\n\n021.056\nY: He said, \"Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He\nWho created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).\"\n\nP: He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth,\nWho created them; and I am of those who testify unto that.\n\nS: He said: Nay! your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who\nbrought them into existence, and I am of those who bear witness to\nthis:\n\n021.057\nY: \"And by Allah, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and\nturn your backs\"..\n\nP: And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away\nand turned your backs.\n\nS: And, by Allah! I will certainly do something against your idols after\nyou go away, turning back.\n\n021.058\nY: So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they\nmight turn (and address themselves) to it.\n\nP: Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that\nhaply they might have recourse to it.\n\nS: So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply\nthey may return to it.\n\n021.059\nY: They said, \"Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed be some man\nof impiety!\"\n\nP: They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some\nevil-doer.\n\nS: They said: Who has done this to our gods? Most surely he is one of\nthe unjust.\n\n021.060\nY: They said, \"We heard a youth talk of them: He is called Abraham.\"\n\nP: They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called\nAbraham.\n\nS: They said: We heard a youth called Ibrahim speak of them.\n\n021.061\nY: They said, \"Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they\nmay bear witness.\"\n\nP: They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they\nmay testify.\n\nS: Said they: Then bring him before the eyes of the people, perhaps they\nmay bear witness.\n\n021.062\nY: They said, \"Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O Abraham?\"\n\nP: They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham?\n\nS: They said: Have you done this to our gods, O Ibrahim?\n\n021.063\nY: He said: \"Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask\nthem, if they can speak intelligently!\"\n\nP: He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if\nthey can speak.\n\nS: He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of them is this,\ntherefore ask them, if they can speak.\n\n021.064\nY: So they turned to themselves and said, \"Surely ye are the ones in the\nwrong!\"\n\nP: Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: Then they turned to themselves and said: Surely you yourselves are\nthe unjust;\n\n021.065\nY: Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), \"Thou knowest full\nwell that these (idols) do not speak!\"\n\nP: And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest\nthat these speak not.\n\nS: Then they were made to hang down their heads: Certainly you know that\nthey do not speak.\n\n021.066\nY: (Abraham) said, \"Do ye then worship, besides Allah, things that can\nneither be of any good to you nor do you harm?\"\n\nP: He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit\nyou at all, nor harm you?\n\nS: He said: What! do you then serve besides Allah what brings you not\nany benefit at all, nor does it harm you?\n\n021.067\nY: \"Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides Allah!\nHave ye no sense?\"..\n\nP: Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no\nsense?\n\nS: Fie on you and on what you serve besides Allah; what! do you not then\nunderstand?\n\n021.068\nY: They said, \"Burn him and protect your gods, if ye do (anything at\nall)!\"\n\nP: They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing.\n\nS: They said: Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do\n(anything).\n\n021.069\nY: We said, \"O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for Abraham!\"\n\nP: We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham,\n\nS: We said: O fire! be a comfort and peace to Ibrahim;\n\n021.070\nY: Then they sought a stratagem against him: but We made them the ones\nthat lost most!\n\nP: And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater\nlosers.\n\nS: And they desired a war on him, but We made them the greatest losers.\n\n021.071\nY: But We delivered him and (his nephew) Lut (and directed them) to the\nland which We have blessed for the nations.\n\nP: And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We\nhave blessed for (all) peoples.\n\nS: And We delivered him as well as Lut (removing them) to the land which\nWe had blessed for all people.\n\n021.072\nY: And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a\ngrandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).\n\nP: And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them\nWe made righteous.\n\nS: And We gave him Ishaq and Yaqoub, a son's son, and We made (them) all\ngood.\n\n021.073\nY: And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent\nthem inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to\npractise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only).\n\nP: And We made them chiefs who guide by Our command, and We inspired in\nthem the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship and\nthe giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone).\n\nS: And We made them Imams who guided (people) by Our command, and We\nrevealed to them the doing of good and the keeping up of prayer and the\ngiving of the alms, and Us (alone) did they serve;\n\n021.074\nY: And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him\nfrom the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people\ngiven to Evil, a rebellious people.\n\nP: And unto Lot we gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him\nfrom the community that did abominations. Lo! they were folk of evil,\nlewd.\n\nS: And (as for) Lut, We gave him wisdom and knowledge, and We delivered\nhim from the town which wrought abominations; surely they were an evil\npeople, transgressors;\n\n021.075\nY: And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of the Righteous.\n\nP: And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous.\n\nS: And We took him into Our mercy; surely he was of the good.\n\n021.076\nY: (Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his\n(prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.\n\nP: And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and\nhis household from the great affliction.\n\nS: And Nuh, when he cried aforetime, so We answered him, and delivered\nhim and his followers from the great calamity.\n\n021.077\nY: We helped him against people who rejected Our Signs: truly they were\na people given to Evil: so We drowned them (in the Flood) all together.\n\nP: And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo!\nthey were folk of evil, therefor did We drown them all.\n\nS: And We helped him against the people who rejected Our communications;\nsurely they were an evil people, so We drowned them all.\n\n021.078\nY: And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter\nof the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by\nnight: We did witness their judgment.\n\nP: And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field,\nwhen people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We\nwere witnesses to their judgment.\n\nS: And Dawood and Sulaiman when they gave judgment concerning the field\nwhen the people's sheep pastured therein by night, and We were bearers\nof witness to their judgment.\n\n021.079\nY: To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter: to\neach (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that\nmade the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was\nWe Who did (all these things).\n\nP: And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them\nWe gave judgment and knowledge. And we subdued the hills and the birds\nto hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof).\n\nS: So We made Sulaiman to understand it; and to each one We gave wisdom\nand knowledge; and We made the mountains, and the birds to celebrate\nOur praise with Dawood; and We were the doers.\n\n021.080\nY: It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your\nbenefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be\ngrateful?\n\nP: And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you\nin your daring. Are ye then thankful?\n\nS: And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you, that they\nmight protect you in your wars; will you then be grateful?\n\n021.081\nY: (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely)\nfor Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for We do\nknow all things.\n\nP: And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by his\ncommand toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are\nAware.\n\nS: And (We made subservient) to Sulaiman the wind blowing violent,\npursuing its course by his command to the land which We had blessed,\nand We are knower of all things.\n\n021.082\nY: And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did other work\nbesides; and it was We Who guarded them.\n\nP: And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for\npearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them.\n\nS: And of the rebellious people there were those who dived for him and\ndid other work besides that, and We kept guard over them;\n\n021.083\nY: And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, \"Truly distress has\nseized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are merciful.\"\n\nP: And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity\nafflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.\n\nS: And Ayub, when he cried to his Lord, (saying): Harm has afflicted me,\nand Thou art the most Merciful of the merciful.\n\n021.084\nY: So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and\nWe restored his people to him, and doubled their number,- as a Grace\nfrom Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us.\n\nP: Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he\nsuffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like\nthereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for\nthe worshippers;\n\nS: Therefore We responded to him and took off what harm he had, and We\ngave him his family and the like of them with them: a mercy from Us and\na reminder to the worshippers.\n\n021.085\nY: And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) of constancy\nand patience;\n\nP: And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhu'l-Kifl. All were of the\nsteadfast.\n\nS: And Ismail and Idris and Zulkifl; all were of the patient ones;\n\n021.086\nY: We admitted them to Our mercy: for they were of the righteous ones.\n\nP: And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the\nrighteous.\n\nS: And We caused them to enter into Our mercy, surely they were of the\ngood ones.\n\n021.087\nY: And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We\nhad no power over him! But he cried through the depths of darkness,\n\"There is no god but Thou: glory to Thee: I was indeed wrong!\"\n\nP: And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We\nhad no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There\nis no God save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer.\n\nS: And Yunus, when he went away in wrath, so he thought that We would\nnot straiten him, so he called out among afflictions: There is no god\nbut Thou, glory be to Thee; surely I am of those who make themselves to\nsuffer loss.\n\n021.088\nY: So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do\nWe deliver those who have faith.\n\nP: Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save\nbelievers.\n\nS: So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief and thus do\nWe deliver the believers.\n\n021.089\nY: And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: \"O my Lord! leave\nme not without offspring, though thou art the best of inheritors.\"\n\nP: And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not\nchildless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.\n\nS: And Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: O my Lord leave me not\nalone; and Thou art the best of inheritors.\n\n021.090\nY: So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife's\n(Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in\ngood works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble\nthemselves before Us.\n\nP: Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted\nhis wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the\nother in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and\nwere submissive unto Us.\n\nS: So We responded to him and gave him Yahya and made his wife fit for\nhim; surely they used to hasten, one with another, in deeds of goodness\nand to call upon Us, hoping and fearing; and they were humble before Us.\n\n021.091\nY: And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of\nOur spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.\n\nP: And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of\nOur Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.\n\nS: And she who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our\ninspiration and made her and her son a sign for the nations.\n\n021.092\nY: Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I am\nyour Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).\n\nP: Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so\nworship Me.\n\nS: Surely this Islam is your religion, one religion (only), and I am\nyour Lord, therefore serve Me.\n\n021.093\nY: But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one from\nanother: (yet) will they all return to Us.\n\nP: And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them,\n(yet) all are returning unto Us.\n\nS: And they broke their religion (into sects) between them: to Us shall\nall come back.\n\n021.094\nY: Whoever works any act of righteousness and has faith,- his endeavour\nwill not be rejected: We shall record it in his favour.\n\nP: Then whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no\nrejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him.\n\nS: Therefore whoever shall do of good deeds and he is a believer, there\nshall be no denying of his exertion, and surely We will write (It) down\nfor him.\n\n021.095\nY: But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed: that\nthey shall not return,\n\nP: And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that\nthey shall not return.\n\nS: And it is binding on a town which We destroy that they shall not\nreturn.\n\n021.096\nY: Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through (their barrier), and\nthey swiftly swarm from every hill.\n\nP: Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every\nmound,\n\nS: Even when Gog and Magog are let loose and they shall break forth from\nevery elevated place.\n\n021.097\nY: Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold!\nthe eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: \"Ah! Woe to\nus! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!\"\n\nP: And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in\nterror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We\n(lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers!\n\nS: And the true promise shall draw nigh, then lo! the eyes of those who\ndisbelieved shall be fixedly open: O woe to us! surely we were in a\nstate of heedlessness as to this; nay, we were unjust.\n\n021.098\nY: Verily ye, (unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worship\nbesides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! to it will ye (surely) come!\n\nP: Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of\nhell. Thereunto ye will come.\n\nS: Surely you and what you worship besides Allah are the firewood of\nhell; to it you shall come.\n\n021.099\nY: If these had been gods, they would not have got there! but each one\nwill abide therein.\n\nP: If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will\nabide therein.\n\nS: Had these been gods, they would not have come to it and all shall\nabide therein.\n\n021.100\nY: There, sobbing will be their lot, nor will they there hear (aught\nelse).\n\nP: Therein wailing is their portion, and therein they hear not.\n\nS: For them therein shall be groaning and therein they shall not hear.\n\n021.101\nY: Those for whom the good (record) from Us has gone before, will be\nremoved far therefrom.\n\nP: Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they\nwill be far removed from thence.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those for whom the good has already gone forth from\nUs, they shall be kept far off from it;\n\n021.102\nY: Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls\ndesired, in that will they dwell.\n\nP: They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in\nthat which their souls desire.\n\nS: They will not hear its faintest sound, and they shall abide in that\nwhich their souls long for.\n\n021.103\nY: The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels will meet\nthem (with mutual greetings): \"This is your Day,- (the Day) that ye\nwere promised.\"\n\nP: The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will welcome\nthem, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised;\n\nS: The great fearful event shall not grieve them, and the angels shall\nmeet them: This is your day which you were promised.\n\n021.104\nY: The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books\n(completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We\nproduce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil\nit.\n\nP: The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a\nwritten scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It\nis) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it.\n\nS: On the day when We will roll up heaven like the rolling up of the\nscroll for writings, as We originated the first creation, (so) We shall\nreproduce it; a promise (binding on Us); surely We will bring it about.\n\n021.105\nY: Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to\nMoses): \"My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth.\"\n\nP: And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My\nrighteous slaves will inherit the earth:\n\nS: And certainly We wrote in the Book after the reminder that (as for)\nthe land, My righteous servants shall inherit it.\n\n021.106\nY: Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly)\nworship Allah.\n\nP: Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout.\n\nS: Most surely in this is a message to a people who serve\n\n021.107\nY: We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures.\n\nP: We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.\n\nS: And We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.\n\n021.108\nY: Say: \"What has come to me by inspiration is that your Allah is One\nAllah: will ye therefore bow to His Will (in Islam)?\"\n\nP: Say: It is only inspired in me that your Allah is One Allah. Will ye\nthen surrender (unto Him)?\n\nS: Say: It is only revealed to me that your Allah is one Allah; will you\nthen submit?\n\n021.109\nY: But if they turn back, say: \"I have proclaimed the Message to you all\nalike and in truth; but I know not whether that which ye are promised\nis near or far.\"\n\nP: But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike,\nalthough I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.\n\nS: But if they turn back, say: I have given you warning in fairness and I\ndo not know whether what you are threatened with is near or far:\n\n021.110\nY: \"It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide (in your\nhearts).\"\n\nP: Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal.\n\nS: Surely He knows what is spoken openly and He knows what you hide:\n\n021.111\nY: \"I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of\n(worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time.\"\n\nP: And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment\nfor a while.\n\nS: And I do not know if this may be a trial for you and a provision till\na time.\n\n021.112\nY: Say: \"O my Lord! judge Thou in truth!\" \"Our Lord Most Gracious is the\nOne Whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies ye\nutter!\"\n\nP: He saith: My Lord! Judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Beneficent,\nWhose help is to be implored against that which ye ascribe (unto Him).\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! judge Thou with truth; and our Lord is the\nBeneficent Allah, Whose help is sought against what you ascribe (to\nHim).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 22:\n\n                          AL-HAJJ (THE PILGRIMAGE)\n Total Verses: 78 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n022.001\nY: O mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of\nJudgment) will be a thing terrible!\n\nP: O mankind! Fear your Lord. Lo! the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom)\nis a tremendous thing.\n\nS: O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord; surely the\nviolence of the hour is a grievous thing.\n\n022.002\nY: The Day ye shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget her\nsuckling-babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load\n(unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk:\nbut dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah.\n\nP: On the day when ye behold it, every nursing mother will forget her\nnursling and every pregnant one will be delivered of her burden, and\nthou (Muhammad) wilt see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be\ndrunken, but the Doom of Allah will be strong (upon them).\n\nS: On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving suck shall quit\nin confusion what she suckled, and every pregnant woman shall lay down\nher burden, and you shall see men intoxicated, and they shall not be\nintoxicated but the chastisement of Allah will be severe.\n\n022.003\nY: And yet among men there are such as dispute about Allah, without\nknowledge, and follow every evil one obstinate in rebellion!\n\nP: Among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without knowledge,\nand followeth each froward devil;\n\nS: And among men there is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge\nand follows every rebellious Shaitan;\n\n022.004\nY: About the (Evil One) it is decreed that whoever turns to him for\nfriendship, him will he lead astray, and he will guide him to the\nPenalty of the Fire.\n\nP: For him it is decreed that whoso taketh him for friend, he verily\nwill mislead him and will guide him to the punishment of the Flame.\n\nS: Against him it is written down that whoever takes him for a friend,\nhe shall lead him astray and conduct him to the chastisement of the\nburning fire.\n\n022.005\nY: O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the Resurrection, (consider) that\nWe created you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a leech-like\nclot, then out of a morsel of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed,\nin order that We may manifest (our power) to you; and We cause whom We\nwill to rest in the wombs for an appointed term, then do We bring you\nout as babes, then (foster you) that ye may reach your age of full\nstrength; and some of you are called to die, and some are sent back to\nthe feeblest old age, so that they know nothing after having known\n(much), and (further), thou seest the earth barren and lifeless, but\nwhen We pour down rain on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells, and\nit puts forth every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs).\n\nP: O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo!\nWe have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a\nclot, then from a little lump of flesh shapely and shapeless, that We\nmay make (it) clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the\nwombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as\ninfants, then (give you growth) that ye attain your full strength. And\namong you there is he who dieth (young), and among you there is he who\nis brought back to the most abject time of life, so that, after\nknowledge, he knoweth naught. And thou (Muhammad) seest the earth\nbarren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell\nand put forth every lovely kind (of growth).\n\nS: O people! if you are in doubt about the raising, then surely We\ncreated you from dust, then from a small seed, then from a clot, then\nfrom a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete, that We may make\nclear to you; and We cause what We please to stay in the wombs till an\nappointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may\nattain your maturity; and of you is he who is caused to die, and of you\nis he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after\nhaving knowledge he does not know anything; and you see the earth\nsterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and\nswells and brings forth of every kind a beautiful herbage.\n\n022.006\nY: This is so, because Allah is the Reality: it is He Who gives life to\nthe dead, and it is He Who has power over all things.\n\nP: That is because Allah, He is the Truth and because He quickeneth the\ndead, and because He is Able to do all things;\n\nS: This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the\ndead and because He has power over all things,\n\n022.007\nY: And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it, or\nabout (the fact) that Allah will raise up all who are in the graves.\n\nP: And because the Hour will come, there is no doubt thereof; and\nbecause Allah will raise those who are in the graves.\n\nS: And because the hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and\nbecause Allah shall raise up those who are in the graves.\n\n022.008\nY: Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about Allah, without\nKnowledge, without Guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment,-\n\nP: And among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without\nknowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light,\n\nS: And among men there is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge\nand without guidance and without an illuminating book,\n\n022.009\nY: (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray from\nthe Path of Allah: for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the\nDay of Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).\n\nP: Turning away in pride to beguile (men) from the way of Allah. For him\nin this world is ignominy, and on the Day of Resurrection We make him\ntaste the doom of burning.\n\nS: Turning away haughtily that he may lead (others) astray from the way\nof Allah; for him is disgrace in this world, and on the day of\nresurrection We will make him taste the punishment of burning:\n\n022.010\nY: (It will be said): \"This is because of the deeds which thy hands sent\nforth, for verily Allah is not unjust to His servants.\"\n\nP: (And unto him it will be said): This is for that which thy two hands\nhave sent before, and because Allah is no oppressor of His slaves.\n\nS: This is due to what your two hands have sent before, and because\nAllah is not in the least unjust to the servants.\n\n022.011\nY: There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge:\nif good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial\ncomes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and\nthe Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!\n\nP: And among mankind is he who worshippeth Allah upon a narrow marge so\nthat if good befalleth him he is content therewith, but if a trial\nbefalleth him, he falleth away utterly. He loseth both the world and\nthe Hereafter. That is the sheer loss.\n\nS: And among men is he who serves Allah (standing) on the verge, so that\nif good befalls him he is satisfied therewith, but if a trial afflict\nhim he turns back headlong; he loses this world as well as the\nhereafter; that is a manifest loss.\n\n022.012\nY: They call on such deities, besides Allah, as can neither hurt nor\nprofit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!\n\nP: He calleth, beside Allah, unto that which hurteth him not nor\nbenefiteth him. That is the far error.\n\nS: He calls besides Allah upon that which does not harm him and that\nwhich does not profit him, that is the great straying.\n\n022.013\nY: (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit:\nevil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!\n\nP: He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an\nevil patron and verily an evil friend!\n\nS: He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit; evil\ncertainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the associate.\n\n022.014\nY: Verily Allah will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds,\nto Gardens, beneath which rivers flow: for Allah carries out all that\nHe plans.\n\nP: Lo! Allah causeth those who believe and do good works to enter\nGardens underneath which rivers flow. Lo! Allah doth what He intendeth.\n\nS: Surely Allah will cause those who believe and do good deeds to enter\ngardens beneath which rivers flow, surely Allah does what He pleases.\n\n022.015\nY: If any think that Allah will not help him (His Messenger) in this\nworld and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and\ncut (himself) off: then let him see whether his plan will remove that\nwhich enrages (him)!\n\nP: Whoso is wont to think (through envy) that Allah will not give him\n(Muhammad) victory in the world and the Hereafter (and is enraged at\nthe thought of his victory), let him stretch a rope up to the roof (of\nhis dwelling), and let him hang himself. Then let him see whether his\nstrategy dispelleth that whereat he rageth!\n\nS: Whoever thinks that Allah will not assist him in this life and the\nhereafter, let him stretch a rope to the ceiling, then let him cut (it)\noff, then let him see if his struggle will take away that at which he\nis enraged.\n\n022.016\nY: Thus have We sent down Clear Signs; and verily Allah doth guide whom\nHe will!\n\nP: Thus We reveal it as plain revelations, and verily Allah guideth whom\nHe will.\n\nS: And thus have We revealed it, being clear arguments, and because\nAllah guides whom He intends.\n\n022.017\nY: Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish\n(scriptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,-\nAllah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment: for Allah is\nwitness of all things.\n\nP: Lo! those who believe (this revelation), and those who are Jews, and\nthe Sabaeans and the Christians and the Magians and the idolaters - Lo!\nAllah will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! Allah is\nWitness over all things.\n\nS: Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabeans and\nthe Christians and the Magians and those who associate (others with\nAllah)-- surely Allah will decide between them on the day of\nresurrection; surely Allah is a witness over all things.\n\n022.018\nY: Seest thou not that to Allah bow down in worship all things that are\nin the heavens and on earth,- the sun, the moon, the stars; the hills,\nthe trees, the animals; and a great number among mankind? But a great\nnumber are (also) such as are fit for Punishment: and such as Allah\nshall disgrace,- None can raise to honour: for Allah carries out all\nthat He wills.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in\nthe heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon,\nand the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many\nof mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He\nwhom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honour. Lo! Allah doeth\nwhat He will.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens\nand whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars,\nand the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the\npeople; and many there are against whom chastisement has become\nnecessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him\nhonorable; surely Allah does what He pleases.\n\n022.019\nY: These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: But\nthose who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of\nFire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water.\n\nP: These twain (the believers and the disbelievers) are two opponents\nwho contend concerning their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve,\ngarments of fire will be cut out for them; boiling fluid will be poured\ndown on their heads,\n\nS: These are two adversaries who dispute about their Lord; then (as to)\nthose who disbelieve, for them are cut out garments of fire, boiling\nwater shall be poured over their heads.\n\n022.020\nY: With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as\n(their) skins.\n\nP: Whereby that which is in their bellies, and their skins too, will be\nmelted;\n\nS: With it shall be melted what is in their bellies and (their) skins as\nwell.\n\n022.021\nY: In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.\n\nP: And for them are hooked rods of iron.\n\nS: And for them are whips of iron.\n\n022.022\nY: Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will\nbe forced back therein, and (it will be said), \"Taste ye the Penalty of\nBurning!\"\n\nP: Whenever, in their anguish, they would go forth from thence they are\ndriven back therein and (it is said unto them): Taste the doom of\nburning.\n\nS: Whenever they will desire to go forth from it, from grief, they shall\nbe turned back into it, and taste the chastisement of burning.\n\n022.023\nY: Allah will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to\nGardens beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with\nbracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.\n\nP: Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter\nGardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will be allowed\narmlets of gold, and pearls, and their raiment therein will be silk.\n\nS: Surely Allah will make those who believe and do good deeds enter\ngardens beneath which rivers flow; they shall be adorned therein with\nbracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and their garments therein shall\nbe of silk.\n\n022.024\nY: For they have been guided (in this life) to the purest of speeches;\nthey have been guided to the Path of Him Who is Worthy of (all) Praise.\n\nP: They are guided unto gentle speech; they are guided unto the path of\nthe Glorious One.\n\nS: And they are guided to goodly words and they are guided into the path\nof the Praised One.\n\n022.025\nY: As to those who have rejected (Allah), and would keep back (men) from\nthe Way of Allah, and from the Sacred Mosque, which We have made (open)\nto (all) men - equal is the dweller there and the visitor from the\ncountry - and any whose purpose therein is profanity or wrong-doing -\nthem will We cause to taste of a most Grievous Penalty.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve and bar (men) from the way of Allah and from\nthe Inviolable Place of Worship, which We have appointed for mankind\ntogether, the dweller therein and the nomad: whosoever seeketh wrongful\npartiality therein, him We shall cause to taste a painful doom.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who disbelieve, and hinder (men) from Allah's\nway and from the Sacred Mosque which We have made equally for all men,\n(for) the dweller therein and (for) the visitor, and whoever shall\nincline therein to wrong unjustly, We will make him taste of a painful\nchastisement.\n\n022.026\nY: Behold! We gave the site, to Abraham, of the (Sacred) House,\n(saying): \"Associate not anything (in worship) with Me; and sanctify My\nHouse for those who compass it round, or stand up, or bow, or prostrate\nthemselves (therein in prayer).\"\n\nP: And (remember) when We prepared for Abraham the place of the (holy)\nHouse, saying: Ascribe thou no thing as partner unto Me, and purify My\nHouse for those who make the round (thereof) and those who stand and\nthose who bow and make prostration.\n\nS: And when We assigned to Ibrahim the place of the House, saying: Do\nnot associate with Me aught, and purify My House for those who make the\ncircuit and stand to pray and bow and prostrate themselves.\n\n022.027\nY: \"And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on\nfoot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys\nthrough deep and distant mountain highways;\"\n\nP: And proclaim unto mankind the pilgrimage. They will come unto thee on\nfoot and on every lean camel; they will come from every deep ravine,\n\nS: And proclaim among men the Pilgrimage: they will come to you on foot\nand on every lean camel, coming from every remote path,\n\n022.028\nY: \"That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and\ncelebrate the name of Allah, through the Days appointed, over the\ncattle which He has provided for them (for sacrifice): then eat ye\nthereof and feed the distressed ones in want.\"\n\nP: That they may witness things that are of benefit to them, and mention\nthe name of Allah on appointed days over the beast of cattle that He\nhath bestowed upon them. Then eat thereof and feed therewith the poor\nunfortunate.\n\nS: That they may witness advantages for them and mention the name of\nAllah during stated days over what He has given them of the cattle\nquadrupeds, then eat of them and feed the distressed one, the needy.\n\n022.029\nY: \"Then let them complete the rites prescribed for them, perform their\nvows, and (again) circumambulate the Ancient House.\"\n\nP: Then let them make an end of their unkemptness and pay their vows and\ngo around the ancient House.\n\nS: Then let them accomplish their needful acts of shaving and cleansing,\nand let them fulfil their vows and let them go round the Ancient House.\n\n022.030\nY: Such (is the Pilgrimage): whoever honours the sacred rites of Allah,\nfor him it is good in the Sight of his Lord. Lawful to you (for food in\nPilgrimage) are cattle, except those mentioned to you (as exception):\nbut shun the abomination of idols, and shun the word that is false,-\n\nP: That (is the command). And whoso magnifieth the sacred things of\nAllah, it will be well for him in the sight of his Lord. The cattle are\nlawful unto you save that which hath been told you. So shun the filth\nof idols, and shun lying speech,\n\nS: That (shall be so); and whoever respects the sacred ordinances of\nAllah, it is better for him with his Lord; and the cattle are made\nlawful for you, except that which is recited to you, therefore avoid\nthe uncleanness of the idols and avoid false words,\n\n022.031\nY: Being true in faith to Allah, and never assigning partners to Him: if\nanyone assigns partners to Allah, is as if he had fallen from heaven\nand been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on\nits prey) and thrown him into a far-distant place.\n\nP: Turning unto Allah (only), not ascribing partners unto Him; for whoso\nascribeth partners unto Allah, it is as if he had fallen from the sky\nand the birds had snatched him or the wind had blown him to a far-off\nplace.\n\nS: Being upright for Allah, not associating aught with Him and whoever\nassociates (others) with Allah, it is as though he had fallen from on\nhigh, then the birds snatch him away or the wind carries him off to a\nfar-distant place.\n\n022.032\nY: Such (is his state): and whoever holds in honour the symbols of\nAllah, (in the sacrifice of animals), such (honour) should come truly\nfrom piety of heart.\n\nP: That (is the command). And whoso magnifieth the offerings consecrated\nto Allah, it surely is from devotion of the hearts,\n\nS: That (shall be so); and whoever respects the signs of Allah, this\nsurely is (the outcome) of the piety of hearts.\n\n022.033\nY: In them ye have benefits for a term appointed: in the end their place\nof sacrifice is near the Ancient House.\n\nP: Therein are benefits for you for an appointed term; and afterward\nthey are brought for sacrifice unto the ancient House.\n\nS: You have advantages in them till a fixed time, then their place of\nsacrifice is the Ancient House.\n\n022.034\nY: To every people did We appoint rites (of sacrifice), that they might\ncelebrate the name of Allah over the sustenance He gave them from\nanimals (fit for food). But your Allah is One Allah: submit then your\nwills to Him (in Islam): and give thou the good news to those who\nhumble themselves,-\n\nP: And for every nation have We appointed a ritual, that they may\nmention the name of Allah over the beast of cattle that He hath given\nthem for food; and your Allah is One Allah, therefor surrender unto\nHim. And give good tidings (O Muhammad) to the humble,\n\nS: And to every nation We appointed acts of devotion that they may\nmention the name of Allah on what He has given them of the cattle\nquadrupeds; so your Allah is One Allah, therefore to Him should you\nsubmit, and give good news to the humble,\n\n022.035\nY: To those whose hearts when Allah is mentioned, are filled with fear,\nwho show patient perseverance over their afflictions, keep up regular\nprayer, and spend (in charity) out of what We have bestowed upon them.\n\nP: Whose hearts fear when Allah is mentioned, and the patient of\nwhatever may befall them, and those who establish worship and who spend\nof that We have bestowed on them.\n\nS: (To) those whose hearts tremble when Allah is mentioned, and those\nwho are patient under that which afflicts them, and those who keep up\nprayer, and spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them.\n\n022.036\nY: The sacrificial camels we have made for you as among the symbols from\nAllah: in them is (much) good for you: then pronounce the name of Allah\nover them as they line up (for sacrifice): when they are down on their\nsides (after slaughter), eat ye thereof, and feed such as (beg not but)\nlive in contentment, and such as beg with due humility: thus have We\nmade animals subject to you, that ye may be grateful.\n\nP: And the camels! We have appointed them among the ceremonies of Allah.\nTherein ye have much good. So mention the name of Allah over them when\nthey are drawn up in lines. Then when their flanks fall (dead), eat\nthereof and feed the beggar and the suppliant. Thus have We made them\nsubject unto you, that haply ye may give thanks.\n\nS: And (as for) the camels, We have made them of the signs of the\nreligion of Allah for you; for you therein is much good; therefore\nmention the name of Allah on them as they stand in a row, then when\nthey fall down eat of them and feed the poor man who is contented and\nthe beggar; thus have We made them subservient to you, that you may be\ngrateful.\n\n022.037\nY: It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches Allah: it is your\npiety that reaches Him: He has thus made them subject to you, that ye\nmay glorify Allah for His Guidance to you and proclaim the good news to\nall who do right.\n\nP: Their flesh and their food reach not Allah, but the devotion from you\nreacheth Him. Thus have We made them subject unto you that ye may\nmagnify Allah that He hath guided you. And give good tidings (O\nMuhammad) to the good.\n\nS: There does not reach Allah their flesh nor their blood, but to Him is\nacceptable the guarding (against evil) on your part; thus has He made\nthem subservient to you, that you may magnify Allah because He has\nguided you aright; and give good news to those who do good (to others).\n\n022.038\nY: Verily Allah will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, Allah\nloveth not any that is a traitor to faith, or show ingratitude.\n\nP: Lo! Allah defendeth those who are true. Lo! Allah loveth not each\ntreacherous ingrate.\n\nS: Surely Allah will defend those who believe; surely Allah does not\nlove any one who is unfaithful, ungrateful.\n\n022.039\nY: To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight),\nbecause they are wronged;- and verily, Allah is most powerful for their\naid;-\n\nP: Sanction is given unto those who fight because they have been\nwronged; and Allah is indeed Able to give them victory;\n\nS: Permission (to fight) is given to those upon whom war is made because\nthey are oppressed, and most surely Allah is well able to assist them;\n\n022.040\nY: (They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance\nof right,- (for no cause) except that they say, \"Our Lord is Allah\".\nDid not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would\nsurely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and\nmosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant\nmeasure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for\nverily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce\nHis Will).\n\nP: Those who have been driven from their homes unjustly only because\nthey said: Our Lord is Allah - For had it not been for Allah's\nrepelling some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and\noratories and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft mentioned,\nwould assuredly have been pulled down. Verily Allah helpeth one who\nhelpeth Him. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty -\n\nS: Those who have been expelled from their homes without a just cause\nexcept that they say: Our Lord is Allah. And had there not been Allah's\nrepelling some people by others, certainly there would have been pulled\ndown cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques in which Allah's\nname is much remembered; and surely Allah will help him who helps His\ncause; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.\n\n022.041\nY: (They are) those who, if We establish them in the land, establish\nregular prayer and give regular charity, enjoin the right and forbid\nwrong: with Allah rests the end (and decision) of (all) affairs.\n\nP: Those who, if We give them power in the land, establish worship and\npay the poor-due and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity. And Allah's\nis the sequel of events.\n\nS: Those who, should We establish them in the land, will keep up prayer\nand pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and forbid evil; and Allah's is\nthe end of affairs.\n\n022.042\nY: If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them\n(with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and 'Ad and Thamud;\n\nP: If they deny thee (Muhammad), even so the folk of Noah, and (the\ntribes of) A'ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers);\n\nS: And if they reject you, then already before you did the people of Nuh\nand Ad and Samood reject (prophets).\n\n022.043\nY: Those of Abraham and Lut;\n\nP: And the folk of Abraham and the folk of Lot;\n\nS: And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut,\n\n022.044\nY: And the Companions of the Madyan People; and Moses was rejected (in\nthe same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and (only)\nafter that did I punish them: but how (terrible) was my rejection (of\nthem)!\n\nP: (And) the dwellers in Midian. And Moses was denied; but I indulged\nthe disbelievers a long while, then I seized them, and how (terrible)\nwas My abhorrence!\n\nS: As well as those of Madyan and Musa (too) was rejected, but I gave\nrespite to the unbelievers, then did I overtake them, so how (severe)\nwas My disapproval.\n\n022.045\nY: How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to\nwrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are\nlying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?\n\nP: How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it\nlieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty\ntower!\n\nS: So how many a town did We destroy while it was unjust, so it was\nfallen down upon its roofs, and (how many a) deserted well and palace\nraised high.\n\n022.046\nY: Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds)\nmay thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it\nis not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts which are in their\nbreasts.\n\nP: Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith\nto feel and ears wherewith to hear? For indeed it is not the eyes that\ngrow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that\ngrow blind.\n\nS: Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts\nwith which to understand, or ears with which to hear? For surely it is\nnot the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the\nbreasts.\n\n022.047\nY: Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not\nfail in His Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a\nthousand years of your reckoning.\n\nP: And they will bid thee hasten on the Doom, and Allah faileth not His\npromise, but lo! a Day with Allah is as a thousand years of what ye\nreckon.\n\nS: And they ask you to hasten on the punishment, and Allah will by no\nmeans fail in His promise, and surely a day with your Lord is as a\nthousand years of what you number.\n\n022.048\nY: And to how many populations did I give respite, which were given to\nwrong-doing? in the end I punished them. To me is the destination (of\nall).\n\nP: And how many a township did I suffer long though it was sinful! Then\nI grasped it. Unto Me is the return.\n\nS: And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then\nI overtook it, and to Me is the return.\n\n022.049\nY: Say: \"O men! I am (sent) to you only to give a Clear Warning:\"\n\nP: Say: O mankind! I am only a plain warner unto you.\n\nS: Say: O people! I am only a plain warner to you.\n\n022.050\nY: \"Those who believe and work righteousness, for them is forgiveness\nand a sustenance most generous.\"\n\nP: Those who believe and do good works, for them is pardon and a rich\nprovision;\n\nS: Then (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have\nforgiveness and an honorable sustenance.\n\n022.051\nY: \"But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- they\nwill be Companions of the Fire.\"\n\nP: While those who strive to thwart Our revelations, such are rightful\nowners of the Fire.\n\nS: And (as for) those who strive to oppose Our communications, they\nshall be the inmates of the flaming fire.\n\n022.052\nY: Never did We send a messenger or a prophet before thee, but, when he\nframed a desire, Satan threw some (vanity) into his desire: but Allah\nwill cancel anything (vain) that Satan throws in, and Allah will\nconfirm (and establish) His Signs: for Allah is full of Knowledge and\nWisdom:\n\nP: Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He\nrecited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that\nwhich he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan\nproposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower,\nWise;\n\nS: And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet, but when he\ndesired, the Shaitan made a suggestion respecting his desire; but Allah\nannuls that which the Shaitan casts, then does Allah establish His\ncommunications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise,\n\n022.053\nY: That He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a trial for\nthose in whose hearts is a disease and who are hardened of heart:\nverily the wrong-doers are in a schism far (from the Truth):\n\nP: That He may make that which the devil proposeth a temptation for\nthose in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened\n- Lo! the evil-doers are in open schism -\n\nS: So that He may make what the Shaitan casts a trial for those in whose\nhearts is disease and those whose hearts are hard; and most surely the\nunjust are in a great opposition,\n\n022.054\nY: And that those on whom knowledge has been bestowed may learn that the\n(Qur'an) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they may believe therein,\nand their hearts may be made humbly (open) to it: for verily Allah is\nthe Guide of those who believe, to the Straight Way.\n\nP: And that those who have been given knowledge may know that it is the\ntruth from thy Lord, so that they may believe therein and their hearts\nmay submit humbly unto Him. Lo! Allah verily is guiding those who\nbelieve unto a right path.\n\nS: And that those who have been given the knowledge may know that it is\nthe truth from your Lord, so they may believe in it and their hearts\nmay be lowly before it; and most surely Allah is the Guide of those who\nbelieve into a right path.\n\n022.055\nY: Those who reject Faith will not cease to be in doubt concerning\n(Revelation) until the Hour (of Judgment) comes suddenly upon them, or\nthere comes to them the Penalty of a Day of Disaster.\n\nP: And those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt thereof until\nthe Hour come upon them unawares, or there come unto them the doom of a\ndisastrous day.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve shall not cease to be in doubt concerning it\nuntil the hour overtakes them suddenly, or there comes on them the\nchastisement of a destructive day.\n\n022.056\nY: On that Day of Dominion will be that of Allah: He will judge between\nthem: so those who believe and work righteous deeds will be in Gardens\nof Delight.\n\nP: The Sovereignty on that day will be Allah's, He will judge between\nthem. Then those who believed and did good works will be in Gardens of\nDelight,\n\nS: The kingdom on that day shall be Allah's; He will judge between them;\nso those who believe and do good will be in gardens of bliss.\n\n022.057\nY: And for those who reject Faith and deny our Signs, there will be a\nhumiliating Punishment.\n\nP: While those who disbelieved and denied Our revelations, for them will\nbe a shameful doom.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve in and reject Our communications,\nthese it is who shall have a disgraceful chastisement.\n\n022.058\nY: Those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, and are then slain\nor die,- On them will Allah bestow verily a goodly Provision: Truly\nAllah is He Who bestows the best provision.\n\nP: Those who fled their homes for the cause of Allah and then were slain\nor died, Allah verily will provide for them a good provision. Lo!\nAllah, He verily is Best of all who make provision.\n\nS: And (as for) those who fly in Allah's way and are then slain or die,\nAllah will most certainly grant them a goodly sustenance, and most\nsurely Allah is the best Giver of sustenance.\n\n022.059\nY: Verily He will admit them to a place with which they shall be well\npleased: for Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.\n\nP: Assuredly He will cause them to enter by an entry that they will\nlove. Lo! Allah verily is Knower, Indulgent.\n\nS: He will certainly cause them to enter a place of entrance which they\nshall be well pleased with, and most surely Allah is Knowing,\nForbearing.\n\n022.060\nY: That (is so). And if one has retaliated to no greater extent than the\ninjury he received, and is again set upon inordinately, Allah will help\nhim: for Allah is One that blots out (sins) and forgives (again and\nagain).\n\nP: That (is so). And whoso hath retaliated with the like of that which\nhe was made to suffer and then hath (again) been wronged, Allah will\nsuccour him. Lo! Allah verily is Mild, Forgiving.\n\nS: That (shall be so); and he who retaliates with the like of that with\nwhich he has been afflicted and he has been oppressed, Allah will most\ncertainly aid him; most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.\n\n022.061\nY: That is because Allah merges night into day, and He merges day into\nnight, and verily it is Allah Who hears and sees (all things).\n\nP: That is because Allah maketh the night to pass into the day and\nmaketh the day to pass into the night, and because Allah is Hearer,\nSeer.\n\nS: That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the day and\ncauses the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is Hearing,\nSeeing.\n\n022.062\nY: That is because Allah - He is the Reality; and those besides Him whom\nthey invoke,- they are but vain Falsehood: verily Allah is He, Most\nHigh, Most Great.\n\nP: That is because Allah, He is the True, and that whereon they call\ninstead of Him, it is the false, and because Allah, He is the High, the\nGreat.\n\nS: That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon\nbesides Him-- that is the falsehood, and because Allah is the High, the\nGreat.\n\n022.063\nY: Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and forthwith\nthe earth becomes clothed with green? for Allah is He Who understands\nthe finest mysteries, and is well-acquainted (with them).\n\nP: Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the\nearth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud so the\nearth becomes green? Surely Allah is Benignant, Aware.\n\n022.064\nY: To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: for verily\nAllah,- He is free of all wants, Worthy of all Praise.\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the\nearth. Lo! Allah, He verily is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: His is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth;\nand most surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.\n\n022.065\nY: Seest thou not that Allah has made subject to you (men) all that is\non the earth, and the ships that sail through the sea by His Command?\nHe withholds the sky (rain) from failing on the earth except by His\nleave: for Allah is Most Kind and Most Merciful to man.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth\nsubservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command,\nand He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His\nleave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah has made subservient to you whatsoever is\nin the earth and the ships running in the sea by His command? And He\nwithholds the heaven from falling on the earth except with His\npermission; most surely Allah is Compassionate, Merciful to men.\n\n022.066\nY: It is He Who gave you life, will cause you to die, and will again\ngive you life: Truly man is a most ungrateful creature!\n\nP: And He it is Who gave you life, then He will cause you to die, and\nthen will give you life (again). Lo! man is verily an ingrate.\n\nS: And He it is Who has brought you to life, then He will cause you to\ndie, then bring you to life (again); most surely man is ungrateful.\n\n022.067\nY: To every People have We appointed rites and ceremonies which they\nmust follow: let them not then dispute with thee on the matter, but do\nthou invite (them) to thy Lord: for thou art assuredly on the Right\nWay.\n\nP: Unto each nation have We given sacred rites which they are to\nperform; so let them not dispute with thee of the matter, but summon\nthou unto thy Lord. Lo! thou indeed followest right guidance.\n\nS: To every nation We appointed acts of devotion which they observe,\ntherefore they should not dispute with you about the matter and call to\nyour Lord; most surely you are on a right way.\n\n022.068\nY: If they do wrangle with thee, say, \"Allah knows best what it is ye\nare doing.\"\n\nP: And if they wrangle with thee, say: Allah is Best Aware of what ye\ndo.\n\nS: And if they contend with you, say: Allah best knows what you do.\n\n022.069\nY: \"Allah will judge between you on the Day of Judgment concerning the\nmatters in which ye differ.\"\n\nP: Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning\nthat wherein ye used to differ.\n\nS: Allah will judge between you on the day of resurrection respecting\nthat in which you differ.\n\n022.070\nY: Knowest thou not that Allah knows all that is in heaven and on earth?\nIndeed it is all in a Record, and that is easy for Allah.\n\nP: Hast thou not known that Allah knoweth all that is in the heaven and\nthe earth? Lo! it is in a record. Lo! that is easy for Allah.\n\nS: Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth?\nSurely this is in a book; surely this is easy to Allah.\n\n022.071\nY: Yet they worship, besides Allah, things for which no authority has\nbeen sent down to them, and of which they have (really) no knowledge:\nfor those that do wrong there is no helper.\n\nP: And they worship instead of Allah that for which He hath sent down no\nwarrant, and that whereof they have no knowledge. For evil-doers there\nis no helper.\n\nS: And they serve besides Allah that for which He has not sent any\nauthority, and that of which they have no knowledge; and for the unjust\nthere shall be no helper.\n\n022.072\nY: When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, thou wilt notice a denial\non the faces of the Unbelievers! they nearly attack with violence those\nwho rehearse Our Signs to them. Say, \"Shall I tell you of something\n(far) worse than these Signs? It is the Fire (of Hell)! Allah has\npromised it to the Unbelievers! and evil is that destination!\"\n\nP: And when Our revelations are recited unto them, thou knowest the\ndenial in the faces of those who disbelieve; they all but attack those\nwho recite Our revelations unto them. Say: Shall I proclaim unto you\nworse than that? The Fire! Allah hath promised it for those who\ndisbelieve. A hapless journey's end!\n\nS: And when Our clear communications are recited to them you will find\ndenial on the faces of those who disbelieve; they almost spring upon\nthose who recite to them Our communications. Say: Shall I inform you of\nwhat is worse than this? The fire; Allah has promised it to those who\ndisbelieve; and how evil the resort!\n\n022.073\nY: O men! Here is a parable set forth! listen to it! Those on whom,\nbesides Allah, ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met\ntogether for the purpose! and if the fly should snatch away anything\nfrom them, they would have no power to release it from the fly. Feeble\nare those who petition and those whom they petition!\n\nP: O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on\nwhom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine\ntogether for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they\ncould not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the\nsought!\n\nS: O people! a parable is set forth, therefore listen to it: surely\nthose whom you call upon besides Allah cannot create fly, though they\nshould all gather for it, and should the fly snatch away anything from\nthem, they could not take it back from it; weak are the invoker and the\ninvoked.\n\n022.074\nY: No just estimate have they made of Allah: for Allah is He Who is\nstrong and able to Carry out His Will.\n\nP: They measure not Allah His rightful measure. Lo! Allah is Strong,\nAlmighty.\n\nS: They have not estimated Allah with the estimation that is due to Him;\nmost surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.\n\n022.075\nY: Allah chooses messengers from angels and from men for Allah is He Who\nhears and sees (all things).\n\nP: Allah chooseth from the angels messengers, and (also) from mankind.\nLo! Allah is Hearer, Seer.\n\nS: Allah chooses messengers from among the angels and from among the\nmen; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.\n\n022.076\nY: He knows what is before them and what is behind them: and to Allah go\nback all questions (for decision).\n\nP: He knoweth all that is before them and all that is behind them, and\nunto Allah all things are returned.\n\nS: He knows what is before them and what is behind them and to Allah are\nall affairs turned back.\n\n022.077\nY: O ye who believe! bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your\nLord; and do good; that ye may prosper.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and worship your\nLord, and do good, that haply ye may prosper.\n\nS: O you who believe! bow down and prostrate yourselves and serve your\nLord, and do good that you may succeed.\n\n022.078\nY: And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and\nunder discipline). He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties\non you in religion; it is the cult of your father Abraham. It is He Who\nhas named you Muslims, both before and in this (Revelation); that the\nMessenger may be a witness for you, and ye be witnesses for mankind! So\nestablish regular Prayer, give regular Charity, and hold fast to Allah!\nHe is your Protector - the Best to protect and the Best to help!\n\nP: And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath\nchosen you and hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the\nfaith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath named you Muslims of\nold time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness\nagainst you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish\nworship, pay the poor-due, and hold fast to Allah. He is your\nProtecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper!\n\nS: And strive hard in (the way of) Allah, (such) a striving a is due to\nHim; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you an hardship in\nreligion; the faith of your father Ibrahim; He named you Muslims before\nand in this, that the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you, and\nyou may be bearers of witness to the people; therefore keep up prayer\nand pay the poor-rate and hold fast by Allah; He is your Guardian; how\nexcellent the Guardian and how excellent the Helper!\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 23:\n\n                        AL-MUMENOON (THE BELIEVERS)\n Total Verses: 118 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n023.001\nY: The believers must (eventually) win through,-\n\nP: Successful indeed are the believers\n\nS: Successful indeed are the believers,\n\n023.002\nY: Those who humble themselves in their prayers;\n\nP: Who are humble in their prayers,\n\nS: Who are humble in their prayers,\n\n023.003\nY: Who avoid vain talk;\n\nP: And who shun vain conversation,\n\nS: And who keep aloof from what is vain,\n\n023.004\nY: Who are active in deeds of charity;\n\nP: And who are payers of the poor-due;\n\nS: And who are givers of poor-rate,\n\n023.005\nY: Who abstain from sex,\n\nP: And who guard their modesty -\n\nS: And who guard their private parts,\n\n023.006\nY: Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the\ncaptives) whom their right hands possess,- for (in their case) they are\nfree from blame,\n\nP: Save from their wives or the (slaves) that their right hands possess,\nfor then they are not blameworthy,\n\nS: Except before their mates or those whom their right hands possess,\nfor they surely are not blameable,\n\n023.007\nY: But those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors;-\n\nP: But whoso craveth beyond that, such are transgressors -\n\nS: But whoever seeks to go beyond that, these are they that exceed the\nlimits;\n\n023.008\nY: Those who faithfully observe their trusts and their covenants;\n\nP: And who are shepherds of their pledge and their covenant,\n\nS: And those who are keepers of their trusts and their covenant,\n\n023.009\nY: And who (strictly) guard their prayers;-\n\nP: And who pay heed to their prayers.\n\nS: And those who keep a guard on their prayers;\n\n023.010\nY: These will be the heirs,\n\nP: These are the heirs\n\nS: These are they who are the heirs,\n\n023.011\nY: Who will inherit Paradise: they will dwell therein (for ever).\n\nP: Who will inherit paradise. There they will abide.\n\nS: Who shall inherit the Paradise; they shall abide therein.\n\n023.012\nY: Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay);\n\nP: Verily We created man from a product of wet earth;\n\nS: And certainly We created man of an extract of clay,\n\n023.013\nY: Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly\nfixed;\n\nP: Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging;\n\nS: Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,\n\n023.014\nY: Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that\nclot We made a (foetus) lump; then we made out of that lump bones and\nclothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another\ncreature. So blessed be Allah, the best to create!\n\nP: Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a\nlittle lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the\nbones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed\nbe Allah, the Best of creators!\n\nS: Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a lump of flesh,\nthen We made (in) the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones\nwith flesh, then We caused it to grow into another creation, so blessed\nbe Allah, the best of the creators.\n\n023.015\nY: After that, at length ye will die.\n\nP: Then lo! after that ye surely die.\n\nS: Then after that you will most surely die.\n\n023.016\nY: Again, on the Day of Judgment, will ye be raised up.\n\nP: Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection ye are raised (again).\n\nS: Then surely on the day of resurrection you shall be raised.\n\n023.017\nY: And We have made, above you, seven tracts; and We are never unmindful\nof (our) Creation.\n\nP: And We have created above you seven paths, and We are never unmindful\nof creation.\n\nS: And certainly We made above you seven heavens; and never are We\nheedless of creation.\n\n023.018\nY: And We send down water from the sky according to (due) measure, and\nWe cause it to soak in the soil; and We certainly are able to drain it\noff (with ease).\n\nP: And we send down from the sky water in measure, and We give it\nlodging in the earth, and lo! We are Able to withdraw it.\n\nS: And We send down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We\ncause it to settle in the earth, and most surely We are able to carry\nit away.\n\n023.019\nY: With it We grow for you gardens of date-palms and vines: in them have\nye abundant fruits: and of them ye eat (and have enjoyment),-\n\nP: Then We produce for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapes,\nwherein is much fruit for you and whereof ye eat;\n\nS: Then We cause to grow thereby gardens of palm trees and grapes for\nyou; you have in them many fruits and from them do you eat;\n\n023.020\nY: Also a tree springing out of Mount Sinai, which produces oil, and\nrelish for those who use it for food.\n\nP: And a tree that springeth forth from Mount Sinai that groweth oil and\nrelish for the eaters.\n\nS: And a tree that grows out of Mount Sinai which produces oil and a\ncondiment for those who eat.\n\n023.021\nY: And in cattle (too) ye have an instructive example: from within their\nbodies We produce (milk) for you to drink; there are, in them,\n(besides), numerous (other) benefits for you; and of their (meat) ye\neat;\n\nP: And lo! in the cattle there is verily a lesson for you. We give you\nto drink of that which is in their bellies, and many uses have ye in\nthem, and of them do ye eat;\n\nS: And most surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle: We make you\nto drink of what is in their bellies, and you have in them many\nadvantages and of them you eat,\n\n023.022\nY: An on them, as well as in slips, ye side.\n\nP: And on them and on the ship ye are carried.\n\nS: And on them and on the ships you are borne.\n\n023.023\nY: (Further, We sent a long line of prophets for your instruction). We\nsent Noah to his people: He said, \"O my people! worship Allah! Ye have\nno other god but Him. Will ye not fear (Him)?\"\n\nP: And We verily sent Noah unto his folk, and he said: O my people!\nServe Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not ward off\n(evil)?\n\nS: And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O my people!\nserve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard\n(against evil)?\n\n023.024\nY: The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: \"He is no more\nthan a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiority over\nyou: if Allah had wished (to send messengers), He could have sent down\nangels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among our\nancestors of old.\"\n\nP: But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: This is only a\nmortal like you who would make himself superior to you. Had Allah\nwilled, He surely could have sent down angels. We heard not of this in\nthe case of our fathers of old.\n\nS: And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said:\nHe is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who desires that he may have\nsuperiority over you, and if Allah had pleased, He could certainly have\nsent down angels. We have not heard of this among our fathers of yore:\n\n023.025\nY: (And some said): \"He is only a man possessed: wait (and have\npatience) with him for a time.\"\n\nP: He is only a man in whom is a madness, so watch him for a while.\n\nS: He is only a madman, so bear with him for a time.\n\n023.026\nY: (Noah) said: \"O my Lord! help me: for that they accuse me of\nfalsehood!\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me.\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! help me against their calling me a liar.\n\n023.027\nY: So We inspired him (with this message): \"Construct the Ark within Our\nsight and under Our guidance: then when comes Our Command, and the\nfountains of the earth gush forth, take thou on board pairs of every\nspecies, male and female, and thy family- except those of them against\nwhom the Word has already gone forth: And address Me not in favour of\nthe wrong-doers; for they shall be drowned (in the Flood).\"\n\nP: Then We inspired in him, saying: Make the ship under Our eyes and Our\ninspiration. Then, when Our command cometh and the oven gusheth water,\nintroduce therein of every (kind) two spouses, and thy household save\nhim thereof against whom the Word hath already gone forth. And plead\nnot with Me on behalf of those who have done wrong. Lo! they will be\ndrowned.\n\nS: So We revealed to him, saying: Make the ark before Our eyes and\n(according to) Our revelation; and when Our command is given and the\nvalley overflows, take into it of every kind a pair, two, and your\nfollowers, except those among them against whom the word has gone\nforth, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who are unjust;\nsurely they shall be drowned.\n\n023.028\nY: And when thou hast embarked on the Ark - thou and those with thee,-\nsay: \"Praise be to Allah, Who has saved us from the people who do\nwrong.\"\n\nP: And when thou art on board the ship, thou and whoso is with thee,\nthen say: Praise be to Allah Who hath saved us from the wrongdoing\nfolk!\n\nS: And when you are firmly seated, you and those with you, in the ark,\nsay: All praise is due to Allah who delivered us from the unjust\npeople:\n\n023.029\nY: And say: \"O my Lord! enable me to disembark with thy blessing: for\nThou art the Best to enable (us) to disembark.\"\n\nP: And say: My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, for\nThou art Best of all who bring to land.\n\nS: And say: O my Lord! cause me to disembark a blessed alighting, and\nThou art the best to cause to alight.\n\n023.030\nY: Verily in this there are Signs (for men to understand); (thus) do We\ntry (men).\n\nP: Lo! herein verily are portents, for lo! We are ever putting (mankind)\nto the test.\n\nS: Most surely there are signs in this, and most surely We are ever\ntrying (men).\n\n023.031\nY: Then We raised after them another generation.\n\nP: Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;\n\nS: Then We raised up after them another generation.\n\n023.032\nY: And We sent to them a messenger from among themselves, (saying),\n\"Worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him. Will ye not fear (Him)?\"\n\nP: And we sent among them a messenger of their own, saying: Serve Allah,\nYe have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: So We sent among them a messenger from among them, saying: Serve\nAllah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard (against\nevil)?\n\n023.033\nY: And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved and denied the Meeting\nin the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the good things of this\nlife, said: \"He is no more than a man like yourselves: he eats of that\nof which ye eat, and drinks of what ye drink.\"\n\nP: And the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved and denied the\nmeeting of the Hereafter, and whom We had made soft in the life of the\nworld, said: This is only a mortal like you, who eateth of that whereof\nye eat and drinketh of that ye drink.\n\nS: And the chiefs of his people who disbelieved and called the meeting\nof the hereafter a lie, and whom We had given plenty to enjoy in this\nworld's life, said: This is nothing but a mortal like yourselves,\neating of what you eat from and drinking of what you drink.\n\n023.034\nY: \"If ye obey a man like yourselves, behold, it is certain ye will be\nlost.\"\n\nP: If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely\nwould be losers.\n\nS: And if you obey a mortal like yourselves, then most surely you will\nbe losers:\n\n023.035\nY: \"Does he promise that when ye die and become dust and bones, ye shall\nbe brought forth (again)?\"\n\nP: Doth he promise you that you, when ye are dead and have become dust\nand bones, will (again) be brought forth?\n\nS: What! does he threaten you that when you are dead and become dust and\nbones that you shall then be brought forth?\n\n023.036\nY: \"Far, very far is that which ye are promised!\"\n\nP: Begone, begone, with that which ye are promised!\n\nS: Far, far is that which you are threatened with.\n\n023.037\nY: \"There is nothing but our life in this world! We shall die and we\nlive! But we shall never be raised up again!\"\n\nP: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and we\nshall not be raised (again).\n\nS: There is naught but our life in this world; we die and we live and we\nshall not be raised again.\n\n023.038\nY: \"He is only a man who invents a lie against Allah, but we are not the\nones to believe in him!\"\n\nP: He is only a man who hath invented a lie about Allah. We are not\ngoing to put faith in him.\n\nS: He is naught but a man who has forged a lie against Allah, and we are\nnot going to believe in him.\n\n023.039\nY: (The prophet) said: \"O my Lord! help me: for that they accuse me of\nfalsehood.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me.\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! help me against their calling me a liar.\n\n023.040\nY: (Allah) said: \"In but a little while, they are sure to be sorry!\"\n\nP: He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant.\n\nS: He said: In a little while they will most certainly be repenting.\n\n023.041\nY: Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made them as\nrubbish of dead leaves (floating on the stream of Time)! So away with\nthe people who do wrong!\n\nP: So the (Awful) Cry overtook them rightfully, and We made them like as\nwreckage (that a torrent hurleth). A far removal for wrongdoing folk!\n\nS: So the punishment overtook them in justice, and We made them as\nrubbish; so away with the unjust people.\n\n023.042\nY: Then We raised after them other generations.\n\nP: Then after them We brought forth other generations.\n\nS: Then We raised after them other generations.\n\n023.043\nY: No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay (it).\n\nP: No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.\n\nS: No people can hasten on their doom nor can they postpone (it).\n\n023.044\nY: Then sent We our messengers in succession: every time there came to a\npeople their messenger, they accused him of falsehood: so We made them\nfollow each other (in punishment): We made them as a tale (that is\ntold): So away with a people that will not believe!\n\nP: Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger\ncame unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one\nanother (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk\nwho believe not!\n\nS: Then We sent Our messengers one after another; whenever there came to\na people their messenger, they called him a liar, so We made some of\nthem follow others and We made them stories; so away with a people who\ndo not believe!\n\n023.045\nY: Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron, with Our Signs and\nauthority manifest,\n\nP: Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our tokens and a clear\nwarrant,\n\nS: Then We sent Musa and his brother Haroun, with Our communications and\na clear authority,\n\n023.046\nY: To Pharaoh and his Chiefs: But these behaved insolently: they were an\narrogant people.\n\nP: Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they scorned (them) and they were\ndespotic folk.\n\nS: To Firon and his chiefs, but they behaved haughtily and they were an\ninsolent people.\n\n023.047\nY: They said: \"Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their\npeople are subject to us!\"\n\nP: And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and\nwhose folk are servile unto us?\n\nS: And they said: What! shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves\nwhile their people serve us?\n\n023.048\nY: So they accused them of falsehood, and they became of those who were\ndestroyed.\n\nP: So they denied them, and became of those who were destroyed.\n\nS: So they rejected them and became of those who were destroyed.\n\n023.049\nY: And We gave Moses the Book, in order that they might receive\nguidance.\n\nP: And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, that haply they might go\naright.\n\nS: And certainly We gave Musa the Book that they may follow a right\ndirection.\n\n023.050\nY: And We made the son of Mary and his mother as a Sign: We gave them\nboth shelter on high ground, affording rest and security and furnished\nwith springs.\n\nP: And We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave\nthem refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings.\n\nS: And We made the son of Marium and his mother a sign, and We gave them\na shelter on a lofty ground having meadows and springs.\n\n023.051\nY: O ye messengers! enjoy (all) things good and pure, and work\nrighteousness: for I am well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.\n\nP: O ye messengers! Eat of the good things, and do right. Lo! I am Aware\nof what ye do.\n\nS: O messengers! eat of the good things and do good; surely I know what\nyou do.\n\n023.052\nY: And verily this Brotherhood of yours is a single Brotherhood, and I\nam your Lord and Cherisher: therefore fear Me (and no other).\n\nP: And lo! this your religion is one religion and I am your Lord, so\nkeep your duty unto Me.\n\nS: And surely this your religion is one religion and I am your Lord,\ntherefore be careful (of your duty) to Me.\n\n023.053\nY: But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, into\nsects: each party rejoices in that which is with itself.\n\nP: But they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects,\neach group rejoicing in its tenets.\n\nS: But they cut off their religion among themselves into sects, each\npart rejoicing in that which is with them.\n\n023.054\nY: But leave them in their confused ignorance for a time.\n\nP: So leave them in their error till a time.\n\nS: Therefore leave them in their overwhelming ignorance till\n\n023.055\nY: Do they think that because We have granted them abundance of wealth\nand sons,\n\nP: Think they that in the wealth and sons wherewith We provide them\n\nS: Do they think that by what We aid them with of wealth and children,\n\n023.056\nY: We would hasten them on in every good? Nay, they do not understand.\n\nP: We hasten unto them with good things? Nay, but they perceive not.\n\nS: We are hastening to them of good things? Nay, they do not perceive.\n\n023.057\nY: Verily those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;\n\nP: Lo! those who go in awe for fear of their Lord.\n\nS: Surely they who from fear of their Lord are cautious,\n\n023.058\nY: Those who believe in the Signs of their Lord;\n\nP: And those who believe in the revelations of their Lord,\n\nS: And those who believe in the communications of their Lord,\n\n023.059\nY: Those who join not (in worship) partners with their Lord;\n\nP: And those who ascribe not partners unto their Lord,\n\nS: And those who do not associate (aught) with their Lord,\n\n023.060\nY: And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear,\nbecause they will return to their Lord;-\n\nP: And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid because\nthey are about to return unto their Lord,\n\nS: And those who give what they give (in alms) while their hearts are\nfull of fear that to their Lord they must return,\n\n023.061\nY: It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost\nin them.\n\nP: These race for the good things, and they shall win them in the race.\n\nS: These hasten to good things and they are foremost in (attaining)\nthem.\n\n023.062\nY: On no soul do We place a burden greater than it can bear: before Us\nis a record which clearly shows the truth: they will never be wronged.\n\nP: And we task not any soul beyond its scope, and with Us is a Record\nwhich speaketh the truth, and they will not be wronged.\n\nS: And We do not lay on any soul a burden except to the extent of its\nability, and with Us is a book which speaks the truth, and they shall\nnot be dealt with unjustly.\n\n023.063\nY: But their hearts are in confused ignorance of this; and there are,\nbesides that, deeds of theirs, which they will (continue) to do,-\n\nP: Nay, but their hearts are in ignorance of this (Qur'an), and they\nhave other works, besides, which they are doing;\n\nS: Nay, their hearts are in overwhelming ignorance with respect to it\nand they have besides this other deeds which they do.\n\n023.064\nY: Until, when We seize in Punishment those of them who received the\ngood things of this world, behold, they will groan in supplication!\n\nP: Till when We grasp their luxurious ones with the punishment, behold!\nthey supplicate.\n\nS: Until when We overtake those who lead easy lives among them with\npunishment, lo! they cry for succor.\n\n023.065\nY: (It will be said): \"Groan not in supplication this day: for ye shall\ncertainly not be helped by Us.\"\n\nP: Supplicate not this day! Assuredly ye will not be helped by Us.\n\nS: Cry not for succor this day; surely you shall not be given help from\nUs.\n\n023.066\nY: \"My Signs used to be rehearsed to you, but ye used to turn back on\nyour heels\"-\n\nP: My revelations were recited unto you, but ye used to turn back on\nyour heels,\n\nS: My communications were indeed recited to you, but you used to turn\nback on your heels,\n\n023.067\nY: \"In arrogance: talking nonsense about the (Qur'an), like one telling\nfables by night.\"\n\nP: In scorn thereof. Nightly did ye rave together.\n\nS: In arrogance; talking nonsense about the Quran, and left him like one\ntelling fables by night.\n\n023.068\nY: Do they not ponder over the Word (of Allah), or has anything (new)\ncome to them that did not come to their fathers of old?\n\nP: Have they not pondered the Word, or hath that come unto them which\ncame not unto their fathers of old?\n\nS: Is it then that they do not ponder over what is said, or is it that\nthere has come to them that which did not come to their fathers of old?\n\n023.069\nY: Or do they not recognise their Messenger, that they deny him?\n\nP: Or know they not their messenger, and so reject him?\n\nS: Or is it that they have not recognized their Messenger, so that they\ndeny him?\n\n023.070\nY: Or do they say, \"He is possessed\"? Nay, he has brought them the\nTruth, but most of them hate the Truth.\n\nP: Or say they: There is a madness in him? Nay, but he bringeth them the\nTruth; and most of them are haters of the Truth.\n\nS: Or do they say: There is madness in him? Nay! he has brought them the\ntruth, and most of them are averse from the truth.\n\n023.071\nY: If the Truth had been in accord with their desires, truly the heavens\nand the earth, and all beings therein would have been in confusion and\ncorruption! Nay, We have sent them their admonition, but they turn away\nfrom their admonition.\n\nP: And if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and\nthe earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have\nbrought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn\naway.\n\nS: And should the truth follow their low desires, surely the heavens and\nthe earth and all those who are therein would have perished. Nay! We\nhave brought to them their reminder, but from their reminder they turn\naside.\n\n023.072\nY: Or is it that thou askest them for some recompense? But the\nrecompense of thy Lord is best: He is the Best of those who give\nsustenance.\n\nP: Or dost thou ask of them (O Muhammad) any tribute? But the bounty of\nthy Lord is better, for He is Best of all who make provision.\n\nS: Or is it that you ask them a recompense? But the recompense of your\nLord is best, and He is the best of those who provide sustenance.\n\n023.073\nY: But verily thou callest them to the Straight Way;\n\nP: And lo! thou summonest them indeed unto a straight path.\n\nS: And most surely you invite them to a right way.\n\n023.074\nY: And verily those who believe not in the Hereafter are deviating from\nthat Way.\n\nP: And lo! those who believe not in the Hereafter are indeed astray from\nthe path.\n\nS: And most surely those who do not believe in the hereafter are\ndeviating from the way.\n\n023.075\nY: If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them,\nthey would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in\ndistraction to and fro.\n\nP: Though We had mercy on them and relieved them of the harm afflicting\nthem, they still would wander blindly on in their contumacy.\n\nS: And if We show mercy to them and remove the distress they have, they\nwould persist in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.\n\n023.076\nY: We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled not themselves to\ntheir Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)!-\n\nP: Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not\nthemselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray,\n\nS: And already We overtook them with chastisement, but they were not\nsubmissive to their Lord, nor do they humble themselves.\n\n023.077\nY: Until We open on them a gate leading to a severe Punishment: then Lo!\nthey will be plunged in despair therein!\n\nP: Until, when We open for them the gate of extreme punishment, behold!\nthey are aghast thereat.\n\nS: Until when We open upon them a door of severe chastisement, lo! they\nare in despair at it.\n\n023.078\nY: It is He Who has created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight,\nfeeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give!\n\nP: He it is Who hath created for you ears and eyes and hearts. Small\nthanks give ye!\n\nS: And He it is Who made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts;\nlittle is it that you give thanks.\n\n023.079\nY: And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be\ngathered back.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath sown you broadcast in the earth, and unto Him\nye will be gathered.\n\nS: And He it is Who multiplied you in the earth, and to Him you shall be\ngathered.\n\n023.080\nY: It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him (is due) the\nalternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?\n\nP: And He it is Who giveth life and causeth death, and His is the\ndifference of night and day. Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: And He it is Who gives life and causes death, and (in) His (control)\nis the alternation of the night and the day; do you not then\nunderstand?\n\n023.081\nY: On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.\n\nP: Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;\n\nS: Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said:\n\n023.082\nY: They say: \"What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we\nreally be raised up again?\"\n\nP: They say: When we are dead and have become (mere) dust and bones,\nshall we then, forsooth, be raised again?\n\nS: They say: What! When we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we\nthen be raised?\n\n023.083\nY: \"Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they\nare nothing but tales of the ancients!\"\n\nP: We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is\nnaught but fables of the men of old.\n\nS: Certainly we are promised this, and (so were) our fathers aforetime;\nthis is naught but stories of those of old.\n\n023.084\nY: Say: \"To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye\nknow!\"\n\nP: Say: Unto Whom (belongeth) the earth and whosoever is therein, if ye\nhave knowledge?\n\nS: Say: Whose is the earth, and whoever is therein, if you know?\n\n023.085\nY: They will say, \"To Allah!\" say: \"Yet will ye not receive admonition?\"\n\nP: They will say: Unto Allah. Say: Will ye not then remember?\n\nS: They will say: Allah's. Say: Will you not then mind?\n\n023.086\nY: Say: \"Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the\nThrone (of Glory) Supreme?\"\n\nP: Say: Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Tremendous\nThrone?\n\nS: Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty\ndominion?\n\n023.087\nY: They will say, \"(They belong) to Allah.\" Say: \"Will ye not then be\nfilled with awe?\"\n\nP: They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: Will ye not then\nkeep duty (unto Him)?\n\nS: They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: Will you not then guard\n(against evil)?\n\n023.088\nY: Say: \"Who is it in whose hands is the governance of all things,- who\nprotects (all), but is not protected (of any)? (say) if ye know.\"\n\nP: Say: In Whose hand is the dominion over all things and He protecteth,\nwhile against Him there is no protection, if ye have knowledge?\n\nS: Say: Who is it in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things and Who\ngives succor, but against Him Succor is not given, if you do but know?\n\n023.089\nY: They will say, \"(It belongs) to Allah.\" Say: \"Then how are ye\ndeluded?\"\n\nP: They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: How then are ye\nbewitched?\n\nS: They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: From whence are you then\ndeceived?\n\n023.090\nY: We have sent them the Truth: but they indeed practise falsehood!\n\nP: Nay, but We have brought them the Truth, and lo! they are liars.\n\nS: Nay! We have brought to them the truth, and most surely they are\nliars.\n\n023.091\nY: No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if\nthere were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he\nhad created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah!\n(He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him!\n\nP: Allah hath not chosen any son, nor is there any god along with Him;\nelse would each god have assuredly championed that which he created,\nand some of them would assuredly have overcome others. Glorified be\nAllah above all that they allege.\n\nS: Never did Allah take to Himself a son, and never was there with him\nany (other) god-- in that case would each god have certainly taken away\nwhat he created, and some of them would certainly have overpowered\nothers; glory be to Allah above what they describe!\n\n023.092\nY: He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for the\npartners they attribute to Him!\n\nP: Knower of the invisible and the visible! and exalted be He over all\nthat they ascribe as partners (unto Him)!\n\nS: The Knower of the unseen and the seen, so may He be exalted above\nwhat they associate (with Him).\n\n023.093\nY: Say: \"O my Lord! if Thou wilt show me (in my lifetime) that which\nthey are warned against,\"-\n\nP: Say: My Lord! If Thou shouldst show me that which they are promised.\n\nS: Say: O my Lord! if Thou shouldst make me see what they are threatened\nwith:\n\n023.094\nY: \"Then, O my Lord! put me not amongst the people who do wrong!\"\n\nP: My Lord! then set me not among the wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: My Lord! then place me not with the unjust.\n\n023.095\nY: And We are certainly able to show thee (in fulfilment) that against\nwhich they are warned.\n\nP: And verily We are Able to show thee that which We have promised them.\n\nS: And most surely We are well able to make you see what We threaten\nthem with.\n\n023.096\nY: Repel evil with that which is best: We are well acquainted with the\nthings they say.\n\nP: Repel evil with that which is better. We are Best Aware of that which\nthey allege.\n\nS: Repel evil by what is best; We know best what they describe.\n\n023.097\nY: And say \"O my Lord! I seek refuge with Thee from the suggestions of\nthe Evil Ones.\"\n\nP: And say: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from suggestions of the evil\nones,\n\nS: And say: O my Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from the evil suggestions\nof the Shaitans;\n\n023.098\nY: \"And I seek refuge with Thee O my Lord! lest they should come near\nme.\"\n\nP: And I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, lest they be present with me,\n\nS: And I seek refuge in Thee! O my Lord! from their presence.\n\n023.099\nY: (In Falsehood will they be) Until, when death comes to one of them,\nhe says: \"O my Lord! send me back (to life),\"-\n\nP: Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My Lord! Send me\nback,\n\nS: Until when death overtakes one of them, he says: Send me back, my\nLord, send me back;\n\n023.100\nY: \"In order that I may work righteousness in the things I neglected.\" -\n\"By no means! It is but a word he says.\"- Before them is a Partition\ntill the Day they are raised up.\n\nP: That I may do right in that which I have left behind! But nay! It is\nbut a word that he speaketh; and behind them is a barrier until the day\nwhen they are raised.\n\nS: Haply I may do good in that which I have left. By no means! it is a\n(mere) word that he speaks; and before them is a barrier until the day\nthey are raised.\n\n023.101\nY: Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no more relationships\nbetween them that day, nor will one ask after another!\n\nP: And when the trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them\nthat day, nor will they ask of one another.\n\nS: So when the trumpet is blown, there shall be no ties of relationship\nbetween them on that day, nor shall they ask of each other.\n\n023.102\nY: Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain\nsalvation:\n\nP: Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful.\n\nS: Then as for him whose good deeds are preponderant, these are the\nsuccessful.\n\n023.103\nY: But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their\nsouls, in Hell will they abide.\n\nP: And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in\nhell abiding.\n\nS: And as for him whose good deeds are light, these are they who shall\nhave lost their souls, abiding in hell.\n\n023.104\nY: The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein grin, with\ntheir lips displaced.\n\nP: The fire burneth their faces, and they are glum therein.\n\nS: The fire shall scorch their faces, and they therein shall be in\nsevere affliction.\n\n023.105\nY: \"Were not My Signs rehearsed to you, and ye did but treat them as\nfalsehood?\"\n\nP: (It will be said): Were not My revelations recited unto you, and then\nye used to deny them?\n\nS: Were not My communications recited to you? But you used to reject\nthem.\n\n023.106\nY: They will say: \"Our Lord! Our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we\nbecame a people astray!\"\n\nP: They will say: Our Lord! Our evil fortune conquered us, and we were\nerring folk.\n\nS: They shall say: O our Lord! our adversity overcame us and we were an\nerring people:\n\n023.107\nY: \"Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to Evil), then\nshall we be wrong-doers indeed!\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Oh, bring us forth from hence! If we return (to evil) then\nindeed we shall be wrong-doers.\n\nS: O our Lord! Take us out of it; then if we return (to evil) surely we\nshall be unjust.\n\n023.108\nY: He will say: \"Be ye driven into it (with ignominy)! And speak ye not\nto Me!\"\n\nP: He saith: Begone therein, and speak not unto Me.\n\nS: He shall say: Go away into it and speak not to Me;\n\n023.109\nY: \"A part of My servants there was, who used to pray 'our Lord! we\nbelieve; then do Thou forgive us, and have mercy upon us: For Thou art\nthe Best of those who show mercy!\"\n\nP: Lo! there was a party of My slaves who said: Our Lord! We believe,\ntherefor forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art Best of all who\nshow mercy;\n\nS: Surely there was a party of My servants who said: O our Lord! we\nbelieve, so do Thou forgive us and have mercy on us, and Thou art the\nbest of the Merciful ones.\n\n023.110\nY: \"But ye treated them with ridicule, so much so that (ridicule of)\nthem made you forget My Message while ye were laughing at them!\"\n\nP: But ye chose them for a laughing-stock until they caused you to\nforget remembrance of Me, while ye laughed at them.\n\nS: But you took them for a mockery until they made you forget My\nremembrance and you used to laugh at them.\n\n023.111\nY: \"I have rewarded them this Day for their patience and constancy: they\nare indeed the ones that have achieved Bliss...\"\n\nP: Lo! I have rewarded them this day forasmuch as they were steadfast;\nand they surely are the triumphant.\n\nS: Surely I have rewarded them this day because they were patient, that\nthey are the achievers.\n\n023.112\nY: He will say: \"What number of years did ye stay on earth?\"\n\nP: He will say: How long tarried ye in the earth, counting by years?\n\nS: He will say: How many years did you tarry in the earth?\n\n023.113\nY: They will say: \"We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who\nkeep account.\"\n\nP: They will say: We tarried by a day or part of a day. Ask of those who\nkeep count!\n\nS: They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who\nkeep account.\n\n023.114\nY: He will say: \"Ye stayed not but a little,- if ye had only known!\"\n\nP: He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew.\n\nS: He will say: You did tarry but a little-- had you but known (it):\n\n023.115\nY: \"Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would\nnot be brought back to Us (for account)?\"\n\nP: Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would\nnot be returned unto Us?\n\nS: What! did you then think that We had created you in vain and that you\nshall not be returned to Us?\n\n023.116\nY: Therefore exalted be Allah, the King, the Reality: there is no god\nbut He, the Lord of the Throne of Honour!\n\nP: Now Allah be Exalted, the True King! There is no God save Him, the\nLord of the Throne of Grace.\n\nS: So exalted be Allah, the True King; no god is there but He, the Lord\nof the honorable dominion.\n\n023.117\nY: If anyone invokes, besides Allah, any other god, he has no authority\ntherefor; and his reckoning will be only with his Lord! and verily the\nUnbelievers will fail to win through!\n\nP: He who crieth unto any other god along with Allah hath no proof\nthereof. His reckoning is only with his Lord. Lo! disbelievers will not\nbe successful.\n\nS: And whoever invokes with Allah another god-- he has no proof of\nthis-- his reckoning is only with his Lord; surely the unbelievers\nshall not be successful.\n\n023.118\nY: So say: \"O my Lord! grant Thou forgiveness and mercy for Thou art the\nBest of those who show mercy!\"\n\nP: And (O Muhammad) say: My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for Thou art\nbest of all who show mercy.\n\nS: And say: O my Lord! forgive and have mercy, and Thou art the best of\nthe Merciful ones.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 24:\n\n                            AL-NOOR (THE LIGHT)\n Total Verses: 64 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n024.001\nY: A sura which We have sent down and which We have ordained in it have\nWe sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.\n\nP: (Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We\nhave revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed.\n\nS: (This is) a Chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and in\nwhich We have revealed clear communications that you may be mindful.\n\n024.002\nY: The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each\nof them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their\ncase, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the\nLast Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.\n\nP: The adulterer and the adulteress, scourge ye each one of them (with)\na hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain withhold you from\nobedience to Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a\nparty of believers witness their punishment.\n\nS: (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them,\n(giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the\nmatter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day,\nand let a party of believers witness their chastisement.\n\n024.003\nY: Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman\nsimilarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an\nunbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is\nforbidden.\n\nP: The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress,\nand the adulteress none shall marry save an adulterer or an idolater.\nAll that is forbidden unto believers.\n\nS: The fornicator shall not marry any but a fornicatress or idolatress,\nand (as for) the fornicatress, none shall marry her but a fornicator or\nan idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers.\n\n024.004\nY: And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not\nfour witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty\nstripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked\ntransgressors;-\n\nP: And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses,\nscourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their\ntestimony - They indeed are evil-doers -\n\nS: And those who accuse free women then do not bring four witnesses,\nflog them, (giving) eighty stripes, and do not admit any evidence from\nthem ever; and these it is that are the transgressors,\n\n024.005\nY: Unless they repent thereafter and mend (their conduct); for Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Save those who afterward repent and make amends. (For such) lo! Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Except those who repent after this and act aright, for surely Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n024.006\nY: And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in\nsupport) no evidence but their own,- their solitary evidence (can be\nreceived) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that\nthey are solemnly telling the truth;\n\nP: As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except\nthemselves; let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies,\n(swearing) by Allah that he is of those who speak the truth;\n\nS: And (as for) those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses\nexcept themselves, the evidence of one of these (should be taken) four\ntimes, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely of the truthful\nones.\n\n024.007\nY: And the fifth (oath) (should be) that they solemnly invoke the curse\nof Allah on themselves if they tell a lie.\n\nP: And yet a fifth, invoking the curse of Allah on him if he is of those\nwho lie.\n\nS: And the fifth (time) that the curse of Allah be on him if he is one\nof the liars.\n\n024.008\nY: But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness\nfour times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is telling a\nlie;\n\nP: And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bear witness before\nAllah four times that the thing he saith is indeed false,\n\nS: And it shall avert the chastisement from her if she testify four\ntimes, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely one of the\nliars;\n\n024.009\nY: And the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of\nAllah on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.\n\nP: And a fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaketh\ntruth.\n\nS: And the fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be on her if he is one\nof the truthful.\n\n024.010\nY: If it were not for Allah's grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is\nOft-Returning, Full of Wisdom,- (Ye would be ruined indeed).\n\nP: And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you,\nand that Allah is Clement, Wise, (ye had been undone).\n\nS: And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy-- and that\nAllah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Wise!\n\n024.011\nY: Those who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselves: think\nit not to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good for you: to\nevery man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that he\nearned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will be a\npenalty grievous.\n\nP: Lo! they who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not a\nbad thing for you; nay, it is good for you. Unto every man of them\n(will be paid) that which he hath earned of the sin; and as for him\namong them who had the greater share therein, his will be an awful\ndoom.\n\nS: Surely they who concocted the lie are a party from among you. Do not\nregard it an evil to you; nay, it is good for you. Every man of them\nshall have what he has earned of sin; and (as for) him who took upon\nhimself the main part thereof, he shall have a grievous chastisement.\n\n024.012\nY: Why did not the believers - men and women - when ye heard of the\naffair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say,\n\"This (charge) is an obvious lie\"?\n\nP: Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think\ngood of their own folk, and say: It is a manifest untruth?\n\nS: Why did not the believing men and the believing women, when you heard\nit, think well of their own people, and say: This is an evident\nfalsehood?\n\n024.013\nY: Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not\nbrought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, (stand forth)\nthemselves as liars!\n\nP: Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not\nwitnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.\n\nS: Why did they not bring four witnesses of it? But as they have not\nbrought witnesses they are liars before Allah.\n\n024.014\nY: Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, in this world\nand the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you in that ye\nrushed glibly into this affair.\n\nP: Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you in the\nworld and the Hereafter an awful doom had overtaken you for that\nwhereof ye murmured.\n\nS: And were it not for Allah's grace upon you and His mercy in this\nworld and the hereafter, a grievous chastisement would certainly have\ntouched you on account of the discourse which you entered into.\n\n024.015\nY: Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths\nthings of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be a light\nmatter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah.\n\nP: When ye welcomed it with your tongues, and uttered with your mouths\nthat whereof ye had no knowledge, ye counted it a trifle. In the sight\nof Allah it is very great.\n\nS: When you received it with your tongues and spoke with your mouths\nwhat you had no knowledge of, and you deemed it an easy matter while\nwith Allah it was grievous.\n\n024.016\nY: And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - \"It is not right of us\nto speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!\"\n\nP: Wherefor, when ye heard it, said ye not: It is not for us to speak of\nthis. Glory be to Thee (O Allah)! This is awful calumny.\n\nS: And why did you not, when you heard it, say: It does not beseem us\nthat we should talk of it; glory be to Thee! this is a great calumny?\n\n024.017\nY: Allah doth admonish you, that ye may never repeat such (conduct), if\nye are (true) Believers.\n\nP: Allah admonisheth you that ye repeat not the like thereof ever, if ye\nare (in truth) believers.\n\nS: Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the like of it\never again if you are believers.\n\n024.018\nY: And Allah makes the Signs plain to you: for Allah is full of\nknowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: And He expoundeth unto you the revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And Allah makes clear to you the communications; and Allah is\nKnowing, Wise.\n\n024.019\nY: Those who love (to see) scandal published broadcast among the\nBelievers, will have a grievous Penalty in this life and in the\nHereafter: Allah knows, and ye know not.\n\nP: Lo! those who love that slander should be spread concerning those who\nbelieve, theirs will be a painful punishment in the world and the\nHereafter. Allah knoweth. Ye know not.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who love that scandal should circulate\nrespecting those who believe, they shall have a grievous chastisement\nin this world and the hereafter; and Allah knows, while you do not\nknow.\n\n024.020\nY: Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, and that Allah\nis full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be ruined indeed).\n\nP: Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and\nthat Allah is Clement, Merciful, (ye had been undone).\n\nS: And were it not for Allah's grace on you and His mercy, and that\nAllah is Compassionate, Merciful.\n\n024.021\nY: O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow\nthe footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and\nwrong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one\nof you would ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He\npleases: and Allah is One Who hears and knows (all things).\n\nP: O ye who believe! Follow not the footsteps of the devil. Unto\nwhomsoever followeth the footsteps of the devil, lo! he commandeth\nfilthiness and wrong. Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His\nmercy unto you, not one of you would ever have grown pure. But Allah\ncauseth whom He will to grow. And Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan, and\nwhoever follows the footsteps of the Shaitan, then surely he bids the\ndoing of indecency and evil; and were it not for Allah's grace upon you\nand His mercy, not one of you would have ever been pure, but Allah\npurifies whom He pleases; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n024.022\nY: Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of\nmeans resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and\nthose who have left their homes in Allah's cause: let them forgive and\noverlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to\ngive to the near of kin and to the needy, and to fugitives for the\ncause of Allah. Let them forgive and show indulgence. Yearn ye not that\nAllah may forgive you? Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And let not those of you who possess grace and abundance swear\nagainst giving to the near of kin and the poor and those who have fled\nin Allah's way, and they should pardon and turn away. Do you not love\nthat Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n024.023\nY: Those who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed\nin this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty,-\n\nP: Lo! as for those who traduce virtuous, believing women (who are)\ncareless, cursed are they in the world and the Hereafter. Theirs will\nbe an awful doom.\n\nS: Surely those who accuse chaste believing women, unaware (of the\nevil), are cursed in this world and the hereafter, and they shall have\na grievous chastisement.\n\n024.024\nY: On the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet will bear\nwitness against them as to their actions.\n\nP: On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet testify\nagainst them as to what they used to do,\n\nS: On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet shall\nbear witness against them as to what they did.\n\n024.025\nY: On that Day Allah will pay them back (all) their just dues, and they\nwill realise that Allah is the (very) Truth, that makes all things\nmanifest.\n\nP: On that day Allah will pay them their just due, and they will know\nthat Allah, He is the Manifest Truth.\n\nS: On that day Allah will pay back to them in full their just reward,\nand they shall know that Allah is the evident Truth.\n\n024.026\nY: Women impure are for men impure, and men impure for women impure and\nwomen of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women\nof purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there is\nforgiveness, and a provision honourable.\n\nP: Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women. Good women\nare for good men, and good men for good women; such are innocent of\nthat which people say: For them is pardon and a bountiful provision.\n\nS: Unclean things are for unclean ones and unclean ones are for unclean\nthings, and the good things are for good ones and the good ones are for\ngood things; these are free from what they say; they shall have\nforgiveness and an honorable sustenance.\n\n024.027\nY: O ye who believe! enter not houses other than your own, until ye have\nasked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you, in\norder that ye may heed (what is seemly).\n\nP: O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own without first\nannouncing your presence and invoking peace upon the folk thereof. That\nis better for you, that ye may be heedful.\n\nS: O you who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own houses\nuntil you have asked permission and saluted their inmates; this is\nbetter for you, that you may be mindful.\n\n024.028\nY: If ye find no one in the house, enter not until permission is given\nto you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greater\npurity for yourselves: and Allah knows well all that ye do.\n\nP: And if ye find no-one therein, still enter not until permission hath\nbeen given. And if it be said unto you: Go away again, then go away,\nfor it is purer for you. Allah knoweth what ye do.\n\nS: But if you do not find any one therein, then do not enter them until\npermission is given to you; and if it is said to you: Go back, then go\nback; this is purer for you; and Allah is Cognizant of what you do.\n\n024.029\nY: It is no fault on your part to enter houses not used for living in,\nwhich serve some (other) use for you: And Allah has knowledge of what\nye reveal and what ye conceal.\n\nP: (It is) no sin for you to enter uninhabited houses wherein is comfort\nfor you. Allah knoweth what ye proclaim and what ye hide.\n\nS: It is no sin in you that you enter uninhabited houses wherein you\nhave your necessaries; and Allah knows what you do openly and what you\nhide.\n\n024.030\nY: Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard\ntheir modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is\nwell acquainted with all that they do.\n\nP: Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is\npurer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do.\n\nS: Say to the believing men that they cast down their looks and guard\ntheir private parts; that is purer for them; surely Allah is Aware of\nwhat they do.\n\n024.031\nY: And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and\nguard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and\nornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they\nshould draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty\nexcept to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their\nsons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or\ntheir sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right\nhands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small\nchildren who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should\nnot strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden\nornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that\nye may attain Bliss.\n\nP: And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and\nto display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw\ntheir veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save\nto their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or\ntheir husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or\nsisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who\nlack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let\nthem not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their\nadornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye\nmay succeed.\n\nS: And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and\nguard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except\nwhat appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their\nbosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or\ntheir fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the\nsons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or\ntheir sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands\npossess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the\nchildren who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women;\nand let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their\nornaments may be known; and turn to Allah all of you, O believers! so\nthat you may be successful.\n\n024.032\nY: Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among\nyourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give\nthem means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he knoweth\nall things.\n\nP: And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves\nand maid-servants. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them of His\nbounty. Allah is of ample means, Aware.\n\nS: And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among\nyour male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will\nmake them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving,\nKnowing.\n\n024.033\nY: Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves\nchaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace. And if any of\nyour slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their\nfreedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good\nin them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which\nAllah has given to you. But force not your maids to prostitution when\nthey desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of\nthis life. But if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is\nAllah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them),\n\nP: And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give\nthem independence by His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a\nwriting (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are aware of aught\nof good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He\nhath bestowed upon you. Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye\nmay seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would preserve\ntheir chastity. And if one force them, then (unto them), after their\ncompulsion, lo! Allah will be Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And let those who do not find the means to marry keep chaste until\nAllah makes them free from want out of His grace. And (as for) those\nwho ask for a writing from among those whom your right hands possess,\ngive them the writing if you know any good in them, and give them of\nthe wealth of Allah which He has given you; and do not compel your\nslave girls to prostitution, when they desire to keep chaste, in order\nto seek the frail good of this world's life; and whoever compels them,\nthen surely after their compulsion Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n024.034\nY: We have already sent down to you verses making things clear, an\nillustration from (the story of) people who passed away before you, and\nan admonition for those who fear (Allah).\n\nP: And verily We have sent down for you revelations that make plain, and\nthe example of those who passed away before you. An admonition unto\nthose who ward off (evil).\n\nS: And certainly We have sent to you clear communications and a\ndescription of those who have passed away before you, and an admonition\nto those who guard (against evil).\n\n024.035\nY: Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His\nLight is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp\nenclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a\nblessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil\nis well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light!\nAllah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth\nParables for men: and Allah doth know all things.\n\nP: Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of\nHis light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The\nglass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a\nblessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil\nwould almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light\nupon light. Allah guideth unto His light whom He will. And Allah\nspeaketh to mankind in allegories, for Allah is Knower of all things.\n\nS: Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His\nlight is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and)\nthe glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed\nolive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives\nlight though fire touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His\nlight whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah\nis Cognizant of all things.\n\n024.036\nY: (Lit is such a Light) in houses, which Allah hath permitted to be\nraised to honour; for the celebration, in them, of His name: In them is\nHe glorified in the mornings and in the evenings, (again and again),-\n\nP: (This lamp is found) in houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted\nand that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise\nto Him at morn and evening.\n\nS: In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name\nmay be remembered in them; there glorify Him therein in the mornings\nand the evenings,\n\n024.037\nY: By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from the\nRemembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the practice of\nregular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the Day when hearts and eyes\nwill be transformed (in a world wholly new),-\n\nP: Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguileth from remembrance of\nAllah and constancy in prayer and paying to the poor their due; who\nfear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be overturned;\n\nS: Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance\nof Allah and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of poor-rate; they\nfear a day in which the hearts and eyes shall turn about;\n\n024.038\nY: That Allah may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and\nadd even more for them out of His Grace: for Allah doth provide for\nthose whom He will, without measure.\n\nP: That Allah may reward them with the best of what they did, and\nincrease reward for them of His bounty. Allah giveth blessings without\nstint to whom He will.\n\nS: That Allah may give them the best reward of what they have done, and\ngive them more out of His grace; and Allah gives sustenance to whom He\npleases without measure.\n\n024.039\nY: But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage in sandy deserts,\nwhich the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until when he\ncomes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever)\nwith him, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in\ntaking account.\n\nP: As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are as a mirage in a desert.\nThe thirsty one supposeth it to be water till he cometh unto it and\nfindeth it naught, and findeth, in the place thereof, Allah Who payeth\nhim his due; and Allah is swift at reckoning.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like the mirage in\na desert, which the thirsty man deems to be water; until when he comes\nto it he finds it to be naught, and there he finds Allah, so He pays\nback to him his reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning;\n\n024.040\nY: Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of darkness in a vast\ndeep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped by billow, topped by (dark)\nclouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a man stretches out\nhis hands, he can hardly see it! for any to whom Allah giveth not\nlight, there is no light!\n\nP: Or as darkness on a vast, abysmal sea. There covereth him a wave,\nabove which is a wave, above which is a cloud. Layer upon layer of\ndarkness. When he holdeth out his hand he scarce can see it. And he for\nwhom Allah hath not appointed light, for him there is no light.\n\nS: Or like utter darkness in the deep sea: there covers it a wave above\nwhich is another wave, above which is a cloud, (layers of) utter\ndarkness one above another; when he holds out his hand, he is almost\nunable to see it; and to whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has\nno light.\n\n024.041\nY: Seest thou not that it is Allah Whose praises all beings in the\nheavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with\nwings outspread? Each one knows its own (mode of) prayer and praise.\nAnd Allah knows well all that they do.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen that Allah, He it is Whom all who are in the\nheavens and the earth praise, and the birds in their flight? Of each He\nknoweth verily the worship and the praise; and Allah is Aware of what\nthey do.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah is He Whom do glorify all those who are in\nthe heavens and the earth, and the (very) birds with expanded wings? He\nknows the prayer of each one and its glorification, and Allah is\nCognizant of what they do.\n\n024.042\nY: Yea, to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and\nto Allah is the final goal (of all).\n\nP: And unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the\nearth, and unto Allah is the journeying.\n\nS: And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah\nis the eventual coming.\n\n024.043\nY: Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins\nthem together, then makes them into a heap? - then wilt thou see rain\nissue forth from their midst. And He sends down from the sky mountain\nmasses (of clouds) wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He\npleases and He turns it away from whom He pleases, the vivid flash of\nHis lightning well-nigh blinds the sight.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how Allah wafteth the clouds, then gathereth them,\nthen maketh them layers, and thou seest the rain come forth from\nbetween them; He sendeth down from the heaven mountains wherein is\nhail, and smiteth therewith whom He will, and averteth it from whom He\nwill. The flashing of His lightning all but snatcheth away the sight.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah drives along the clouds, then gathers them\ntogether, then piles them up, so that you see the rain coming forth\nfrom their midst? And He sends down of the clouds that are (like)\nmountains wherein is hail, afflicting therewith whom He pleases and\nturning it away from whom He pleases; the flash of His lightning almost\ntakes away the sight.\n\n024.044\nY: It is Allah Who alternates the Night and the Day: verily in these\nthings is an instructive example for those who have vision!\n\nP: Allah causeth the revolution of the day and the night. Lo! herein is\nindeed a lesson for those who see.\n\nS: Allah turns over the night and the day; most surely there is a lesson\nin this for those who have sight.\n\n024.045\nY: And Allah has created every animal from water: of them there are some\nthat creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that\nwalk on four. Allah creates what He wills for verily Allah has power\nover all things.\n\nP: Allah hath created every animal of water. Of them is (a kind) that\ngoeth upon its belly and (a kind) that goeth upon two legs and (a kind)\nthat goeth upon four. Allah createth what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to\ndo all things.\n\nS: And Allah has created from water every living creature: so of them is\nthat which walks upon its belly, and of them is that which walks upon\ntwo feet, and of them is that which walks upon four; Allah creates what\nHe pleases; surely Allah has power over all things.\n\n024.046\nY: We have indeed sent down signs that make things manifest: and Allah\nguides whom He wills to a way that is straight.\n\nP: Verily We have sent down revelations and explained them. Allah\nguideth whom He will unto a straight path.\n\nS: Certainly We have revealed clear communications, and Allah guides\nwhom He pleases to the right way.\n\n024.047\nY: They say, \"We believe in Allah and in the messenger, and we obey\":\nbut even after that, some of them turn away: they are not (really)\nBelievers.\n\nP: And they say: We believe in Allah and the messenger, and we obey;\nthen after that a faction of them turn away. Such are not believers.\n\nS: And they say: We believe in Allah and in the messenger and we obey;\nthen a party of them turn back after this, and these are not believers.\n\n024.048\nY: When they are summoned to Allah and His messenger, in order that He\nmay judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come).\n\nP: And when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge between\nthem, lo! a faction of them are averse;\n\nS: And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger that he may judge\nbetween them, lo! a party of them turn aside.\n\n024.049\nY: But if the right is on their side, they come to him with all\nsubmission.\n\nP: But if right had been with them they would have come unto him\nwillingly.\n\nS: And if the truth be on their side, they come to him quickly,\nobedient.\n\n024.050\nY: Is it that there is a disease in their hearts? or do they doubt, or\nare they in fear, that Allah and His Messenger will deal unjustly with\nthem? Nay, it is they themselves who do wrong.\n\nP: Is there in their hearts a disease, or have they doubts, or fear they\nlest Allah and His messenger should wrong them in judgment? Nay, but\nsuch are evil-doers.\n\nS: Is there in their hearts a disease, or are they in doubt, or do they\nfear that Allah and His Messenger will act wrongfully towards them?\nNay! they themselves are the unjust.\n\n024.051\nY: The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His\nMessenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than\nthis: they say, \"We hear and we obey\": it is such as these that will\nattain felicity.\n\nP: The saying of (all true) believers when they appeal unto Allah and\nHis messenger to judge between them is only that they say: We hear and\nwe obey. And such are the successful.\n\nS: The response of the believers, when they are invited to Allah and His\nMessenger that he may judge between them, is only to say: We hear and\nwe obey; and these it is that are the successful.\n\n024.052\nY: It is such as obey Allah and His Messenger, and fear Allah and do\nright, that will win (in the end),\n\nP: He who obeyeth Allah and His messenger, and feareth Allah, and\nkeepeth duty (unto Him): such indeed are the victorious.\n\nS: And he who obeys Allah and His Messenger, and fears Allah, and is\ncareful of (his duty to) Him, these it is that are the achievers.\n\n024.053\nY: They swear their strongest oaths by Allah that, if only thou wouldst\ncommand them, they would leave (their homes). Say: \"Swear ye not;\nObedience is (more) reasonable; verily, Allah is well acquainted with\nall that ye do.\"\n\nP: They swear by Allah solemnly that, if thou order them, they will go\nforth. Say: Swear not; known obedience (is better). Lo! Allah is\nInformed of what ye do.\n\nS: And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths that\nif you command them they would certainly go forth. Say: Swear not;\nreasonable obedience (is desired); surely Allah is aware of what you\ndo.\n\n024.054\nY: Say: \"Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger: but if ye turn away, he is\nonly responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that placed on\nyou. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger's\nduty is only to preach the clear (Message).\"\n\nP: Say: Obey Allah and obey the messenger. But if ye turn away, then (it\nis) for him (to do) only that wherewith he hath been charged, and for\nyou (to do) only that wherewith ye have been charged. If ye obey him,\nye will go aright. But the messenger hath no other charge than to\nconvey (the message) plainly.\n\nS: Say: Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn back, then on\nhim rests that which is imposed on him and on you rests that which is\nimposed on you; and if you obey him, you are on the right way; and\nnothing rests on the Messenger but clear delivering (of the message).\n\n024.055\nY: Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous\ndeeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance\n(of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will\nestablish in authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for\nthem; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which\nthey (lived), to one of security and peace: 'They will worship Me\n(alone) and not associate aught with Me. 'If any do reject Faith after\nthis, they are rebellious and wicked.\n\nP: Allah hath promised such of you as believe and do good work that He\nwill surely make them to succeed (the present rulers) in the earth even\nas He caused those who were before them to succeed (others); and that\nHe will surely establish for them their religion which He hath approved\nfor them, and will give them in exchange safety after their fear. They\nserve Me. They ascribe no thing as partner unto Me. Those who\ndisbelieve henceforth, they are the miscreants.\n\nS: Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He\nwill most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers\nthose before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them\ntheir religion which He has chosen for them, and that He will most\ncertainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall\nserve Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful\nafter this, these it is who are the transgressors.\n\n024.056\nY: So establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and obey the\nMessenger; that ye may receive mercy.\n\nP: Establish worship and pay the poor-due and obey the messenger, that\nhaply ye may find mercy.\n\nS: And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Messenger, so\nthat mercy may be shown to you.\n\n024.057\nY: Never think thou that the Unbelievers are going to frustrate (Allah's\nPlan) on earth: their abode is the Fire,- and it is indeed an evil\nrefuge!\n\nP: Think not that the disbelievers can escape in the land. Fire will be\ntheir home - a hapless journey's end!\n\nS: Think not that those who disbelieve shall escape in the earth, and\ntheir abode is the fire; and certainly evil is the resort!\n\n024.058\nY: O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and the\n(children) among you who have not come of age ask your permission\n(before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before morning\nprayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after\nthe late-night prayer: these are your three times of undress: outside\nthose times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about attending\nto each other: Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah\nis full of knowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Let your slaves, and those of you who have not come\nto puberty, ask leave of you at three times (before they come into your\npresence): Before the prayer of dawn, and when ye lay aside your\nraiment for the heat of noon, and after the prayer of night. Three\ntimes of privacy for you. It is no sin for them or for you at other\ntimes, when some of you go round attendant upon others (if they come\ninto your presence without leave). Thus Allah maketh clear the\nrevelations for you. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: O you who believe! let those whom your right hands possess and those\nof you who have not attained to puberty ask permission of you three\ntimes; before the morning prayer, and when you put off your clothes at\nmidday in summer, and after the prayer of the nightfall; these are\nthree times of privacy for you; neither is it a sin for you nor for\nthem besides these, some of you must go round about (waiting) upon\nothers; thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, and Allah\nis Knowing, Wise.\n\n024.059\nY: But when the children among you come of age, let them (also) ask for\npermission, as do those senior to them (in age): Thus does Allah make\nclear His Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.\n\nP: And when the children among you come to puberty then let them ask\nleave even as those before them used to ask it. Thus Allah maketh clear\nHis revelations for you. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And when the children among you have attained to puberty, let them\nseek permission as those before them sought permission; thus does Allah\nmake clear to you His communications, and Allah is knowing, Wise.\n\n024.060\nY: Such elderly women as are past the prospect of marriage,- there is no\nblame on them if they lay aside their (outer) garments, provided they\nmake not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is best for them to\nbe modest: and Allah is One Who sees and knows all things.\n\nP: As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is\nno sin for them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as\nnot to show adornment. But to refrain is better for them. Allah is\nHearer, Knower.\n\nS: And (as for) women advanced in years who do not hope for a marriage,\nit is no sin for them if they put off their clothes without displaying\ntheir ornaments; and if they restrain themselves it is better for them;\nand Allah is Hearing, Knowing.\n\n024.061\nY: It is no fault in the blind nor in one born lame, nor in one\nafflicted with illness, nor in yourselves, that ye should eat in your\nown houses, or those of your fathers, or your mothers, or your\nbrothers, or your sisters, or your father's brothers or your father's\nsisters, or your mother's brothers, or your mother's sisters, or in\nhouses of which the keys are in your possession, or in the house of a\nsincere friend of yours: there is no blame on you, whether ye eat in\ncompany or separately. But if ye enter houses, salute each other - a\ngreeting of blessing and purity as from Allah. Thus does Allah make\nclear the signs to you: that ye may understand.\n\nP: No blame is there upon the blind nor any blame upon the lame nor any\nblame upon the sick nor on yourselves if ye eat from your houses, or\nthe houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the\nhouses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses\nof your fathers' brothers, or the houses of your fathers' sisters, or\nthe houses of your mothers' brothers, or the houses of your mothers'\nsisters, or (from that) whereof ye hold the keys, or (from the house)\nof a friend. No sin shall it be for you whether ye eat together or\napart. But when ye enter houses, salute one another with a greeting\nfrom Allah, blessed and sweet. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations\nfor you, that haply ye may understand.\n\nS: There is no blame on the blind man, nor is there blame on the lame,\nnor is there blame on the sick, nor on yourselves that you eat from\nyour houses, or your fathers' houses or your mothers' houses, or your\nbrothers' houses, or your sisters' houses, or your paternal uncles'\nhouses, or your paternal aunts' houses, or your maternal uncles'\nhouses, or your maternal aunts' houses, or what you possess the keys\nof, or your friends' (houses). It is no sin in you that you eat\ntogether or separately. So when you enter houses, greet your people\nwith a salutation from Allah, blessed (and) goodly; thus does Allah\nmake clear to you the communications that you may understand.\n\n024.062\nY: Only those are believers, who believe in Allah and His Messenger:\nwhen they are with him on a matter requiring collective action, they do\nnot depart until they have asked for his leave; those who ask for thy\nleave are those who believe in Allah and His Messenger; so when they\nask for thy leave, for some business of theirs, give leave to those of\nthem whom thou wilt, and ask Allah for their forgiveness: for Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: They only are the true believers who believe in Allah and His\nmessenger and, when they are with him on some common errand, go not\naway until they have asked leave of him. Lo! those who ask leave of\nthee, those are they who believe in Allah and His messenger. So, if\nthey ask thy leave for some affair of theirs, give leave to whom thou\nwilt of them, and ask for them forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Messenger, and\nwhen they are with him on a momentous affair they go not away until\nthey have asked his permission; surely they who ask your permission are\nthey who believe in Allah and His Messenger; so when they ask your\npermission for some affair of theirs, give permission to whom you\nplease of them and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n024.063\nY: Deem not the summons of the Messenger among yourselves like the\nsummons of one of you to another: Allah doth know those of you who slip\naway under shelter of some excuse: then let those beware who withstand\nthe Messenger's order, lest some trial befall them, or a grievous\npenalty be inflicted on them.\n\nP: Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one\nof another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding\nthemselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest\ngrief or painful punishment befall them.\n\nS: Do not hold the Messenger's calling (you) among you to be like your\ncalling one to the other; Allah indeed knows those who steal away from\namong you, concealing themselves; therefore let those beware who go\nagainst his order lest a trial afflict them or there befall them a\npainful chastisement.\n\n024.064\nY: Be quite sure that to Allah doth belong whatever is in the heavens\nand on earth. Well doth He know what ye are intent upon: and one day\nthey will be brought back to Him, and He will tell them the truth of\nwhat they did: for Allah doth know all things.\n\nP: Lo! verily unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the\nearth. He knoweth your condition. And (He knoweth) the Day when they\nare returned unto Him so that He may inform them of what they did.\nAllah is Knower of all things.\n\nS: Now surely Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He\nknows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the\nday on which they are returned to Him He will inform them of what they\ndid; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 25:\n\n                  AL-FURQAN (THE CRITERION, THE STANDARD)\n Total Verses: 77 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n025.001\nY: Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may\nbe an admonition to all creatures;-\n\nP: Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of\nright and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples.\n\nS: Blessed is He Who sent down the Furqan upon His servant that he may\nbe a warner to the nations;\n\n025.002\nY: He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son\nhas He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He who\ncreated all things, and ordered them in due proportions.\n\nP: He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth,\nHe hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty. He\nhath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure.\n\nS: He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did\nnot take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and\nWho created everything, then ordained for it a measure.\n\n025.003\nY: Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but\nare themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to\nthemselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.\n\nP: Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are\nthemselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and\npossess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.\n\nS: And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything\nwhile they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves\nany harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising\n(the dead) to life.\n\n025.004\nY: But the misbelievers say: \"Naught is this but a lie which he has\nforged, and others have helped him at it.\" In truth it is they who have\nput forward an iniquity and a falsehood.\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath\ninvented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have\nproduced a slander and a lie.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie which he has\nforged, and other people have helped him at it; so indeed they have\ndone injustice and (uttered) a falsehood.\n\n025.005\nY: And they say: \"Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be\nwritten: and they are dictated before him morning and evening.\"\n\nP: And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down\nso that they are dictated to him morn and evening.\n\nS: And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written--\nso these are read out to him morning and evening.\n\n025.006\nY: Say: \"The (Qur'an) was sent down by Him who knows the mystery (that\nis) in the heavens and the earth: verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He who knoweth the secret of the heavens\nand the earth hath revealed it. Lo! He ever is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Say: He has revealed it Who knows the secret in the heavens and the\nearth; surely He is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n025.007\nY: And they say: \"What sort of a messenger is this, who eats food, and\nwalks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to him\nto give admonition with him?\"\n\nP: And they say: What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth\nfood and walketh in the markets? Why is not an angel sent down unto\nhim, to be a warner with him.\n\nS: And they say: What is the matter with this Messenger that he eats\nfood and goes about in the markets; why has not an angel been sent down\nto him, so that he should have been a warner with him?\n\n025.008\nY: \"Or (Why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he\n(not) a garden for enjoyment?\" The wicked say: \"Ye follow none other\nthan a man bewitched.\"\n\nP: Or (why is not) treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a\nparadise from whence to eat? And the evil-doers say: Ye are but\nfollowing a man bewitched.\n\nS: Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is made to have a\ngarden from which he should eat? And the unjust say: You do not follow\nany but a man deprived of reason.\n\n025.009\nY: See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone\nastray, and never a way will they be able to find!\n\nP: See how they coin similitudes for thee, so that they are all astray\nand cannot find a road!\n\nS: See what likenesses do they apply to you, so they have gone astray,\ntherefore they shall not be able to find a way.\n\n025.010\nY: Blessed is He who, if that were His will, could give thee better\n(things) than those,- Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and He could\ngive thee palaces (secure to dwell in).\n\nP: Blessed is He Who, if He will, will assign thee better than (all)\nthat - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and will assign thee\nmansions.\n\nS: Blessed is He Who, if He please, will give you what is better than\nthis, gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He will give you palaces.\n\n025.011\nY: Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have\nprepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:\n\nP: Nay, but they deny (the coming of) the Hour, and for those who deny\n(the coming of) the Hour We have prepared a flame.\n\nS: But they reject the hour, and We have prepared a burning fire for him\nwho rejects the hour.\n\n025.012\nY: When it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury and\nits ranging sigh.\n\nP: When it seeth them from afar, they hear the crackling and the roar\nthereof.\n\nS: When it shall come into their sight from a distant place, they shall\nhear its vehement raging and roaring.\n\n025.013\nY: And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place\ntherein, they will plead for destruction there and then!\n\nP: And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained\ntogether, they pray for destruction there.\n\nS: And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall\nthere call out for destruction.\n\n025.014\nY: \"This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction\noft-repeated!\"\n\nP: Pray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many\ndestructions!\n\nS: Call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions\nmany.\n\n025.015\nY: Say: \"Is that best, or the eternal garden, promised to the righteous?\nfor them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).\"\n\nP: Say: Is that (doom) better or the Garden of Immortality which is\npromised unto those who ward off (evil)? It will be their reward and\njourney's end.\n\nS: Say: Is this better or the abiding garden which those who guard\n(against evil) are promised? That shall be a reward and a resort for\nthem.\n\n025.016\nY: \"For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will\ndwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord.\"\n\nP: Therein abiding, they have all that they desire. It is for thy Lord a\npromise that must be fulfilled.\n\nS: They shall have therein what they desire abiding (in it); it is a\npromise which it is proper to be prayed for from your Lord.\n\n025.017\nY: The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they\nworship besides Allah, He will ask: \"Was it ye who let these My\nservants astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?\"\n\nP: And on the day when He will assemble them and that which they worship\ninstead of Allah and will say: Was it ye who misled these My slaves or\ndid they (themselves) wander from the way?\n\nS: And on the day when He shall gather them, and whatever they served\nbesides Allah, He shall say: Was it you who led astray these My\nservants, or did they themselves go astray from the path?\n\n025.018\nY: They will say: \"Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should\ntake for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them\nand their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the\nMessage: for they were a people (worthless and) lost.\"\n\nP: They will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any\nprotecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their\nfathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk.\n\nS: They shall say: Glory be to Thee; it was not beseeming for us that we\nshould take any guardians besides Thee, but Thou didst make them and\ntheir fathers to enjoy until they forsook the reminder, and they were a\npeople in perdition,\n\n025.019\nY: (Allah will say): \"Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so\nye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help.\" And whoever among you\ndoes wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.\n\nP: Thus they will give you the lie regarding what ye say, then ye can\nneither avert (the doom) nor obtain help. And whoso among you doeth\nwrong, We shall make him taste great torment.\n\nS: So they shall indeed give you the lie in what you say, then you shall\nnot be able to ward off or help, and whoever among you is unjust, We\nwill make him taste a great chastisement.\n\n025.020\nY: And the messengers whom We sent before thee were all (men) who ate\nfood and walked through the streets: We have made some of you as a\ntrial for others: will ye have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all\nthings).\n\nP: We never sent before thee any messengers but lo! they verily ate food\nand walked in the markets. And We have appointed some of you a test for\nothers: Will ye be steadfast? And thy Lord is ever Seer.\n\nS: And We have not sent before you any messengers but they most surely\nate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a\ntrial for others; will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever\nSeeing.\n\n025.021\nY: Such as fear not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: \"Why are not\nthe angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?\" Indeed\nthey have an arrogant conceit of themselves, and mighty is the\ninsolence of their impiety!\n\nP: And those who look not for a meeting with Us say: Why are angels not\nsent down unto us and (Why) do we not see our Lord! Assuredly they\nthink too highly of themselves and are scornful with great pride.\n\nS: And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have not angels\nbeen sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Now certainly\nthey are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt.\n\n025.022\nY: The Day they see the angels,- no joy will there be to the sinners\nthat Day: The (angels) will say: \"There is a barrier forbidden (to you)\naltogether!\"\n\nP: On the day when they behold the angels, on that day there will be no\ngood tidings for the guilty; and they will cry: A forbidding ban!\n\nS: On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on\nthat day for the guilty, and they shall say: It is a forbidden thing\ntotally prohibited.\n\n025.023\nY: And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We\nshall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.\n\nP: And We shall turn unto the work they did and make it scattered motes.\n\nS: And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall\nrender them as scattered floating dust.\n\n025.024\nY: The Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their abode,\nand have the fairest of places for repose.\n\nP: Those who have earned the Garden on that day will be better in their\nhome and happier in their place of noonday rest;\n\nS: The dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in a better\nabiding-place and a better resting-place.\n\n025.025\nY: The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels\nshall be sent down, descending (in ranks),-\n\nP: A day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder and the\nangels will be sent down, a grand descent.\n\nS: And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds,\nand the angels shall be sent down descending (in ranks).\n\n025.026\nY: That Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) for\n(Allah) Most Merciful: it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the\nMisbelievers.\n\nP: The Sovereignty on that day will be the True (Sovereignty) belonging\nto the Beneficent One, and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.\n\nS: The kingdom on that day shall rightly belong to the Beneficent Allah,\nand a hard day shall it be for the unbelievers.\n\n025.027\nY: The Day that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will say,\n\"Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger!\"\n\nP: On the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah,\nwould that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!\n\nS: And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: O! would\nthat I had taken a way with the Messenger;\n\n025.028\nY: \"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!\"\n\nP: Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such a one for friend!\n\nS: O woe is me! would that I had not taken such a one for a friend!\n\n025.029\nY: \"He did lead me astray from the Message (of Allah) after it had come\nto me! Ah! the Evil One is but a traitor to man!\"\n\nP: He verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me.\nSatan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need.\n\nS: Certainly he led me astray from the reminder after it had come to me;\nand the Shaitan fails to aid man.\n\n025.030\nY: Then the Messenger will say: \"O my Lord! Truly my people took this\nQur'an for just foolish nonsense.\"\n\nP: And the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this\nQur'an of no account.\n\nS: And the Messenger cried out: O my Lord! surely my people have treated\nthis Quran as a forsaken thing.\n\n025.031\nY: Thus have We made for every prophet an enemy among the sinners: but\nenough is thy Lord to guide and to help.\n\nP: Even so have We appointed unto every prophet an opponent from among\nthe guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper.\n\nS: And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the\nsinners and sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and a Helper.\n\n025.032\nY: Those who reject Faith say: \"Why is not the Qur'an revealed to him\nall at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart\nthereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, well-arranged\nstages, gradually.\"\n\nP: And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur'an not revealed unto him\nall at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart\ntherewith; and We have arranged it in right order.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: Why has not the Quran been revealed to\nhim all at once? Thus, that We may strengthen your heart by it and We\nhave arranged it well in arranging.\n\n025.033\nY: And no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee the truth\nand the best explanation (thereof).\n\nP: And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as\nagainst it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.\n\nS: And they shall not bring to you any argument, but We have brought to\nyou (one) with truth and best in significance.\n\n025.034\nY: Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces,- they will\nbe in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.\n\nP: Those who will be gathered on their faces unto hell: such are worse\nin plight and further from the right road.\n\nS: (As for) those who shall be gathered upon their faces to hell, they\nare in a worse plight and straying farther away from the path.\n\n025.035\nY: (Before this,) We sent Moses The Book, and appointed his brother\nAaron with him as minister;\n\nP: We verily gave Moses the Scripture and placed with him his brother\nAaron as henchman.\n\nS: And certainly We gave Musa the Book and We appointed with him his\nbrother Haroun an aider.\n\n025.036\nY: And We command: \"Go ye both, to the people who have rejected our\nSigns:\" And those (people) We destroyed with utter destruction.\n\nP: Then We said: Go together unto the folk who have denied Our\nrevelations. Then We destroyed them, a complete destruction.\n\nS: Then We said: Go you both to the people who rejected Our\ncommunications; so We destroyed them with utter destruction.\n\n025.037\nY: And the people of Noah,- when they rejected the messengers, We\ndrowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have\nprepared for (all) wrong-doers a grievous Penalty;-\n\nP: And Noah's folk, when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and\nmade of them a portent for mankind. We have prepared a painful doom for\nevil-doers.\n\nS: And the people of Nuh, when they rejected the messengers, We drowned\nthem, and made them a sign for men, and We have prepared a painful\npunishment for the unjust;\n\n025.038\nY: As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and many a\ngeneration between them.\n\nP: And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and the dwellers in Ar-Rass, and\nmany generations in between.\n\nS: And Ad and Samood and the dwellers of the Rass and many generations\nbetween them.\n\n025.039\nY: To each one We set forth Parables and examples; and each one We broke\nto utter annihilation (for their sins).\n\nP: Each (of them) We warned by examples, and each (of them) We brought\nto utter ruin.\n\nS: And to every one We gave examples and every one did We destroy with\nutter destruction.\n\n025.040\nY: And the (Unbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town on which\nwas rained a shower of evil: did they not then see it (with their own\neyes)? But they fear not the Resurrection.\n\nP: And indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the\nfatal rain. Can it be that they have not seen it? Nay, but they hope\nfor no resurrection.\n\nS: And certainly they have (often) passed by the town on which was\nrained an evil rain; did they not then see it? Nay! they did not hope\nto be raised again.\n\n025.041\nY: When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery:\n\n\"Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?\"\nP: And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest\n(saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?\n\nS: And when they see you, they do not take you for aught but a mockery:\nIs this he whom Allah has raised to be a messenger?\n\n025.042\nY: \"He indeed would well-nigh have misled us from our gods, had it not\nbeen that we were constant to them!\" - Soon will they know, when they\nsee the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!\n\nP: He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been\nstaunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more\nastray as to the road.\n\nS: He had well-nigh led us astray from our gods had we not adhered to\nthem patiently! And they will know, when they see the punishment, who\nis straying farther off from the path.\n\n025.043\nY: Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or\nimpulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?\n\nP: Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst\nthou then be guardian over him?\n\nS: Have you seen him who takes his low desires for his god? Will you\nthen be a protector over him?\n\n025.044\nY: Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are\nonly like cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path.\n\nP: Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as\nthe cattle - nay, but they are farther astray?\n\nS: Or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? They are\nnothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the\npath.\n\n025.045\nY: Hast thou not turned thy vision to thy Lord?- How He doth prolong the\nshadow! If He willed, He could make it stationary! then do We make the\nsun its guide;\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how thy Lord hath spread the shade - And if He\nwilled He could have made it still - then We have made the sun its\npilot;\n\nS: Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the\nshade? And if He had pleased He would certainly have made it\nstationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it;\n\n025.046\nY: Then We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.\n\nP: Then We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal?\n\nS: Then We take it to Ourselves, taking little by little.\n\n025.047\nY: And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as\nRepose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.\n\nP: And He it is Who maketh night a covering for you, and sleep repose,\nand maketh day a resurrection.\n\nS: And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and the sleep a\nrest, and He made the day to rise up again.\n\n025.048\nY: And He it is Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going\nbefore His mercy, and We send down pure water from the sky,-\n\nP: And He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy,\nand We send down purifying water from the sky,\n\nS: And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy; and\nWe send down pure water from the cloud,\n\n025.049\nY: That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst of\nthings We have created,- cattle and men in great numbers.\n\nP: That We may give life thereby to a dead land, and We give many beasts\nand men that We have created to drink thereof.\n\nS: That We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it for drink,\nout of what We have created, to cattle and many people.\n\n025.050\nY: And We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order that they\nmay celebrate (our) praises, but most men are averse (to aught) but\n(rank) ingratitude.\n\nP: And verily We have repeated it among them that they may remember, but\nmost of mankind begrudge aught save ingratitude.\n\nS: And certainly We have repeated this to them that they may be mindful,\nbut the greater number of men do not consent to aught except denying.\n\n025.051\nY: Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to every centre of\npopulation.\n\nP: If We willed, We could raise up a warner in every village.\n\nS: And if We had pleased We would certainly have raised a warner in\nevery town.\n\n025.052\nY: Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with\nthe utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).\n\nP: So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a\ngreat endeavour.\n\nS: So do not follow the unbelievers, and strive against them a mighty\nstriving with it.\n\n025.053\nY: It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: One\npalatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made a\nbarrier between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they\nmeet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath\nset a bar and a forbidding ban between them.\n\nS: And He it is Who has made two seas to flow freely, the one sweet that\nsubdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its\nsaltness; and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable\nobstruction.\n\n025.054\nY: It is He Who has created man from water: then has He established\nrelationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all\nthings).\n\nP: And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for\nhim kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever\nPowerful.\n\nS: And He it is Who has created man from the water, then He has made for\nhim blood relationship and marriage relationship, and your Lord is\npowerful.\n\n025.055\nY: Yet do they worship, besides Allah, things that can neither profit\nthem nor harm them: and the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against\nhis own Lord!\n\nP: Yet they worship instead of Allah that which can neither benefit them\nnor hurt them. The disbeliever was ever a partisan against his Lord.\n\nS: And they serve besides Allah that which neither profits them nor\ncauses them harm; and the unbeliever is a partisan against his Lord.\n\n025.056\nY: But thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.\n\nP: And We have sent thee (O Muhammad) only as a bearer of good tidings\nand a warner.\n\nS: And We have not sent you but as a giver of good news and as a warner.\n\n025.057\nY: Say: \"No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who\nwill may take a (straight) Path to his Lord.\"\n\nP: Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose\na way unto his Lord.\n\nS: Say: I do not ask you aught in return except that he who will, may\ntake the way to his Lord.\n\n025.058\nY: And put thy trust in Him Who lives and dies not; and celebrate his\npraise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the faults of His\nservants;-\n\nP: And trust thou in the Living One Who dieth not, and hymn His praise.\nHe sufficeth as the Knower of His bondmen's sins,\n\nS: And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise;\nand Sufficient is He as being aware of the faults of His servants,\n\n025.059\nY: He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between, in\nsix days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of Authority): Allah\nMost Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any acquainted (with such\nthings).\n\nP: Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in\nsix Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone\ninformed concerning Him!\n\nS: Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six\nperiods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; the\nBeneficent Allah, so ask respecting it one aware.\n\n025.060\nY: When it is said to them, \"Prostrate to (Allah) Most Gracious!\", they\nsay, \"And what is (Allah) Most Gracious? Shall we prostrate to that\nwhich thou commandest us?\" And it increases their flight (from the\nTruth).\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Prostrate to the Beneficent! they say:\nAnd what is the Beneficent? Are we to prostrate to whatever thou\n(Muhammad) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in them.\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Prostrate to the Beneficent Allah, they\nsay: And what is the Allah of beneficence? Shall we prostrate to what\nyou bid us? And it adds to their aversion.\n\n025.061\nY: Blessed is He Who made constellations in the skies, and placed\ntherein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;\n\nP: Blessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars,\nand hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light!\n\nS: Blessed is He Who made the constellations in the heavens and made\ntherein a lamp and a shining moon.\n\n025.062\nY: And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for\nsuch as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their\ngratitude.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath appointed night and day in succession, for him\nwho desireth to remember, or desireth thankfulness.\n\nS: And He it is Who made the night and the day to follow each other for\nhim who desires to be mindful or desires to be thankful.\n\n025.063\nY: And the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious are those who walk on the\nearth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say,\n\n\"Peace!\";\nP: The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the\nearth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;\n\nS: And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the\nearth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say:\nPeace.\n\n025.064\nY: Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and\nstanding;\n\nP: And who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing,\n\nS: And they who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord\nand standing.\n\n025.065\nY: Those who say, \"Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its\nWrath is indeed an affliction grievous,\"-\n\nP: And who say: Our Lord! Avert from us the doom of hell; lo! the doom\nthereof is anguish;\n\nS: And they who say: O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of\nhell, surely the punishment thereof is a lasting evil.\n\n025.066\nY: \"Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in\";\n\nP: Lo! it is wretched as abode and station;\n\nS: Surely it is an evil abode and (evil) place to stay.\n\n025.067\nY: Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not niggardly,\nbut hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);\n\nP: And those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging;\nand there is ever a firm station between the two;\n\nS: And they who when they spend, are neither extravagant nor\nparsimonious, and (keep) between these the just mean.\n\n025.068\nY: Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life\nas Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit fornication;\n- and any that does this (not only) meets punishment,\n\nP: And those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take\nthe life which Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor\ncommit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay the penalty;\n\nS: And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay\nthe soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of\njustice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall\nfind a requital of sin;\n\n025.069\nY: (But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and\nhe will dwell therein in ignominy,-\n\nP: The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he\nwill abide therein disdained for ever;\n\nS: The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection,\nand he shall abide therein in abasement;\n\n025.070\nY: Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah\nwill change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful,\n\nP: Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for\nsuch, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Except him who repents and believes and does a good deed; so these\nare they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones; and Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n025.071\nY: And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to Allah with an\n(acceptable) conversion;-\n\nP: And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward\nAllah with true repentance -\n\nS: And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to Allah a\n(goodly) turning.\n\n025.072\nY: Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they\npass by it with honourable (avoidance);\n\nP: And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near\nsenseless play, pass by with dignity.\n\nS: And they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass\nby what is vain, they pass by nobly.\n\n025.073\nY: Those who, when they are admonished with the Signs of their Lord,\ndroop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind;\n\nP: And those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their\nLord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.\n\nS: And they who, when reminded of the communications of their Lord, do\nnot fall down thereat deaf and blind.\n\n025.074\nY: And those who pray, \"Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who\nwill be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the\nrighteous.\"\n\nP: And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our\noffspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: And they who say: O our Lord! grant us in our wives and our offspring\nthe joy of our eyes, and make us guides to those who guard (against\nevil).\n\n025.075\nY: Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in\nheaven, because of their patient constancy: therein shall they be met\nwith salutations and peace,\n\nP: They will be awarded the high place forasmuch as they were steadfast,\nand they will meet therein with welcome and the ward of peace,\n\nS: These shall be rewarded with high places because they were patient,\nand shall be met therein with greetings and salutations.\n\n025.076\nY: Dwelling therein;- how beautiful an abode and place of rest!\n\nP: Abiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!\n\nS: Abiding therein; goodly the abode and the resting-place.\n\n025.077\nY: Say (to the Rejecters): \"My Lord is not uneasy because of you if ye\ncall not on Him: But ye have indeed rejected (Him), and soon will come\nthe inevitable (punishment)!\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern\nHimself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the\nTruth), therefor there will be judgment.\n\nS: Say: My Lord would not care for you were it not for your prayer; but\nyou have indeed rejected (the truth), so that which shall cleave shall\ncome.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 26:\n\n                           AL-SHUARA (THE POETS)\n Total Verses: 227 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n026.001\nY: Ta. Sin. Mim.\n\nP: Ta. Sin. Mim.\n\nS: Ta Sin Mim.\n\n026.002\nY: These are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.\n\nP: These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.\n\nS: These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.\n\n026.003\nY: It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become\nBelievers.\n\nP: It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they\nbelieve not.\n\nS: Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief because they do not\nbelieve.\n\n026.004\nY: If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a\nSign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.\n\nP: If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that\ntheir necks would remain bowed before it.\n\nS: If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so\nthat their necks should stoop to it.\n\n026.005\nY: But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from (Allah)\nMost Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.\n\nP: Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent\nOne, but they turn away from it.\n\nS: And there does not come to them a new reminder from the Beneficent\nAllah but they turn aside from it.\n\n026.006\nY: They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soon\n(enough) the truth of what they mocked at!\n\nP: Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them\ntidings of that whereat they used to scoff.\n\nS: So they have indeed rejected (the truth), therefore the news of that\nwhich they mock shall soon come to them.\n\n026.007\nY: Do they not look at the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We\nhave produced therein?\n\nP: Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make\nto grow therein?\n\nS: Do they not see the earth, how many of every noble kind We have\ncaused to grow in it?\n\n026.008\nY: Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in that, but most of them will not\nbelieve.\n\n026.009\nY: And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.010\nY: Behold, thy Lord called Moses: \"Go to the people of iniquity,\"-\n\nP: And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,\n\nS: And when your Lord called out to Musa, saying: Go to the unjust\npeople,\n\n026.011\nY: \"The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah?\"\n\nP: The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: The people of Firon: Will they not guard (against evil)?\n\n026.012\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with\nfalsehood:\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject me;\n\n026.013\nY: \"My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly):\nso send unto Aaron.\"\n\nP: And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly,\ntherefor send for Aaron (to help me).\n\nS: And by breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore\nsend Thou to Haroun (to help me);\n\n026.014\nY: \"And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear\nthey may slay me.\"\n\nP: And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.\n\nS: And they have a crime against me, therefore I fear that they may slay\nme.\n\n026.015\nY: Allah said: \"By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs;\nWe are with you, and will listen (to your call).\"\n\nP: He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be\nwith you, Hearing.\n\nS: He said: By no means, so go you both with Our signs; surely We are\nwith you, hearing;\n\n026.016\nY: \"So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been sent by\nthe Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;'\"\n\nP: And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the\nLord of the Worlds,\n\nS: Then come to Firon and say: Surely we are the messengers of the Lord\nof the worlds:\n\n026.017\nY: \"'Send thou with us the Children of Israel.'\"\n\nP: (Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.\n\nS: Then send with us the children of Israel.\n\n026.018\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"Did we not cherish thee as a child among us, and\ndidst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a\nchild? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,\n\nS: (Firon) said: Did we not bring you up as a child among us, and you\ntarried among us for (many) years of your life?\n\n026.019\nY: \"And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst, and\nthou art an ungrateful (wretch)!\"\n\nP: And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of\nthe ingrates.\n\nS: And you did (that) deed of yours which you did, and you are one of\nthe ungrateful.\n\n026.020\nY: Moses said: \"I did it then, when I was in error.\"\n\nP: He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.\n\nS: He said: I did it then while I was of those unable to see the right\ncourse;\n\n026.021\nY: \"So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since)\ninvested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the\nmessengers.\"\n\nP: Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a\ncommand and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).\n\nS: So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me wisdom\nand made me of the messengers;\n\n026.022\nY: \"And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that thou\nhast enslaved the Children of Israel!\"\n\nP: And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou\nhast enslaved the Children of Israel.\n\nS: And is it a favor of which you remind me that you have enslaved the\nchildren of Israel?\n\n026.023\nY: Pharaoh said: \"And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?\"\n\nP: Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?\n\nS: Firon said: And what is the Lord of the worlds?\n\n026.024\nY: (Moses) said: \"The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth,\nand all between,- if ye want to be quite sure.\"\n\nP: (Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is\nbetween them, if ye had but sure belief.\n\nS: He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between\nthem, if you would be sure.\n\n026.025\nY: (Pharaoh) said to those around: \"Did ye not listen (to what he\nsays)?\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?\n\nS: (Firon) said to those around him: Do you not hear?\n\n026.026\nY: (Moses) said: \"Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the\nbeginning!\"\n\nP: He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.\n\nS: He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.\n\n026.027\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"Truly your messenger who has been sent to you is a\nveritable madman!\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is\nindeed a madman!\n\nS: Said he: Most surely your Messenger who is sent to you is mad.\n\n026.028\nY: (Moses) said: \"Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if ye\nonly had sense!\"\n\nP: He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them,\nif ye did but understand.\n\nS: He said: The Lord of the east and the west and what is between them,\nif you understand.\n\n026.029\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"If thou dost put forward any god other than me, I\nwill certainly put thee in prison!\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly\nshall place thee among the prisoners.\n\nS: Said he: If you will take a god besides me, I will most certainly\nmake you one of the imprisoned.\n\n026.030\nY: (Moses) said: \"Even if I showed you something clear (and)\nconvincing?\"\n\nP: He said: Even though I show thee something plain?\n\nS: He said: What! even if I bring to you something manifest?\n\n026.031\nY: (Pharaoh) said: \"Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!\n\nS: Said he: Bring it then, if you are of the truthful ones.\n\n026.032\nY: So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for\nall to see)!\n\nP: Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,\n\nS: So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent,\n\n026.033\nY: And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all beholders!\n\nP: And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.\n\nS: And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the\nonlookers.\n\n026.034\nY: (Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: \"This is indeed a sorcerer\nwell-versed:\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a\nknowing wizard,\n\nS: (Firon) said to the chiefs around him: Most surely this is a skillful\nmagician,\n\n026.035\nY: \"His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what is\nit ye counsel?\"\n\nP: Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel\nye?\n\nS: Who desires to turn you out of your land with his magic; what is it\nthen that you advise?\n\n026.036\nY: They said: \"Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and\ndispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-\"\n\nP: They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the\ncities summoners,\n\nS: They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the\ncities;\n\n026.037\nY: \"And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed.\"\n\nP: Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.\n\nS: That they should bring to you every skillful magician.\n\n026.038\nY: So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day\nwell-known,\n\nP: So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day\nappointed.\n\nS: So the magicians were gathered together at the appointed time on the\nfixed day,\n\n026.039\nY: And the people were told: \"Are ye (now) assembled?\"-\n\nP: And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?\n\nS: And it was said to the people: Will you gather together?\n\n026.040\nY: \"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?\"\n\nP: (They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the\nwinners.\n\nS: Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers.\n\n026.041\nY: So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: \"Of course -\nshall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?\"\n\nP: And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely\nbe a reward for us if we are the winners?\n\nS: And when the magicians came, they said to Firon: Shall we get a\nreward if we are the vanquishers?\n\n026.042\nY: He said: \"Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to\nposts) nearest (to my person).\"\n\nP: He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to\nme).\n\nS: He said: Yes, and surely you will then be of those who are made near.\n\n026.043\nY: Moses said to them: \"Throw ye - that which ye are about to throw!\"\n\nP: Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!\n\nS: Musa said to them: Cast what you are going to cast.\n\n026.044\nY: So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: \"By the might of\nPharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!\"\n\nP: Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By\nPharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.\n\nS: So they cast down their cords and their rods and said: By Firon's\npower, we shall most surely be victorious.\n\n026.045\nY: Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up\nall the falsehoods which they fake!\n\nP: Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did\nfalsely show.\n\nS: Then Musa cast down his staff and lo! it swallowed up the lies they\ntold.\n\n026.046\nY: Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,\n\nP: And the wizards were flung prostrate,\n\nS: And the magicians were thrown down prostrate;\n\n026.047\nY: Saying: \"We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,\"\n\nP: Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,\n\nS: They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds:\n\n026.048\nY: \"The Lord of Moses and Aaron.\"\n\nP: The Lord of Moses and Aaron.\n\nS: The Lord of Musa and Haroun.\n\n026.049\nY: Said (Pharaoh): \"Believe ye in Him before I give you permission?\nsurely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye\nknow!\" - \"Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite\nsides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!\"\n\nP: (Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo!\nhe doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall\ncome to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet\nalternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.\n\nS: Said he: You believe in him before I give you permission; most surely\nhe is the chief of you who taught you the magic, so you shall know:\ncertainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides,\nand certainly I will crucify you all.\n\n026.050\nY: They said: \"No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!\"\n\nP: They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.\n\nS: They said: No harm; surely to our Lord we go back;\n\n026.051\nY: \"Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that\nwe may become foremost among the believers!\"\n\nP: Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because\nwe are the first of the believers.\n\nS: Surely we hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs because we\nare the first of the believers.\n\n026.052\nY: By inspiration we told Moses: \"Travel by night with my servants; for\nsurely ye shall be pursued.\"\n\nP: And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye\nwill be pursued.\n\nS: And We revealed to Musa, saying: Go away with My servants travelling\nby night, surely you will be pursued.\n\n026.053\nY: Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,\n\nP: Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,\n\nS: So Firon sent heralds into the cities;\n\n026.054\nY: (Saying): \"These (Israelites) are but a small band,\"\n\nP: (Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,\n\nS: Most surely these are a small company;\n\n026.055\nY: \"And they are raging furiously against us;\"\n\nP: And lo! they are offenders against us.\n\nS: And most surely they have enraged us;\n\n026.056\nY: \"But we are a multitude amply fore-warned.\"\n\nP: And lo! we are a ready host.\n\nS: And most surely we are a vigilant multitude.\n\n026.057\nY: So We expelled them from gardens, springs,\n\nP: Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,\n\nS: So We turned them out of gardens and springs,\n\n026.058\nY: Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;\n\nP: And treasures and a fair estate.\n\nS: And treasures and goodly dwellings,\n\n026.059\nY: Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such\nthings.\n\nP: Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children\nof Israel to inherit them.\n\nS: Even so. And We gave them as a heritage to the children of Israel.\n\n026.060\nY: So they pursued them at sunrise.\n\nP: And they overtook them at sunrise.\n\nS: Then they pursued them at sunrise.\n\n026.061\nY: And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said:\n\"We are sure to be overtaken.\"\n\nP: And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we\nare indeed caught.\n\nS: So when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Musa cried\nout: Most surely we are being overtaken.\n\n026.062\nY: (Moses) said: \"By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He guide\nme!\"\n\nP: He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.\n\nS: He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me: He will show me a\nway out.\n\n026.063\nY: Then We told Moses by inspiration: \"Strike the sea with thy rod.\" So\nit divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a\nmountain.\n\nP: Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it\nparted, and each part was as a mountain vast.\n\nS: Then We revealed to Musa: Strike the sea with your staff. So it had\ncloven asunder, and each part was like a huge mound.\n\n026.064\nY: And We made the other party approach thither.\n\nP: Then brought We near the others to that place.\n\nS: And We brought near, there, the others.\n\n026.065\nY: We delivered Moses and all who were with him;\n\nP: And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;\n\nS: And We saved Musa and those with him, all of them.\n\n026.066\nY: But We drowned the others.\n\nP: And We drowned the others.\n\nS: Then We drowned the others.\n\n026.067\nY: Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.\n\n026.068\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.069\nY: And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham's story.\n\nP: Recite unto them the story of Abraham:\n\nS: And recite to them the story of Ibrahim.\n\n026.070\nY: Behold, he said to his father and his people: \"What worship ye?\"\n\nP: When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?\n\nS: When he said to his father and his people: What do you worship?\n\n026.071\nY: They said: \"We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance\non them.\"\n\nP: They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.\n\nS: They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their votaries.\n\n026.072\nY: He said: \"Do they listen to you when ye call (on them),\"\n\nP: He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?\n\nS: He said: Do they hear you when you call?\n\n026.073\nY: \"Or do you good or harm?\"\n\nP: Or do they benefit or harm you?\n\nS: Or do they profit you or cause you harm?\n\n026.074\nY: They said: \"Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do).\"\n\nP: They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.\n\nS: They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.\n\n026.075\nY: He said: \"Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,\"-\n\nP: He said: See now that which ye worship,\n\nS: He said: Have you then considered what you have been worshipping:\n\n026.076\nY: \"Ye and your fathers before you?\"-\n\nP: Ye and your forefathers!\n\nS: You and your ancient sires.\n\n026.077\nY: \"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the\nWorlds;\"\n\nP: Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,\n\nS: Surely they are enemies to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds;\n\n026.078\nY: \"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;\"\n\nP: Who created me, and He doth guide me,\n\nS: Who created me, then He has shown me the way:\n\n026.079\nY: \"Who gives me food and drink,\"\n\nP: And Who feedeth me and watereth me.\n\nS: And He Who gives me to eat and gives me to drink:\n\n026.080\nY: \"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;\"\n\nP: And when I sicken, then He healeth me,\n\nS: And when I am sick, then He restores me to health\n\n026.081\nY: \"Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);\"\n\nP: And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),\n\nS: And He Who will cause me to die, then give me life;\n\n026.082\nY: \"And Who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Judgment....\"\n\nP: And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of\nJudgment.\n\nS: And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the Day of Judgment.\n\n026.083\nY: \"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;\"\n\nP: My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.\n\nS: My Lord: Grant me wisdom, and join me with the good\n\n026.084\nY: \"Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the latest\n(generations);\"\n\nP: And give unto me a good report in later generations.\n\nS: And ordain for me a goodly mention among posterity\n\n026.085\nY: \"Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss;\"\n\nP: And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,\n\nS: And make me of the heirs of the garden of bliss\n\n026.086\nY: \"Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;\"\n\nP: And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.\n\nS: And forgive my father, for surely he is of those who have gone\nastray;\n\n026.087\nY: \"And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be raised\nup;\"-\n\nP: And abase me not on the day when they are raised,\n\nS: And disgrace me not on the day when they are raised\n\n026.088\nY: \"The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,\"\n\nP: The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)\n\nS: The day on which property will not avail, nor sons\n\n026.089\nY: \"But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart;\"\n\nP: Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.\n\nS: Except him who comes to Allah with a heart free (from evil).\n\n026.090\nY: \"To the righteous, the Garden will be brought near,\"\n\nP: And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: And the garden shall be brought near for those who guard (against\nevil),\n\n026.091\nY: \"And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;\"\n\nP: And hell will appear plainly to the erring.\n\nS: And the hell shall be made manifest to the erring ones,\n\n026.092\nY: \"And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the (gods) ye worshipped-'\"\n\nP: And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship\n\nS: And it shall be said to them: Where are those that you used to\nworship;\n\n026.093\nY: \"'Besides Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?'\"\n\nP: Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?\n\nS: Besides Allah? Can they help you or yet help themselves?\n\n026.094\nY: \"Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire),- they and those\nstraying in Evil,\"\n\nP: Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers\n\nS: So they shall be thrown down into it, they and the erring ones,\n\n026.095\nY: \"And the whole hosts of Iblis together.\"\n\nP: And the hosts of Iblis, together.\n\nS: And the hosts of the Shaitan, all.\n\n026.096\nY: \"They will say there in their mutual bickerings:\"\n\nP: And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:\n\nS: They shall say while they contend therein:\n\n026.097\nY: \"'By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,\"\n\nP: By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest\n\nS: By Allah! we were certainly in manifest error,\n\n026.098\nY: \"'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;\"\n\nP: When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: When we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds;\n\n026.099\nY: \"'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.\"\n\nP: It was but the guilty who misled us.\n\nS: And none but the guilty led us astray;\n\n026.100\nY: \"'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),'\"\n\nP: Now we have no intercessors\n\nS: So we have no intercessors,\n\n026.101\nY: \"'Nor a single friend to feel (for us).'\"\n\nP: Nor any loving friend.\n\nS: Nor a true friend;\n\n026.102\nY: \"'Now if we only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those\nwho believe!'\"\n\nP: Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the\nbelievers!\n\nS: But if we could but once return, we would be of the believers.\n\n026.103\nY: Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.\n\n026.104\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.105\nY: The people of Noah rejected the messengers.\n\nP: Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),\n\nS: The people of Nuh rejected the messengers.\n\n026.106\nY: Behold, their brother Noah said to them: \"Will ye not fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: When their brother Nuh said to them: Will you not guard (against\nevil)?\n\n026.107\nY: \"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust:\"\n\nP: Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,\n\nS: Surely I am a faithful messenger to you;\n\n026.108\nY: \"So fear Allah, and obey me.\"\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.\n\nS: Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me\n\n026.109\nY: \"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of\nthe Worlds:\"\n\nP: And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the\nLord of the worlds:\n\n026.110\nY: \"So fear Allah, and obey me.\"\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.\n\nS: So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me.\n\n026.111\nY: They said: \"Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that\nfollow thee?\"\n\nP: They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the\npeople) follow thee?\n\nS: They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?\n\n026.112\nY: He said: \"And what do I know as to what they do?\"\n\nP: He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing\n(in the past)?\n\nS: He said: And what knowledge have I of what they do?\n\n026.113\nY: \"Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but) understand.\"\n\nP: Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;\n\nS: Their account is only with my Lord, if you could perceive\n\n026.114\nY: \"I am not one to drive away those who believe.\"\n\nP: And I am not (here) to repulse believers.\n\nS: And I am not going to drive away the believers;\n\n026.115\nY: \"I am sent only to warn plainly in public.\"\n\nP: I am only a plain warner.\n\nS: I am naught but a plain warner.\n\n026.116\nY: They said: \"If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to\ndeath).\"\n\nP: They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those\nstoned (to death).\n\nS: They said: If you desist not, O Nuh, you shall most certainly be of\nthose stoned to death.\n\n026.117\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! Surely my people give me the lie!\n\n026.118\nY: \"Judge Thou, then, between me and them openly, and deliver me and\nthose of the Believers who are with me.\"\n\nP: Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me\nand those believers who are with me.\n\nS: Therefore judge Thou between me and them with a (just) judgment, and\ndeliver me and those who are with me of the believers.\n\n026.119\nY: So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with all\ncreatures).\n\nP: And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.\n\nS: So We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark.\n\n026.120\nY: Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind.\n\nP: Then afterward We drowned the others.\n\nS: Then We drowned the rest afterwards\n\n026.121\nY: Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.\n\n026.122\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.123\nY: The 'Ad (people) rejected the messengers.\n\nP: (The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).\n\nS: Ad gave the lie to the messengers.\n\n026.124\nY: Behold, their brother Hud said to them: \"Will ye not fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard (against\nevil)?\n\n026.125\nY: \"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust:\"\n\nP: Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,\n\nS: Surely I am a faithful messenger to you;\n\n026.126\nY: \"So fear Allah and obey me.\"\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.\n\nS: Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:\n\n026.127\nY: \"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of\nthe Worlds.\"\n\nP: And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And I do not ask you any reward for it; surely my reward is only with\nthe Lord of the worlds;\n\n026.128\nY: \"Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?\"\n\nP: Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?\n\nS: Do you build on every height a monument? Vain is it that you do:\n\n026.129\nY: \"And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living\ntherein (for ever)?\"\n\nP: And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?\n\nS: And you make strong fortresses that perhaps you may\n\n026.130\nY: \"And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute\npower?\"\n\nP: And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?\n\nS: And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants;\n\n026.131\nY: \"Now fear Allah, and obey me.\"\n\nP: Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.\n\nS: So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me\n\n026.132\nY: \"Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye know.\"\n\nP: Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things)\nthat ye know,\n\nS: And be careful of (your duty to) Him Who has given you abundance of\nwhat you know.\n\n026.133\nY: \"Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons,\"-\n\nP: Hath aided you with cattle and sons.\n\nS: He has given you abundance of cattle and children\n\n026.134\nY: \"And Gardens and Springs.\"\n\nP: And gardens and watersprings.\n\nS: And gardens and fountains;\n\n026.135\nY: \"Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day.\"\n\nP: Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.\n\nS: Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day\n\n026.136\nY: They said: \"It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not\namong (our) admonishers!\"\n\nP: They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of\nthose who preach;\n\nS: They said: It is the same to us whether you admonish or are not one\nof the admonishers;\n\n026.137\nY: \"This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,\"\n\nP: This is but a fable of the men of old,\n\nS: This is naught but a custom of the ancients;\n\n026.138\nY: \"And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!\"\n\nP: And we shall not be doomed.\n\nS: And we are not going to be punished.\n\n026.139\nY: So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a\nSign: but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed\na portent, yet most of them are not believers.\n\nS: So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them. Most surely there\nis a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.\n\n026.140\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.141\nY: The Thamud (people) rejected the messengers.\n\nP: (The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)\n\nS: Samood gave the lie to the messengers\n\n026.142\nY: Behold, their brother Salih said to them: \"Will you not fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: When their brother Salih said to them: Will you not guard (against\nevil)?\n\n026.143\nY: \"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.\"\n\nP: Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,\n\nS: Surely I am a faithful messenger to you\n\n026.144\nY: \"So fear Allah, and obey me.\"\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.\n\nS: Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:\n\n026.145\nY: \"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of\nthe Worlds.\"\n\nP: And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the\nLord of the worlds:\n\n026.146\nY: \"Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have\nhere?\"-\n\nP: Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,\n\nS: Will you be left secure in what is here;\n\n026.147\nY: \"Gardens and Springs,\"\n\nP: In gardens and watersprings.\n\nS: In gardens and fountains,\n\n026.148\nY: \"And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the\nweight of fruit)?\"\n\nP: And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,\n\nS: And cornfields and palm-trees having fine spadices?\n\n026.149\nY: \"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.\"\n\nP: Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?\n\nS: And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly;\n\n026.150\nY: \"But fear Allah and obey me;\"\n\nP: Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,\n\nS: Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me;\n\n026.151\nY: \"And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,\"-\n\nP: And obey not the command of the prodigal,\n\nS: And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant,\n\n026.152\nY: \"Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways).\"\n\nP: Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.\n\nS: Who make mischief in the land and do not act aright.\n\n026.153\nY: They said: \"Thou art only one of those bewitched!\"\n\nP: They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;\n\nS: They said: You are only of the deluded ones;\n\n026.154\nY: \"Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if\nthou tellest the truth!\"\n\nP: Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the\ntruthful.\n\nS: You are naught but a mortal like ourselves; so bring a sign if you\nare one of the truthful.\n\n026.155\nY: He said: \"Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye\nhave a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.\"\n\nP: He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the\nwell), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.\n\nS: He said: This is a she-camel; she shall have her portion of water,\nand you have your portion of water on an appointed time;\n\n026.156\nY: \"Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you.\"\n\nP: And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of\nan awful day.\n\nS: And do not touch her with evil, lest the punishment of a grievous day\nshould overtake you.\n\n026.157\nY: But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.\n\nP: But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.\n\nS: But they hamstrung her, then regretted;\n\n026.158\nY: But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of\nthem do not believe.\n\nP: So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet\nmost of them are not believers.\n\nS: So the punishment overtook them. Most surely there is a sign in this,\nbut most of them do not believe.\n\n026.159\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.160\nY: The people of Lut rejected the messengers.\n\nP: The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),\n\nS: The people of Lut gave the lie to the messengers.\n\n026.161\nY: Behold, their brother Lut said to them: \"Will ye not fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: When their brother Lut said to them: Will you not guard (against\nevil)?\n\n026.162\nY: \"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.\"\n\nP: Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,\n\nS: Surely I am a faithful messenger to you;\n\n026.163\nY: \"So fear Allah and obey me.\"\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.\n\nS: Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:\n\n026.164\nY: \"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of\nthe Worlds.\"\n\nP: And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the\nLord of the worlds;\n\n026.165\nY: \"Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males,\"\n\nP: What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,\n\nS: What! do you come to the males from among the creatures\n\n026.166\nY: \"And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates?\nNay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!\"\n\nP: And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are\nfroward folk.\n\nS: And leave what your Lord has created for you of your wives? Nay, you\nare a people exceeding limits.\n\n026.167\nY: They said: \"If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast\nout!\"\n\nP: They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the\noutcast.\n\nS: They said: If you desist not, O Lut! you shall surely be of those who\nare expelled.\n\n026.168\nY: He said: \"I do detest your doings.\"\n\nP: He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.\n\nS: He said: Surely I am of those who utterly abhor your doing;\n\n026.169\nY: \"O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do!\"\n\nP: My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.\n\nS: My Lord! deliver me and my followers from what they do.\n\n026.170\nY: So We delivered him and his family,- all,\n\nP: So We saved him and his household, every one,\n\nS: So We delivered him and his followers all,\n\n026.171\nY: Except an old woman who lingered behind.\n\nP: Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.\n\nS: Except an old woman, among those who remained behind.\n\n026.172\nY: But the rest We destroyed utterly.\n\nP: Then afterward We destroyed the others.\n\nS: Then We utterly destroyed the others.\n\n026.173\nY: We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the\nshower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!\n\nP: And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who\nhave been warned.\n\nS: And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the rain on those\nwarned.\n\n026.174\nY: Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.\n\n026.175\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.176\nY: The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.\n\nP: The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of\nAllah),\n\nS: The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the messengers.\n\n026.177\nY: Behold, Shu'aib said to them: \"Will ye not fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: When Shu'aib said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?\n\n026.178\nY: \"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.\"\n\nP: Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,\n\nS: Surely I am a faithful messenger to you;\n\n026.179\nY: \"So fear Allah and obey me.\"\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.\n\nS: Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:\n\n026.180\nY: \"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of\nthe Worlds.\"\n\nP: And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And I do not ask you any reward for it, my reward is only with the\nLord of the worlds;\n\n026.181\nY: \"Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).\"\n\nP: Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).\n\nS: Give a full measure and be not of those who diminish;\n\n026.182\nY: \"And weigh with scales true and upright.\"\n\nP: And weigh with the true balance.\n\nS: And weigh (things) with a right balance,\n\n026.183\nY: \"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land,\nworking mischief.\"\n\nP: Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief,\nin the earth.\n\nS: And do not wrong men of their things, and do not act corruptly in the\nearth, making mischief.\n\n026.184\nY: \"And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations\nbefore (you).\"\n\nP: And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of\nthe men of old.\n\nS: And guard against (the punishment of) Him who created you and the\nformer nations.\n\n026.185\nY: They said: \"Thou art only one of those bewitched!\"\n\nP: They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;\n\nS: They said: You are only of those deluded;\n\n026.186\nY: \"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou art\na liar!\"\n\nP: Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.\n\nS: And you are naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we know you to be\ncertainly of the liars.\n\n026.187\nY: \"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!\"\n\nP: Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the\ntruthful.\n\nS: Therefore cause a portion of the heaven to come down upon us, if you\nare one of the truthful.\n\n026.188\nY: He said: \"My Lord knows best what ye do.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.\n\nS: He said: My Lord knows best what you do.\n\n026.189\nY: But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing\ngloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.\n\nP: But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day\nof gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.\n\nS: But they called him a liar, so the punishment of the day of covering\novertook them; surely it was the punishment of a grievous day.\n\n026.190\nY: Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.\n\nS: Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.\n\n026.191\nY: And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n026.192\nY: Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:\n\nP: And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,\n\nS: And most surely this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.\n\n026.193\nY: With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-\n\nP: Which the True Spirit hath brought down\n\nS: The Faithful Spirit has descended with it,\n\n026.194\nY: To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.\n\nP: Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,\n\nS: Upon your heart that you may be of the warners\n\n026.195\nY: In the perspicuous Arabic tongue.\n\nP: In plain Arabic speech.\n\nS: In plain Arabic language.\n\n026.196\nY: Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former\npeoples.\n\nP: And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.\n\nS: And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the ancients.\n\n026.197\nY: Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of Israel\nknew it (as true)?\n\nP: Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel\nknow it?\n\nS: Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Israelites know\nit?\n\n026.198\nY: Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,\n\nP: And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the\nArabs,\n\nS: And if we had revealed it to any of the foreigners\n\n026.199\nY: And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it.\n\nP: And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.\n\nS: So that he should have recited it to them, they would not have\nbelieved therein.\n\n026.200\nY: Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.\n\nP: Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.\n\nS: Thus have We caused it to enter into the hearts of the guilty.\n\n026.201\nY: They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;\n\nP: They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,\n\nS: They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.\n\n026.202\nY: But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive\nit not;\n\nP: So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.\n\nS: And it shall come to them all of a sudden, while they shall not\nperceive;\n\n026.203\nY: Then they will say: \"Shall we be respited?\"\n\nP: Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?\n\nS: Then they will say: Shall we be respited?\n\n026.204\nY: Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?\n\nP: Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?\n\nS: What! do they still seek to hasten on Our punishment?\n\n026.205\nY: Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,\n\nP: Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,\n\nS: Have you then considered if We let them enjoy themselves for years,\n\n026.206\nY: Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were\npromised!\n\nP: And then cometh that which they were promised,\n\nS: Then there comes to them that with which they are threatened,\n\n026.207\nY: It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!\n\nP: (How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?\n\nS: That which they were made to enjoy shall not avail them?\n\n026.208\nY: Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -\n\nP: And We destroyed no township but it had its warners\n\nS: And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,\n\n026.209\nY: By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.\n\nP: For reminder, for We never were oppressors.\n\nS: To remind, and We are never unjust.\n\n026.210\nY: No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation):\n\nP: The devils did not bring it down.\n\nS: And the Shaitans have not come down with it.\n\n026.211\nY: It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it).\n\nP: It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,\n\nS: And it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it).\n\n026.212\nY: Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of) hearing it.\n\nP: Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.\n\nS: Most surely they are far removed from the hearing of it.\n\n026.213\nY: So call not on any other god with Allah, or thou wilt be among those\nunder the Penalty.\n\nP: Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the\ndoomed.\n\nS: So call not upon another god with Allah, lest you be of those who are\npunished.\n\n026.214\nY: And admonish thy nearest kinsmen,\n\nP: And warn thy tribe of near kindred,\n\nS: And warn your nearest relations,\n\n026.215\nY: And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee.\n\nP: And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow\nthee.\n\nS: And be kind to him who follows you of the believers.\n\n026.216\nY: Then if they disobey thee, say: \"I am free (of responsibility) for\nwhat ye do!\"\n\nP: And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of\nwhat they do.\n\nS: But if they disobey you, then say: Surely I am clear of what you do.\n\n026.217\nY: And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,-\n\nP: And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful,\n\n026.218\nY: Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),\n\nP: Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)\n\nS: Who sees you when you stand up.\n\n026.219\nY: And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,\n\nP: And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in\nworship).\n\nS: And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves\nbefore Allah.\n\n026.220\nY: For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.\n\nP: Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n026.221\nY: Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones\ndescend?\n\nP: Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?\n\nS: Shall I inform you (of him) upon whom the Shaitans descend?\n\n026.222\nY: They descend on every lying, wicked person,\n\nP: They descend on every sinful, false one.\n\nS: They descend upon every lying, sinful one,\n\n026.223\nY: (Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are\nliars.\n\nP: They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.\n\nS: They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.\n\n026.224\nY: And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:\n\nP: As for poets, the erring follow them.\n\nS: And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them.\n\n026.225\nY: Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?-\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,\n\nS: Do you not see that they wander about bewildered in every valley?\n\n026.226\nY: And that they say what they practise not?-\n\nP: And how they say that which they do not?\n\nS: And that they say that which they do not do,\n\n026.227\nY: Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in the\nremembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are\nunjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what\nvicissitudes their affairs will take!\n\nP: Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much,\nand vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do\nwrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be\noverturned!\n\nS: Except those who believe and do good and remember Allah much, and\ndefend themselves after they are oppressed; and they who act unjustly\nshall know to what final place of turning they shall turn back.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 27:\n\n                        AL-NAML (THE ANT, THE ANTS)\n Total Verses: 93 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n027.001\nY: These are verses of the Qur'an,-a book that makes (things) clear;\n\nP: Ta. Sin. These are revelations of the Qur'an and a Scripture that\nmaketh plain;\n\nS: Ta Sin! These are the verses of the Quran and the Book that makes\n(things) clear,\n\n027.002\nY: A guide: and glad tidings for the believers,-\n\nP: A guidance and good tidings for believers\n\nS: A guidance and good news for the believers,\n\n027.003\nY: Those who establish regular prayers and give in regular charity, and\nalso have (full) assurance of the hereafter.\n\nP: Who establish worship and pay the poor-due and are sure of the\nHereafter.\n\nS: Who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and of the hereafter, they\nare sure.\n\n027.004\nY: As to those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their\ndeeds pleasing in their eyes; and so they wander about in distraction.\n\nP: Lo! as for those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their\nworks fairseeming unto them so that they are all astray.\n\nS: As to those who do not believe in the hereafter, We have surely made\ntheir deeds fair-seeming to them, but they blindly wander on.\n\n027.005\nY: Such are they for whom a grievous Penalty is (waiting); and in the\nHereafter theirs will be the greatest loss.\n\nP: Those are they for whom is the worst of punishment, and in the\nHereafter they will be the greatest losers.\n\nS: These are they who shall have an evil punishment, and in the\nhereafter they shall be the greatest losers.\n\n027.006\nY: As to thee, the Qur'an is bestowed upon thee from the presence of one\nWho is Wise and All-Knowing.\n\nP: Lo! as for thee (Muhammad), thou verily receivest the Qur'an from the\npresence of One Wise, Aware.\n\nS: And most surely you are made to receive the Quran from the Wise, the\nKnowing Allah.\n\n027.007\nY: Behold! Moses said to his family: \"I perceive a fire; soon will I\nbring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning\nbrand to light our fuel, that ye may warm yourselves.\"\n\nP: (Remember) when Moses said unto his household: Lo! I spy afar off a\nfire; I will bring you tidings thence, or bring to you a borrowed flame\nthat ye may warm yourselves.\n\nS: When Musa said to his family: Surely I see fire; I will bring to you\nfrom it some news, or I will bring to you therefrom a burning firebrand\nso that you may warm yourselves.\n\n027.008\nY: But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard: \"Blessed are those\nin the fire and those around: and Glory to Allah, the Lord of the\nWorlds!\"\n\nP: But when he reached it, he was called, saying: Blessed is Whosoever\nis in the fire and Whosoever is round about it! And Glorified be Allah,\nthe Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: So when he came to it a voice was uttered saying: Blessed is Whoever\nis in the fire and whatever is about it; and glory be to Allah, the\nLord of the worlds;\n\n027.009\nY: \"O Moses! verily, I am Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise!...\"\n\nP: O Moses! Lo! it is I, Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: O Musa! surely I am Allah, the Mighty, the Wise;\n\n027.010\nY: \"Now do thou throw thy rod!\" But when he saw it moving (of its own\naccord) as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and\nretraced not his steps: \"O Moses!\" (it was said), \"Fear not: truly, in\nMy presence, those called as messengers have no fear,\"-\n\nP: And throw down thy staff! But when he saw it writhing as it were a\ndemon, he turned to flee headlong; (but it was said unto him): O Moses!\nFear not! the emissaries fear not in My presence,\n\nS: And cast down your staff. So when he saw it in motion as if it were a\nserpent, he turned back retreating and did not return: O Musa! fear\nnot; surely the messengers shall not fear in My presence;\n\n027.011\nY: \"But if any have done wrong and have thereafter substituted good to\ntake the place of evil, truly, I am Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: Save him who hath done wrong and afterward hath changed evil for\ngood. And lo! I am Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Neither he who has been unjust, then he does good instead after evil,\nfor surely I am the Forgiving, the Merciful:\n\n027.012\nY: \"Now put thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white\nwithout stain (or harm): (these are) among the nine Signs (thou wilt\ntake) to Pharaoh and his people: for they are a people rebellious in\ntransgression.\"\n\nP: And put thy hand into the bosom of thy robe, it will come forth white\nbut unhurt. (This will be one) among nine tokens unto Pharaoh and his\npeople Lo! they were ever evil-living folk.\n\nS: And enter your hand into the opening of your bosom, it shall come\nforth white without evil; among nine signs to Firon and his people,\nsurely they are a transgressing people.\n\n027.013\nY: But when Our Signs came to them, that should have opened their eyes,\nthey said: \"This is sorcery manifest!\"\n\nP: But when Our tokens came unto them, plain to see, they said: This is\nmere magic,\n\nS: So when Our clear signs came to them, they said: This is clear\nenchantment.\n\n027.014\nY: And they rejected those Signs in iniquity and arrogance, though their\nsouls were convinced thereof: so see what was the end of those who\nacted corruptly!\n\nP: And they denied them, though their souls acknowledged them, for spite\nand arrogance. Then see the nature of the consequence for the\nwrong-doers!\n\nS: And they denied them unjustly and proudly while their soul had been\nconvinced of them; consider, then how was the end of the\nmischief-makers.\n\n027.015\nY: We gave (in the past) knowledge to David and Solomon: And they both\nsaid: \"Praise be to Allah, Who has favoured us above many of his\nservants who believe!\"\n\nP: And We verily gave knowledge unto David and Solomon, and they said:\nPraise be to Allah, Who hath preferred us above many of His believing\nslaves!\n\nS: And certainly We gave knowledge to Dawood and Sulaiman, and they both\nsaid: Praise be to Allah, Who has made us to excel many of His\nbelieving servants.\n\n027.016\nY: And Solomon was David's heir. He said: \"O ye people! We have been\ntaught the speech of birds, and on us has been bestowed (a little) of\nall things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from Allah.)\"\n\nP: And Solomon was David's heir. And he said: O mankind! Lo! we have\nbeen taught the language of birds, and have been given (abundance) of\nall things. This surely is evident favour.\n\nS: And Sulaiman was Dawood's heir, and he said: O men! we have been\ntaught the language of birds, and we have been given all things; most\nsurely this is manifest grace.\n\n027.017\nY: And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts,- of jinns and men and\nbirds, and they were all kept in order and ranks.\n\nP: And there were gathered together unto Solomon his armies of the jinn\nand humankind, and of the birds, and they were set in battle order;\n\nS: And his hosts of the jinn and the men and the birds were gathered to\nhim, and they were formed into groups.\n\n027.018\nY: At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the\nants said: \"O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his\nhosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it.\"\n\nP: Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant exclaimed: O\nants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you,\nunperceiving.\n\nS: Until when they came to the valley of the Naml, a Namlite said: O\nNaml! enter your houses, (that) Sulaiman and his hosts may not crush\nyou while they do not know.\n\n027.019\nY: So he smiled, amused at her speech; and he said: \"O my Lord! so order\nme that I may be grateful for Thy favours, which thou hast bestowed on\nme and on my parents, and that I may work the righteousness that will\nplease Thee: And admit me, by Thy Grace, to the ranks of Thy righteous\nServants.\"\n\nP: And (Solomon) smiled, laughing at her speech, and said: My Lord,\narouse me to be thankful for Thy favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me\nand my parents, and to do good that shall be pleasing unto Thee, and\ninclude me in (the number of) Thy righteous slaves.\n\nS: So he smiled, wondering at her word, and said: My Lord! grant me that\nI should be grateful for Thy favor which Thou hast bestowed on me and\non my parents, and that I should do good such as Thou art pleased with,\nand make me enter, by Thy mercy, into Thy servants, the good ones.\n\n027.020\nY: And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: \"Why is it I see not\nthe Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?\"\n\nP: And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the\nhoopoe, or is he among the absent?\n\nS: And he reviewed the birds, then said: How is it I see not the hoopoe\nor is it that he is of the absentees?\n\n027.021\nY: \"I will certainly punish him with a severe penalty, or execute him,\nunless he bring me a clear reason (for absence).\"\n\nP: I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay\nhim, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse.\n\nS: I will most certainly punish him with a severe punishment, or kill\nhim, or he shall bring to me a clear plea.\n\n027.022\nY: But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: \"I have\ncompassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to\nthee from Saba with tidings true.\"\n\nP: But he was not long in coming, and he said: I have found out (a\nthing) that thou apprehendest not, and I come unto thee from Sheba with\nsure tidings.\n\nS: And he tarried not long, then said: I comprehend that which you do\nnot comprehend and I have brought to you a sure information from Sheba.\n\n027.023\nY: \"I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with every\nrequisite; and she has a magnificent throne.\"\n\nP: Lo! I found a woman ruling over them, and she hath been given\n(abundance) of all things, and hers is a mighty throne.\n\nS: Surely I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given\nabundance and she has a mighty throne:\n\n027.024\nY: \"I found her and her people worshipping the sun besides Allah: Satan\nhas made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and has kept them\naway from the Path,- so they receive no guidance,\"-\n\nP: I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and\nSatan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from\nthe way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;\n\nS: I found her and her people adoring the sun instead of Allah, and the\nShaitan has made their deeds fair-seeming to them and thus turned them\nfrom the way, so they do not go aright;\n\n027.025\nY: \"(Kept them away from the Path), that they should not worship Allah,\nWho brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and\nknows what ye hide and what ye reveal.\"\n\nP: So that they worship not Allah, Who bringeth forth the hidden in the\nheavens and the earth, and knoweth what ye hide and what ye proclaim,\n\nS: That they do not make obeisance to Allah, Who brings forth what is\nhidden in the heavens and the earth and knows what you hide and what\nyou make manifest:\n\n027.026\nY: \"Allah!- there is no god but He!- Lord of the Throne Supreme!\"\n\nP: Allah; there is no God save Him, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne.\n\nS: Allah, there is no god but He: He is the Lord of mighty power.\n\n027.027\nY: (Solomon) said: \"Soon shall we see whether thou hast told the truth\nor lied!\"\n\nP: (Solomon) said: We shall see whether thou speakest truth or whether\nthou art of the liars.\n\nS: He said: We will see whether you have told the truth or whether you\nare of the liars:\n\n027.028\nY: \"Go thou, with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them: then draw\nback from them, and (wait to) see what answer they return\"...\n\nP: Go with this my letter and throw it down unto them; then turn away\nand see what (answer) they return,\n\nS: Take this my letter and hand it over to them, then turn away from\nthem and see what (answer) they return.\n\n027.029\nY: (The queen) said: \"Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter\nworthy of respect.\"\n\nP: (The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O\nchieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter.\n\nS: She said: O chief! surely an honorable letter has been delivered to\nme\n\n027.030\nY: \"It is from Solomon, and is (as follows): 'In the name of Allah, Most\nGracious, Most Merciful:'\"\n\nP: Lo! it is from Solomon, and lo! it is: In the name of Allah, the\nBeneficent, the Merciful;\n\nS: Surely it is from Sulaiman, and surely it is in the name of Allah,\nthe Beneficent, the Merciful;\n\n027.031\nY: \"'Be ye not arrogant against me, but come to me in submission (to the\ntrue Religion).'\"\n\nP: Exalt not yourselves against me, but come unto me as those who\nsurrender.\n\nS: Saying: exalt not yourselves against me and come to me in submission.\n\n027.032\nY: She said: \"Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have I\ndecided except in your presence.\"\n\nP: She said: O chieftains! Pronounce for me in my case. I decide no case\ntill ye are present with me.\n\nS: She said: O chiefs! give me advice respecting my affair: I never\ndecide an affair until you are in my presence.\n\n027.033\nY: They said: \"We are endued with strength, and given to vehement war:\nbut the command is with thee; so consider what thou wilt command.\"\n\nP: They said: We are lords of might and lords of great prowess, but it\nis for thee to command; so consider what thou wilt command.\n\nS: They said: We are possessors of strength and possessors of mighty\nprowess, and the command is yours, therefore see what you will command.\n\n027.034\nY: She said: \"Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the\nnoblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.\"\n\nP: She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the\nhonour of its people shame. Thus will they do.\n\nS: She said: Surely the kings, when they enter a town, ruin it and make\nthe noblest of its people to be low, and thus they (always) do;\n\n027.035\nY: \"But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see with what\n(answer) return (my) ambassadors.\"\n\nP: But lo! I am going to send a present unto them, and to see with what\n(answer) the messengers return.\n\nS: And surely I am going to send a present to them, and shall wait to\nsee what (answer) do the messengers bring back.\n\n027.036\nY: Now when (the embassy) came to Solomon, he said: \"Will ye give me\nabundance in wealth? But that which Allah has given me is better than\nthat which He has given you! Nay it is ye who rejoice in your gift!\"\n\nP: So when (the envoy) came unto Solomon, (the King) said: What! Would\nye help me with wealth? But that which Allah hath given me is better\nthan that which He hath given you. Nay it is ye (and not I) who exult\nin your gift.\n\nS: So when he came to Sulaiman, he said: What! will you help me with\nwealth? But what Allah has given me is better than what He has given\nyou. Nay, you are exultant because of your present;\n\n027.037\nY: \"Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with such hosts\nas they will never be able to meet: We shall expel them from there in\ndisgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed).\"\n\nP: Return unto them. We verily shall come unto them with hosts that they\ncannot resist, and we shall drive them out from thence with shame, and\nthey will be abased.\n\nS: Go back to them, so we will most certainly come to them with hosts\nwhich they shall have no power to oppose, and we will most certainly\nexpel them therefrom in abasement, and they shall be in a state of\nignominy.\n\n027.038\nY: He said (to his own men): \"Ye chiefs! which of you can bring me her\nthrone before they come to me in submission?\"\n\nP: He said: O chiefs! Which of you will bring me her throne before they\ncome unto me, surrendering?\n\nS: He said: O chiefs! which of you can bring to me her throne before\nthey come to me in submission?\n\n027.039\nY: Said an 'Ifrit, of the jinns: \"I will bring it to thee before thou\nrise from thy council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose, and\nmay be trusted.\"\n\nP: A stalwart of the jinn said: I will bring it thee before thou canst\nrise from thy place. Lo! I verily am strong and trusty for such work.\n\nS: One audacious among the jinn said: I will bring it to you before you\nrise up from your place; and most surely I am strong (and) trusty for\nit.\n\n027.040\nY: Said one who had knowledge of the Book: \"I will bring it to thee\nwithin the twinkling of an eye!\" Then when (Solomon) saw it placed\nfirmly before him, he said: \"This is by the Grace of my Lord!- to test\nme whether I am grateful or ungrateful! and if any is grateful, truly\nhis gratitude is (a gain) for his own soul; but if any is ungrateful,\ntruly my Lord is Free of all Needs, Supreme in Honour !\"\n\nP: One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said: I will bring it\nthee before thy gaze returneth unto thee. And when he saw it set in his\npresence, (Solomon) said: This is of the bounty of my Lord, that He may\ntry me whether I give thanks or am ungrateful. Whosoever giveth thanks\nhe only giveth thanks for (the good of) his own soul; and whosoever is\nungrateful (is ungrateful only to his own soul's hurt). For lo! my Lord\nis Absolute in independence, Bountiful.\n\nS: One who had the knowledge of the Book said: I will bring it to you in\nthe twinkling of an eye. Then when he saw it settled beside him, he\nsaid: This is of the grace of my Lord that He may try me whether I am\ngrateful or ungrateful; and whoever is grateful, he is grateful only\nfor his own soul, and whoever is ungrateful, then surely my Lord is\nSelf-sufficient, Honored.\n\n027.041\nY: He said: \"Transform her throne out of all recognition by her: let us\nsee whether she is guided (to the truth) or is one of those who receive\nno guidance.\"\n\nP: He said: Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will\ngo aright or be of those not rightly guided.\n\nS: He said: Alter her throne for her, we will see whether she follows\nthe right way or is of those who do not go aright.\n\n027.042\nY: So when she arrived, she was asked, \"Is this thy throne?\" She said,\n\"It was just like this; and knowledge was bestowed on us in advance of\nthis, and we have submitted to Allah (in Islam).\"\n\nP: So, when she came, it was said (unto her): Is thy throne like this?\nShe said: (It is) as though it were the very one. And (Solomon said):\nWe were given the knowledge before her and we had surrendered (to\nAllah).\n\nS: So when she came, it was said: Is your throne like this? She said: It\nis as it were the same, and we were given the knowledge before it, and\nwe were submissive.\n\n027.043\nY: And he diverted her from the worship of others besides Allah: for she\nwas (sprung) of a people that had no faith.\n\nP: And (all) that she was wont to worship instead of Allah hindered her,\nfor she came of disbelieving folk.\n\nS: And what she worshipped besides Allah prevented her, surely she was\nof an unbelieving people.\n\n027.044\nY: She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she\nthought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts),\nuncovering her legs. He said: \"This is but a palace paved smooth with\nslabs of glass.\" She said: \"O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I\ndo (now) submit (in Islam), with Solomon, to the Lord of the Worlds.\"\n\nP: It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she deemed\nit a pool and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! it is a hall, made\nsmooth, of glass. She said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged myself, and I\nsurrender with Solomon unto Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: It was said to her: Enter the palace; but when she saw it she deemed\nit to be a great expanse of water, and bared her legs. He said: Surely\nit is a palace made smooth with glass. She said: My Lord! surely I have\nbeen unjust to myself, and I submit with Sulaiman to Allah, the Lord of\nthe worlds.\n\n027.045\nY: We sent (aforetime), to the Thamud, their brother Salih, saying,\n\"Serve Allah\": But behold, they became two factions quarrelling with\neach other.\n\nP: And We verily sent unto Thamud their brother Salih, saying: Worship\nAllah. And lo! they (then) became two parties quarrelling.\n\nS: And certainly We sent to Samood their brother Salih, saying: Serve\nAllah; and lo! they became two sects quarrelling with each other.\n\n027.046\nY: He said: \"O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil in preference\nto the good? If only ye ask Allah for forgiveness, ye may hope to\nreceive mercy.\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! Why will ye hasten on the evil rather than the\ngood? Why will ye not ask pardon of Allah, that ye may receive mercy.\n\nS: He said: O my people! why do you seek to hasten on the evil before\nthe good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of Allah so that you may be\ndealt with mercifully?\n\n027.047\nY: They said: \"Ill omen do we augur from thee and those that are with\nthee\". He said: \"Your ill omen is with Allah; yea, ye are a people\nunder trial.\"\n\nP: They said: We augur evil of thee and those with thee. He said: Your\nevil augury is with Allah. Nay, but ye are folk that are being tested.\n\nS: They said: We have met with ill luck on account of you and on account\nof those with you. He said: The cause of your evil fortune is with\nAllah; nay, you are a people who are tried.\n\n027.048\nY: There were in the city nine men of a family, who made mischief in the\nland, and would not reform.\n\nP: And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land\nand reformed not.\n\nS: And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land\nand did not act aright.\n\n027.049\nY: They said: \"Swear a mutual oath by Allah that we shall make a secret\nnight attack on him and his people, and that we shall then say to his\nheir (when he seeks vengeance): 'We were not present at the slaughter\nof his people, and we are positively telling the truth.'\"\n\nP: They said: Swear one to another by Allah that we verily will attack\nhim and his household by night, and afterward we will surely say unto\nhis friend: We witnessed not the destruction of his household. And lo!\nwe are truthtellers.\n\nS: They said: Swear to each other by Allah that we will certainly make a\nsudden attack on him and his family by night, then we will say to his\nheir: We did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are most\nsurely truthful.\n\n027.050\nY: They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while they\nperceived it not.\n\nP: So they plotted a plot: and We plotted a plot, while they perceived\nnot.\n\nS: And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan while they perceived\nnot.\n\n027.051\nY: Then see what was the end of their plot!- this, that We destroyed\nthem and their people, all (of them).\n\nP: Then see the nature of the consequence of their plotting, for lo! We\ndestroyed them and their people, every one.\n\nS: See, then, how was the end of their plan that We destroyed them and\ntheir people, all (of them).\n\n027.052\nY: Now such were their houses, - in utter ruin, - because they practised\nwrong-doing. Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.\n\nP: See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did\nwrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.\n\nS: So those are their houses fallen down because they were unjust, most\nsurely there is a sign in this for a people who know.\n\n027.053\nY: And We saved those who believed and practised righteousness.\n\nP: And we saved those who believed and used to ward off (evil).\n\nS: And We delivered those who believed and who guarded (against evil).\n\n027.054\nY: (We also sent) Lut (as a messenger): behold, He said to his people,\n\"Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?\"\n\nP: And Lot! when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination\nknowingly?\n\nS: And (We sent) Lut, when he said to his people: What! do you commit\nindecency while you see?\n\n027.055\nY: Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye\nare a people (grossly) ignorant!\n\nP: Must ye seek lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk\nwho act senselessly.\n\nS: What! do you indeed approach men lustfully rather than women? Nay,\nyou are a people who act ignorantly.\n\n027.056\nY: But his people gave no other answer but this: they said, \"Drive out\nthe followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to\nbe clean and pure!\"\n\nP: But the answer of his folk was naught save that they said: Expel the\nhousehold of Lot from your township, for they (forsooth) are folk who\nwould keep clean!\n\nS: But the answer of his people was no other except that they said:\nTurn out Lut's followers from your town; surely they are a people who\nwould keep pure!\n\n027.057\nY: But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We destined to\nbe of those who lagged behind.\n\nP: Then We saved him and his household save his wife; We destined her to\nbe of those who stayed behind.\n\nS: But We delivered him and his followers except his wife; We ordained\nher to be of those who remained behind.\n\n027.058\nY: And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the\nshower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!\n\nP: And We rained a rain upon them. Dreadful is the rain of those who\nhave been warned.\n\nS: And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain of those who had\nbeen warned.\n\n027.059\nY: Say: Praise be to Allah, and Peace on his servants whom He has chosen\n(for his Message). (Who) is better?- Allah or the false gods they\nassociate (with Him)?\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Praise be to Allah, and peace be on His slaves whom\nHe hath chosen! Is Allah best, or (all) that ye ascribe as partners\n(unto Him)?\n\nS: Say: Praise be to Allah and peace on His servants whom He has chosen:\nis Allah better, or what they associate (with Him)?\n\n027.060\nY: Or, Who has created the heavens and the earth, and Who sends you down\nrain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause to grow well-planted orchards\nfull of beauty of delight: it is not in your power to cause the growth\nof the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay,\nthey are a people who swerve from justice.\n\nP: Is not He (best) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sendeth\ndown for you water from the sky wherewith We cause to spring forth\njoyous orchards, whose trees it never hath been yours to cause to grow.\nIs there any Allah beside Allah? Nay, but they are folk who ascribe\nequals (unto Him)!\n\nS: Nay, He Who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down for you\nwater from the cloud; then We cause to grow thereby beautiful gardens;\nit is not possible for you that you should make the trees thereof to\ngrow. Is there a god with Allah? Nay! they are people who deviate.\n\n027.061\nY: Or, Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst;\nset thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the\ntwo bodies of flowing water? (can there be another) god besides Allah?\nNay, most of them know not.\n\nP: Is not He (best) Who made the earth a fixed abode, and placed rivers\nin the folds thereof, and placed firm hills therein, and hath set a\nbarrier between the two seas? Is there any Allah beside Allah? Nay, but\nmost of them know not!\n\nS: Or, Who made the earth a restingplace, and made in it rivers, and\nraised on it mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier. Is\nthere a god with Allah? Nay! most of them do not know!\n\n027.062\nY: Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and\nWho relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the\nearth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Little it is that ye\nheed!\n\nP: Is not He (best) Who answereth the wronged one when he crieth unto\nHim and removeth the evil, and hath made you viceroys of the earth? Is\nthere any God beside Allah? Little do they reflect!\n\nS: Or, Who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes\nthe evil, and He will make you successors in the earth. Is there a god\nwith Allah? Little is it that you mind!\n\n027.063\nY: Or, Who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and sea,\nand Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His\nMercy? (Can there be another) god besides Allah?- High is Allah above\nwhat they associate with Him!\n\nP: Is not He (best) Who guideth you in the darkness of the land and the\nsea, He Who sendeth the winds as heralds of His mercy? Is there any\nGod beside Allah? High Exalted be Allah from all that they ascribe as\npartner (unto Him)!\n\nS: Or, Who guides you in utter darkness of the land and the sea, and Who\nsends the winds as good news before His mercy. Is there a god with\nAllah? Exalted by Allah above what they associate (with Him).\n\n027.064\nY: Or, Who originates creation, then repeats it, and who gives you\nsustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides\nAllah? Say, \"Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling the truth!\"\n\nP: Is not He (best) Who produceth creation, then reproduceth it, and Who\nprovideth for you from the heaven and the earth? Is there any God\nbeside Allah? Say: Bring your proof, if ye are truthful!\n\nS: Or, Who originates the creation, then reproduces it and Who gives you\nsustenance from the heaven and the earth. Is there a god With Allah?\nSay: Bring your proof if you are truthful.\n\n027.065\nY: Say: None in the heavens or on earth, except Allah, knows what is\nhidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for\nJudgment).\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): None in the heavens and the earth knoweth the\nUnseen save Allah; and they know not when they will be raised (again).\n\nS: Say: No one in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen but Allah;\nand they do not know when they shall be raised.\n\n027.066\nY: Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: Nay, they\nare in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay, they are blind thereunto!\n\nP: Nay, but doth their knowledge reach to the Hereafter? Nay, for they\nare in doubt concerning it. Nay, for they cannot see it.\n\nS: Nay, their knowledge respecting the hereafter is slight and hasty;\nnay, they are in doubt about it; nay, they are quite blind to it.\n\n027.067\nY: The Unbelievers say: \"What! when we become dust,- we and our\nfathers,- shall we really be raised (from the dead)?\"\n\nP: Yet those who disbelieve say: When we have become dust like our\nfathers, shall we verily be brought forth (again)?\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: What! when we have become dust and our\nfathers (too), shall we certainly be brought forth?\n\n027.068\nY: \"It is true we were promised this,- we and our fathers before (us):\nthese are nothing but tales of the ancients.\"\n\nP: We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is\nnaught but fables of the men of old.\n\nS: We have certainly been promised this, we and our fathers before;\nthese are naught but stories of the ancients.\n\n027.069\nY: Say: \"Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of those\nguilty (of sin).\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see the nature of\nthe sequel for the guilty!\n\nS: Say: Travel in the earth, then see how was the end of the guilty.\n\n027.070\nY: But grieve not over them, nor distress thyself because of their\nplots.\n\nP: And grieve thou not for them, nor be in distress because of what they\nplot (against thee).\n\nS: And grieve not for them and be not distressed because of what they\nplan.\n\n027.071\nY: They also say: \"When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say) if ye\nare truthful.\"\n\nP: And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are\ntruthful?\n\nS: And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are\ntruthful?\n\n027.072\nY: Say: \"It may be that some of the events which ye wish to hasten on\nmay be (close) in your pursuit!\"\n\nP: Say: It may be that a part of that which ye would hasten on is close\nbehind you.\n\nS: Say: Maybe there may have drawn near to you somewhat of that which\nyou seek to hasten on.\n\n027.073\nY: But verily thy Lord is full of grace to mankind: Yet most of them are\nungrateful.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord is full of bounty for mankind, but most of them do not\ngive thanks.\n\nS: And surely your Lord is the Lord of grace to men, but most of them\nare not grateful.\n\n027.074\nY: And verily thy Lord knoweth all that their hearts do hide. As well as\nall that they reveal.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord knoweth surely all that their bosoms hide, and all that\nthey proclaim.\n\nS: And most surely your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what\nthey manifest.\n\n027.075\nY: Nor is there aught of the unseen, in heaven or earth, but is\n(recorded) in a clear record.\n\nP: And there is nothing hidden in the heaven or the earth but it is in a\nclear Record.\n\nS: And there is nothing concealed in the heaven and the earth but it is\nin a clear book.\n\n027.076\nY: Verily this Qur'an doth explain to the Children of Israel most of the\nmatters in which they disagree.\n\nP: Lo! this Qur'an narrateth unto the Children of Israel most of that\nconcerning which they differ.\n\nS: Surely this Quran declares to the children of Israel most of what\nthey differ in.\n\n027.077\nY: And it certainly is a Guide and a Mercy to those who believe.\n\nP: And lo! it is a guidance and a mercy for believers.\n\nS: And most surely it is a guidance and a mercy for the believers.\n\n027.078\nY: Verily thy Lord will decide between them by His Decree: and He is\nExalted in Might, All-Knowing.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord will judge between them of His wisdom, and He is the\nMighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Surely your Lord will judge between them by his judgment, and He is\nthe Mighty, the Knowing.\n\n027.079\nY: So put thy trust in Allah: for thou art on (the path of) manifest\nTruth.\n\nP: Therefor (O Muhammad) put thy trust in Allah, for thou (standest) on\nthe plain Truth.\n\nS: Therefore rely on Allah; surely you are on the clear truth.\n\n027.080\nY: Truly thou canst not cause the dead to listen, nor canst thou cause\nthe deaf to hear the call, (especially) when they turn back in retreat.\n\nP: Lo! thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the\ndeaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee;\n\nS: Surely you do not make the dead to hear, and you do not make the deaf\nto hear the call when they go back retreating.\n\n027.081\nY: Nor canst thou be a guide to the blind, (to prevent them) from\nstraying: only those wilt thou get to listen who believe in Our Signs,\nand they will bow in Islam.\n\nP: Nor canst thou lead the blind out of their error. Thou canst make\nnone to hear, save those who believe Our revelations and who have\nsurrendered.\n\nS: Nor can you be a guide to the blind out of their error; you cannot\nmake to bear (any one) except those who believe in Our communications,\nso they submit.\n\n027.082\nY: And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall\nproduce from the earth a beast to (face) them: He will speak to them,\nfor that mankind did not believe with assurance in Our Signs.\n\nP: And when the word is fulfilled concerning them, We shall bring forth\na beast of the earth to speak unto them because mankind had not faith\nin Our revelations.\n\nS: And when the word shall come to pass against them, We shall bring\nforth for them a creature from the earth that shall wound them,\nbecause people did not believe in Our communications.\n\n027.083\nY: One day We shall gather together from every people a troop of those\nwho reject our Signs, and they shall be kept in ranks,-\n\nP: And (remind them of) the Day when We shall gather out of every nation\na host of those who denied Our revelations, and they will be set in\narray;\n\nS: And on the day when We will gather from every nation a party from\namong those who rejected Our communications, then they shall be formed\ninto groups.\n\n027.084\nY: Until, when they come (before the Judgment-seat), (Allah) will say:\n\"Did ye reject My Signs, though ye comprehended them not in knowledge,\nor what was it ye did?\"\n\nP: Till, when they come (before their Lord), He will say: Did ye deny My\nrevelations when ye could not compass them in knowledge, or what was it\nthat ye did?\n\nS: Until when they come, He will say: Did you reject My communications\nwhile you had no comprehensive knowledge of them? Or what was it that\nyou did?\n\n027.085\nY: And the Word will be fulfilled against them, because of their\nwrong-doing, and they will be unable to speak (in plea).\n\nP: And the Word will be fulfilled concerning them because they have done\nwrong, and they will not speak.\n\nS: And the word shall come to pass against them because they were\nunjust, so they shall not speak.\n\n027.086\nY: See they not that We have made the Night for them to rest in and the\nDay to give them light? Verily in this are Signs for any people that\nbelieve!\n\nP: Have they not seen how We have appointed the night that they may rest\ntherein, and the day sight-giving? Lo! therein verily are portents for\na people who believe.\n\nS: Do they not consider that We have made the night that they may rest\ntherein, and the day to give light? Most surely there are signs in this\nfor a people who believe.\n\n027.087\nY: And the Day that the Trumpet will be sounded - then will be smitten\nwith terror those who are in the heavens, and those who are on earth,\nexcept such as Allah will please (to exempt): and all shall come to His\n(Presence) as beings conscious of their lowliness.\n\nP: And (remind them of) the Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and all\nwho are in the heavens and the earth will start in fear, save him whom\nAllah willeth. And all come unto Him, humbled.\n\nS: And on the day when the trumpet shall be blown, then those who are in\nthe heavens and those who are in the earth shall be terrified except\nsuch as Allah please, and all shall come to him abased.\n\n027.088\nY: Thou seest the mountains and thinkest them firmly fixed: but they\nshall pass away as the clouds pass away: (such is) the artistry of\nAllah, who disposes of all things in perfect order: for he is well\nacquainted with all that ye do.\n\nP: And thou seest the hills thou deemest solid flying with the flight of\nclouds: the doing of Allah Who perfecteth all things. Lo! He is\nInformed of what ye do.\n\nS: And you see the mountains, you think them to be solid, and they shall\npass away as the passing away of the cloud-- the handiwork of Allah Who\nhas made every thing thoroughly; surely He is Aware of what you do.\n\n027.089\nY: If any do good, good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they will\nbe secure from terror that Day.\n\nP: Whoso bringeth a good deed will have better than its worth; and such\nare safe from fear that Day.\n\nS: Whoever brings good, he shall have better than it; and they shall be\nsecure from terror on the day.\n\n027.090\nY: And if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the\nFire: \"Do ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earned by\nyour deeds?\"\n\nP: And whoso bringeth an ill-deed, such will be flung down on their\nfaces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded aught save what ye did?\n\nS: And whoever brings evil, these shall be thrown down on their faces\ninto the fire; shall you be rewarded (for) aught except what you did?\n\n027.091\nY: For me, I have been commanded to serve the Lord of this city, Him Who\nhas sanctified it and to Whom (belong) all things: and I am commanded\nto be of those who bow in Islam to Allah's Will,-\n\nP: (Say): I (Muhammad) am commanded only to serve the Lord of this land\nwhich He hath hallowed, and unto Whom all things belong. And I am\ncommanded to be of those who surrender (unto Him),\n\nS: I am commanded only that I should serve the Lord of this city, Who\nhas made it sacred, and His are all things; and I am commanded that I\nshould be of these who submit;\n\n027.092\nY: And to rehearse the Qur'an: and if any accept guidance, they do it\nfor the good of their own souls, and if any stray, say: \"I am only a\nWarner\".\n\nP: And to recite the Qur'an. And whoso goeth right, goeth right only for\n(the good of) his own soul; and as for him who goeth astray - (Unto\nhim) say: Lo! I am only a warner.\n\nS: And that I should recite the Quran. Therefore whoever goes aright, he\ngoes aright for his own soul, and whoever goes astray, then say: I am\nonly one of the warners.\n\n027.093\nY: And say: \"Praise be to Allah, Who will soon show you His Signs, so\nthat ye shall know them\"; and thy Lord is not unmindful of all that ye\ndo.\n\nP: And say: Praise be to Allah Who will show you His portents so that ye\nshall know them. And thy Lord is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.\n\nS: And say: Praise be to Allah, He will show you His signs so that you\nshall recognize them; nor is your Lord heedless of what you do.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 28:\n\n                       AL-QASAS (THE STORY, STORIES)\n Total Verses: 88 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n028.001\nY: Ta. Sin. Mim.\n\nP: Ta. Sin. Mim.\n\nS: Ta sin Mim.\n\n028.002\nY: These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.\n\nP: These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.\n\nS: These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.\n\n028.003\nY: We rehearse to thee some of the story of Moses and Pharaoh in Truth,\nfor people who believe.\n\nP: We narrate unto thee (somewhat) of the story of Moses and Pharaoh\nwith truth, for folk who believe.\n\nS: We recite to you from the account of Musa and Firon with truth for\npeople who believe.\n\n028.004\nY: Truly Pharaoh elated himself in the land and broke up its people into\nsections, depressing a small group among them: their sons he slew, but\nhe kept alive their females: for he was indeed a maker of mischief.\n\nP: Lo! Pharaoh exalted himself in the earth and made its people castes.\nA tribe among them he oppressed, killing their sons and sparing their\nwomen. Lo! he was of those who work corruption.\n\nS: Surely Firon exalted himself in the land and made its people into\nparties, weakening one party from among them; he slaughtered their sons\nand let their women live; surely he was one of the mischiefmakers.\n\n028.005\nY: And We wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed in the\nland, to make them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,\n\nP: And We desired to show favour unto those who were oppressed in the\nearth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors,\n\nS: And We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were deemed weak in\nthe land, and to make them the Imams, and to make them the heirs,\n\n028.006\nY: To establish a firm place for them in the land, and to show Pharaoh,\nHaman, and their hosts, at their hands, the very things against which\nthey were taking precautions.\n\nP: And to establish them in the earth, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and\ntheir hosts that which they feared from them.\n\nS: And to grant them power in the land, and to make Firon and Haman and\ntheir hosts see from them what they feared.\n\n028.007\nY: So We sent this inspiration to the mother of Moses: \"Suckle (thy\nchild), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into the river,\nbut fear not nor grieve: for We shall restore him to thee, and We shall\nmake him one of Our messengers.\"\n\nP: And We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: Suckle him and, when\nthou fearest for him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor\ngrieve. Lo! We shall bring him back unto thee and shall make him (one)\nof Our messengers.\n\nS: And We revealed to Musa's mothers, saying: Give him suck, then when\nyou fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear nor grieve;\nsurely We will bring him back to you and make him one of the\nmessengers.\n\n028.008\nY: Then the people of Pharaoh picked him up (from the river): (It was\nintended) that (Moses) should be to them an adversary and a cause of\nsorrow: for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were men of sin.\n\nP: And the family of Pharaoh took him up, that he might become for them\nan enemy and a sorrow, Lo! Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were ever\nsinning.\n\nS: And Firon's family took him up that he might be an enemy and a grief\nfor them; surely Firon and Haman and their hosts were wrongdoers.\n\n028.009\nY: The wife of Pharaoh said: \"(Here is) joy of the eye, for me and for\nthee: slay him not. It may be that he will be use to us, or we may\nadopt him as a son.\" And they perceived not (what they were doing)!\n\nP: And the wife of Pharaoh said: (He will be) a consolation for me and\nfor thee. Kill him not. Peradventure he may be of use to us, or we may\nchoose him for a son. And they perceived not.\n\nS: And Firon's wife said: A refreshment of the eye to me and to you; do\nnot slay him; maybe he will be useful to us, or we may take him for a\nson; and they did not perceive.\n\n028.010\nY: But there came to be a void in the heart of the mother of Moses: She\nwas going almost to disclose his (case), had We not strengthened her\nheart (with faith), so that she might remain a (firm) believer.\n\nP: And the heart of the mother of Moses became void, and she would have\nbetrayed him if We had not fortified her heart, that she might be of\nthe believers.\n\nS: And the heart of Musa's mother was free (from anxiety) she would have\nalmost disclosed it had We not strengthened her heart so that she might\nbe of the believers.\n\n028.011\nY: And she said to the sister of (Moses), \"Follow him\" so she (the\nsister) watched him in the character of a stranger. And they knew not.\n\nP: And she said unto his sister: Trace him. So she observed him from\nafar, and they perceived not.\n\nS: And she said to his sister: Follow him up. So she watched him from a\ndistance while they did not perceive,\n\n028.012\nY: And we ordained that he refused suck at first, until (His sister came\nup and) said: \"Shall I point out to you the people of a house that will\nnourish and bring him up for you and be sincerely attached to him?\"...\n\nP: And We had before forbidden foster-mothers for him, so she said:\nShall I show you a household who will rear him for you and take care of\nhim?\n\nS: And We ordained that he refused to suck any foster mother before, so\nshe said: Shall I point out to you the people of a house who will take\ncare of him for you, and they will be benevolent to him?\n\n028.013\nY: Thus did We restore him to his mother, that her eye might be\ncomforted, that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the\npromise of Allah is true: but most of them do not understand.\n\nP: So We restored him to his mother that she might be comforted and not\ngrieve, and that she might know that the promise of Allah is true. But\nmost of them know not.\n\nS: So We gave him back to his mother that her eye might be refreshed,\nand that she might no grieve, and that she might know that the promise\nof Allah is true, but most of them do not know.\n\n028.014\nY: When he reached full age, and was firmly established (in life), We\nbestowed on him wisdom and knowledge: for thus do We reward those who\ndo good.\n\nP: And when he reached his full strength and was ripe, We gave him\nwisdom and knowledge. Thus do We reward the good.\n\nS: And when he attained his maturity and became full grown, We granted\nhim wisdom and knowledge; and thus do We reward those who do good (to\nothers).\n\n028.015\nY: And he entered the city at a time when its people were not watching:\nand he found there two men fighting,- one of his own religion, and the\nother, of his foes. Now the man of his own religion appealed to him\nagainst his foe, and Moses struck him with his fist and made an end of\nhim. He said: \"This is a work of Evil (Satan): for he is an enemy that\nmanifestly misleads!\"\n\nP: And he entered the city at a time of carelessness of its folk, and he\nfound therein two men fighting, one of his own caste, and the other of\nhis enemies; and he who was of his caste asked him for help against him\nwho was of his enemies. So Moses struck him with his fist and killed\nhim. He said: This is of the devil's doing. Lo! he is an enemy, a mere\nmisleader.\n\nS: And he went into the city at a time of unvigilance on the part of its\npeople, so he found therein two men fighting, one being of his party\nand the other of his foes, and he who was of his party cried out to him\nfor help against him who was of his enemies, so Musa struck him with\nhis fist and killed him. He said: This is on account of the Shaitan's\ndoing; surely he is an enemy, openly leading astray.\n\n028.016\nY: He prayed: \"O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! Do Thou then\nforgive me!\" So (Allah) forgave him: for He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged my soul, so forgive me. Then He\nforgave him. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! surely I have done harm to myself, so do Thou\nprotect me. So He protected him; surely He is the Forgiving, the\nMerciful.\n\n028.017\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! For that Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace on me,\nnever shall I be a help to those who sin!\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Forasmuch as Thou hast favoured me, I will\nnevermore be a supporter of the guilty.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! because Thou hast bestowed a favor on me, I shall\nnever be a backer of the guilty.\n\n028.018\nY: So he saw the morning in the city, looking about, in a state of fear,\nwhen behold, the man who had, the day before, sought his help called\naloud for his help (again). Moses said to him: \"Thou art truly, it is\nclear, a quarrelsome fellow!\"\n\nP: And morning found him in the city, fearing, vigilant, when behold! he\nwho had appealed to him the day before cried out to him for help. Moses\nsaid unto him: Lo! thou art indeed a mere hothead.\n\nS: And he was in the city, fearing, awaiting, when lo! he who had asked\nhis assistance the day before was crying out to him for aid. Musa said\nto him: You are most surely one erring manifestly.\n\n028.019\nY: Then, when he decided to lay hold of the man who was an enemy to both\nof them, that man said: \"O Moses! Is it thy intention to slay me as\nthou slewest a man yesterday? Thy intention is none other than to\nbecome a powerful violent man in the land, and not to be one who sets\nthings right!\"\n\nP: And when he would have fallen upon the man who was an enemy unto them\nboth, he said: O Moses! Wouldst thou kill me as thou didst kill a\nperson yesterday. Thou wouldst be nothing but a tyrant in the land,\nthou wouldst not be of the reformers.\n\nS: So when he desired to seize him who was an enemy to them both, he\nsaid: O Musa! do you intend to kill me as you killed a person\nyesterday? You desire nothing but that you should be a tyrant in the\nland, and you do not desire to be of those who act aright.\n\n028.020\nY: And there came a man, running, from the furthest end of the City. He\nsaid: \"O Moses! the Chiefs are taking counsel together about thee, to\nslay thee: so get thee away, for I do give thee sincere advice.\"\n\nP: And a man came from the uttermost part of the city, running. He said:\nO Moses! Lo! the chiefs take counsel against thee to slay thee;\ntherefor escape. Lo! I am of those who give thee good advice.\n\nS: And a man came running from the remotest part of the city. He said: O\nMusa! surely the chiefs are consulting together to slay you, therefore\ndepart (at once); surely I am of those who wish well to you.\n\n028.021\nY: He therefore got away therefrom, looking about, in a state of fear.\nHe prayed \"O my Lord! save me from people given to wrong-doing.\"\n\nP: So he escaped from thence, fearing, vigilant. He said: My Lord!\nDeliver me from the wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: So he went forth therefrom, fearing, awaiting, (and) he said: My\nLord! deliver me from the unjust people.\n\n028.022\nY: Then, when he turned his face towards (the land of) Madyan, he said:\n\"I do hope that my Lord will show me the smooth and straight Path.\"\n\nP: And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said: Peradventure my\nLord will guide me in the right road.\n\nS: And when he turned his face towards Madyan, he said: Maybe my Lord\nwill guide me in the right path.\n\n028.023\nY: And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found there\na group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two\nwomen who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: \"What is the\nmatter with you?\" They said: \"We cannot water (our flocks) until the\nshepherds take back (their flocks): And our father is a very old man.\"\n\nP: And when he came unto the water of Midian he found there a whole\ntribe of men, watering. And he found apart from them two women keeping\nback (their flocks). He said: What aileth you? The two said: We cannot\ngive (our flocks) to drink till the shepherds return from the water;\nand our father is a very old man.\n\nS: And when he came to the water of Madyan, he found on it a group of\nmen watering, and he found besides them two women keeping back (their\nflocks). He said: What is the matter with you? They said: We cannot\nwater until the shepherds take away (their sheep) from the water, and\nour father is a very old man.\n\n028.024\nY: So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to the\nshade, and said: \"O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of any good\nthat Thou dost send me!\"...\n\nP: So he watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the\nshade, and said: My Lord! I am needy of whatever good Thou sendest down\nfor me.\n\nS: So he watered (their sheep) for them, then went back to the shade and\nsaid: My Lord! surely I stand in need of whatever good Thou mayest send\ndown to me.\n\n028.025\nY: Afterwards one of the (damsels) came (back) to him, walking\nbashfully. She said: \"My father invites thee that he may reward thee\nfor having watered (our flocks) for us.\" So when he came to him and\nnarrated the story, he said: \"Fear thou not: (well) hast thou escaped\nfrom unjust people.\"\n\nP: Then there came unto him one of the two women, walking shyly. She\nsaid: Lo! my father biddeth thee, that he may reward thee with a\npayment for that thou didst water (the flock) for us. Then, when he\ncame unto him and told him the (whole) story, he said: Fear not! Thou\nhast escaped from the wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: Then one of the two women came to him walking bashfully. She said: My\nfather invites you that he may give you the reward of your having\nwatered for us. So when he came to him and gave to him the account, he\nsaid: Fear not, you are secure from the unjust people.\n\n028.026\nY: Said one of the (damsels): \"O my (dear) father! engage him on wages:\ntruly the best of men for thee to employ is the (man) who is strong and\ntrusty\"....\n\nP: One of the two women said: O my father! Hire him! For the best (man)\nthat thou canst hire in the strong, the trustworthy.\n\nS: Said one of them: O my father! employ him, surely the best of those\nthat you can employ is the strong man, the faithful one.\n\n028.027\nY: He said: \"I intend to wed one of these my daughters to thee, on\ncondition that thou serve me for eight years; but if thou complete ten\nyears, it will be (grace) from thee. But I intend not to place thee\nunder a difficulty: thou wilt find me, indeed, if Allah wills, one of\nthe righteous.\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! I fain would marry thee to one of these two daughters of\nmine on condition that thou hirest thyself to me for (the term of)\neight pilgrimages. Then if thou completest ten it will be of thine own\naccord, for I would not make it hard for thee. Allah willing, thou wilt\nfind me of the righteous.\n\nS: He said: I desire to marry one of these two daughters of mine to you\non condition that you should serve me for eight years; but if you\ncomplete ten, it will be of your own free will, and I do not wish to be\nhard to you; if Allah please, you will find me one of the good.\n\n028.028\nY: He said: \"Be that (the agreement) between me and thee: whichever of\nthe two terms I fulfil, let there be no ill-will to me. Be Allah a\nwitness to what we say.\"\n\nP: He said: That (is settled) between thee and me. Whichever of the two\nterms I fulfil, there will be no injustice to me, and Allah is Surety\nover what we say.\n\nS: He said: This shall be (an agreement) between me and you; whichever\nof the two terms I fulfill, there shall be no wrongdoing to me; and\nAllah is a witness of what we say.\n\n028.029\nY: Now when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his\nfamily, he perceived a fire in the direction of Mount Tur. He said to\nhis family: \"Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; I hope to bring you from\nthere some information, or a burning firebrand, that ye may warm\nyourselves.\"\n\nP: Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his\nhousefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk:\nBide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall\nbring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm\nyourselves.\n\nS: So when Musa had fulfilled the term, and he journeyed with his\nfamily, he perceived on this side of the mountain a fire. He said to\nhis family: Wait, I have seen a fire, maybe I will bring to you from it\nsome news or a brand of fire, so that you may warm yourselves.\n\n028.030\nY: But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard from the right bank\nof the valley, from a tree in hallowed ground: \"O Moses! Verily I am\nAllah, the Lord of the Worlds....\"\n\nP: And when he reached it, he was called from the right side of the\nvalley in the blessed field, from the tree: O Moses! Lo! I, even I, am\nAllah, the Lord of the Worlds;\n\nS: And when he came to it, a voice was uttered from the right side of\nthe valley in the blessed spot of the bush, saying: O Musa! surely I am\nAllah, the Lord of the worlds.\n\n028.031\nY: \"Now do thou throw thy rod!\" but when he saw it moving (of its own\naccord) as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and\nretraced not his steps: \"O Moses!\" (It was said), \"Draw near, and fear\nnot: for thou art of those who are secure.\"\n\nP: Throw down thy staff. And when he saw it writhing as it had been a\ndemon, he turned to flee headlong, (and it was said unto him): O Moses!\nDraw nigh and fear not. Lo! thou art of those who are secure.\n\nS: And saying: Cast down you staff. So when he saw it in motion as if it\nwere a serpent, he turned back retreating, and did not return. O Musa!\ncome forward and fear not; surely you are of those who are secure;\n\n028.032\nY: \"Move thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white without\nstain (or harm), and draw thy hand close to thy side (to guard) against\nfear. Those are the two credentials from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his\nChiefs: for truly they are a people rebellious and wicked.\"\n\nP: Thrust thy hand into the bosom of thy robe it will come forth white\nwithout hurt. And guard thy heart from fear. Then these shall be two\nproofs from your Lord unto Pharaoh and his chiefs. Lo! they are\nevil-living folk.\n\nS: Enter your hand into the opening of your bosom, it will come forth\nwhite without evil, and draw your hand to yourself to ward off fear: so\nthese two shall be two arguments from your Lord to Firon and his\nchiefs, surely they are a transgressing people.\n\n028.033\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! I have slain a man among them, and I fear lest\nthey slay me.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Lo! I killed a man among them and I fear that they\nwill kill me.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! surely I killed one of them, so I fear lest they\nshould slay me;\n\n028.034\nY: \"And my brother Aaron - He is more eloquent in speech than I: so send\nhim with me as a helper, to confirm (and strengthen) me: for I fear\nthat they may accuse me of falsehood.\"\n\nP: My brother Aaron is more eloquent than me in speech. Therefor send\nhim with me as a helper to confirm me. Lo! I fear that they will give\nthe lie to me.\n\nS: And my brother, Haroun, he is more eloquent of tongue than I,\ntherefore send him with me as an aider, verifying me: surely I fear\nthat they would reject me.\n\n028.035\nY: He said: \"We will certainly strengthen thy arm through thy brother,\nand invest you both with authority, so they shall not be able to touch\nyou: with Our Sign shall ye triumph,- you two as well as those who\nfollow you.\"\n\nP: He said: We will strengthen thine arm with thy brother, and We will\ngive unto you both power so that they cannot reach you for Our\nportents. Ye twain, and those who follow you, will be the winners.\n\nS: He said: We will strengthen your arm with your brother, and We will\ngive you both an authority, so that they shall not reach you; (go) with\nOur signs; you two and those who follow you shall be uppermost.\n\n028.036\nY: When Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said: \"This is\nnothing but sorcery faked up: never did we head the like among our\nfathers of old!\"\n\nP: But when Moses came unto them with Our clear tokens, they said: This\nis naught but invented magic. We never heard of this among our fathers\nof old.\n\nS: So when Musa came to them with Our clear signs, they said: This is\nnothing but forged enchantment, and we never heard of it amongst our\nfathers of old.\n\n028.037\nY: Moses said: \"My Lord knows best who it is that comes with guidance\nfrom Him and whose end will be best in the Hereafter: certain it is\nthat the wrong-doers will not prosper.\"\n\nP: And Moses said: My Lord is Best Aware of him who bringeth guidance\nfrom His presence, and whose will be the sequel of the Home (of bliss).\nLo! wrong-doers will not be successful.\n\nS: And Musa said: My Lord knows best who comes with guidance from Him,\nand whose shall be the good end of the abode; surely the unjust shall\nnot be successful.\n\n028.038\nY: Pharaoh said: \"O Chiefs! no god do I know for you but myself:\ntherefore, O Haman! light me a (kiln to bake bricks) out of clay, and\nbuild me a lofty palace, that I may mount up to the god of Moses: but\nas far as I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!\"\n\nP: And Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I know not that ye have a god other than\nme, so kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake the mud; and set up for\nme a lofty tower in order that I may survey the god of Moses; and lo! I\ndeem him of the liars.\n\nS: And Firon said: O chiefs! I do not know of any god for you besides\nmyself; therefore kindle a fire for me, O Haman, for brick, then\nprepare for me a lofty building so that I may obtain knowledge of\nMusa's god, and most surely I think him to be one of the liars.\n\n028.039\nY: And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason,- He and\nhis hosts: they thought that they would not have to return to Us!\n\nP: And he and his hosts were haughty in the land without right, and\ndeemed that they would never be brought back to Us.\n\nS: And he was unjustly proud in the land, he and his hosts, and they\ndeemed that they would not be brought back to Us.\n\n028.040\nY: So We seized him and his hosts, and We flung them into the sea: Now\nbehold what was the end of those who did wrong!\n\nP: Therefor We seized him and his hosts, and abandoned them unto the\nsea. Behold the nature of the consequence for evil-doers!\n\nS: So We caught hold of him and his hosts, then We cast them into the\nsea, and see how was the end of the unjust.\n\n028.041\nY: And we made them (but) leaders inviting to the Fire; and on the Day\nof Judgment no help shall they find.\n\nP: And We made them patterns that invite unto the Fire, and on the Day\nof Resurrection they will not be helped.\n\nS: And We made them Imams who call to the fire, and on the day of\nresurrection they shall not be assisted.\n\n028.042\nY: in this world We made a curse to follow them and on the Day of\nJudgment they will be among the loathed (and despised).\n\nP: And We made a curse to follow them in this world, and on the Day of\nResurrection they will be among the hateful.\n\nS: And We caused a curse to follow them in this world, and on the day of\nresurrection they shall be of those made to appear hideous.\n\n028.043\nY: We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed the earlier\ngenerations, (to give) Insight to men, and guidance and Mercy, that\nthey might receive admonition.\n\nP: And We verily gave the Scripture unto Moses after We had destroyed\nthe generations of old: clear testimonies for mankind, and a guidance\nand a mercy, that haply they might reflect.\n\nS: And certainly We gave Musa the Book after We had destroyed the former\ngenerations, clear arguments for men and a guidance and a mercy, that\nthey may be mindful.\n\n028.044\nY: Thou wast not on the Western side when We decreed the Commission to\nMoses, nor wast thou a witness (of those events).\n\nP: And thou (Muhammad) wast not on the western side (of the Mount) when\nWe expounded unto Moses the commandment, and thou wast not among those\npresent;\n\nS: And you were not on the western side when We revealed to Musa the\ncommandment, and you were not among the witnesses;\n\n028.045\nY: But We raised up (new) generations, and long were the ages that\npassed over them; but thou wast not a dweller among the people of\nMadyan, rehearsing Our Signs to them; but it is We Who send messengers\n(with inspiration).\n\nP: But We brought forth generations, and their lives dragged on for\nthem. And thou wast not a dweller in Midian, reciting unto them Our\nrevelations, but We kept sending (messengers to men).\n\nS: But We raised up generations, then life became prolonged to them; and\nyou were not dwelling among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our\ncommunications, but We were the senders.\n\n028.046\nY: Nor wast thou at the side of (the Mountain of) Tur when we called (to\nMoses). Yet (art thou sent) as Mercy from thy Lord, to give warning to\na people to whom no warner had come before thee: in order that they may\nreceive admonition.\n\nP: And thou was not beside the Mount when We did call; but (the\nknowledge of it is) a mercy from thy Lord that thou mayst warn a folk\nunto whom no warner came before thee, that haply they may give heed.\n\nS: And you were not on this side of the mountain when We called, but a\nmercy from your Lord that you may warn a people to whom no warner came\nbefore you, that they may be mindful.\n\n028.047\nY: If (We had) not (sent thee to the Quraish),- in case a calamity\nshould seize them for (the deeds) that their hands have sent forth,\nthey might say: \"Our Lord! why didst Thou not sent us a messenger? We\nshould then have followed Thy Signs and been amongst those who\nbelieve!\"\n\nP: Otherwise, if disaster should afflict them because of that which\ntheir own hands have sent before (them), they might say: Our Lord! Why\nsentest Thou no messenger unto us, that we might have followed Thy\nrevelations and been of the believers?\n\nS: And were it not that there should befall them a disaster for what\ntheir hands have sent before, then they should say: Our Lord! why didst\nThou not send to us a messenger so that we should have followed Thy\ncommunications and been of the believers!\n\n028.048\nY: But (now), when the Truth has come to them from Ourselves, they say,\n\"Why are not (Signs) sent to him, like those which were sent to Moses?\"\nDo they not then reject (the Signs) which were formerly sent to Moses?\nThey say: \"Two kinds of sorcery, each assisting the other!\" And they\nsay: \"For us, we reject all (such things)!\"\n\nP: But when there came unto them the Truth from Our presence, they said:\nWhy is he not given the like of what was given unto Moses? Did they not\ndisbelieve in that which was given unto Moses of old? They say: Two\nmagics that support each other; and they say: Lo! in both we are\ndisbelievers.\n\nS: But (now) when the truth has come to them from Us, they say: Why is\nhe not given the like of what was given to Musa? What! did they not\ndisbelieve in what Musa was given before? They say: Two magicians\nbacking up each other; and they say: Surely we are unbelievers in all.\n\n028.049\nY: Say: \"Then bring ye a Book from Allah, which is a better guide than\neither of them, that I may follow it! (do), if ye are truthful!\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Then bring a scripture from the presence\nof Allah that giveth clearer guidance than these two (that) I may\nfollow it, if ye are truthful.\n\nS: Say: Then bring some (other) book from Allah which is a better guide\nthan both of them, (that) I may follow it, if you are truthful.\n\n028.050\nY: But if they hearken not to thee, know that they only follow their own\nlusts: and who is more astray than one who follow his own lusts, devoid\nof guidance from Allah? for Allah guides not people given to\nwrong-doing.\n\nP: And if they answer thee not, then know that what they follow is their\nlusts. And who goeth farther astray than he who followeth his lust\nwithout guidance from Allah. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: But if they do not answer you, then know that they only follow their\nlow desires; and who is more erring than he who follows his low desires\nwithout any guidance from Allah? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust\npeople.\n\n028.051\nY: Now have We caused the Word to reach them themselves, in order that\nthey may receive admonition.\n\nP: And now verily We have caused the Word to reach them, that haply they\nmay give heed.\n\nS: And certainly We have made the word to reach them so that they may be\nmindful.\n\n028.052\nY: Those to whom We sent the Book before this,- they do believe in this\n(revelation):\n\nP: Those unto whom We gave the Scripture before it, they believe in it,\n\nS: (As to) those whom We gave the Book before it, they are believers in\nit.\n\n028.053\nY: And when it is recited to them, they say: \"We believe therein, for it\nis the Truth from our Lord: indeed we have been Muslims (bowing to\nAllah's Will) from before this.\"\n\nP: And when it is recited unto them, they say: We believe in it. Lo! it\nis the Truth from our Lord. Lo! even before it we were of those who\nsurrender (unto Him).\n\nS: And when it is recited to them they say: We believe in it surely it\nis the truth from our Lord; surely we were submitters before this.\n\n028.054\nY: Twice will they be given their reward, for that they have persevered,\nthat they avert Evil with Good, and that they spend (in charity) out of\nwhat We have given them.\n\nP: These will be given their reward twice over, because they are\nsteadfast and repel evil with good, and spend of that wherewith We have\nprovided them,\n\nS: These shall be granted their reward twice, because they are steadfast\nand they repel evil with good and spend out of what We have given them.\n\n028.055\nY: And when they hear vain talk, they turn away therefrom and say:\n\"To us our deeds, and to you yours; peace be to you: we seek not the\nignorant.\"\n\nP: And when they hear vanity they withdraw from it and say: Unto us our\nworks and unto you your works. Peace be unto you! We desire not the\nignorant.\n\nS: And when they hear idle talk they turn aside from it and say: We\nshall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds; peace be on you, we\ndo not desire the ignorant.\n\n028.056\nY: It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou\nlovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who\nreceive guidance.\n\nP: Lo! thou (O Muhammad) guidest not whom thou lovest, but Allah guideth\nwhom He will. And He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.\n\nS: Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He\npleases, and He knows best the followers of the right way.\n\n028.057\nY: They say: \"If we were to follow the guidance with thee, we should be\nsnatched away from our land.\" Have We not established for them a secure\nsanctuary, to which are brought as tribute fruits of all kinds,- a\nprovision from Ourselves? but most of them understand not.\n\nP: And they say: If we were to follow the Guidance with thee we should\nbe torn out of our land. Have We not established for them a sure\nsanctuary, whereunto the produce of all things is brought (in trade), a\nprovision from Our presence? But most of them know not.\n\nS: And they say: If we follow the guidance with you, we shall be carried\noff from our country. What! have We not settled them in a safe, sacred\nterritory to which fruits of every kind shall be drawn?-- a sustenance\nfrom Us; but most of them do not know.\n\n028.058\nY: And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their life\n(of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are\ndeserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!\n\nP: And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its\nmeans of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not\nbeen inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the\ninheritors.\n\nS: And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of\nsubsistence, so these are their abodes, they have not been dwelt in\nafter them except a little, and We are the inheritors,\n\n028.059\nY: Nor was thy Lord the one to destroy a population until He had sent to\nits centre a messenger, rehearsing to them Our Signs; nor are We going\nto destroy a population except when its members practise iniquity.\n\nP: And never did thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up\nin their mother(-town) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations.\nAnd never did We destroy the townships unless the folk thereof were\nevil-doers.\n\nS: And your Lord never destroyed the towns until He raised in their\nmetropolis a messenger, reciting to them Our communications, and We\nnever destroyed the towns except when their people were unjust.\n\n028.060\nY: The (material) things which ye are given are but the conveniences of\nthis life and the glitter thereof; but that which is with Allah is\nbetter and more enduring: will ye not then be wise?\n\nP: And whatsoever ye have been given is a comfort of the life of the\nworld and an ornament thereof; and that which Allah hath is better and\nmore lasting. Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: And whatever things you have been given are only a provision of this\nworld's life and its adornment, and whatever is with Allah is better\nand more lasting; do you not then understand?\n\n028.061\nY: Are (these two) alike?- one to whom We have made a goodly promise,\nand who is going to reach its (fulfilment), and one to whom We have\ngiven the good things of this life, but who, on the Day of Judgment, is\nto be among those brought up (for punishment)?\n\nP: Is he whom We have promised a fair promise which he will find (true)\nlike him whom We suffer to enjoy awhile the comfort of the life of the\nworld, then on the Day of Resurrection he will be of those arraigned?\n\nS: Is he to whom We have promised a goodly promise which he shall meet\nwith like him whom We have provided with the provisions of this world's\nlife, then on the day of resurrection he shall be of those who are\nbrought up?\n\n028.062\nY: That Day (Allah) will call to them, and say \"Where are my\n'partners'?- whom ye imagined (to be such)?\"\n\nP: On the day when He will call unto them and say: Where are My partners\nwhom ye imagined?\n\nS: And on the day when He will call them and say: Where are those whom\nyou deemed to be My associates?\n\n028.063\nY: Those against whom the charge will be proved, will say: \"Our Lord!\nThese are the ones whom we led astray: we led them astray, as we were\nastray ourselves: we free ourselves (from them) in Thy presence: it was\nnot us they worshipped.\"\n\nP: Those concerning whom the Word will have come true will say: Our\nLord! These are they whom we led astray. We led them astray even as we\nourselves were astray. We declare our innocence before Thee: us they\nnever worshipped.\n\nS: Those against whom the sentence has become confirmed will say: Our\nLord! these are they whom we caused to err; we caused them to err as we\nourselves did err; to Thee we declare ourselves to be clear (of them);\nthey never served Us.\n\n028.064\nY: It will be said (to them): \"Call upon your 'partners' (for help)\":\nthey will call upon them, but they will not listen to them; and they\nwill see the Penalty (before them); (how they will wish) 'if only they\nhad been open to guidance!'\n\nP: And it will be said: Cry unto your (so-called) partners (of Allah).\nAnd they will cry unto them, and they will give no answer unto them,\nand they will see the Doom. Ah, if they had but been guided!\n\nS: And it will be said: Call your associate-gods. So they will call upon\nthem, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the punishment;\nwould that they had followed the right way!\n\n028.065\nY: That Day (Allah) will call to them, and say: \"What was the answer ye\ngave to the messengers?\"\n\nP: And on the Day when He will call unto them and say: What answer gave\nye to the messengers?\n\nS: And on the day when He shall call them and say: What was the answer\nyou gave to the messengers?\n\n028.066\nY: Then the (whole) story that Day will seem obscure to them (like light\nto the blind) and they will not be able (even) to question each other.\n\nP: On that day (all) tidings will be dimmed for them, nor will they ask\none of another,\n\nS: Then the pleas shall become obscure to them on that day, so they\nshall not ask each other.\n\n028.067\nY: But any that (in this life) had repented, believed, and worked\nrighteousness, will have hopes to be among those who achieve salvation.\n\nP: But as for him who shall repent and believe and do right, he haply\nmay be one of the successful.\n\nS: But as to him who repents and believes and does good, maybe he will\nbe among the successful:\n\n028.068\nY: Thy Lord does create and choose as He pleases: no choice have they\n(in the matter): Glory to Allah! and far is He above the partners they\nascribe (to Him)!\n\nP: Thy Lord bringeth to pass what He willeth and chooseth. They have\nnever any choice. Glorified be Allah and Exalted above all that they\nassociate (with Him)!\n\nS: And your Lord creates and chooses whom He pleases; to choose is not\ntheirs; glory be to Allah, and exalted be He above what they associate\n(with Him).\n\n028.069\nY: And thy Lord knows all that their hearts conceal and all that they\nreveal.\n\nP: And thy Lord knoweth what their breasts conceal, and what they\npublish.\n\nS: And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they\nmanifest.\n\n028.070\nY: And He is Allah: There is no god but He. To Him be praise, at the\nfirst and at the last: for Him is the Command, and to Him shall ye\n(all) be brought back.\n\nP: And He is Allah; there is no God save Him. His is all praise in the\nformer and the latter (state), and His is the command, and unto Him ye\nwill be brought back.\n\nS: And He is Allah, there is no god but He! All praise is due to Him in\nthis (life) and the hereafter, and His is the judgment, and to Him you\nshall be brought back.\n\n028.071\nY: Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the night perpetual over you to\nthe Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give\nyou enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?\n\nP: Say: Have ye thought, if Allah made night everlasting for you till\nthe Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you\nlight? Will ye not then hear?\n\nS: Say: Tell me, if Allah were to make the night to continue incessantly\non you till the day of resurrection, who is the god besides Allah that\ncould bring you light? Do you not then hear?\n\n028.072\nY: Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the day perpetual over you to the\nDay of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give you a\nnight in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?\n\nP: Say: Have ye thought, if Allah made day everlasting for you till the\nDay of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you\nnight wherein ye rest? Will ye not then see?\n\nS: Say: Tell me, if Allah were to make the day to continue incessantly\non you till the day of resurrection, who is the god besides Allah that\ncould bring you the night in which you take rest? Do you not then see?\n\n028.073\nY: It is out of His Mercy that He has made for you Night and Day,- that\nye may rest therein, and that ye may seek of his Grace;- and in order\nthat ye may be grateful.\n\nP: Of His mercy hath He appointed for you night and day, that therein ye\nmay rest, and that ye may seek His bounty, and that haply ye may be\nthankful.\n\nS: And out of His mercy He has made for you the night and the day, that\nyou may rest therein, and that you may seek of His grace, and that you\nmay give thanks.\n\n028.074\nY: The Day that He will call on them, He will say: \"Where are my\n'partners'? whom ye imagined (to be such)?\"\n\nP: And on the Day when He shall call unto them and say: Where are My\npartners whom ye pretended?\n\nS: And on the day when He shall call them and say: Where are those whom\nyou deemed to be My associates?\n\n028.075\nY: And from each people shall We draw a witness, and We shall say:\n\"Produce your Proof\": then shall they know that the Truth is in Allah\n(alone), and the (lies) which they invented will leave them in lurch.\n\nP: And We shall take out from every nation a witness and We shall say:\nBring your proof. Then they will know that Allah hath the Truth, and\nall that they invented will have failed them.\n\nS: And We will draw forth from among every nation a witness and say:\nBring your proof; then shall they know that the truth is Allah's, and\nthat which they forged shall depart from them.\n\n028.076\nY: Qarun was doubtless, of the people of Moses; but he acted insolently\ntowards them: such were the treasures We had bestowed on him that their\nvery keys would have been a burden to a body of strong men, behold, his\npeople said to him: \"Exult not, for Allah loveth not those who exult\n(in riches).\"\n\nP: Now Korah was of Moses' folk, but he oppressed them; and We gave him\nso much treasure that the stores thereof would verily have been a\nburden for a troop of mighty men. When his own folk said unto him:\nExult not; lo! Allah loveth not the exultant;\n\nS: Surely Qaroun was of the people of Musa, but he rebelled against\nthem, and We had given him of the treasures, so much so that his hoards\nof wealth would certainly weigh down a company of men possessed of\ngreat strength. When his people said to him: Do not exult, surely Allah\ndoes not love the exultant;\n\n028.077\nY: \"But seek, with the (wealth) which Allah has bestowed on thee, the\nHome of the Hereafter, nor forget thy portion in this world: but do\nthou good, as Allah has been good to thee, and seek not (occasions for)\nmischief in the land: for Allah loves not those who do mischief.\"\n\nP: But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given\nthee and neglect not thy portion of the world, and be thou kind even as\nAllah hath been kind to thee, and seek not corruption in the earth; lo!\nAllah loveth not corrupters,\n\nS: And seek by means of what Allah has given you the future abode, and\ndo not neglect your portion of this world, and do good (to others) as\nAllah has done good to you, and do not seek to make mischief in the\nland, surely Allah does not love the mischief-makers.\n\n028.078\nY: He said: \"This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge\nwhich I have.\" Did he not know that Allah had destroyed, before him,\n(whole) generations,- which were superior to him in strength and\ngreater in the amount (of riches) they had collected? but the wicked\nare not called (immediately) to account for their sins.\n\nP: He said: I have been given it only on account of knowledge I possess.\nKnew he not that Allah had destroyed already of the generations before\nhim men who were mightier than him in strength and greater in respect\nof following? The guilty are not questioned of their sins.\n\nS: He said: I have been given this only on account of the knowledge I\nhave. Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of the\ngenerations those who were mightier in strength than he and greater in\nassemblage? And the guilty shall not be asked about their faults.\n\n028.079\nY: So he went forth among his people in the (pride of his wordly)\nglitter. Said those whose aim is the Life of this World: \"Oh! that we\nhad the like of what Qarun has got! for he is truly a lord of mighty\ngood fortune!\"\n\nP: Then went he forth before his people in his pomp. Those who were\ndesirous of the life of the world said: Ah, would that we had the like\nof what hath been given unto Korah! Lo! he is lord of rare good\nfortune.\n\nS: So he went forth to his people in his finery. Those who desire this\nworld's life said: O would that we had the like of what Qaroun is\ngiven; most surely he is possessed of mighty good fortune.\n\n028.080\nY: But those who had been granted (true) knowledge said: \"Alas for you!\nThe reward of Allah (in the Hereafter) is best for those who believe\nand work righteousness: but this none shall attain, save those who\nsteadfastly persevere (in good).\"\n\nP: But those who had been given knowledge said: Woe unto you! The reward\nof Allah for him who believeth and doeth right is better, and only the\nsteadfast will obtain it.\n\nS: And those who were given the knowledge said: Woe to you! Allah's\nreward is better for him who believes and does good, and none is made\nto receive this except the patient.\n\n028.081\nY: Then We caused the earth to swallow up him and his house; and he had\nnot (the least little) party to help him against Allah, nor could he\ndefend himself.\n\nP: So We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling-place. Then he\nhad no host to help him against Allah, nor was he of those who can save\nthemselves.\n\nS: Thus We made the earth to swallow up him and his abode; so he had no\nbody of helpers to assist him against Allah nor was he of those who can\ndefend themselves.\n\n028.082\nY: And those who had envied his position the day before began to say on\nthe morrow: \"Ah! it is indeed Allah Who enlarges the provision or\nrestricts it, to any of His servants He pleases! had it not been that\nAllah was gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us\nup! Ah! those who reject Allah will assuredly never prosper.\"\n\nP: And morning found those who had coveted his place but yesterday\ncrying: Ah, welladay! Allah enlargeth the provision for whom He will of\nHis slaves and straiteneth it (for whom He will). If Allah had not been\ngracious unto us He would have caused it to swallow us (also). Ah,\nwelladay! the disbelievers never prosper.\n\nS: And those who yearned for his place only the day before began to say:\nAh! (know) that Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence\nfor whom He pleases of His servants; had not Allah been gracious to us,\nHe would most surely have abased us; ah! (know) that the ungrateful are\nnever successful.\n\n028.083\nY: That Home of the Hereafter We shall give to those who intend not\nhigh-handedness or mischief on earth: and the end is (best) for the\nrighteous.\n\nP: As for that Abode of the Hereafter We assign it unto those who seek\nnot oppression in the earth, nor yet corruption. The sequel is for\nthose who ward off (evil).\n\nS: (As for) that future abode, We assign it to those who have no desire\nto exalt themselves in the earth nor to make mischief and the good end\nis for those who guard (against evil)\n\n028.084\nY: If any does good, the reward to him is better than his deed; but if\nany does evil, the doers of evil are only punished (to the extent) of\ntheir deeds.\n\nP: Whoso bringeth a good deed, he will have better than the same; while\nas for him who bringeth an ill-deed, those who do ill-deeds will be\nrequited only what they did.\n\nS: Whoever brings good, he shall have better than it, and whoever brings\nevil, those who do evil shall not be rewarded (for) aught except what\nthey did.\n\n028.085\nY: Verily He Who ordained the Qur'an for thee, will bring thee back to\nthe Place of Return. Say: \"My Lord knows best who it is that brings\ntrue guidance, and who is in manifest error.\"\n\nP: Lo! He Who hath given thee the Qur'an for a law will surely bring\nthee home again. Say: My Lord is Best Aware of him who bringeth\nguidance and him who is in error manifest.\n\nS: Most surely He Who has made the Quran binding on you will bring you\nback to the destination. Say: My Lord knows best him who has brought\nthe guidance and him who is in manifest error.\n\n028.086\nY: And thou hadst not expected that the Book would be sent to thee\nexcept as a Mercy from thy Lord: Therefore lend not thou support in any\nway to those who reject (Allah's Message).\n\nP: Thou hadst no hope that the Scripture would be inspired in thee; but\nit is a mercy from thy Lord, so never be a helper to the disbelievers.\n\nS: And you did not expect that the Book would be inspired to you, but it\nis a mercy from your Lord, therefore be not a backer-up of the\nunbelievers.\n\n028.087\nY: And let nothing keep thee back from the Signs of Allah after they\nhave been revealed to thee: and invite (men) to thy Lord, and be not of\nthe company of those who join gods with Allah.\n\nP: And let them not divert thee from the revelations of Allah after they\nhave been sent down unto thee; but call (mankind) unto thy Lord, and be\nnot of those who ascribe partners (unto Him).\n\nS: And let them not turn you aside from the communications of Allah\nafter they have been revealed to you, and call (men) to your Lord and\nbe not of the polytheists.\n\n028.088\nY: And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no god but He.\nEverything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him\nbelongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.\n\nP: And cry not unto any other god along with Allah. There is no God\nsave Him. Everything will perish save His countenance. His is the\ncommand, and unto Him ye will be brought back.\n\nS: And call not with Allah any other god; there is no god but He, every\nthing is perishable but He; His is the judgment, and to Him you shall\nbe brought back.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 29:\n\n                          AL-ANKABOOT (THE SPIDER)\n Total Verses: 69 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n029.001\nY: A.L.M.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim.\n\n029.002\nY: Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, \"We believe\",\nand that they will not be tested?\n\nP: Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease) because they say, We\nbelieve, and will not be tested with affliction?\n\nS: Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and\nnot be tried?\n\n029.003\nY: We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those\nwho are true from those who are false.\n\nP: Lo! We tested those who were before you. Thus Allah knoweth those who\nare sincere, and knoweth those who feign.\n\nS: And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will certainly\nknow those who are true and He will certainly know the liars.\n\n029.004\nY: Do those who practise evil think that they will get the better of Us?\nEvil is their judgment!\n\nP: Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they can outstrip Us? Evil\n(for them) is that which they decide.\n\nS: Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us? Evil is it\nthat they judge!\n\n029.005\nY: For those whose hopes are in the meeting with Allah (in the\nHereafter, let them strive); for the term (appointed) by Allah is\nsurely coming and He hears and knows (all things).\n\nP: Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah (let him know that)\nAllah's reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by Allah will then\nmost surely come; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n029.006\nY: And if any strive (with might and main), they do so for their own\nsouls: for Allah is free of all needs from all creation.\n\nP: And whosoever striveth, striveth only for himself, for lo! Allah is\naltogether Independent of (His) creatures.\n\nS: And whoever strives hard, he strives only for his own soul; most\nsurely Allah is Self-sufficient, above (need of) the worlds.\n\n029.007\nY: Those who believe and work righteous deeds,- from them shall We blot\nout all evil (that may be) in them, and We shall reward them according\nto the best of their deeds.\n\nP: And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall remit from\nthem their evil deeds and shall repay them the best that they did.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most certainly do\naway with their evil deeds and We will most certainly reward them the\nbest of what they did.\n\n029.008\nY: We have enjoined on man kindness to parents: but if they (either of\nthem) strive (to force) thee to join with Me (in worship) anything of\nwhich thou hast no knowledge, obey them not. Ye have (all) to return to\nme, and I will tell you (the truth) of all that ye did.\n\nP: We have enjoined on man kindness to parents; but if they strive to\nmake thee join with Me that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey\nthem not. Unto Me is your return and I shall tell you what ye used to\ndo.\n\nS: And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and if they\ncontend with you that you should associate (others) with Me, of which\nyou have no knowledge, do not obey them, to Me is your return, so I\nwill inform you of what you did.\n\n029.009\nY: And those who believe and work righteous deeds,- them shall We admit\nto the company of the Righteous.\n\nP: And as for those who believe and do good works, We verily shall make\nthem enter in among the righteous.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most surely cause\nthem to enter among the good.\n\n029.010\nY: Then there are among men such as say, \"We believe in Allah\"; but when\nthey suffer affliction in (the cause of) Allah, they treat men's\noppression as if it were the Wrath of Allah! And if help comes (to\nthee) from thy Lord, they are sure to say, \"We have (always) been with\nyou!\" Does not Allah know best all that is in the hearts of all\ncreation?\n\nP: Of mankind is he who saith: We believe in Allah, but, if he be made\nto suffer for the sake of Allah, he mistaketh the persecution of\nmankind for Allah's punishment; and then, if victory cometh from thy\nLord, will say: Lo! we were with you (all the while). Is not Allah Best\nAware of what is in the bosoms of (His) creatures?\n\nS: And among men is he who says: We believe in Allah; but when he is\npersecuted in (the way of) Allah he thinks the persecution of men to be\nas the chastisement of Allah; and if there come assistance from your\nLord, they would most certainly say: Surely we were with you. What! is\nnot Allah the best knower of what is in the breasts of mankind.\n\n029.011\nY: And Allah most certainly knows those who believe, and as certainly\nthose who are Hypocrites.\n\nP: Verily Allah knoweth those who believe, and verily He knoweth the\nhypocrites.\n\nS: And most certainly Allah will know those who believe and most\ncertainly He will know the hypocrites.\n\n029.012\nY: And the Unbelievers say to those who believe: \"Follow our path, and\nwe will bear (the consequences) of your faults.\" Never in the least\nwill they bear their faults: in fact they are liars!\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Follow our way (of\nreligion) and we verily will bear your sins (for you). They cannot bear\naught of their sins. Lo! they verily are liars.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Follow our path\nand we will bear your wrongs. And never shall they be the bearers of\nany of their wrongs; most surely they are liars.\n\n029.013\nY: They will bear their own burdens, and (other) burdens along with\ntheir own, and on the Day of Judgments they will be called to account\nfor their falsehoods.\n\nP: But they verily will bear their own loads and other loads beside\ntheir own, and they verily will be questioned on the Day of\nResurrection concerning that which they invented.\n\nS: And most certainly they shall carry their own burdens, and other\nburdens with their own burdens, and most certainly they shall be\nquestioned on the resurrection day as to what they forged.\n\n029.014\nY: We (once) sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a\nthousand years less fifty: but the Deluge overwhelmed them while they\n(persisted in) sin.\n\nP: And verily we sent Noah (as Our messenger) unto his folk, and he\ncontinued with them for a thousand years save fifty years; and the\nflood engulfed them, for they were wrong-doers.\n\nS: And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he remained among them a\nthousand years save fifty years. And the deluge overtook them, while\nthey were unjust.\n\n029.015\nY: But We saved him and the companions of the Ark, and We made the (Ark)\na Sign for all peoples!\n\nP: And We rescued him and those with him in the ship, and made of it a\nportent for the peoples.\n\nS: So We delivered him and the inmates of the ark, and made it a sign to\nthe nations.\n\n029.016\nY: And (We also saved) Abraham: behold, he said to his people, \"Serve\nAllah and fear Him: that will be best for you- if ye understand!\"\n\nP: And Abraham! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Serve Allah, and\nkeep your duty unto Him; that is better for you if ye did but know.\n\nS: And (We sent) Ibrahim, when he said to his people: Serve Allah and be\ncareful of (your duty to) Him; this is best for you, if you did but\nknow:\n\n029.017\nY: \"For ye do worship idols besides Allah, and ye invent falsehood. The\nthings that ye worship besides Allah have no power to give you\nsustenance: then seek ye sustenance from Allah, serve Him, and be\ngrateful to Him: to Him will be your return.\"\n\nP: Ye serve instead of Allah only idols, and ye only invent a lie. Lo!\nthose whom ye serve instead of Allah own no provision for you. So seek\nyour provision from Allah, and serve Him, and give thanks unto Him,\n(for) unto Him ye will be brought back.\n\nS: You only worship idols besides Allah and you create a lie surely they\nwhom you serve besides Allah do not control for you any sustenance,\ntherefore seek the sustenance from Allah and serve Him and be grateful\nto Him; to Him you shall be brought back.\n\n029.018\nY: \"And if ye reject (the Message), so did generations before you: and\nthe duty of the messenger is only to preach publicly (and clearly).\"\n\nP: But if ye deny, then nations have denied before you. The messenger is\nonly to convey (the message) plainly.\n\nS: And if you reject (the truth), nations before you did indeed reject\n(the truth); and nothing is incumbent on the messenger but a plain\ndelivering (of the message).\n\n029.019\nY: See they not how Allah originates creation, then repeats it: truly\nthat is easy for Allah.\n\nP: See they not how Allah produceth creation, then reproduceth it? Lo!\nfor Allah that is easy.\n\nS: What! do they not consider how Allah originates the creation, then\nreproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.\n\n029.020\nY: Say: \"Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate\ncreation; so will Allah produce a later creation: for Allah has power\nover all things.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see how He originated\ncreation, then Allah bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able\nto do all things.\n\nS: Say: Travel in the earth and see how He makes the first creation,\nthen Allah creates the latter creation; surely Allah has power over all\nthings.\n\n029.021\nY: \"He punishes whom He pleases, and He grants Mercy to whom He pleases,\nand towards Him are ye turned.\"\n\nP: He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto whom He will, and\nunto Him ye will be turned.\n\nS: He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He pleases, and to\nHim you shall be turned back.\n\n029.022\nY: \"Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be able (fleeing) to frustrate\n(his Plan), nor have ye, besides Allah, any protector or helper.\"\n\nP: Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in the sky, and beside\nAllah there is for you no friend or helper.\n\nS: And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have\nneither a protector nor a helper besides Allah.\n\n029.023\nY: Those who reject the Signs of Allah and the Meeting with Him (in the\nHereafter),- it is they who shall despair of My Mercy: it is they who\nwill (suffer) a most grievous Penalty.\n\nP: Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and in (their)\nMeeting with Him, such have no hope of My mercy. For such there is a\npainful doom.\n\nS: And (as to) those who disbelieve in the communications of Allah and\nHis meeting, they have despaired of My mercy, and these it is that\nshall have a painful punishment.\n\n029.024\nY: So naught was the answer of (Abraham's) people except that they said:\n\"Slay him or burn him.\" But Allah did save him from the Fire. Verily in\nthis are Signs for people who believe.\n\nP: But the answer of his folk was only that they said: \"Kill him\" or\n\"Burn him.\" Then Allah saved him from the Fire. Lo! herein verily are\nportents for folk who believe.\n\nS: So naught was the answer of his people except that they said: Slay\nhim or burn him; then Allah delivered him from the fire; most surely\nthere are signs in this for a people who believe.\n\n029.025\nY: And he said: \"For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols besides\nAllah, out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this life;\nbut on the Day of Judgment ye shall disown each other and curse each\nother: and your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have none to\nhelp.\"\n\nP: He said: Ye have chosen only idols instead of Allah. The love between\nyou is only in the life of the world. Then on the Day of Resurrection\nye will deny each other and curse each other, and your abode will be\nthe Fire, and ye will have no helpers.\n\nS: And he said: You have only taken for yourselves idols besides Allah\nby way of friendship between you in this world's life, then on the\nresurrection day some of you shall deny others, and some of you shall\ncurse others, and your abode is the fire, and you shall not have any\nhelpers.\n\n029.026\nY: But Lut had faith in Him: He said: \"I will leave home for the sake of\nmy Lord: for He is Exalted in Might, and Wise.\"\n\nP: And Lot believed him, and said: Lo! I am a fugitive unto my Lord. Lo!\nHe, only He, is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing to my Lord, surely\nHe is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n029.027\nY: And We gave (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and ordained among his progeny\nProphethood and Revelation, and We granted him his reward in this life;\nand he was in the Hereafter (of the company) of the Righteous.\n\nP: And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and We established the\nprophethood and the Scripture among his seed, and We gave him his\nreward in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he verily is among the\nrighteous.\n\nS: And We granted him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and caused the prophethood and\nthe book to remain in his seed, and We gave him his reward in this\nworld, and in the hereafter he will most surely be among the good.\n\n029.028\nY: And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: \"Ye do commit\nlewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before you.\"\n\nP: And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Lo! ye commit\nlewdness such as no creature did before you.\n\nS: And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: Most surely you are\nguilty of an indecency which none of the nations has ever done before\nyou;\n\n029.029\nY: \"Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise\nwickedness (even) in your councils?\" But his people gave no answer but\nthis: they said: \"Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the\ntruth.\"\n\nP: For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not the road (for\ntravellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But the\nanswer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us\nif thou art a truthteller!\n\nS: What! do you come to the males and commit robbery on the highway, and\nyou commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But nothing was the answer of\nhis people except that they said: Bring on us Allah's punishment, if\nyou are one of the truthful.\n\n029.030\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! help Thou me against people who do mischief!\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Give me victory over folk who work corruption.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! help me against the mischievous people.\n\n029.031\nY: When Our Messengers came to Abraham with the good news, they said:\n\"We are indeed going to destroy the people of this township: for truly\nthey are (addicted to) crime.\"\n\nP: And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo!\nwe are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are\nwrong-doers.\n\nS: And when Our messengers came to Ibrahim with the good news, they\nsaid: Surely we are going to destroy the people of this town, for its\npeople are unjust.\n\n029.032\nY: He said: \"But there is Lut there.\" They said: \"Well do we know who is\nthere: we will certainly save him and his following,- except his wife:\nshe is of those who lag behind!\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We are best aware of who is\nthere. We are to deliver him and his household, all save his wife, who\nis of those who stay behind.\n\nS: He said: Surely in it is Lut. They said: We know well who is in it;\nwe shall certainly deliver him and his followers, except his wife; she\nshall be of those who remain behind.\n\n029.033\nY: And when Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account,\nand felt himself powerless (to protect) them: but they said: \"Fear thou\nnot, nor grieve: we are (here) to save thee and thy following, except\nthy wife: she is of those who lag behind.\"\n\nP: And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled upon their\naccount, for he could not protect them; but they said: Fear not, nor\ngrieve! Lo! we are to deliver thee and thy household, (all) save thy\nwife, who is of those who stay behind.\n\nS: And when Our messengers came to Lut he was grieved on account of\nthem, and he felt powerless (to protect) them; and they said: Fear not,\nnor grieve; surely we will deliver you and your followers, except your\nwife; she shall be of those who remain behind.\n\n029.034\nY: \"For we are going to bring down on the people of this township a\nPunishment from heaven, because they have been wickedly rebellious.\"\n\nP: Lo! We are about to bring down upon the folk of this township a fury\nfrom the sky because they are evil-livers.\n\nS: Surely We will cause to come down upon the people of this town a\npunishment from heaven, because they transgressed.\n\n029.035\nY: And We have left thereof an evident Sign, for any people who (care\nto) understand.\n\nP: And verily of that We have left a clear sign for people who have\nsense.\n\nS: And certainly We have left a clear sign of it for a people who\nunderstand.\n\n029.036\nY: To the Madyan (people) (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. Then he said:\n\"O my people! serve Allah, and fear the Last Day: nor commit evil on\nthe earth, with intent to do mischief.\"\n\nP: And unto Midian We sent Shu'eyb, their brother. He said: O my people!\nServe Allah, and look forward to the Last Day, and do not evil, making\nmischief, in the earth.\n\nS: And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shuaib, so he said: O my\npeople! serve Allah and fear the latter day and do not act corruptly in\nthe land, making mischief.\n\n029.037\nY: But they rejected him: Then the mighty Blast seized them, and they\nlay prostrate in their homes by the morning.\n\nP: But they denied him, and the dreadful earthquake took them, and\nmorning found them prostrate in their dwelling place.\n\nS: But they rejected him, so a severe earthquake overtook them, and they\nbecame motionless bodies in their abode.\n\n029.038\nY: (Remember also) the 'Ad and the Thamud (people): clearly will appear\nto you from (the traces) of their buildings (their fate): the Evil One\nmade their deeds alluring to them, and kept them back from the Path,\nthough they were gifted with intelligence and skill.\n\nP: And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud! (Their fate) is manifest unto\nyou from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made their deeds\nseem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were\nkeen observers.\n\nS: And (We destroyed) Ad and Samood, and from their dwellings (this) is\napparent to you indeed; and the Shaitan made their deeds fair-seeming\nto them, so he kept them back from the path, though they were endowed\nwith intelligence and skill,\n\n029.039\nY: (Remember also) Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came to them Moses\nwith Clear Signs, but they behaved with insolence on the earth; yet\nthey could not overreach (Us).\n\nP: And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came unto them with clear proofs\n(of Allah's Sovereignty), but they were boastful in the land. And they\nwere not winners (in the race).\n\nS: And (We destroyed) Qaroun and Firon and Haman; and certainly Musa\ncame to them with clear arguments, but they behaved haughtily in the\nland; yet they could not outstrip (Us).\n\n029.040\nY: Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them, against some We\nsent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by a\n(mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We\ndrowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed)\nthem: They injured (and oppressed) their own souls.\n\nP: So We took each one in his sin; of them was he on whom We sent a\nhurricane, and of them was he who was overtaken by the (Awful) Cry, and\nof them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow, and of them was he\nwhom We drowned. It was not for Allah to wrong them, but they wronged\nthemselves.\n\nS: So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on whom We sent down\na violent storm, and of them was he whom the rumbling overtook, and of\nthem was he whom We made to be swallowed up by the earth, and of them\nwas he whom We drowned; and it did not beseem Allah that He should be\nunjust to them, but they were unjust to their own souls.\n\n029.041\nY: The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of\nthe spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of\nhouses is the spider's house;- if they but knew.\n\nP: The likeness of those who choose other patrons than Allah is as the\nlikeness of the spider when she taketh unto herself a house, and lo!\nthe frailest of all houses is the spider's house, if they but knew.\n\nS: The parable of those who take guardians besides Allah is as the\nparable of the spider that makes for itself a house; and most surely\nthe frailest of the houses is the spider's house did they but know.\n\n029.042\nY: Verily Allah doth know of (every thing) whatever that they call upon\nbesides Him: and He is Exalted (in power), Wise.\n\nP: Lo! Allah knoweth what thing they invoke instead of Him. He is the\nMighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Surely Allah knows whatever thing they call upon besides Him; and He\nis the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n029.043\nY: And such are the Parables We set forth for mankind, but only those\nunderstand them who have knowledge.\n\nP: As for these similitudes, We coin them for mankind, but none will\ngrasp their meaning save the wise.\n\nS: And (as for) these examples, We set them forth for men, and none\nunderstand them but the learned.\n\n029.044\nY: Allah created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): verily\nin that is a Sign for those who believe.\n\nP: Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. Lo! therein is\nindeed a portent for believers.\n\nS: Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth; most surely there\nis a sign in this for the believers.\n\n029.045\nY: Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and establish\nregular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds;\nand remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt.\nAnd Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do.\n\nP: Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of the Scripture, and\nestablish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and iniquity,\nbut verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth\nwhat ye do.\n\nS: Recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book and keep up\nprayer; surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil, and\ncertainly the remembrance of Allah is the greatest, and Allah knows\nwhat you do.\n\n029.046\nY: And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means\nbetter (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who\ninflict wrong (and injury): but say, \"We believe in the revelation\nwhich has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah\nand your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam).\"\n\nP: And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a\nway) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We\nbelieve in that which hath been revealed unto us and revealed unto you;\nour Allah and your Allah is One, and unto Him we surrender.\n\nS: And do not dispute with the followers of the Book except by what is\nbest, except those of them who act unjustly, and say: We believe in\nthat which has been revealed to us and revealed to you, and our Allah\nand your Allah is One, and to Him do we submit.\n\n029.047\nY: And thus (it is) that We have sent down the Book to thee. So the\nPeople of the Book believe therein, as also do some of these (pagan\nArabs): and none but Unbelievers reject our signs.\n\nP: In like manner We have revealed unto thee the Scripture, and those\nunto whom We gave the Scripture aforetime will believe therein; and of\nthese (also) there are some who believe therein. And none deny Our\nrevelations save the disbelievers.\n\nS: And thus have We revealed the Book to you. So those whom We have\ngiven the Book believe in it, and of these there are those who believe\nin it, and none deny Our communications except the unbelievers.\n\n029.048\nY: And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came),\nnor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: In that case,\nindeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted.\n\nP: And thou (O Muhammad) wast not a reader of any scripture before it,\nnor didst thou write it with thy right hand, for then might those have\ndoubted, who follow falsehood.\n\nS: And you did not recite before it any book, nor did you transcribe one\nwith your right hand, for then could those who say untrue things have\ndoubted.\n\n029.049\nY: Nay, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of those endowed with\nknowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our Signs.\n\nP: But it is clear revelations in the hearts of those who have been\ngiven knowledge, and none deny Our revelations save wrong-doers.\n\nS: Nay! these are clear communications in the breasts of those who are\ngranted knowledge; and none deny Our communications except the unjust.\n\n029.050\nY: Ye they say: \"Why are not Signs sent down to him from his Lord?\" Say:\n\"The signs are indeed with Allah: and I am indeed a clear Warner.\"\n\nP: And they say: Why are not portents sent down upon him from his Lord?\nSay: Portents are with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner.\n\nS: And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him from his Lord?\nSay: The signs are only with Allah, and I am only a plain warner.\n\n029.051\nY: And is it not enough for them that we have sent down to thee the Book\nwhich is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and a Reminder to\nthose who believe.\n\nP: Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the\nScripture which is read unto them? Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a\nreminder for folk who believe.\n\nS: Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to you the Book which\nis recited to them? Most surely there is mercy in this and a reminder\nfor a people who believe.\n\n029.052\nY: Say: \"Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: He knows what\nis in the heavens and on earth.\" And it is those who believe in vanities\nand reject Allah, that will perish (in the end).\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah sufficeth for witness between me\nand you. He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And\nthose who believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who are\nthe losers.\n\nS: Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you; He knows\nwhat is in the heavens and the earth. And (as for) those who believe in\nthe falsehood and disbelieve in Allah, these it is that are the losers.\n\n029.053\nY: They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not been\nfor a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly have\ncome to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while\nthey perceive not!\n\nP: They bid thee hasten on the doom (of Allah). And if a term had not\nbeen appointed, the doom would assuredly have come unto them (ere now).\nAnd verily it will come upon them suddenly when they perceive not.\n\nS: And they ask you to hasten on the chastisement; and had not a term\nbeen appointed, the chastisement would certainly have come to them; and\nmost certainly it will come to them all of a sudden while they will not\nperceive.\n\n029.054\nY: They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment: but, of a surety, Hell\nwill encompass the Rejecters of Faith!-\n\nP: They bid thee hasten on the doom, when lo! hell verily will encompass\nthe disbelievers.\n\nS: They ask you to hasten on the chastisement, and most surely hell\nencompasses the unbelievers;\n\n029.055\nY: On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and\nfrom below them, and (a Voice) shall say: \"Taste ye (the fruits) of\nyour deeds!\"\n\nP: On the day when the doom will overwhelm them from above them and from\nunderneath their feet, and He will say: Taste what ye used to do!\n\nS: On the day when the chastisement shall cover them from above them,\nand from beneath their feet; and He shall say: Taste what you did.\n\n029.056\nY: O My servants who believe! truly, spacious is My Earth: therefore\nserve ye Me - (and Me alone)!\n\nP: O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is spacious. Therefor serve Me\nonly.\n\nS: O My servants who believe! surely My earth is vast, therefore Me\nalone should you serve.\n\n029.057\nY: Every soul shall have a taste of death: In the end to Us shall ye be\nbrought back.\n\nP: Every soul will taste of death. Then unto Us ye will be returned.\n\nS: Every soul must taste of death, then to Us you shall be brought back.\n\n029.058\nY: But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness - to them shall\nWe give a Home in Heaven,- lofty mansions beneath which flow rivers,-\nto dwell therein for aye;- an excellent reward for those who do\n(good)!-\n\nP: Those who believe and do good works, them verily We shall house in\nlofty dwellings of the Garden underneath which rivers flow. There they\nwill dwell secure. How sweet the guerdon of the toilers,\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will certainly give\nthem abode in the high places in gardens beneath which rivers flow,\nabiding therein; how good the reward of the workers:\n\n029.059\nY: Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust, in their Lord\nand Cherisher.\n\nP: Who persevere, and put their trust in their Lord!\n\nS: Those who are patient, and on their Lord do they rely.\n\n029.060\nY: How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance? It is\nAllah who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears and knows (all\nthings).\n\nP: And how many an animal there is that beareth not its own provision!\nAllah provideth for it and for you. He is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And how many a living creature that does not carry its sustenance:\nAllah sustains it and yourselves; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n029.061\nY: If indeed thou ask them who has created the heavens and the earth and\nsubjected the sun and the moon (to his Law), they will certainly reply,\n\n\"Allah\". How are they then deluded away (from the truth)?\nP: And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth,\nand constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work)? they\nwould say: Allah. How then are they turned away?\n\nS: And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth and made\nthe sun and the moon subservient, they will certainly say, Allah.\nWhence are they then turned away?\n\n029.062\nY: Allah enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of His\nservants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (strict) measure, (as\nHe pleases): for Allah has full knowledge of all things.\n\nP: Allah maketh the provision wide for whom He will of His bondmen, and\nstraiteneth it for whom (He will). Lo! Allah is Aware of all things.\n\nS: Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of\nHis servants, and straitens them for whom (He pleases) surely Allah is\nCognizant of all things.\n\n029.063\nY: And if indeed thou ask them who it is that sends down rain from the\nsky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death, they will\ncertainly reply, \"Allah!\" Say, \"Praise be to Allah!\" But most of them\nunderstand not.\n\nP: And if thou wert to ask them: Who causeth water to come down from the\nsky, and therewith reviveth the earth after its death? they verily\nwould say: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them have no\nsense.\n\nS: And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water from the clouds,\nthen gives life to the earth with it after its death, they will\ncertainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is due to Allah. Nay, most of\nthem do not understand.\n\n029.064\nY: What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but verily the\nHome in the Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew.\n\nP: This life of the world is but a pastime and a game. Lo! the home of\nthe Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew.\n\nS: And this life of the world is nothing but a sport and a play; and as\nfor the next abode, that most surely is the life-- did they but know!\n\n029.065\nY: Now, if they embark on a boat, they call on Allah, making their\ndevotion sincerely (and exclusively) to Him; but when He has delivered\nthem safely to (dry) land, behold, they give a share (of their worship\nto others)!-\n\nP: And when they mount upon the ships they pray to Allah, making their\nfaith pure for Him only, but when He bringeth them safe to land,\nbehold! they ascribe partners (unto Him),\n\nS: So when they ride in the ships they call upon Allah, being sincerely\nobedient to Him, but when He brings them safe to the land, lo! they\nassociate others (with Him);\n\n029.066\nY: Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts, and giving themselves up to\n(worldly) enjoyment! But soon will they know.\n\nP: That they may disbelieve in that which We have given them, and that\nthey may take their ease. But they will come to know.\n\nS: Thus they become ungrateful for what We have given them, so that they\nmay enjoy; but they shall soon know.\n\n029.067\nY: Do they not then see that We have made a sanctuary secure, and that\nmen are being snatched away from all around them? Then, do they believe\nin that which is vain, and reject the Grace of Allah?\n\nP: Have they not seen that We have appointed a sanctuary immune (from\nviolence), while mankind are ravaged all around them? Do they then\nbelieve in falsehood and disbelieve in the bounty of Allah?\n\nS: Do they not see that We have made a sacred territory secure, while\nmen are carried off by force from around them? Will they still believe\nin the falsehood and disbelieve in the favour of Allah?\n\n029.068\nY: And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah or\nrejects the Truth when it reaches him? Is there not a home in Hell for\nthose who reject Faith?\n\nP: Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah,\nor denieth the truth when it cometh unto him? Is not there a home in\nhell for disbelievers?\n\nS: And who is more unjust than one who forges a lie against Allah, or\ngives the lie to the truth when it has come to him? Will not in hell be\nthe abode of the unbelievers?\n\n029.069\nY: And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide them to\nour Paths: For verily Allah is with those who do right.\n\nP: As for those who strive in Us, We surely guide them to Our paths, and\nlo! Allah is with the good.\n\nS: And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will most certainly\nguide them in Our ways; and Allah is most surely with the doers of\ngood.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 30:\n\n                    AL-ROOM (THE ROMANS, THE BYZANTINES)\n Total Verses: 60 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n030.001\nY: A. L. M.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim.\n\n030.002\nY: The Roman Empire has been defeated-\n\nP: The Romans have been defeated,\n\nS: The Romans are vanquished,\n\n030.003\nY: In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs,\nwill soon be victorious-\n\nP: In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious,\n\nS: In a near land, and they, after being vanquished, shall overcome,\n\n030.004\nY: Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in\nthe Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-\n\nP: Within ten years - Allah's is the command in the former case and in\nthe latter - and in that day believers will rejoice,\n\nS: Within a few years. Allah's is the command before and after; and on\nthat day the believers shall rejoice,\n\n030.005\nY: With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and He is Exalted in\nMight, most Merciful.\n\nP: In Allah's help to victory. He helpeth to victory whom He will. He is\nthe Mighty, the Merciful.\n\nS: With the help of Allah; He helps whom He pleases; and He is the\nMighty, the Merciful;\n\n030.006\nY: (It is) the promise of Allah. Never does Allah depart from His\npromise: but most men understand not.\n\nP: It is a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise, but most of\nmankind know not.\n\nS: (This is) Allah's promise! Allah will not fail His promise, but most\npeople do not know.\n\n030.007\nY: They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of\nthe End of things they are heedless.\n\nP: They know only some appearance of the life of the world, and are\nheedless of the Hereafter.\n\nS: They know the outward of this world's life, but of the hereafter they\nare absolutely heedless.\n\n030.008\nY: Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and for\na term appointed, did Allah create the heavens and the earth, and all\nbetween them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting\nwith their Lord (at the Resurrection)!\n\nP: Have they not pondered upon themselves? Allah created not the heavens\nand the earth, and that which is between them, save with truth and for\na destined end. But truly many of mankind are disbelievers in the\nmeeting with their Lord.\n\nS: Do they not reflect within themselves: Allah did not create the\nheavens and the earth and what is between them two but with truth, and\n(for) an appointed term? And most surely most of the people are deniers\nof the meeting of their Lord.\n\n030.009\nY: Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of\nthose before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled\nthe soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done:\nthere came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs). (Which they\nrejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them,\nbut they wronged their own souls.\n\nP: Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the\nconsequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than\nthese in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than\nthese have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear\nproofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Surely Allah wronged them not, but\nthey did wrong themselves.\n\nS: Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the end of\nthose before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up\nthe earth, and built on it in greater abundance than these have built\non it, and there came to them their messengers with clear arguments; so\nit was not beseeming for Allah that He should deal with them unjustly,\nbut they dealt unjustly with their own souls.\n\n030.010\nY: In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those who do\nevil; for that they rejected the Signs of Allah, and held them up to\nridicule.\n\nP: Then evil was the consequence to those who dealt in evil, because\nthey denied the revelations of Allah and made a mock of them.\n\nS: Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because they | rejected\nthe communications of Allah and used to mock them.\n\n030.011\nY: It is Allah Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it;\nthen shall ye be brought back to Him.\n\nP: Allah produceth creation, then He reproduceth it, then unto Him ye\nwill be returned.\n\nS: Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it, then to Him you\nshall be brought back.\n\n030.012\nY: On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty will be\nstruck dumb with despair.\n\nP: And in the day when the Hour riseth the unrighteous will despair.\n\nS: And at the time when the hour shall come the guilty shall be in\ndespair.\n\n030.013\nY: No intercessor will they have among their \"Partners\" and they will\n(themselves) reject their \"Partners\".\n\nP: There will be none to intercede for them of those whom they made\nequal with Allah. And they will reject their partners (whom they\nascribed unto Him).\n\nS: And they shall not have any intercessors from among their gods they\nhave joined with Allah, and they shall be deniers of their\nassociate-gods.\n\n030.014\nY: On the Day that the Hour will be established,- that Day shall (all\nmen) be sorted out.\n\nP: In the day when the Hour cometh, in that day they will be sundered.\n\nS: And at the time when the hour shall come, at that time they shall\nbecome separated one from the other.\n\n030.015\nY: Then those who have believed and worked righteous deeds, shall be\nmade happy in a Mead of Delight.\n\nP: As for those who believed and did good works, they will be made happy\nin a Garden.\n\nS: Then as to those who believed and did good, they shall be made happy\nin a garden.\n\n030.016\nY: And those who have rejected Faith and falsely denied our Signs and\nthe meeting of the Hereafter,- such shall be brought forth to\nPunishment.\n\nP: But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our revelations, and\ndenied the meeting of the Hereafter, such will be brought to doom.\n\nS: And as to those who disbelieved and rejected Our communications and\nthe meeting of the hereafter, these shall be brought over to the\nchastisement.\n\n030.017\nY: So (give) glory to Allah, when ye reach eventide and when ye rise in\nthe morning;\n\nP: So glory be to Allah when ye enter the night and when ye enter the\nmorning -\n\nS: Therefore glory be to Allah when you enter upon the time of the\nevening and when you enter upon the time of the morning.\n\n030.018\nY: Yea, to Him be praise, in the heavens and on earth; and in the late\nafternoon and when the day begins to decline.\n\nP: Unto Him be praise in the heavens and the earth! - and at the sun's\ndecline and in the noonday.\n\nS: And to Him belongs praise in the heavens and the earth, and at\nnightfall and when you are at midday.\n\n030.019\nY: It is He Who brings out the living from the dead, and brings out the\ndead from the living, and Who gives life to the earth after it is dead:\nand thus shall ye be brought out (from the dead).\n\nP: He bringeth forth the living from the dead, and He bringeth forth the\ndead from the living, and He reviveth the earth after her death. And\neven so will ye be brought forth.\n\nS: He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead\nfrom the living, and gives life to the earth after its death, and thus\nshall you be brought forth.\n\n030.020\nY: Among His Signs in this, that He created you from dust; and then,-\nbehold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)!\n\nP: And of His signs is this: He created you of dust, and behold you\nhuman beings, ranging widely!\n\nS: And one of His signs is that He created you from dust, then lo! you\nare mortals (who) scatter.\n\n030.021\nY: And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among\nyourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put\nlove and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for\nthose who reflect.\n\nP: And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from\nyourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you\nlove and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.\n\nS: And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves\nthat you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and\ncompassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who\nreflect.\n\n030.022\nY: And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and\nthe variations in your languages and your colours: verily in that are\nSigns for those who know.\n\nP: And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and\nthe difference of your languages and colours. Lo! herein indeed are\nportents for men of knowledge.\n\nS: And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and\nthe diversity of your tongues and colors; most surely there are signs\nin this for the learned.\n\n030.023\nY: And among His Signs is the sleep that ye take by night and by day,\nand the quest that ye (make for livelihood) out of His Bounty: verily\nin that are signs for those who hearken.\n\nP: And of His signs is your slumber by night and by day, and your\nseeking of His bounty. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who\nheed.\n\nS: And one of His signs is your sleeping and your seeking of His grace\nby night and (by) day; most surely there are signs in this for a people\nwho would hear.\n\n030.024\nY: And among His Signs, He shows you the lightning, by way both of fear\nand of hope, and He sends down rain from the sky and with it gives life\nto the earth after it is dead: verily in that are Signs for those who\nare wise.\n\nP: And of His signs is this: He showeth you the lightning for a fear and\nfor a hope, and sendeth down water from the sky, and thereby quickeneth\nthe earth after her death. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who\nunderstand.\n\nS: And one of His signs is that He shows you the lightning for fear and\nfor hope, and sends down water from the clouds then gives life\ntherewith to the earth after its death; most surely there are signs in\nthis for a people who understand.\n\n030.025\nY: And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth stand by His\nCommand: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the earth,\nbehold, ye (straightway) come forth.\n\nP: And of His signs is this: The heavens and the earth stand fast by His\ncommand, and afterward, when He calleth you, lo! from the earth ye will\nemerge.\n\nS: And one of His signs is that the heaven and the earth subsist by His\ncommand, then when He calls you with a (single) call from out of the\nearth, lo! you come forth.\n\n030.026\nY: To Him belongs every being that is in the heavens and on earth: all\nare devoutly obedient to Him.\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. All are\nobedient unto Him.\n\nS: And His is whosoever is in the heavens and the earth; all are\nobedient to Him.\n\n030.027\nY: It is He Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it; and\nfor Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest similitude (we can\nthink of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Might,\nfull of Wisdom.\n\nP: He it is Who produceth creation, then reproduceth it, and it is\neasier for Him. His is the Sublime Similitude in the heavens and the\nearth. He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: And He it is Who originates the creation, then reproduces it, and it\nis easy to Him; and His are the most exalted attributes in the heavens\nand the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n030.028\nY: He does propound to you a similitude from your own (experience): do\nye have partners among those whom your right hands possess, to share as\nequals in the wealth We have bestowed on you? Do ye fear them as ye\nfear each other? Thus do we explain the Signs in detail to a people\nthat understand.\n\nP: He coineth for you a similitude of yourselves. Have ye, from among\nthose whom your right hands possess, partners in the wealth We have\nbestowed upon you, equal with you in respect thereof, so that ye fear\nthem as ye fear each other (that ye ascribe unto Us partners out of\nthat which We created)? Thus We display the revelations for people who\nhave sense.\n\nS: He sets forth to you a parable relating to yourselves: Have you among\nthose whom your right hands possess partners in what We have given you\nfor sustenance, so that with respect to it you are alike; you fear them\nas you fear each other? Thus do We make the communications distinct for\na people who understand.\n\n030.029\nY: Nay, the wrong-doers (merely) follow their own lusts, being devoid of\nknowledge. But who will guide those whom Allah leaves astray? To them\nthere will be no helpers.\n\nP: Nay, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge.\nWho is able to guide him whom Allah hath sent astray? For such there\nare no helpers.\n\nS: Nay! those who are unjust follow their low desires without any\nknowledge; so who can guide him whom Allah makes err? And they shall\nhave no helpers.\n\n030.030\nY: So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish)\nAllah's handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made\nmankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah: that\nis the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.\n\nP: So set thy purpose (O Muhammad) for religion as a man by nature\nupright - the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man.\nThere is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right\nreligion, but most men know not -\n\nS: Then set your face upright for religion in the right state-- the\nnature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of\nAllah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not\nknow--\n\n030.031\nY: Turn ye back in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish regular\nprayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah,-\n\nP: Turning unto Him (only); and be careful of your duty unto Him and\nestablish worship, and be not of those who ascribe partners (unto Him);\n\nS: Turning to Him, and be careful of (your duty to) Him and keep up\nprayer and be not of the polytheists,\n\n030.032\nY: Those who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,- each\nparty rejoicing in that which is with itself!\n\nP: Of those who split up their religion and became schismatics, each\nsect exulting in its tenets.\n\nS: Of those who divided their religion and became sects, every sect\nrejoicing in what they had with them.\n\n030.033\nY: When trouble touches men, they cry to their Lord, turning back to Him\nin repentance: but when He gives them a taste of Mercy as from Himself,\nbehold, some of them pay part-worship to other god's besides their\nLord,-\n\nP: And when harm toucheth men they cry unto their Lord, turning to Him\nin repentance; then, when they have tasted of His mercy, behold! some\nof them attribute partners to their Lord.\n\nS: And when harm afflicts men, they call upon their Lord, turning to\nHim, then when He makes them taste of mercy from Him, lo! some of them\nbegin to associate (others) with their Lord,\n\n030.034\nY: (As if) to show their ingratitude for the (favours) We have bestowed\non them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will ye know (your\nfolly).\n\nP: So as to disbelieve in that which We have given them. (Unto such it\nis said): Enjoy yourselves awhile, but ye will come to know.\n\nS: So as to be ungrateful for what We have given them; but enjoy\nyourselves (for a while), for you shall soon come to know.\n\n030.035\nY: Or have We sent down authority to them, which points out to them the\nthings to which they pay part-worship?\n\nP: Or have We revealed unto them any warrant which speaketh of that\nwhich they associate with Him?\n\nS: Or, have We sent down upon them an authority so that it speaks of\nthat which they associate with Him?\n\n030.036\nY: When We give men a taste of Mercy, they exult thereat: and when some\nevil afflicts them because of what their (own) hands have sent forth,\nbehold, they are in despair!\n\nP: And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy they rejoice therein; but\nif an evil thing befall them as the consequence of their own deeds, lo!\nthey are in despair!\n\nS: And when We make people taste of mercy they rejoice in it, and if an\nevil befall them for what their hands have already wrought, lo! they\nare in despair.\n\n030.037\nY: See they not that Allah enlarges the provision and restricts it, to\nwhomsoever He pleases? Verily in that are Signs for those who believe.\n\nP: See they not that Allah enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and\nstraiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo! herein indeed are portents for\nfolk who believe.\n\nS: Do they not see that Allah makes ample provision for whom He pleases,\nor straitens? Most surely there are signs in this for a people who\nbelieve.\n\n030.038\nY: So give what is due to kindred, the needy, and the wayfarer. That is\nbest for those who seek the Countenance, of Allah, and it is they who\nwill prosper.\n\nP: So give to the kinsman his due, and to the needy, and to the\nwayfarer. That is best for those who seek Allah's Countenance. And such\nare they who are successful.\n\nS: Then give to the near of kin his due, and to the needy and the\nwayfarer; this is best for those who desire Allah's pleasure, and these\nit is who are successful.\n\n030.039\nY: That which ye lay out for increase through the property of (other)\npeople, will have no increase with Allah: but that which ye lay out for\ncharity, seeking the Countenance of Allah, (will increase): it is these\nwho will get a recompense multiplied.\n\nP: That which ye give in usury in order that it may increase on (other)\npeople's property hath no increase with Allah; but that which ye give\nin charity, seeking Allah's Countenance, hath increase manifold.\n\nS: And whatever you lay out as usury, so that it may increase in the\nproperty of men, it shall not increase with Allah; and whatever you\ngive in charity, desiring Allah's pleasure-- it is these (persons) that\nshall get manifold.\n\n030.040\nY: It is Allah Who has created you: further, He has provided for your\nsustenance; then He will cause you to die; and again He will give you\nlife. Are there any of your (false) \"Partners\" who can do any single\none of these things? Glory to Him! and high is He above the partners\nthey attribute (to him)!\n\nP: Allah is He Who created you and then sustained you, then causeth you\nto die, then giveth life to you again. Is there any of your (so-called)\npartners (of Allah) that doeth aught of that? Praised and Exalted be He\nabove what they associate (with Him)!\n\nS: Allah is He Who created you, then gave you sustenance, then He causes\nyou to die, then brings you to life. Is there any of your\nassociate-gods who does aught of it? Glory be to Him, and exalted be He\nabove what they associate (with Him).\n\n030.041\nY: Mischief has appeared on land and sea because of (the meed) that the\nhands of men have earned, that (Allah) may give them a taste of some of\ntheir deeds: in order that they may turn back (from Evil).\n\nP: Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which\nmen's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which\nthey have done, in order that they may return.\n\nS: Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what\nthe hands of men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of\nthat which they have done, so that they may return.\n\n030.042\nY: Say: \"Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those\nbefore (you): Most of them worshipped others besides Allah.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see\nthe nature of the consequence for those who were before you! Most of\nthem were idolaters.\n\nS: Say: Travel in the land, then see how was the end of those before;\nmost of them were polytheists.\n\n030.043\nY: But set thou thy face to the right Religion before there come from\nAllah the Day which there is no chance of averting: on that Day shall\nmen be divided (in two).\n\nP: So set thy purpose resolutely for the right religion, before the\ninevitable day cometh from Allah. On that day mankind will be sundered-\n\nS: Then turn thy face straight to the right religion before there come\nfrom Allah the day which cannot be averted; on that day they shall\nbecome separated.\n\n030.044\nY: Those who reject Faith will suffer from that rejection: and those who\nwork righteousness will spread their couch (of repose) for themselves\n(in heaven):\n\nP: Whoso disbelieveth must (then) bear the consequences of his\ndisbelief, while those who do right make provision for themselves -\n\nS: Whoever disbelieves, he shall be responsible for his disbelief, and\nwhoever does good, they prepare (good) for their own souls,\n\n030.045\nY: That He may reward those who believe and work righteous deeds, out of\nhis Bounty. For He loves not those who reject Faith.\n\nP: That He may reward out of His bounty those who believe and do good\nworks. Lo! He loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).\n\nS: That He may reward those who believe and do good out of His grace;\nsurely He does not love the unbelievers.\n\n030.046\nY: Among His Signs is this, that He sends the Winds, as heralds of Glad\nTidings, giving you a taste of His (Grace and) Mercy,- that the ships\nmay sail (majestically) by His Command and that ye may seek of His\nBounty: in order that ye may be grateful.\n\nP: And of His signs is this: He sendeth herald winds to make you taste\nHis mercy, and that the ships may sail at His command, and that ye may\nseek his favour, and that haply ye may be thankful.\n\nS: And one of His signs is that He sends forth the winds bearing good\nnews, and that He may make your taste of His mercy, and that the ships\nmay run by His command, and that you may seek of His grace, and that\nyou may be grateful.\n\n030.047\nY: We did indeed send, before thee, messengers to their (respective)\npeoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs: then, to those who\ntransgressed, We meted out Retribution: and it was due from Us to aid\nthose who believed.\n\nP: Verily We sent before thee (Muhammad) messengers to their own folk.\nThen we took vengeance upon those who were guilty (in regard to them).\nTo help believers is ever incumbent upon Us.\n\nS: And certainly We sent before you messengers to their people, so they\ncame to them with clear arguments, then We gave the punishment to those\nwho were guilty; and helping the believers is ever incumbent on Us.\n\n030.048\nY: It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and they raise the Clouds: then does\nHe spread them in the sky as He wills, and break them into fragments,\nuntil thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst thereof: then when He\nhas made them reach such of his servants as He wills behold, they do\nrejoice!-\n\nP: Allah is He Who sendeth the winds so that they raise clouds, and\nspreadeth them along the sky as pleaseth Him, and causeth them to break\nand thou seest the rain downpouring from within them. And when He\nmaketh it to fall on whom He will of His bondmen, lo! they rejoice;\n\nS: Allah is he Who sends forth the winds so they raise a cloud, then He\nspreads it forth in the sky as He pleases, and He breaks it up so that\nyou see the rain coming forth from inside it; then when He causes it to\nfall upon whom He pleases of His servants, lo! they are joyful,\n\n030.049\nY: Even though, before they received (the rain) - just before this -\nthey were dumb with despair!\n\nP: Though before that, even before it was sent down upon them, they were\nin despair.\n\nS: Though they were before this, before it was sent down upon them,\nconfounded in sure despair.\n\n030.050\nY: Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of Allah's Mercy!- how He\ngives life to the earth after its death: verily the same will give life\nto the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.\n\nP: Look, therefore, at the prints of Allah's mercy (in creation): how He\nquickeneth the earth after her death. Lo! He verily is the Quickener of\nthe Dead, and He is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Look then at the signs of Allah's mercy, how He gives life to the\nearth after its death, most surely He will raise the dead to life; and\nHe has power over all things.\n\n030.051\nY: And if We (but) send a Wind from which they see (their tilth) turn\nyellow,- behold, they become, thereafter, Ungrateful (Unbelievers)!\n\nP: And if We sent a wind and they beheld it yellow, they verily would\nstill continue in their disbelief.\n\nS: And if We send a wind and they see it to be yellow, they would after\nthat certainly continue to disbelieve,\n\n030.052\nY: So verily thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make\nthe deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn away.\n\nP: For verily thou (Muhammad) canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst\nthou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee.\n\nS: For surely you cannot, make the dead to hear and you cannot make the\ndeaf to hear the call, when they turn back and flee.\n\n030.053\nY: Nor canst thou lead back the blind from their straying: only those\nwilt thou make to hear, who believe in Our signs and submit (their\nwills in Islam).\n\nP: Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make\nnone to hear save those who believe in Our revelations so that they\nsurrender (unto Him).\n\nS: Nor can you lead away the blind out of their error. You cannot make\nto hear any but those who believe in Our communications so they shall\nsubmit.\n\n030.054\nY: It is Allah Who created you in a state of (helpless) weakness, then\ngave (you) strength after weakness, then, after strength, gave (you)\nweakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, and it is He Who has\nall knowledge and power.\n\nP: Allah is He Who shaped you out of weakness, then appointed after\nweakness strength, then, after strength, appointed weakness and grey\nhair. He createth what He will. He is the Knower, the Mighty.\n\nS: Allah is He Who created you from a state of weakness then He gave\nstrength after weakness, then ordained weakness and hoary hair after\nstrength; He creates what He pleases, and He is the Knowing, the\nPowerful.\n\n030.055\nY: On the Day that the Hour (of Reckoning) will be established, the\ntransgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were\nthey used to being deluded!\n\nP: And on the day when the Hour riseth the guilty will vow that they did\ntarry but an hour - thus were they ever deceived.\n\nS: And at the time when the hour shall come, the guilty shall swear\n(that) they did not tarry but an hour; thus are they ever turned away.\n\n030.056\nY: But those endued with knowledge and faith will say: \"Indeed ye did\ntarry, within Allah's Decree, to the Day of Resurrection, and this is\nthe Day of Resurrection: but ye - ye were not aware!\"\n\nP: But those to whom knowledge and faith are given will say: The truth\nis, ye have tarried, by Allah's decree, until the Day of Resurrection.\nThis is the Day of Resurrection, but ye used not to know.\n\nS: And those who are given knowledge and faith will say: Certainly you\ntarried according to the ordinance of Allah till the day of\nresurrection, so this is the day of resurrection, but you did not know.\n\n030.057\nY: So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail the transgressors, nor\nwill they be invited (then) to seek grace (by repentance).\n\nP: In that day their excuses will not profit those who did injustice,\nnor will they be allowed to make amends.\n\nS: But on that day their excuse shall not profit those who were unjust,\nnor shall they be regarded with goodwill.\n\n030.058\nY: verily We have propounded for men, in this Qur'an every kind of\nParable: But if thou bring to them any Sign, the Unbelievers are sure\nto say, \"Ye do nothing but talk vanities.\"\n\nP: Verily We have coined for mankind in this Qur'an all kinds of\nsimilitudes; and indeed if thou camest unto them with a miracle, those\nwho disbelieve would verily exclaim: Ye are but tricksters!\n\nS: And certainly We have set forth for men every kind of example in this\nQuran; and if you should bring them a communication, those who\ndisbelieve would certainly say: You are naught but false claimants.\n\n030.059\nY: Thus does Allah seal up the hearts of those who understand not.\n\nP: Thus doth Allah seal the hearts of those who know not.\n\nS: Thus does Allah set a seal on the hearts of those who do not know.\n\n030.060\nY: So patiently persevere: for verily the promise of Allah is true: nor\nlet those shake thy firmness, who have (themselves) no certainty of\nfaith.\n\nP: So have patience (O Muhammad)! Allah's promise is the very truth, and\nlet not those who have no certainty make thee impatient.\n\nS: Therefore be patient; surely the promise of Allah is true and let not\nthose who have no certainty hold you in light estimation.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 31:\n\n                              LUQMAN (LUQMAN)\n Total Verses: 34 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n031.001\nY: A. L. M.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim.\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim.\n\n031.002\nY: These are Verses of the Wise Book,-\n\nP: These are revelations of the wise Scripture,\n\nS: These are verses of the Book of Wisdom\n\n031.003\nY: A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good,-\n\nP: A guidance and a mercy for the good,\n\nS: A guidance and a mercy for the doers of goodness,\n\n031.004\nY: Those who establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity, and\nhave (in their hearts) the assurance of the Hereafter.\n\nP: Those who establish worship and pay the poor-due and have sure faith\nin the Hereafter.\n\nS: Those who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and they are certain\nof the hereafter.\n\n031.005\nY: These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and these are the ones\nwho will prosper.\n\nP: Such have guidance from their Lord. Such are the successful.\n\nS: These are on a guidance from their Lord, and these are they who are\nsuccessful:\n\n031.006\nY: But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without\nknowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and\nthrow ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating\nPenalty.\n\nP: And of mankind is he who payeth for mere pastime of discourse, that\nhe may mislead from Allah's way without knowledge, and maketh it the\nbutt of mockery. For such there is a shameful doom.\n\nS: And of men is he who takes instead frivolous discourse to lead astray\nfrom Allah's path without knowledge, and to take it for a mockery;\nthese shall have an abasing chastisement.\n\n031.007\nY: When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in\narrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both\nhis ears: announce to him a grievous Penalty.\n\nP: And when Our revelations are recited unto him he turneth away in\npride as if he heard them not, as if there were a deafness in his ears.\nSo give him tidings of a painful doom.\n\nS: And when Our communications are recited to him, he turns back\nproudly, as if he had not heard them, as though in his ears were a\nheaviness, therefore announce to him a painful chastisement.\n\n031.008\nY: For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will be Gardens\nof Bliss,-\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works, for them are the gardens of\ndelight,\n\nS: (As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely have\ngardens of bliss,\n\n031.009\nY: To dwell therein. The promise of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in\nPower, Wise.\n\nP: Wherein they will abide. It is a promise of Allah in truth. He is the\nMighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Abiding in them; the promise of Allah; (a) true (promise), and He is\nthe Mighty, the Wise.\n\n031.010\nY: He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on\nthe earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and\nHe scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the\nsky, and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.\n\nP: He hath created the heavens without supports that ye can see, and\nhath cast into the earth firm hills, so that it quake not with you; and\nHe hath dispersed therein all kinds of beasts. And We send down water\nfrom the sky and We cause (plants) of every goodly kind to grow\ntherein.\n\nS: He created the heavens without pillars as you see them, and put\nmountains upon the earth lest it might convulse with you, and He spread\nin it animals of every kind; and We sent down water from the cloud,\nthen caused to grow therein (vegetation) of every noble kind.\n\n031.011\nY: Such is the Creation of Allah: now show Me what is there that others\nbesides Him have created: nay, but the Transgressors are in manifest\nerror.\n\nP: This is the Creation of Allah. Now show me that which those (ye\nworship) beside Him have created. Nay, but the wrong-doers are in error\nmanifest!\n\nS: This is Allah's creation, but show Me what those besides Him have\ncreated. Nay, the unjust are in manifest error.\n\n031.012\nY: We bestowed (in the past) Wisdom on Luqman: \"Show (thy) gratitude to\nAllah.\" Any who is (so) grateful does so to the profit of his own soul:\nbut if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants, Worthy of\nall praise.\n\nP: And verily We gave Luqman wisdom, saying: Give thanks unto Allah; and\nwhosoever giveth thanks, he giveth thanks for (the good of) his soul.\nAnd whosoever refuseth - Lo! Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.\n\nS: And certainly We gave wisdom to Luqman, saying: Be grateful to Allah.\nAnd whoever is grateful, he is only grateful for his own soul; and\nwhoever is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised.\n\n031.013\nY: Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of instruction: \"O my son! join\nnot in worship (others) with Allah: for false worship is indeed the\nhighest wrong-doing.\"\n\nP: And (remember) when Luqman said unto his son, when he was exhorting\nhim: O my dear son! Ascribe no partners unto Allah. Lo! to ascribe\npartners (unto Him) is a tremendous wrong -\n\nS: And when Luqman said to his son while he admonished him: O my son! do\nnot associate aught with Allah; most surely polytheism is a grievous\niniquity-\n\n031.014\nY: And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail\nupon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his\nweaning: (hear the command), \"Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents:\nto Me is (thy final) Goal.\"\n\nP: And We have enjoined upon man concerning his partners - His mother\nbeareth him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years\n- Give thanks unto Me and unto thy parents. Unto Me is the journeying.\n\nS: And We have enjoined man in respect of his parents-- his mother bears\nhim with faintings upon faintings and his weaning takes two years--\nsaying: Be grateful to Me and to both your parents; to Me is the\neventual coming.\n\n031.015\nY: \"But if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things of\nwhich thou hast no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in\nthis life with justice (and consideration), and follow the way of those\nwho turn to me (in love): in the end the return of you all is to Me,\nand I will tell you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did.\"\n\nP: But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner\nthat of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Consort with\nthem in the world kindly, and follow the path of him who repenteth unto\nMe. Then unto Me will be your return, and I shall tell you what ye used\nto do -\n\nS: And if they contend with you that you should associate with Me what\nyou have no knowledge of, do not obey them, and keep company with them\nin this world kindly, and follow the way of him who turns to Me, then\nto Me is your return, then will I inform you of what you did--\n\n031.016\nY: \"O my son!\" (said Luqman), \"If there be (but) the weight of a\nmustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the\nheavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands\nthe finest mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).\"\n\nP: O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the weight of a grain of\nmustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the\nearth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.\n\nS: O my son! surely if it is the very weight of the grain of a\nmustard-seed, even though it is in (the heart of) rock, or (high above)\nin the heaven or (deep down) in the earth, Allah will bring it (to\nlight); surely Allah is Knower of subtleties, Aware;\n\n031.017\nY: \"O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid\nwhat is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betide thee;\nfor this is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.\"\n\nP: O my dear son! Establish worship and enjoin kindness and forbid\niniquity, and persevere whatever may befall thee. Lo! that is of the\nsteadfast heart of things.\n\nS: O my son! keep up prayer and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and\nbear patiently that which befalls you; surely these acts require\ncourage;\n\n031.018\nY: \"And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolence\nthrough the earth; for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.\"\n\nP: Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk, nor walk with pertness in\nthe land. Lo! Allah loveth not each braggart boaster.\n\nS: And do not turn your face away from people in contempt, nor go about\nin the land exulting overmuch; surely Allah does not love any\nself-conceited boaster;\n\n031.019\nY: \"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest\nof sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass.\"\n\nP: Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of\nall voices is the voice of the ass.\n\nS: And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice;\nsurely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses.\n\n031.020\nY: Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in\nthe heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in\nexceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men\nthose who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance,\nand without a Book to enlighten them!\n\nP: See ye not how Allah hath made serviceable unto you whatsoever is in\nthe skies and whatsoever is in the earth and hath loaded you with His\nfavours both without and within? Yet of mankind is he who disputeth\nconcerning Allah, without knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving\nlight.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah has made what is in the heavens and what is\nin the earth subservient to you, and made complete to you His favors\noutwardly and inwardly? And among men is he who disputes in respect of\nAllah though having no knowledge nor guidance, nor a book giving light.\n\n031.021\nY: When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that Allah has sent\ndown, they say: \"Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our\nfathers (following).\" What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the\nPenalty of the (Blazing) Fire?\n\nP: And if it be said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed,\nthey say: Nay, but we follow that wherein we found our fathers. What!\nEven though the devil were inviting them unto the doom of flame?\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Follow what Allah has revealed, they\nsay: Nay, we follow that on which we found our fathers. What! though\nthe Shaitan calls them to the chastisement of the burning fire!\n\n031.022\nY: Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has\ngrasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with Allah rests the\nEnd and Decision of (all) affairs.\n\nP: Whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, he\nverily hath grasped the firm hand-hold. Unto Allah belongeth the sequel\nof all things.\n\nS: And whoever submits himself wholly to Allah and he is the doer of\ngood (to others), he indeed has taken hold of the firmest thing upon\nwhich one can lay hold; and Allah's is the end of affairs.\n\n031.023\nY: But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is\ntheir return, and We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for\nAllah knows well all that is in (men's) hearts.\n\nP: And whosoever disbelieveth, let not his disbelief afflict thee (O\nMuhammad). Unto Us is their return, and We shall tell them what they\ndid. Lo! Allah is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you; to Us is\ntheir return, then will We inform them of what they did surely Allah is\nthe Knower of what is in the breasts.\n\n031.024\nY: We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall We\ndrive them to a chastisement unrelenting.\n\nP: We give them comfort for a little, and then We drive them to a heavy\ndoom.\n\nS: We give them to enjoy a little, then will We drive them to a severe\nchastisement.\n\n031.025\nY: If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth.\nThey will certainly say, \"Allah\". Say: \"Praise be to Allah!\" But most\nof them understand not.\n\nP: If thou shouldst ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth?\nthey would answer: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them\nknow not.\n\nS: And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will\ncertainly say: Allah. Say: (All) praise is due to Allah; nay! most of\nthem do not know.\n\n031.026\nY: To Allah belong all things in heaven and earth: verily Allah is He\n(that is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Lo!\nAllah, He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: What is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's; surely Allah is the\nSelf-sufficient, the Praised.\n\n031.027\nY: And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink),\nwith seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the\nwords of Allah be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in\nPower, full of Wisdom.\n\nP: And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven\nmore seas to help it, (were ink), the words of Allah could not be\nexhausted. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the sea\n(to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words\nof Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.\n\n031.028\nY: And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an\nindividual soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).\n\nP: Your creation and your raising (from the dead) are only as (the\ncreation and the raising of) a single soul. Lo! Allah is Hearer,\nKnower.\n\nS: Neither your creation nor your raising is anything but as a single\nsoul; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.\n\n031.029\nY: Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day\ninto Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law),\neach running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is\nwell-acquainted with all that ye do?\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how Allah causeth the night to pass into the day\nand causeth the day to pass into the night, and hath subdued the sun\nand the moon (to do their work), each running unto an appointed term;\nand that Allah is Informed of what ye do?\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah makes the night to enter into the day, and\nHe makes the day to enter into the night, and He has made the sun and\nthe moon subservient (to you); each pursues its course till an\nappointed time; and that Allah is Aware of what you do?\n\n031.030\nY: That is because Allah is the (only) Reality, and because whatever\nelse they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and because Allah,- He is\nthe Most High, Most Great.\n\nP: That (is so) because Allah, He is the True, and that which they\ninvoke beside Him is the False, and because Allah, He is the Sublime,\nthe Great.\n\nS: This is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon\nbesides Him is the falsehood, and that Allah is the High, the Great.\n\n031.031\nY: Seest thou not that the ships sail through the ocean by the Grace of\nAllah?- that He may show you of His Signs? Verily in this are Signs for\nall who constantly persevere and give thanks.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how the ships glide on the sea by Allah's grace,\nthat He may show you of His wonders? Lo! therein indeed are portents\nfor every steadfast, grateful (heart).\n\nS: Do you not see that the ships run on in the sea by Allah's favor that\nHe may show you of His signs? Most surely there are signs in this for\nevery patient endurer, grateful one.\n\n031.032\nY: When a wave covers them like the canopy (of clouds), they call to\nAllah, offering Him sincere devotion. But when He has delivered them\nsafely to land, there are among them those that halt between (right and\nwrong). But none reject Our Signs except only a perfidious ungrateful\n(wretch)!\n\nP: And if a wave enshroudeth them like awnings, they cry unto Allah,\nmaking their faith pure for Him only. But when He bringeth them safe to\nland, some of them compromise. None denieth Our signs save every\ntraitor ingrate.\n\nS: And when a wave like mountains covers them they call upon Allah,\nbeing sincere to Him in obedience, but when He brings them safe to the\nland, some of them follow the middle course; and none denies Our signs\nbut every perfidious, ungrateful one.\n\n031.033\nY: O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear (the coming of) a Day\nwhen no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for\nhis father. Verily, the promise of Allah is true: let not then this\npresent life deceive you, nor let the chief Deceiver deceive you about\nAllah.\n\nP: O mankind! Keep your duty to your Lord and fear a Day when the parent\nwill not be able to avail the child in aught, nor the child to avail\nthe parent. Lo! Allah's promise is the very truth. Let not the life of\nthe world beguile you, nor let the deceiver beguile you, in regard to\nAllah.\n\nS: O people! guard against (the punishment of) your Lord and dread the\nday when a father shall not make any satisfaction for his son, nor\nshall the child be the maker of any satisfaction for his father; surely\nthe promise of Allah is true, therefore let not this world's life\ndeceive you, nor let the arch-deceiver deceive you in respect of Allah.\n\n031.034\nY: Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who\nsends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any\none know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does any one\nknow in what land he is to die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and\nHe is acquainted (with all things).\n\nP: Lo! Allah! With Him is knowledge of the Hour. He sendeth down the\nrain, and knoweth that which is in the wombs. No soul knoweth what it\nwill earn to-morrow, and no soul knoweth in what land it will die. Lo!\nAllah is Knower, Aware.\n\nS: Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the hour, and He\nsends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs; and no one knows\nwhat he shall earn on the morrow; and no one knows in what land he\nshall die; surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 32:\n\n               AS-SAJDA (THE PROSTRATION, WORSHIP, ADORATION)\n Total Verses: 30 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n032.001\nY: A. L. M.\n\nP: Alif. Lam. Mim\n\nS: Alif Lam Mim.\n\n032.002\nY: (This is) the Revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt,-\nfrom the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nP: The revelation of the Scripture whereof there is no doubt is from the\nLord of the Worlds.\n\nS: The revelation of the Book, there is no doubt in it, is from the Lord\nof the worlds.\n\n032.003\nY: Or do they say, \"He has forged it\"? Nay, it is the Truth from thy\nLord, that thou mayest admonish a people to whom no warner has come\nbefore thee: in order that they may receive guidance.\n\nP: Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but it is the Truth from thy\nLord, that thou mayst warn a folk to whom no warner came before thee,\nthat haply they may walk aright.\n\nS: Or do they say: He has forged it? Nay! it is the truth from your Lord\nthat you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you, that\nthey may follow the right direction.\n\n032.004\nY: It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all\nbetween them, in six Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of\nAuthority): ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (for\nyou): will ye not then receive admonition?\n\nP: Allah it is Who created the heavens and the earth, and that which is\nbetween them, in six Days. Then He mounted the Throne. Ye have not,\nbeside Him, a protecting friend or mediator. Will ye not then remember?\n\nS: Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between\nthem in six periods, and He mounted the throne (of authority); you have\nnot besides Him any guardian or any intercessor, will you not then\nmind?\n\n032.005\nY: He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will\n(all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a\nthousand years of your reckoning.\n\nP: He directeth the ordinance from the heaven unto the earth; then it\nascendeth unto Him in a Day, whereof the measure is a thousand years of\nthat ye reckon.\n\nS: He regulates the affair from the heaven to the earth; then shall it\nascend to Him in a day the measure of which is a thousand years of what\nyou count.\n\n032.006\nY: Such is He, the Knower of all things, hidden and open, the Exalted\n(in power), the Merciful;-\n\nP: Such is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Mighty, the\nMerciful,\n\nS: This is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty the\nMerciful,\n\n032.007\nY: He Who has made everything which He has created most good: He began\nthe creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,\n\nP: Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation\nof man from clay;\n\nS: Who made good everything that He has created, and He began the\ncreation of man from dust.\n\n032.008\nY: And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid\ndespised:\n\nP: Then He made his seed from a draught of despised fluid;\n\nS: Then He made his progeny of an extract, of water held in light\nestimation.\n\n032.009\nY: But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him\nsomething of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and\nsight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!\n\nP: Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit; and\nappointed for you hearing and sight and hearts. Small thanks give ye!\n\nS: Then He made him complete and breathed into him of His spirit, and\nmade for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts; little is it that\nyou give thanks.\n\n032.010\nY: And they say: \"What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in the earth,\nshall we indeed be in a Creation renewed? Nay, they deny the Meeting\nwith their Lord.\"\n\nP: And they say: When we are lost in the earth, how can we then be\nre-created? Nay but they are disbelievers in the meeting with their\nLord.\n\nS: And they say: What! when we have become lost in the earth, shall we\nthen certainly be in a new creation? Nay! they are disbelievers in the\nmeeting of their Lord.\n\n032.011\nY: Say: \"The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your\nsouls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord.\"\n\nP: Say: The angel of death, who hath charge concerning you, will gather\nyou, and afterward unto your Lord ye will be returned.\n\nS: Say: The angel of death who is given charge of you shall cause you to\ndie, then to your Lord you shall be brought back.\n\n032.012\nY: If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low their\nheads before their Lord, (saying:) \"Our Lord! We have seen and we have\nheard: Now then send us back (to the world): we will work\nrighteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe.\"\n\nP: Couldst thou but see when the guilty hang their heads before their\nLord, (and say): Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back;\nwe will do right, now we are sure.\n\nS: And could you but see when the guilty shall hang down their heads\nbefore their Lord: Our Lord! we have seen and we have heard, therefore\nsend us back, we will do good; surely (now) we are certain.\n\n032.013\nY: If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its\ntrue guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, \"I will fill Hell\nwith jinns and men all together.\"\n\nP: And if We had so willed, We could have given every soul its guidance,\nbut the word from Me concerning evildoers took effect: that I will fill\nhell with the jinn and mankind together.\n\nS: And if We had pleased We would certainly have given to every soul its\nguidance, but the word (which had gone forth) from Me was just: I will\ncertainly fill hell with the jinn and men together.\n\n032.014\nY: \"Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours, and\nWe too will forget you - taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for your\n(evil) deeds!\"\n\nP: So taste (the evil of your deeds). Forasmuch as ye forgot the meeting\nof this your day, lo! We forget you. Taste the doom of immortality\nbecause of what ye used to do.\n\nS: So taste, because you neglected the meeting of this day of yours;\nsurely We forsake you; and taste the abiding chastisement for what you\ndid.\n\n032.015\nY: Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when they are recited to them,\nfall down in prostration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor\nare they (ever) puffed up with pride.\n\nP: Only those believe in Our revelations who, when they are reminded of\nthem, fall down prostrate and hymn the praise of their Lord, and they\nare not scornful,\n\nS: Only they believe in Our communications who, when they are reminded\nof them, fall down in prostration and celebrate the praise of their\nLord, and they are not proud.\n\n032.016\nY: Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call on\ntheir Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the\nsustenance which We have bestowed on them.\n\nP: Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and\nspend of that We have bestowed on them.\n\nS: Their sides draw away from (their) beds, they call upon their Lord in\nfear and in hope, and they spend (benevolently) out of what We have\ngiven them.\n\n032.017\nY: Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden (in\nreserve) for them - as a reward for their (good) deeds.\n\nP: No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a reward for\nwhat they used to do.\n\nS: So no soul knows what is hidden for them of that which will refresh\nthe eyes; a reward for what they did.\n\n032.018\nY: Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is rebellious\nand wicked? Not equal are they.\n\nP: Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver? They are\nnot alike.\n\nS: Is he then who is a believer like him who is a transgressor? They are\nnot equal.\n\n032.019\nY: For those who believe and do righteous deeds are Gardens as\nhospitable homes, for their (good) deeds.\n\nP: But as for those who believe and do good works, for them are the\nGardens of Retreat - a welcome (in reward) for what they used to do.\n\nS: As for those who believe and do good, the gardens are their\nabiding-place; an entertainment for what they did.\n\n032.020\nY: As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the\nFire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they will be forced\nthereinto, and it will be said to them: \"Taste ye the Penalty of the\nFire, the which ye were wont to reject as false.\"\n\nP: And as for those who do evil, their retreat is the Fire. Whenever\nthey desire to issue forth from thence, they are brought back thither.\nUnto them it is said: Taste the torment of the Fire which ye used to\ndeny.\n\nS: And as for those who transgress, their abode is the fire; whenever\nthey desire to go forth from it they shall be brought back into it, and\nit will be said to them: Taste the chastisement of the fire which you\ncalled a lie.\n\n032.021\nY: And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty of this (life)\nprior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and)\nreturn.\n\nP: And verily We make them taste the lower punishment before the\ngreater, that haply they may return.\n\nS: And most certainly We will make them taste of the nearer chastisement\nbefore the greater chastisement that haply they may turn.\n\n032.022\nY: And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited the Signs of his\nLord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from those who\ntransgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.\n\nP: And who doth greater wrong than he who is reminded of the revelations\nof his Lord, then turneth from them. Lo! We shall requite the guilty.\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the communications\nof his Lord, then he turns away from them? Surely We will give\npunishment to the guilty.\n\n032.023\nY: We did indeed aforetime give the Book to Moses: be not then in doubt\nof its reaching (thee): and We made it a guide to the Children of\nIsrael.\n\nP: We verily gave Moses the Scripture; so be not ye in doubt of his\nreceiving it; and We appointed it a guidance for the Children of\nIsrael.\n\nS: And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, so be not in doubt concerning\nthe receiving of it, and We made it a guide for the children of Israel.\n\n032.024\nY: And We appointed, from among them, leaders, giving guidance under Our\ncommand, so long as they persevered with patience and continued to have\nfaith in Our Signs.\n\nP: And when they became steadfast and believed firmly in Our\nrevelations, We appointed from among them leaders who guided by Our\ncommand.\n\nS: And We made of them Imams to guide by Our command when they were\npatient, and they were certain of Our communications.\n\n032.025\nY: Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgment, in\nthe matters wherein they differ (among themselves)\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection\nconcerning that wherein they used to differ.\n\nS: Surely your Lord will judge between them on the day of resurrection\nconcerning that wherein they differ.\n\n032.026\nY: Does it not teach them a lesson, how many generations We destroyed\nbefore them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and fro? Verily in\nthat are Signs: Do they not then listen?\n\nP: Is it not a guidance for them (to observe) how many generations We\ndestroyed before them, amid whose dwelling places they do walk? Lo!\ntherein verily are portents! Will they not then heed?\n\nS: Does it not point out to them the right way, how many of the\ngenerations, in whose abodes they go about, did We destroy before them?\nMost surely there are signs in this; will they not then hear?\n\n032.027\nY: And do they not see that We do drive rain to parched soil (bare of\nherbage), and produce therewith crops, providing food for their cattle\nand themselves? Have they not the vision?\n\nP: Have they not seen how We lead the water to the barren land and\ntherewith bring forth crops whereof their cattle eat, and they\nthemselves? Will they not then see?\n\nS: Do they not see that We drive the water to a land having no herbage,\nthen We bring forth thereby seed-produce of which their cattle and they\nthemselves eat; will they not then see?\n\n032.028\nY: They say: \"When will this decision be, if ye are telling the truth?\"\n\nP: And they say: When cometh this victory (of yours) if ye are truthful?\n\nS: And they say: When will this judgment take place, if you are\ntruthful?\n\n032.029\nY: Say: \"On the Day of Decision, no profit will it be to Unbelievers if\nthey (then) believe! nor will they be granted a respite.\"\n\nP: Say (unto them): On the day of the victory the faith of those who\ndisbelieve (and who then will believe) will not avail them, neither\nwill they be reprieved.\n\nS: Say: On the Day of Judgment the faith of those who (now) disbelieve\nwill not profit them, nor will they be respited.\n\n032.030\nY: So turn away from them, and wait: they too are waiting.\n\nP: So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), and await (the event). Lo! they\n(also) are awaiting (it).\n\nS: Therefore turn away from them and wait, surely they too are waiting.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 33:\n\n          AL-AHZAB (THE CLANS, THE COALITION, THE COMBINED FORCES)\n Total Verses: 73 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n033.001\nY: O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the Unbelievers and the\nHypocrites: verily Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.\n\nP: O Prophet! Keep thy duty to Allah and obey not the disbelievers and\nthe hypocrites. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: O Prophet! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and do not comply with\n(the wishes of) the unbelievers and the hypocrites; surely Allah is\nKnowing, Wise;\n\n033.002\nY: But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for\nAllah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.\n\nP: And follow that which is inspired in thee from thy Lord. Lo! Allah is\nAware of what ye do.\n\nS: And follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; surely Allah is\nAware of what you do;\n\n033.003\nY: And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of\naffairs.\n\nP: And put thy trust in Allah, for Allah is sufficient as Trustee.\n\nS: And rely on Allah; and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.\n\n033.004\nY: Allah has not made for any man two hearts in his (one) body: nor has\nHe made your wives whom ye divorce by Zihar your mothers: nor has He\nmade your adopted sons your sons. Such is (only) your (manner of)\nspeech by your mouths. But Allah tells (you) the Truth, and He shows\nthe (right) Way.\n\nP: Allah hath not assigned unto any man two hearts within his body, nor\nhath He made your wives whom ye declare (to be your mothers) your\nmothers, nor hath He made those whom ye claim (to be your sons) your\nsons. This is but a saying of your mouths. But Allah saith the truth\nand He showeth the way.\n\nS: Allah has not made for any man two hearts within him; nor has He made\nyour wives whose backs you liken to the backs of your mothers as your\nmothers, nor has He made those whom you assert to be your sons your\nreal sons; these are the words of your mouths; and Allah speaks the\ntruth and He guides to the way.\n\n033.005\nY: Call them by (the names of) their fathers: that is juster in the\nsight of Allah. But if ye know not their father's (names, call them)\nyour Brothers in faith, or your maulas. But there is no blame on you if\nye make a mistake therein: (what counts is) the intention of your\nhearts: and Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Proclaim their real parentage. That will be more equitable in the\nsight of Allah. And if ye know not their fathers, then (they are) your\nbrethren in the faith, and your clients. And there is no sin for you in\nthe mistakes that ye make unintentionally, but what your hearts purpose\n(that will be a sin for you). Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Assert their relationship to their fathers; this is more equitable\nwith Allah; but if you do not know their fathers, then they are your\nbrethren in faith and your friends; and there is no blame on you\nconcerning that in which you made a mistake, but (concerning) that\nwhich your hearts do purposely (blame may rest on you), and Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n033.006\nY: The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his\nwives are their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer\npersonal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of)\nBelievers and Muhajirs: nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest\nfriends: such is the writing in the Decree (of Allah).\n\nP: The Prophet is closer to the believers than their selves, and his\nwives are (as) their mothers. And the owners of kinship are closer one\nto another in the ordinance of Allah than (other) believers and the\nfugitives (who fled from Mecca), except that ye should do kindness to\nyour friends. This is written in the Book (of nature).\n\nS: The Prophet has a greater claim on the faithful than they have on\nthemselves, and his wives are (as) their mothers; and the possessors of\nrelationship have the better claim in the ordinance of Allah to\ninheritance, one with respect to another, than (other) believers, and\n(than) those who have fled (their homes), except that you do some good\nto your friends; this is written in the Book.\n\n033.007\nY: And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As (We did)\nfrom thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary: We\ntook from them a solemn covenant:\n\nP: And when We exacted a covenant from the prophets, and from thee (O\nMuhammad) and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus son of Mary. We\ntook from them a solemn covenant;\n\nS: And when We made a covenant with the prophets and with you, and with\nNuh and Ibrahim and Musa and Isa, son of Marium, and We made with them\na strong covenant,\n\n033.008\nY: That (Allah) may question the (custodians) of Truth concerning the\nTruth they (were charged with): And He has prepared for the Unbelievers\na grievous Penalty.\n\nP: That He may ask the loyal of their loyalty. And He hath prepared a\npainful doom for the unfaithful.\n\nS: That He may question the truthful of their truth, and He has prepared\nfor the unbelievers a painful punishment.\n\n033.009\nY: O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of Allah, (bestowed) on you,\nwhen there came down on you hosts (to overwhelm you): But We sent\nagainst them a hurricane and forces that ye saw not: but Allah sees\n(clearly) all that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Remember Allah's favour unto you when there came\nagainst you hosts, and We sent against them a great wind and hosts ye\ncould not see. And Allah is ever Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! call to mind the favor of Allah to you when there\ncame down upon you hosts, so We sent against them a strong wind and\nhosts, that you saw not, and Allah is Seeing what you do.\n\n033.010\nY: Behold! they came on you from above you and from below you, and\nbehold, the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to the throats, and\nye imagined various (vain) thoughts about Allah!\n\nP: When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when\neyes grew wild and hearts reached to the throats, and ye were imagining\nvain thoughts concerning Allah.\n\nS: When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when\nthe eyes turned dull, and the hearts rose up to the throats, and you\nbegan to think diverse thoughts of Allah.\n\n033.011\nY: In that situation were the Believers tried: they were shaken as by a\ntremendous shaking.\n\nP: There were the believers sorely tried, and shaken with a mighty\nshock.\n\nS: There the believers were tried and they were shaken with severe\nshaking.\n\n033.012\nY: And behold! The Hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease\n(even) say: \"Allah and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusion!\"\n\nP: And when the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, were\nsaying: Allah and His messenger promised us naught but delusion.\n\nS: And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was a disease began\nto say: Allah and His Messenger did not promise us (victory) but only\nto deceive.\n\n033.013\nY: Behold! A party among them said: \"Ye men of Yathrib! ye cannot stand\n(the attack)! therefore go back!\" And a band of them ask for leave of\nthe Prophet, saying, \"Truly our houses are bare and exposed,\" though\nthey were not exposed they intended nothing but to run away.\n\nP: And when a party of them said: O folk of Yathrib! There is no stand\n(possible) for you, therefor turn back. And certain of them (even)\nsought permission of the Prophet, saying: Our homes lie open (to the\nenemy). And they lay not open. They but wished to flee.\n\nS: And when a party of them said: O people of Yasrib! there IS no place\nto stand for you (here), therefore go back; and a party of them asked\npermission of the prophet, saying. Surely our houses are exposed; and\nthey were not exposed; they only desired to fly away.\n\n033.014\nY: And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the\n(city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly\nhave brought it to pass, with none but a brief delay!\n\nP: If the enemy had entered from all sides and they had been exhorted to\ntreachery, they would have committed it, and would have hesitated\nthereupon but little.\n\nS: And if an entry were made upon them from the outlying parts of it,\nthen they were asked to wage war, they would certainly have done it,\nand they would not have stayed in it but a little while.\n\n033.015\nY: And yet they had already covenanted with Allah not to turn their\nbacks, and a covenant with Allah must (surely) be answered for.\n\nP: And verily they had already sworn unto Allah that they would not turn\ntheir backs (to the foe). An oath to Allah must be answered for.\n\nS: And certainly they had made a covenant with Allah before, (that) they\nwould not turn (their) backs; and Allah's covenant shall be inquired\nof.\n\n033.016\nY: Say: \"Running away will not profit you if ye are running away from\ndeath or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more than a brief\n(respite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!\"\n\nP: Say: Flight will not avail you if ye flee from death or killing, and\nthen ye dwell in comfort but a little while.\n\nS: Say: Flight shall not do you any good if you fly from death or\nslaughter, and in that case you will not be allowed to enjoy yourselves\nbut a little.\n\n033.017\nY: Say: \"Who is it that can screen you from Allah if it be His wish to\ngive you punishment or to give you Mercy?\" Nor will they find for\nthemselves, besides Allah, any protector or helper.\n\nP: Say: Who is he who can preserve you from Allah if He intendeth harm\nfor you, or intendeth mercy for you. They will not find that they have\nany friend or helper other than Allah.\n\nS: Say: Who is it that can withhold you from Allah if He intends to do\nyou evil, rather He intends to show you mercy? And they will not find\nfor themselves besides Allah any guardian or a helper.\n\n033.018\nY: Verily Allah knows those among you who keep back (men) and those who\nsay to their brethren, \"Come along to us\", but come not to the fight\nexcept for just a little while.\n\nP: Allah already knoweth those of you who hinder, and those who say unto\ntheir brethren: \"Come ye hither unto us!\" and they come not to the\nstress of battle save a little,\n\nS: Allah knows indeed those among you who hinder others and those who\nsay to their brethren: Come to us; and they come not to the fight but a\nlittle,\n\n033.019\nY: Covetous over you. Then when fear comes, thou wilt see them looking\nto thee, their eyes revolving, like (those of) one over whom hovers\ndeath: but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sharp\ntongues, covetous of goods. Such men have no faith, and so Allah has\nmade their deeds of none effect: and that is easy for Allah.\n\nP: Being sparing of their help to you (believers). But when the fear\ncometh, then thou (Muhammad) seest them regarding thee with rolling\neyes like one who fainteth unto death. Then, when the fear departeth,\nthey scald you with sharp tongues in their greed for wealth (from the\nspoil). Such have not believed. Therefor Allah maketh their deeds\nfruitless. And that is easy for Allah.\n\nS: Being niggardly with respect to you; but when fear comes, you will\nsee them looking to you, their eyes rolling like one swooning because\nof death; but when the fear is gone they smite you with sharp tongues,\nbeing niggardly of the good things. These have not believed, therefore\nAllah has made their doing naught; and this is easy to Allah.\n\n033.020\nY: They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if the\nConfederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the\ndeserts (wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you\n(from a safe distance); and if they were in your midst, they would\nfight but little.\n\nP: They hold that the clans have not retired (for good); and if the\nclans should advance (again), they would fain be in the desert with the\nwandering Arabs, asking for the news of you; and if they were among\nyou, they would not give battle, save a little.\n\nS: They think the allies are not gone, and if the allies should come\n(again) they would fain be in the deserts with the desert Arabs asking\nfor news about you, and if they were among you they would not fight\nsave a little.\n\n033.021\nY: Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of\nconduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who\nengages much in the Praise of Allah.\n\nP: Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who\nlooketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.\n\nS: Certainly you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar\nfor him who hopes in Allah and the latter day and remembers Allah much.\n\n033.022\nY: When the Believers saw the Confederate forces, they said: \"This is\nwhat Allah and his Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His\nMessenger told us what was true.\" And it only added to their faith and\ntheir zeal in obedience.\n\nP: And when the true believers saw the clans, they said: This is that\nwhich Allah and His messenger promised us. Allah and His messenger are\ntrue. It did but confirm them in their faith and resignation.\n\nS: And when the believers saw the allies, they said: This is what Allah\nand His Messenger promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the\ntruth; and it only increased them in faith and submission.\n\n033.023\nY: Among the Believers are men who have been true to their covenant with\nAllah: of them some have completed their vow (to the extreme), and some\n(still) wait: but they have never changed (their determination) in the\nleast:\n\nP: Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted\nwith Allah. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and\nsome of them still are waiting; and they have not altered in the least;\n\nS: Of the believers are men who are true to the covenant which they made\nwith Allah: so of them is he who accomplished his vow, and of them is\nhe who yet waits, and they have not changed in the least;\n\n033.024\nY: That Allah may reward the men of Truth for their Truth, and punish\nthe Hypocrites if that be His Will, or turn to them in Mercy: for Allah\nis Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: That Allah may reward the true men for their truth, and punish the\nhypocrites if He will, or relent toward them (if He will). Lo! Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: That Allah may reward the truthful for their truth, and punish the\nhypocrites if He please or turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\n033.025\nY: And Allah turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: no\nadvantage did they gain; and enough is Allah for the believers in their\nfight. And Allah is full of Strength, able to enforce His Will.\n\nP: And Allah repulsed the disbelievers in their wrath; they gained no\ngood. Allah averted their attack from the believers. Allah is ever\nStrong, Mighty.\n\nS: And Allah turned back the unbelievers in their rage; they did not\nobtain any advantage, and Allah sufficed the believers in fighting; and\nAllah is Strong, Mighty.\n\n033.026\nY: And those of the People of the Book who aided them - Allah did take\nthem down from their strongholds and cast terror into their hearts. (So\nthat) some ye slew, and some ye made prisoners.\n\nP: And He brought those of the People of the Scripture who supported\nthem down from their strongholds, and cast panic into their hearts.\nSome ye slew, and ye made captive some.\n\nS: And He drove down those of the followers of the Book who backed them\nfrom their fortresses and He cast awe into their hearts; some you\nkilled and you took captive another part.\n\n033.027\nY: And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods,\nand of a land which ye had not frequented (before). And Allah has power\nover all things.\n\nP: And He caused you to inherit their land and their houses and their\nwealth, and land ye have not trodden. Allah is ever Able to do all\nthings.\n\nS: And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their\nproperty, and (to) a land which you have not yet trodden, and Allah has\npower over all things.\n\n033.028\nY: O Prophet! Say to thy Consorts: \"If it be that ye desire the life of\nthis World, and its glitter,- then come! I will provide for your\nenjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner.\"\n\nP: O Prophet! Say unto thy wives: If ye desire the world's life and its\nadornment, come! I will content you and will release you with a fair\nrelease.\n\nS: O Prophet! say to your wives: If you desire this world's life and its\nadornment, then come, I will give you a provision and allow you to\ndepart a goodly departing;\n\n033.029\nY: But if ye seek Allah and His Messenger, and the Home of the\nHereafter, verily Allah has prepared for the well-doers amongst you a\ngreat reward.\n\nP: But if ye desire Allah and His messenger and the abode of the\nHereafter, then lo! Allah hath prepared for the good among you an\nimmense reward.\n\nS: And if you desire Allah and His Messenger and the latter abode, then\nsurely Allah has prepared for the doers of good among you a mighty\nreward.\n\n033.030\nY: O Consorts of the Prophet! If any of you were guilty of evident\nunseemly conduct, the Punishment would be doubled to her, and that is\neasy for Allah.\n\nP: O ye wives of the Prophet! Whosoever of you committeth manifest\nlewdness, the punishment for her will be doubled, and that is easy for\nAllah.\n\nS: O wives of the prophet! whoever of you commits an open indecency, the\npunishment shall be increased to her doubly; and this IS easy to Allah.\n\n033.031\nY: But any of you that is devout in the service of Allah and His\nMessenger, and works righteousness,- to her shall We grant her reward\ntwice: and We have prepared for her a generous Sustenance.\n\nP: And whosoever of you is submissive unto Allah and His messenger and\ndoeth right, We shall give her reward twice over, and We have\nprepared for her a rich provision.\n\nS: And whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger and does\ngood, We will give to her her reward doubly, and We have prepared for\nher an honorable sustenance.\n\n033.032\nY: O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not like any of the (other) women:\nif ye do fear (Allah), be not too complacent of speech, lest one in\nwhose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but speak ye a\nspeech (that is) just.\n\nP: O ye wives of the Prophet! Ye are not like any other women. If ye\nkeep your duty (to Allah), then be not soft of speech, lest he in whose\nheart is a disease aspire (to you), but utter customary speech.\n\nS: O wives of the Prophet! you are not like any other of the women; If\nyou will be on your guard, then be not soft in (your) speech, lest he\nin whose heart is a disease yearn; and speak a good word.\n\n033.033\nY: And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display,\nlike that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular\nPrayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And\nAllah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye Members of the\nFamily, and to make you pure and spotless.\n\nP: And stay in your houses. Bedizen not yourselves with the bedizenment\nof the Time of Ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and pay the poor-due,\nand obey Allah and His messenger. Allah's wish is but to remove\nuncleanness far from you, O Folk of the Household, and cleanse you with\na thorough cleansing.\n\nS: And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the\ndisplaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the\npoor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah only desires to keep\naway the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you\na (thorough) purifying.\n\n033.034\nY: And recite what is rehearsed to you in your homes, of the Signs of\nAllah and His Wisdom: for Allah understands the finest mysteries and is\nwell-acquainted (with them).\n\nP: And bear in mind that which is recited in your houses of the\nrevelations of Allah and wisdom. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.\n\nS: And keep to mind what is recited in your houses of the communications\nof Allah and the wisdom; surely Allah is Knower of subtleties, Aware.\n\n033.035\nY: For Muslim men and women,- for believing men and women, for devout\nmen and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are\npatient and constant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men\nand women who give in Charity, for men and women who fast (and deny\nthemselves), for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men\nand women who engage much in Allah's praise,- for them has Allah\nprepared forgiveness and great reward.\n\nP: Lo! men who surrender unto Allah, and women who surrender, and men\nwho believe and women who believe, and men who obey and women who obey,\nand men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth, and men who\npersevere (in righteousness) and women who persevere, and men who are\nhumble and women who are humble, and men who give alms and women who\ngive alms, and men who fast and women who fast, and men who guard their\nmodesty and women who guard (their modesty), and men who remember Allah\nmuch and women who remember - Allah hath prepared for them forgiveness\nand a vast reward.\n\nS: Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing\nmen and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women,\nand the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and\nthe patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the\nalmsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the\nfasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women\nwho guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who\nremember-- Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward.\n\n033.036\nY: It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has\nbeen decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their\ndecision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on\na clearly wrong Path.\n\nP: And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah\nand His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should\n(after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to\nAllah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.\n\nS: And it behoves not a believing man and a believing woman that they\nshould have any choice in their matter when Allah and His Messenger\nhave decided a matter; and whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he\nsurely strays off a manifest straying.\n\n033.037\nY: Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and\nthy favour: \"Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah.\" But\nthou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make\nmanifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou\nshouldst fear Allah. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with\nher, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee:\nin order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers\nin (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when\nthe latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their\nmarriage) with them. And Allah's command must be fulfilled.\n\nP: And when thou saidst unto him on whom Allah hath conferred favour and\nthou hast conferred favour: Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear Allah.\nAnd thou didst hide in thy mind that which Allah was to bring to light,\nand thou didst fear mankind whereas Allah hath a better right that thou\nshouldst fear Him. So when Zeyd had performed that necessary formality\n(of divorce) from her, We gave her unto thee in marriage, so that\n(henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of\ntheir adopted sons, when the latter have performed the necessary\nformality (of release) from them. The commandment of Allah must be\nfulfilled.\n\nS: And when you said to him to whom Allah had shown favor and to whom\nyou had shown a favor: Keep your wife to yourself and be careful of\n(your duty to) Allah; and you concealed in your soul what Allah would\nbring to light, and you feared men, and Allah had a greater right that\nyou should fear Him. But when Zaid had accomplished his want of her, We\ngave her to you as a wife, so that there should be no difficulty for\nthe believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when they\nhave accomplished their want of them; and Allah's command shall be\nperformed.\n\n033.038\nY: There can be no difficulty to the Prophet in what Allah has indicated\nto him as a duty. It was the practice (approved) of Allah amongst those\nof old that have passed away. And the command of Allah is a decree\ndetermined.\n\nP: There is no reproach for the Prophet in that which Allah maketh his\ndue. That was Allah's way with those who passed away of old - and the\ncommandment of Allah is certain destiny -\n\nS: There is no harm in the Prophet doing that which Allah has ordained\nfor him; such has been the course of Allah with respect to those who\nhave gone before; and the command of Allah is a decree that is made\nabsolute:\n\n033.039\nY: (It is the practice of those) who preach the Messages of Allah, and\nfear Him, and fear none but Allah. And enough is Allah to call (men) to\naccount.\n\nP: Who delivered the messages of Allah and feared Him, and feared none\nsave Allah. Allah keepeth good account.\n\nS: Those who deliver the messages of Allah and fear Him, and do not fear\nany one but Allah; and Allah is sufficient to take account.\n\n033.040\nY: Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the\nMessenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full\nknowledge of all things.\n\nP: Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the\nmessenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever\nAware of all things.\n\nS: Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the\nMessenger of Allah and the Last of the prophets; and Allah is cognizant\nof all things.\n\n033.041\nY: O ye who believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and do this often;\n\nP: O ye who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance.\n\nS: O you who believe! remember Allah, remembering frequently,\n\n033.042\nY: And glorify Him morning and evening.\n\nP: And glorify Him early and late.\n\nS: And glorify Him morning and evening.\n\n033.043\nY: He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may\nbring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of\nMercy to the Believers.\n\nP: He it is Who blesseth you, and His angels (bless you), that He may\nbring you forth from darkness unto light; and He is ever Merciful to\nthe believers.\n\nS: He it is Who sends His blessings on you, and (so do) His angels, that\nHe may bring you forth out of utter darkness into the light; and He is\nMerciful to the believers.\n\n033.044\nY: Their salutation on the Day they meet Him will be \"Peace!\"; and He\nhas prepared for them a generous Reward.\n\nP: Their salutation on the day when they shall meet Him will be: Peace.\nAnd He hath prepared for them a goodly recompense.\n\nS: Their salutation on the day that they meet Him shall be, Peace, and\nHe has prepared for them an honourable reward.\n\n033.045\nY: O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer of Glad\nTidings, and Warner,-\n\nP: O Prophet! Lo! We have sent thee as a witness and a bringer of good\ntidings and a warner.\n\nS: O Prophet! surely We have sent you as a witness, and as a bearer of\ngood news and as a warner,\n\n033.046\nY: And as one who invites to Allah's (grace) by His leave, and as a lamp\nspreading light.\n\nP: And as a summoner unto Allah by His permission, and as a lamp that\ngiveth light.\n\nS: And as one inviting to Allah by His permission, and as a light-giving\ntorch.\n\n033.047\nY: Then give the Glad Tidings to the Believers, that they shall have\nfrom Allah a very great Bounty.\n\nP: And announce unto the believers the good tidings that they will have\ngreat bounty from Allah.\n\nS: And give to the believers the good news that they shall have a great\ngrace from Allah.\n\n033.048\nY: And obey not (the behests) of the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and\nheed not their annoyances, but put thy Trust in Allah. For enough is\nAllah as a Disposer of affairs.\n\nP: And incline not to the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard\ntheir noxious talk, and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as\nTrustee.\n\nS: And be not compliant to the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and leave\nunregarded their annoying talk, and rely on Allah; and Allah is\nsufficient as a Protector.\n\n033.049\nY: O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, and then divorce\nthem before ye have touched them, no period of 'Iddat have ye to count\nin respect of them: so give them a present. And set them free in a\nhandsome manner.\n\nP: O ye who believe! If ye wed believing women and divorce them before\nye have touched them, then there is no period that ye should reckon.\nBut content them and release them handsomely.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you marry the believing women, then divorce\nthem before you touch them, you have in their case no term which you\nshould reckon; so make some provision for them and send them forth a\ngoodly sending forth.\n\n033.050\nY: O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast\npaid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the\nprisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy\npaternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and\naunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman who\ndedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;-\nthis only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large); We know what\nWe have appointed for them as to their wives and the captives whom\ntheir right hands possess;- in order that there should be no difficulty\nfor thee. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou\nhast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of\nthose whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of\nthine uncle on the father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on\nthe father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother's\nside and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who\nemigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the\nProphet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage - a privilege for\nthee only, not for the (rest of) believers - We are Aware of that which\nWe enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right\nhands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have\ngiven their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of\nthose whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the\ndaughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal\naunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of\nyour maternal aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she\ngave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her--\nspecially for you, not for the (rest of) believers; We know what We\nhave ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their\nright hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you; and Allah\nis Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n033.051\nY: Thou mayest defer (the turn of) any of them that thou pleasest, and\nthou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and there is no blame on thee if\nthou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside. This were nigher to\nthe cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief, and their\nsatisfaction - that of all of them - with that which thou hast to\ngive them: and Allah knows (all) that is in your hearts: and\nAllah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.\n\nP: Thou canst defer whom thou wilt of them and receive unto thee whom\nthou wilt, and whomsoever thou desirest of those whom thou hast set\naside (temporarily), it is no sin for thee (to receive her again); that\nis better; that they may be comforted and not grieve, and may all be\npleased with what thou givest them. Allah knoweth what is in your\nhearts (O men), and Allah is ever Forgiving, Clement.\n\nS: You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom\nyou please, and whom you desire of those whom you had separated\nprovisionally; no blame attaches to you; this is most proper, so that\ntheir eyes may be cool and they may not grieve, and that they should be\npleased, all of them with what you give them, and Allah knows what is\nin your hearts; and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.\n\n033.052\nY: It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to\nchange them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee,\nexcept any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and Allah\ndoth watch over all things.\n\nP: It is not allowed thee to take (other) women henceforth, nor that\nthou shouldst change them for other wives even though their beauty\npleased thee, save those whom thy right hand possesseth. And Allah is\never Watcher over all things.\n\nS: It is not allowed to you to take women afterwards, nor that you\nshould change them for other wives, though their beauty be pleasing to\nyou, except what your right hand possesses and Allah is Watchful over\nall things.\n\n033.053\nY: O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,- until leave is\ngiven you,- for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its\npreparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have taken\nyour meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour)\nannoys the Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not\nashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) for\nanything ye want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater\npurity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you that ye\nshould annoy Allah's Messenger, or that ye should marry his widows\nafter him at any time. Truly such a thing is in Allah's sight an\nenormity.\n\nP: O Ye who believe! Enter not the dwellings of the Prophet for a meal\nwithout waiting for the proper time, unless permission be granted you.\nBut if ye are invited, enter, and, when your meal is ended, then\ndisperse. Linger not for conversation. Lo! that would cause annoyance\nto the Prophet, and he would be shy of (asking) you (to go); but Allah\nis not shy of the truth. And when ye ask of them (the wives of the\nProphet) anything, ask it of them from behind a curtain. That is purer\nfor your hearts and for their hearts. And it is not for you to cause\nannoyance to the messenger of Allah, nor that ye should ever marry his\nwives after him. Lo! that in Allah's sight would be an enormity.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless\npermission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking\nbeing finished-- but when you are invited, enter, and when you have\ntaken the food, then disperse-- not seeking to listen to talk; surely\nthis gives the Prophet trouble, but he forbears from you, and Allah\ndoes not forbear from the truth. And when you ask of them any goods, ask\nof them from behind a curtain; this is purer for your hearts and (for)\ntheir hearts; and it does not behove you that you should give trouble\nto the Messenger of Allah, nor that you should marry his wives after\nhim ever; surely this is grievous in the sight of Allah.\n\n033.054\nY: Whether ye reveal anything or conceal it, verily Allah has full\nknowledge of all things.\n\nP: Whether ye divulge a thing or keep it hidden, lo! Allah is ever\nKnower of all things.\n\nS: If you do a thing openly or do it in secret, then surely Allah is\nCognizant of all things.\n\n033.055\nY: There is no blame (on these ladies if they appear) before their\nfathers or their sons, their brothers, or their brother's sons, or\ntheir sisters' sons, or their women, or the (slaves) whom their right\nhands possess. And, (ladies), fear Allah; for Allah is Witness to all\nthings.\n\nP: It is no sin for them (thy wives) (to converse freely) with their\nfathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or\nthe sons of their sisters or of their own women, or their slaves. O\nwomen! Keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is ever Witness over all\nthings.\n\nS: There is no blame on them in respect of their fathers, nor their\nbrothers, nor their brothers' sons, nor their sisters' sons nor their\nown women, nor of what their right hands possess; and be careful of\n(your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is a witness of all things.\n\n033.056\nY: Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that\nbelieve! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.\n\nP: Lo! Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet. O ye who\nbelieve! Ask blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation.\n\nS: Surely Allah and His angels bless the Prophet; O you who believe!\ncall for (Divine) blessings on him and salute him with a (becoming)\nsalutation.\n\n033.057\nY: Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in\nthis World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a\nhumiliating Punishment.\n\nP: Lo! those who malign Allah and His messenger, Allah hath cursed them\nin the world and the Hereafter, and hath prepared for them the doom of\nthe disdained.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who speak evil things of Allah and His\nMessenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the here after, and\nHe has prepared for them a chastisement bringing disgrace.\n\n033.058\nY: And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear (on\nthemselves) a calumny and a glaring sin.\n\nP: And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly,\nthey bear the guilt of slander and manifest sin.\n\nS: And those who speak evil things of the believing men and the\nbelieving women without their having earned (it), they are guilty\nindeed of a false accusation and a manifest sin.\n\n033.059\nY: O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women,\nthat they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when\nabroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such)\nand not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the\nbelievers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad).\nThat will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed.\nAllah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: O Prophet! say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the\nbelievers that they let down upon them their over-garments; this will\nbe more proper, that they may be known, and thus they will not be given\ntrouble; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n033.060\nY: Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and\nthose who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We shall certainly\nstir thee up against them: Then will they not be able to stay in it as\nthy neighbours for any length of time:\n\nP: If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and the\nalarmists in the city do not cease, We verily shall urge thee on\nagainst them, then they will be your neighbours in it but a little\nwhile.\n\nS: If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease and the\nagitators in the city do not desist, We shall most certainly set you\nover them, then they shall not be your neighbors in it but for a little\nwhile;\n\n033.061\nY: They shall have a curse on them: whenever they are found, they shall\nbe seized and slain (without mercy).\n\nP: Accursed, they will be seized wherever found and slain with a\n(fierce) slaughter.\n\nS: Cursed: wherever they are found they shall be seized and murdered, a\n(horrible) murdering.\n\n033.062\nY: (Such was) the practice (approved) of Allah among those who lived\naforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of\nAllah.\n\nP: That was the way of Allah in the case of those who passed away of\nold; thou wilt not find for the way of Allah aught of power to change.\n\nS: (Such has been) the course of Allah with respect to those who have\ngone before; and you shall not find any change in the course of Allah.\n\n033.063\nY: Men ask thee concerning the Hour: Say, \"The knowledge thereof is with\nAllah (alone)\": and what will make thee understand?- perchance the Hour\nis nigh!\n\nP: Men ask thee of the Hour. Say: The knowledge of it is with Allah\nonly. What can convey (the knowledge) unto thee? It may be that the\nHour is nigh.\n\nS: Men ask you about the hour; say: The knowledge of it is only with\nAllah, and what will make you comprehend that the hour may be nigh.\n\n033.064\nY: Verily Allah has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them a\nBlazing Fire,-\n\nP: Lo! Allah hath cursed the disbelievers, and hath prepared for them a\nflaming fire,\n\nS: Surely Allah has cursed the unbelievers and has prepared for them a\nburning fire,\n\n033.065\nY: To dwell therein for ever: no protector will they find, nor helper.\n\nP: Wherein they will abide for ever. They will find (then) no protecting\nfriend nor helper.\n\nS: To abide therein for a long time; they shall not find a protector or\na helper.\n\n033.066\nY: The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they\nwill say: \"Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the\nMessenger!\"\n\nP: On the day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they say:\nOh, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed His messenger!\n\nS: On the day when their faces shall be turned back into the fire, they\nshall say: O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!\n\n033.067\nY: And they would say: \"Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great\nones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path.\"\n\nP: And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and\nthey misled us from the Way.\n\nS: And they shall say: O our Lord! surely we obeyed our leaders and our\ngreat men, so they led us astray from the path;\n\n033.068\nY: \"Our Lord! Give them double Penalty and curse them with a very great\nCurse!\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Oh, give them double torment and curse them with a mighty\ncurse.\n\nS: O our Lord! give them a double punishment and curse them with a great\ncurse.\n\n033.069\nY: O ye who believe! Be ye not like those who vexed and insulted Moses,\nbut Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: and he was\nhonourable in Allah's sight.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be not as those who slandered Moses, but Allah\nproved his innocence of that which they alleged, and he was well\nesteemed in Allah's sight.\n\nS: O you who believe! be not like those who spoke evil things of Musa,\nbut Allah cleared him of what they said, and he was worthy of regard\nwith Allah.\n\n033.070\nY: O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and (always) say a word directed to the\nRight:\n\nP: O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight\nto the point;\n\nS: O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and speak the\nright word,\n\n033.071\nY: That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive you your\nsins: He that obeys Allah and His Messenger, has already attained the\nhighest achievement.\n\nP: He will adjust your works for you and will forgive you your sins.\nWhosoever obeyeth Allah and His messenger, he verily hath gained a\nsignal victory.\n\nS: He will put your deeds into a right state for you, and forgive you\nyour faults; and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, he indeed\nachieves a mighty success.\n\n033.072\nY: We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the\nMountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but\nman undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-\n\nP: Lo! We offered the trust unto the heavens and the earth and the\nhills, but they shrank from bearing it and were afraid of it. And man\nassumed it. Lo! he hath proved a tyrant and a fool.\n\nS: Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the\nmountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it,\nand man has turned unfaithful to it; surely he is unjust, ignorant;\n\n033.073\nY: (With the result) that Allah has to punish the Hypocrites, men and\nwomen, and the Unbelievers, men and women, and Allah turns in Mercy to\nthe Believers, men and women: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: So Allah punisheth hypocritical men and hypocritical women, and\nidolatrous men and idolatrous women. But Allah pardoneth believing men\nand believing women, and Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: So Allah will chastise the hypocritical men and the hypocritical\nwomen and the polytheistic men and the polytheistic women, and Allah\nwill turn (mercifully) to the believing women, and Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 34:\n\n                             SABA (SABA, SHEBA)\n Total Verses: 54 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n034.001\nY: Praise be to Allah, to Whom belong all things in the heavens and on\nearth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is Full of Wisdom,\nacquainted with all things.\n\nP: Praise be to Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens\nand whatsoever is in the earth. His is the praise in the Hereafter, and\nHe is the Wise, the Aware.\n\nS: (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the heavens and\nwhat is in the earth, and to Him is due (all) praise in the hereafter;\nand He is the Wise, the Aware.\n\n034.002\nY: He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out\nthereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto\nand He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.\n\nP: He knoweth that which goeth into the earth and that which cometh\nforth from it, and that descendeth from the heaven and that which\nascendeth into it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.\n\nS: He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out\nof it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up\nto it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.\n\n034.003\nY: The Unbelievers say, \"Never to us will come the Hour\": Say, \"Nay! but\nmost surely, by my Lord, it will come upon you;- by Him Who knows the\nunseen,- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens\nor on earth: Nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is\nin the Record Perspicuous:\"\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say: The Hour will never come unto us. Say: Nay,\nby my Lord, but it is coming unto you surely. (He is) the Knower of the\nUnseen. Not an atom's weight, or less than that or greater, escapeth\nHim in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear Record,\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: The hour shall not come upon us. Say:\nYea! by my Lord, the Knower of the unseen, it shall certainly come upon\nyou; not the weight of an atom becomes absent from Him, in the heavens\nor in the earth, and neither less than that nor greater, but (all) is\nin a clear book,\n\n034.004\nY: \"That He may reward those who believe and work deeds of righteousness:\nfor such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Most Generous.\"\n\nP: That He may reward those who believe and do good works. For them is\npardon and a rich provision.\n\nS: That He may reward those who believe and do good; these it is for\nwhom is forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.\n\n034.005\nY: But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- for such\nwill be a Penalty,- a Punishment most humiliating.\n\nP: But those who strive against Our revelations, challenging (Us),\ntheirs will be a painful doom of wrath.\n\nS: And (as for) those who strive hard in opposing Our communications,\nthese it is for whom is a painful chastisement of an evil kind.\n\n034.006\nY: And those to whom knowledge has come see that the (Revelation) sent\ndown to thee from thy Lord - that is the Truth, and that it guides to\nthe Path of the Exalted (in might), Worthy of all praise.\n\nP: Those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed unto\nthee from thy Lord is the truth and leadeth unto the path of the\nMighty, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: And those to whom the knowledge has been given see that which has\nbeen revealed to you from your Lord, that is the truth, and it guides\ninto the path of the Mighty, the Praised.\n\n034.007\nY: The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): \"Shall we point out to you a man\nthat will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in\ndisintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?\"\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say: Shall we show you a man who will tell you\n(that) when ye have become dispersed in dust with most complete\ndispersal still, even then, ye will be created anew?\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: Shall we point out to you a man who\ninforms you that when you are scattered the utmost scattering you shall\nthen be most surely (raised) in (to) a new creation?\n\n034.008\nY: \"Has he invented a falsehood against Allah, or has a spirit (seized)\nhim?\"- Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter, that are in\n(real) Penalty, and in farthest error.\n\nP: Hath he invented a lie concerning Allah, or is there in him a\nmadness? Nay, but those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are in torment\nand far error.\n\nS: He has forged a lie against Allah or there is madness in him. Nay!\nthose who do not believe in the hereafter are in torment and in great\nerror.\n\n034.009\nY: See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and the\nearth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or\ncause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign\nfor every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).\n\nP: Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of\nthe sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them,\nor cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo! herein surely\nis a portent for every slave who turneth (to Allah) repentant.\n\nS: Do they not then consider what is before them and what is behind them\nof the heaven and the earth? If We please We will make them disappear\nin the land or bring down upon them a portion from the heaven; most\nsurely there is a sign in this for every servant turning (to Allah).\n\n034.010\nY: We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: \"O ye Mountains!\nSing ye back the Praises of Allah with him! and ye birds (also)! And We\nmade the iron soft for him;\"-\n\nP: And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, (saying): O ye hills and\nbirds, echo his psalms of praise! And We made the iron supple unto him,\n\nS: And certainly We gave to Dawood excellence from Us: O mountains! sing\npraises with him, and the birds; and We made the iron pliant to him,\n\n034.011\nY: (Commanding), \"Make thou coast of mail, balancing well the rings of\nchain armour, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see (clearly)\nall that ye do.\"\n\nP: Saying: Make thou long coats of mail and measure the links (thereof).\nAnd do ye right. Lo! I am Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: Saying: Make ample (coats of mail), and assign a time to the making\nof coats of mail and do good; surely I am Seeing what you do.\n\n034.012\nY: And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early morning\n(stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a\nmonth's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him;\nand there were jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his\nLord, and if any of them turned aside from Our command, We made him\ntaste of the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.\n\nP: And unto Solomon (We gave) the wind, whereof the morning course was a\nmonth's journey and the evening course a month's journey, and We caused\nthe fount of copper to gush forth for him, and (We gave him) certain of\nthe jinn who worked before him by permission of his Lord. And such of\nthem as deviated from Our command, them We caused to taste the\npunishment of flaming fire.\n\nS: And (We made) the wind (subservient) to Sulaiman, which made a\nmonth's journey in the morning and a month's journey in the evening, and\nWe made a fountain of molten copper to flow out for him, and of the\njinn there were those who worked before him by the command of his Lord;\nand whoever turned aside from Our command from among them, We made him\ntaste of the punishment of burning.\n\n034.013\nY: They worked for him as he desired, (making) Arches, Images, Basons as\nlarge as Reservoirs, and (cooking) Cauldrons fixed (in their places):\n\"Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! but few of My servants are\ngrateful!\"\n\nP: They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like\nwells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David!\nFew of My bondmen are thankful.\n\nS: They made for him what he pleased of fortresses and images, and bowls\n(large) as watering-troughs and cooking-pots that will not move from\ntheir place; give thanks, O family of Dawood! and very few of My\nservants are grateful.\n\n034.014\nY: Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his\ndeath except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing\naway at his staff: so when he fell down, the jinns saw plainly that if\nthey had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the\nhumiliating Penalty (of their Task).\n\nP: And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them\nsave a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And\nwhen he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen,\nthey would not have continued in despised toil.\n\nS: But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them his death but a\ncreature of the earth that ate away his staff; and when it fell down,\nthe jinn came to know plainly that if they had known the unseen, they\nwould not have tarried in abasing torment.\n\n034.015\nY: There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land - two\nGardens to the right and to the left. \"Eat of the Sustenance (provided)\nby your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy, and a\nLord Oft-Forgiving!\"\n\nP: There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two\ngardens on the right hand and the left (as who should say): Eat of the\nprovision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an\nindulgent Lord!\n\nS: Certainly there was a sign for Saba in their abode; two gardens on\nthe right and the left; eat of the sustenance of your Lord and give\nthanks to Him: a good land and a Forgiving Lord!\n\n034.016\nY: But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood\n(released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into\n\"gardens\" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted)\nLote-trees.\n\nP: But they were froward, so We sent on them the flood of 'Iram, and in\nexchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter\nfruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree.\n\nS: But they turned aside, so We sent upon them a torrent of which the\nrush could not be withstood, and in place of their two gardens We gave\nto them two gardens yielding bitter fruit and (growing) tamarisk and a\nfew lote-trees.\n\n034.017\nY: That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully rejected\nFaith: and never do We give (such) requital except to such as are\nungrateful rejecters.\n\nP: This We awarded them because of their ingratitude. Punish We ever any\nsave the ingrates?\n\nS: This We requited them with because they disbelieved; and We do not\npunish any but the ungrateful.\n\n034.018\nY: Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our blessings, We\nhad placed Cities in prominent positions, and between them We had\nappointed stages of journey in due proportion: \"Travel therein, secure,\nby night and by day.\"\n\nP: And We set, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns\neasy to be seen, and We made the stage between them easy, (saying):\nTravel in them safely both by night and day.\n\nS: And We made between them and the towns which We had blessed (other)\ntowns to be easily seen, and We apportioned the journey therein: Travel\nthrough them nights and days, secure.\n\n034.019\nY: But they said: \"Our Lord! Place longer distances between our\njourney-stages\": but they wronged themselves (therein). At length We\nmade them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in\nscattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is)\npatiently constant and grateful.\n\nP: But they said: Our Lord! Make the stage between our journeys longer.\nAnd they wronged themselves, therefore We made them bywords (in the\nland) and scattered them abroad, a total scattering. Lo! herein verily\nare portents for each steadfast, grateful (heart).\n\nS: And they said: O our Lord! make spaces to be longer between our\njourneys; and they were unjust to themselves so We made them stories\nand scattered them with an utter scattering; most surely there are\nsigns in this for every patient, grateful one.\n\n034.020\nY: And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed him, all\nbut a party that believed.\n\nP: And Satan indeed found his calculation true concerning them, for they\nfollow him, all save a group of true believers.\n\nS: And certainly the Shaitan found true his conjecture concerning them,\nso they follow him, except a party of the believers.\n\n034.021\nY: But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test the man\nwho believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it:\nand thy Lord doth watch over all things.\n\nP: And he had no warrant whatsoever against them, save that We would\nknow him who believeth in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt\nthereof; and thy Lord (O Muhammad) taketh note of all things.\n\nS: And he has no authority over them, but that We may distinguish him\nwho believes in the hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it;\nand your Lord is the Preserver of all things.\n\n034.022\nY: Say: \"Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah: They have\nno power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on earth: No\n(sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to\nAllah.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Call upon those whom ye set up beside Allah! They\npossess not an atom's weight either in the heavens or in the earth, nor\nhave they any share in either, nor hath He an auxiliary among them.\n\nS: Say: Call upon those whom you assert besides Allah; they do not\ncontrol the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth nor have\nthey any partnership in either, nor has He among them any one to back\n(Him) up.\n\n034.023\nY: \"No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for those for whom\nHe has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when terror\nis removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they\nsay, 'What is it that your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which\nis true and just'; and He is the Most High, Most Great.\"\n\nP: No intercession availeth with Him save for him whom He permitteth.\nYet, when fear is banished from their hearts, they say: What was it\nthat your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Sublime, the\nGreat.\n\nS: And intercession will not avail aught with Him save of him whom He\npermits. Until when fear shall be removed from their hearts, they shall\nsay: What is it that your Lord said? They shall say: The truth. And He\nis the Most High, the Great.\n\n034.024\nY: Say: \"Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?\" Say:\n\"It is Allah; and certain it is that either we or ye are on right\nguidance or in manifest error!\"\n\nP: Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: Allah,\nLo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest.\n\nS: Say: Who gives you the sustenance from the heavens and the earth?\nSay: Allah. And most surely we or you are on a right way or in manifest\nerror.\n\n034.025\nY: Say: \"Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be\nquestioned as to what ye do.\"\n\nP: Say: Ye will not be asked of what we committed, nor shall we be asked\nof what ye do.\n\nS: Say: You will not be questioned as to what we are guilty of, nor\nshall we be questioned as to what you do.\n\n034.026\nY: Say: \"Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end decide the\nmatter between us (and you) in truth and justice: and He is the one to\ndecide, the One Who knows all.\"\n\nP: Say: Our Lord will bring us all together, then He will judge between\nus with truth. He is the All-knowing Judge.\n\nS: Say: Our Lord will gather us together, then will He judge between us\nwith the truth; and He is the greatest Judge, the All-knowing.\n\n034.027\nY: Say: \"Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by no\nmeans (can ye). Nay, He is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.\"\n\nP: Say: Show me those whom ye have joined unto Him as partners. Nay (ye\ndare not)! For He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Say: Show me those whom you have joined with Him as associates; by no\nmeans (can you do it). Nay! He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n034.028\nY: We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving\nthem glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men\nunderstand not.\n\nP: And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good\ntidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most of mankind know not.\n\nS: And We have not sent you but to all the men as a bearer of good news\nand as a warner, but most men do not know.\n\n034.029\nY: They say: \"When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling\nthe truth?\"\n\nP: And they say: When is this promise (to be fulfilled) if ye are\ntruthful?\n\nS: And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if you are\ntruthful?\n\n034.030\nY: Say: \"The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back\nfor an hour nor put forward.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Yours is the promise of a Day which ye cannot\npostpone nor hasten by an hour.\n\nS: Say: You have the appointment of a day from which you cannot hold\nback any while, nor can you bring it on.\n\n034.031\nY: The Unbelievers say: \"We shall neither believe in this scripture nor\nin (any) that (came) before it.\" Couldst thou but see when the\nwrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the\nword (of blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to\nthe arrogant ones: \"Had it not been for you, we should certainly have\nbeen believers!\"\n\nP: And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur'an nor in\nthat which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst see, when the\nwrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame\none to another; how those who were despised (in the earth) say unto\nthose who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: By no means will we believe in this\nQuran, nor in that which is before it; and could you see when the\nunjust shall be made to stand before their Lord, bandying words one\nwith another! Those who were reckoned weak shall say to those who were\nproud: Had it not been for you we would certainly have been believers.\n\n034.032\nY: The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised: \"Was it we\nwho kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay, rather, it\nwas ye who transgressed.\"\n\nP: Those who were proud say unto those who were despised: Did we drive\nyou away from the guidance after it had come unto you? Nay, but ye were\nguilty.\n\nS: Those who were proud shall say to those who were deemed weak: Did we\nturn you away from the guidance after it had come to you? Nay, you\n(yourselves) were guilty.\n\n034.033\nY: Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: \"Nay! it\nwas a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye (constantly)\nordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to attribute equals to Him!\"\nThey will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We\nshall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a\nrequital for their (ill) Deeds.\n\nP: Those who were despised say unto those who were proud: Nay but (it\nwas your) scheming night and day, when ye commanded us to disbelieve in\nAllah and set up rivals unto Him. And they are filled with remorse when\nthey behold the doom; and We place carcans on the necks of those who\ndisbelieved. Are they requited aught save what they used to do?\n\nS: And those who were deemed weak shall say to those who were proud.\nNay, (it was) planning by night and day when you told us to disbelieve\nin Allah and to set up likes with Him. And they shall conceal regret\nwhen they shall see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the\nnecks of those who disbelieved; they shall not be requited but what\nthey did.\n\n034.034\nY: Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones\namong them said: \"We believe not in the (Message) with which ye have\nbeen sent.\"\n\nP: And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones\ndeclared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.\n\nS: And We never sent a warner to a town but those who led lives in ease\nin it said: We are surely disbelievers in what you are sent with.\n\n034.035\nY: They said: \"We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be\npunished.\"\n\nP: And they say: We are more (than you) in wealth and children. We are\nnot the punished!\n\nS: And they say: We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be\npunished.\n\n034.036\nY: Say: \"Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom He\npleases, but most men understand not.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Lo! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He\nwill and narroweth it (for whom He will). But most of mankind know not.\n\nS: Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence for whom He\npleases and straitens (for whom He pleases), but most men do not know.\n\n034.037\nY: It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to Us\nin degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness - these\nare the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds,\nwhile secure they (reside) in the dwellings on high!\n\nP: And it is not your wealth nor your children that will bring you near\nunto Us, but he who believeth and doeth good (he draweth near). As for\nsuch, theirs will be twofold reward for what they did and they will\ndwell secure in lofty halls.\n\nS: And not your wealth nor your children, are the things which bring you\nnear Us in station, but whoever believes and does good, these it is for\nwhom is a double reward for what they do, and they shall be secure in\nthe highest places.\n\n034.038\nY: Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given\nover into Punishment.\n\nP: And as for those who strive against Our revelations, challenging,\nthey will be brought to the doom.\n\nS: And (as for) those who strive in opposing Our communications, they\nshall be caused to be brought to the chastisement.\n\n034.039\nY: Say: \"Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of\nhis servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in the least (in\nHis cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who grant\nSustenance.\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will of His\nbondmen, and narroweth (it) for him. And whatsoever ye spend (for good)\nHe replaceth it. And He is the Best of Providers.\n\nS: Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence for whom He\npleases of His servants and straitens (them) for whom (He pleases), and\nwhatever thing you spend, He exceeds it in reward, and He is the best\nof Sustainers.\n\n034.040\nY: One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels,\n\n\"Was it you that these men used to worship?\"\nP: And on the day when He will gather them all together, He will say\nunto the angels: Did these worship you?\n\nS: And on the day when He will gather them all together, then will He\nsay to the angels: Did these worship you?\n\n034.041\nY: They will say, \"Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee - as Protector\n- not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the jinns: most of them\nbelieved in them.\"\n\nP: They will say: Be Thou Glorified. Thou (alone) art our Guardian, not\nthem! Nay, but they worshipped the jinn; most of them were believers in\nthem.\n\nS: They shall say: Glory be to Thee! Thou art our Guardian, not they;\nnay! they worshipped the jinn; most of them were believers in them.\n\n034.042\nY: So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for profit\nor harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers, \"Taste ye the Penalty of\nthe Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!\"\n\nP: That day ye will possess no use nor hurt one for another. And We\nshall say unto those who did wrong: Taste the doom of the Fire which ye\nused to deny.\n\nS: So on that day one of you shall not control profit or harm for\nanother, and We will say to those who were unjust: Taste the\nchastisement of the fire which you called a lie.\n\n034.043\nY: When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, \"This is only a\nman who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your fathers\npractised.\" And they say, \"This is only a falsehood invented!\" and the\nUnbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, \"This is nothing\nbut evident magic!\"\n\nP: And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they\nsay: This is naught else than a man who would turn you away from what\nyour fathers used to worship; and they say: This is naught else than an\ninvented lie. Those who disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth\nthem: This is naught else than mere magic.\n\nS: And when Our clear communications are recited to them, they say: This\nis naught but a man who desires to turn you away from that which your\nfathers worshipped. And they say: This is naught but a lie that is\nforged. And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it comes to\nthem: This is only clear enchantment.\n\n034.044\nY: But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor sent\nmessengers to them before thee as Warners.\n\nP: And We have given them no scriptures which they study, nor sent We\nunto them, before thee, any warner.\n\nS: And We have not given them any books which they read, nor did We send\nto them before you a warner.\n\n034.045\nY: And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received\na tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My\nmessengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!\n\nP: Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that\nwhich We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How\nintense then was My abhorrence (of them)!\n\nS: And those before them rejected (the truth), and these have not yet\nattained a tenth of what We gave them, but they gave the lie to My\nmessengers, then how was the manifestation of My disapproval?\n\n034.046\nY: Say: \"I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before\nAllah,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly,- and reflect\n(within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less\nthan a warner to you, in face of a terrible Penalty.\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that\nye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There\nis no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you\nin face of a terrific doom.\n\nS: Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that rise up for Allah's sake in\ntwos and singly, then ponder: there is no madness in your\nfellow-citizen; he is only a warner to you before a severe\nchastisement.\n\n034.047\nY: Say: \"No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest: my\nreward is only due from Allah: And He is witness to all things.\"\n\nP: Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is\nthe affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.\n\nS: Say: Whatever reward I have asked of you, that is only for\nyourselves; my reward is only with Allah, and He is a witness of all\nthings.\n\n034.048\nY: Say: \"Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over His\nservants),- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden.\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! my Lord hurleth the truth. (He is) the Knower of Things\nHidden.\n\nS: Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower of the unseen.\n\n034.049\nY: Say: \"The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything\nnew, nor restores anything.\"\n\nP: Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will\nnot return.\n\nS: Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish and shall not\ncome back.\n\n034.050\nY: Say: \"If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if\nI receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me:\nit is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near.\"\n\nP: Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided\nit is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is\nHearer, Nigh.\n\nS: Say: If I err, I err only against my own soul, and if I follow a\nright direction, it is because of what my Lord reveals to me; surely He\nis Hearing, Nigh.\n\n034.051\nY: If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then\nthere will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a\nposition (quite) near.\n\nP: Couldst thou but see when they are terrified with no escape, and are\nseized from near at hand,\n\nS: And could you see when they shall become terrified, but (then) there\nshall be no escape and they shall be seized upon from a near place,\n\n034.052\nY: And they will say, \"We do believe (now) in the (Truth)\"; but how\ncould they receive (Faith) from a position (so) far off,-\n\nP: And say: We (now) believe therein. But how can they reach (faith)\nfrom afar off,\n\nS: And they shall say: We believe in it. And how shall the attaining (of\nfaith) be possible to them from a distant place?\n\n034.053\nY: Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that they\n(continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen from a position far off?\n\nP: When they disbelieved in it of yore. They aim at the unseen from afar\noff.\n\nS: And they disbelieved in it before, and they utter conjectures with\nregard to the unseen from a distant place.\n\n034.054\nY: And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done\nin the past with their partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious\n(disquieting) doubt.\n\nP: And a gulf is set between them and that which they desire, as was\ndone for people of their kind of old. Lo! they were in hopeless doubt.\n\nS: And a barrier shall be placed between them and that which they\ndesire, as was done with the likes of them before: surely they are in a\ndisquieting doubt.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 35:\n\n                       FATIR (THE ANGELS, ORIGINATOR)\n Total Verses: 45 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n035.001\nY: Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the\nearth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or\nfour (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power\nover all things.\n\nP: Praise be to Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who\nappointeth the angels messengers having wings two, three and four. He\nmultiplieth in creation what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all\nthings.\n\nS: All praise is due to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the\nearth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and\nthree, and four; He increases in creation what He pleases; surely Allah\nhas power over all things.\n\n035.002\nY: What Allah out of his Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can\nwithhold: what He doth withhold, there is none can grant, apart from\nHim: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.\n\nP: That which Allah openeth unto mankind of mercy none can withhold it;\nand that which He withholdeth none can release thereafter. He is the\nMighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Whatever Allah grants to men of (His) mercy, there is none to\nwithhold it, and what He withholds there is none to send it forth after\nthat, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n035.003\nY: O men! Call to mind the grace of Allah unto you! is there a creator,\nother than Allah, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth? There is\nno god but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth?\n\nP: O mankind! Remember Allah's grace toward you! Is there any creator\nother than Allah who provideth for you from the sky and the earth?\nThere is no God save Him. Whither then are ye turned?\n\nS: O men! call to mind the favor of Allah on you; is there any creator\nbesides Allah who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth?\nThere is no god but He; whence are you then turned away?\n\n035.004\nY: And if they reject thee, so were messengers rejected before thee: to\nAllah go back for decision all affairs.\n\nP: And if they deny thee, (O Muhammad), messengers (of Allah) were\ndenied before thee. Unto Allah all things are brought back.\n\nS: And if they call you a liar, truly messengers before you were called\nliars, and to Allah are all affairs returned.\n\n035.005\nY: O men! Certainly the promise of Allah is true. Let not then this\npresent life deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about\nAllah.\n\nP: O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. So let not the life of\nthe world beguile you, and let not the (avowed) beguiler beguile you\nwith regard to Allah.\n\nS: O men! surely the promise of Allah is true, therefore let not the\nlife of this world deceive you, and let not the archdeceiver deceive\nyou respecting Allah.\n\n035.006\nY: Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. He only\ninvites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the Blazing\nFire.\n\nP: Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only\nsummoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.\n\nS: Surely the Shaitan is your enemy, so take him for an enemy; he only\ninvites his party that they may be inmates of the burning fire.\n\n035.007\nY: For those who reject Allah, is a terrible Penalty: but for those who\nbelieve and work righteous deeds, is Forgiveness, and a magnificent\nReward.\n\nP: Those who disbelieve, theirs will be an awful doom; and those who\nbelieve and do good works, theirs will be forgiveness and a great\nreward.\n\nS: (As for) those who disbelieve, they shall have a severe punishment,\nand (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have forgiveness\nand a great reward.\n\n035.008\nY: Is he, then, to whom the evil of his conduct is made alluring, so\nthat he looks upon it as good, (equal to one who is rightly guided)?\nFor Allah leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So\nlet not thy soul go out in (vainly) sighing after them: for Allah knows\nwell all that they do!\n\nP: Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that\nhe deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth\nwhom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul\nexpire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!\n\nS: What! is he whose evil deed is made fairseeming to him so much so\nthat he considers it good? Now surely Allah makes err whom He pleases\nand guides aright whom He pleases, so let not your soul waste away in\ngrief for them; surely Allah is Cognizant of what they do.\n\n035.009\nY: It is Allah Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the\nClouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth\ntherewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!\n\nP: And Allah it is Who sendeth the winds and they raise a cloud; then We\nlead it unto a dead land and revive therewith the earth after its\ndeath. Such is the Resurrection.\n\nS: And Allah is He Who sends the winds so they raise a cloud, then We\ndrive it on to a dead country, and therewith We give life to the earth\nafter its death; even so is the quickening.\n\n035.010\nY: If any do seek for glory and power,- to Allah belong all glory and\npower. To Him mount up (all) Words of Purity: It is He Who exalts each\nDeed of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of Evil,- for them is a\nPenalty terrible; and the plotting of such will be void (of result).\n\nP: Whoso desireth power (should know that) all power belongeth to Allah.\nUnto Him good words ascend, and the pious deed doth He exalt; but those\nwho plot iniquities, theirs will be an awful doom; and the plotting of\nsuch (folk) will come to naught.\n\nS: Whoever desires honor, then to Allah belongs the honor wholly. To Him\ndo ascend the good words; and the good deeds, lift them up, and (as\nfor) those who plan evil deeds, they shall have a severe chastisement;\nand (as for) their plan, it shall perish.\n\n035.011\nY: And Allah did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then He\nmade you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down (her load),\nbut with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of days,\nnor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree (ordained). All\nthis is easy to Allah.\n\nP: Allah created you from dust, then from a little fluid, then He made\nyou pairs (the male and female). No female beareth or bringeth forth\nsave with His knowledge. And no-one groweth old who groweth old, nor is\naught lessened of his life, but it is recorded in a Book, Lo! that is\neasy for Allah.\n\nS: And Allah created you of dust, then of the life-germ, then He made\nyou pairs; and no female bears, nor does she bring forth, except with\nHis knowledge; and no one whose life is lengthened has his life\nlengthened, nor is aught diminished of one's life, but it is all in a\nbook; surely this is easy to Allah.\n\n035.012\nY: Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike,- the one palatable,\nsweet, and pleasant to drink, and the other, salt and bitter. Yet from\neach (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender, and ye extract\nornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the\nwaves, that ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of Allah that ye may be\ngrateful.\n\nP: And the two seas are not alike: this, fresh, sweet, good to drink,\nthis (other) bitter, salt. And from them both ye eat fresh meat and\nderive the ornament that ye wear. And thou seest the ship cleaving them\nwith its prow that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may\ngive thanks.\n\nS: And the two seas are not alike: the one sweet, that subdues thirst by\nits excessive sweetness, pleasant to drink; and the other salt, that\nburns by its saltness; yet from each of them you eat fresh flesh and\nbring forth ornaments which you wear; and you see the ships cleave\nthrough it that you may seek of His bounty and that you may be\ngrateful.\n\n035.013\nY: He merges Night into Day, and he merges Day into Night, and he has\nsubjected the sun and the moon (to his Law): each one runs its course\nfor a term appointed. Such is Allah your Lord: to Him belongs all\nDominion. And those whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least\npower.\n\nP: He maketh the night to pass into the day and He maketh the day to\npass into the night. He hath subdued the sun and moon to service. Each\nrunneth unto an appointed term. Such is Allah, your Lord; His is the\nSovereignty; and those unto whom ye pray instead of Him own not so much\nas the white spot on a date-stone.\n\nS: He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and He causes the day\nto enter in upon the night, and He has made subservient (to you) the\nsun and the moon; each one follows its course to an appointed time;\nthis is Allah, your Lord, His is the kingdom; and those whom you call\nupon besides Him do not control a straw.\n\n035.014\nY: If ye invoke them, they will not listen to your call, and if they\nwere to listen, they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of\nJudgment they will reject your \"Partnership\". and none, (O man!) can\ntell thee (the Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things.\n\nP: If ye pray unto them they hear not your prayer, and if they heard\nthey could not grant it you. On the Day of Resurrection they will\ndisown association with you. None can inform you like Him Who is Aware.\n\nS: If you call on them they shall not hear your call, and even if they\ncould hear they shall not answer you; and on the resurrection day they\nwill deny your associating them (with Allah); and none can inform you\nlike the One Who is Aware.\n\n035.015\nY: O ye men! It is ye that have need of Allah: but Allah is the One Free\nof all wants, worthy of all praise.\n\nP: O mankind! Ye are the poor in your relation to Allah. And Allah! He\nis the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: O men! you are they who stand in need of Allah, and Allah is He Who\nis the Self-sufficient, the Praised One.\n\n035.016\nY: If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a New Creation.\n\nP: If He will, He can be rid of you and bring (instead of you) some new\ncreation.\n\nS: If He please, He will take you off and bring a new generation.\n\n035.017\nY: Nor is that (at all) difficult for Allah.\n\nP: That is not a hard thing for Allah.\n\nS: And this is not hard to Allah.\n\n035.018\nY: Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another's burdens if one heavily\nladen should call another to (bear) his load. Not the least portion of\nit can be carried (by the other). Even though he be nearly related.\nThou canst but admonish such as fear their Lord unseen and establish\nregular Prayer. And whoever purifies himself does so for the benefit of\nhis own soul; and the destination (of all) is to Allah.\n\nP: And no burdened soul can bear another's burden, and if one heavy\nladen crieth for (help with) his load, naught of it will be lifted even\nthough he (unto whom he crieth) be of kin. Thou warnest only those who\nfear their Lord in secret, and have established worship. He who groweth\n(in goodness), groweth only for himself, (he cannot by his merit redeem\nothers). Unto Allah is the journeying.\n\nS: And a burdened soul cannot bear the burden of another and if one\nweighed down by burden should cry for (another to carry) its burden,\nnot aught of it shall be carried, even though he be near of kin. You\nwarn only those who fear their Lord in secret and keep up prayer; and\nwhoever purifies himself, he purifies himself only for (the good of)\nhis own soul; and to Allah is the eventual coming.\n\n035.019\nY: The blind and the seeing are not alike;\n\nP: The blind man is not equal with the seer;\n\nS: And the blind and the seeing are not alike\n\n035.020\nY: Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;\n\nP: Nor is darkness (tantamount to) light;\n\nS: Nor the darkness and the light,\n\n035.021\nY: Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:\n\nP: Nor is the shadow equal with the sun's full heat;\n\nS: Nor the shade and the heat,\n\n035.022\nY: Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. Allah\ncan make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those to\nhear who are (buried) in graves.\n\nP: Nor are the living equal with the dead. Lo! Allah maketh whom He will\nto hear. Thou canst not reach those who are in the graves.\n\nS: Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He\npleases hear, and you cannot make those hear who are in the graves.\n\n035.023\nY: Thou art no other than a warner.\n\nP: Thou art but a warner.\n\nS: You are naught but a warner.\n\n035.024\nY: Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings, and\nas a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner having\nlived among them (in the past).\n\nP: Lo! We have sent thee with the Truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a\nwarner; and there is not a nation but a warner hath passed among them.\n\nS: Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of good news and a\nwarner; and there is not a people but a warner has gone among them.\n\n035.025\nY: And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom came\ntheir messengers with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the\nBook of Enlightenment.\n\nP: And if they deny thee, those before them also denied. Their\nmessengers came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty),\nand with the Psalms and the Scripture giving light.\n\nS: And if they call you a liar, so did those before them indeed call\n(their messengers) liars; their messengers had come to them with clear\narguments, and with scriptures, and with the illuminating book.\n\n035.026\nY: In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how (terrible)\nwas My rejection (of them)!\n\nP: Then seized I those who disbelieved, and how intense was My\nabhorrence!\n\nS: Then did I punish those who disbelieved, so how was the manifestation\nof My disapproval?\n\n035.027\nY: Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky? With it We\nthen bring out produce of various colours. And in the mountains are\ntracts white and red, of various shades of colour, and black intense in\nhue.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen that Allah causeth water to fall from the sky, and\nWe produce therewith fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are\nstreaks white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black;\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud, then We\nbring forth therewith fruits of various colors; and in the mountains\nare streaks, white and red, of various hues and (others) intensely\nblack?\n\n035.028\nY: And so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are they of\nvarious colours. Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have\nknowledge: for Allah is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.\n\nP: And of men and beasts and cattle, in like manner, divers hues? The\nerudite among His bondmen fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty,\nForgiving.\n\nS: And of men and beasts and cattle are various species of it likewise;\nthose of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge fear Allah;\nsurely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.\n\n035.029\nY: Those who rehearse the Book of Allah, establish regular Prayer, and\nspend (in Charity) out of what We have provided for them, secretly and\nopenly, hope for a commerce that will never fail:\n\nP: Lo! those who read the Scripture of Allah, and establish worship, and\nspend of that which We have bestowed on them secretly and openly, they\nlook forward to imperishable gain,\n\nS: Surely they who recite the Book of Allah and keep up prayer and spend\nout of what We have given them secretly and openly, hope for a gain\nwhich will not perish.\n\n035.030\nY: For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them (even) more\nout of His Bounty: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate\n(service).\n\nP: That He will pay them their wages and increase them of His grace. Lo!\nHe is Forgiving, Responsive.\n\nS: That He may pay them back fully their rewards and give them more out\nof His grace: surely He is Forgiving, Multiplier of rewards.\n\n035.031\nY: That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the Truth,-\nconfirming what was (revealed) before it: for Allah is assuredly- with\nrespect to His Servants - well acquainted and Fully Observant.\n\nP: As for that which We inspire in thee of the Scripture, it is the\nTruth confirming that which was (revealed) before it. Lo! Allah is\nindeed Observer, Seer of His slaves.\n\nS: And that which We have revealed to you of the Book, that is the truth\nverifying that which is before it; most surely with respect to His\nservants Allah is Aware, Seeing.\n\n035.032\nY: Then We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our Servants\nas We have chosen: but there are among them some who wrong their own\nsouls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by Allah's\nleave, foremost in good deeds that is the highest Grace.\n\nP: Then We gave the Scripture as inheritance unto those whom We elected\nof Our bondmen. But of them are some who wrong themselves and of them\nare some who are lukewarm, and of them are some who outstrip (others)\nthrough good deeds, by Allah's leave. That is the great favour!\n\nS: Then We gave the Book for an inheritance to those whom We chose from\namong Our servants; but of them is he who makes his soul to suffer a\nloss, and of them is he who takes a middle course, and of them is he\nwho is foremost in deeds of goodness by Allah's permission; this is the\ngreat excellence.\n\n035.033\nY: Gardens of Eternity will they enter: therein will they be adorned\nwith bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of\nsilk.\n\nP: Gardens of Eden! They enter them wearing armlets of gold and pearl\nand their raiment therein is silk.\n\nS: Gardens of perpetuity, they shall enter therein; they shad be made to\nwear therein bracelets of gold and pearls, and their dress therein\nshall be silk.\n\n035.034\nY: And they will say: \"Praise be to Allah, Who has removed from us (all)\nsorrow: for our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate\n(service):\"\n\nP: And they say: Praise be to Allah Who hath put grief away from us. Lo!\nOur Lord is Forgiving, Bountiful,\n\nS: And they shall say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has made grief\nto depart from us; most surely our Lord is Forgiving, Multiplier of\nrewards,\n\n035.035\nY: \"Who has, out of His Bounty, settled us in a Home that will last: no\ntoil nor sense of weariness shall touch us therein.\"\n\nP: Who, of His grace, hath installed us in the mansion of eternity,\nwhere toil toucheth us not nor can weariness affect us.\n\nS: Who has made us alight in a house abiding for ever out of His\ngrace; toil shall not touch us therein, nor shall fatigue therein\nafflict us.\n\n035.036\nY: But those who reject (Allah) - for them will be the Fire of Hell: No\nterm shall be determined for them, so they should die, nor shall its\nPenalty be lightened for them. Thus do We reward every ungrateful one!\n\nP: But as for those who disbelieve, for them is fire of hell; it taketh\nnot complete effect upon them so that they can die, nor is its torment\nlightened for them. Thus We punish every ingrate.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve, for them is the fire of hell; it\nshall not be finished with them entirely so that they should die, nor\nshall the chastisement thereof be lightened to them: even thus do We\nretribute every ungrateful one.\n\n035.037\nY: Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): \"Our Lord! Bring us\nout: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to do!\" -\n\"Did We not give you long enough life so that he that would should\nreceive admonition? and (moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye\n(the fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper.\"\n\nP: And they cry for help there, (saying): Our Lord! Release us; we will\ndo right, not (the wrong) that we used to do. Did not We grant you a\nlife long enough for him who reflected to reflect therein? And the\nwarner came unto you. Now taste (the flavour of your deeds), for\nevil-doers have no helper.\n\nS: And they shall cry therein for succour: O our Lord! take us out, we\nwill do good deeds other than those which we used to do. Did We not\npreserve you alive long enough, so that he who would be mindful in it\nshould mind? And there came to you the warner; therefore taste; because\nfor the unjust, there is no helper.\n\n035.038\nY: Verily Allah knows (all) the hidden things of the heavens and the\nearth: verily He has full knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts.\n\nP: Lo! Allah is the Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth.\nLo! He is Aware of the secret of (men's) breasts.\n\nS: Surely Allah is the Knower of what is unseen in the heavens and the\nearth; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.\n\n035.039\nY: He it is that has made you inheritors in the earth: if, then, any do\nreject (Allah), their rejection (works) against themselves: their\nrejection but adds to the odium for the Unbelievers in the sight of\ntheir Lord: their rejection but adds to (their own) undoing.\n\nP: He it is Who hath made you regents in the earth; so he who\ndisbelieveth, his disbelief be on his own head. Their disbelief\nincreaseth for the disbelievers, in their Lord's sight, naught save\nabhorrence. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers naught save\nloss.\n\nS: He it is Who made you rulers in the land; therefore whoever\ndisbelieves, his unbelief is against himself; and their unbelief does\nnot increase the disbelievers with their Lord in anything except\nhatred; and their unbelief does not increase the disbelievers in\nanything except loss.\n\n035.040\nY: Say: \"Have ye seen (these) 'Partners' of yours whom ye call upon\nbesides Allah? Show Me what it is they have created in the (wide)\nearth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a\nBook from which they (can derive) clear (evidence)?- Nay, the\nwrong-doers promise each other nothing but delusions.\"\n\nP: Say: Have ye seen your partner-gods to whom ye pray beside Allah?\nShow me what they created of the earth! Or have they any portion in the\nheavens? Or have We given them a scripture so they act on clear proof\ntherefrom? Nay, the evil-doers promise one another only to deceive.\n\nS: Say: Have you considered your associates which you call upon besides\nAllah? Show me what part of the earth they have created, or have they\nany share in the heavens; or, have We given them a book so that they\nfollow a clear argument thereof? Nay, the unjust do not hold out\npromises one to another but only to deceive.\n\n035.041\nY: It is Allah Who sustains the heavens and the earth, lest they cease\n(to function): and if they should fail, there is none - not one - can\nsustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.\n\nP: Lo! Allah graspeth the heavens and the earth that they deviate not,\nand if they were to deviate there is not one that could grasp them\nafter Him. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.\n\nS: Surely Allah upholds the heavens and the earth lest they come to\nnaught; and if they should come to naught, there is none who can uphold\nthem after Him; surely He is the Forbearing, the Forgiving.\n\n035.042\nY: They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came to\nthem, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the\nPeoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only increased their\nflight (from righteousness),-\n\nP: And they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner\ncame unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations;\nyet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save\nrepugnance,\n\nS: And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths that if\nthere came to them a warner they would be better guided than any of the\nnations; but when there came to them a warner it increased them in\nnaught but aversion.\n\n035.043\nY: On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of Evil,\nbut the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are\nthey but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no\nchange wilt thou find in Allah's way (of dealing): no turning off wilt\nthou find in Allah's way (of dealing).\n\nP: (Shown in their) behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil;\nand the evil plot encloseth but the men who make it. Then, can they\nexpect aught save the treatment of the folk of old? Thou wilt not find\nfor Allah's way of treatment any substitute, nor wilt thou find for\nAllah's way of treatment aught of power to change.\n\nS: (In) behaving proudly in the land and in planning evil; and the evil\nplans shall not beset any save the authors of it. Then should they wait\nfor aught except the way of the former people? For you shall not find\nany alteration in the course of Allah; and you shall not find any\nchange in the course of Allah.\n\n035.044\nY: Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End of\nthose before them,- though they were superior to them in strength? Nor\nis Allah to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or on\nearth: for He is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.\n\nP: Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the\nconsequence for those who were before them, and they were mightier than\nthese in power? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in the\nearth escapeth Him. Lo! He is the Wise, the Mighty.\n\nS: Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the end of those\nbefore them while they were stronger than these in power? And Allah is\nnot such that any thing in the heavens or in the earth should escape\nHim; surely He is Knowing, Powerful.\n\n035.045\nY: If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve. He would\nnot leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He\ngives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily\nAllah has in His sight all His Servants.\n\nP: If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would\nnot leave a living creature on the surface of the earth; but He\nreprieveth them unto an appointed term, and when their term cometh -\nthen verily (they will know that) Allah is ever Seer of His slaves.\n\nS: And were Allah to punish men for what they earn, He would not leave\non the back of it any creature, but He respites them till an appointed\nterm; so when their doom shall come, then surely Allah is Seeing with\nrespect to His servants.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 36:\n\n                             YA-SEEN (YA-SEEN)\n Total Verses: 83 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n036.001\nY: Ya Sin.\n\nP: Ya Sin.\n\nS: Ya Seen.\n\n036.002\nY: By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom,-\n\nP: By the wise Qur'an,\n\nS: I swear by the Quran full of wisdom\n\n036.003\nY: Thou art indeed one of the messengers,\n\nP: Lo! thou art of those sent\n\nS: Most surely you are one of the messengers\n\n036.004\nY: On a Straight Way.\n\nP: On a straight path,\n\nS: On a right way.\n\n036.005\nY: It is a Revelation sent down by (Him), the Exalted in Might, Most\nMerciful.\n\nP: A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,\n\nS: A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful.\n\n036.006\nY: In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers had\nreceived no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs\nof Allah).\n\nP: That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they\nare heedless.\n\nS: That you may warn a people whose fathers were not warned, so they are\nheedless.\n\n036.007\nY: The Word is proved true against the greater part of them: for they do\nnot believe.\n\nP: Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most\nof them, for they believe not.\n\nS: Certainly the word has proved true of most of them, so they do not\nbelieve.\n\n036.008\nY: We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that\ntheir heads are forced up (and they cannot see).\n\nP: Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so\nthat they are made stiff-necked.\n\nS: Surely We have placed chains on their necks, and these reach up to\ntheir chins, so they have their heads raised aloft.\n\n036.009\nY: And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them, and\nfurther, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.\n\nP: And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus)\nhave covered them so that they see not.\n\nS: And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them,\nthen We have covered them over so that they do not see.\n\n036.010\nY: The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or thou do not\nadmonish them: they will not believe.\n\nP: Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them,\nfor they believe not.\n\nS: And it is alike to them whether you warn them or warn them not: they\ndo not believe.\n\n036.011\nY: Thou canst but admonish such a one as follows the Message and fears\nthe (Lord) Most Gracious, unseen: give such a one, therefore, good\ntidings, of Forgiveness and a Reward most generous.\n\nP: Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the\nBeneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich\nreward.\n\nS: You can only warn him who follows the reminder and fears the\nBeneficent Allah in secret; so announce to him forgiveness and an\nhonorable reward.\n\n036.012\nY: Verily We shall give life to the dead, and We record that which they\nsend before and that which they leave behind, and of all things have We\ntaken account in a clear Book (of evidence).\n\nP: Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they\nsend before (them), and their footprints. And all things We have kept in\na clear Register.\n\nS: Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down what they have\nsent before and their footprints, and We have recorded everything in a\nclear writing.\n\n036.013\nY: Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions\nof the City. Behold, there came messengers to it.\n\nP: Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent\n(from Allah) came unto them;\n\nS: And set out to them an example of the people of the town, when the\nmessengers came to it.\n\n036.014\nY: When We (first) sent to them two messengers, they rejected them: But\nWe strengthened them with a third: they said, \"Truly, we have been sent\non a mission to you.\"\n\nP: When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We\nreinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto\nyou.\n\nS: When We sent to them two, they rejected both of them, then We\nstrengthened (them) with a third, so they said: Surely we are\nmessengers to you.\n\n036.015\nY: The (people) said: \"Ye are only men like ourselves; and (Allah) Most\nGracious sends no sort of revelation: ye do nothing but lie.\"\n\nP: They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath\nnaught revealed. Ye do but lie!\n\nS: They said: You are naught but mortals like ourselves, nor has the\nBeneficent Allah revealed anything; you only lie.\n\n036.016\nY: They said: \"Our Lord doth know that we have been sent on a mission to\nyou:\"\n\nP: They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,\n\nS: They said: Our Lord knows that we are most surely messengers to you.\n\n036.017\nY: \"And our duty is only to proclaim the clear Message.\"\n\nP: And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message).\n\nS: And nothing devolves on us but a clear deliverance (of the message).\n\n036.018\nY: The (people) said: \"for us, we augur an evil omen from you: if ye\ndesist not, we will certainly stone you. And a grievous punishment\nindeed will be inflicted on you by us.\"\n\nP: (The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not,\nwe shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our\nhands.\n\nS: They said: Surely we augur evil from you; if you do not desist, we\nwill certainly stone you, and there shall certainly afflict vou a\npainful chastisement from us.\n\n036.019\nY: They said: \"Your evil omens are with yourselves: (deem ye this an\nevil omen). If ye are admonished? Nay, but ye are a people\ntransgressing all bounds!\"\n\nP: They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are\nreminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk!\n\nS: They said: Your evil fortune is with you; what! if you are reminded!\nNay, you are an extravagant people.\n\n036.020\nY: Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a man,\nsaying, \"O my people! Obey the messengers:\"\n\nP: And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He\ncried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!\n\nS: And from the remote part of the city there came a man running, he\nsaid: O my people! follow the messengers;\n\n036.021\nY: \"Obey those who ask no reward of you (for themselves), and who have\nthemselves received Guidance.\"\n\nP: Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided.\n\nS: Follow him who does not ask you for reward, and they are the\nfollowers of the right course;\n\n036.022\nY: \"It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him Who created\nme, and to Whom ye shall (all) be brought back.\"\n\nP: For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto\nWhom ye will be brought back?\n\nS: And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who brought me\ninto existence? And to Him you shall be brought back;\n\n036.023\nY: \"Shall I take (other) gods besides Him? If (Allah) Most Gracious\nshould intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be their\nintercession for me, nor can they deliver me.\"\n\nP: Shall I take (other) gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent\nshould wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor\ncan they save?\n\nS: What! shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession, if the\nBeneficent Allah should desire to afflict me with a harm, shall not\navail me aught, nor shall they be able to deliver me?\n\n036.024\nY: \"I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest Error.\"\n\nP: Then truly I should be in error manifest.\n\nS: In that case I shall most surely be in clear error:\n\n036.025\nY: \"For me, I have faith in the Lord of you (all): listen, then, to me!\"\n\nP: Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!\n\nS: Surely I believe in your Lord, therefore hear me.\n\n036.026\nY: It was said: \"Enter thou the Garden.\" He said: \"Ah me! Would that my\nPeople knew (what I know)!\"-\n\nP: It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people\nknew,\n\nS: It was said: Enter the garden. He said: O would that my people had\nknown,\n\n036.027\nY: \"For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has enrolled me\namong those held in honour!\"\n\nP: With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the\nhonoured ones!\n\nS: Of that on account of which my Lord has forgiven me and made me of\nthe honored ones!\n\n036.028\nY: And We sent not down against his People, after him, any hosts from\nheaven, nor was it needful for Us so to do.\n\nP: We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor\ndo We ever send.\n\nS: And We did not send down upon his people after him any hosts from\nheaven, nor do We ever send down.\n\n036.029\nY: It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were\n(like ashes) quenched and silent.\n\nP: It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct.\n\nS: It was naught but a single cry, and lo! they were still.\n\n036.030\nY: Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not a messenger to them but\nthey mock him!\n\nP: Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a\nmessenger but they did mock him!\n\nS: Alas for the servants! there comes not to them a messenger but they\nmock at him.\n\n036.031\nY: See they not how many generations before them we destroyed? Not to\nthem will they return:\n\nP: Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them,\nwhich indeed returned not unto them;\n\nS: Do they not consider how many of the generations have We destroyed\nbefore them, because they do not turn to them?\n\n036.032\nY: But each one of them all - will be brought before Us (for judgment).\n\nP: But all, without exception, will be brought before Us.\n\nS: And all of them shall surely be brought before Us.\n\n036.033\nY: A Sign for them is the earth that is dead: We do give it life, and\nproduce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat.\n\nP: A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth\nfrom it grain so that they eat thereof;\n\nS: And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it and bring\nforth from it grain SQ they eat of it.\n\n036.034\nY: And We produce therein orchard with date-palms and vines, and We\ncause springs to gush forth therein:\n\nP: And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and\nWe have caused springs of water to gush forth therein,\n\nS: And We make therein gardens of palms and grapevines and We make\nsprings to flow forth in it,\n\n036.035\nY: That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): It was not their\nhands that made this: will they not then give thanks?\n\nP: That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not.\nWill they not, then, give thanks?\n\nS: That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands did not make\nit; will they not then be grateful?\n\n036.036\nY: Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth\nproduces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which\nthey have no knowledge.\n\nP: Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the\nearth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not!\n\nS: Glory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what the earth\ngrows, and of their kind and of what they do not know.\n\n036.037\nY: And a Sign for them is the Night: We withdraw therefrom the Day, and\nbehold they are plunged in darkness;\n\nP: A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are\nin darkness.\n\nS: And a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, then\nlo! they are in the dark;\n\n036.038\nY: And the sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that is\nthe decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.\n\nP: And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the\nmeasuring of the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: And the sun runs on to a term appointed for it; that is the ordinance\nof the Mighty, the Knowing.\n\n036.039\nY: And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till\nshe returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk.\n\nP: And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an\nold shrivelled palm-leaf.\n\nS: And (as for) the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes\nagain as an old dry palm branch.\n\n036.040\nY: It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the\nNight outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit\n(according to Law).\n\nP: It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night\noutstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.\n\nS: Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should overtake the moon,\nnor can the night outstrip the day; and all float on in a sphere.\n\n036.041\nY: And a Sign for them is that We bore their race (through the Flood) in\nthe loaded Ark;\n\nP: And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden\nship,\n\nS: And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship.\n\n036.042\nY: And We have created for them similar (vessels) on which they ride.\n\nP: And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.\n\nS: And We have created for them the like of it, what they will ride on.\n\n036.043\nY: If it were Our Will, We could drown them: then would there be no\nhelper (to hear their cry), nor could they be delivered,\n\nP: And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither\ncan they be saved;\n\nS: And if We please, We can drown them, then there shall be no succorer\nfor them, nor shall they be rescued,\n\n036.044\nY: Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (world) convenience (to\nserve them) for a time.\n\nP: Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.\n\nS: But (by) mercy from Us and for enjoyment till a time.\n\n036.045\nY: When they are told, \"Fear ye that which is before you and that which\nwill be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy,\" (they turn\nback).\n\nP: When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and\nthat which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are\nheedless).\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Guard against what is before you and\nwhat is behind you, that mercy may be had on you.\n\n036.046\nY: Not a Sign comes to them from among the Signs of their Lord, but they\nturn away therefrom.\n\nP: Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did\nturn away from it!\n\nS: And there comes not to them a communication of the communications of\ntheir Lord but they turn aside from it.\n\n036.047\nY: And when they are told, \"Spend ye of (the bounties) with which Allah\nhas provided you,\" the Unbelievers say to those who believe: \"Shall we\nthen feed those whom, if Allah had so willed, He would have fed,\n(Himself)?- Ye are in nothing but manifest error.\"\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath\nprovided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we\nfeed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else\nthan error manifest.\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Spend out of what Allah has given you,\nthose who disbelieve say to those who believe: Shall we feed him whom,\nif Allah please, He could feed? You are in naught but clear error.\n\n036.048\nY: Further, they say, \"When will this promise (come to pass), if what ye\nsay is true?\"\n\nP: And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are\ntruthful?\n\nS: And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are\ntruthful?\n\n036.049\nY: They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it will\nseize them while they are yet disputing among themselves!\n\nP: They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are\ndisputing.\n\nS: They wait not for aught but a single cry which will overtake them\nwhile they yet contend with one another.\n\n036.050\nY: No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their\naffairs), nor to return to their own people!\n\nP: Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.\n\nS: So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to\ntheir families.\n\n036.051\nY: The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! from the sepulchres (men)\nwill rush forth to their Lord!\n\nP: And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their\nLord,\n\nS: And the trumpet shall be blown, when lo! from their graves they\nshall hasten on to their Lord.\n\n036.052\nY: They will say: \"Ah! Woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from our beds\nof repose?\"... (A voice will say:) \"This is what (Allah) Most Gracious\nhad promised. And true was the word of the messengers!\"\n\nP: Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This\nis that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke\ntruth.\n\nS: They shall say: O woe to us! who has raised us up from our\nsleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent Allah promised and the\nmessengers told the truth.\n\n036.053\nY: It will be no more than a single Blast, when lo! they will all be\nbrought up before Us!\n\nP: It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!\n\nS: There would be naught but a single cry, when lo! they shall all be\nbrought before Us.\n\n036.054\nY: Then, on that Day, not a soul will be wronged in the least, and ye\nshall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds.\n\nP: This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save\nwhat ye used to do.\n\nS: So this day no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and\nyou shall not be rewarded aught but that which you did.\n\n036.055\nY: Verily the Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in all\nthat they do;\n\nP: Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,\n\nS: Surely the dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in an\noccupation quite happy.\n\n036.056\nY: They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shade,\nreclining on Thrones (of dignity);\n\nP: They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;\n\nS: They and their wives shall be in shades, reclining on raised couches.\n\n036.057\nY: (Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be there for them; they shall have\nwhatever they call for;\n\nP: Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they\nask;\n\nS: They shall have fruits therein, and they shall have whatever they\ndesire.\n\n036.058\nY: \"Peace!\" - a word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful!\n\nP: The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!\n\nS: Peace: a word from a Merciful Lord.\n\n036.059\nY: \"And O ye in sin! Get ye apart this Day!\"\n\nP: But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!\n\nS: And get aside today, O guilty ones!\n\n036.060\nY: \"Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not\nworship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?\"-\n\nP: Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the\ndevil - Lo! he is your open foe!\n\nS: Did I not charge you, O children of Adam! that you should not serve\nthe Shaitan? Surely he is your open enemy,\n\n036.061\nY: \"And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straight Way?\"\n\nP: But that ye worship Me? That was the right path.\n\nS: And that you should serve Me; this is the right way.\n\n036.062\nY: \"But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then,\nunderstand?\"\n\nP: Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no\nsense?\n\nS: And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. What!\ncould you not then understand?\n\n036.063\nY: \"This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!\"\n\nP: This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).\n\nS: This is the hell with which you were threatened.\n\n036.064\nY: \"Embrace ye the (fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejected\n(Truth).\"\n\nP: Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.\n\nS: Enter into it this day because you disbelieved.\n\n036.065\nY: That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will\nspeak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.\n\nP: This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and\ntheir feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.\n\nS: On that day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands\nshall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they\nearned.\n\n036.066\nY: If it had been our Will, We could surely have blotted out their eyes;\nthen should they have run about groping for the Path, but how could\nthey have seen?\n\nP: And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so\nthat they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen?\n\nS: And if We please We would certainly put out their eyes, then they\nwould run about groping for the way, but how should they see?\n\n036.067\nY: And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to\nremain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move\nabout, nor could they have returned (after error).\n\nP: And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place,\nmaking them powerless to go forward or turn back.\n\nS: And if We please We would surely transform them in their place, then\nthey would not be able to go on, nor will they return.\n\n036.068\nY: If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature:\nWill they not then understand?\n\nP: He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him\ngo back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense?\n\nS: And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce (him) to an abject\nstate in constitution; do they not then understand?\n\n036.069\nY: We have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry, nor is it meet for\nhim: this is no less than a Message and a Qur'an making things clear:\n\nP: And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him.\nThis is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain,\n\nS: And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him; it is\nnothing but a reminder and a plain Quran,\n\n036.070\nY: That it may give admonition to any (who are) alive, and that the\ncharge may be proved against those who reject (Truth).\n\nP: To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against\nthe disbelievers.\n\nS: That it may warn him who would have life, and (that) the word may\nprove true against the unbelievers.\n\n036.071\nY: See they not that it is We Who have created for them - among the\nthings which Our hands have fashioned - cattle, which are under their\ndominion?-\n\nP: Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the\ncattle, so that they are their owners,\n\nS: Do they not see that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our\nhands have wrought, so they are their masters?\n\n036.072\nY: And that We have subjected them to their (use)? of them some do carry\nthem and some they eat:\n\nP: And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for\nriding, some for food?\n\nS: And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they have to ride\nupon, and some of them they eat.\n\n036.073\nY: And they have (other) profits from them (besides), and they get\n(milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful?\n\nP: Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then\ngive thanks?\n\nS: And therein they have advantages and drinks; will they not then be\ngrateful?\n\n036.074\nY: Yet they take (for worship) gods other than Allah, (hoping) that they\nmight be helped!\n\nP: And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may\nbe helped.\n\nS: And they have taken gods besides Allah that they may be helped.\n\n036.075\nY: They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up\n(before Our Judgment-seat) as a troop (to be condemned).\n\nP: It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are\nunto them a host in arms.\n\nS: (But) they shall not be able to assist them, and they shall be a host\nbrought up before them.\n\n036.076\nY: Let not their speech, then, grieve thee. Verily We know what they\nhide as well as what they disclose.\n\nP: So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what\nthey conceal and what proclaim.\n\nS: Therefore let not their speech grieve you; surely We know what they\ndo in secret and what they do openly.\n\n036.077\nY: Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet\nbehold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary!\n\nP: Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet\nlo! he is an open opponent.\n\nS: Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then\nlo! he is an open disputant.\n\n036.078\nY: And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and)\nCreation: He says, \"Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed\nones (at that)?\"\n\nP: And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact\nof his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have\nrotted away?\n\nS: And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation.\nSays he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?\n\n036.079\nY: Say, \"He will give them life Who created them for the first time! for\nHe is Well-versed in every kind of creation!\"-\n\nP: Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is\nKnower of every creation,\n\nS: Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at\nfirst, and He is cognizant of all creation,\n\n036.080\nY: \"The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when\nbehold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)!\"\n\nP: Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye\nkindle from it.\n\nS: He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the green tree, so\nthat with it you kindle (fire).\n\n036.081\nY: \"Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the\nlike thereof?\" - Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill\nand knowledge (infinite)!\n\nP: Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the\nlike of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator,\n\nS: Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the\nlike of them? Yea! and He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.\n\n036.082\nY: Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command is, \"be\", and it is!\n\nP: But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith\nunto it: Be! and it is.\n\nS: His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, so\nit is.\n\n036.083\nY: So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion of all things: and to\nHim will ye be all brought back.\n\nP: Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all\nthings! Unto Him ye will be brought back.\n\nS: Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things,\nand to Him you shall be brought back.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 37:\n\n           AS-SAAFFAT (THOSE WHO SET THE RANKS, DRAWN UP IN RANKS)\n Total Verses: 182 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n037.001\nY: By those who range themselves in ranks,\n\nP: By those who set the ranks in battle order\n\nS: I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks\n\n037.002\nY: And so are strong in repelling (evil),\n\nP: And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof\n\nS: Then those who drive away with reproof,\n\n037.003\nY: And thus proclaim the Message (of Allah)!\n\nP: And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,\n\nS: Then those who recite, being mindful,\n\n037.004\nY: Verily, verily, your Allah is one!-\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord is surely One;\n\nS: Most surely your Allah is One:\n\n037.005\nY: Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all between them, and Lord\nof every point at the rising of the sun!\n\nP: Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them,\nand Lord of the sun's risings.\n\nS: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and\nLord of the easts.\n\n037.006\nY: We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars,-\n\nP: Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;\n\nS: Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the\nstars,\n\n037.007\nY: (For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil\nspirits,\n\nP: With security from every froward devil.\n\nS: And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan.\n\n037.008\nY: (So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the\nExalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,\n\nP: They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from\nevery side,\n\nS: They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at\nfrom every side,\n\n037.009\nY: Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,\n\nP: Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;\n\nS: Being driven off, and for them is a perpetual chastisement,\n\n037.010\nY: Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued\nby a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.\n\nP: Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing\nflame.\n\nS: Except him who snatches off but once, then there follows him a\nbrightly shining flame.\n\n037.011\nY: Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the\n(other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky\nclay!\n\nP: Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those\n(others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.\n\nS: Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others)\nwhom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.\n\n037.012\nY: Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,\n\nP: Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock\n\nS: Nay! you wonder while they mock,\n\n037.013\nY: And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-\n\nP: And heed not when they are reminded,\n\nS: And when they are reminded, they mind not,\n\n037.014\nY: And, when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery,\n\nP: And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.\n\nS: And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff,\n\n037.015\nY: And say, \"This is nothing but evident sorcery!\"\n\nP: And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;\n\nS: And they say: This is nothing but clear magic:\n\n037.016\nY: \"What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be\nraised up (again)?\"\n\nP: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then,\nforsooth, be raised (again)?\n\nS: What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then\ncertainly be raised,\n\n037.017\nY: \"And also our fathers of old?\"\n\nP: And our forefathers?\n\nS: Or our fathers of yore?\n\n037.018\nY: Say thou: \"Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your\nevil).\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.\n\nS: Say: Aye! and you shall be abject.\n\n037.019\nY: Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will\nbegin to see!\n\nP: There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,\n\nS: So it shall only be a single cry, when lo! they shall see.\n\n037.020\nY: They will say, \"Ah! Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!\"\n\nP: And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.\n\nS: And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of requital.\n\n037.021\nY: (A voice will say,) \"This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth ye\n(once) denied!\"\n\nP: This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.\n\nS: This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie.\n\n037.022\nY: \"Bring ye up\", it shall be said, \"The wrong-doers and their wives,\nand the things they worshipped-\"\n\nP: (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong,\ntogether with their wives and what they used to worship\n\nS: Gather together those who were unjust and their associates, and what\nthey used to worship\n\n037.023\nY: \"Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!\"\n\nP: Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;\n\nS: Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell.\n\n037.024\nY: \"But stop them, for they must be asked:\"\n\nP: And stop them, for they must be questioned.\n\nS: And stop them, for they shall be questioned:\n\n037.025\nY: \"'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'\"\n\nP: What aileth you that ye help not one another?\n\nS: What is the matter with you that you do not help each other?\n\n037.026\nY: Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgment);\n\nP: Nay, but this day they make full submission.\n\nS: Nay! on that day they shall be submissive.\n\n037.027\nY: And they will turn to one another, and question one another.\n\nP: And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.\n\nS: And some of them shall advance towards others, questioning each\nother.\n\n037.028\nY: They will say: \"It was ye who used to come to us from the right hand\n(of power and authority)!\"\n\nP: They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye\nspoke the truth).\n\nS: They shall say: Surely you used to come to us from the right side.\n\n037.029\nY: They will reply: \"Nay, ye yourselves had no Faith!\"\n\nP: They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.\n\nS: They shall say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers;\n\n037.030\nY: \"Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a people\nin obstinate rebellion!\"\n\nP: We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.\n\nS: And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people;\n\n037.031\nY: \"So now has been proved true, against us, the word of our Lord that\nwe shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins).\"\n\nP: Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we\nare about to taste (the doom).\n\nS: So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us: (now) we\nshall surely taste;\n\n037.032\nY: \"We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray.\"\n\nP: Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.\n\nS: So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring.\n\n037.033\nY: Truly, that Day, they will (all) share in the Penalty.\n\nP: Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.\n\nS: So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement one with\nanother.\n\n037.034\nY: Verily that is how We shall deal with Sinners.\n\nP: Lo! thus deal We with the guilty.\n\nS: Surely thus do We deal with the guilty.\n\n037.035\nY: For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah,\nwould puff themselves up with Pride,\n\nP: For when it was said unto them, There is no God save Allah, they\nwere scornful\n\nS: Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to them: There is\nno god but Allah;\n\n037.036\nY: And say: \"What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet\npossessed?\"\n\nP: And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?\n\nS: And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a\nmad poet?\n\n037.037\nY: Nay! he has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the Message\nof) the messengers (before him).\n\nP: Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before\nhim).\n\nS: Nay: he has come with the truth and verified the messengers.\n\n037.038\nY: Ye shall indeed taste of the Grievous Penalty;-\n\nP: Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -\n\nS: Most surely you will taste the painful punishment.\n\n037.039\nY: But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye\nhave wrought;-\n\nP: Ye are requited naught save what ye did -\n\nS: And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did.\n\n037.040\nY: But the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah,-\n\nP: Save single-minded slaves of Allah;\n\nS: Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones.\n\n037.041\nY: For them is a Sustenance determined,\n\nP: For them there is a known provision,\n\nS: For them is a known sustenance,\n\n037.042\nY: Fruits (Delights); and they (shall enjoy) honour and dignity,\n\nP: Fruits. And they will be honoured\n\nS: Fruits, and they shall be highly honored,\n\n037.043\nY: In Gardens of Felicity,\n\nP: In the Gardens of delight,\n\nS: In gardens of pleasure,\n\n037.044\nY: Facing each other on Thrones (of Dignity):\n\nP: On couches facing one another;\n\nS: On thrones, facing each other.\n\n037.045\nY: Round will be passed to them a Cup from a clear-flowing fountain,\n\nP: A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,\n\nS: A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of\nsprings,\n\n037.046\nY: Crystal-white, of a taste delicious to those who drink (thereof),\n\nP: White, delicious to the drinkers,\n\nS: White, delicious to those who drink.\n\n037.047\nY: Free from headiness; nor will they suffer intoxication therefrom.\n\nP: Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.\n\nS: There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be exhausted\ntherewith.\n\n037.048\nY: And besides them will be chaste women, restraining their glances,\nwith big eyes (of wonder and beauty).\n\nP: And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,\n\nS: And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes, having beautiful\neyes;\n\n037.049\nY: As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.\n\nP: (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).\n\nS: As if they were eggs carefully protected.\n\n037.050\nY: Then they will turn to one another and question one another.\n\nP: And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.\n\nS: Then shall some of them advance to others, questioning each other.\n\n037.051\nY: One of them will start the talk and say: \"I had an intimate companion\n(on the earth),\"\n\nP: A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade\n\nS: A speaker from among them shall say: Surely I had a comrade of mine,\n\n037.052\nY: \"Who used to say, 'what! art thou amongst those who bear witness to\nthe Truth (of the Message)?\"\n\nP: Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his\nwords)?\n\nS: Who said: What! are you indeed of those who accept (the truth)?\n\n037.053\nY: \"'When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed receive\nrewards and punishments?'\"\n\nP: Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we\n(then) verily be brought to book?\n\nS: What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then\nbe certainly brought to judgment?\n\n037.054\nY: (A voice) said: \"Would ye like to look down?\"\n\nP: He saith: Will ye look?\n\nS: He shall say: Will you look on?\n\n037.055\nY: He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire.\n\nP: Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.\n\nS: Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.\n\n037.056\nY: He said: \"By Allah! thou wast little short of bringing me to\nperdition!\"\n\nP: He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,\n\nS: He shall say: By Allah! you had almost caused me to perish;\n\n037.057\nY: \"Had it not been for the Grace of my Lord, I should certainly have\nbeen among those brought (there)!\"\n\nP: And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of\nthose haled forth (to doom).\n\nS: And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would certainly have\nbeen among those brought up.\n\n037.058\nY: \"Is it (the case) that we shall not die,\"\n\nP: Are we then not to die\n\nS: Is it then that we are not going to die,\n\n037.059\nY: \"Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?\"\n\nP: Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?\n\nS: Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?\n\n037.060\nY: Verily this is the supreme achievement!\n\nP: Lo! this is the supreme triumph.\n\nS: Most surely this is the mighty achievement.\n\n037.061\nY: For the like of this let all strive, who wish to strive.\n\nP: For the like of this, then, let the workers work.\n\nS: For the like of this then let the workers work.\n\n037.062\nY: Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?\n\nP: Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?\n\nS: Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?\n\n037.063\nY: For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.\n\nP: Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.\n\nS: Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.\n\n037.064\nY: For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:\n\nP: Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.\n\nS: Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell;\n\n037.065\nY: The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:\n\nP: Its crop is as it were the heads of devils\n\nS: Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents.\n\n037.066\nY: Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.\n\nP: And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies\ntherewith.\n\nS: Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill (their) bellies with\nit.\n\n037.067\nY: Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling\nwater.\n\nP: And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water\n\nS: Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a mixture\nprepared in boiling water.\n\n037.068\nY: Then shall their return be to the (Blazing) Fire.\n\nP: And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.\n\nS: Then most surely their return shall be to hell.\n\n037.069\nY: Truly they found their fathers on the wrong Path;\n\nP: They indeed found their fathers astray,\n\nS: Surely they found their fathers going astray,\n\n037.070\nY: So they (too) were rushed down on their footsteps!\n\nP: But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.\n\nS: So in their footsteps they are being hastened on.\n\n037.071\nY: And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-\n\nP: And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,\n\nS: And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,\n\n037.072\nY: But We sent aforetime, among them, (messengers) to admonish them;-\n\nP: And verily We sent among them warners.\n\nS: And certainly We sent among them warners.\n\n037.073\nY: Then see what was the end of those who were admonished (but heeded\nnot),-\n\nP: Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,\n\nS: Then see how was the end of those warned,\n\n037.074\nY: Except the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah.\n\nP: Save single-minded slaves of Allah.\n\nS: Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones.\n\n037.075\nY: (In the days of old), Noah cried to Us, and We are the best to hear\nprayer.\n\nP: And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his\nprayer.\n\nS: And Nuh did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent answerer of\nprayer are We.\n\n037.076\nY: And We delivered him and his people from the Great Calamity,\n\nP: And We saved him and his household from the great distress,\n\nS: And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress.\n\n037.077\nY: And made his progeny to endure (on this earth);\n\nP: And made his seed the survivors,\n\nS: And We made his offspring the survivors.\n\n037.078\nY: And We left (this blessing) for him among generations to come in\nlater times:\n\nP: And left for him among the later folk (the salutation):\n\nS: And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.\n\n037.079\nY: \"Peace and salutation to Noah among the nations!\"\n\nP: Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!\n\nS: Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations.\n\n037.080\nY: Thus indeed do we reward those who do right.\n\nP: Lo! thus do We reward the good.\n\nS: Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.\n\n037.081\nY: For he was one of our believing Servants.\n\nP: Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.\n\nS: Surely he was of Our believing servants.\n\n037.082\nY: Then the rest we overwhelmed in the Flood.\n\nP: Then We did drown the others.\n\nS: Then We drowned the others\n\n037.083\nY: Verily among those who followed his Way was Abraham.\n\nP: And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham\n\nS: And most surely Ibrahim followed his way.\n\n037.084\nY: Behold! he approached his Lord with a sound heart.\n\nP: When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;\n\nS: When he came to his Lord with a free heart,\n\n037.085\nY: Behold! he said to his father and to his people, \"What is that which\nye worship?\"\n\nP: When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye\nworship?\n\nS: When he said to his father and his people: What is it that you\nworship?\n\n037.086\nY: \"Is it a falsehood- gods other than Allah- that ye desire?\"\n\nP: Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire?\n\nS: A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire?\n\n037.087\nY: \"Then what is your idea about the Lord of the worlds?\"\n\nP: What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?\n\nS: What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?\n\n037.088\nY: Then did he cast a glance at the Stars.\n\nP: And he glanced a glance at the stars\n\nS: Then he looked at the stars, looking up once,\n\n037.089\nY: And he said, \"I am indeed sick (at heart)!\"\n\nP: Then said: Lo! I feel sick!\n\nS: Then he said: Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these).\n\n037.090\nY: So they turned away from him, and departed.\n\nP: And they turned their backs and went away from him.\n\nS: So they went away from him, turning back.\n\n037.091\nY: Then did he turn to their gods and said, \"Will ye not eat (of the\nofferings before you)?...\"\n\nP: Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?\n\nS: Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you\nnot eat?\n\n037.092\nY: \"What is the matter with you that ye speak not (intelligently)?\"\n\nP: What aileth you that ye speak not?\n\nS: What is the matter with you that you do not speak?\n\n037.093\nY: Then did he turn upon them, striking (them) with the right hand.\n\nP: Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.\n\nS: Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right\nhand.\n\n037.094\nY: Then came (the worshippers) with hurried steps, and faced (him).\n\nP: And (his people) came toward him, hastening.\n\nS: So they (people) advanced towards him, hastening.\n\n037.095\nY: He said: \"Worship ye that which ye have (yourselves) carved?\"\n\nP: He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve\n\nS: Said he: What! do you worship what you hew out?\n\n037.096\nY: \"But Allah has created you and your handwork!\"\n\nP: When Allah hath created you and what ye make?\n\nS: And Allah has created you and what you make.\n\n037.097\nY: They said, \"Build him a furnace, and throw him into the blazing\nfire!\"\n\nP: They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.\n\nS: They said: Build for him a furnace, then cast him into the burning\nfire.\n\n037.098\nY: (This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but We made\nthem the ones most humiliated!\n\nP: And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.\n\nS: And they desired a war against him, but We brought them low.\n\n037.099\nY: He said: \"I will go to my Lord! He will surely guide me!\"\n\nP: And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.\n\nS: And he said: Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me.\n\n037.100\nY: \"O my Lord! Grant me a righteous (son)!\"\n\nP: My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.\n\nS: My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.\n\n037.101\nY: So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and forbear.\n\nP: So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.\n\nS: So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance.\n\n037.102\nY: Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he\nsaid: \"O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now\nsee what is thy view!\" (The son) said: \"O my father! Do as thou art\ncommanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience\nand Constancy!\"\n\nP: And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O\nmy dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So\nlook, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art\ncommanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.\n\nS: And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my son! surely I\nhave seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you; consider then what\nyou see. He said: O my father! do what you are commanded; if Allah\nplease, you will find me of the patient ones.\n\n037.103\nY: So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah), and he had\nlaid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),\n\nP: Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him\ndown upon his face,\n\nS: So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead,\n\n037.104\nY: We called out to him \"O Abraham!\"\n\nP: We called unto him: O Abraham!\n\nS: And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim!\n\n037.105\nY: \"Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!\" - thus indeed do We reward\nthose who do right.\n\nP: Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the\ngood.\n\nS: You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We\nreward the doers of good:\n\n037.106\nY: For this was obviously a trial-\n\nP: Lo! that verily was a clear test.\n\nS: Most surely this is a manifest trial.\n\n037.107\nY: And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:\n\nP: Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.\n\nS: And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice.\n\n037.108\nY: And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in\nlater times:\n\nP: And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation):\n\nS: And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later generations.\n\n037.109\nY: \"Peace and salutation to Abraham!\"\n\nP: Peace be unto Abraham!\n\nS: Peace be on Ibrahim.\n\n037.110\nY: Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.\n\nP: Thus do We reward the good.\n\nS: Thus do We reward the doers of good.\n\n037.111\nY: For he was one of our believing Servants.\n\nP: Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.\n\nS: Surely he was one of Our believing servants.\n\n037.112\nY: And We gave him the good news of Isaac - a prophet,- one of the\nRighteous.\n\nP: And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the\nrighteous.\n\nS: And We gave him the good news of Ishaq, a prophet among the good\nones.\n\n037.113\nY: We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny are (some) that do\nright, and (some) that obviously do wrong, to their own souls.\n\nP: And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good,\nand some who plainly wrong themselves.\n\nS: And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq; and of their\noffspring are the doers of good, and (also) those who are clearly\nunjust to their own souls.\n\n037.114\nY: Again (of old) We bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron,\n\nP: And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,\n\nS: And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun.\n\n037.115\nY: And We delivered them and their people from (their) Great Calamity;\n\nP: And saved them and their people from the great distress,\n\nS: And We delivered them both and their people from the mighty distress.\n\n037.116\nY: And We helped them, so they overcame (their troubles);\n\nP: And helped them so that they became the victors.\n\nS: And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers.\n\n037.117\nY: And We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear;\n\nP: And We gave them the clear Scripture\n\nS: And We gave them both the Book that made (things) clear.\n\n037.118\nY: And We guided them to the Straight Way.\n\nP: And showed them the right path.\n\nS: And We guided them both on the right way.\n\n037.119\nY: And We left (this blessing) for them among generations (to come) in\nlater times:\n\nP: And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation):\n\nS: And We perpetuated (praise) to them among the later generations.\n\n037.120\nY: \"Peace and salutation to Moses and Aaron!\"\n\nP: Peace be unto Moses and Aaron!\n\nS: Peace be on Musa and Haroun.\n\n037.121\nY: Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.\n\nP: Lo! thus do We reward the good.\n\nS: Even thus do We reward the doers of good.\n\n037.122\nY: For they were two of our believing Servants.\n\nP: Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves.\n\nS: Surely they were both of Our believing servants.\n\n037.123\nY: So also was Elias among those sent (by Us).\n\nP: And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn),\n\nS: And Ilyas was most surely of the messengers.\n\n037.124\nY: Behold, he said to his people, \"Will ye not fear (Allah)?\"\n\nP: When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)?\n\nS: When he said to his people: Do you not guard (against evil)?\n\n037.125\nY: \"Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators,\"-\n\nP: Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,\n\nS: What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators,\n\n037.126\nY: \"Allah, your Lord and Cherisher and the Lord and Cherisher of your\nfathers of old?\"\n\nP: Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?\n\nS: Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?\n\n037.127\nY: But they rejected him, and they will certainly be called up (for\npunishment),-\n\nP: But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)\n\nS: But they called him a liar, therefore they shall most surely be\nbrought up.\n\n037.128\nY: Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them).\n\nP: Save single-minded slaves of Allah.\n\nS: But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.\n\n037.129\nY: And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in\nlater times:\n\nP: And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation):\n\nS: And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.\n\n037.130\nY: \"Peace and salutation to such as Elias!\"\n\nP: Peace be unto Elias!\n\nS: Peace be on Ilyas.\n\n037.131\nY: Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.\n\nP: Lo! thus do We reward the good.\n\nS: Even thus do We reward the doers of good.\n\n037.132\nY: For he was one of our believing Servants.\n\nP: Lo! he is one of our believing slaves.\n\nS: Surely he was one of Our believing servants.\n\n037.133\nY: So also was Lut among those sent (by Us).\n\nP: And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn).\n\nS: And Lut was most surely of the messengers.\n\n037.134\nY: Behold, We delivered him and his adherents, all\n\nP: When We saved him and his household, every one,\n\nS: When We delivered him and his followers, all--\n\n037.135\nY: Except an old woman who was among those who lagged behind:\n\nP: Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;\n\nS: Except an old woman (who was) amongst those who tarried.\n\n037.136\nY: Then We destroyed the rest.\n\nP: Then We destroyed the others.\n\nS: Then We destroyed the others.\n\n037.137\nY: Verily, ye pass by their (sites), by day-\n\nP: And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning\n\nS: And most surely you pass by them in the morning,\n\n037.138\nY: And by night: will ye not understand?\n\nP: And at night-time; have ye then no sense?\n\nS: And at night; do you not then understand?\n\n037.139\nY: So also was Jonah among those sent (by Us).\n\nP: And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)\n\nS: And Yunus was most surely of the messengers.\n\n037.140\nY: When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to the ship (fully)\nladen,\n\nP: When he fled unto the laden ship,\n\nS: When he ran away to a ship completely laden,\n\n037.141\nY: He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:\n\nP: And then drew lots and was of those rejected;\n\nS: So he shared (with them), but was of those who are cast off.\n\n037.142\nY: Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of\nblame.\n\nP: And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;\n\nS: So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed\nhimself.\n\n037.143\nY: Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah,\n\nP: And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)\n\nS: But had it not been that he was of those who glorify (Us),\n\n037.144\nY: He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of\nResurrection.\n\nP: He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised;\n\nS: He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day when they are\nraised.\n\n037.145\nY: But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness,\n\nP: Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;\n\nS: Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth while he was\nsick.\n\n037.146\nY: And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.\n\nP: And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;\n\nS: And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant.\n\n037.147\nY: And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more.\n\nP: And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more\n\nS: And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they exceeded.\n\n037.148\nY: And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a\nwhile.\n\nP: And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while.\n\nS: And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time.\n\n037.149\nY: Now ask them their opinion: Is it that thy Lord has (only) daughters,\nand they have sons?-\n\nP: Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have\nsons?\n\nS: Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they have sons.\n\n037.150\nY: Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses\n(thereto)?\n\nP: Or created We the angels females while they were present?\n\nS: Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?\n\n037.151\nY: Is it not that they say, from their own invention,\n\nP: Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:\n\nS: Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:\n\n037.152\nY: \"Allah has begotten children\"? but they are liars!\n\nP: Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.\n\nS: Allah has begotten; and most surely they are liars.\n\n037.153\nY: Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?\n\nP: (And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.\n\nS: Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?\n\n037.154\nY: What is the matter with you? How judge ye?\n\nP: What aileth you? How judge ye?\n\nS: What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge?\n\n037.155\nY: Will ye not then receive admonition?\n\nP: Will ye not then reflect?\n\nS: Will you not then mind?\n\n037.156\nY: Or have ye an authority manifest?\n\nP: Or have ye a clear warrant?\n\nS: Or have you a clear authority?\n\n037.157\nY: Then bring ye your Book (of authority) if ye be truthful!\n\nP: Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.\n\nS: Then bring your book, if you are truthful.\n\n037.158\nY: And they have invented a blood-relationship between Him and the\njinns: but the jinns know (quite well) that they have indeed to appear\n(before his Judgment-Seat)!\n\nP: And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn\nknow well that they will be brought before (Him).\n\nS: And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn; and\ncertainly the jinn do know that they shall surely be brought up;\n\n037.159\nY: Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the things they ascribe (to Him)!\n\nP: Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him),\n\nS: Glory be to Allah (for freedom) from what they describe;\n\n037.160\nY: Not (so do) the Servants of Allah, sincere and devoted.\n\nP: Save single-minded slaves of Allah.\n\nS: But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones.\n\n037.161\nY: For, verily, neither ye nor those ye worship-\n\nP: Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,\n\nS: So surely you and what you worship,\n\n037.162\nY: Can lead (any) into temptation concerning Allah,\n\nP: Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him.\n\nS: Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial,\n\n037.163\nY: Except such as are (themselves) going to the blazing Fire!\n\nP: Save him who is to burn in hell.\n\nS: Save him who will go to hell.\n\n037.164\nY: (Those ranged in ranks say): \"Not one of us but has a place\nappointed;\"\n\nP: There is not one of us but hath his known position.\n\nS: And there is none of us but has an assigned place,\n\n037.165\nY: \"And we are verily ranged in ranks (for service);\"\n\nP: Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,\n\nS: And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in ranks,\n\n037.166\nY: \"And we are verily those who declare (Allah's) glory!\"\n\nP: Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise\n\nS: And we are most surely they who declare the glory (of Allah).\n\n037.167\nY: And there were those who said,\n\nP: And indeed they used to say:\n\nS: And surely they used to say:\n\n037.168\nY: \"If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,\"\n\nP: If we had but a reminder from the men of old\n\nS: Had we a reminder from those of yore,\n\n037.169\nY: \"We should certainly have been Servants of Allah, sincere (and\ndevoted)!\"\n\nP: We would be single-minded slaves of Allah.\n\nS: We would certainly have been the servants of Allah-- the purified\nones.\n\n037.170\nY: But (now that the Qur'an has come), they reject it: But soon will\nthey know!\n\nP: Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come\nto know.\n\nS: But (now) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to know.\n\n037.171\nY: Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to our Servants sent\n(by Us),\n\nP: And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)\n\nS: And certainly Our word has already gone forth in respect of Our\nservants, the messengers:\n\n037.172\nY: That they would certainly be assisted,\n\nP: That they verily would be helped,\n\nS: Most surely they shall be the assisted ones\n\n037.173\nY: And that Our forces,- they surely must conquer.\n\nP: And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.\n\nS: And most surely Our host alone shall be the victorious ones.\n\n037.174\nY: So turn thou away from them for a little while,\n\nP: So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile,\n\nS: Therefore turn away from them till a time,\n\n037.175\nY: And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall see (how thou\nfarest)!\n\nP: And watch, for they will (soon) see.\n\nS: And (then) see them, so they too shall see.\n\n037.176\nY: Do they wish (indeed) to hurry on our Punishment?\n\nP: Would they hasten on Our doom?\n\nS: What! would they then hasten on Our chastisement?\n\n037.177\nY: But when it descends into the open space before them, evil will be\nthe morning for those who were warned (and heeded not)!\n\nP: But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morning for\nthose who have been warned.\n\nS: But when it shall descend in their court, evil shall then be the\nmorning of the warned ones.\n\n037.178\nY: So turn thou away from them for a little while,\n\nP: Withdraw from them awhile\n\nS: And turn away from them till a time\n\n037.179\nY: And watch (how they fare) and they soon shall see (how thou farest)!\n\nP: And watch, for they will (soon) see.\n\nS: And (then) see, for they too shall see.\n\n037.180\nY: Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from\nwhat they ascribe (to Him)!\n\nP: Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they\nattribute (unto Him)\n\nS: Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, above what they describe.\n\n037.181\nY: And Peace on the messengers!\n\nP: And peace be unto those sent (to warn).\n\nS: And peace be on the messengers.\n\n037.182\nY: And Praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.\n\nP: And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 38:\n\n                            SAD (THE LETTER SAD)\n Total Verses: 88 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n038.001\nY: Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).\n\nP: Sad. By the renowned Qur'an,\n\nS: Suad, I swear by the Quran, full of admonition.\n\n038.002\nY: But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism.\n\nP: Nay, but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism.\n\nS: Nay! those who disbelieve are in self-exaltation and opposition.\n\n038.003\nY: How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they\ncried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!\n\nP: How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out\nwhen it was no longer the time for escape!\n\nS: How many did We destroy before them of the generations, then they\ncried while the time of escaping had passed away.\n\n038.004\nY: So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves!\nand the Unbelievers say, \"This is a sorcerer telling lies!\"\n\nP: And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto\nthem, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan.\n\nS: And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among\nthemselves, and the disbelievers say: This IS an enchanter, a liar.\n\n038.005\nY: \"Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah? Truly this is a wonderful\nthing!\"\n\nP: Maketh he the gods One Allah? Lo! that is an astounding thing.\n\nS: What! makes he the gods a single Allah? A strange thing is this, to\nbe sure!\n\n038.006\nY: And the leader among them go away (impatiently), (saying), \"Walk ye\naway, and remain constant to your gods! For this is truly a thing\ndesigned (against you)!\"\n\nP: The chiefs among them go about, exhorting: Go and be staunch to your\ngods! Lo! this is a thing designed.\n\nS: And the chief persons of them break forth, saying: Go and steadily\nadhere to your gods; this is most surely a thing sought after.\n\n038.007\nY: \"We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter\ndays: this is nothing but a made-up tale!\"\n\nP: We have not heard of this in later religion. This is naught but an\ninvention.\n\nS: We never heard of this in the former faith; this is nothing but a\nforgery:\n\n038.008\nY: \"What! has the Message been sent to him - (Of all persons) among\nus?\"...but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message! Nay, they\nhave not yet tasted My Punishment!\n\nP: Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are\nin doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My\ndoom.\n\nS: Has the reminder been revealed to him from among us? Nay! they are in\ndoubt as to My reminder. Nay! they have not yet tasted My chastisement!\n\n038.009\nY: Or have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in\nPower, the Grantor of Bounties without measure?\n\nP: Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the\nBestower?\n\nS: Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the\nMighty, the great Giver?\n\n038.010\nY: Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all\nbetween? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach\nthat end)!\n\nP: Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is\nbetween them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes!\n\nS: Or is it that theirs is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and\nwhat is between them? Then let them ascend by any means.\n\n038.011\nY: But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates.\n\nP: A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there.\n\nS: A host of deserters of the allies shall be here put to flight.\n\n038.012\nY: Before them (were many who) rejected messengers,- the people of Noah,\nand 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes,\n\nP: The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the\ntribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted,\n\nS: The people of Nuh and Ad, and Firon, the lord of spikes, rejected\n(messengers) before them.\n\n038.013\nY: And Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood;\n- such were the Confederates.\n\nP: And (the tribe of) Thamud, and the folk of Lot, and the dwellers in\nthe wood: these were the factions.\n\nS: And Samood and the people of Lut and the dwellers of the thicket;\nthese were the parties.\n\n038.014\nY: Not one (of them) but rejected the messengers, but My punishment came\njustly and inevitably (on them).\n\nP: Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor My doom was\njustified,\n\nS: There was none of them but called the messengers liars, so just was\nMy retribution.\n\n038.015\nY: These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it\ncomes) will brook no delay.\n\nP: These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto.\n\nS: Nor do these await aught but a single cry, there being no delay in\nit.\n\n038.016\nY: They say: \"Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the Day\nof Account!\"\n\nP: They say: Our Lord! Hasten on for us our fate before the Day of\nReckoning.\n\nS: And they say: O our Lord! hasten on to us our portion before the day\nof reckoning.\n\n038.017\nY: Have patience at what they say, and remember our servant David, the\nman of strength: for he ever turned (to Allah).\n\nP: Bear with what they say, and remember Our bondman David, lord of\nmight, Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).\n\nS: Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant Dawood, the\npossessor of power; surely he was frequent in returning (to Allah).\n\n038.018\nY: It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, Our\nPraises, at eventide and at break of day,\n\nP: Lo! We subdued the hills to hymn the praises (of their Lord) with him\nat nightfall and sunrise,\n\nS: Surely We made the mountains to sing the glory (of Allah) in unison\nwith him at the evening and the sunrise,\n\n038.019\nY: And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn (to\nAllah).\n\nP: And the birds assembled; all were turning unto Him.\n\nS: And the birds gathered together; all joined in singing with him.\n\n038.020\nY: We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and sound judgment\nin speech and decision.\n\nP: We made his kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.\n\nS: And We strengthened his kingdom and We gave him wisdom and a clear\njudgment.\n\n038.021\nY: Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, they climbed\nover the wall of the private chamber;\n\nP: And hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed\nthe wall into the royal chamber;\n\nS: And has there come to you the story of the litigants, when they made\nan entry into the private chamber by ascending over the walls?\n\n038.022\nY: When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified of\nthem, they said: \"Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has\nwronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not\nwith injustice, but guide us to the even Path...\"\n\nP: How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of them. They said:\nBe not afraid! (We are) two litigants, one of whom hath wronged the\nother, therefor judge aright between us; be not unjust; and show us the\nfair way.\n\nS: When they entered in upon Dawood and he was frightened at them, they\nsaid: Fear not; two litigants, of whom one has acted wrongfully towards\nthe other, therefore decide between us with justice, and do not act\nunjustly, and guide us to the right way.\n\n038.023\nY: \"This man is my brother: He has nine and ninety ewes, and I have\n(but) one: Yet he says, 'commit her to my care,' and is (moreover)\nharsh to me in speech.\"\n\nP: Lo! this my brother hath ninety and nine ewes while I had one ewe;\nand he said: Entrust it to me, and he conquered me in speech.\n\nS: Surely this is my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes and I have a\nsingle ewe; but he said: Make it over to me, and he has prevailed\nagainst me in discourse.\n\n038.024\nY: (David) said: \"He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demanding thy\n(single) ewe to be added to his (flock of) ewes: truly many are the\npartners (in business) who wrong each other: Not so do those who\nbelieve and work deeds of righteousness, and how few are they?\"...and\nDavid gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness of his Lord,\nfell down, bowing (in prostration), and turned (to Allah in\nrepentance).\n\nP: (David) said: He hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe in addition\nto his ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one another, save such as\nbelieve and do good works, and they are few. And David guessed that We\nhad tried him, and he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he bowed\nhimself and fell down prostrate and repented.\n\nS: He said: Surely he has been unjust to you in demanding your ewe (to\nadd) to his own ewes; and most surely most of the partners act\nwrongfully towards one another, save those who believe and do good, and\nvery few are they; and Dawood was sure that We had tried him, so he\nsought the protection of his Lord and he fell down bowing and turned\ntime after time (to Him).\n\n038.025\nY: So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach\nto Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.\n\nP: So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to Our presence and a\nhappy journey's end.\n\nS: Therefore We rectified for him this, and most surely he had a\nnearness to Us and an excellent resort.\n\n038.026\nY: O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so judge thou\nbetween men in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy\nheart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of Allah: for those\nwho wander astray from the Path of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for\nthat they forget the Day of Account.\n\nP: (And it was said unto him): O David! Lo! We have set thee as a\nviceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow\nnot desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah. Lo! those who\nwander from the way of Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they\nforgot the Day of Reckoning.\n\nS: O Dawood! surely We have made you a ruler in the land; so judge\nbetween men with justice and do not follow desire, lest it should lead\nyou astray from the path of Allah; (as for) those who go astray from\nthe path of Allah, they shall surely have a severe punishment because\nthey forgot the day of reckoning.\n\n038.027\nY: Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between!\nthat were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers\nbecause of the Fire (of Hell)!\n\nP: And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between\nthem in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. And woe unto\nthose who disbelieve, from the Fire!\n\nS: And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between\nthem in vain; that is the opinion of those who disbelieve then woe to\nthose who disbelieve on account of the fire.\n\n038.028\nY: Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the\nsame as those who do mischief on earth? Shall We treat those who guard\nagainst evil, the same as those who turn aside from the right?\n\nP: Shall We treat those who believe and do good works as those who\nspread corruption in the earth; or shall We treat the pious as the\nwicked?\n\nS: Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers\nin the earth? Or shall We make those who guard (against evil) like the\nwicked?\n\n038.029\nY: (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of\nblessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of\nunderstanding may receive admonition.\n\nP: (This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of\nblessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of\nunderstanding may reflect.\n\nS: (It is) a Book We have revealed to you abounding in good that they\nmay ponder over its verses, and that those endowed with understanding\nmay be mindful.\n\n038.030\nY: To David We gave Solomon (for a son),- How excellent in Our service!\nEver did he turn (to Us)!\n\nP: And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was\never turning in repentance (toward Allah).\n\nS: And We gave to Dawood Sulaiman, most excellent the servant! Surely he\nwas frequent in returning (to Allah).\n\n038.031\nY: Behold, there were brought before him, at eventide coursers of the\nhighest breeding, and swift of foot;\n\nP: When there were shown to him at eventide lightfooted coursers\n\nS: When there were brought to him in the evening (horses) still when\nstanding, swift when running--\n\n038.032\nY: And he said, \"Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to the\nglory of my Lord,\"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night):\n\nP: And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to\nthe remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind\nthe curtain.\n\nS: Then he said: Surely I preferred the good things to the remembrance\nof my Lord-- until the sun set and time for Asr prayer was over, (he\nsaid):\n\n038.033\nY: \"Bring them back to me.\" then began he to pass his hand over (their)\nlegs and their necks.\n\nP: (Then he said): Bring them back to me, and fell to slashing (with his\nsword their) legs and necks.\n\nS: Bring them back to me; so he began to slash (their) legs and necks.\n\n038.034\nY: And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without\nlife); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):\n\nP: And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body.\nThen did he repent.\n\nS: And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We put on his throne a (mere)\nbody, so he turned (to Allah).\n\n038.035\nY: He said, \"O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom which, (it\nmay be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grantor of\nBounties (without measure).\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me sovereignty such as\nshall not belong to any after me. Lo! Thou art the Bestower.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! do Thou forgive me and grant me a kingdom which is\nnot fit for (being inherited by) anyone after me;\n\n038.036\nY: Then We subjected the wind to his power, to flow gently to his order,\nWhithersoever he willed,-\n\nP: So We made the wind subservient unto him, setting fair by his command\nwhithersoever he intended.\n\nS: Then We made the wind subservient to him; it made his command to run\ngently wherever he desired,\n\n038.037\nY: As also the evil ones, (including) every kind of builder and diver,-\n\nP: And the unruly, every builder and diver (made We subservient),\n\nS: And the shaitans, every builder and diver,\n\n038.038\nY: As also others bound together in fetters.\n\nP: And others linked together in chains,\n\nS: And others fettered in chains.\n\n038.039\nY: \"Such are Our Bounties: whether thou bestow them (on others) or\nwithhold them, no account will be asked.\"\n\nP: (Saying): This is Our gift, so bestow thou, or withhold, without\nreckoning.\n\nS: This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold, without\nreckoning.\n\n038.040\nY: And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful Place\nof (Final) Return.\n\nP: And lo! he hath favour with Us, and a happy journey's end.\n\nS: And most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.\n\n038.041\nY: Commemorate Our Servant Job. Behold he cried to his Lord: \"The Evil\nOne has afflicted me with distress and suffering!\"\n\nP: And make mention (O Muhammad) of Our bondman Job, when he cried unto\nhis Lord (saying): Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and\ntorment.\n\nS: And remember Our servant Ayyub, when he called upon his Lord: The\nShaitan has afflicted me with toil and torment.\n\n038.042\nY: (The command was given:) \"Strike with thy foot: here is (water)\nwherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink.\"\n\nP: (And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This\n(spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.\n\nS: Urge with your foot; here is a cool washing-place and a drink.\n\n038.043\nY: And We gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number,- as a\nGrace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who have\nUnderstanding.\n\nP: And We bestowed on him (again) his household and therewith the like\nthereof, a mercy from Us, and a memorial for men of understanding.\n\nS: And We gave him his family and the like of them with them, as a mercy\nfrom Us, and as a reminder to those possessed of understanding.\n\n038.044\nY: \"And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: and break\nnot (thy oath).\" Truly We found him full of patience and constancy. How\nexcellent in Our service! ever did he turn (to Us)!\n\nP: And (it was said unto him): Take in thine hand a branch and smite\ntherewith, and break not thine oath. Lo! We found him steadfast, how\nexcellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (to his Lord).\n\nS: And take in your hand a green branch and beat her with it and do not\nbreak your oath; surely We found him patient; most excellent the\nservant! Surely he was frequent in returning (to Allah).\n\n038.045\nY: And commemorate Our Servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, possessors of\nPower and Vision.\n\nP: And make mention of Our bondmen, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of\nparts and vision.\n\nS: And remember Our servants Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqoub, men of power\nand insight.\n\n038.046\nY: Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming the\nMessage of the Hereafter.\n\nP: Lo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance of the Home (of\nthe Hereafter).\n\nS: Surely We purified them by a pure quality, the keeping in mind of the\n(final) abode.\n\n038.047\nY: They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and the\nGood.\n\nP: Lo! in Our sight they are verily of the elect, the excellent.\n\nS: And most surely they were with Us, of the elect, the best.\n\n038.048\nY: And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha, and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was of\nthe Company of the Good.\n\nP: And make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl. All are of the\nchosen.\n\nS: And remember Ismail and Al-Yasha and Zulkifl; and they were all of\nthe best.\n\n038.049\nY: This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is\na beautiful Place of (Final) Return,-\n\nP: This is a reminder. And lo! for those who ward off (evil) is a happy\njourney's end,\n\nS: This is a reminder; and most surely there is an excellent resort for\nthose who guard (against evil),\n\n038.050\nY: Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will (ever) be open to them;\n\nP: Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them,\n\nS: The gardens of perpetuity, the doors are opened for them.\n\n038.051\nY: Therein will they recline (at ease): Therein can they call (at\npleasure) for fruit in abundance, and (delicious) drink;\n\nP: Wherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and cool drink\n(that is) therein.\n\nS: Reclining therein, calling therein for many fruits and drink.\n\n038.052\nY: And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances,\n(companions) of equal age.\n\nP: And with them are those of modest gaze, companions.\n\nS: And with them shall be those restraining their eyes, equals in age.\n\n038.053\nY: Such is the Promise made, to you for the Day of Account!\n\nP: This it is that ye are promised for the Day of Reckoning.\n\nS: This is what you are promised for the day of reckoning.\n\n038.054\nY: Truly such will be Our Bounty (to you); it will never fail;-\n\nP: Lo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste away.\n\nS: Most surely this is Our sustenance; it shall never come to an end;\n\n038.055\nY: Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (Final)\nReturn!-\n\nP: This (is for the righteous). And lo! for the transgressors there will\nbe an evil journey's end,\n\nS: This (shall be so); and most surely there is an evil resort for the\ninordinate ones;\n\n038.056\nY: Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-\n\nP: Hell, where they will burn, an evil resting-place.\n\nS: Hell; they shall enter it, so evil is the resting-place.\n\n038.057\nY: Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a boiling fluid, and a fluid\ndark, murky, intensely cold!-\n\nP: Here is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it,\n\nS: This (shall be so); so let them taste it, boiling and intensely cold\n(drink).\n\n038.058\nY: And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!\n\nP: And other (torment) of the kind in pairs (the two extremes)!\n\nS: And other (punishment) of the same kind-- of various sorts.\n\n038.059\nY: Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them!\ntruly, they shall burn in the Fire!\n\nP: Here is an army rushing blindly with you. (Those who are already in\nthe Fire say): No word of welcome for them. Lo! they will roast at the\nFire.\n\nS: This is an army plunging in without consideration along with you; no\nwelcome for them, surely they shall enter fire.\n\n038.060\nY: (The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) \"Nay, ye (too)! No\nwelcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is\n(this) place to stay in!\"\n\nP: They say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of\nwelcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is\nthe plight.\n\nS: They shall say: Nay! you-- no welcome to you: you did proffer it to\nus, so evil is the resting-place.\n\n038.061\nY: They will say: \"Our Lord! whoever brought this upon us,- Add to him a\ndouble Penalty in the Fire!\"\n\nP: They say: Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for us, oh, give him\ndouble portion of the Fire!\n\nS: They shall say: Our Lord! whoever prepared it first for us, add Thou\nto him a double chastisement in the fire.\n\n038.062\nY: And they will say: \"What has happened to us that we see not men whom\nwe used to number among the bad ones?\"\n\nP: And they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont\nto count among the wicked?\n\nS: And they shall say: What is the matter with us that we do not see men\nwhom we used to count among the vicious?\n\n038.063\nY: \"Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have (our) eyes failed\nto perceive them?\"\n\nP: Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes\nmissed them?\n\nS: Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now)\nturned aside from them?\n\n038.064\nY: Truly that is just and fitting,- the mutual recriminations of the\nPeople of the Fire!\n\nP: Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.\n\nS: That most surely is the truth: the contending one with another of the\ninmates of the fire.\n\n038.065\nY: Say: \"Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the one Allah, Supreme\nand Irresistible,\"-\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no\nAllah save Allah, the One, the Absolute,\n\nS: Say: I am only a warner, and there is no god but Allah, the One, the\nSubduer (of all):\n\n038.066\nY: \"The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- Exalted in\nMight, able to enforce His Will, forgiving again and again.\"\n\nP: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the\nMighty, the Pardoning.\n\nS: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the\nMighty, the most Forgiving.\n\n038.067\nY: Say: \"That is a Message Supreme (above all),\"-\n\nP: Say: It is tremendous tidings\n\nS: Say: It is a message of importance,\n\n038.068\nY: \"From which ye do turn away!\"\n\nP: Whence ye turn away!\n\nS: (And) you are turning aside from it:\n\n038.069\nY: \"No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on high, when they discuss\n(matters) among themselves.\"\n\nP: I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;\n\nS: I had no knowledge of the exalted chiefs when they contended:\n\n038.070\nY: \"Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly\nand publicly.\"\n\nP: It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.\n\nS: Naught is revealed to me save that I am a plain warner.\n\n038.071\nY: Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: \"I am about to create man from\nclay:\"\n\nP: When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal\nout of mire,\n\nS: When your Lord said to the angels; Surely I am going to create a\nmortal from dust:\n\n038.072\nY: \"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him\nof My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him.\"\n\nP: And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit,\nthen fall down before him prostrate,\n\nS: So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit,\nthen fall down making obeisance to him.\n\n038.073\nY: So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:\n\nP: The angels fell down prostrate, every one,\n\nS: And the angels did obeisance, all of them,\n\n038.074\nY: Not so Iblis: he was haughty, and became one of those who reject\nFaith.\n\nP: Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.\n\nS: But not Iblis: he was proud and he was one of the unbelievers.\n\n038.075\nY: (Allah) said: \"O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself\nto one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou\none of the high (and mighty) ones?\"\n\nP: He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before\nthat which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art\nthou of the high exalted?\n\nS: He said: O Iblis! what prevented you that you should do obeisance to\nhim whom I created with My two hands? Are you proud or are you of the\nexalted ones?\n\n038.076\nY: (Iblis) said: \"I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and\nhim thou createdst from clay.\"\n\nP: He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him\nThou didst create of clay.\n\nS: He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of fire, and him\nThou didst create of dust.\n\n038.077\nY: (Allah) said: \"Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected,\naccursed.\"\n\nP: He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,\n\nS: He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:\n\n038.078\nY: \"And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment.\"\n\nP: And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.\n\nS: And surely My curse is on you to the Day of Judgment.\n\n038.079\nY: (Iblis) said: \"O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the\n(dead) are raised.\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.\n\nS: He said: My Lord! then respite me to the day that they are raised.\n\n038.080\nY: (Allah) said: \"Respite then is granted thee-\"\n\nP: He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved\n\nS: He said: Surely you are of the respited ones,\n\n038.081\nY: \"Till the Day of the Time Appointed.\"\n\nP: Until the day of the time appointed.\n\nS: Till the period of the time made known.\n\n038.082\nY: (Iblis) said: \"Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,\"-\n\nP: He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one,\n\nS: He said: Then by Thy Might I will surely make them live an evil life,\nall,\n\n038.083\nY: \"Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy\nGrace).\"\n\nP: Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.\n\nS: Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones.\n\n038.084\nY: (Allah) said: \"Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just\nand fitting-\"\n\nP: He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,\n\nS: He said: The truth then is and the truth do I speak:\n\n038.085\nY: \"That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow\nthee,- every one.\"\n\nP: That I shall fill hell with thee and with such of them as follow\nthee, together.\n\nS: That I will most certainly fill hell with you and with those among\nthem who follow you, all.\n\n038.086\nY: Say: \"No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a\npretender.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I\nam no simulating.\n\nS: Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it; nor am I of those who\naffect:\n\n038.087\nY: \"This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.\"\n\nP: Lo! it is naught else than a reminder for all peoples\n\nS: It is nothing but a reminder to the nations;\n\n038.088\nY: \"And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while.\"\n\nP: And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof.\n\nS: And most certainly you will come to know about it after a time.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 39:\n\n                       AZ-ZUMAR (THE TROOPS, THRONGS)\n Total Verses: 75 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n039.001\nY: The revelation of this Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full\nof Wisdom.\n\nP: The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n039.002\nY: Verily it is We Who have revealed the Book to thee in Truth: so serve\nAllah, offering Him sincere devotion.\n\nP: Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Muhammad) with truth;\nso worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).\n\nS: Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, therefore\nserve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience.\n\n039.003\nY: Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due? But those who take\nfor protectors other than Allah (say): \"We only serve them in order\nthat they may bring us nearer to Allah.\" Truly Allah will judge between\nthem in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are\nfalse and ungrateful.\n\nP: Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose\nprotecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may\nbring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning\nthat wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an\ningrate.\n\nS: Now, surely, sincere obedience is due to Allah (alone) and (as for)\nthose who take guardians besides Him, (saying), We do not serve them\nsave that they may make us nearer to Allah, surely Allah will judge\nbetween them in that in which they differ; surely Allah does not guide\nhim aright who is a liar, ungrateful.\n\n039.004\nY: Had Allah wished to take to Himself a son, He could have chosen whom\nHe pleased out of those whom He doth create: but Glory be to Him! (He\nis above such things.) He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible.\n\nP: If Allah had willed to choose a son, He could have chosen what He\nwould of that which He hath created. Be He Glorified! He is Allah, the\nOne, the Absolute.\n\nS: If Allah desire to take a son to Himself, He will surely choose those\nHe pleases from what He has created. Glory be to Him: He is Allah, the\nOne, the Subduer (of all).\n\n039.005\nY: He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): He makes\nthe Night overlap the Day, and the Day overlap the Night: He has\nsubjected the sun and the moon (to His law): Each one follows a course\nfor a time appointed. Is not He the Exalted in Power - He Who forgives\nagain and again?\n\nP: He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night\nto succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth\nthe sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed\nterm. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver?\n\nS: He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth; He makes the\nnight cover the day and makes the day overtake the night, and He has\nmade the sun and the moon subservient; each one runs on to an assigned\nterm; now surely He is the Mighty, the great Forgiver.\n\n039.006\nY: He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of like\nnature, his mate; and he sent down for you eight head of cattle in\npairs: He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after\nanother, in three veils of darkness. Such is Allah, your Lord and\nCherisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then\nhow are ye turned away (from your true Centre)?\n\nP: He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its\nmate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created\nyou in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a\nthreefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty.\nThere is no God save Him. How then are ye turned away?\n\nS: He has created you from a single being, then made its mate of the\nsame (kind), and He has made for you eight of the cattle in pairs. He\ncreates you in the wombs of your mothers-- a creation after a\ncreation-- in triple darkness; that is Allah your Lord, His is the\nkingdom; there is no god but He; whence are you then turned away?\n\n039.007\nY: If ye reject (Allah), Truly Allah hath no need of you; but He liketh\nnot ingratitude from His servants: if ye are grateful, He is pleased\nwith you. No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another. In the\nend, to your Lord is your Return, when He will tell you the truth of\nall that ye did (in this life). For He knoweth well all that is in\n(men's) hearts.\n\nP: If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is\nnot pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful\nHe is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's\nload. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye\nused to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: If you are ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient above all\nneed of you; and He does not like ungratefulness in His servants; and\nif you are grateful, He likes it in you; and no bearer of burden shall\nbear the burden of another; then to your Lord is your return, then will\nHe inform you of what you did; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the\nbreasts.\n\n039.008\nY: When some trouble toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning to\nHim in repentance: but when He bestoweth a favour upon him as from\nHimself, (man) doth forget what he cried and prayed for before, and he\ndoth set up rivals unto Allah, thus misleading others from Allah's\nPath. Say, \"Enjoy thy blasphemy for a little while: verily thou art\n(one) of the Companions of the Fire!\"\n\nP: And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning\nunto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he\nforgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up\nrivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O\nMuhammad, unto such a one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while.\nLo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.\n\nS: And when distress afflicts a man he calls upon his Lord turning to\nHim frequently; then when He makes him possess a favor from Him, he\nforgets that for which he called upon Him before, and sets up rivals to\nAllah that he may cause (men) to stray off from His path. Say: Enjoy\nyourself in your ungratefulness a little, surely you are of the inmates\nof the fire.\n\n039.009\nY: Is one who worships devoutly during the hour of the night prostrating\nhimself or standing (in adoration), who takes heed of the Hereafter,\nand who places his hope in the Mercy of his Lord - (like one who does\nnot)? Say: \"Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know?\nIt is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition.\"\n\nP: Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and\nstanding, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his\nLord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O\nMuhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only\nmen of understanding will pay heed.\n\nS: What! he who is obedient during hours of the night, prostrating\nhimself and standing, takes care of the hereafter and hopes for the\nmercy of his Lord! Say: Are those who know and those who do not know\nalike? Only the men of understanding are mindful.\n\n039.010\nY: Say: \"O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord, good is (the\nreward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is Allah's earth!\nthose who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without\nmeasure!\"\n\nP: Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For\nthose who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's earth is\nspacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint.\n\nS: Say: O my servants who believe! be careful of (your duty to) your\nLord; for those who do good in this world is good, and Allah's earth is\nspacious; only the patient will be paid back their reward in full\nwithout measure.\n\n039.011\nY: Say: \"Verily, I am commanded to serve Allah with sincere devotion;\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making\nreligion pure for Him (only).\n\nS: Say: I am commanded that I should serve Allah, being sincere to Him\nin obedience.\n\n039.012\nY: \"And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah in\nIslam.\"\n\nP: And I am commanded to be the first of those who are Muslims\n(surrender unto Him).\n\nS: And I am commanded that I shall be the first of those who submit.\n\n039.013\nY: Say: \"I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the\nPenalty of a Mighty Day.\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! if I should disobey my Lord, I fear the doom of a tremendous\nDay.\n\nS: Say: I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement of a grievous\nday.\n\n039.014\nY: Say: \"It is Allah I serve, with my sincere (and exclusive) devotion:\"\n\nP: Say: Allah I worship, making my religion pure for Him (only).\n\nS: Say: Allah (it is Whom) I serve, being sincere to Him in my\nobedience:\n\n039.015\nY: \"Serve ye what ye will besides him.\" Say: \"Truly, those in loss are\nthose who lose their own souls and their People on the Day of Judgment:\nAh! that is indeed the (real and) evident Loss!\"\n\nP: Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those\nwho lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah,\nthat will be the manifest loss!\n\nS: Serve then what you like besides Him. Say: The losers surely are\nthose who shall have lost themselves and their families on the day of\nresurrection; now surely that is the clear loss.\n\n039.016\nY: They shall have Layers of Fire above them, and Layers (of Fire) below\nthem: with this doth Allah warn off his servants: \"O My Servants! then\nfear ye Me!\"\n\nP: They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of\nfire). With this doth Allah appall His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor\nfear Me!\n\nS: They shall have coverings of fire above them and coverings beneath\nthem; with that Allah makes His servants to fear, so be careful of\n(your duty to) Me, O My servants!\n\n039.017\nY: Those who eschew Evil,- and fall not into its worship,- and turn to\nAllah (in repentance),- for them is Good News: so announce the Good\nNews to My Servants,-\n\nP: And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and\nturn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefore\ngive good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen\n\nS: And (as for) those who keep off from the worship of the idols and\nturn to Allah, they shall have good news, therefore give good news to\nMy servants,\n\n039.018\nY: Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in it:\nthose are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones endued\nwith understanding.\n\nP: Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom\nAllah guideth, and such are men of understanding.\n\nS: Those who listen to the word, then follow the best of it; those are\nthey whom Allah has guided, and those it is who are the men of\nunderstanding.\n\n039.019\nY: Is, then, one against whom the decree of Punishment is justly due\n(equal to one who eschews Evil)? Wouldst thou, then, deliver one (who\nis) in the Fire?\n\nP: Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled (to be helped), and canst\nthou (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire?\n\nS: What! as for him then against whom the sentence of chastisement is\ndue: What! can you save him who is in the fire?\n\n039.020\nY: But it is for those who fear their Lord. That lofty mansions, one\nabove another, have been built: beneath them flow rivers (of delight):\n(such is) the Promise of Allah: never doth Allah fail in (His) promise.\n\nP: But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls\nwith lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers\nflow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise.\n\nS: But (as for) those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord,\nthey shall have high places, above them higher places, built (for\nthem), beneath which flow rivers; (this is) the promise of Allah: Allah\nwill not fail in (His) promise.\n\n039.021\nY: Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and leads it\nthrough springs in the earth? Then He causes to grow, therewith,\nproduce of various colours: then it withers; thou wilt see it grow\nyellow; then He makes it dry up and crumble away. Truly, in this, is a\nMessage of remembrance to men of understanding.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and\nhath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward\nthereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and\nthou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein\nverily is a reminder for men of understanding.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud, then makes\nit go along in the earth in springs, then brings forth therewith\nherbage of various colors, then it withers so that you see it becoming\nyellow, then He makes it a thing crushed and broken into pieces? Most\nsurely there is a reminder in this for the men of understanding.\n\n039.022\nY: Is one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam, so that he has received\nEnlightenment from Allah, (no better than one hard-hearted)? Woe to\nthose whose hearts are hardened against celebrating the praises of\nAllah! they are manifestly wandering (in error)!\n\nP: Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he\nfolloweth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe\nunto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such\nare in plain error.\n\nS: What! is he whose heart Allah has opened for Islam so that he is in a\nlight from his Lord (like the hard-hearted)? Nay, woe to those whose\nhearts are hard against the remembrance of Allah; those are in clear\nerror.\n\n039.023\nY: Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful Message in\nthe form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) repeating (its\nteaching in various aspects): the skins of those who fear their Lord\ntremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the\ncelebration of Allah's praises. Such is the guidance of Allah: He\nguides therewith whom He pleases, but such as Allah leaves to stray,\ncan have none to guide.\n\nP: Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture\nconsistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of\npunishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord,\nso that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such\nis Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom\nAllah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.\n\nS: Allah has revealed the best announcement, a book conformable in its\nvarious parts, repeating, whereat do shudder the skins of those who\nfear their Lord, then their skins and their hearts become pliant to the\nremembrance of Allah; this is Allah's guidance, He guides with it whom\nHe pleases; and (as for) him whom Allah makes err, there is no guide\nfor him.\n\n039.024\nY: Is, then, one who has to fear the brunt of the Penalty on the Day of\nJudgment (and receive it) on his face, (like one guarded therefrom)? It\nwill be said to the wrong-doers: \"Taste ye (the fruits of) what ye\nearned!\"\n\nP: Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the\nDay of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto\nthe wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn.\n\nS: Is he then who has to guard himself with his own person against the\nevil chastisement on the resurrection day? And it will be said to the\nunjust: Taste what you earned.\n\n039.025\nY: Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment\ncame to them from directions they did not perceive.\n\nP: Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they\nknew not.\n\nS: Those before them rejected (prophets), therefore there came to them\nthe chastisement from whence they perceived not.\n\n039.026\nY: So Allah gave them a taste of humiliation in the present life, but\ngreater is the punishment of the Hereafter, if they only knew!\n\nP: Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world, and\nverily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater if they did but know.\n\nS: So Allah made them taste the disgrace in this world's life, and\ncertainly the punishment of the hereafter is greater; did they but\nknow!\n\n039.027\nY: We have put forth for men, in this Qur'an every kind of Parable, in\norder that they may receive admonition.\n\nP: And verily We have coined for mankind in this Qur'an all kinds of\nsimilitudes, that haply they may reflect;\n\nS: And certainly We have set forth to men in this Quran similitudes of\nevery sort that they may mind.\n\n039.028\nY: (It is) a Qur'an in Arabic, without any crookedness (therein): in\norder that they may guard against Evil.\n\nP: A Lecture in Arabic, containing no crookedness, that haply they may\nward off (evil).\n\nS: An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, that they may guard (against\nevil).\n\n039.029\nY: Allah puts forth a Parable a man belonging to many partners at\nvariance with each other, and a man belonging entirely to one master:\nare those two equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah! but most of them\nhave no knowledge.\n\nP: Allah coineth a similitude: A man in relation to whom are several\npart-owners, quarrelling, and a man belonging wholly to one man. Are\nthe two equal in similitude? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know\nnot.\n\nS: Allah sets forth an example: There is a slave in whom are (several)\npartners differing with one another, and there is another slave wholly\nowned by one man. Are the two alike in condition? (All) praise is due\nto Allah. Nay! most of them do not know.\n\n039.030\nY: Truly thou wilt die (one day), and truly they (too) will die (one\nday).\n\nP: Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;\n\nS: Surely you shall die and they (too) shall surely die.\n\n039.031\nY: In the end will ye (all), on the Day of Judgment, settle your\ndisputes in the presence of your Lord.\n\nP: Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord ye will\ndispute.\n\nS: Then surely on the day of resurrection you will contend one with\nanother before your Lord.\n\n039.032\nY: Who, then, doth more wrong than one who utters a lie concerning\nAllah, and rejects the Truth when it comes to him; is there not in Hell\nan abode for blasphemers?\n\nP: And who doth greater wrong than he who telleth a lie against Allah,\nand denieth the truth when it reacheth him? Will not the home of\ndisbelievers be in hell?\n\nS: Who is then more unjust than he who utters a lie against Allah and\n(he who) gives the lie to the truth when it comes to him; is there not\nin hell an abode for the unbelievers?\n\n039.033\nY: And he who brings the Truth and he who confirms (and supports) it\n- such are the men who do right.\n\nP: And whoso bringeth the truth and believeth therein - Such are the\ndutiful.\n\nS: And he who brings the truth and (he who) accepts it as the truth--\nthese are they that guard (against evil).\n\n039.034\nY: They shall have all that they wish for, in the presence of their\nLord: such is the reward of those who do good:\n\nP: They shall have what they will of their Lord's bounty. That is the\nreward of the good:\n\nS: They shall have with their Lord what they please; that is the reward\nof the doers of good;\n\n039.035\nY: So that Allah will turn off from them (even) the worst in their deeds\nand give them their reward according to the best of what they have\ndone.\n\nP: That Allah will remit from them the worst of what they did, and will\npay them for reward the best they used to do.\n\nS: So that Allah will do away with the worst of what they did and give\nthem their reward for the best of what they do.\n\n039.036\nY: Is not Allah enough for his Servant? But they try to frighten thee\nwith other (gods) besides Him! for such as Allah leaves to stray, there\ncan be no guide.\n\nP: Will not Allah defend His slave? Yet they would frighten thee with\nthose beside Him. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no\nguide.\n\nS: Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? And they seek to frighten\nyou with those besides Him; and whomsoever Allah makes err, there is no\nguide for him.\n\n039.037\nY: And such as Allah doth guide there can be none to lead astray. Is not\nAllah Exalted in Power, (Able to enforce His Will), Lord of\nRetribution?\n\nP: And he whom Allah guideth, for him there can be no misleader. Is not\nAllah Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)?\n\nS: And whom Allah guides, there is none that can lead him astray; is not\nAllah Mighty, the Lord of retribution?\n\n039.038\nY: If indeed thou ask them who it is that created the heavens and the\nearth, they would be sure to say, \"Allah\". Say: \"See ye then? the\nthings that ye invoke besides Allah,- can they, if Allah wills some\nPenalty for me, remove His Penalty?- Or if He wills some Grace for me,\ncan they keep back his Grace?\" Say: \"Sufficient is Allah for me! In Him\ntrust those who put their trust.\"\n\nP: And verily, if thou shouldst ask them: Who created the heavens and\nthe earth? they will say: Allah. Say: Bethink you then of those ye\nworship beside Allah, if Allah willed some hurt for me, could they\nremove from me His hurt; or if He willed some mercy for me, could they\nrestrain His mercy? Say: Allah is my all. In Him do (all) the trusting\nput their trust.\n\nS: And should you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? They\nwould most certainly say: Allah. Say: Have you then considered that\nwhat you call upon besides Allah, would they, if Allah desire to\nafflict me with harm, be the removers of His harm, or (would they), if\nAllah desire to show me mercy, be the withholders of His mercy? Say:\nAllah is sufficient for me; on Him do the reliant rely.\n\n039.039\nY: Say: \"O my People! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): but soon\nwill ye know-\"\n\nP: Say: O my people! Act in your manner. Lo! I (too) am acting. Thus ye\nwill come to know\n\nS: Say: O my people! work in your place, surely I am a worker, so you\nwill come to know.\n\n039.040\nY: \"Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of ignominy, and on whom descends\na Penalty that abides.\"\n\nP: Who it is unto whom cometh a doom that will abase him, and on whom\nthere falleth everlasting doom.\n\nS: Who it is to whom there shall come a punishment which will disgrace\nhim and to whom will be due a lasting punishment.\n\n039.041\nY: Verily We have revealed the Book to thee in Truth, for (instructing)\nmankind. He, then, that receives guidance benefits his own soul: but he\nthat strays injures his own soul. Nor art thou set over them to dispose\nof their affairs.\n\nP: Lo! We have revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture for mankind\nwith truth. Then whosoever goeth right it is for his soul, and\nwhosoever strayeth, strayeth only to its hurt. And thou art not a\nwarder over them.\n\nS: Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth for the sake\nof men; so whoever follows the right way, it is for his own soul and\nwhoever errs, he errs only to its detriment; and you are not a\ncustodian over them.\n\n039.042\nY: It is Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that\ndie not (He takes) during their sleep: those on whom He has passed the\ndecree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life), but the rest\nHe sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed verily in this are\nSigns for those who reflect.\n\nP: Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that\n(soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for\nwhich He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed\nterm. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.\n\nS: Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that die\nnot during their sleep; then He withholds those on whom He has passed\nthe decree of death and sends the others back till an appointed term;\nmost surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.\n\n039.043\nY: What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah? Say:\n\n\"Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?\"\nP: Or choose they intercessors other than Allah? Say: What! Even though\nthey have power over nothing and have no intelligence?\n\nS: Or have they taken intercessors besides Allah? Say: what! even though\nthey did not ever have control over anything, nor do they understand.\n\n039.044\nY: Say: \"To Allah belongs exclusively (the right to grant) intercession:\nto Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: In the End,\nit is to Him that ye shall be brought back.\"\n\nP: Say: Unto Allah belongeth all intercession. His is the Sovereignty of\nthe heavens and the earth. And afterward unto Him ye will be brought\nback.\n\nS: Say: Allah's is the intercession altogether; His is the kingdom of\nthe heavens and the earth, then to Him you shall be brought back.\n\n039.045\nY: When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who\nbelieve not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but\nwhen (gods) other than He are mentioned, behold, they are filled with\njoy!\n\nP: And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe\nnot in the Hereafter are repelled, and when those (whom they worship)\nbeside Him are mentioned, behold! they are glad.\n\nS: And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not\nbelieve in the hereafter shrink, and when those besides Him are\nmentioned, lo! they are joyful.\n\n039.04\nY: Say: \"O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all\nthat is hidden and open! it is Thou that wilt judge between Thy\nServants in those matters about which they have differed.\"\n\nP: Say: O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of the\nInvisible and the Visible! Thou wilt judge between Thy slaves\nconcerning that wherein they used to differ.\n\nS: Say: O Allah! Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the\nunseen and the seen! Thou (only) judgest between Thy servants as to\nthat wherein they differ.\n\n039.047\nY: Even if the wrong-doers had all that there is on earth, and as much\nmore, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the\nPenalty on the Day of Judgment: but something will confront them from\nAllah, which they could never have counted upon!\n\nP: And though those who do wrong possess all that is in the earth, and\ntherewith as much again, they verily will seek to ransom themselves\ntherewith on the Day of Resurrection from the awful doom; and there\nwill appear unto them, from their Lord, that wherewith they never\nreckoned.\n\nS: And had those who are unjust all that is in the earth and the like of\nit with it, they would certainly offer it as ransom (to be saved) from\nthe evil of the punishment on the day of resurrection; and what they\nnever thought of shall become plain to them from Allah.\n\n039.048\nY: For the evils of their Deeds will confront them, and they will be\n(completely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!\n\nP: And the evils that they earned will appear unto them, and that\nwhereat they used to scoff will surround them.\n\nS: And the evil (consequences) of what they wrought shall become plain\nto them, and the very thing they mocked at shall beset them.\n\n039.049\nY: Now, when trouble touches man, he cries to Us: But when We bestow a\nfavour upon him as from Ourselves, he says, \"This has been given to me\nbecause of a certain knowledge (I have)!\" Nay, but this is but a trial,\nbut most of them understand not!\n\nP: Now when hurt toucheth a man he crieth unto Us, and afterward when We\nhave granted him a boon from Us, he saith: Only by force of knowledge I\nobtained it. Nay, but it is a test. But most of them know not.\n\nS: So when harm afflicts a man he calls upon Us; then, when We give him\na favor from Us, he says: I have been given it only by means of\nknowledge. Nay, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.\n\n039.050\nY: Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did was\nof no profit to them.\n\nP: Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed\nthem not;\n\nS: Those before them did say it indeed, but what they earned availed\nthem not.\n\n039.051\nY: Nay, the evil results of their Deeds overtook them. And the\nwrong-doers of this (generation)- the evil results of their Deeds will\nsoon overtake them (too), and they will never be able to frustrate (Our\nPlan)!\n\nP: But the evils that they earned smote them; and such of these as do\nwrong, the evils that they earn will smite them; they cannot escape.\n\nS: So there befell them the evil (consequences) of what they earned; and\n(as for) those who are unjust from among these, there shall befall them\nthe evil (consequences) of what they earn, and they shall not escape.\n\n039.052\nY: Know they not that Allah enlarges the provision or restricts it, for\nany He pleases? Verily, in this are Signs for those who believe!\n\nP: Know they not that Allah enlargeth providence for whom He will, and\nstraiteneth it (for whom He will). Lo! herein verily are portents for\npeople who believe.\n\nS: Do they not know that Allah makes ample the means of subsistence to\nwhom He pleases, and He straitens; most surely there are signs in this\nfor a people who believe.\n\n039.053\nY: Say: \"O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls!\nDespair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He\nis Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair\nnot of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the\nForgiving, the Merciful.\n\nS: Say: O my servants! who have acted extravagantly against their own\nsouls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah; surely Allah forgives the\nfaults altogether; surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful.\n\n039.054\nY: \"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before\nthe Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.\"\n\nP: Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there\ncome unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.\n\nS: And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before\nthere comes to you the punishment, then you shall not be helped.\n\n039.055\nY: \"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord,\nbefore the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not!\"-\n\nP: And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you\nfrom your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know\nnot,\n\nS: And follow the best that has been revealed to you from your Lord\nbefore there comes to you the punishment all of a sudden while you do\nnot even perceive;\n\n039.056\nY: \"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I\nneglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who\nmocked!'\"-\n\nP: Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of\nAllah, and I was indeed among the scoffers!\n\nS: Lest a soul should say: O woe to me! for what I fell short of my duty\nto Allah, and most surely I was of those who laughed to scorn;\n\n039.057\nY: \"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should\ncertainly have been among the righteous!'\"-\n\nP: Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among\nthe dutiful!\n\nS: Or it should say: Had Allah guided me, I would certainly have been of\nthose who guard (against evil);\n\n039.058\nY: \"Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If\nonly I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do\ngood!'\"\n\nP: Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second\nchance that I might be among the righteous!\n\nS: Or it should say when it sees the punishment: Were there only a\nreturning for me, I should be of the doers of good.\n\n039.059\nY: \"(The reply will be:) 'Nay, but there came to thee my Signs, and thou\ndidst reject them: thou wast Haughty, and became one of those who\nreject faith!'\"\n\nP: (But now the answer will be): Nay, for My revelations came unto thee,\nbut thou didst deny them and wast scornful and wast among the\ndisbelievers.\n\nS: Aye! My communications came to you, but you rejected them, and you\nwere proud and you were one of the unbelievers.\n\n039.060\nY: On the Day of Judgment wilt thou see those who told lies against\nAllah;- their faces will be turned black; is there not in Hell an abode\nfor the Haughty?\n\nP: And on the Day of Resurrection thou (Muhammad) seest those who lied\nconcerning Allah with their faces blackened. Is not the home of the\nscorners in hell?\n\nS: And on the day of resurrection you shall see those who lied against\nAllah; their faces shall be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode\nfor the proud?\n\n039.061\nY: But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no\nevil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: And Allah delivereth those who ward off (evil) because of their\ndeserts. Evil toucheth them not, nor do they grieve.\n\nS: And Allah shall deliver those who guard (against evil) with their\nachievement; evil shall not touch them, nor shall they grieve.\n\n039.062\nY: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the Guardian and\nDisposer of all affairs.\n\nP: Allah is Creator of all things, and He is Guardian over all things.\n\nS: Allah is the Creator of every thing and He has charge over every\nthing.\n\n039.063\nY: To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and those who\nreject the Signs of Allah,- it is they who will be in loss.\n\nP: His are the keys of the heavens and the earth, and they who\ndisbelieve the revelations of Allah - such are they who are the losers.\n\nS: His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; and (as for)\nthose who disbelieve in the communications of Allah, these it is that\nare the losers.\n\n039.064\nY: Say: \"Is it some one other than Allah that ye order me to worship, O\nye ignorant ones?\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Do ye bid me serve other than\nAllah? O ye fools!\n\nS: Say: What! Do you then bid me serve others than Allah, O ignorant\nmen?\n\n039.065\nY: But it has already been revealed to thee,- as it was to those before\nthee,- \"If thou wert to join (gods with Allah), truly fruitless will be\nthy work (in life), and thou wilt surely be in the ranks of those who\nlose (all spiritual good)\".\n\nP: And verily it hath been revealed unto thee as unto those before thee\n(saying): If thou ascribe a partner to Allah thy work will fail and\nthou indeed wilt be among the losers.\n\nS: And certainly, it has been revealed to you and to those before you:\nSurely if you associate (with Allah), your work would certainly come to\nnaught and you would certainly be of the losers.\n\n039.066\nY: Nay, but worship Allah, and be of those who give thanks.\n\nP: Nay, but Allah must thou serve, and be among the thankful!\n\nS: Nay! but serve Allah alone and be of the thankful.\n\n039.067\nY: No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: On\nthe Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and\nthe heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is\nHe above the Partners they attribute to Him!\n\nP: And they esteem not Allah as He hath the right to be esteemed, when\nthe whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the\nheavens are rolled in His right hand. Glorified is He and High Exalted\nfrom all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him).\n\nS: And they have not honored Allah with the honor that is due to Him;\nand the whole earth shall be in His grip on the day of resurrection and\nthe heavens rolled up in His right hand; glory be to Him, and may He be\nexalted above what they associate (with Him).\n\n039.068\nY: The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in the heavens\nand on earth will swoon, except such as it will please Allah (to\nexempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be\nstanding and looking on!\n\nP: And the trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who\nare in the earth swoon away, save him whom Allah willeth. Then it is\nblown a second time, and behold them standing waiting!\n\nS: And the trumpet shall be blown, so all those that are in the heavens\nand all those that are in the earth shall swoon, except such as Allah\nplease; then it shall be blown again, then lo! they shall stand up\nawaiting.\n\n039.069\nY: And the Earth will shine with the Glory of its Lord: the Record (of\nDeeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and the witnesses will be\nbrought forward and a just decision pronounced between them; and they\nwill not be wronged (in the least).\n\nP: And the earth shineth with the light of her Lord, and the Book is set\nup, and the prophets and the witnesses are brought, and it is judged\nbetween them with truth, and they are not wronged.\n\nS: And the earth shall beam with the light of its Lord, and the Book\nshall be laid down, and the prophets and the witnesses shall be brought\nup, and judgment shall be given between them with justice, and they\nshall not be dealt with unjustly.\n\n039.070\nY: And to every soul will be paid in full (the fruit) of its Deeds; and\n(Allah) knoweth best all that they do.\n\nP: And each soul is paid in full for what it did. And He is Best Aware\nof what they do.\n\nS: And every soul shall be paid back fully what it has done, and He\nknows best what they do.\n\n039.071\nY: The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd: until, when they\narrive, there, its gates will be opened. And its keepers will say, \"Did\nnot messengers come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing to you the\nSigns of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of This Day of\nyours?\" The answer will be: \"True: but the Decree of Punishment has\nbeen proved true against the Unbelievers!\"\n\nP: And those who disbelieve are driven unto hell in troops till, when\nthey reach it and the gates thereof are opened, and the warders thereof\nsay unto them: Came there not unto you messengers of your own, reciting\nunto you the revelations of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of\nthis your Day? they say: Yea, verily. But the word of doom of\ndisbelievers is fulfilled.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve shall be driven to hell in companies; until,\nwhen they come to it, its doors shall be opened, and the keepers of it\nshall say to them: Did not there come to you messengers from among you\nreciting to you the communications of your Lord and warning you of the\nmeeting of this day of yours? They shall say: Yea! But the sentence of\npunishment was due against the unbelievers.\n\n039.072\nY: (To them) will be said: \"Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell\ntherein: and evil is (this) Abode of the Arrogant!\"\n\nP: It is said (unto them): Enter ye the gates of hell to dwell therein.\nThus hapless is the journey's end of the scorners.\n\nS: It shall be said: Enter the gates of hell to abide therein; so evil\nis the abode of the proud.\n\n039.073\nY: And those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in crowds:\nuntil behold, they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its\nkeepers will say: \"Peace be upon you! well have ye done! enter ye here,\nto dwell therein.\"\n\nP: And those who keep their duty to their Lord are driven unto the\nGarden in troops till, when they reach it, and the gates thereof are\nopened, and the warders thereof say unto them: Peace be unto you! Ye\nare good, so enter ye (the Garden of delight), to dwell therein;\n\nS: And those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord shall be\nconveyed to the garden in companies; until when they come to it, and\nits doors shall be opened, and the keepers of it shall say to them:\nPeace be on you, you shall be happy; therefore enter it to abide.\n\n039.074\nY: They will say: \"Praise be to Allah, Who has truly fulfilled His\nPromise to us, and has given us (this) land in heritage: We can dwell\nin the Garden as we will: how excellent a reward for those who work\n(righteousness)!\"\n\nP: They say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath fulfilled His promise unto us\nand hath made us inherit the land, sojourning in the Garden where we\nwill! So bounteous is the wage of workers.\n\nS: And they shall say: (All) praise is due to Allah, Who has made good\nto us His promise, and He has made us inherit the land; we may abide in\nthe garden where we please; so goodly is the reward of the workers.\n\n039.075\nY: And thou wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne (Divine) on all\nsides, singing Glory and Praise to their Lord. The Decision between\nthem (at Judgment) will be in (perfect) justice, and the cry (on all\nsides) will be, \"Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!\"\n\nP: And thou (O Muhammad) seest the angels thronging round the Throne,\nhymning the praises of their Lord. And they are judged aright. And it\nis said: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: And you shall see the angels going round about the throne glorifying\nthe praise of their Lord; and judgment shall be given between them with\njustice, and it shall be said: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of\nthe worlds.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 40:\n\n                      AL-GHAFIR (THE FORGIVER (GOD) )\n Total Verses: 85 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n040.001\nY: Ha Mim.\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim.\n\n040.002\nY: The revelation of this Book is from Allah, Exalted in Power, Full of\nKnowledge,-\n\nP: The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the\nKnower,\n\nS: The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Knowing,\n\n040.003\nY: Who forgiveth sin, accepteth repentance, is strict in punishment, and\nhath a long reach (in all things). there is no god but He: to Him is\nthe final goal.\n\nP: The Forgiver of sin, the Accepter of repentance, the Stern in\npunishment, the Bountiful. There is no God save Him. Unto Him is the\njourneying.\n\nS: The Forgiver of the faults and the Acceptor of repentance, Severe to\npunish, Lord of bounty; there is no god but He; to Him is the eventual\ncoming.\n\n040.004\nY: None can dispute about the Signs of Allah but the Unbelievers. Let\nnot, then, their strutting about through the land deceive thee!\n\nP: None argue concerning the revelations of Allah save those who\ndisbelieve, so let not their turn of fortune in the land deceive thee\n(O Muhammad).\n\nS: None dispute concerning the communications of Allah but those who\ndisbelieve, therefore let not their going to and fro in the cities\ndeceive you.\n\n040.005\nY: But (there were people) before them, who denied (the Signs),- the\nPeople of Noah, and the Confederates (of Evil) after them; and every\nPeople plotted against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed by\nmeans of vanities, therewith to condemn the Truth; but it was I that\nseized them! and how (terrible) was My Requital!\n\nP: The folk of Noah and the factions after them denied (their\nmessengers) before these, and every nation purposed to seize their\nmessenger and argued falsely, (thinking) thereby to refute the Truth.\nThen I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment.\n\nS: The people of Nuh and the parties after them rejected (prophets)\nbefore them, and every nation purposed against their messenger to\ndestroy him, and they disputed by means of the falsehood that they\nmight thereby render null the truth, therefore I destroyed them; how\nwas then My retribution!\n\n040.006\nY: Thus was the Decree of thy Lord proved true against the Unbelievers;\nthat truly they are Companions of the Fire!\n\nP: Thus was the word of thy Lord concerning those who disbelieve\nfulfilled: That they are owners of the Fire.\n\nS: And thus did the word of your Lord prove true against those who\ndisbelieved that they are the inmates of the fire.\n\n040.007\nY: Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah) and those around it sing\nGlory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore Forgiveness\nfor those who believe: \"Our Lord! Thy Reach is over all things, in\nMercy and Knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn in Repentance, and\nfollow Thy Path; and preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing\nFire!\"\n\nP: Those who bear the Throne, and all who are round about it, hymn the\npraises of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those\nwho believe (saying): Our Lord! Thou comprehendest all things in mercy\nand knowledge, therefor forgive those who repent and follow Thy way.\nWard off from them the punishment of hell.\n\nS: Those who bear the power and those around Him celebrate the praise of\ntheir Lord and believe in Him and ask protection for those who believe:\nOur Lord! Thou embracest all things in mercy and knowledge, therefore\ngrant protection to those who turn (to Thee) and follow Thy way, and\nsave them from the punishment of the hell:\n\n040.008\nY: \"And grant, our Lord! that they enter the Gardens of Eternity, which\nThou hast promised to them, and to the righteous among their fathers,\ntheir wives, and their posterity! For Thou art (He), the Exalted in\nMight, Full of Wisdom.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! And make them enter the Gardens of Eden which thou hast\npromised them, with such of their fathers and their wives and their\ndescendants as do right. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Our Lord! and make them enter the gardens of perpetuity which Thou\nhast promised to them and those who do good of their fathers and their\nwives and their offspring, surely Thou are the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n040.009\nY: \"And preserve them from (all) ills; and any whom Thou dost preserve\nfrom ills that Day,- on them wilt Thou have bestowed Mercy indeed: and\nthat will be truly (for them) the highest Achievement\".\n\nP: And ward off from them ill-deeds; and he from whom Thou wardest off\nill-deeds that day, him verily hast Thou taken into mercy. That is the\nsupreme triumph.\n\nS: And keep them from evil deeds, and whom Thou keepest from evil deeds\nthis day, indeed Thou hast mercy on him, and that is the mighty\nachievement.\n\n040.010\nY: The Unbelievers will be addressed: \"Greater was the aversion of Allah\nto you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing that ye were\ncalled to the Faith and ye used to refuse.\"\n\nP: Lo! (on that day) those who disbelieve are informed by proclamation:\nVerily Allah's abhorrence is more terrible than your abhorrence one of\nanother, when ye were called unto the faith but did refuse.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve shall be cried out to: Certainly Allah's\nhatred (of you) when you were called upon to the faith and you\nrejected, is much greater than your hatred of yourselves.\n\n040.011\nY: They will say: \"Our Lord! twice hast Thou made us without life, and\ntwice hast Thou given us Life! Now have we recognised our sins: Is\nthere any way out (of this)?\"\n\nP: They say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou\nmade us live. Now we confess our sins. Is there any way to go out?\n\nS: They shall say: Our Lord! twice didst Thou make us subject to death,\nand twice hast Thou given us life, so we do confess our faults; is\nthere then a way to get out?\n\n040.012\nY: (The answer will be:) \"This is because, when Allah was invoked as the\nOnly (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partners were\njoined to Him, ye believed! the Command is with Allah, Most High, Most\nGreat!\"\n\nP: (It is said unto them): This is (your plight) because, when Allah\nonly was invoked, ye disbelieved, but when some partner was ascribed to\nHim ye were believing. But the command belongeth only to Allah, the\nSublime, the Majestic.\n\nS: That is because when Allah alone was called upon, you disbelieved,\nand when associates were given to Him, you believed; so judgment\nbelongs to Allah, the High, the Great.\n\n040.013\nY: He it is Who showeth you his Signs, and sendeth down sustenance for\nyou from the sky: but only those receive admonition who turn (to\nAllah).\n\nP: He it is Who showeth you His portents, and sendeth down for you\nprovision from the sky. None payeth heed save him who turneth (unto\nHim) repentant.\n\nS: He it is Who shows you His signs and sends down for you sustenance\nfrom heaven, and none minds but he who turns (to Him) again and again.\n\n040.014\nY: Call ye, then, upon Allah with sincere devotion to Him, even though\nthe Unbelievers may detest it.\n\nP: Therefor (O believers) pray unto Allah, making religion pure for Him\n(only), however much the disbelievers be averse -\n\nS: Therefore call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, though\nthe unbelievers are averse:\n\n040.015\nY: Raised high above ranks (or degrees), (He is) the Lord of the Throne\n(of Authority): by His Command doth He send the Spirit (of inspiration)\nto any of His servants he pleases, that it may warn (men) of the Day of\nMutual Meeting,-\n\nP: The Exalter of Ranks, the Lord of the Throne. He causeth the Spirit\nof His command upon whom He will of His slaves, that He may warn of the\nDay of Meeting,\n\nS: Possessor of the highest rank, Lord of power: He makes the\ninspiration to light by His command upon whom He pleases of His\nservants, that he may warn (men) of the day of meeting.\n\n040.016\nY: The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing\nconcerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that\nDay? That of Allah, the One the Irresistible!\n\nP: The day when they come forth, nothing of them being hidden from\nAllah. Whose is the Sovereignty this day? It is Allah's, the One, the\nAlmighty.\n\nS: (Of) the day when they shall come forth, nothing concerning them\nremains hidden to Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom this day? To\nAllah, the One, the Subduer (of all).\n\n040.017\nY: That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no injustice\nwill there be that Day, for Allah is Swift in taking account.\n\nP: This day is each soul requited that which it hath earned; no wrong\n(is done) this day. Lo! Allah is swift at reckoning.\n\nS: This day every soul shall be rewarded for what it has earned; no\ninjustice (shall be done) this day; surely Allah is quick in reckoning.\n\n040.018\nY: Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near, when the hearts\nwill (come) right up to the throats to choke (them); No intimate friend\nnor intercessor will the wrong-doers have, who could be listened to.\n\nP: Warn them (O Muhammad) of the Day of the approaching (doom), when the\nhearts will be choking the throats, (when) there will be no friend for\nthe wrong-doers, nor any intercessor who will be heard.\n\nS: And warn them of the day that draws near, when hearts shall rise up\nto the throats, grieving inwardly; the unjust shall not have any\ncompassionate friend nor any intercessor who should be obeyed.\n\n040.019\nY: (Allah) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes, and all\nthat the hearts (of men) conceal.\n\nP: He knoweth the traitor of the eyes, and that which the bosoms hide.\n\nS: He knows the stealthy looks and that which the breasts conceal.\n\n040.020\nY: And Allah will judge with (justice and) Truth: but those whom (men)\ninvoke besides Him, will not (be in a position) to judge at all. Verily\nit is Allah (alone) Who hears and sees (all things).\n\nP: Allah judgeth with truth, while those to whom they cry instead of Him\njudge not at all. Lo! Allah, He is the Hearer, the Seer.\n\nS: And Allah judges with the truth; and those whom they call upon\nbesides Him cannot judge aught; surely Allah is the Hearing, the\nSeeing.\n\n040.021\nY: Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of\nthose before them? They were even superior to them in strength, and in\nthe traces (they have left) in the land: but Allah did call them to\naccount for their sins, and none had they to defend them against Allah.\n\nP: Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the\nconsequence for those who disbelieved before them? They were mightier\nthan these in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them)\nin the earth. Yet Allah seized them for their sins, and they had no\nprotector from Allah.\n\nS: Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the end of\nthose who were before them? Mightier than these were they in strength--\nand in fortifications in the land, but Allah destroyed them for their\nsins; and there was not for them any defender against Allah.\n\n040.022\nY: That was because there came to them their messengers with Clear\n(Signs), but they rejected them: So Allah called them to account: for\nHe is Full of Strength, Strict in Punishment.\n\nP: That was because their messengers kept bringing them clear proofs (of\nAllah's Sovereignty) but they disbelieved; so Allah seized them. Lo! He\nis Strong, severe in punishment.\n\nS: That was because there came to them their messengers with clear\narguments, but they rejected (them), therefore Allah destroyed them;\nsurely He is Strong, Severe in retribution.\n\n040.023\nY: Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest,\n\nP: And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant\n\nS: And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and clear\nauthority,\n\n040.024\nY: To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; but they called (him) \"a sorcerer\ntelling lies!\"...\n\nP: Unto Pharaoh and Haman and Korah, but they said: A lying sorcerer!\n\nS: To Firon and Haman and Qaroun, but they said: A lying magician.\n\n040.025\nY: Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, they said, \"Slay the\nsons of those who believe with him, and keep alive their females,\" but\nthe plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and\ndelusions)!...\n\nP: And when he brought them the Truth from Our presence, they said: Slay\nthe sons of those who believe with him, and spare their women. But the\nplot of disbelievers is in naught but error.\n\nS: So when he brought to them the truth from Us, they said: Slay the\nsons of those who believe with him and keep their women alive; and the\nstruggle of the unbelievers will only come to a state of perdition.\n\n040.026\nY: Said Pharaoh: \"Leave me to slay Moses; and let him call on his Lord!\nWhat I fear is lest he should change your religion, or lest he should\ncause mischief to appear in the land!\"\n\nP: And Pharaoh said: Suffer me to kill Moses, and let him cry unto his\nLord. Lo! I fear that he will alter your religion or that he will cause\nconfusion in the land.\n\nS: And Firon said: Let me alone that I may slay Musa and let him call\nupon his Lord; surely I fear that he will change your religion or that\nhe will make mischief to appear in the land.\n\n040.027\nY: Moses said: \"I have indeed called upon my Lord and your Lord (for\nprotection) from every arrogant one who believes not in the Day of\nAccount!\"\n\nP: Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every\nscorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning.\n\nS: And Musa said: Surely I take refuge with my Lord and-- your Lord from\nevery proud one who does not believe in the day of reckoning.\n\n040.028\nY: A believer, a man from among the people of Pharaoh, who had concealed\nhis faith, said: \"Will ye slay a man because he says, 'My Lord is\nAllah'?- when he has indeed come to you with Clear (Signs) from your\nLord? and if he be a liar, on him is (the sin of) his lie: but, if he\nis telling the Truth, then will fall on you something of the (calamity)\nof which he warns you: Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and\nlies!\"\n\nP: And a believing man of Pharaoh's family, who hid his faith, said:\nWould ye kill a man because he saith: My Lord is Allah, and hath\nbrought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is lying, then his lie\nis upon him; and if he is truthful, then some of that wherewith he\nthreateneth you will strike you. Lo! Allah guideth not one who is a\nprodigal, a liar.\n\nS: And a believing man of Firon's people who hid his faith said: What!\nwill you slay a man because he says: My Lord is Allah, and indeed he\nhas brought to you clear arguments from your Lord? And if he be a liar,\non him will be his lie, and if he be truthful, there will befall you\nsome of that which he threatens you (with); surely Allah does not guide\nhim who is extravagant, a liar:\n\n040.029\nY: \"O my People! Yours is the dominion this day: Ye have the upper hand\nin the land: but who will help us from the Punishment of Allah, should\nit befall us?\" Pharaoh said: \"I but point out to you that which I see\n(myself); Nor do I guide you but to the Path of Right!\"\n\nP: O my people! Yours is the kingdom to-day, ye being uppermost in the\nland. But who would save us from the wrath of Allah should it reach us?\nPharaoh said: I do but show you what I think, and I do but guide you to\nwise policy.\n\nS: O my people! yours is the kingdom this day, being masters in the\nland, but who will help us against the punishment of Allah if it come\nto us? Firon said: I do not show you aught but that which I see\n(myself), and I do not make you follow any but the right way.\n\n040.030\nY: Then said the man who believed: \"O my people! Truly I do fear for you\nsomething like the Day (of disaster) of the Confederates (in sin)!\"-\n\nP: And he who believed said: O my people! Lo! I fear for you a fate like\nthat of the factions (of old);\n\nS: And he who believed said: O my people! surely I fear for you the like\nof what befell the parties:\n\n040.031\nY: \"Something like the fate of the People of Noah, the 'Ad, and the\nThamud, and those who came after them: but Allah never wishes injustice\nto his Servants.\"\n\nP: A plight like that of Noah's folk, and A'ad and Thamud, and those\nafter them, and Allah willeth no injustice for (His) slaves.\n\nS: The like of what befell the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood and those\nafter them, and Allah does not desire injustice for (His) servants;\n\n040.032\nY: \"And O my people! I fear for you a Day when there will be Mutual\ncalling (and wailing),\"-\n\nP: And, O my people! Lo! I fear for you a Day of Summoning,\n\nS: And, O my people! I fear for you the day of calling out,\n\n040.033\nY: \"A Day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: No defender shall ye\nhave from Allah: Any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is none to\nguide...\"\n\nP: A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and\nhe whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.\n\nS: The day on which you will turn back retreating; there shall be no\nsavior for you from Allah, and whomsoever Allah causes to err, there is\nno guide for him:\n\n040.034\nY: \"And to you there came Joseph in times gone by, with Clear Signs, but\nye ceased not to doubt of the (Mission) for which he had come: At\nlength, when he died, ye said: 'No messenger will Allah send after\nhim.' thus doth Allah leave to stray such as transgress and live in\ndoubt,\"-\n\nP: And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not\nto be in doubt concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye\nsaid: Allah will not send any messenger after him. Thus Allah deceiveth\nhim who is a prodigal, a doubter.\n\nS: And certainly Yusuf came to you before with clear arguments, but you\never remained in doubt as to what he brought; until when he died, you\nsaid: Allah will never raise a messenger after him. Thus does Allah\ncause him to err who is extravagant, a doubter,\n\n040.035\nY: \"(Such) as dispute about the Signs of Allah, without any authority\nthat hath reached them, grievous and odious (is such conduct) in the\nsight of Allah and of the Believers. Thus doth Allah, seal up every\nheart - of arrogant and obstinate Transgressors.\"\n\nP: Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any\nwarrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of\nAllah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on\nevery arrogant, disdainful heart.\n\nS: Those who dispute concerning the communications of Allah without any\nauthority that He has given them; greatly hated is it by Allah and\nby those who believe. Thus does Allah set a seal over the heart of\nevery proud, haughty one.\n\n040.036\nY: Pharaoh said: \"O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain\nthe ways and means-\"\n\nP: And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may\nreach the roads,\n\nS: And Firon said: O Haman! build for me a tower that I may attain the\nmeans of access,\n\n040.037\nY: \"The ways and means of (reaching) the heavens, and that I may mount\nup to the god of Moses: But as far as I am concerned, I think (Moses)\nis a liar!\" Thus was made alluring, in Pharaoh's eyes, the evil of his\ndeeds, and he was hindered from the Path; and the plot of Pharaoh led\nto nothing but perdition (for him).\n\nP: The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though\nverily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made\nfairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The\nplot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin.\n\nS: The means of access to the heavens, then reach the god of Musa, and I\nsurely think him to be a liar. And thus the evil of his deed was made\nfairseeming to Firon, and he was turned away from the way; and the\nstruggle of Firon was not (to end) in aught but destruction.\n\n040.038\nY: The man who believed said further: \"O my people! Follow me: I will\nlead you to the Path of Right.\"\n\nP: And he who believed said: O my people! Follow me. I will show you the\nway of right conduct.\n\nS: And he who believed said: O my people! follow me, I will guide you to\nthe right course;\n\n040.039\nY: \"O my people! This life of the present is nothing but (temporary)\nconvenience: It is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last.\"\n\nP: O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and\nlo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home.\n\nS: O my people! this life of the world is only a (passing) enjoyment,\nand surely the hereafter is the abode to settle;\n\n040.040\nY: \"He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof: and\nhe that works a righteous deed - whether man or woman - and is a\nBeliever- such will enter the Garden (of Bliss): Therein will they have\nabundance without measure.\"\n\nP: Whoso doeth an ill-deed, he will be repaid the like thereof, while\nwhoso doeth right, whether male or female, and is a believer, (all)\nsuch will enter the Garden, where they will be nourished without stint.\n\nS: Whoever does an evil, he shall not be recompensed (with aught) but\nthe like of it, and whoever does good, whether male or female, and he\nis a believer, these shall enter the garden, in which they shall be\ngiven sustenance without measure.\n\n040.041\nY: \"And O my people! How (strange) it is for me to call you to Salvation\nwhile ye call me to the Fire!\"\n\nP: And, O my people! What aileth me that I call you unto deliverance\nwhen ye call me unto the Fire?\n\nS: And, O my people! how is it that I call you to salvation and you call\nme to the fire?\n\n040.042\nY: \"Ye do call upon me to blaspheme against Allah, and to join with Him\npartners of whom I have no knowledge; and I call you to the Exalted in\nPower, Who forgives again and again!\"\n\nP: Ye call me to disbelieve in Allah and ascribe unto Him as partners\nthat whereof I have no knowledge, while I call you unto the Mighty, the\nForgiver.\n\nS: You call on me that I should disbelieve in Allah and associate with\nHim that of which I have no knowledge, and I call you to the Mighty,\nthe most Forgiving;\n\n040.043\nY: \"Without doubt ye do call me to one who is not fit to be called to,\nwhether in this world, or in the Hereafter; our return will be to\nAllah; and the Transgressors will be Companions of the Fire!\"\n\nP: Assuredly that whereunto ye call me hath no claim in the world or in\nthe Hereafter, and our return will be unto Allah, and the prodigals\nwill be owners of the Fire.\n\nS: No doubt that what you call me to has no title to be called to in\nthis world, nor in the hereafter, and that our turning back is to\nAllah, and that the extravagant are the inmates of the fire;\n\n040.044\nY: \"Soon will ye remember what I say to you (now), My (own) affair I\ncommit to Allah: for Allah (ever) watches over His Servants.\"\n\nP: And ye will remember what I say unto you. I confide my cause unto\nAllah. Lo! Allah is Seer of (His) slaves.\n\nS: So you shall remember what I say to you, and I entrust my affair to\nAllah, Surely Allah sees the servants.\n\n040.045\nY: Then Allah saved him from (every) ill that they plotted (against\nhim), but the burnt of the Penalty encompassed on all sides the People\nof Pharaoh.\n\nP: So Allah warded off from him the evils which they plotted, while a\ndreadful doom encompassed Pharaoh's folk,\n\nS: So Allah protected him from the evil (consequences) of what they\nplanned, and the most evil punishment overtook Firon's people:\n\n040.046\nY: In front of the Fire will they be brought, morning and evening: And\n(the sentence will be) on the Day that Judgment will be established:\n\n\"Cast ye the People of Pharaoh into the severest Penalty!\"\nP: The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening; and on the day\nwhen the Hour upriseth (it is said): Cause Pharaoh's folk to enter the\nmost awful doom.\n\nS: The fire; they shall be brought before it (every) morning and evening\nand on the day when the hour shall come to pass: Make Firon's people\nenter the severest chastisement.\n\n040.047\nY: Behold, they will dispute with each other in the Fire! The weak ones\n(who followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, \"We but\nfollowed you: Can ye then take (on yourselves) from us some share of\nthe Fire?\"\n\nP: And when they wrangle in the Fire, the weak say unto those who were\nproud: Lo! we were a following unto you; will ye therefor rid us of a\nportion of the Fire?\n\nS: And when they shall contend one with another in the fire, then the\nweak shall say to those who were proud: Surely we were your followers;\nwill you then avert from us a portion of the fire?\n\n040.048\nY: Those who had been arrogant will say: \"We are all in this (Fire)!\nTruly, Allah has judged between (his) Servants!\"\n\nP: Those who were proud say: Lo! we are all (together) herein. Lo! Allah\nhath judged between (His) slaves.\n\nS: Those who were proud shall say: Surely we are all in it: surely Allah\nhas judged between the servants.\n\n040.049\nY: Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: \"Pray to your Lord\nto lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!\"\n\nP: And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord\nthat He relieve us of a day of the torment.\n\nS: And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of hell: Call\nupon your Lord that He may lighten to us one day of the punishment.\n\n040.050\nY: They will say: \"Did there not come to you your messengers with Clear\nSigns?\" They will say, \"Yes\". They will reply, \"Then pray (as ye like)!\nBut the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering)\nin (mazes of) error!\"\n\nP: They say: Came not your messengers unto you with clear proofs? They\nsay: Yea, verily. They say: Then do ye pray, although the prayer of\ndisbelievers is in vain.\n\nS: They shall say: Did not your messengers come to you with clear\narguments? They shall say: Yea. They shall say: Then call. And the call\nof the unbelievers is only in error.\n\n040.051\nY: We will, without doubt, help our messengers and those who believe,\n(both) in this world's life and on the Day when the Witnesses will\nstand forth,-\n\nP: Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the\nlife of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise,\n\nS: Most surely We help Our messengers, and those who believe, in this\nworld's life and on the day when the witnesses shall stand up,\n\n040.052\nY: The Day when no profit will it be to Wrong-doers to present their\nexcuses, but they will (only) have the Curse and the Home of Misery.\n\nP: The day when their excuse availeth not the evil-doers, and theirs is\nthe curse, and theirs the ill abode.\n\nS: The day on which their excuse shall not benefit the unjust, and for\nthem is curse and for them is the evil abode.\n\n040.053\nY: We did aforetime give Moses the (Book of) Guidance, and We gave the\nbook in inheritance to the Children of Israel,-\n\nP: And We verily gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the Children of\nIsrael to inherit the Scripture,\n\nS: And certainly We gave Musa the guidance, and We made the children of\nIsrael inherit the Book,\n\n040.054\nY: A Guide and a Message to men of Understanding.\n\nP: A guide and a reminder for men of understanding.\n\nS: A guidance and a reminder to the men of understanding.\n\n040.055\nY: Patiently, then, persevere: for the Promise of Allah is true: and ask\nforgiveness for thy fault, and celebrate the Praises of thy Lord in the\nevening and in the morning.\n\nP: Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true.\nAnd ask forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall\nof night and in the early hours.\n\nS: Therefore be patient; surely the promise of Allah is true; and ask\nprotection for your fault and sing the praise of your Lord in the\nevening and the morning.\n\n040.056\nY: Those who dispute about the signs of Allah without any authority\nbestowed on them,- there is nothing in their breasts but (the quest of)\ngreatness, which they shall never attain to: seek refuge, then, in\nAllah: It is He Who hears and sees (all things).\n\nP: Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a\nwarrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts\nsave pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah.\nLo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who dispute about the communications of Allah\nwithout any authority that has come to them, there is naught in their\nbreasts but (a desire) to become great which they shall never attain\nto; Therefore seek refuge in Allah, surely He is the Hearing, the\nSeeing.\n\n040.057\nY: Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater\n(matter) than the creation of men: Yet most men understand not.\n\nP: Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than\nthe creation of mankind; but most of mankind know not.\n\nS: Certainly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than\nthe creation of the men, but most people do not know.\n\n040.058\nY: Not equal are the blind and those who (clearly) see: Nor are (equal)\nthose who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and those who do\nevil. Little do ye learn by admonition!\n\nP: And the blind man and the seer are not equal, neither are those who\nbelieve and do good works (equal with) the evil-doer. Little do ye\nreflect!\n\nS: And the blind and the seeing are not alike, nor those who believe and\ndo good and the evil-doer; little is it that you are mindful.\n\n040.059\nY: The Hour will certainly come: Therein is no doubt: Yet most men\nbelieve not.\n\nP: Lo! the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt thereof; yet most of\nmankind believe not.\n\nS: Most surely the hour is coming, there is no doubt therein, but most\npeople do not believe.\n\n040.060\nY: And your Lord says: \"Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): but\nthose who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in\nHell - in humiliation!\"\n\nP: And your Lord hath said: Pray unto Me and I will hear your prayer.\nLo! those who scorn My service, they will enter hell, disgraced.\n\nS: And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you; surely those who\nare too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased.\n\n040.061\nY: It is Allah Who has made the Night for you, that ye may rest therein,\nand the Day as that which helps (you) to see. Verily Allah is full of\nGrace and Bounty to men: yet most men give no thanks.\n\nP: Allah it is Who hath appointed for you night that ye may rest\ntherein, and day for seeing. Lo! Allah is a Lord of bounty for mankind,\nyet most of mankind give not thanks.\n\nS: Allah is He Who made for you the night that you may rest therein and\nthe day to see; most surely Allah is Gracious to men, but most men do\nnot give thanks.\n\n040.062\nY: Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, there is no god\nbut He: Then how ye are deluded away from the Truth!\n\nP: Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, There is no\nGod save Him. How then are ye perverted?\n\nS: That is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of everything; there is no\nGod but He; whence are you then turned away?\n\n040.063\nY: Thus are deluded those who are wont to reject the Signs of Allah.\n\nP: Thus are they perverted who deny the revelations of Allah.\n\nS: Thus were turned away those who denied the communications of Allah.\n\n040.064\nY: It is Allah Who has made for you the earth as a resting place, and\nthe sky as a canopy, and has given you shape- and made your shapes\nbeautiful,- and has provided for you Sustenance, of things pure and\ngood;- such is Allah your Lord. So Glory to Allah, the Lord of the\nWorlds!\n\nP: Allah it is Who appointed for you the earth for a dwelling-place and\nthe sky for a canopy, and fashioned you and perfected your shapes, and\nhath provided you with good things. Such is Allah, your Lord. Then\nblessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!\n\nS: Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven\na canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He\nprovided you with goodly things; that is Allah, your Lord; blessed then\nis Allah, the Lord of the worlds.\n\n040.065\nY: He is the Living (One): There is no god but He: Call upon Him, giving\nHim sincere devotion. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!\n\nP: He is the Living One. There is no God save Him. So pray unto Him,\nmaking religion pure for Him (only). Praise be to Allah, the Lord of\nthe Worlds!\n\nS: He is the Living, there is no god but He, therefore call on Him,\nbeing sincere to Him in obedience; (all) praise is due to Allah, the\nLord of the worlds.\n\n040.066\nY: Say: \"I have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye invoke besides\nAllah,- seeing that the Clear Signs have come to me from my Lord; and I\nhave been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): I am forbidden to worship those unto whom ye cry\nbeside Allah since there have come unto me clear proofs from my Lord,\nand I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon besides Allah\nwhen clear arguments have come to me from my Lord, and I am commanded\nthat I should submit to the Lord of the worlds.\n\n040.067\nY: It is He Who has created you from dust then from a sperm-drop, then\nfrom a leech-like clot; then does he get you out (into the light) as a\nchild: then lets you (grow and) reach your age of full strength; then\nlets you become old,- though of you there are some who die before;- and\nlets you reach a Term appointed; in order that ye may learn wisdom.\n\nP: He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then\nfrom a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that\nye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though\nsome among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that\nhaply ye may understand.\n\nS: He it is Who created you from dust, then from a small life-germ, then\nfrom a clot, then He brings you forth as a child, then that you may\nattain your maturity, then that you may be old-- and of you there are\nsome who are caused to die before-- and that you may reach an appointed\nterm, and that you may understand.\n\n040.068\nY: It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an\naffair, He says to it, \"Be\", and it is.\n\nP: He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing,\nHe saith unto it only: Be! and it is.\n\nS: He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He decrees an\naffair, He only says to it: Be, and it is.\n\n040.069\nY: Seest thou not those that dispute concerning the Signs of Allah? How\nare they turned away (from Reality)?-\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those who wrangle concerning the revelations of\nAllah, how they are turned away? -\n\nS: Have you not seen those who dispute with respect to the\ncommunications of Allah: how are they turned away?\n\n040.070\nY: Those who reject the Book and the (revelations) with which We sent\nour messengers: but soon shall they know,-\n\nP: Those who deny the Scripture and that wherewith We send Our\nmessengers. But they will come to know,\n\nS: Those who reject the Book and that with which We have sent Our\nMessenger; but they shall soon come to know,\n\n040.071\nY: When the yokes (shall be) round their necks, and the chains; they\nshall be dragged along-\n\nP: When carcans are about their necks and chains. They are dragged\n\nS: When the fetters and the chains shall be on their necks; they shall\nbe dragged\n\n040.072\nY: In the boiling fetid fluid: then in the Fire shall they be burned;\n\nP: Through boiling waters; then they are thrust into the Fire.\n\nS: Into boiling water, then in the fire shall they be burned;\n\n040.073\nY: Then shall it be said to them: \"Where are the (deities) to which ye\ngave part-worship-\"\n\nP: Then it is said unto them: Where are (all) that ye used to make\npartners (in the Sovereignty)\n\nS: Then shall it be said to them: Where is that which you used to set up\n\n040.074\nY: \"In derogation of Allah?\" They will reply: \"They have left us in the\nlurch: Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real\nexistence).\" Thus does Allah leave the Unbelievers to stray.\n\nP: Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray\nto anything before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in\nHis guidance).\n\nS: Besides Allah? They shall say: They are gone away from us, nay, we\nused not to call upon anything before. Thus does Allah confound the\nunbelievers.\n\n040.075\nY: \"That was because ye were wont to rejoice on the earth in things\nother than the Truth, and that ye were wont to be insolent.\"\n\nP: (And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth\nwithout right, and because ye were petulant.\n\nS: That is because you exulted in the land unjustly and because you\nbehaved insolently.\n\n040.076\nY: \"Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this)\nabode of the arrogant!\"\n\nP: Enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein. Evil is the habitation\nof the scornful.\n\nS: Enter the gates of hell to abide therein, evil then is the abode of\nthe proud.\n\n040.077\nY: So persevere in patience; for the Promise of Allah is true: and\nwhether We show thee (in this life) some part of what We promise them,-\nor We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (before that),-(in any case) it is\nto Us that they shall (all) return.\n\nP: Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true.\nAnd whether we let thee see a part of that which We promise them, or\n(whether) We cause thee to die, still unto Us they will be brought\nback.\n\nS: So be patient, surely the promise of Allah is true. So should We make\nyou see part of what We threaten them with, or should We cause you to\ndie, to Us shall they be returned.\n\n040.078\nY: We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some\nwhose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not\nrelated to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a\nsign except by the leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah\nissued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there\nperished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.\n\nP: Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We\nhave told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not\ngiven to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's\nleave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged\naright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost.\n\nS: And certainly We sent messengers before you: there are some of them\nthat We have mentioned to you and there are others whom We have not\nmentioned to you, and it was not meet for a messenger that he should\nbring a sign except with Allah's permission, but when the command of\nAllah came, judgment was given with truth, and those who treated (it)\nas a lie were lost.\n\n040.079\nY: It is Allah Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some for riding\nand some for food;\n\nP: Allah it is Who hath appointed for you cattle, that ye may ride on\nsome of them, and eat of some -\n\nS: Allah is He Who made the cattle for you that you may ride on some of\nthem, and some of them you eat.\n\n040.080\nY: And there are (other) advantages in them for you (besides); that ye\nmay through them attain to any need (there may be) in your hearts; and\non them and on ships ye are carried.\n\nP: (Many) benefits ye have from them - and that ye may satisfy by their\nmeans a need that is in your breasts, and may be borne upon them as\nupon the ship.\n\nS: And there are advantages for you in them, and that you may attain\nthereon a want which is in your breasts, and upon them and upon the\nships you are borne.\n\n040.081\nY: And He shows you (always) His Signs: then which of the Signs of Allah\nwill ye deny?\n\nP: And He showeth you His tokens. Which, then, of the tokens of Allah do\nye deny?\n\nS: And He shows you His signs: which then of Allah's signs will you\ndeny?\n\n040.082\nY: Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of\nthose before them? They were more numerous than these and superior in\nstrength and in the traces (they have left) in the land: Yet all that\nthey accomplished was of no profit to them.\n\nP: Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the\nconsequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these,\nand mightier in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them)\nin the earth. But all that they used to earn availed them not.\n\nS: Have they not then journeyed in the land and seen how was the end of\nthose before them? They were more (in numbers) than these and greater\nin strength and in fortifications in the land, but what they earned did\nnot avail them.\n\n040.083\nY: For when their messengers came to them with Clear Signs, they exulted\nin such knowledge (and skill) as they had; but that very (Wrath) at\nwhich they were wont to scoff hemmed them in.\n\nP: And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's\nSovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed.\nAnd that which they were wont to mock befell them.\n\nS: Then when their messengers came to them with clear arguments, they\nexulted in what they had with them of knowledge, and there beset them\nthat which they used to mock.\n\n040.084\nY: But when they saw Our Punishment, they said: \"We believe in Allah,-\nthe one Allah - and we reject the partners we used to join with Him.\"\n\nP: Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and\nreject (all) that we used to associate (with Him).\n\nS: But when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah\nalone and we deny what we used to associate with Him.\n\n040.085\nY: But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our\nPunishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) Allah's Way of\ndealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus\ndid the Rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)!\n\nP: But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom. This is\nAllah's law which hath ever taken course for His bondmen. And then the\ndisbelievers will be ruined.\n\nS: But their belief was not going to profit them when they had seen Our\npunishment; (this is) Allah's law, which has indeed obtained in the\nmatter of His servants, and there the unbelievers are lost.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 41:\n\n                       FUSSILAT (EXPLAINED IN DETAIL)\n Total Verses: 54 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n041.001\nY: Ha Mim:\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim!\n\n041.002\nY: A Revelation from (Allah), Most Gracious, Most Merciful;-\n\nP: A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful,\n\nS: A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful Allah:\n\n041.003\nY: A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail;- a Qur'an in\nArabic, for people who understand;-\n\nP: A Scripture whereof the verses are expounded, a Lecture in Arabic for\npeople who have knowledge,\n\nS: A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Quran for a\npeople who know:\n\n041.004\nY: Giving good news and admonition: yet most of them turn away, and so\nthey hear not.\n\nP: Good tidings and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they\nhear not.\n\nS: A herald of good news and a warner, but most of them turn aside so\nthey hear not.\n\n041.005\nY: They say: \"Our hearts are under veils, (concealed) from that to which\nthou dost invite us, and in our ears in a deafness, and between us and\nthee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us, we shall do\n(what we will!)\"\n\nP: And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O\nMuhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between\nus and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.\n\nS: And they say: Our hearts are under coverings from that to which you\ncall us, and there is a heaviness in our ears, and a veil hangs between\nus and you, so work, we too are working.\n\n041.006\nY: Say thou: \"I am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by\nInspiration, that your Allah is one Allah: so stand true to Him, and\nask for His Forgiveness.\" And woe to those who join gods with Allah,-\n\nP: Say (unto them O Muhammad): I am only a mortal like you. It is\ninspired in me that your Allah is One Allah, therefor take the straight\npath unto Him and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe unto the idolaters,\n\nS: Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your\nAllah is one Allah, therefore follow the right way to Him and ask His\nforgiveness; and woe to the polytheists;\n\n041.007\nY: Those who practise not regular Charity, and who even deny the\nHereafter.\n\nP: Who give not the poor-due, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.\n\nS: (To) those who do not give poor-rate and they are unbelievers in the\nhereafter.\n\n041.008\nY: For those who believe and work deeds of righteousness is a reward\nthat will never fail.\n\nP: Lo! as for those who believe and do good works, for them is a reward\nenduring.\n\nS: (As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely have a\nreward never to be cut off.\n\n041.009\nY: Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do\nye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds.\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, unto the idolaters): Disbelieve ye verily in Him Who\ncreated the earth in two Days, and ascribe ye unto Him rivals? He (and\nnone else) is the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: Say: What! do you indeed disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in\ntwo periods, and do you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of the\nWorlds.\n\n041.010\nY: He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it, and\nbestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to give\nthem nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with\n(the needs of) those who seek (sustenance).\n\nP: He placed therein firm hills rising above it, and blessed it and\nmeasured therein its sustenance in four Days, alike for (all) who ask;\n\nS: And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He blessed therein\nand made therein its foods, in four periods: alike for the seekers.\n\n041.011\nY: Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as)\nsmoke: He said to it and to the earth: \"Come ye together, willingly or\nunwillingly.\" They said: \"We do come (together), in willing obedience.\"\n\nP: Then turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it and\nunto the earth: Come both of you, willingly or loth. They said: We\ncome, obedient.\n\nS: Then He directed Himself to the heaven and it is a vapor, so He said\nto it and to the earth: Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both\nsaid: We come willingly.\n\n041.012\nY: So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days, and He assigned\nto each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven\nwith lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him)\nthe Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.\n\nP: Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in each\nheaven its mandate; and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and\nrendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the\nKnower.\n\nS: So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and revealed in\nevery heaven its affair; and We adorned the lower heaven with brilliant\nstars and (made it) to guard; that is the decree of the Mighty, the\nKnowing.\n\n041.013\nY: But if they turn away, say thou: \"I have warned you of a stunning\nPunishment (as of thunder and lightning) like that which (overtook) the\n'Ad and the Thamud!\"\n\nP: But if they turn away, then say: I warn you of a thunderbolt like the\nthunderbolt (which fell of old upon the tribes) of A'ad and Thamud;\n\nS: But if they turn aside, then say: I have warned you of a scourge like\nthe scourge of Ad and Samood.\n\n041.014\nY: Behold, the messengers came to them, from before them and behind\nthem, (preaching): \"Serve none but Allah.\" They said, \"If our Lord had\nso pleased, He would certainly have sent down angels (to preach). Now\nwe reject your mission (altogether).\"\n\nP: When their messengers came unto them from before them and behind\nthem, saying: Worship none but Allah! they said: If our Lord had\nwilled, He surely would have sent down angels (unto us), so lo! we are\ndisbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.\n\nS: When their messengers came to them from before them and from behind\nthem, saying, Serve nothing but Allah, they said: If our Lord had\npleased He would certainly have sent down angels, so we are surely\nunbelievers in that with which you are sent.\n\n041.015\nY: Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (all) truth\nand reason, and said: \"Who is superior to us in strength?\" What! did\nthey not see that Allah, Who created them, was superior to them in\nstrength? But they continued to reject Our Signs!\n\nP: As for A'ad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they\nsaid: Who is mightier than us in power? Could they not see that Allah\nWho created them, He was mightier than them in power? And they denied\nOur revelations.\n\nS: Then as to Ad, they were unjustly proud in the land, and they said:\nWho is mightier in strength than we? Did they not see that Allah Who\ncreated them was mightier than they in strength, and they denied Our\ncommunications?\n\n041.016\nY: So We sent against them a furious Wind through days of disaster, that\nWe might give them a taste of a Penalty of humiliation in this life;\nbut the Penalty of a Hereafter will be more humiliating still: and they\nwill find no help.\n\nP: Therefor We let loose on them a raging wind in evil days, that We\nmight make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the world.\nAnd verily the doom of the Hereafter will be more shameful, and they\nwill not be helped.\n\nS: So We sent on them a furious wind in unlucky days, that We may make\nthem taste the chastisement of abasement in this world's life; and\ncertainly the chastisement of the hereafter is much more abasing, and\nthey shall not be helped.\n\n041.017\nY: As to the Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred blindness\n(of heart) to Guidance: so the stunning Punishment of humiliation\nseized them, because of what they had earned.\n\nP: And as for Thamud, We gave them guidance, but they preferred\nblindness to the guidance, so the bolt of the doom of humiliation\novertook them because of what they used to earn.\n\nS: And as to Samood, We showed them the right way, but they chose error\nabove guidance, so there overtook them the scourge of an abasing\nchastisement for what they earned.\n\n041.018\nY: But We delivered those who believed and practised righteousness.\n\nP: And We delivered those who believed and used to keep their duty to\nAllah.\n\nS: And We delivered those who believed and guarded (against evil).\n\n041.019\nY: On the Day that the enemies of Allah will be gathered together to the\nFire, they will be marched in ranks.\n\nP: And (make mention of) the day when the enemies of Allah are gathered\nunto the Fire, they are driven on\n\nS: And on the day that the enemies of Allah shall be brought together to\nthe fire, then they shall be formed into groups.\n\n041.020\nY: At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight,\nand their skins will bear witness against them, as to (all) their\ndeeds.\n\nP: Till, when they reach it, their ears and their eyes and their skins\ntestify against them as to what they used to do.\n\nS: Until when they come to it, their ears and their eyes and their skins\nshall bear witness against them as to what they did.\n\n041.021\nY: They will say to their skins: \"Why bear ye witness against us?\" They\nwill say: \"Allah hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to\neverything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to\nreturn.\"\n\nP: And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say:\nAllah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who\ncreated you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.\n\nS: And they shall say to their skins: Why have you borne witness against\nus? They shall say: Allah Who makes everything speak has made us speak,\nand He created you at first, and to Him you shall be brought back.\n\n041.022\nY: \"Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight,\nand your skins should bear witness against you! But ye did think that\nAllah knew not many of the things that ye used to do!\"\n\nP: Ye did not hide yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your\nskins should testify against you, but ye deemed that Allah knew not\nmuch of what ye did.\n\nS: And you did not veil yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your\nskins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah did\nnot know most of what you did.\n\n041.023\nY: \"But this thought of yours which ye did entertain concerning your\nLord, hath brought you to destruction, and (now) have ye become of\nthose utterly lost!\"\n\nP: That, your thought which ye did think about your Lord, hath ruined\nyou; and ye find yourselves (this day) among the lost.\n\nS: And that was your (evil) thought which you entertained about your\nLord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so are you become of the\nlost ones.\n\n041.024\nY: If, then, they have patience, the Fire will be a home for them! and\nif they beg to be received into favour, into favour will they not\n(then) be received.\n\nP: And though they are resigned, yet the Fire is still their home; and\nif they ask for favour, yet they are not of those unto whom favour can\nbe shown.\n\nS: Then if they will endure, still the fire is their abode, and if they\nask for goodwill, then are they not of those who shall be granted\ngoodwill.\n\n041.025\nY: And We have destined for them intimate companions (of like nature),\nwho made alluring to them what was before them and behind them; and the\nsentence among the previous generations of jinns and men, who have\npassed away, is proved against them; for they are utterly lost.\n\nP: And We assigned them comrades (in the world), who made their present\nand their past fairseeming unto them. And the Word concerning nations\nof the jinn and humankind who passed away before them hath effect for\nthem. Lo! they were ever losers.\n\nS: And We have appointed for them comrades so they have made\nfair-seeming to them what is before them and what is behind them, and\nthe word proved true against them-- among the nations of the jinn and\nthe men that have passed away before them-- that they shall surely be\nlosers.\n\n041.026\nY: The Unbelievers say: \"Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at random\nin the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!\"\n\nP: Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Qur'an, and drown the hearing\nof it; haply ye may conquer.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say: Do not listen to this Quran and make\nnoise therein, perhaps you may overcome.\n\n041.027\nY: But We will certainly give the Unbelievers a taste of a severe\nPenalty, and We will requite them for the worst of their deeds.\n\nP: But verily We shall cause those who disbelieve to taste an awful\ndoom, and verily We shall requite them the worst of what they used to\ndo.\n\nS: Therefore We will most certainly make those who disbelieve taste a\nsevere punishment, and We will most certainly reward them for the evil\ndeeds they used to do.\n\n041.028\nY: Such is the requital of the enemies of Allah,- the Fire: therein will\nbe for them the Eternal Home: a (fit) requital, for that they were wont\nto reject Our Signs.\n\nP: That is the reward of Allah's enemies: the Fire. Therein is their\nimmortal home, payment forasmuch as they denied Our revelations.\n\nS: That is the reward of the enemies of Allah-- the fire; for them\ntherein shall be the house of long abiding; a reward for their denying\nOur communications.\n\n041.029\nY: And the Unbelievers will say: \"Our Lord! Show us those, among jinns\nand men, who misled us: We shall crush them beneath our feet, so that\nthey become the vilest (before all).\"\n\nP: And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! Show us those who\nbeguiled us of the jinn and humankind. We will place them underneath\nour feet that they may be among the nethermost.\n\nS: And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! show us those who led us\nastray from among the jinn and the men that we may trample them under\nour feet so that they may be of the lowest.\n\n041.030\nY: In the case of those who say, \"Our Lord is Allah\", and, further,\nstand straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them (from time to\ntime): \"Fear ye not!\" (they suggest), \"Nor grieve! but receive the Glad\nTidings of the Garden (of Bliss), the which ye were promised!\"\n\nP: Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and afterward are upright, the\nangels descend upon them, saying: Fear not nor grieve, but hear good\ntidings of the paradise which ye are promised.\n\nS: (As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right\nway, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved,\nand receive good news of the garden which you were promised.\n\n041.031\nY: \"We are your protectors in this life and in the Hereafter: therein\nshall ye have all that your souls shall desire; therein shall ye have\nall that ye ask for!\"-\n\nP: We are your protecting friends in the life of the world and in the\nHereafter. There ye will have (all) that your souls desire, and there\nye will have (all) for which ye pray.\n\nS: We are your guardians in this world's life and in the hereafter, and\nyou shall have therein what your souls desire and you shall have\ntherein what you ask for:\n\n041.032\nY: \"A hospitable gift from one Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!\"\n\nP: A gift of welcome from One Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: A provision from the Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\n041.033\nY: Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works\nrighteousness, and says, \"I am of those who bow in Islam\"?\n\nP: And who is better in speech than him who prayeth unto his Lord and\ndoeth right, and saith: Lo! I am of those who are muslims (surrender\nunto Him).\n\nS: And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while he himself\ndoes good, and says: I am surely of those who submit?\n\n041.034\nY: Nor can goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better:\nThen will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy\nfriend and intimate!\n\nP: The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed\nwith one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was\nenmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.\n\nS: And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil) with what is\nbest, when lo! he between whom and you was enmity would be as if he\nwere a warm friend.\n\n041.035\nY: And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise\npatience and self-restraint,- none but persons of the greatest good\nfortune.\n\nP: But none is granted it save those who are steadfast, and none is\ngranted it save the owner of great happiness.\n\nS: And none are made to receive it but those who are patient, and none\nare made to receive it but those who have a mighty good fortune.\n\n041.036\nY: And if (at any time) an incitement to discord is made to thee by the\nEvil One, seek refuge in Allah. He is the One Who hears and knows all\nthings.\n\nP: And if a whisper from the devil reach thee (O Muhammad) then seek\nrefuge in Allah. Lo! He is the Hearer, the Knower.\n\nS: And if an interference of the Shaitan should cause you mischief, seek\nrefuge in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\n\n041.037\nY: Among His Signs are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon.\nDo not prostrate to the sun and the moon, but prostrate to Allah, Who\ncreated them, if it is Him ye wish to serve.\n\nP: And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the\nmoon. Do not prostrate to the sun or the moon; but prostrate to Allah\nWho created them, if it is in truth Him Whom ye worship.\n\nS: And among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the\nmoon; do not prostrate to the sun nor to the moon; and prostrate to\nAllah Who created them, if Him it is that you serve.\n\n041.038\nY: But if they (Unbelievers) are arrogant, (no matter): for in the\npresence of thy Lord are those who celebrate His praises by night and\nby day. And they never flag (nor feel themselves above it).\n\nP: But if they are too proud - still those who are with thy Lord glorify\nHim night and day, and tire not.\n\nS: But if they are proud, yet those with your Lord glorify Him during\nthe night and the day, and they are not tired.\n\n041.039\nY: And among His Signs in this: thou seest the earth barren and\ndesolate; but when We send down rain to it, it is stirred to life and\nyields increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead) earth can\nsurely give life to (men) who are dead. For He has power over all\nthings.\n\nP: And of His portents (is this): that thou seest the earth lowly, but\nwhen We send down water thereon it thrilleth and groweth. Lo! He Who\nquickeneth it is verily the Quickener of the Dead. Lo! He is Able to do\nall things.\n\nS: And among His signs is this, that you see the earth still, but when\nWe send down on it the water, it stirs and swells: most surely He Who\ngives it life is the Giver of life to the dead; surely He has power\nover all things.\n\n041.040\nY: Those who pervert the Truth in Our Signs are not hidden from Us.\nWhich is better?- he that is cast into the Fire, or he that comes safe\nthrough, on the Day of Judgment? Do what ye will: verily He seeth\n(clearly) all that ye do.\n\nP: Lo! those who distort Our revelations are not hid from Us. Is he who\nis hurled into the Fire better, or he who cometh secure on the Day of\nResurrection? Do what ye will. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: Surely they who deviate from the right way concerning Our\ncommunications are not hidden from Us. What! is he then who is cast\ninto the fire better, or he who comes safe on the day of resurrection?\nDo what you like, surely He sees what you do.\n\n041.041\nY: Those who reject the Message when it comes to them (are not hidden\nfrom Us). And indeed it is a Book of exalted power.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it cometh unto them\n(are guilty), for lo! it is an unassailable Scripture.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve in the reminder when it comes to them,\nand most surely it is a Mighty Book:\n\n041.042\nY: No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: It is sent\ndown by One Full of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.\n\nP: Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is)\na revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it; a\nrevelation from the Wise, the Praised One.\n\n041.043\nY: Nothing is said to thee that was not said to the messengers before\nthee: that thy lord has at his Command (all) forgiveness as well as a\nmost Grievous Penalty.\n\nP: Naught is said unto thee (Muhammad) save what was said unto the\nmessengers before thee. Lo! thy Lord is owner of forgiveness, and owner\n(also) of dire punishment.\n\nS: Naught is said to you but what was said indeed to the messengers\nbefore you; surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness and the Lord of\npainful retribution.\n\n041.044\nY: Had We sent this as a Qur'an (in the language) other than Arabic,\nthey would have said: \"Why are not its verses explained in detail?\nWhat! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger) an Arab?\" Say: \"It is a\nGuide and a Healing to those who believe; and for those who believe\nnot, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness in their\n(eyes): They are (as it were) being called from a place far distant!\"\n\nP: And if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they would\nassuredly have said: If only its verses were expounded (so that we\nmight understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an Arab? - Say unto them\n(O Muhammad): For those who believe it is a guidance and a healing; and\nas for those who disbelieve, there is a deafness in their ears, and it\nis blindness for them. Such are called to from afar.\n\nS: And if We had made it a Quran in a foreign tongue, they would\ncertainly have said: Why have not its communications been made clear?\nWhat! a foreign (tongue) and an Arabian! Say: It is to those who\nbelieve a guidance and a healing; and (as for) those who do not\nbelieve, there is a heaviness in their ears and it is obscure to them;\nthese shall be called to from a far-off place.\n\n041.045\nY: We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but disputes arose\ntherein. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy\nLord, (their differences) would have been settled between them: but\nthey remained in suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.\n\nP: And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, but there hath been dispute\nconcerning it; and but for a Word that had already gone forth from thy\nLord, it would ere now have been judged between them; but lo! they are\nin hopeless doubt concerning it.\n\nS: And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, but it has been differed\nabout, and had not a word already gone forth from your Lord, judgment\nwould certainly have been given between them; and most surely they are\nin a disquieting doubt about it.\n\n041.046\nY: Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever works\nevil, it is against his own soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the\nleast) to His Servants.\n\nP: Whoso doeth right it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong it is\nagainst it. And thy Lord is not at all a tyrant to His slaves.\n\nS: Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it\nis against it; and your Lord is not in the least unjust to the\nservants.\n\n041.047\nY: To Him is referred the Knowledge of the Hour (of Judgment: He knows\nall): No date-fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive\n(within her womb) nor bring forth (Young) but by His knowledge.\nThe Day that (Allah) will propound to them the (question),\n\"Where are the partners (ye attributed) to Me?\" They will say,\n\"We do assure thee not one of us can bear witness!\"\n\nP: Unto Him is referred (all) knowledge of the Hour. And no fruits burst\nforth from their sheaths, and no female carrieth or bringeth forth but\nwith His knowledge. And on the day when He calleth unto them: Where are\nnow My partners? they will say: We confess unto Thee, not one of us is\na witness (for them).\n\nS: To Him is referred the knowledge of the hour, and there come not\nforth any of the fruits from their coverings, nor does a female bear,\nnor does she give birth, but with His knowledge; and on the day when He\nshall call out to them, Where are (those whom you called) My\nassociates? They shall say: We declare to Thee, none of us is a\nwitness.\n\n041.048\nY: The (deities) they used to invoke aforetime will leave them in the\nlurch, and they will perceive that they have no way of escape.\n\nP: And those to whom they used to cry of old have failed them, and they\nperceive they have no place of refuge.\n\nS: And away from them shall go what they called upon before, and they\nshall know for certain that there is no escape for them.\n\n041.049\nY: Man does not weary of asking for good (things), but if ill touches\nhim, he gives up all hope (and) is lost in despair.\n\nP: Man tireth not of praying for good, and if ill toucheth him, then he\nis disheartened, desperate.\n\nS: Man is never tired of praying for good, and if evil touch him, then\nhe is despairing, hopeless.\n\n041.050\nY: When we give him a taste of some Mercy from Ourselves, after some\nadversity has touched him, he is sure to say, \"This is due to my\n(merit): I think not that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) be\nestablished; but if I am brought back to my Lord, I have (much) good\n(stored) in His sight!\" But We will show the Unbelievers the truth of\nall that they did, and We shall give them the taste of a severe\nPenalty.\n\nP: And verily, if We cause him to taste mercy after some hurt that hath\ntouched him, he will say: This is my own; and I deem not that the Hour\nwill ever rise, and if I am brought back to my Lord, I surely shall be\nbetter off with Him - But We verily shall tell those who disbelieve\n(all) that they did, and We verily shall make them taste hard\npunishment.\n\nS: And if We make him taste mercy from Us after distress that has\ntouched him, he would most certainly say: This is of me, and I do not\nthink the hour will come to pass, and if I am sent back to my Lord, I\nshall have with Him sure good; but We will most certainly inform those\nwho disbelieved of what they did, and We will most certainly make them\ntaste of hard chastisement.\n\n041.051\nY: When We bestow favours on man, he turns away, and gets himself remote\non his side (instead of coming to Us); and when evil seizes him, (he\ncomes) full of prolonged prayer!\n\nP: When We show favour unto man, he withdraweth and turneth aside, but\nwhen ill toucheth him then he aboundeth in prayer.\n\nS: And when We show favor to man, he turns aside and withdraws himself;\nand when evil touches him, he makes lengthy supplications.\n\n041.052\nY: Say: \"See ye if the (Revelation) is (really) from Allah, and yet do\nye reject it? Who is more astray than one who is in a schism far (from\nany purpose)?\"\n\nP: Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye reject it - Who is further\nastray than one who is at open feud (with Allah)?\n\nS: Say: Tell me if it is from Allah; then you disbelieve in it, who is\nin greater error than he who is in a prolonged opposition?\n\n041.053\nY: Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the\nearth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that\nthis is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all\nthings?\n\nP: We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves\nuntil it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Doth not thy\nLord suffice, since He is Witness over all things?\n\nS: We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and in their own\nsouls, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth.\nIs it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all\nthings?\n\n041.054\nY: Ah indeed! Are they in doubt concerning the Meeting with their Lord?\nAh indeed! It is He that doth encompass all things!\n\nP: How! Are they still in doubt about the meeting with their Lord? Lo!\nIs not He surrounding all things?\n\nS: Now surely they are in doubt as to the meeting of their Lord; now\nsurely He encompasses all things.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 42:\n\n                     ASH-SHURA (COUNCIL, CONSULTATION)\n Total Verses: 53 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n042.001\nY: Ha-Mim.\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim.\n\n042.002\nY: 'Ain. Sin. Qaf.\n\nP: A'in. Sin. Qaf.\n\nS: Ain Sin Qaf.\n\n042.003\nY: Thus doth (He) send inspiration to thee as (He did) to those before\nthee,- Allah, Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.\n\nP: Thus Allah the Mighty, the Knower inspireth thee (Muhammad) as (He\ninspired) those before thee.\n\nS: Thus does Allah, the Mighty, the Wise, reveal to you, and (thus He\nrevealed) to those before you.\n\n042.004\nY: To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: and He is\nMost High, Most Great.\n\nP: Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the\nearth, and He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.\n\nS: His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the\nHigh, the Great.\n\n042.005\nY: The heavens are almost rent asunder from above them (by Him Glory):\nand the angels celebrate the Praises of their Lord, and pray for\nforgiveness for (all) beings on earth: Behold! Verily Allah is He, the\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Almost might the heavens above be rent asunder while the angels hymn\nthe praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on the earth.\nLo! Allah, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.\n\nS: The heavens may almost rend asunder from above them and the angels\nsing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth;\nnow surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\n042.006\nY: And those who take as protectors others besides Him,- Allah doth\nwatch over them; and thou art not the disposer of their affairs.\n\nP: And as for those who choose protecting friends beside Him, Allah is\nWarden over them, and thou art in no wise a guardian over them.\n\nS: And (as for) those who take guardians besides Him, Allah watches over\nthem, and you have not charge over them.\n\n042.007\nY: Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an: that thou\nmayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,- and warn (them)\nof the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some will be\nin the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.\n\nP: And thus We have inspired in thee a Lecture in Arabic, that thou\nmayst warn the mother-town and those around it, and mayst warn of a day\nof assembling whereof there is no doubt. A host will be in the Garden,\nand a host of them in the Flame.\n\nS: And thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran, that you may warn\nthe mother city and those around it, and that you may give warning of\nthe day of gathering together wherein is no doubt; a party shall be in\nthe garden and (another) party in the burning fire.\n\n042.008\nY: If Allah had so willed, He could have made them a single people; but\nHe admits whom He will to His Mercy; and the wrongdoers will have no\nprotector nor helper.\n\nP: Had Allah willed, He could have made them one community, but Allah\nbringeth whom He will into His mercy. And the wrong-doers have no\nfriend nor helper.\n\nS: And if Allah had pleased He would surely have made them a single\ncommunity, but He makes whom He pleases enter into His mercy, and the\nunjust it is that shall have no guardian or helper.\n\n042.009\nY: What! Have they taken (for worship) protectors besides Him? But it is\nAllah,- He is the Protector, and it is He Who gives life to the dead:\nIt is He Who has power over all things,\n\nP: Or have they chosen protecting friends besides Him? But Allah, He\n(alone) is the Protecting Friend. He quickeneth the dead, and He is\nAble to do all things.\n\nS: Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is the Guardian,\nand He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.\n\n042.010\nY: Whatever it be wherein ye differ, the decision thereof is with Allah:\nsuch is Allah my Lord: In Him I trust, and to Him I turn.\n\nP: And in whatsoever ye differ, the verdict therein belongeth to Allah.\nSuch is my Lord, in Whom I put my trust, and unto Whom I turn.\n\nS: And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof is (in)\nAllah's (hand); that is Allah, my Lord, on Him do I rely and to Him do\nI turn time after time.\n\n042.011\nY: (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you\npairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this means does\nHe multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the\nOne that hears and sees (all things).\n\nP: The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He hath made for you pairs\nof yourselves, and of the cattle also pairs, whereby He multiplieth\nyou. Naught is as His likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.\n\nS: The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you\nfrom among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you\nthereby; nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the\nSeeing.\n\n042.012\nY: To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He enlarges and\nrestricts. The Sustenance to whom He will: for He knows full well all\nthings.\n\nP: His are the keys of the heavens and the earth. He enlargeth\nprovidence for whom He will and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo!\nHe is Knower of all things.\n\nS: His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; He makes ample\nand straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; surely He\nis Cognizant of all things.\n\n042.013\nY: The same religion has He established for you as that which He\nenjoined on Noah - the which We have sent by inspiration to thee - and\nthat which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: Namely, that ye\nshould remain steadfast in religion, and make no divisions therein: to\nthose who worship other things than Allah, hard is the (way) to which\nthou callest them. Allah chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and\nguides to Himself those who turn (to Him).\n\nP: He hath ordained for you that religion which He commended unto Noah,\nand that which We inspire in thee (Muhammad), and that which We\ncommended unto Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying: Establish the\nreligion, and be not divided therein. Dreadful for the idolaters is\nthat unto which thou callest them. Allah chooseth for Himself whom He\nwill, and guideth unto Himself him who turneth (toward Him).\n\nS: He has made plain to you of the religion what He enjoined upon Nuh\nand that which We have revealed to you and that which We enjoined upon\nIbrahim and Musa and Isa that keep to obedience and be not divided\ntherein; hard to the unbelievers is that which you call them to; Allah\nchooses for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who\nturns (to Him), frequently.\n\n042.014\nY: And they became divided only after Knowledge reached them,- through\nselfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word that\nwent forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the\nmatter would have been settled between them: But truly those who have\ninherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting) doubt\nconcerning it.\n\nP: And they were not divided until after the knowledge came unto them,\nthrough rivalry among themselves; and had it not been for a Word that\nhad already gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, it surely\nhad been judged between them. And those who were made to inherit the\nScripture after them are verily in hopeless doubt concerning it.\n\nS: And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to\nthem out of envy among themselves; and had not a word gone forth from\nyour Lord till an appointed term, certainly judgment would have been\ngiven between them; and those who were made to inherit the Book after\nthem are most surely in disquieting doubt concerning it.\n\n042.015\nY: Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand\nsteadfast as thou art commanded, nor follow thou their vain desires;\nbut say: \"I believe in the Book which Allah has sent down; and I am\ncommanded to judge justly between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord:\nfor us (is the responsibility for) our deeds, and for you for your\ndeeds. There is no contention between us and you. Allah will bring us\ntogether, and to Him is (our) Final Goal.\"\n\nP: Unto this, then, summon (O Muhammad). And be thou upright as thou art\ncommanded, and follow not their lusts, but say: I believe in whatever\nscripture Allah hath sent down, and I am commanded to be just among\nyou. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Unto us our works and unto you\nyour works; no argument between us and you. Allah will bring us\ntogether, and unto Him is the journeying.\n\nS: To this then go on inviting, and go on steadfastly on the right way\nas you are commanded, and do not follow their low desires, and say: I\nbelieve in what Allah has revealed of the Book, and I am commanded to\ndo justice between you: Allah is our Lord and your Lord; we shall have\nour deeds and you shall have your deeds; no plea need there be (now)\nbetween us and you: Allah will gather us together, and to Him is the\nreturn.\n\n042.016\nY: But those who dispute concerning Allah after He has been accepted,-\nfutile is their dispute in the Sight of their Lord: on them will be a\nPenalty terrible.\n\nP: And those who argue concerning Allah after He hath been acknowledged,\ntheir argument hath no weight with their Lord, and wrath is upon them\nand theirs will be an awful doom.\n\nS: And (as for) those who dispute about Allah after that obedience has\nbeen rendered to Him, their plea is null with their Lord, and upon them\nis wrath, and for them is severe punishment.\n\n042.017\nY: It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in Truth, and the Balance (by\nwhich to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realise that perhaps\nthe Hour is close at hand?\n\nP: Allah it is Who hath revealed the Scripture with truth, and the\nBalance. How canst thou know? It may be that the Hour is nigh.\n\nS: Allah it is Who revealed the Book with truth, and the balance, and\nwhat shall make you know that haply the hour be nigh?\n\n042.018\nY: Only those wish to hasten it who believe not in it: those who believe\nhold it in awe, and know that it is the Truth. Behold, verily those\nthat dispute concerning the Hour are far astray.\n\nP: Those who believe not therein seek to hasten it, while those who\nbelieve are fearful of it and know that it is the Truth. Are not they\nwho dispute, in doubt concerning the Hour, far astray?\n\nS: Those who do not believe in it would hasten it on, and those who\nbelieve are in fear from it, and they know that it is the truth. Now\nmost surely those who dispute obstinately concerning the hour are in a\ngreat error.\n\n042.019\nY: Gracious is Allah to His servants: He gives Sustenance to whom He\npleases: and He has power and can carry out His Will.\n\nP: Allah is gracious unto His slaves. He provideth for whom He will. And\nHe is the Strong, the Mighty.\n\nS: Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He\npleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.\n\n042.020\nY: To any that desires the tilth of the Hereafter, We give increase in\nhis tilth, and to any that desires the tilth of this world, We grant\nsomewhat thereof, but he has no share or lot in the Hereafter.\n\nP: Whoso desireth the harvest of the Hereafter, We give him increase in\nits harvest. And whoso desireth the harvest of the world, We give him\nthereof, and he hath no portion in the Hereafter.\n\nS: Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of\nthat again; and whoever desires-- the gain of this world, We give him\nof it, and in the hereafter he has no portion.\n\n042.021\nY: What! have they partners (in godhead), who have established for them\nsome religion without the permission of Allah? Had it not been for the\nDecree of Judgment, the matter would have been decided between them (at\nonce). But verily the wrongdoers will have a grievous Penalty.\n\nP: Or have they partners (of Allah) who have made lawful for them in\nreligion that which Allah allowed not? And but for a decisive word\n(gone forth already), it would have been judged between them. Lo! for\nwrong-doers is a painful doom.\n\nS: Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any religion\nthat Allah does not sanction? And were it not for the word of judgment,\ndecision would have certainly been given between them; and surely the\nunjust shall have a painful punishment.\n\n042.022\nY: Thou wilt see the Wrong-doers in fear on account of what they have\nearned, and (the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them. But\nthose who believe and work righteous deeds will be in the luxuriant\nmeads of the Gardens: they shall have, before their Lord, all that they\nwish for. That will indeed be the magnificent Bounty (of Allah).\n\nP: Thou seest the wrong-doers fearful of that which they have earned,\nand it will surely befall them, while those who believe and do good\nworks (will be) in flowering meadows of the Gardens, having what they\nwish from their Lord. This is the great preferment.\n\nS: You will see the unjust fearing on account of what they have earned,\nand it must befall them; and those who believe and do good shall be in\nthe meadows of the gardens; they shall have what they please with their\nLord: that is the great grace.\n\n042.023\nY: That is (the Bounty) whereof Allah gives Glad Tidings to His Servants\nwho believe and do righteous deeds. Say: \"No reward do I ask of you for\nthis except the love of those near of kin.\" And if any one earns any\ngood, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof: for\nAllah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).\n\nP: This it is which Allah announceth unto His bondmen who believe and do\ngood works. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee\ntherefor, save loving kindness among kinsfolk. And whoso scoreth a good\ndeed We add unto its good for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Responsive.\n\nS: That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to)\nthose who believe and do good deeds. Say: I do not ask of you any\nreward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good,\nWe give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.\n\n042.024\nY: What! Do they say, \"He has forged a falsehood against Allah\"? But if\nAllah willed, He could seal up thy heart. And Allah blots out Vanity,\nand proves the Truth by His Words. For He knows well the secrets of all\nhearts.\n\nP: Or say they: He hath invented a lie concerning Allah? If Allah\nwilled, He could have sealed thy heart (against them). And Allah will\nwipe out the lie and will vindicate the truth by His words. Lo! He is\nAware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: Or do they say: He has forged a lie against Allah? But if Allah\npleased, He would seal your heart; and Allah will blot out the\nfalsehood and confirm the truth with His words; surely He is Cognizant\nof what is in the breasts.\n\n042.025\nY: He is the One that accepts repentance from His Servants and forgives\nsins: and He knows all that ye do.\n\nP: And He it is Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen, and pardoneth\nthe evil deeds, and knoweth what ye do,\n\nS: And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons the\nevil deeds and He knows what you do;\n\n042.026\nY: And He listens to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness,\nand gives them increase of His Bounty: but for the Unbelievers their is\na terrible Penalty.\n\nP: And accepteth those who do good works, and giveth increase unto them\nof His bounty. And as for disbelievers, theirs will be an awful doom.\n\nS: And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them\nmore out of His grace; and (as for) the unbelievers, they shall have a\nsevere punishment.\n\n042.027\nY: If Allah were to enlarge the provision for His Servants, they would\nindeed transgress beyond all bounds through the earth; but he sends\n(it) down in due measure as He pleases. For He is with His Servants\nWell acquainted, Watchful.\n\nP: And if Allah were to enlarge the provision for His slaves they would\nsurely rebel in the earth, but He sendeth down by measure as He\nwilleth. Lo! He is Informed, a Seer of His bondmen.\n\nS: And if Allah should amplify the provision for His servants they would\ncertainly revolt in the earth; but He sends it down according to a\nmeasure as He pleases; surely He is Aware of, Seeing, His servants.\n\n042.028\nY: He is the One that sends down rain (even) after (men) have given up\nall hope, and scatters His Mercy (far and wide). And He is the\nProtector, Worthy of all Praise.\n\nP: And He it is Who sendeth down the saving rain after they have\ndespaired, and spreadeth out His mercy. He is the Protecting Friend,\nthe Praiseworthy.\n\nS: And He it is Who sends down the rain after they have despaired, and\nHe unfolds His mercy; and He is the Guardian, the Praised One.\n\n042.029\nY: And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and\nthe living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has\npower to gather them together when He wills.\n\nP: And of His portents is the creation of the heaven and the earth, and\nof whatever beasts He hath dispersed therein. And He is Able to gather\nthem when He will.\n\nS: And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and\nwhat He has spread forth in both of them of living beings; and when He\npleases He is all-powerful to gather them together.\n\n042.030\nY: Whatever misfortune happens to you, is because on the things your\nhands have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness.\n\nP: Whatever of misfortune striketh you, it is what your right hands have\nearned. And He forgiveth much.\n\nS: And whatever affliction befalls you, it is on account of what your\nhands have wrought, and (yet) He pardons most (of your faults).\n\n042.031\nY: Nor can ye frustrate (aught), (fleeing) through the earth; nor have\nye, besides Allah, any one to protect or to help.\n\nP: Ye cannot escape in the earth, for beside Allah ye have no protecting\nfriend nor any helper.\n\nS: And you cannot escape in the earth, and you shall not have a guardian\nor a helper besides Allah.\n\n042.032\nY: And among His Signs are the ships, smooth-running through the ocean,\n(tall) as mountains.\n\nP: And of His portents are the ships, like banners on the sea;\n\nS: And among His signs are the ships in the sea like mountains.\n\n042.033\nY: If it be His Will He can still the Wind: then would they become\nmotionless on the back of the (ocean). Verily in this are Signs for\neveryone who patiently perseveres and is grateful.\n\nP: If He will He calmeth the wind so that they keep still upon its\nsurface - Lo! herein verily are signs for every steadfast grateful\n(heart)-\n\nS: If He pleases, He causes the wind to become still so that they lie\nmotionless on its back; most surely there are signs in this for every\npatient, grateful one,\n\n042.034\nY: Or He can cause them to perish because of the (evil) which (the men)\nhave earned; but much doth He forgive.\n\nP: Or He causeth them to perish on account of that which they have\nearned - And He forgiveth much -\n\nS: Or He may make them founder for what they have earned, and (even\nthen) pardon most;\n\n042.035\nY: But let those know, who dispute about Our Signs, that there is for\nthem no way of escape.\n\nP: And that those who argue concerning Our revelations may know they\nhave no refuge.\n\nS: And (that) those who dispute about Our communications may know; there\nis no place of refuge for them.\n\n042.036\nY: Whatever ye are given (here) is (but) a convenience of this life: but\nthat which is with Allah is better and more lasting: (it is) for those\nwho believe and put their trust in their Lord:\n\nP: Now whatever ye have been given is but a passing comfort for the life\nof the world, and that which Allah hath is better and more lasting for\nthose who believe and put their trust in their Lord,\n\nS: So whatever thing you are given, that is only a provision of this\nworld's life, and what is with Allah is better and more lasting for\nthose who believe and rely on their Lord.\n\n042.037\nY: Those who avoid the greater crimes and shameful deeds, and, when they\nare angry even then forgive;\n\nP: And those who shun the worst of sins and indecencies and, when they\nare wroth, forgive,\n\nS: And those who shun the great sins and indecencies, and whenever they\nare angry they forgive.\n\n042.038\nY: Those who hearken to their Lord, and establish regular Prayer; who\n(conduct) their affairs by mutual Consultation; who spend out of what\nWe bestow on them for Sustenance;\n\nP: And those who answer the call of their Lord and establish worship,\nand whose affairs are a matter of counsel, and who spend of what We\nhave bestowed on them,\n\nS: And those who respond to their Lord and keep up prayer, and their\nrule is to take counsel among themselves, and who spend out of what We\nhave given them.\n\n042.039\nY: And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are\nnot cowed but) help and defend themselves.\n\nP: And those who, when great wrong is done to them, defend themselves,\n\nS: And those who, when great wrong afflicts them, defend themselves.\n\n042.040\nY: The recompense for an injury is an injury equal thereto (in degree):\nbut if a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due\nfrom Allah: for (Allah) loveth not those who do wrong.\n\nP: The guerdon of an ill-deed is an ill the like thereof. But whosoever\npardoneth and amendeth, his wage is the affair of Allah. Lo! He loveth\nnot wrong-doers.\n\nS: And the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever\nforgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah; surely He\ndoes not love the unjust.\n\n042.041\nY: But indeed if any do help and defend themselves after a wrong (done)\nto them, against such there is no cause of blame.\n\nP: And whoso defendeth himself after he hath suffered wrong - for such,\nthere is no way (of blame) against them.\n\nS: And whoever defends himself after his being oppressed, these it is\nagainst whom there is no way (to blame).\n\n042.042\nY: The blame is only against those who oppress men and wrong-doing and\ninsolently transgress beyond bounds through the land, defying right and\njustice: for such there will be a penalty grievous.\n\nP: The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress mankind, and\nwrongfully rebel in the earth. For such there is a painful doom.\n\nS: The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men and revolt\nin the earth unjustly; these shall have a painful punishment.\n\n042.043\nY: But indeed if any show patience and forgive, that would truly be an\nexercise of courageous will and resolution in the conduct of affairs.\n\nP: And verily whoso is patient and forgiveth - lo! that, verily, is (of)\nthe steadfast heart of things.\n\nS: And whoever is patient and forgiving, these most surely are actions\ndue to courage.\n\n042.044\nY: For any whom Allah leaves astray, there is no protector thereafter.\nAnd thou wilt see the Wrong-doers, when in sight of the Penalty, Say:\n\"Is there any way (to effect) a return?\"\n\nP: He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no protecting friend\nafter Him. And thou (Muhammad) wilt see the evil-doers when they see\nthe doom, (how) they say: Is there any way of return?\n\nS: And whomsoever Allah makes err, he has no guardian after Him; and you\nshall see the unjust, when they see the punishment, saying: Is there\nany way to return?\n\n042.045\nY: And thou wilt see them brought forward to the (Penalty), in a humble\nframe of mind because of (their) disgrace, (and) looking with a\nstealthy glance. And the Believers will say: \"Those are indeed in loss,\nwho have given to perdition their own selves and those belonging to\nthem on the Day of Judgment. Behold! Truly the Wrong-doers are in a\nlasting Penalty!\"\n\nP: And thou wilt see them exposed to (the Fire), made humble by\ndisgrace, and looking with veiled eyes. And those who believe will say:\nLo! the (eternal) losers are they who lose themselves and their\nhousefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! are not the wrong-doers in\nperpetual torment?\n\nS: And you shall see them brought before it humbling themselves because\nof the abasements, looking with a faint glance. And those who believe\nshall say: Surely the losers are they who have lost themselves and\ntheir followers on the resurrection day. Now surely the iniquitous\nshall remain in lasting chastisement.\n\n042.046\nY: And no protectors have they to help them, other than Allah. And for\nany whom Allah leaves to stray, there is no way (to the Goal).\n\nP: And they will have no protecting friends to help them instead of\nAllah. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no road.\n\nS: And they shall have no friends to help them besides Allah; and--\nwhomsoever Allah makes err, he shall have no way.\n\n042.047\nY: Hearken ye to your Lord, before there come a Day which there will be\nno putting back, because of (the Ordainment of) Allah! that Day there\nwill be for you no place of refuge nor will there be for you any room\nfor denial (of your sins)!\n\nP: Answer the call of your Lord before there cometh unto you from Allah\na Day which there is no averting. Ye have no refuge on that Day, nor\nhave ye any (power of) refusal.\n\nS: Hearken to your Lord before there comes the day from Allah for which\nthere shall be no averting; you shall have no refuge on that day, nor\nshall it be yours to make a denial.\n\n042.048\nY: If then they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them.\nThy duty is but to convey (the Message). And truly, when We give man a\ntaste of a Mercy from Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when some\nill happens to him, on account of the deeds which his hands have sent\nforth, truly then is man ungrateful!\n\nP: But if they are averse, We have not sent thee as a warder over them.\nThine is only to convey (the message). And lo! when We cause man to\ntaste of mercy from Us he exulteth therefor. And if some evil striketh\nthem because of that which their own hands have sent before, then lo!\nman is an ingrate.\n\nS: But if they turn aside, We have not sent you as a watcher over them;\non you is only to deliver (the message); and surely when We make man\ntaste mercy from Us, he rejoices thereat; and if an evil afflicts them\non account of what their hands have already done, then-surely man is\nungrateful.\n\n042.049\nY: To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He\ncreates what He wills (and plans). He bestows (children) male or female\naccording to His Will (and Plan),\n\nP: Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He\ncreateth what He will. He bestoweth female (offspring) upon whom He\nwill, and bestoweth male (offspring) upon whom He will;\n\nS: Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He creates what\nHe pleases; He grants to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom\nHe pleases sons.\n\n042.050\nY: Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barren whom He\nwill: for He is full of Knowledge and Power.\n\nP: Or He mingleth them, males and females, and He maketh barren whom He\nwill. Lo! He is Knower, Powerful.\n\nS: Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He\npleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the Powerful.\n\n042.051\nY: It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by\ninspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to\nreveal, with Allah's permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High,\nMost Wise.\n\nP: And it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to\nhim unless (it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He\nsendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo! He is\nExalted, Wise.\n\nS: And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them, they\ncould not bear to hear and they did not see.\n\n042.052\nY: And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee: thou\nknewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but We\nhave made the (Qur'an) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants\nas We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight Way,-\n\nP: And thus have We inspired in thee (Muhammad) a Spirit of Our command.\nThou knewest not what the Scripture was, nor what the Faith. But We\nhave made it a light whereby We guide whom We will of Our bondmen. And\nlo! thou verily dost guide unto a right path,\n\nS: And thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our command. You\ndid not know what the Book was, nor (what) the faith (was), but We made\nit a light, guiding thereby whom We please of Our servants; and most\nsurely you show the way to the right path:\n\n042.053\nY: The Way of Allah, to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and\nwhatever is on earth. Behold (how) all affairs tend towards Allah!\n\nP: The path of Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens\nand whatsoever is in the earth. Do not all things reach Allah at last?\n\nS: The path of Allah, Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and\nwhatsoever is in the earth; now surely to Allah do all affairs\neventually come.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 43:\n\n                   AZ-ZUKHRUF (ORNAMENTS OF GOLD, LUXURY)\n Total Verses: 89 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n043.001\nY: Ha-Mim.\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim.\n\n043.002\nY: By the Book that makes things clear,-\n\nP: By the Scripture which maketh plain,\n\nS: I swear by the Book that makes things clear:\n\n043.003\nY: We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand\n(and learn wisdom).\n\nP: Lo! We have appointed it a Lecture, in Arabic that haply ye may\nunderstand.\n\nS: Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may understand.\n\n043.004\nY: And verily, it is in the Mother of the Book, in Our Presence, high\n(in dignity), full of wisdom.\n\nP: And Lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed\nsublime, decisive.\n\nS: And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated,\nfull of wisdom.\n\n043.005\nY: Shall We then take away the Message from you and repel (you), for\nthat ye are a people transgressing beyond bounds?\n\nP: Shall We utterly ignore you because ye are a wanton folk?\n\nS: What! shall We then turn away the reminder from you altogether\nbecause you are an extravagant people?\n\n043.006\nY: But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old?\n\nP: How many a prophet did We send among the men of old!\n\nS: And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.\n\n043.007\nY: And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.\n\nP: And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him.\n\nS: And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked at him.\n\n043.008\nY: So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has\npassed on the Parable of the peoples of old.\n\nP: Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example\nof the men of old hath gone (before them).\n\nS: Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and\nthe case of the ancients has gone before,\n\n043.009\nY: If thou wert to question them, 'Who created the heavens and the\nearth?' They would be sure to reply, 'they were created by (Him), the\nExalted in Power, Full of Knowledge';-\n\nP: And if thou (Muhammad) ask them: Who created the heavens and the\nearth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;\n\nS: And if you should ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth?\nthey would most certainly say: The Mighty, the Knowing One, has created\nthem;\n\n043.010\nY: (Yea, the same that) has made for you the earth (like a carpet)\nspread out, and has made for you roads (and channels) therein, in order\nthat ye may find guidance (on the way);\n\nP: Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and placed roads for you\ntherein, that haply ye may find your way;\n\nS: He Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and made in it ways\nfor you that you may go aright;\n\n043.011\nY: That sends down (from time to time) rain from the sky in due\nmeasure;- and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead; even so\nwill ye be raised (from the dead);-\n\nP: And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We\nrevive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;\n\nS: And He Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure,\nthen We raise to life thereby a dead country, even thus shall you be\nbrought forth;\n\n043.012\nY: That has created pairs in all things, and has made for you ships and\ncattle on which ye ride,\n\nP: He Who created all the pairs, and appointed for you ships and cattle\nwhereupon ye ride.\n\nS: And He Who created pairs of all things, and made for you of the ships\nand the cattle what you ride on,\n\n043.013\nY: In order that ye may sit firm and square on their backs, and when so\nseated, ye may celebrate the (kind) favour of your Lord, and say,\n\"Glory to Him Who has subjected these to our (use), for we could never\nhave accomplished this (by ourselves),\"\n\nP: That ye may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord's\nfavour when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath\nsubdued these unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them);\n\nS: That you may firmly sit on their backs, then remember the favor of\nyour Lord when you are firmly seated thereon, and say: Glory be to Him\nWho made this subservient to us and we were not able to do it,\n\n043.014\nY: \"And to our Lord, surely, must we turn back!\"\n\nP: And lo! unto our Lord we surely are returning.\n\nS: And surely to our Lord we must return.\n\n043.015\nY: Yet they attribute to some of His servants a share with Him (in his\ngodhead)! truly is man a blasphemous ingrate avowed!\n\nP: And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a\nmere ingrate.\n\nS: And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man, to be sure, is\nclearly ungrateful.\n\n043.016\nY: What! has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates, and\ngranted to you sons for choice?\n\nP: Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth\nHe you with sons?\n\nS: What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates\nand chosen you to have sons?\n\n043.017\nY: When news is brought to one of them of (the birth of) what he sets up\nas a likeness to (Allah) Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he is\nfilled with inward grief!\n\nP: And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the\nBeneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward\nrage.\n\nS: And when one of them is given news of that of which he sets up as a\nlikeness for the Beneficent Allah, his face becomes black and he is\nfull of rage.\n\n043.018\nY: Is then one brought up among trinkets, and unable to give a clear\naccount in a dispute (to be associated with Allah)?\n\nP: (Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and\nin dispute cannot make itself plain?\n\nS: What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is\nunable to make plain speech!\n\n043.019\nY: And they make into females angels who themselves serve Allah. Did\nthey witness their creation? Their evidence will be recorded, and they\nwill be called to account!\n\nP: And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent,\nfemales. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be\nrecorded and they will be questioned.\n\nS: And they make the angels-- them who are the servants of the\nBeneficent Allah-- female (divinities). What! did they witness their\ncreation? Their evidence shall be written down and they shall be\nquestioned.\n\n043.020\nY: (\"Ah!\") they say, \"If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious,\nwe should not have worshipped such (deities)!\" Of that they have no\nknowledge! they do nothing but lie!\n\nP: And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not\nhave worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They\ndo but guess.\n\nS: And they say: If the Beneficent Allah had pleased, we should never\nhave worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.\n\n043.021\nY: What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are\nholding fast?\n\nP: Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they\nare holding fast thereto?\n\nS: Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?\n\n043.022\nY: Nay! they say: \"We found our fathers following a certain religion,\nand we do guide ourselves by their footsteps.\"\n\nP: Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a\nreligion, and we are guided by their footprints.\n\nS: Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are\nguided by their footsteps.\n\n043.023\nY: Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to any\npeople, the wealthy ones among them said: \"We found our fathers\nfollowing a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their\nfootsteps.\"\n\nP: And even so We sent not a warner before thee (Muhammad) into any\ntownship but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers\nfollowing a religion, and we are following their footprints.\n\nS: And thus, We did not send before you any warner in a town, but those\nwho led easy lives in it said: Surely we found our fathers on a course,\nand surely we are followers of their footsteps.\n\n043.024\nY: He said: \"What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that which\nye found your fathers following?\" They said: \"For us, we deny that ye\n(prophets) are sent (on a mission at all).\"\n\nP: (And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance\nthan that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what\nye bring we are disbelievers.\n\nS: (The warner) said: What! even if I bring to you a better guide than\nthat on which you found your fathers? They said: Surely we are\nunbelievers in that with which you are sent.\n\n043.025\nY: So We exacted retribution from them: now see what was the end of\nthose who rejected (Truth)!\n\nP: So We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the\nrejecters!\n\nS: So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how was the end of the\nrejecters.\n\n043.026\nY: Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: \"I do indeed clear\nmyself of what ye worship:\"\n\nP: And when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent\nof what ye worship\n\nS: And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people: Surely I am clear\nof what you worship,\n\n043.027\nY: \"(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide me.\"\n\nP: Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.\n\nS: Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.\n\n043.028\nY: And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him,\nthat they may turn back (to Allah).\n\nP: And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might\nreturn.\n\nS: And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may\nreturn.\n\n043.029\nY: Yea, I have given the good things of this life to these (men) and\ntheir fathers, until the Truth has come to them, and a messenger making\nthings clear.\n\nP: Nay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there\nshould come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.\n\nS: Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until there came to them\nthe truth and a Messenger making manifest (the truth).\n\n043.030\nY: But when the Truth came to them, they said: \"This is sorcery, and we\ndo reject it.\"\n\nP: And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere\nmagic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.\n\nS: And when there came to them the truth they said: This is magic, and\nsurely we are disbelievers in it.\n\n043.031\nY: Also, they say: \"Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man\nin either of the two (chief) cities?\"\n\nP: And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man\nof the two towns?\n\nS: And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance\nin the two towns?\n\n043.032\nY: Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of thy Lord? It is We Who\nportion out between them their livelihood in the life of this world:\nand We raise some of them above others in ranks, so that some may\ncommand work from others. But the Mercy of thy Lord is better than the\n(wealth) which they amass.\n\nP: Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among\nthem their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them\nabove others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and\nthe mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.\n\nS: Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them\ntheir livelihood in the life of this world, and We have exalted some\nof them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in\nsubjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass.\n\n043.033\nY: And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way of\nlife, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against (Allah)\nMost Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways on\nwhich to go up,\n\nP: And were it not that mankind would have become one community, We\nmight well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent,\nroofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to\nmount,\n\nS: And were it not that all people had been a single nation, We would\ncertainly have assigned to those who disbelieve in the Beneficent Allah\n(to make) of silver the roofs of their houses and the stairs by which\nthey ascend.\n\n043.034\nY: And (silver) doors to their houses, and thrones (of silver) on which\nthey could recline,\n\nP: And for their houses doors (of silver) and couches of silver whereon\nto recline,\n\nS: And the doors of their houses and the couches on which they recline,\n\n043.035\nY: And also adornments of gold. But all this were nothing but\nconveniences of the present life: The Hereafter, in the sight of thy\nLord is for the Righteous.\n\nP: And ornaments of gold. Yet all that would have been but a provision\nof the life of the world. And the Hereafter with your Lord would have\nbeen for those who keep from evil.\n\nS: And (other) embellishments of gold; and all this is naught but\nprovision of this world's life, and the hereafter is with your Lord\nonly for those who guard (against evil).\n\n043.036\nY: If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of (Allah) Most\nGracious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimate companion\nto him.\n\nP: And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We\nassign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;\n\nS: And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent\nAllah, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he becomes his associate.\n\n043.037\nY: Such (evil ones) really hinder them from the Path, but they think\nthat they are being guided aright!\n\nP: And lo! they surely turn them from the way of Allah, and yet they\ndeem that they are rightly guided;\n\nS: And most surely they turn them away from the path, and they think\nthat they are guided aright:\n\n043.038\nY: At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his evil\ncompanion): \"Would that between me and thee were the distance of East\nand West!\" Ah! evil is the companion (indeed)!\n\nP: Till, when he cometh unto Us, he saith (unto his comrade): Ah, would\nthat between me and thee there were the distance of the two horizons -\nan evil comrade!\n\nS: Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and you\nthere were the distance of the East and the West; so evil is the\nassociate!\n\n043.039\nY: When ye have done wrong, it will avail you nothing, that Day, that ye\nshall be partners in Punishment!\n\nP: And it profiteth you not this day, because ye did wrong, that ye will\nbe sharers in the doom.\n\nS: And since you were unjust, it will not profit you this day that you\nare sharers in the chastisement.\n\n043.040\nY: Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or give direction to the blind\nor to such as (wander) in manifest error?\n\nP: Canst thou (Muhammad) make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the\nblind or him who is in error manifest?\n\nS: What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide the blind and him\nwho is in clear error?\n\n043.041\nY: Even if We take thee away, We shall be sure to exact retribution from\nthem,\n\nP: And if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them,\n\nS: But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on\nthem;\n\n043.042\nY: Or We shall show thee that (accomplished) which We have promised\nthem: for verily We shall prevail over them.\n\nP: Or (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo! We have\ncomplete command of them.\n\nS: Rather We will certainly show you that which We have promised them;\nfor surely We are the possessors of full power over them.\n\n043.043\nY: So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee; verily thou\nart on a Straight Way.\n\nP: So hold thou fast to that which is inspired in thee. Lo! thou art on\na right path.\n\nS: Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed to you; surely\nyou are on the right path.\n\n043.044\nY: The (Qur'an) is indeed the message, for thee and for thy people; and\nsoon shall ye (all) be brought to account.\n\nP: And lo! it is in truth a Reminder for thee and for thy folk; and ye\nwill be questioned.\n\nS: And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you\nshall soon be questioned.\n\n043.045\nY: And question thou our messengers whom We sent before thee; did We\nappoint any deities other than (Allah) Most Gracious, to be worshipped?\n\nP: And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever\nappoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent?\n\nS: And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We ever\nappoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent Allah?\n\n043.046\nY: We did send Moses aforetime, with Our Signs, to Pharaoh and his\nChiefs: He said, \"I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.\"\n\nP: And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations unto Pharaoh and his\nchiefs, and he said: I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications to Firon and his\nchiefs, so he said: Surely I am the messenger of the Lord of the\nworlds.\n\n043.047\nY: But when he came to them with Our Signs, behold they ridiculed them.\n\nP: But when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them.\n\nS: But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they laughed at them.\n\n043.048\nY: We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We\nseized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).\n\nP: And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister\n(token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might\nturn again.\n\nS: And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than its like, and\nWe overtook them with chastisement that they may turn.\n\n043.049\nY: And they said, \"O thou sorcerer! Invoke thy Lord for us according to\nHis covenant with thee; for we shall truly accept guidance.\"\n\nP: And they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us by the pact that He\nhath made with thee. Lo! we verily will walk aright.\n\nS: And they said: O magician! call on your Lord for our sake, as He has\nmade the covenant with you; we shall surely be the followers of the\nright way.\n\n043.050\nY: But when We removed the Penalty from them, behold, they broke their\nword.\n\nP: But when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word.\n\nS: But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo! they broke the\npledge.\n\n043.051\nY: And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: \"O my people! Does\nnot the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these streams flowing\nunderneath my (palace)? What! see ye not then?\"\n\nP: And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying:\nO my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers\nflowing under me? Can ye not then discern?\n\nS: And Firon proclaimed amongst his people: O my people! is not the\nkingdom of Egypt mine? And these rivers flow beneath me; do you not\nthen see?\n\n043.052\nY: \"Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretch and\ncan scarcely express himself clearly?\"\n\nP: I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly\nmake (his meaning) plain!\n\nS: Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible, and who can\nhardly speak distinctly:\n\n043.053\nY: \"Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why) come (not)\nwith him angels accompanying him in procession?\"\n\nP: Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent\nalong with him?\n\nS: But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have\nthere not come with him angels as companions?\n\n043.054\nY: Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him: truly were\nthey a people rebellious (against Allah).\n\nP: Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they\nobeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.\n\nS: So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him: surely they\nwere a transgressing people.\n\n043.055\nY: When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution from them,\nand We drowned them all.\n\nP: So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every\none.\n\nS: Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so\nWe drowned them all together,\n\n043.056\nY: And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages.\n\nP: And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).\n\nS: And We made them a precedent and example to the later generations.\n\n043.057\nY: When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold, thy\npeople raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)!\n\nP: And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk\nlaugh out,\n\nS: And when a description of the son of Marium is given, lo! your people\nraise a clamor thereat.\n\n043.058\nY: And they say, \"Are our gods best, or he?\" This they set forth to\nthee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people.\n\nP: And say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection\nsave for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk.\n\nS: And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They do not set it forth\nto you save by way of disputation; nay, they are a contentious people.\n\n043.059\nY: He was no more than a servant: We granted Our favour to him, and We\nmade him an example to the Children of Israel.\n\nP: He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him\na pattern for the Children of Israel.\n\nS: He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favor, and We made\nhim an example for the children of Israel.\n\n043.060\nY: And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you,\nsucceeding each other on the earth.\n\nP: And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys\nin the earth.\n\nS: And if We please, We could make among you angels to be successors in\nthe land.\n\n043.061\nY: And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of\nJudgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me:\nthis is a Straight Way.\n\nP: And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not\nconcerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path.\n\nS: And most surely it is a knowledge of the hour, therefore have no\ndoubt about it and follow me: this is the right path.\n\n043.062\nY: Let not the Evil One hinder you: for he is to you an enemy avowed.\n\nP: And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.\n\nS: And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is your open enemy.\n\n043.063\nY: When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: \"Now have I come to you\nwith Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points) on\nwhich ye dispute: therefore fear Allah and obey me.\"\n\nP: When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said:\nI have come unto you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that\nconcerning which ye differ. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.\n\nS: And when Isa came with clear arguments he said: I have come to you\nindeed with wisdom, and that I may make clear to you part of what you\ndiffer in; so be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me:\n\n043.064\nY: \"For Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord: so worship ye Him: this is a\nStraight Way.\"\n\nP: Lo! Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a\nright path.\n\nS: Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is\nthe right path:\n\n043.065\nY: But sects from among themselves fell into disagreement: then woe to\nthe wrong-doers, from the Penalty of a Grievous Day!\n\nP: But the factions among them differed. Then woe unto those who do\nwrong from the doom of a painful day.\n\nS: But parties from among them differed, so woe to those who were unjust\nbecause of the chastisement of a painful day.\n\n043.066\nY: Do they only wait for the Hour - that it should come on them all of a\nsudden, while they perceive not?\n\nP: Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them\nsuddenly, when they know not?\n\nS: Do they wait for aught but the hour, that it should come upon them\nall of a sudden while they do not perceive?\n\n043.067\nY: Friends on that day will be foes, one to another,- except the\nRighteous.\n\nP: Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept\ntheir duty (to Allah).\n\nS: The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another, except those\nwho guard (against evil).\n\n043.068\nY: My devotees! no fear shall be on you that Day, nor shall ye grieve,-\n\nP: O My slaves! For you there is no fear this day, nor is it ye who\ngrieve;\n\nS: O My servants! there is no fear for you this day, nor shall you\ngrieve.\n\n043.069\nY: (Being) those who have believed in Our Signs and bowed (their wills\nto Ours) in Islam.\n\nP: (Ye) who believed Our revelations and were self-surrendered,\n\nS: Those who believed in Our communications and were submissive:\n\n043.070\nY: Enter ye the Garden, ye and your wives, in (beauty and) rejoicing.\n\nP: Enter the Garden, ye and your wives, to be made glad.\n\nS: Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be made happy.\n\n043.071\nY: To them will be passed round, dishes and goblets of gold: there will\nbe there all that the souls could desire, all that their ayes could\ndelight in: and ye shall abide therein (for eye).\n\nP: Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and\ntherein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are\nimmortal therein.\n\nS: There shall be sent round to them golden bowls and drinking-cups and\ntherein shall be what their souls yearn after and (wherein) the eyes\nshall delight, and you shall abide therein.\n\n043.072\nY: Such will be the Garden of which ye are made heirs for your (good)\ndeeds (in life).\n\nP: This is the Garden which ye are made to inherit because of what ye\nused to do.\n\nS: And this is the garden which you are given as an inheritance on\naccount of what you did.\n\n043.073\nY: Ye shall have therein abundance of fruit, from which ye shall have\nsatisfaction.\n\nP: Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat.\n\nS: For you therein are many fruits of which you shall eat.\n\n043.074\nY: The sinners will be in the Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein (for\naye):\n\nP: Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment.\n\nS: Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement of hell.\n\n043.075\nY: Nowise will the (Punishment) be lightened for them, and in despair\nwill they be there overwhelmed.\n\nP: It is not relaxed for them, and they despair therein.\n\nS: It shall not be abated from them and they shall therein be\ndespairing.\n\n043.076\nY: Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have been\nunjust themselves.\n\nP: We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong.\n\nS: And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves were unjust.\n\n043.077\nY: They will cry: \"O Malik! would that thy Lord put an end to us!\" He\nwill say, \"Nay, but ye shall abide!\"\n\nP: And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo!\nhere ye must remain.\n\nS: And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord make an end of us. He\nshall say: Surely you shall tarry.\n\n043.078\nY: Verily We have brought the Truth to you: but most of you have a\nhatred for Truth.\n\nP: We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you,\naverse to the Truth.\n\nS: Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most of you are averse\nto the truth.\n\n043.079\nY: What! have they settled some plan (among themselves)? But it is We\nWho settle things.\n\nP: Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet)? Lo! We (also)\nare determining.\n\nS: Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are the settlers.\n\n043.080\nY: Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private\ncounsels? Indeed (We do), and Our messengers are by them, to record.\n\nP: Or deem they that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private\nconfidences? Nay, but Our envoys, present with them, do record.\n\nS: Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal and their\nsecret discourses? Aye! and Our messengers with them write down.\n\n043.081\nY: Say: \"If (Allah) Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to\nworship.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be\nfirst among the worshippers. (But there is no son).\n\nS: Say: If the Beneficent Allah has a son, I am the foremost of those\nwho serve.\n\n043.082\nY: Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the\nThrone (of Authority)! (He is free) from the things they attribute (to\nhim)!\n\nP: Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the\nThrone, from that which they ascribe (unto Him)!\n\nS: Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of Power,\nfrom what they describe.\n\n043.083\nY: So leave them to babble and play (with vanities) until they meet that\nDay of theirs, which they have been promised.\n\nP: So let them flounder (in their talk) and play until they meet the Day\nwhich they are promised.\n\nS: So leave them plunging into false discourses and sporting until they\nmeet their day which they are threatened with.\n\n043.084\nY: It is He Who is Allah in heaven and Allah on earth; and He is full of\nWisdom and Knowledge.\n\nP: And He it is Who in the heaven is Allah, and in the earth Allah. He\nis the Wise, the Knower.\n\nS: And He it is Who is Allah in the heavens and Allah in the earth; and\nHe is the Wise, the Knowing.\n\n043.085\nY: And blessed is He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the\nearth, and all between them: with Him is the Knowledge of the Hour (of\nJudgment): and to Him shall ye be brought back.\n\nP: And blessed be He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens\nand the earth and all that is between them, and with Whom is knowledge\nof the Hour, and unto Whom ye will be returned.\n\nS: And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth\nand what is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the hour,\nand to Him shall you be brought back.\n\n043.086\nY: And those whom they invoke besides Allah have no power of\nintercession;- only he who bears witness to the Truth, and they know\n(him).\n\nP: And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of\nintercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.\n\nS: And those whom they call upon besides Him have no authority for\nintercession, but he who bears witness of the truth and they know\n(him).\n\n043.087\nY: If thou ask them, who created them, they will certainly say, Allah:\nHow then are they deluded away (from the Truth)?\n\nP: And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah.\nHow then are they turned away?\n\nS: And if you should ask them who created them, they would certainly\nsay: Allah. Whence are they then turned back?\n\n043.088\nY: (Allah has knowledge) of the (Prophet's) cry, \"O my Lord! Truly these\nare people who will not believe!\"\n\nP: And he saith: O my Lord! Lo! these are a folk who believe not.\n\nS: Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a people who do not\nbelieve.\n\n043.089\nY: But turn away from them, and say \"Peace!\" But soon shall they know!\n\nP: Then bear with them (O Muhammad) and say: Peace. But they will come\nto know.\n\nS: So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they shall soon come to\nknow.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 44:\n\n                             AD-DUKHAN (SMOKE)\n Total Verses: 59 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n044.001\nY: Ha-Mim.\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim!\n\n044.002\nY: By the Book that makes things clear;-\n\nP: By the Scripture that maketh plain\n\nS: I swear by the Book that makes manifest (the truth).\n\n044.003\nY: We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn\n(against Evil).\n\nP: Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -\n\nS: Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning--\n\n044.004\nY: In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom,\n\nP: Whereon every wise command is made clear\n\nS: Therein every wise affair is made distinct,\n\n044.005\nY: By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send (revelations),\n\nP: As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -\n\nS: A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of messengers),\n\n044.006\nY: As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);\n\nP: A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,\n\nS: A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing,\n\n044.007\nY: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye\n(but) have an assured faith.\n\nP: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye\nwould be sure.\n\nS: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if\nyou would be sure.\n\n044.008\nY: There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The\nLord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.\n\nP: There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord\nand Lord of your forefathers.\n\nS: There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and\nthe Lord of your fathers of yore.\n\n044.009\nY: Yet they play about in doubt.\n\nP: Nay, but they play in doubt.\n\nS: Nay, they are in doubt, they sport.\n\n044.010\nY: Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of\nsmoke (or mist) plainly visible,\n\nP: But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce\nvisible smoke\n\nS: Therefore keep waiting for the day when the heaven shall bring an\nevident smoke,\n\n044.011\nY: Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.\n\nP: That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.\n\nS: That shall overtake men; this is a painful punishment.\n\n044.012\nY: (They will say:) \"Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do\nreally believe!\"\n\nP: (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are\nbelievers.\n\nS: Our Lord! remove from us the punishment; surely we are believers.\n\n044.013\nY: How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an\nMessenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-\n\nP: How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain\n(the Truth) had already come unto them,\n\nS: How shall they be reminded, and there came to them a Messenger\nmaking clear (the truth),\n\n044.014\nY: Yet they turn away from him and say: \"Tutored (by others), a man\npossessed!\"\n\nP: And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a\nmadman?\n\nS: Yet they turned their backs on him and said: One taught (by others),\na madman.\n\n044.015\nY: We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will\nrevert (to your ways).\n\nP: Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).\n\nS: Surely We will remove the punishment a little, (but) you will surely\nreturn (to evil).\n\n044.016\nY: One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed\n(then) exact Retribution!\n\nP: On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then)\nin truth We shall punish.\n\nS: On the day when We will seize (them) with the most violent seizing;\nsurely We will inflict retribution.\n\n044.017\nY: We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a\nmessenger most honourable,\n\nP: And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto\nthem a noble messenger,\n\nS: And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there\ncame to them a noble messenger,\n\n044.018\nY: Saying: \"Restore to me the Servants of Allah: I am to you a\nmessenger worthy of all trust;\"\n\nP: Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful\nmessenger unto you.\n\nS: Saying: Deliver to me the servants of Allah, surely I am a faithful\nmessenger to you,\n\n044.019\nY: \"And be not arrogant as against Allah: for I come to you with\nauthority manifest.\"\n\nP: And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear\nwarrant.\n\nS: And that do not exalt yourselves against Allah, surely I will bring\nto you a clear authority:\n\n044.020\nY: \"For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord, against\nyour injuring me.\"\n\nP: And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone\nme to death.\n\nS: And surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord that you should\nstone me to death:\n\n044.021\nY: \"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me.\"\n\nP: And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.\n\nS: And if you do not believe in me, then leave me alone.\n\n044.022\nY: (But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: \"These are\nindeed a people given to sin.\"\n\nP: And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.\n\nS: Then he called upon his Lord: These are a guilty people.\n\n044.023\nY: (The reply came:) \"March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are\nsure to be pursued.\"\n\nP: Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will\nbe followed,\n\nS: So go forth with My servants by night; surely you will be pursued:\n\n044.024\nY: \"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host\n(destined) to be drowned.\"\n\nP: And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.\n\nS: And leave the sea intervening; surely they are a host that shall be\ndrowned.\n\n044.025\nY: How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,\n\nP: How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,\n\nS: How many of the gardens and fountains have they left!\n\n044.026\nY: And corn-fields and noble buildings,\n\nP: And the cornlands and the goodly sites\n\nS: And cornfields and noble places!\n\n044.027\nY: And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such\ndelight!\n\nP: And pleasant things wherein they took delight!\n\nS: And goodly things wherein they rejoiced;\n\n044.028\nY: Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those\nthings)!\n\nP: Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;\n\nS: Thus (it was), and We gave them as a heritage to another people.\n\n044.029\nY: And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they\ngiven a respite (again).\n\nP: And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they\nreprieved.\n\nS: So the heaven and the earth did not weep for them, nor were they\nrespited.\n\n044.030\nY: We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating\nPunishment,\n\nP: And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;\n\nS: And certainly We delivered the children of Israel from the abasing\nchastisement,\n\n044.031\nY: Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate\ntransgressors.\n\nP: (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton\nones.\n\nS: From Firon; surely he was haughty, (and) one of the extravagant.\n\n044.032\nY: And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,\n\nP: And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.\n\nS: And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.\n\n044.033\nY: And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial.\n\nP: And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.\n\nS: And We gave them of the communications wherein was clear blessing.\n\n044.034\nY: As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:\n\nP: Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:\n\nS: Most surely these do say:\n\n044.035\nY: \"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised\nagain.\"\n\nP: There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised\nagain.\n\nS: There is naught but our first death and we shall not be raised again.\n\n044.036\nY: \"Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!\"\n\nP: Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!\n\nS: So bring our fathers (back), if you are truthful.\n\n044.037\nY: What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were\nbefore them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.\n\nP: Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We\ndestroyed them, for surely they were guilty.\n\nS: Are they better or the people of Tubba and those before them? We\ndestroyed them, for surely they were guilty.\n\n044.038\nY: We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely\nin (idle) sport:\n\nP: And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between\nthem, in play.\n\nS: And We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between\nthem in sport.\n\n044.039\nY: We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not\nunderstand.\n\nP: We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.\n\nS: We did not create them both but with the truth, but most of them do\nnot know.\n\n044.040\nY: Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-\n\nP: Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,\n\nS: Surely the day of separation is their appointed term, of all of them\n\n044.041\nY: The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help\ncan they receive,\n\nP: A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,\n\nS: The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor\nshall they be helped,\n\n044.042\nY: Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might,\nMost Merciful.\n\nP: Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the\nMerciful.\n\nS: Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty\nthe Merciful.\n\n044.043\nY: Verily the tree of Zaqqum\n\nP: Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,\n\nS: Surely the tree of the Zaqqum,\n\n044.044\nY: Will be the food of the Sinful,-\n\nP: The food of the sinner!\n\nS: Is the food of the sinful\n\n044.045\nY: Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.\n\nP: Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies\n\nS: Like dregs of oil; it shall boil in (their) bellies,\n\n044.046\nY: Like the boiling of scalding water.\n\nP: As the seething of boiling water.\n\nS: Like the boiling of hot water.\n\n044.047\nY: (A voice will cry:) \"Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the\nBlazing Fire!\"\n\nP: (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,\n\nS: Seize him, then drag him down into the middle of the hell;\n\n044.048\nY: \"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,\"\n\nP: Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.\n\nS: Then pour above his head of the torment of the boiling water:\n\n044.049\nY: \"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!\"\n\nP: (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!\n\nS: Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:\n\n044.050\nY: \"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!\"\n\nP: Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.\n\nS: Surely this is what you disputed about.\n\n044.051\nY: As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,\n\nP: Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) are in a secure place,\n\n044.052\nY: Among Gardens and Springs;\n\nP: Amid gardens and watersprings,\n\nS: In gardens and springs;\n\n044.053\nY: Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;\n\nP: Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.\n\nS: They shall wear of fine and thick silk, (sitting) face to face;\n\n044.054\nY: So; and We shall join them to fair women with beautiful, big, and\nlustrous eyes.\n\nP: Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide,\nlovely eyes.\n\nS: Thus (shall it be), and We will wed them with Houris pure, beautiful\nones.\n\n044.055\nY: There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;\n\nP: They call therein for every fruit in safety.\n\nS: They shall call therein for every fruit in security;\n\n044.056\nY: Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will\npreserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-\n\nP: They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved\nthem from the doom of hell,\n\nS: They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He\nwill save them from the punishment of the hell,\n\n044.057\nY: As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!\n\nP: A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.\n\nS: A grace from your Lord; this is the great achievement.\n\n044.058\nY: Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that\nthey may give heed.\n\nP: And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they\nmay heed.\n\nS: So have We made it easy in your tongue that they may be mindful.\n\n044.059\nY: So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.\n\nP: Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting.\n\nS: Therefore wait; surely they are waiting.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 45:\n\n                           AL-JATHIYA (CROUCHING)\n Total Verses: 37 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n045.001\nY: Ha-Mim.\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim.\n\n045.002\nY: The revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted in Power, Full\nof Wisdom.\n\nP: The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n045.003\nY: Verily in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those who believe.\n\nP: Lo! in the heavens and the earth are portents for believers.\n\nS: Most surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs for the\nbelievers.\n\n045.004\nY: And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that animals are\nscattered (through the earth), are Signs for those of assured Faith.\n\nP: And in your creation, and all the beasts that He scattereth in the\nearth, are portents for a folk whose faith is sure.\n\nS: And in your (own) creation and in what He spreads abroad of animals\nthere are signs for a people that are sure;\n\n045.005\nY: And in the alternation of Night and Day, and the fact that Allah\nsends down Sustenance from the sky, and revives therewith the earth\nafter its death, and in the change of the winds,- are Signs for those\nthat are wise.\n\nP: And the difference of night and day and the provision that Allah\nsendeth down from the sky and thereby quickeneth the earth after her\ndeath, and the ordering of the winds, are portents for a people who\nhave sense.\n\nS: And (in) the variation of the night and the day, and (in) what Allah\nsends down of sustenance from the cloud, then gives life thereby to the\nearth after its death, and (in) the changing of the winds, there are\nsigns for a people who understand.\n\n045.006\nY: Such are the Signs of Allah, which We rehearse to thee in Truth; then\nin what exposition will they believe after (rejecting) Allah and His\nSigns?\n\nP: These are the portents of Allah which We recite unto thee (Muhammad)\nwith truth. Then in what fact, after Allah and His portents, will they\nbelieve?\n\nS: These are the communications of Allah which We recite to you with\ntruth; then in what announcement would they believe after Allah and His\ncommunications?\n\n045.007\nY: Woe to each sinful dealer in Falsehoods:\n\nP: Woe unto each sinful liar,\n\nS: Woe to every sinful liar,\n\n045.008\nY: He hears the Signs of Allah rehearsed to him, yet is obstinate and\nlofty, as if he had not heard them: then announce to him a Penalty\nGrievous!\n\nP: Who heareth the revelations of Allah recited unto him, and then\ncontinueth in pride as though he heard them not. Give him tidings of a\npainful doom.\n\nS: Who hears the communications of Allah recited to him, then persists\nproudly as though he had not heard them; so announce to him a painful\npunishment.\n\n045.009\nY: And when he learns something of Our Signs, he takes them in jest: for\nsuch there will be a humiliating Penalty.\n\nP: And when he knoweth aught of Our revelations he maketh it a jest. For\nsuch there is a shameful doom.\n\nS: And when he comes to know of any of Our communications, he takes it\nfor a jest; these it is that shall have abasing chastisement.\n\n045.010\nY: In front of them is Hell: and of no profit to them is anything they\nmay have earned, nor any protectors they may have taken to themselves\nbesides Allah: for them is a tremendous Penalty.\n\nP: Beyond them there is hell, and that which they have earned will\nnaught avail them, nor those whom they have chosen for protecting\nfriends beside Allah. Theirs will be an awful doom.\n\nS: Before them is hell, and there shall not avail them aught of what\nthey earned, nor those whom they took for guardians besides Allah, and\nthey shall have a grievous punishment.\n\n045.011\nY: This is (true) Guidance and for those who reject the Signs of their\nLord, is a grievous Penalty of abomination.\n\nP: This is guidance. And those who disbelieve the revelations of their\nLord, for them there is a painful doom of wrath.\n\nS: This is guidance; and (as for) those who disbelieve in the\ncommunications of their Lord, they shall have a painful punishment on\naccount of uncleanness.\n\n045.012\nY: It is Allah Who has subjected the sea to you, that ships may sail\nthrough it by His command, that ye may seek of his Bounty, and that ye\nmay be grateful.\n\nP: Allah it is Who hath made the sea of service unto you that the ships\nmay run thereon by His command, and that ye may seek of His bounty, and\nthat haply ye may be thankful;\n\nS: Allah is He Who made subservient to you the sea that the ships may\nrun therein by His command, and that you may seek of His grace, and\nthat you may give thanks.\n\n045.013\nY: And He has subjected to you, as from Him, all that is in the heavens\nand on earth: Behold, in that are Signs indeed for those who reflect.\n\nP: And hath made of service unto you whatsoever is in the heavens and\nwhatsoever is in the earth; it is all from Him. Lo! herein verily are\nportents for a people who reflect.\n\nS: And He has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the heavens and\nwhatsoever is in the earth, all, from Himself; most surely there are\nsigns in this for a people who reflect.\n\n045.014\nY: Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forward to\nthe Days of Allah: It is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) each\nPeople according to what they have earned.\n\nP: Tell those who believe to forgive those who hope not for the days of\nAllah; in order that He may requite folk what they used to earn.\n\nS: Say to those who believe (that) they forgive those who do not fear\nthe days of Allah that He may reward a people for what they earn.\n\n045.015\nY: If any one does a righteous deed, it ensures to the benefit of his\nown soul; if he does evil, it works against (his own soul). In the end\nwill ye (all) be brought back to your Lord.\n\nP: Whoso doeth right, it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong, it is\nagainst it. And afterward unto your Lord ye will be brought back.\n\nS: Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it\nis against himself; then you shall be brought back to your-- Lord.\n\n045.016\nY: We did aforetime grant to the Children of Israel the Book, the Power\nof Command, and Prophethood; We gave them, for Sustenance, things good\nand pure; and We favoured them above the nations.\n\nP: And verily we gave the Children of Israel the Scripture and the\nCommand and the Prophethood, and provided them with good things and\nfavoured them above (all) peoples;\n\nS: And certainly We gave the Book and the wisdom and the prophecy to the\nchildren of Israel, and We gave them of the goodly things, and We made\nthem excel the nations.\n\n045.017\nY: And We granted them Clear Signs in affairs (of Religion): it was only\nafter knowledge had been granted to them that they fell into schisms,\nthrough insolent envy among themselves. Verily thy Lord will judge\nbetween them on the Day of Judgment as to those matters in which they\nset up differences.\n\nP: And gave them plain commandments. And they differed not until after\nthe knowledge came unto them, through rivalry among themselves. Lo! thy\nLord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that\nwherein they used to differ.\n\nS: And We gave them clear arguments in the affair, but they did not\ndiffer until after knowledge had come to them out of envy among\nthemselves; surely your Lord will judge between them on the day of\nresurrection concerning that wherein they differed.\n\n045.018\nY: Then We put thee on the (right) Way of Religion: so follow thou that\n(Way), and follow not the desires of those who know not.\n\nP: And now have We set thee (O Muhammad) on a clear road of (Our)\ncommandment; so follow it, and follow not the whims of those who know\nnot.\n\nS: Then We have made you follow a course in the affair, therefore follow\nit, and do not follow the low desires of those who do not know.\n\n045.019\nY: They will be of no use to thee in the sight of Allah: it is only\nwrong-doers (that stand as) protectors, one to another: but Allah is\nthe Protector of the Righteous.\n\nP: Lo! they can avail thee naught against Allah. And lo! as for the\nwrong-doers, some of them are friends of others; and Allah is the\nFriend of those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: Surely they shall not avail you in the least against Allah; and\nsurely the unjust are friends of each other, and Allah is the guardian\nof those who guard (against evil).\n\n045.020\nY: These are clear evidences to men and a Guidance and Mercy to those of\nassured Faith.\n\nP: This is clear indication for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy for\na folk whose faith is sure.\n\nS: These are clear proofs for men, and a guidance and a mercy for a\npeople who are sure.\n\n045.021\nY: What! Do those who seek after evil ways think that We shall hold them\nequal with those who believe and do righteous deeds,- that equal will\nbe their life and their death? Ill is the judgment that they make.\n\nP: Or do those who commit ill-deeds suppose that We shall make them as\nthose who believe and do good works, the same in life and death? Bad is\ntheir judgment!\n\nS: Nay! do those who have wrought evil deeds think that We will make\nthem like those who believe and do good-- that their life and their\ndeath shall be equal? Evil it is that they judge.\n\n045.022\nY: Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order\nthat each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none\nof them be wronged.\n\nP: And Allah hath created the heavens and the earth with truth, and that\nevery soul may be repaid what it hath earned. And they will not be\nwronged.\n\nS: And Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth and that every\nsoul may be rewarded for what it has earned and they shall not be\nwronged.\n\n045.023\nY: Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire?\nAllah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his\nhearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his\nsight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)?\nWill ye not then receive admonition?\n\nP: Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth\nhim astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and\nsetteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah\n(hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?\n\nS: Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his god,\nand Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his\near and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide\nhim after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?\n\n045.024\nY: And they say: \"What is there but our life in this world? We shall die\nand we live, and nothing but time can destroy us.\" But of that they\nhave no knowledge: they merely conjecture:\n\nP: And they say: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and\nwe live, and naught destroyeth us save time; when they have no\nknowledge whatsoever of (all) that; they do but guess.\n\nS: And they say: There is nothing but our life in this world; we live\nand die and nothing destroys us but time, and they have no knowledge of\nthat; they only conjecture.\n\n045.025\nY: And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them their argument is\nnothing but this: They say, \"Bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye\nsay is true!\"\n\nP: And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them their only\nargument is that they say: Bring (back) our fathers then, if ye are\ntruthful.\n\nS: And when Our clear communications are recited to them, their argument\nis no other than that they say: Bring our fathers (back) if you are\ntruthful.\n\n045.026\nY: Say: \"It is Allah Who gives you life, then gives you death; then He\nwill gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is\nno doubt\": But most men do not understand.\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah giveth life to you, then causeth\nyou to die, then gathereth you unto the Day of Resurrection whereof\nthere is no doubt. But most of mankind know not.\n\nS: Say: Allah gives you life, then He makes you die, then will He gather\nyou to the day of resurrection wherein is no doubt, but most people do\nnot know.\n\n045.027\nY: To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and the\nDay that the Hour of Judgment is established,- that Day will the\ndealers in Falsehood perish!\n\nP: And unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the\nearth; and on the day when the Hour riseth, on that day those who\nfollow falsehood will be lost.\n\nS: And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and on the\nday when the hour shall come to pass, on that day shall they perish who\nsay false things.\n\n045.028\nY: And thou wilt see every sect bowing the knee: Every sect will be\ncalled to its Record: \"This Day shall ye be recompensed for all that ye\ndid!\"\n\nP: And thou wilt see each nation crouching, each nation summoned to its\nrecord. (And it will be said unto them): This day ye are requited what\nye used to do.\n\nS: And you shall see every nation kneeling down; every nation shall be\ncalled to its book: today you shall be rewarded for what you did.\n\n045.029\nY: \"This Our Record speaks about you with truth: For We were wont to put\non Record all that ye did.\"\n\nP: This Our Book pronounceth against you with truth. Lo! We have caused\n(all) that ye did to be recorded.\n\nS: This is Our book that speaks against you with justice; surely We\nwrote what you did,\n\n045.030\nY: Then, as to those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord\nwill admit them to His Mercy that will be the achievement for all to\nsee.\n\nP: Then, as for those who believed and did good works, their Lord will\nbring them in unto His mercy. That is the evident triumph.\n\nS: Then as to those who believed and did good, their Lord will make them\nenter into His mercy; that is the manifest achievement.\n\n045.031\nY: But as to those who rejected Allah, (to them will be said): \"Were not\nOur Signs rehearsed to you? But ye were arrogant, and were a people\ngiven to sin!\"\n\nP: And as for those who disbelieved (it will be said unto them): Were\nnot Our revelations recited unto you? But ye were scornful and became a\nguilty folk.\n\nS: As to those who disbelieved: What! were not My communications recited\nto you? But you were proud and you were a guilty people.\n\n04.032\nY: \"And when it was said that the promise of Allah was true, and that\nthe Hour- there was no doubt about its (coming), ye used to say, 'We\nknow not what is the hour: we only think it is an idea, and we have no\nfirm assurance.'\"\n\nP: And when it was said: Lo! Allah's promise is the truth, and there is\nno doubt of the Hour's coming, ye said: We know not what the Hour is.\nWe deem it naught but a conjecture, and we are by no means convinced.\n\nS: And when it was said, Surely the promise of Allah is true and as for\nthe hour, there is no doubt about it, you said: We do not know what the\nhour is; we do not think (that it will come to pass) save a passing\nthought, and we are not at all sure.\n\n045.033\nY: Then will appear to them the evil (fruits) of what they did, and they\nwill be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!\n\nP: And the evils of what they did will appear unto them, and that which\nthey used to deride will befall them.\n\nS: And the evil (consequences) of what they did shall become manifest to\nthem and that which they mocked shall encompass them.\n\n045.034\nY: It will also be said: \"This Day We will forget you as ye forgot the\nmeeting of this Day of yours! and your abode is the Fire, and no\nhelpers have ye!\"\n\nP: And it will be said: This day We forget you, even as ye forgot the\nmeeting of this your day; and your habitation is the Fire, and there is\nnone to help you.\n\nS: And it shall be said: Today We forsake you as you neglected the\nmeeting of this day of yours and your abode is the fire, and there are\nnot for you any helpers:\n\n045.035\nY: \"This, because ye used to take the Signs of Allah in jest, and the\nlife of the world deceived you:\" (From) that Day, therefore, they shall\nnot be taken out thence, nor shall they be received into Grace.\n\nP: This, forasmuch as ye made the revelations of Allah a jest, and the\nlife of the world beguiled you. Therefor this day they come not forth\nfrom thence, nor can they make amends.\n\nS: That is because you took the communications of Allah for a jest and\nthe life of this world deceived you. So on that day they shall not be\nbrought forth from it, nor shall they be granted goodwill.\n\n045.036\nY: Then Praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth,-\nLord and Cherisher of all the Worlds!\n\nP: Then praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth,\nthe Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: Therefore to Allah is due (all) praise, the Lord of the heavens and\nthe Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds.\n\n045.037\nY: To Him be glory throughout the heavens and the earth: and He is\nExalted in Power, Full of Wisdom!\n\nP: And unto Him (alone) belongeth Majesty in the heavens and the earth,\nand He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is\nthe Mighty, the Wise.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 46:\n\n              AL-AHQAF (THE WIND-CURVED SANDHILLS, THE DUNES)\n Total Verses: 35 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n046.001\nY: Ha-Mim.\n\nP: Ha. Mim.\n\nS: Ha Mim.\n\n046.002\nY: The Revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted in Power, Full\nof Wisdom.\n\nP: The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n046.003\nY: We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them but for\njust ends, and for a Term Appointed: But those who reject Faith turn\naway from that whereof they are warned.\n\nP: We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them\nsave with truth, and for a term appointed. But those who disbelieve\nturn away from that whereof they are warned.\n\nS: We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them\ntwo save with truth and (for) an appointed term; and those who\ndisbelieve turn aside from what they are warned of.\n\n046.004\nY: Say: \"Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah? Show me what it\nis they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens\nbring me a book (revealed) before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye\nmay have), if ye are telling the truth!\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Have ye thought on all that ye invoke\nbeside Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth. Or have they\nany portion in the heavens? Bring me a scripture before this\n(Scripture), or some vestige of knowledge (in support of what ye say),\nif ye are truthful.\n\nS: Say: Have you considered what you call upon besides Allah? Show me\nwhat they have created of the earth, or have they a share in the\nheavens? Bring me a book before this or traces of knowledge, if you are\ntruthful.\n\n046.005\nY: And who is more astray than one who invokes besides Allah, such as\nwill not answer him to the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are\nunconscious of their call (to them)?\n\nP: And who is further astray than those who, instead of Allah, pray unto\nsuch as hear not their prayer until the Day of Resurrection, and are\nunconscious of their prayer,\n\nS: And who is in greater error than he who calls besides Allah upon\nthose that will not answer him till the day of resurrection and they\nare heedless of their call?\n\n046.006\nY: And when mankind are gathered together (at the Resurrection), they\nwill be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)!\n\nP: And when mankind are gathered (to the Judgment) will become enemies\nfor them, and will become deniers of having been worshipped.\n\nS: And when men are gathered together they shall be their enemies, and\nshall be deniers of their worshipping (them).\n\n046.007\nY: When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say, of\nthe Truth when it comes to them: \"This is evident sorcery!\"\n\nP: And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who\ndisbelieve say of the Truth when it reacheth them: This is mere magic.\n\nS: And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who\ndisbelieve say with regard to the truth when it comes to them: This is\nclear magic.\n\n046.008\nY: Or do they say, \"He has forged it\"? Say: \"Had I forged it, then can\nye obtain no single (blessing) for me from Allah. He knows best of that\nwhereof ye talk (so glibly)! Enough is He for a witness between me and\nyou! And he is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: Or say they: He hath invented it? Say (O Muhammad): If I have\ninvented it, still ye have no power to support me against Allah. He is\nBest Aware of what ye say among yourselves concerning it. He sufficeth\nfor a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, the\nMerciful.\n\nS: Nay! they say: He has forged it. Say: If I have forged it, you do not\ncontrol anything for me from Allah; He knows best what you utter\nconcerning it; He is enough as a witness between me and you, and He is\nthe Forgiving, the Merciful.\n\n046.009\nY: Say: \"I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the messengers,\nnor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but that\nwhich is revealed to me by inspiration; I am but a Warner open and\nclear.\"\n\nP: Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I\nwhat will be done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is\ninspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.\n\nS: Say: I am not the first of the messengers, and I do not know what\nwill be done with me or with you: I do not follow anything but that\nwhich is revealed to me, and I am nothing but a plain warner.\n\n046.010\nY: Say: \"See ye? If (this teaching) be from Allah, and ye reject it, and\na witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity\n(with earlier scripture), and has believed while ye are arrogant, (how\nunjust ye are!) truly, Allah guides not a people unjust.\"\n\nP: Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye disbelieve therein, and a\nwitness of the Children of Israel hath already testified to the like\nthereof and hath believed, and ye are too proud (what plight is yours)?\nLo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.\n\nS: Say: Have you considered if it is from Allah, and you disbelieve in\nit, and a witness from among the children of Israel has borne witness\nof one like it, so he believed, while you are big with pride; surely\nAllah does not guide the unjust people.\n\n046.011\nY: The Unbelievers say of those who believe: \"If (this Message) were a\ngood thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before us!\" And\nseeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say, \"this is\nan (old,) falsehood!\"\n\nP: And those who disbelieve say of those who believe: If it had been\n(any) good, they would not have been before us in attaining it. And\nsince they will not be guided by it, they say: This is an ancient lie;\n\nS: And those who disbelieve say concerning those who believe: If it had\nbeen a good, they would not have gone ahead of us therein. And as they\ndo not seek to be rightly directed thereby, they say: It is an old lie.\n\n046.012\nY: And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and a mercy: And\nthis Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish the unjust,\nand as Glad Tidings to those who do right.\n\nP: When before it there was the Scripture of Moses, an example and a\nmercy; and this is a confirming Scripture in the Arabic language, that\nit may warn those who do wrong and bring good tidings for the\nrighteous.\n\nS: And before it the Book of Musa was a guide and a mercy: and this is a\nBook verifying (it) in the Arabic language that it may warn those who\nare unjust and as good news for the doers of good.\n\n046.013\nY: Verily those who say, \"Our Lord is Allah,\" and remain firm (on that\nPath),- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.\n\nP: Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and thereafter walk aright,\nthere shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.\n\nS: Surely those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then they continue on the\nright way, they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.\n\n046.014\nY: Such shall be Companions of the Gardens, dwelling therein (for aye):\na recompense for their (good) deeds.\n\nP: Such are rightful owners of the Garden, immortal therein, as a reward\nfor what they used to do.\n\nS: These are the dwellers of the garden, abiding therein: a reward for\nwhat they did.\n\n046.015\nY: We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his\nmother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of\nthe (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length,\nwhen he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he\nsays, \"O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which\nThou has bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I may\nwork righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me\nin my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee)\nin Islam.\"\n\nP: And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother\nbeareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance,\nand the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till,\nwhen he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My\nLord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou\nhast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable\nunto Thee. And be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have\nturned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto\nThee).\n\nS: And We have enjoined on man doing of good to his parents; with\ntrouble did his mother bear him and with trouble did she bring him\nforth; and the bearing of him and the weaning of him was thirty months;\nuntil when he attains his maturity and reaches forty years, he says: My\nLord! grant me that I may give thanks for Thy favor which Thou hast\nbestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do good which pleases\nThee and do good to me in respect of my offspring; surely I turn to\nThee, and surely I am of those who submit.\n\n046.016\nY: Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and\npass by their ill deeds: (They shall be) among the Companions of the\nGarden: a promise! of truth, which was made to them (in this life).\n\nP: Those are they from whom We accept the best of what they do, and\noverlook their evil deeds. (They are) among the owners of the Garden.\nThis is the true promise which they were promised (in the world).\n\nS: These are they from whom We accept the best of what they have done\nand pass over their evil deeds, among the dwellers of the garden; the\npromise of truth which they were promised.\n\n046.017\nY: But (there is one) who says to his parents, \"Fie on you! Do ye hold\nout the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though\ngenerations have passed before me (without rising again)?\" And they two\nseek Allah's aid, (and rebuke the son): \"Woe to thee! Have faith! for\nthe promise of Allah is true.\" But he says, \"This is nothing but tales\nof the ancients!\"\n\nP: And whoso saith unto his parents: Fie upon you both! Do ye threaten\nme that I shall be brought forth (again) when generations before me\nhave passed away? And they twain cry unto Allah for help (and say): Woe\nunto thee! Believe! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. But he saith:\nThis is naught save fables of the men of old:\n\nS: And he who says to his parents: Fie on you! do you threaten me that I\nshall be brought forth when generations have already passed away before\nme? And they both call for Allah's aid: Woe to you! believe, surely the\npromise of Allah is true. But he says: This is nothing but stories of\nthe ancients.\n\n046.018\nY: Such are they against whom is proved the sentence among the previous\ngenerations of jinns and men, that have passed away; for they will be\n(utterly) lost.\n\nP: Such are those on whom the Word concerning nations of the jinn and\nmankind which have passed away before them hath effect. Lo! they are\nthe losers.\n\nS: These are they against whom the word has proved true among nations of\nthe jinn and the men that have already passed away before them; surely\nthey are losers.\n\n046.019\nY: And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the deeds which they\n(have done), and in order that (Allah) may recompense their deeds, and\nno injustice be done to them.\n\nP: And for all there will be ranks from what they do, that He may pay\nthem for their deeds; and they will not be wronged.\n\nS: And for all are degrees according to what they did, and that He may\npay them back fully their deeds and they shall not be wronged.\n\n046.020\nY: And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the Fire,\n(It will be said to them): \"Ye received your good things in the life of\nthe world, and ye took your pleasure out of them: but today shall ye be\nrecompensed with a Penalty of humiliation: for that ye were arrogant on\nearth without just cause, and that ye (ever) transgressed.\"\n\nP: And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (it\nwill be said): Ye squandered your good things in the life of the world\nand sought comfort therein. Now this day ye are rewarded with the doom\nof ignominy because ye were disdainful in the land without a right, and\nbecause ye used to transgress.\n\nS: And on the day when those who disbelieve shall be brought before the\nfire: You did away with your good things in your life of the world and\nyou enjoyed them for a while, so today you shall be rewarded with the\npunishment of abasement because you were unjustly proud in the land and\nbecause you transgressed.\n\n046.021\nY: Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's (own) brethren: Behold, he warned his\npeople about the winding Sand-tracts: but there have been warners\nbefore him and after him: \"Worship ye none other than Allah: Truly I\nfear for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day.\"\n\nP: And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A'ad when he warned\nhis folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and\nwent before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear\nfor you the doom of a tremendous Day.\n\nS: And mention the brother of Ad; when he warned his people in the sandy\nplains,-- and indeed warners came before him and after him-- saying\nServe none but Allah; surely I fear for you the punishment of a\ngrievous day.\n\n046.022\nY: They said: \"Hast thou come in order to turn us aside from our gods?\nThen bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost threaten us, if\nthou art telling the truth?\"\n\nP: They said: Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon\nus that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.\n\nS: They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from our gods; then\nbring us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.\n\n046.023\nY: He said: \"The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with Allah: I\nproclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I see that\nye are a people in ignorance!\"..\n\nP: He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that\nwherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.\n\nS: He said: The knowledge is only with Allah, and I deliver to you the\nmessage with which I am sent, but I see you are a people who are\nignorant.\n\n046.024\nY: Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing\nthe sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, \"This cloud will give\nus rain!\" \"Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!- A\nwind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!\"\n\nP: Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their\nvalleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is\nthat which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,\n\nS: So when they saw it as a cloud appearing in the sky advancing towards\ntheir valleys, they said: This is a cloud which will give us rain. Nay!\nit is what you sought to hasten on, a blast of wind in which is a\npainful punishment,\n\n046.025\nY: \"Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord!\" Then by the\nmorning they - nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) their houses!\nthus do We recompense those given to sin!\n\nP: Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found\nthem so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We\nreward the guilty folk.\n\nS: Destroying everything by the command of its Lord, so they became such\nthat naught could be seen except their dwellings. Thus do We reward the\nguilty people.\n\n046.026\nY: And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and) power which\nWe have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them with\n(faculties of) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit\nto them were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart and\nintellect, when they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah; and they\nwere (completely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!\n\nP: And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not\nempowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but\ntheir ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied\nthe revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.\n\nS: And certainly We had established them in what We have not established\nyou in, and We had given-- them ears and eyes and hearts, but neither\ntheir ears, nor their eyes, nor their hearts availed them aught, since\nthey denied the communications of Allah, and that which they mocked\nencompassed them.\n\n046.027\nY: We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown\nthe Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).\n\nP: And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed\n(for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.\n\nS: And certainly We destroyed the towns which are around you, and We\nrepeat the communications that they might turn.\n\n046.028\nY: Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom they\nworshipped as gods, besides Allah, as a means of access (to Allah)?\nNay, they left them in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and\ntheir invention.\n\nP: Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach\n(unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And\n(all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.\n\nS: Why did not then those help them whom they took for gods besides\nAllah to draw (them) nigh (to Him)? Nay! they were lost to them; and\nthis was their lie and what they forged.\n\n046.029\nY: Behold, We turned towards thee a company of jinns (quietly) listening\nto the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, they said,\n\"Listen in silence!\" When the (reading) was finished, they returned to\ntheir people, to warn (them of their sins).\n\nP: And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who\nwished to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said:\nGive ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people,\nwarning.\n\nS: And when We turned towards you a party of the jinn who listened to\nthe Quran; so when they came to it, they said: Be silent; then when it\nwas finished, they turned back to their people warning (them).\n\n046.030\nY: They said, \"O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses,\nconfirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a\nStraight Path.\"\n\nP: They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a Scripture which hath\nbeen revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding\nunto the truth and a right road.\n\nS: They said: O our people! we have listened to a Book revealed after\nMusa verifying that which is before it, guiding to the truth and to a\nright path:\n\n046.031\nY: \"O our people, hearken to the one who invites (you) to Allah, and\nbelieve in him: He will forgive you your faults, and deliver you from a\nPenalty Grievous.\"\n\nP: O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will\nforgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.\n\nS: O our people! accept the Divine caller and believe in Him, He will\nforgive you of your faults and protect you from a painful punishment.\n\n046.032\nY: \"If any does not hearken to the one who invites (us) to Allah, he\ncannot frustrate (Allah's Plan) on earth, and no protectors can he have\nbesides Allah: such men (wander) in manifest error.\"\n\nP: And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in\nthe earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are\nin error manifest.\n\nS: And whoever does not accept the-Divine caller, he shall not escape in\nthe earth and he shall not have guardians besides Him, these are in\nmanifest error.\n\n046.033\nY: See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and\nnever wearied with their creation, is able to give life to the dead?\nYea, verily He has power over all things.\n\nP: Have they not seen that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth\nand was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the\ndead? Aye, He verily is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Have they not considered that Allah, Who created the heavens and the\nearth and was not tired by their creation, is able to give life to the\ndead? Aye! He has surely power over all things.\n\n046.034\nY: And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the Fire,\n(they will be asked,) \"Is this not the Truth?\" they will say, \"Yea, by\nour Lord!\" (One will say:) \"Then taste ye the Penalty, for that ye were\nwont to deny (Truth)!\"\n\nP: And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire\n(they will be asked): Is not this real? They will say: Yea, by our\nLord. He will say: Then taste the doom for that ye disbelieved.\n\nS: And on the day when those who disbelieve shall be brought before the\nfire: Is it not true? They shall say: Aye! by our Lord! He will say:\nThen taste the punishment, because you disbelieved.\n\n046.035\nY: Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all) messengers of inflexible\npurpose; and be in no haste about the (Unbelievers). On the Day that\nthey see the (Punishment) promised them, (it will be) as if they had\nnot tarried more than an hour in a single day. (Thine but) to proclaim\nthe Message: but shall any be destroyed except those who transgress?\n\nP: Then have patience (O Muhammad) even as the stout of heart among the\nmessengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to hasten on (the doom)\nfor them. On the day when they see that which they are promised (it\nwill seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of daylight.\nA clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk?\n\nS: Therefore bear up patiently as did the messengers endowed with\nconstancy bear up with patience and do not seek to hasten for them\n(their doom). On the day that they shall see what they are promised\nthey shall be as if they had not tarried save an hour of the day. A\nsufficient exposition! Shall then any be destroyed save the\ntransgressing people?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 47:\n\n                            MUHAMMAD (MUHAMMAD)\n Total Verses: 38 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n047.001\nY: Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah,-\ntheir deeds will Allah render astray (from their mark).\n\nP: Those who disbelieve and turn (men) from the way of Allah, He\nrendereth their actions vain.\n\nS: (As for) those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's way, He\nshall render their works ineffective.\n\n047.002\nY: But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and believe in\nthe (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad - for it is the Truth from their\nLord,- He will remove from them their ills and improve their condition.\n\nP: And those who believe and do good works and believe in that which is\nrevealed unto Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He\nriddeth them of their ill-deeds and improveth their state.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and do good, and believe in what has\nbeen revealed to Muhammad, and it is the very truth from their Lord, He\nwill remove their evil from them and improve their condition.\n\n047.003\nY: This because those who reject Allah follow vanities, while those who\nbelieve follow the Truth from their Lord: Thus does Allah set forth for\nmen their lessons by similitudes.\n\nP: That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because\nthose who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus Allah coineth\ntheir similitudes for mankind.\n\nS: That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and have given\nthem their dowries, taking (them) in marriage, not fornicating nor\ntaking them for paramours in secret; and whoever denies faith, his work\nindeed is of no account, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the\nlosers.\n\n047.004\nY: Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their\nnecks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond\nfirmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or\nransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded):\nbut if it had been Allah's Will, He could certainly have exacted\nretribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to\ntest you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of\nAllah,- He will never let their deeds be lost.\n\nP: Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting\nof the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of\nbonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its\nburdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have\npunished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try\nsome of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of\nAllah, He rendereth not their actions vain.\n\nS: So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks\nuntil when you have overcome them, then make (them) prisoners, and\nafterwards either set them free as a favor or let them ransom\n(themselves) until the war terminates. That (shall be so); and if Allah\nhad pleased He would certainly have exacted what is due from them, but\nthat He may try some of you by means of others; and (as for) those who\nare slain in the way of Allah, He will by no means allow their deeds to\nperish.\n\n047.005\nY: Soon will He guide them and improve their condition,\n\nP: He will guide them and improve their state,\n\nS: He will guide them and improve their condition.\n\n047.006\nY: And admit them to the Garden which He has announced for them.\n\nP: And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath made known to them.\n\nS: And cause them to enter the garden which He has made known to them.\n\n047.007\nY: O ye who believe! If ye will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid\nyou, and plant your feet firmly.\n\nP: O ye who believe! If ye help Allah, He will help you and will make\nyour foothold firm.\n\nS: O you who believe! if you help (the cause of) Allah, He will help\nyou and make firm your feet.\n\n047.008\nY: But those who reject (Allah),- for them is destruction, and (Allah)\nwill render their deeds astray (from their mark).\n\nP: And those who disbelieve, perdition is for them, and He will make\ntheir actions vain.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve, for them is destruction and He has\nmade their deeds ineffective.\n\n047.009\nY: That is because they hate the Revelation of Allah; so He has made\ntheir deeds fruitless.\n\nP: That is because they are averse to that which Allah hath revealed,\ntherefor maketh He their actions fruitless.\n\nS: That is because they hated what Allah revealed, so He rendered their\ndeeds null.\n\n047.010\nY: Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End of\nthose before them (who did evil)? Allah brought utter destruction on\nthem, and similar (fates await) those who reject Allah.\n\nP: Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the\nconsequence for those who were before them? Allah wiped them out. And\nfor the disbelievers there will be the like thereof.\n\nS: Have they not then journeyed in the land and seen how was the end of\nthose before them: Allah brought down destruction upon them, and the\nunbelievers shall have the like of it.\n\n047.011\nY: That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe, but\nthose who reject Allah have no protector.\n\nP: That is because Allah is patron of those who believe, and because the\ndisbelievers have no patron.\n\nS: That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe, and\nbecause the unbelievers shall have no protector for them.\n\n047.012\nY: Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to\nGardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will\nenjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their\nabode.\n\nP: Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter\nGardens underneath which rivers flow; while those who disbelieve take\ntheir comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat, and the Fire\nis their habitation.\n\nS: Surely Allah will make those who believe and do good enter gardens\nbeneath which rivers flow; and those who disbelieve enjoy themselves\nand eat as the beasts eat, and the fire is their abode.\n\n047.013\nY: And how many cities, with more power than thy city which has driven\nthee out, have We destroyed (for their sins)? and there was none to aid\nthem.\n\nP: And how many a township stronger than thy township (O Muhammad) which\nhath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had no helper!\n\nS: And how many a town which was far more powerful than the town of\nyours which has driven you out: We destroyed them so there was no\nhelper for them.\n\n047.014\nY: Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than\none to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow\ntheir own lusts?\n\nP: Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom\nthe evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?\n\nS: What! is he who has a clear argument from his Lord like him to whom\nthe evil of his work is made fairseeming: and they follow their low\ndesires.\n\n047.015\nY: (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised:\nin it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the\ntaste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and\nrivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of\nfruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be\ncompared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to\ndrink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?\n\nP: A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty (to Allah)\nare promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and rivers of\nmilk whereof the flavour changeth not, and rivers of wine delicious to\nthe drinkers, and rivers of clear-run honey; therein for them is every\nkind of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those who enjoy all\nthis) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling\nwater to drink so that it teareth their bowels?\n\nS: A parable of the garden which those guarding (against evil) are\npromised: Therein are rivers of water that does not alter, and rivers\nof milk the taste whereof does not change, and rivers of drink\ndelicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey clarified and for\nthem therein are all fruits and protection from their Lord. (Are these)\nlike those who abide in the fire and who are made to drink boiling\nwater so it rends their bowels asunder.\n\n047.016\nY: And among them are men who listen to thee, but in the end, when they\ngo out from thee, they say to those who have received Knowledge, \"What\nis it he said just then?\" Such are men whose hearts Allah has sealed,\nand who follow their own lusts.\n\nP: Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till, when they\ngo forth from thy presence they say unto those who have been given\nknowledge: What was that he said just now? Those are they whose hearts\nAllah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.\n\nS: And there are those of them who seek to listen to you, until when\nthey go forth from you, they say to those who have been given the\nknowledge: What was it that he said just now? These are they upon whose\nhearts Allah has set a seal and they follow their low desires.\n\n047.017\nY: But to those who receive Guidance, He increases the (light of)\nGuidance, and bestows on them their Piety and Restraint (from evil).\n\nP: While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to their guidance, and\ngiveth them their protection (against evil).\n\nS: And (as for) those who follow the right direction, He increases them\nin guidance and gives them their guarding (against evil).\n\n047.018\nY: Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of\na sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it\n(actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?\n\nP: Await they aught save the Hour, that it should come upon them\nunawares? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But how, when\nit hath come upon them, can they take their warning?\n\nS: Do they then wait for aught but the hour that it should come to them\nall of a sudden? Now indeed the tokens of it have (already) come, but\nhow shall they have their reminder when it comes on them?\n\n047.019\nY: Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness\nfor thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows\nhow ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.\n\nP: So know (O Muhammad) that there is no God save Allah, and ask\nforgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women.\nAllah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.\n\nS: So know that there is no god but Allah, and, ask protection for your\nfault and for the believing men and the believing women; and Allah\nknows the place of your returning and the place of your abiding.\n\n047.020\nY: Those who believe say, \"Why is not a sura sent down (for us)?\" But\nwhen a sura of basic or categorical meaning is revealed, and fighting\nis mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease\nlooking at thee with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death.\nBut more fitting for them-\n\nP: And those who believe say: If only a surah were revealed! But when a\ndecisive surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein, thou seest\nthose in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look of men\nfainting unto death. Therefor woe unto them!\n\nS: And those who believe say: Why has not a Chapter been revealed? But\nwhen a decisive Chapter is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein\nyou see those in whose hearts is a disease look to you with the look of\none fainting because of death. Woe to them then!\n\n047.021\nY: Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter is resolved\non, it were best for them if they were true to Allah.\n\nP: Obedience and a civil word. Then, when the matter is determined, if\nthey are loyal to Allah it will be well for them.\n\nS: Obedience and a gentle word (was proper); but when the affair becomes\nsettled, then if they remain true to Allah it would certainly be better\nfor them.\n\n047.022\nY: Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that\nye will do mischief in the land, and break your ties of kith and kin?\n\nP: Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the\nland and sever your ties of kinship?\n\nS: But if you held command, you were sure to make mischief in the land\nand cut off the ties of kinship!\n\n047.023\nY: Such are the men whom Allah has cursed for He has made them deaf and\nblinded their sight.\n\nP: Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and maketh\nblind their eyes.\n\nS: Those it is whom Allah has cursed so He has made them deaf and\nblinded their eyes.\n\n047.024\nY: Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or are\ntheir hearts locked up by them?\n\nP: Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the\nhearts?\n\nS: Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Nay, on the hearts there are\nlocks.\n\n047.025\nY: Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to\nthem,- the Evil One has instigated them and busied them up with false\nhopes.\n\nP: Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath been manifested unto\nthem, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the rein.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who return on their backs after that guidance\nhas become manifest to them, the Shaitan has made it a light matter to\nthem; and He gives them respite.\n\n047.026\nY: This, because they said to those who hate what Allah has revealed,\n\"We will obey you in part of (this) matter\"; but Allah knows their\n(inner) secrets.\n\nP: That is because they say unto those who hate what Allah hath\nrevealed: We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their\nsecret talk.\n\nS: That is because they say to those who hate what Allah has revealed:\nWe will obey you in some of the affairs; and Allah knows their secrets.\n\n047.027\nY: But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and\nsmite their faces and their backs?\n\nP: Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them, smiting\ntheir faces and their backs!\n\nS: But how will it be when the angels cause them to die smiting their\nbacks.\n\n047.028\nY: This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of\nAllah, and they hated Allah's good pleasure; so He made their deeds of\nno effect.\n\nP: That will be because they followed that which angereth Allah, and\nhated that which pleaseth Him. Therefor He hath made their actions\nvain.\n\nS: That is because they follow what is displeasing to Allah and are\naverse to His pleasure, therefore He has made null their deeds.\n\n047.029\nY: Or do those in whose hearts is a disease, think that Allah will not\nbring to light all their rancour?\n\nP: Or do those in whose hearts is a disease deem that Allah will not\nbring to light their (secret) hates?\n\nS: Or do those in whose hearts is a disease think that Allah will not\nbring forth their spite?\n\n047.030\nY: Had We so wiled, We could have shown them up to thee, and thou\nshouldst have known them by their marks: but surely thou wilt know them\nby the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all that ye do.\n\nP: And if We would, We could show them unto thee (Muhammad) so that thou\nshouldst know them surely by their marks. And thou shalt know them by\nthe burden of their talk. And Allah knoweth your deeds.\n\nS: And if We please We would have made you know them so that you would\ncertainly have recognized them by their marks and most certainly you\ncan recognize them by the intent of (their) speech; and Allah knows\nyour deeds.\n\n047.031\nY: And We shall try you until We test those among you who strive their\nutmost and persevere in patience; and We shall try your reported\n(mettle).\n\nP: And verily We shall try you till We know those of you who strive hard\n(for the cause of Allah) and the steadfast, and till We test your\nrecord.\n\nS: And most certainly We will try you until We have known those among\nyou who exert themselves hard, and the patient, and made your case\nmanifest.\n\n047.032\nY: Those who reject Allah, hinder (men) from the Path of Allah, and\nresist the Messenger, after Guidance has been clearly shown to them,\nwill not injure Allah in the least, but He will make their deeds of no\neffect.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and oppose\nthe messenger after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, they\nhurt Allah not a jot, and He will make their actions fruitless.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's way and oppose\nthe Messenger after that guidance has become clear to them cannot harm\nAllah in any way, and He will make null their deeds.\n\n047.033\nY: O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger, and make not\nvain your deeds!\n\nP: O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and render not\nyour actions vain.\n\nS: O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and do not make\nyour deeds of no effect.\n\n047.034\nY: Those who reject Allah, and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah, then\ndie rejecting Allah,- Allah will not forgive them.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and then die\ndisbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah's way, then they\ndie while they are unbelievers, Allah will by no means forgive them.\n\n047.035\nY: Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be\nuppermost: for Allah is with you, and will never put you in loss for\nyour (good) deeds.\n\nP: So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the\nuppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the reward\nof) your actions.\n\nS: And be not slack so as to cry for peace and you have the upper hand,\nand Allah is with you, and He will not bring your deeds to naught.\n\n047.036\nY: The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye believe\nand guard against Evil, He will grant you your recompense, and will not\nask you (to give up) your possessions.\n\nP: The life of the world is but a sport and a pastime. And if ye believe\nand ward off (evil). He will give you your wages, and will not ask of\nyou your wordly wealth.\n\nS: The life of this world is only idle sport and play, and if you\nbelieve and guard (against evil) He will give you your rewards, and\nwill not ask of you your possessions.\n\n047.037\nY: If He were to ask you for all of them, and press you, ye would\ncovetously withhold, and He would bring out all your ill-feeling.\n\nP: If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye would hoard it, and\nHe would bring to light your (secret) hates.\n\nS: If He should ask you for it and urge you, you will be niggardly, and\nHe will bring forth your malice.\n\n047.038\nY: Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the Way\nof Allah: But among you are some that are niggardly. But any who are\nniggardly are so at the expense of their own souls. But Allah is free\nof all wants, and it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from the\nPath), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would\nnot be like you!\n\nP: Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet\namong you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he\nhoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the\npoor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and\nthey will not be the likes of you.\n\nS: Behold! you are those who are called upon to spend in Allah's way,\nbut among you are those who are niggardly, and whoever is niggardly is\nniggardly against his own soul; and Allah is Self-sufficient and you\nhave need (of Him), and if you turn back He will bring in your place\nanother people, then they will not be like you.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 48:\n\n                        AL-FATH (VICTORY, CONQUEST)\n Total Verses: 29 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n048.001\nY: Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:\n\nP: Lo! We have given thee (O Muhammad) a signal victory,\n\nS: Surely We have given to you a clear victory\n\n048.002\nY: That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to\nfollow; fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;\n\nP: That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past and that\nwhich is to come, and may perfect His favour unto thee, and may guide\nthee on a right path,\n\nS: That Allah may forgive your community their past faults and those to\nfollow and complete His favor to you and keep you on a right way,\n\n048.003\nY: And that Allah may help thee with powerful help.\n\nP: And that Allah may help thee with strong help -\n\nS: And that Allah might help you with a mighty help.\n\n048.004\nY: It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers,\nthat they may add faith to their faith;- for to Allah belong the Forces\nof the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Full of Knowledge and\nWisdom;-\n\nP: He it is Who sent down peace of reassurance into the hearts of the\nbelievers that they might add faith unto their faith. Allah's are the\nhosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Knower, Wise -\n\nS: He it is Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers\nthat they might have more of faith added to their faith-- and Allah's\nare the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Knowing,\nWise-\n\n048.005\nY: That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens beneath\nwhich rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove their ills from\nthem;- and that is, in the sight of Allah, the highest achievement (for\nman),-\n\nP: That He may bring the believing men and the believing women into\nGardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide, and may\nremit from them their evil deeds - That, in the sight of Allah, is the\nsupreme triumph -\n\nS: That He may cause the believing men and the believing women to enter\ngardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein and remove from them\ntheir evil; and that is a grand achievement with Allah;\n\n048.006\nY: And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the\nPolytheists, men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of Allah. On\nthem is a round of Evil: the Wrath of Allah is on them: He has cursed\nthem and got Hell ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.\n\nP: And may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and\nthe idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who think an evil thought\nconcerning Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and Allah is\nwroth against them and hath cursed them, and hath made ready for them\nhell, a hapless journey's end.\n\nS: And (that) He may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical\nwomen, and the polytheistic men and the polytheistic women, the\nentertainers of evil thoughts about Allah. On them is the evil turn,\nand Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared hell for\nthem, and evil is the resort.\n\n048.007\nY: For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and\nAllah is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.\n\nP: Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever\nMighty, Wise.\n\nS: And Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is\nMighty, Wise.\n\n048.008\nY: We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidings,\nand as a Warner:\n\nP: Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) as a witness and a bearer of good\ntidings and a warner,\n\nS: Surely We have sent you as a witness and as a bearer of good news and\nas a warner,\n\n048.009\nY: In order that ye (O men) may believe in Allah and His Messenger, that\nye may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and\nevening.\n\nP: That ye (mankind) may believe in Allah and His messenger, and may\nhonour Him, and may revere Him, and may glorify Him at early dawn and\nat the close of day.\n\nS: That you may believe in Allah and His Messenger and may aid him and\nrevere him; and (that) you may declare His glory, morning and evening.\n\n048.010\nY: Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than plight\ntheir fealty to Allah: the Hand of Allah is over their hands: then any\none who violates his oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and any\none who fulfils what he has covenanted with Allah,- Allah will soon\ngrant him a great Reward.\n\nP: Lo! those who swear allegiance unto thee (Muhammad), swear allegiance\nonly unto Allah. The Hand of Allah is above their hands. So whosoever\nbreaketh his oath, breaketh it only to his soul's hurt; while whosoever\nkeepeth his covenant with Allah, on him will He bestow immense reward.\n\nS: Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear allegiance to\nAllah; the hand of Allah is above their hands. Therefore whoever breaks\n(his faith), he breaks it only to the injury of his own soul, and\nwhoever fulfills what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a\nmighty reward.\n\n048.011\nY: The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: \"We were engaged\nin (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families: do thou then\nask forgiveness for us.\" They say with their tongues what is not in\ntheir hearts. Say: \"Who then has any power at all (to intervene) on\nyour behalf with Allah, if His Will is to give you some loss or to give\nyou some profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.\"\n\nP: Those of the wandering Arabs who were left behind will tell thee: Our\npossessions and our households occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us!\nThey speak with their tongues that which is not in their hearts. Say:\nWho can avail you aught against Allah, if He intend you hurt or intend\nyou profit? Nay, but Allah is ever Aware of what ye do.\n\nS: Those of the dwellers of the desert who were left behind will say to\nyou: Our property and our families kept us busy, so ask forgiveness for\nus. They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: Then\nwho can control anything for you from Allah if He intends to do you\nharm or if He intends to do you good; nay, Allah is Aware of what you\ndo:\n\n048.012\nY: \"Nay, ye thought that the Messenger and the Believers would never\nreturn to their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and ye\nconceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (in wickedness).\"\n\nP: Nay, but ye deemed that the messenger and the believers would never\nreturn to their own folk, and that was made fairseeming in your hearts,\nand ye did think an evil thought, and ye were worthless folk.\n\nS: Nay! you rather thought that the Messenger and the believers would\nnot return to their families ever, and that was made fairseeming to\nyour hearts and you thought an evil thought and you were a people\ndoomed to perish.\n\n048.013\nY: And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared,\nfor those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!\n\nP: And so for him who believeth not in Allah and His messenger - Lo! We\nhave prepared a flame for disbelievers.\n\nS: And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger, then surely\nWe have prepared burning fire for the unbelievers.\n\n048.014\nY: To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He\nforgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He\nforgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will. And Allah is ever\nForgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He forgives\nwhom He pleases and punishes whom He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n048.015\nY: Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to) march and\ntake booty (in war): \"Permit us to follow you.\" They wish to change\nAllah's decree: Say: \"Not thus will ye follow us: Allah has already\ndeclared (this) beforehand\": then they will say, \"But ye are jealous of\nus.\" Nay, but little do they understand (such things).\n\nP: Those who were left behind will say, when ye set forth to capture\nbooty: Let us go with you. They fain would change the verdict of Allah.\nSay (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye shall not go with us. Thus hath Allah\nsaid beforehand. Then they will say: Ye are envious of us. Nay, but\nthey understand not, save a little.\n\nS: Those who are left behind will say when you set forth for the gaining\nof acquisitions: Allow us (that) we may follow you. They desire to\nchange the world of Allah. Say: By no means shall you follow us; thus\ndid Allah say before. But they will say: Nay! you are jealous of us.\nNay! they do not understand but a little.\n\n048.016\nY: Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: \"Ye shall be summoned (to\nfight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall ye fight, or\nthey shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a\ngoodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you\nwith a grievous Penalty.\"\n\nP: Say unto those of the wandering Arabs who were left behind: Ye will\nbe called against a folk of mighty prowess, to fight them until they\nsurrender; and if ye obey, Allah will give you a fair reward; but if ye\nturn away as ye did turn away before, He will punish you with a painful\ndoom.\n\nS: Say to those of the dwellers of the desert who were left behind: You\nshall soon be invited (to fight) against a people possessing mighty\nprowess; you will fight against them until they submit; then if you\nobey, Allah will grant you a good reward; and if you turn back as you\nturned back before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.\n\n048.017\nY: No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor\non one ill (if he joins not the war): But he that obeys Allah and his\nMessenger,- (Allah) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers\nflow; and he who turns back, (Allah) will punish him with a grievous\nPenalty.\n\nP: There is no blame for the blind, nor is there blame for the lame, nor\nis there blame for the sick (that they go not forth to war). And whoso\nobeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow; and whoso turneth back, him will He\npunish with a painful doom.\n\nS: There is no harm in the blind, nor is there any harm in the lame, nor\nis there any harm in the sick (if they do not go forth); and whoever\nobeys Allah and His Messenger, He will cause him to enter gardens\nbeneath which rivers flow, and whoever turns back, He will punish him\nwith a painful punishment.\n\n048.018\nY: Allah's Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore Fealty to\nthee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down\nTranquillity to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory;\n\nP: Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance\nunto thee beneath the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, and\nHe sent down peace of reassurance on them, and hath rewarded them with\na near victory;\n\nS: Certainly Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore\nallegiance to you under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts,\nso He sent down tranquillity on them and rewarded them with a near\nvictory,\n\n048.019\nY: And many gains will they acquire (besides): and Allah is Exalted in\nPower, Full of Wisdom.\n\nP: And much booty that they will capture. Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.\n\nS: And many acquisitions which they will take; and Allah is Mighty,\nWise.\n\n048.020\nY: Allah has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and He has\ngiven you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men from\nyou; that it may be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may guide you\nto a Straight Path;\n\nP: Allah promiseth you much booty that ye will capture, and hath given\nyou this in advance, and hath withheld men's hands from you, that it\nmay be a token for the believers, and that He may guide you on a right\npath.\n\nS: Allah promised you many acquisitions which you will take, then He\nhastened on this one for you and held back the hands of men from you,\nand that it may be a sign for the believers and that He may guide you\non a right path.\n\n048.021\nY: And other gains (there are), which are not within your power, but\nwhich Allah has compassed: and Allah has power over all things.\n\nP: And other (gain), which ye have not been able to achieve, Allah will\ncompass it, Allah is Able to do all things.\n\nS: And others which you have not yet been able to achieve Allah has\nsurely encompassed them, and Allah has power over all things.\n\n048.022\nY: If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly turn their\nbacks; then would they find neither protector nor helper.\n\nP: And if those who disbelieve join battle with you they will take to\nflight, and afterward they will find no protecting friend nor helper.\n\nS: And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they would certainly turn\n(their) backs, then they would not find any protector or a helper.\n\n048.023\nY: (Such has been) the practice (approved) of Allah already in the past:\nno change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of Allah.\n\nP: It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime. Thou wilt\nnot find for the law of Allah aught of power to change.\n\nS: Such has been the course of Allah that has indeed run before, and you\nshall not find a change in Allah's course.\n\n048.024\nY: And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands\nfrom them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory\nover them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.\n\nP: And He it is Who hath withheld men's hands from you, and hath\nwithheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He had\nmade you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your hands from\nthem in the valley of Mecca after He had given you victory over them;\nand Allah is Seeing what you do.\n\n048.025\nY: They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you from the\nSacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching their\nplace of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing\nwomen whom ye did not know that ye were trampling down and on whose\naccount a crime would have accrued to you without (your) knowledge,\n(Allah would have allowed you to force your way, but He held back your\nhands) that He may admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they had been\napart, We should certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them\nwith a grievous Punishment.\n\nP: These it was who disbelieved and debarred you from the Inviolable\nPlace of Worship, and debarred the offering from reaching its goal. And\nif it had not been for believing men and believing women, whom ye know\nnot - lest ye should tread them under foot and thus incur guilt for\nthem unknowingly; that Allah might bring into His mercy whom He will -\nIf (the believers and the disbelievers) had been clearly separated We\nverily had punished those of them who disbelieved with painful\npunishment.\n\nS: It is they who disbelieved and turned you away from the Sacred Mosque\nand (turned off) the offering withheld from arriving at its destined\nplace; and were it not for the believing men and the believing women,\nwhom, not having known, you might have trodden down, and thus something\nhateful might have afflicted you on their account without knowledge--\nso that Allah may cause to enter into His mercy whomsoever He pleases;\nhad they been widely separated one from another, We would surely have\npunished those who disbelieved from among them with a painful\npunishment.\n\n048.026\nY: While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant - the heat\nand cant of ignorance,- Allah sent down His Tranquillity to his\nMessenger and to the Believers, and made them stick close to the\ncommand of self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy\nof it. And Allah has full knowledge of all things.\n\nP: When those who disbelieve had set up in their hearts zealotry, the\nzealotry of the Age of Ignorance, then Allah sent down His peace of\nreassurance upon His messenger and upon the believers and imposed on\nthem the word of self-restraint, for they were worthy of it and meet\nfor it. And Allah is Aware of all things.\n\nS: When those who disbelieved harbored in their hearts (feelings of)\ndisdain, the disdain of (the days of) ignorance, but Allah sent down\nHis tranquillity on His Messenger and on the believers, and made them\nkeep the word of guarding (against evil), and they were entitled to it\nand worthy of it; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.\n\n048.027\nY: Truly did Allah fulfil the vision for His Messenger: ye shall enter\nthe Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, with minds secure, heads shaved,\nhair cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He\ngranted, besides this, a speedy victory.\n\nP: Allah hath fulfilled the vision for His messenger in very truth. Ye\nshall indeed enter the Inviolable Place of Worship, if Allah will,\nsecure, (having your hair) shaven and cut, not fearing. But He knoweth\nthat which ye know not, and hath given you a near victory beforehand.\n\nS: Certainly Allah had shown to His Messenger the vision with truth: you\nshall most certainly enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah pleases, in\nsecurity, (some) having their heads shaved and (others) having their\nhair cut, you shall not fear, but He knows what you do not know, so He\nbrought about a near victory before that.\n\n048.028\nY: It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of\nTruth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a\nWitness.\n\nP: He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the\nreligion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion.\nAnd Allah sufficeth as a Witness.\n\nS: He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true\nreligion that He may make it prevail over all the religions; and Allah\nis enough for a witness.\n\n048.029\nY: Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are\nstrong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other.\nThou wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking\nGrace from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their\nmarks, (being) the traces of their prostration. This is their\nsimilitude in the Taurat; and their similitude in the Gospel is: like a\nseed which sends forth its blade, then makes it strong; it then becomes\nthick, and it stands on its own stem, (filling) the sowers with wonder\nand delight. As a result, it fills the Unbelievers with rage at them.\nAllah has promised those among them who believe and do righteous deeds\nforgiveness, and a great Reward.\n\nP: Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard\nagainst the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O\nMuhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking\nbounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their\nforeheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the\nTorah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that sendeth\nforth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk,\ndelighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the\nsight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and\ndo good works, forgiveness and immense reward.\n\nS: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of\nheart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves; you will\nsee them bowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking grace from Allah\nand pleasure; their marks are in their faces because of the effect of\nprostration; that is their description in the Taurat and their\ndescription in the Injeel; like as seed-produce that puts forth its\nsprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on\nits stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the unbelievers on\naccount of them; Allah has promised those among them who believe and do\ngood, forgiveness and a great reward.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 49:\n\n         AL-HUJRAAT (THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS, THE INNER APARTMENTS)\n Total Verses: 18 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n049.001\nY: O Ye who believe! Put not yourselves forward before Allah and His\nMessenger; but fear Allah: for Allah is He Who hears and knows all\nthings.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be not forward in the presence of Allah and His\nmessenger, and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: O you who believe! be not forward in the presence of Allah and His\nMessenger, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is\nHearing, Knowing.\n\n049.002\nY: O ye who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the\nProphet, nor speak aloud to him in talk, as ye may speak aloud to one\nanother, lest your deeds become vain and ye perceive not.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Lift not up your voices above the voice of the\nProphet, nor shout when speaking to him as ye shout one to another,\nlest your works be rendered vain while ye perceive not.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not raise your voices above the voice of the\nProphet, and do not speak loud to him as you speak loud to one another,\nlest your deeds became null while you do not perceive.\n\n049.003\nY: Those that lower their voices in the presence of Allah's Messenger,-\ntheir hearts has Allah tested for piety: for them is Forgiveness and a\ngreat Reward.\n\nP: Lo! they who subdue their voices in the presence of the messenger of\nAllah, those are they whose hearts Allah hath proven unto\nrighteousness. Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward.\n\nS: Surely those who lower their voices before Allah's Messenger are they\nwhose hearts Allah has proved for guarding (against evil); they shall\nhave forgiveness and a great reward.\n\n049.004\nY: Those who shout out to thee from without the inner apartments - most\nof them lack understanding.\n\nP: Lo! those who call thee from behind the private apartments, most of\nthem have no sense.\n\nS: (As for) those who call out to you from behind the private chambers,\nsurely most of them do not understand.\n\n049.005\nY: If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them, it\nwould be best for them: but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: And if they had had patience till thou camest forth unto them, it had\nbeen better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: And if they wait patiently until you come out to them, it would\ncertainly be better for them, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n049.006\nY: O ye who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with any news,\nascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and afterwards\nbecome full of repentance for what ye have done.\n\nP: O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest\nye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.\n\nS: O you who believe! if an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look\ncarefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry\nfor what you have done.\n\n049.007\nY: And know that among you is Allah's Messenger: were he, in many\nmatters, to follow your (wishes), ye would certainly fall into\nmisfortune: But Allah has endeared the Faith to you, and has made it\nbeautiful in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you Unbelief,\nwickedness, and rebellion: such indeed are those who walk in\nrighteousness;-\n\nP: And know that the messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey\nyou in much of the government, ye would surely be in trouble; but Allah\nhath endeared the faith to you and hath beautified it in your hearts,\nand hath made disbelief and lewdness and rebellion hateful unto you.\nSuch are they who are the rightly guided.\n\nS: And know that among you is Allah's Messenger; should he obey you in\nmany a matter, you would surely fall into distress, but Allah has\nendeared the faith to you and has made it seemly in your hearts, and He\nhas made hateful to you unbelief and transgression and disobedience;\nthese it is that are the followers of a right way.\n\n049.008\nY: A Grace and Favour from Allah; and Allah is full of Knowledge and\nWisdom.\n\nP: (It is) a bounty and a grace from Allah; and Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: By grace from Allah and as a favor; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n049.009\nY: If two parties among the Believers fall into a quarrel, make ye peace\nbetween them: but if one of them transgresses  beyond bounds against the\nother, then fight ye (all) against the one that transgresses until it\ncomplies with the command of Allah; but if it complies, then make peace\nbetween them with justice, and be fair: for Allah loves those who\nare fair (and just).\n\nP: And if two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace\nbetween them. And if one party of them doeth wrong to the other, fight\nye that which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of Allah;\nthen, if it return, make peace between them justly, and act equitably.\nLo! Allah loveth the equitable.\n\nS: And if two parties of the believers quarrel, make peace between them;\nbut if one of them acts wrongfully towards the other, fight that which\nacts wrongfully until it returns to Allah's command; then if it\nreturns, make peace between them with justice and act equitably; surely\nAllah loves those who act equitably.\n\n049.010\nY: The Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and\nreconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear Allah,\nthat ye may receive Mercy.\n\nP: The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace\nbetween your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may\nobtain mercy.\n\nS: The believers are but brethren, therefore make peace between your\nbrethren and be careful of (your duty to) Allah that mercy may be had\non you.\n\n049.011\nY: O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may\nbe that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women\nlaugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the\n(former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each\nother by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting\nwickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do\nnot desist are (indeed) doing wrong.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than\nthey (are), not let women (deride) women who may be better than they\nare; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames.\nBad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in\nrepentance, such are evil-doers.\n\nS: O you who believe! let not (one) people laugh at (another) people\nperchance they may be better than they, nor let women (laugh) at\n(other) women, perchance they may be better than they; and do not find\nfault with your own people nor call one another by nicknames; evil is a\nbad name after faith, and whoever does not turn, these it is that are\nthe unjust.\n\n049.012\nY: O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for\nsuspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind\ntheir backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead\nbrother? Nay, ye would abhor it...But fear Allah: For Allah is\nOft-Returning, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a\ncrime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love\nto eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the\nother)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting,\nMerciful.\n\nS: O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in\nsome cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite\nothers. Does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? But\nyou abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is\nOft-returning (to mercy), Merciful.\n\n049.013\nY: O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a\nfemale, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each\nother (not that ye may despise each other). Verily the most honoured\nof you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.\nAnd Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).\n\nP: O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you\nnations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of\nyou, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is\nKnower, Aware.\n\nS: O you men! surely We have created you of a male and a female, and\nmade you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the\nmost honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of\nhis duty); surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.\n\n049.014\nY: The desert Arabs say, \"We believe.\" Say, \"Ye have no faith; but ye\n(only) say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has\nFaith entered your hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He\nwill not belittle aught of your deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most\nMerciful.\"\n\nP: The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Ye\nbelieve not, but rather say \"We submit,\" for the faith hath not yet\nentered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He\nwill not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo!\nAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: The dwellers of the desert say: We believe. Say: You do not believe\nbut say, We submit; and faith has not yet entered into your hearts; and\nif you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not diminish aught of your\ndeeds; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n049.015\nY: Only those are Believers who have believed in Allah and His\nMessenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their\nbelongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the\nsincere ones.\n\nP: The (true) believers are those only who believe in Allah and His\nmessenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and\ntheir lives for the cause of Allah. Such are the sincere.\n\nS: The believers are only those who believe in Allah and His Messenger\nthen they doubt not and struggle hard with their wealth and their lives\nin the way of Allah; they are the truthful ones.\n\n049.016\nY: Say: \"What! Will ye instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah\nknows all that is in the heavens and on earth: He has full knowledge of\nall things.\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Would ye teach Allah your religion, when\nAllah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth,\nand Allah is Aware of all things?\n\nS: Say: Do you apprise Allah of your religion, and Allah knows what is\nin the heavens and what is in the earth; and Allah is Cognizant of all\nthings.\n\n049.017\nY: They impress on thee as a favour that they have embraced Islam. Say,\n\"Count not your Islam as a favour upon me: Nay, Allah has conferred a\nfavour upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if ye be true and\nsincere.\"\n\nP: They make it a favour unto thee (Muhammad) that they have surrendered\n(unto Him). Say: Deem not your Surrender a favour unto me; but Allah\ndoth confer a favour on you, inasmuch as He hath led you to the Faith,\nif ye are earnest.\n\nS: They think that they lay you under an obligation by becoming Muslims.\nSay: Lay me not under obligation by your Islam: rather Allah lays you\nunder an obligation by guiding you to the faith if you are truthful.\n\n049.018\nY: \"Verily Allah knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth: and\nAllah Sees well all that ye do.\"\n\nP: Lo! Allah knoweth the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. And Allah\nis Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: Surely Allah knows the unseen things of the heavens and the earth;\nand Allah sees what you do.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 50:\n\n                            QAF (THE LETTER QAF)\n Total Verses: 45 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n050.001\nY: Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art Allah's Messenger).\n\nP: Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,\n\nS: Qaf. I swear by the glorious Quran (that Muhammad is the Messenger of\nAllah)\n\n050.002\nY: But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among\nthemselves. So the Unbelievers say: \"This is a wonderful thing!\"\n\nP: Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them;\nand the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:\n\nS: Nay! they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among\nthemselves, so the unbelievers say: This is a wonderful thing:\n\n050.003\nY: \"What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a\n(sort of) return far (from our understanding).\"\n\nP: When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back\nagain)? That would be a far return!\n\nS: What! when we are dead and have become dust? That is afar (from\nprobable) return.\n\n050.004\nY: We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a\nrecord guarding (the full account).\n\nP: We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a\nrecording Book.\n\nS: We know indeed what the earth diminishes of them, and with Us is a\nwriting that preserves.\n\n050.005\nY: But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a\nconfused state.\n\nP: Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor\nthey are now in troubled case.\n\nS: Nay, they rejected the truth when it came to them, so they are (now)\nin a state of confusion.\n\n050.006\nY: Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and\nadorned it, and there are no flaws in it?\n\nP: Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have\nconstructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?\n\nS: Do they not then look up to heaven above them how We have made it and\nadorned it and it has no gaps?\n\n050.007\nY: And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains\nstanding firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in\npairs)-\n\nP: And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein,\nand have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,\n\nS: And the earth, We have made it plain and cast in it mountains and We\nhave made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds,\n\n050.008\nY: To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to Allah).\n\nP: A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.\n\nS: To give sight and as a reminder to every servant who turns frequently\n(to Allah).\n\n050.009\nY: And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We\nproduce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests;\n\nP: And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth\nunto gardens and the grain of crops,\n\nS: And We send down from the cloud water abounding in good, then We\ncause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is reaped,\n\n050.010\nY: And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled\none over another;-\n\nP: And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,\n\nS: And the tall palm-trees having spadices closely set one above\nanother,\n\n050.011\nY: As sustenance for (Allah's) Servants;- and We give (new) life\ntherewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.\n\nP: Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even\nso will be the resurrection of the dead.\n\nS: A sustenance for the servants, and We give life thereby to a dead\nland; thus is the rising.\n\n050.012\nY: Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the\nCompanions of the Rass, the Thamud,\n\nP: The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the\ndwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,\n\nS: (Others) before them rejected (prophets): the people of Nuh and the\ndwellers of Ar-Rass and Samood,\n\n050.013\nY: The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,\n\nP: And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,\n\nS: And Ad and Firon and Lut's brethren,\n\n050.014\nY: The Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one (of\nthem) rejected the messengers, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in\nthem).\n\nP: And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one\ndenied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.\n\nS: And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tuba; all rejected\nthe messengers, so My threat came to pass.\n\n050.015\nY: Were We then weary with the first creation, that they should be in\nconfused doubt about a new Creation?\n\nP: Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt\nabout a new creation.\n\nS: Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt\nwith regard to a new creation.\n\n050.016\nY: It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul\nmakes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.\n\nP: We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him,\nand We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.\n\nS: And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to\nhim, and We are nearer to him than his life-vein.\n\n050.017\nY: Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn\n(and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left.\n\nP: When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on\nthe left,\n\nS: When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left.\n\n050.018\nY: Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to\nnote it).\n\nP: He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.\n\nS: He utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand.\n\n050.019\nY: And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): \"This was\nthe thing which thou wast trying to escape!\"\n\nP: And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him):\nThis is that which thou wast wont to shun.\n\nS: And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what you were\ntrying to escape.\n\n050.020\nY: And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof Warning\n(had been given).\n\nP: And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.\n\nS: And the trumpet shall be blown; that is the day of the threatening.\n\n050.021\nY: And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to\ndrive, and an (angel) to bear witness.\n\nP: And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.\n\nS: And every soul shall come, with it a driver and a witness.\n\n050.022\nY: (It will be said:) \"Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed\nthy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!\"\n\nP: (And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of\nthis. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy\nsight this day.\n\nS: Certainly you were heedless of it, but now We have removed from you\nyour veil, so your sight today is sharp.\n\n050.023\nY: And his Companion will say: \"Here is (his Record) ready with me!\"\n\nP: And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have\nready (as testimony).\n\nS: And his companions shall say: This is what is ready with me.\n\n050.024\nY: (The sentence will be:) \"Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious\nRejecter (of Allah)!\"-\n\nP: (And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,\n\nS: Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one,\n\n050.025\nY: \"Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast doubts and\nsuspicions;\"\n\nP: Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,\n\nS: Forbidder of good, exceeder of limits, doubter,\n\n050.026\nY: \"Who set up another god beside Allah: Throw him into a severe\npenalty.\"\n\nP: Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to\nthe dreadful doom.\n\nS: Who sets up another god with Allah, so do cast him into severe\nchastisement.\n\n050.027\nY: His Companion will say: \"Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but\nhe was (himself) far astray.\"\n\nP: His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was\n(himself) far gone in error.\n\nS: His companion will say: Our Lord! I did not lead him into inordinacy\nbut he himself was in a great error.\n\n050.028\nY: He will say: \"Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had\nalready in advance sent you Warning.\"\n\nP: He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered\nunto you the warning.\n\nS: He will say: Do not quarrel in My presence, and indeed I gave you the\nthreatening beforehand:\n\n050.029\nY: \"The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice to\nMy Servants.\"\n\nP: The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no\nwise a tyrant unto the slaves.\n\nS: My word shall not be changed, nor am I in the least unjust to the\nservants.\n\n050.030\nY: One Day We will ask Hell, \"Art thou filled to the full?\" It will say,\n\"Are there any more (to come)?\"\n\nP: On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can\nthere be more to come?\n\nS: On the day that We will say to hell: Are you filled up? And it will\nsay: Are there any more?\n\n050.031\nY: And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a\nthing distant.\n\nP: And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no\nlonger distant.\n\nS: And the garden shall be brought near to those who guard (against\nevil), not far off:\n\n050.032\nY: (A voice will say:) \"This is what was promised for you,- for every\none who turned (to Allah) in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law),\"\n\nP: (And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for\nevery penitent and heedful one,\n\nS: This is what you were promised, (it is) for every one who turns\nfrequently (to Allah), keeps (His limits);\n\n050.033\nY: \"Who feared (Allah) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned\nin devotion (to Him):\"\n\nP: Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite\nheart.\n\nS: Who fears the Beneficent Allah in secret and comes with a penitent\nheart:\n\n050.034\nY: \"Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal\nLife!\"\n\nP: Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.\n\nS: Enter it in peace, that is the day of abiding.\n\n050.035\nY: There will be for them therein all that they wish, and more besides\nin Our Presence.\n\nP: There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.\n\nS: They have therein what they wish and with Us is more yet.\n\n050.036\nY: But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their\nsins),- stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the\nland: was there any place of escape (for them)?\n\nP: And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier\nthan these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any\nplace of refuge (when the judgment came)?\n\nS: And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were\nmightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the\nlands. Is there a place of refuge?\n\n050.037\nY: Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and\nunderstanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth).\n\nP: Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth\near with full intelligence.\n\nS: Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he\ngives ear and is a witness.\n\n050.038\nY: We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six\nDays, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.\n\nP: And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is\nbetween them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.\n\nS: And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and what is\nbetween them in six periods and there touched Us not any fatigue.\n\n050.039\nY: Bear, then, with patience, all that they say, and celebrate the\npraises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its)\nsetting.\n\nP: Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of\nthy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;\n\nS: Therefore be patient of what they say, and sing the praise of your\nLord before the rising of the sun and before the setting.\n\n050.040\nY: And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so\nlikewise) after the postures of adoration.\n\nP: And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed)\nprostrations.\n\nS: And glorify Him in the night and after the prayers.\n\n050.041\nY: And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place\nquiet near,-\n\nP: And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,\n\nS: And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a near place\n\n050.042\nY: The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that\nwill be the Day of Resurrection.\n\nP: The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day\nof coming forth (from the graves).\n\nS: The day when they shall hear the cry in truth; that is the day of\ncoming forth.\n\n050.043\nY: Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal-\n\nP: Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the\njourneying.\n\nS: Surely We give life and cause to die, and to Us is the eventual\ncoming;\n\n050.044\nY: The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurrying out:\nthat will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us.\n\nP: On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening\nforth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).\n\nS: The day on which the earth shall cleave asunder under them, they will\nmake haste; that is a gathering together easy to Us.\n\n050.045\nY: We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe them by\nforce. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning!\n\nP: We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no\nwise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My\nthreat.\n\nS: We know best what they say, and you are not one to compel them;\ntherefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My threat.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 51:\n\n                     ADH-DHARIYAT (THE WINNOWING WINDS)\n Total Verses: 60 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n051.001\nY: By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;\n\nP: By those that winnow with a winnowing\n\nS: I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,\n\n051.002\nY: And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;\n\nP: And those that bear the burden (of the rain)\n\nS: Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).\n\n051.003\nY: And those that flow with ease and gentleness;\n\nP: And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)\n\nS: Then those (ships) that glide easily,\n\n051.004\nY: And those that distribute and apportion by Command;-\n\nP: And those who distribute (blessings) by command,\n\nS: Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;\n\n051.005\nY: Verily that which ye are promised is true;\n\nP: Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,\n\nS: What you are threatened with is most surely true,\n\n051.006\nY: And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.\n\nP: And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.\n\nS: And the judgment must most surely come about.\n\n051.007\nY: By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,\n\nP: By the heaven full of paths,\n\nS: I swear by the heaven full of ways.\n\n051.008\nY: Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,\n\nP: Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).\n\nS: Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,\n\n051.009\nY: Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be\ndeluded.\n\nP: He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.\n\nS: He is turned away from it who would be turned away.\n\n051.010\nY: Woe to the falsehood-mongers,-\n\nP: Accursed be the conjecturers\n\nS: Cursed be the liars,\n\n051.011\nY: Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:\n\nP: Who are careless in an abyss!\n\nS: Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;\n\n051.012\nY: They ask, \"When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?\"\n\nP: They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?\n\nS: They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?\n\n051.013\nY: (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the\nFire!\n\nP: (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,\n\nS: (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.\n\n051.014\nY: \"Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!\"\n\nP: (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye\ninflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.\n\nS: Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.\n\n051.015\nY: As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and\nSprings,\n\nP: Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and\nwatersprings,\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and\nfountains.\n\n051.016\nY: Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before\nthen, they lived a good life.\n\nP: Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were\ndoers of good;\n\nS: Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the\ndoers of good.\n\n051.017\nY: They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,\n\nP: They used to sleep but little of the night,\n\nS: They used to sleep but little in the night.\n\n051.018\nY: And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for\nForgiveness;\n\nP: And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,\n\nS: And in the morning they asked forgiveness.\n\n051.019\nY: And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the\n(needy), him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented\n(from asking).\n\nP: And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.\n\nS: And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him\nwho is denied (good).\n\n051.020\nY: On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,\n\nP: And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.\n\nS: And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,\n\n051.021\nY: As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?\n\nP: And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?\n\nS: And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?\n\n051.022\nY: And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are\npromised.\n\nP: And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;\n\nS: And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened\nwith.\n\n051.023\nY: Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as\nmuch as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.\n\nP: And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even\nas (it is true) that ye speak.\n\nS: And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the\ntruth, just as you do speak.\n\n051.024\nY: Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?\n\nP: Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O\nMuhammad)?\n\nS: Has there come to you information about the honored guests of\nIbrahim?\n\n051.025\nY: Behold, they entered his presence, and said: \"Peace!\" He said,\n\"Peace!\" (and thought), \"These seem unusual people.\"\n\nP: When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and\nthought): Folk unknown (to me).\n\nS: When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a\nstrange people.\n\n051.026\nY: Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf,\n\nP: Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted\ncalf;\n\nS: Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat\n(roasted) calf,\n\n051.027\nY: And placed it before them... He said, \"Will ye not eat?\"\n\nP: And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?\n\nS: So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?\n\n051.028\nY: (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said,\n\"Fear not,\" and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with\nknowledge.\n\nP: Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him\ntidings of (the birth of) a wise son.\n\nS: So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said:\nFear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing\nknowledge.\n\n051.029\nY: But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead\nand said: \"A barren old woman!\"\n\nP: Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and\ncried: A barren old woman!\n\nS: Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and\nsaid: An old barren woman!\n\n051.030\nY: They said, \"Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and\nKnowledge.\"\n\nP: They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.\n\nS: They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.\n\n051.031\nY: (Abraham) said: \"And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?\"\n\nP: (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from\nAllah)?\n\nS: He said: What is your affair then, O messengers!\n\n051.032\nY: They said, \"We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;\"-\n\nP: They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,\n\nS: They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,\n\n051.033\nY: \"To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),\"\n\nP: That we may send upon them stones of clay,\n\nS: That we may send down upon them stone of clay,\n\n051.034\nY: \"Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds.\"\n\nP: Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.\n\nS: Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.\n\n051.035\nY: Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,\n\nP: Then We brought forth such believers as were there.\n\nS: Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.\n\n051.036\nY: But We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house:\n\nP: But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).\n\nS: But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who\nsubmitted (the Muslims).\n\n051.037\nY: And We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.\n\nP: And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful\ndoom.\n\nS: And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.\n\n051.038\nY: And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with\nauthority manifest.\n\nP: And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh\nwith clear warrant,\n\nS: And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.\n\n051.039\nY: But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, \"A sorcerer, or\none possessed!\"\n\nP: But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a\nmadman.\n\nS: But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.\n\n051.040\nY: So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his\nwas the blame.\n\nP: So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was\nreprobate.\n\nS: So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he\nwas blamable.\n\n051.041\nY: And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against\nthem the devastating Wind:\n\nP: And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the\nfatal wind against them.\n\nS: And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.\n\n051.042\nY: It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to\nruin and rottenness.\n\nP: It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.\n\nS: It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.\n\n051.043\nY: And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told,\n\n\"Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!\"\nP: And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told\nthem: Take your ease awhile.\n\nS: And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a\nwhile.\n\n051.044\nY: But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning\nnoise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.\n\nP: But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt\novertook them even while they gazed;\n\nS: But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the\nrumbling overtook them while they saw.\n\n051.045\nY: Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help\nthemselves.\n\nP: And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.\n\nS: So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves-\n\n051.046\nY: So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly\ntransgressed.\n\nP: And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.\n\nS: And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing\npeople.\n\n051.047\nY: With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who\ncreate the vastness of pace.\n\nP: We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast\nextent (thereof).\n\nS: And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are\nthe makers of things ample.\n\n051.048\nY: And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do\nspread out!\n\nP: And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader\n(thereof)!\n\nS: And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then\nspread (it) out.\n\n051.049\nY: And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive\ninstruction.\n\nP: And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.\n\nS: And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.\n\n051.050\nY: Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah: I am from Him a Warner to you,\nclear and open!\n\nP: Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.\n\nS: Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.\n\n051.051\nY: And make not another an object of worship with Allah: I am from Him a\nWarner to you, clear and open!\n\nP: And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner\nunto you from Him.\n\nS: And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner\nto you from Him.\n\n051.052\nY: Similarly, no messenger came to the People before them, but they\nsaid (of him) in like manner, \"A sorcerer, or one possessed\"!\n\nP: Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said:\nA wizard or a madman!\n\nS: Thus there did not come to those before them a messenger but they\nsaid: A magician or a mad man.\n\n051.053\nY: Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they\nare themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!\n\nP: Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another?\nNay, but they are froward folk.\n\nS: Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate\npeople.\n\n051.054\nY: So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.\n\nP: So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise\nblameworthy,\n\nS: Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;\n\n051.055\nY: But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.\n\nP: And warn, for warning profiteth believers.\n\nS: And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the\nbelievers.\n\n051.056\nY: I have only created jinns and men, that they may serve Me.\n\nP: I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.\n\nS: And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should\nserve Me.\n\n051.057\nY: No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should\nfeed Me.\n\nP: I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed\nMe.\n\nS: I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that\nthey should feed Me.\n\n051.058\nY: For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance,- Lord of Power,-\nSteadfast (for ever).\n\nP: Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable\nmight.\n\nS: Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the\nStrong.\n\n051.059\nY: For the wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their\nfellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten\n(that portion)!\n\nP: And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto\nthe evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask\nMe to hasten on (that day).\n\nS: So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion\nof their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.\n\n051.060\nY: Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which\nthey have been promised!\n\nP: And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they\nare promised.\n\nS: Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they\nare threatened with.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 52:\n\n                             AT-TUR (THE MOUNT)\n Total Verses: 49 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n052.001\nY: By the Mount (of Revelation);\n\nP: By the Mount,\n\nS: I swear by the Mountain,\n\n052.002\nY: By a Decree Inscribed\n\nP: And a Scripture inscribed\n\nS: And the Book written\n\n052.003\nY: In a Scroll unfolded;\n\nP: On fine parchment unrolled,\n\nS: In an outstretched fine parchment,\n\n052.004\nY: By the much-frequented Fane;\n\nP: And the House frequented,\n\nS: And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,\n\n052.005\nY: By the Canopy Raised High;\n\nP: And the roof exalted,\n\nS: And the elevated canopy\n\n052.006\nY: And by the Ocean filled with Swell;-\n\nP: And the sea kept filled,\n\nS: And the swollen sea\n\n052.007\nY: Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;-\n\nP: Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;\n\nS: Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;\n\n052.008\nY: There is none can avert it;-\n\nP: There is none that can ward it off.\n\nS: There shall be none to avert it;\n\n052.009\nY: On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.\n\nP: On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,\n\nS: On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side\n\n052.010\nY: And the mountains will fly hither and thither.\n\nP: And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,\n\nS: And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether).\n\n052.011\nY: Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;-\n\nP: Then woe that day unto the deniers\n\nS: So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),\n\n052.012\nY: That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.\n\nP: Who play in talk of grave matters;\n\nS: Those who sport entering into vain discourses.\n\n052.013\nY: That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.\n\nP: The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the\nfire of Hell.\n\nS: The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with\nviolence.\n\n052.014\nY: \"This,\" it will be said, \"Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny!\"\n\nP: (And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to\ndeny.\n\nS: This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.\n\n052.015\nY: \"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?\"\n\nP: Is this magic, or do ye not see?\n\nS: Is it magic then or do you not see?\n\n052.016\nY: \"Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with\npatience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds.\"\n\nP: Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or\nimpatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye\nused to do.\n\nS: Enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it)\npatiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what\nyou did.\n\n052.017\nY: As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-\n\nP: Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss\n\n052.018\nY: Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and\ntheir Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.\n\nP: Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their\nLord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.\n\nS: Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved\nthem from the punishment of the burning fire.\n\n052.019\nY: (To them will be said:) \"Eat and drink ye, with profit and health,\nbecause of your (good) deeds.\"\n\nP: (And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for\nwhat ye used to do,\n\nS: Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,\n\n052.020\nY: They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in\nranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and\nlustrous eyes.\n\nP: Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with\nwide, lovely eyes.\n\nS: Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to\nlarge-eyed beautiful ones.\n\n052.021\nY: And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to\nthem shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the\nfruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for\nhis deeds.\n\nP: And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause\ntheir seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their\n(life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in\nfaith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish\nto them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall\nhave wrought.\n\n052.022\nY: And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall\ndesire.\n\nP: And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.\n\nS: And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.\n\n052.023\nY: They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of\nfrivolity, free of all taint of ill.\n\nP: There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor\ncause of sin.\n\nS: They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall\nbe nothing vain nor any sin.\n\n052.024\nY: Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants\n(handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.\n\nP: And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they\nwere hidden pearls.\n\nS: And round them shall go boys of theirs as if they were hidden pearls.\n\n052.025\nY: They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.\n\nP: And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,\n\nS: And some of them shall advance towards others questioning each other.\n\n052.026\nY: They will say: \"Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of\nour people.\"\n\nP: Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever\nanxious;\n\nS: Saying: Surely we feared before on account of our families:\n\n052.027\nY: \"But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty\nof the Scorching Wind.\"\n\nP: But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the\ntorment of the breath of Fire.\n\nS: But Allah has been gracious to us and He has saved us from the\npunishment of the hot wind:\n\n052.028\nY: \"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the\nBeneficent, the Merciful!\"\n\nP: Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the\nMerciful.\n\nS: Surely we called upon Him before: Surely He is the Benign, the\nMerciful.\n\n052.029\nY: Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace\nof thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one\npossessed.\n\nP: Therefor warn (men, O Muhammad). By the grace of Allah thou art\nneither soothsayer nor madman.\n\nS: Therefore continue to remind, for by the grace of your Lord, you are\nnot a soothsayer, or a madman.\n\n052.030\nY: Or do they say:- \"A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by\nTime!\"\n\nP: Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the\naccident of time?\n\nS: Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.\n\n052.031\nY: Say thou: \"Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!\"\n\nP: Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the\nexpectant.\n\nS: Say: Wait, for surely I too with you am of those who wait.\n\n052.032\nY: Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are\nthey but a people transgressing beyond bounds?\n\nP: Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous\nfolk?\n\nS: Nay! do their understandings bid them this? Or are they an inordinate\npeople?\n\n052.033\nY: Or do they say, \"He fabricated the (Message)\"? Nay, they have no\nfaith!\n\nP: Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe!\n\nS: Or do they say: He has forged it. Nay! they do not believe.\n\n052.034\nY: Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak\nthe truth!\n\nP: Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.\n\nS: Then let them bring an announcement like it if they are truthful.\n\n052.035\nY: Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?\n\nP: Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?\n\nS: Or were they created without there being anything, or are they the\ncreators?\n\n052.036\nY: Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm\nbelief.\n\nP: Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure\nof nothing!\n\nS: Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! they have no\ncertainty.\n\n052.037\nY: Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers\n(of affairs)?\n\nP: Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given\ncharge (thereof)?\n\nS: Or have they the treasures of your Lord with them? Or have they been\nset in absolute authority?\n\n052.038\nY: Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and)\nlisten (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a\nmanifest proof.\n\nP: Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they\noverhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant\nmanifest!\n\nS: Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener\nbring a clear authority.\n\n052.039\nY: Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?\n\nP: Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?\n\nS: Or has He daughters while you have sons?\n\n052.040\nY: Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened\nwith a load of debt?-\n\nP: Or askest thou (Muhammad) a fee from them so that they are plunged in\ndebt?\n\nS: Or do you ask them for a reward, so that they are overburdened by a\ndebt?\n\n052.041\nY: Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?\n\nP: Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down?\n\nS: Or have they the unseen so that they write (it) down?\n\n052.042\nY: Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are\nthemselves involved in a Plot!\n\nP: Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve,\nthey are the ensnared!\n\nS: Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the\nvanquished ones in war.\n\n052.043\nY: Or have they a god other than Allah? Exalted is Allah far above the\nthings they associate with Him!\n\nP: Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that\nthey ascribe as partner (unto Him)!\n\nS: Or have they a god other than Allah? Glory be to Allah from what they\nset up (with Him).\n\n052.044\nY: Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would\n(only) say: \"Clouds gathered in heaps!\"\n\nP: And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would\nsay: A heap of clouds.\n\nS: And if they should see a portion of the heaven coming down, they\nwould say: Piled up clouds.\n\n052.045\nY: So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein\nthey shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-\n\nP: Then let them be (O Muhammad), till they meet their day, in which\nthey will be thunder-stricken,\n\nS: Leave them then till they meet that day of theirs wherein they shall\nbe made to swoon (with terror):\n\n052.046\nY: The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall\nbe given them.\n\nP: A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be\nhelped.\n\nS: The day on which their struggle shall not avail them aught, nor shall\nthey be helped.\n\n052.047\nY: And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment\nbesides this: But most of them understand not.\n\nP: And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond\nthat. But most of them know not.\n\nS: And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that\n(in the world), but most of them do not know.\n\n052.048\nY: Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in\nOur eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest\nforth,\n\nP: So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou\nart in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,\n\nS: And wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, for surely you are\nbefore Our eyes, and sing the praise of your Lord when you rise;\n\n052.049\nY: And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat\nof the stars!\n\nP: And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the\nstars.\n\nS: And in the night, give Him glory too, and at the setting of the\nstars.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 53:\n\n                             AN-NAJM (THE STAR)\n Total Verses: 62 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n053.001\nY: By the Star when it goes down,-\n\nP: By the Star when it setteth,\n\nS: I swear by the star when it goes down.\n\n053.002\nY: Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled.\n\nP: Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived;\n\nS: Your companion does not err, nor does he go astray;\n\n053.003\nY: Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.\n\nP: Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.\n\nS: Nor does he speak out of desire.\n\n053.004\nY: It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:\n\nP: It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,\n\nS: It is naught but revelation that is revealed,\n\n053.005\nY: He was taught by one Mighty in Power,\n\nP: Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,\n\nS: The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,\n\n053.006\nY: Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form);\n\nP: One vigorous; and he grew clear to view\n\nS: The Lord of Strength; so he attained completion,\n\n053.007\nY: While he was in the highest part of the horizon:\n\nP: When he was on the uppermost horizon.\n\nS: And he is in the highest part of the horizon.\n\n053.008\nY: Then he approached and came closer,\n\nP: Then he drew nigh and came down\n\nS: Then he drew near, then he bowed\n\n053.009\nY: And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;\n\nP: Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,\n\nS: So he was the measure of two bows or closer still.\n\n053.010\nY: So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what\nHe (meant) to convey.\n\nP: And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed.\n\nS: And He revealed to His servant what He revealed.\n\n053.011\nY: The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he\nsaw.\n\nP: The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.\n\nS: The heart was not untrue in (making him see) what he saw.\n\n053.012\nY: Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?\n\nP: Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth?\n\nS: What! do you then dispute with him as to what he saw?\n\n053.013\nY: For indeed he saw him at a second descent,\n\nP: And verily he saw him yet another time\n\nS: And certainly he saw him in another descent,\n\n053.014\nY: Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:\n\nP: By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,\n\nS: At the farthest lote-tree;\n\n053.015\nY: Near it is the Garden of Abode.\n\nP: Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode.\n\nS: Near which is the garden, the place to be resorted to.\n\n053.016\nY: Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)\n\nP: When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,\n\nS: When that which covers covered the lote-tree;\n\n053.017\nY: (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!\n\nP: The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.\n\nS: The eye did not turn aside, nor did it exceed the limit.\n\n053.018\nY: For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!\n\nP: Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.\n\nS: Certainly he saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.\n\n053.019\nY: Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza,\n\nP: Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza\n\nS: Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,\n\n053.020\nY: And another, the third (goddess), Manat?\n\nP: And Manat, the third, the other?\n\nS: And Manat, the third, the last?\n\n053.021\nY: What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?\n\nP: Are yours the males and His the females?\n\nS: What! for you the males and for Him the females!\n\n053.022\nY: Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!\n\nP: That indeed were an unfair division!\n\nS: This indeed is an unjust division!\n\n053.023\nY: These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your\nfathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They\nfollow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even\nthough there has already come to them Guidance from their Lord!\n\nP: They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for\nwhich Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that\nwhich (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord\nhath come unto them.\n\nS: They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers;\nAllah has not sent for them any authority. They follow naught but\nconjecture and the low desires which (their) souls incline to; and\ncertainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.\n\n053.024\nY: Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after?\n\nP: Or shall man have what he coveteth?\n\nS: Or shall man have what he wishes?\n\n053.025\nY: But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things)\nbelong.\n\nP: But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.\n\nS: Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).\n\n053.026\nY: How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession\nwill avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He\npleases and that he is acceptable to Him.\n\nP: And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth\nnaught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth.\n\nS: And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does\nnot avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He\npleases and chooses.\n\n053.027\nY: Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female\nnames.\n\nP: Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels\nwith the names of females.\n\nS: Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels\nwith female names.\n\n053.028\nY: But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but\nconjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.\n\nP: And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo!\na guess can never take the place of the truth.\n\nS: And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but\nconjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at\nall.\n\n053.029\nY: Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire\nnothing but the life of this world.\n\nP: Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance\nand desireth but the life of the world.\n\nS: Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder\nand does not desire anything but this world's life.\n\n053.030\nY: That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth\nbest those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who\nreceive guidance.\n\nP: Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who\nstrayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right.\n\nS: That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who\ngoes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right\ndirection.\n\n053.031\nY: Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so\nthat He rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and He\nrewards those who do good, with what is best.\n\nP: And unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever\nis in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil with that which\nthey have done, and reward those who do good with goodness.\n\nS: And Allah's is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that\nHe may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that)\nHe may reward those who do good with goodness.\n\n053.032\nY: Those who avoid great sins and shameful deeds, only (falling into)\nsmall faults,- verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you\nwell when He brings you out of the earth, and when ye are hidden in\nyour mothers' wombs. Therefore justify not yourselves: He knows best\nwho it is that guards against evil.\n\nP: Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled\noffences - (for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware\nof you (from the time) when He created you from the earth, and when ye\nwere hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefor ascribe not purity\nunto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil).\n\nS: Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies but the\npassing idea; surely your Lord is liberal in forgiving. He knows you\nbest when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos\nin the wombs of your mothers; therefore do not attribute purity to your\nsouls; He knows him best who guards (against evil).\n\n053.033\nY: Seest thou one who turns back,\n\nP: Didst thou (O Muhammad) observe him who turned away,\n\nS: Have you then seen him who turns his back?\n\n053.034\nY: Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)?\n\nP: And gave a little, then was grudging?\n\nS: And gives a little and (then) withholds.\n\n053.035\nY: What! Has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see?\n\nP: Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth?\n\nS: Has he the knowledge of the unseen so that he can see?\n\n053.036\nY: Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the Books of Moses-\n\nP: Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Moses\n\nS: Or, has he not been informed of what is in the scriptures of Musa?\n\n053.037\nY: And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements?-\n\nP: And Abraham who paid his debt:\n\nS: And (of) Ibrahim who fulfilled (the commandments):\n\n053.038\nY: Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another;\n\nP: That no laden one shall bear another's load,\n\nS: That no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another-\n\n053.039\nY: That man can have nothing but what he strives for;\n\nP: And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,\n\nS: And that man shall have nothing but what he strives for-\n\n053.040\nY: That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight:\n\nP: And that his effort will be seen.\n\nS: And that his striving shall soon be seen-\n\n053.041\nY: Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;\n\nP: And afterward he will be repaid for it with fullest payment;\n\nS: Then shall he be rewarded for it with the fullest reward-\n\n053.042\nY: That to thy Lord is the final Goal;\n\nP: And that thy Lord, He is the goal;\n\nS: And that to your Lord is the goal-\n\n053.043\nY: That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears;\n\nP: And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,\n\nS: And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;\n\n053.044\nY: That it is He Who granteth Death and Life;\n\nP: And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;\n\nS: And that He it is Who causes death and gives life-\n\n053.045\nY: That He did create in pairs,- male and female,\n\nP: And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female,\n\nS: And that He created pairs, the male and the female\n\n053.046\nY: From a seed when lodged (in its place);\n\nP: From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth;\n\nS: From the small seed when it is adapted\n\n053.047\nY: That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead);\n\nP: And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth;\n\nS: And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;\n\n053.048\nY: That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction;\n\nP: And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth;\n\nS: And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;\n\n053.049\nY: That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star);\n\nP: And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;\n\nS: And that He is the Lord of the Sirius;\n\n053.050\nY: And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),\n\nP: And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,\n\nS: And that He did destroy the Ad of old\n\n053.051\nY: And the Thamud nor gave them a lease of perpetual life.\n\nP: And (the tribe of) Thamud He spared not;\n\nS: And Samood, so He spared not\n\n053.052\nY: And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) most\nunjust and most insolent transgressors,\n\nP: And the folk of Noah aforetime, Lo! they were more unjust and more\nrebellious;\n\nS: And the people of Nuh before; surely they were most unjust and\ninordinate;\n\n053.053\nY: And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah).\n\nP: And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroyed\n\nS: And the overthrown cities did He overthrow,\n\n053.054\nY: So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.\n\nP: So that there covered them that which did cover.\n\nS: So there covered them that which covered.\n\n053.055\nY: Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou dispute\nabout?\n\nP: Concerning which then, of the bounties of thy Lord, canst thou\ndispute?\n\nS: Which of your Lord's benefits will you then dispute about?\n\n053.056\nY: This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old!\n\nP: This is a warner of the warners of old.\n\nS: This is a warner of the warners of old.\n\n053.057\nY: The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:\n\nP: The threatened Hour is nigh.\n\nS: The near event draws nigh.\n\n053.058\nY: No (soul) but Allah can lay it bare.\n\nP: None beside Allah can disclose it.\n\nS: There shall be none besides Allah to remove it.\n\n053.059\nY: Do ye then wonder at this recital?\n\nP: Marvel ye then at this statement,\n\nS: Do you then wonder at this announcement?\n\n053.060\nY: And will ye laugh and not weep,-\n\nP: And laugh and not weep,\n\nS: And will you laugh and not weep?\n\n053.061\nY: Wasting your time in vanities?\n\nP: While ye amuse yourselves?\n\nS: While you are indulging in varieties.\n\n053.062\nY: But fall ye down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)!\n\nP: Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and serve Him.\n\nS: So make obeisance to Allah and serve (Him).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 54:\n\n                            AL-QAMAR (THE MOON)\n Total Verses: 55 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n054.001\nY: The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.\n\nP: The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.\n\nS: The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.\n\n054.002\nY: But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, \"This is (but)\ntransient magic.\"\n\nP: And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged\nillusion.\n\nS: And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.\n\n054.003\nY: They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every\nmatter has its appointed time.\n\nP: They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything\nwill come to a decision.\n\nS: And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every\naffair has its appointed term.\n\n054.004\nY: There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to\ncheck (them),\n\nP: And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should\ndeter,\n\nS: And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is\nprevention--\n\n054.005\nY: Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.\n\nP: Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.\n\nS: Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;\n\n054.006\nY: Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller\nwill call (them) to a terrible affair,\n\nP: So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner\nsummoneth unto a painful thing.\n\nS: So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall\ninvite them to a hard task,\n\n054.007\nY: They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves,\n(torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,\n\nP: With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were\nlocusts spread abroad,\n\nS: Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were\nscattered locusts,\n\n054.008\nY: Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- \"Hard is this\nDay!\", the Unbelievers will say.\n\nP: Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard\nday.\n\nS: Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard\nday.\n\n054.009\nY: Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they\nrejected Our servant, and said, \"Here is one possessed!\", and he was\ndriven out.\n\nP: The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and\nsaid: A madman; and he was repulsed.\n\nS: Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant\nand called (him) mad, and he was driven away.\n\n054.010\nY: Then he called on his Lord: \"I am one overcome: do Thou then help\n(me)!\"\n\nP: So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.\n\nS: Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to\nhelp.\n\n054.011\nY: So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.\n\nP: Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water\n\nS: So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring\n\n054.012\nY: And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met\n(and rose) to the extent decreed.\n\nP: And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met\nfor a predestined purpose.\n\nS: And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water\ngathered together according to a measure already ordained.\n\n054.013\nY: But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with\npalm-fibre:\n\nP: And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,\n\nS: And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails\n\n054.014\nY: She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had\nbeen rejected (with scorn)!\n\nP: That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was\nrejected.\n\nS: Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.\n\n054.015\nY: And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any\nthat will receive admonition?\n\nP: And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?\n\nS: And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who\n\n054.016\nY: But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?\n\nP: Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!\n\nS: How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!\n\n054.017\nY: And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:\nthen is there any that will receive admonition?\n\nP: And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there\nany that remembereth?\n\nS: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is\nthere anyone who will mind?\n\n054.018\nY: The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My\nPenalty and My Warning?\n\nP: (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My\npunishment after My warnings.\n\nS: Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and\nMy warning!\n\n054.019\nY: For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent\nDisaster,\n\nP: Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,\n\nS: Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck\n\n054.020\nY: Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from\nthe ground).\n\nP: Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.\n\nS: Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.\n\n054.021\nY: Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!\n\nP: Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!\n\nS: How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!\n\n054.022\nY: But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:\nthen is there any that will receive admonition?\n\nP: And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there\nany that remembereth?\n\nS: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is\nthere anyone who will mind?\n\n054.023\nY: The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.\n\nP: (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings\n\nS: Samood rejected the warning.\n\n054.024\nY: For they said: \"What! a man! a solitary one from among ourselves!\nshall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind,\nand mad!\"\n\nP: For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to\nfollow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.\n\nS: So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow\nhim? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:\n\n054.025\nY: \"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us?\nNay, he is a liar, an insolent one!\"\n\nP: Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he\nis a rash liar.\n\nS: Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he\nis an insolent liar!\n\n054.026\nY: Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent\none!\n\nP: (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the\nrash liar.\n\nS: Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.\n\n054.027\nY: For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch\nthem, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!\n\nP: Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them\nand have patience;\n\nS: Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them;\ntherefore watch them and have patience.\n\n054.028\nY: And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each\none's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).\n\nP: And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and)\nthem. Every drinking will be witnessed.\n\nS: And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of\nthe water shall be regulated.\n\n054.029\nY: But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and\nhamstrung (her).\n\nP: But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).\n\nS: But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew\n(her).\n\n054.030\nY: Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!\n\nP: Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!\n\nS: How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!\n\n054.031\nY: For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like\nthe dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.\n\nP: Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs\n(rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.\n\nS: Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry\nfragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.\n\n054.032\nY: And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:\nthen is there any that will receive admonition?\n\nP: And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there\nany that remembereth?\n\nS: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is\nthere anyone who will mind?\n\n054.033\nY: The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.\n\nP: The folk of Lot rejected warnings.\n\nS: The people of Lut treated the warning as a lie.\n\n054.034\nY: We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which\ndestroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early\nDawn,-\n\nP: Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot,\nwhom We rescued in the last watch of the night,\n\nS: Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We\nsaved them a little before daybreak,\n\n054.035\nY: As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.\n\nP: As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.\n\nS: A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.\n\n054.036\nY: And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about\nthe Warning.\n\nP: And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the\nwarnings.\n\nS: And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they\nobstinately disputed the warning.\n\n054.037\nY: And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We\nblinded their eyes. (They heard:) \"Now taste ye My Wrath and My\nWarning.\"\n\nP: They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded\ntheir eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!\n\nS: And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We\nblinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.\n\n054.038\nY: Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:\n\nP: And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.\n\nS: And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.\n\n054.039\nY: \"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning.\"\n\nP: Now taste My punishment after My warnings!\n\nS: So taste My chastisement and My warning.\n\n054.040\nY: And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:\nthen is there any that will receive admonition?\n\nP: And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there\nany that remembereth?\n\nS: And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is\nthere anyone who will mind?\n\n054.041\nY: To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).\n\nP: And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh\n\nS: And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.\n\n054.042\nY: The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such\nPenalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His\nWill.\n\nP: Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with\nthe grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.\n\nS: They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the\nmanner of a Mighty, Powerful One.\n\n054.043\nY: Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an\nimmunity in the Sacred Books?\n\nP: Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in\nthe scriptures?\n\nS: Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an\nexemption for you in the scriptures?\n\n054.044\nY: Or do they say: \"We acting together can defend ourselves\"?\n\nP: Or say they: We are a host victorious?\n\nS: Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?\n\n054.045\nY: Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their\nbacks.\n\nP: The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.\n\nS: Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.\n\n054.046\nY: Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full\nrecompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.\n\nP: Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour\nwill be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).\n\nS: Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most\ngrievous and bitter.\n\n054.047\nY: Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.\n\nP: Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.\n\nS: Surely the guilty are in error and distress.\n\n054.048\nY: The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they\nwill hear:) \"Taste ye the touch of Hell!\"\n\nP: On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it\nis said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.\n\nS: On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire;\ntaste the touch of hell.\n\n054.049\nY: Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.\n\nP: Lo! We have created every thing by measure.\n\nS: Surely We have created everything according to a measure.\n\n054.050\nY: And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.\n\nP: And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an\neye.\n\nS: And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.\n\n054.051\nY: And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is\nthere any that will receive admonition?\n\nP: And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that\nremembereth?\n\nS: And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is\nthere anyone who will mind?\n\n054.052\nY: All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):\n\nP: And every thing they did is in the scriptures,\n\nS: And everything they have done is in the writings.\n\n054.053\nY: Every matter, small and great, is on record.\n\nP: And every small and great thing is recorded.\n\nS: And everything small and great is written down.\n\n054.054\nY: As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,\n\nP: Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,\n\n054.055\nY: In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.\n\nP: Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.\n\nS: In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 55:\n\n                AR-RAHMAN (THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCY GIVING)\n Total Verses: 78 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n055.001\nY: (Allah) Most Gracious!\n\nP: The Beneficent\n\nS: The Beneficent Allah,\n\n055.002\nY: It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.\n\nP: Hath made known the Qur'an.\n\nS: Taught the Quran.\n\n055.003\nY: He has created man:\n\nP: He hath created man.\n\nS: He created man,\n\n055.004\nY: He has taught him speech (and intelligence).\n\nP: He hath taught him utterance.\n\nS: Taught him the mode of expression.\n\n055.005\nY: The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;\n\nP: The sun and the moon are made punctual.\n\nS: The sun and the moon follow a reckoning.\n\n055.006\nY: And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration.\n\nP: The stars and the trees prostrate.\n\nS: And the herbs and the trees do prostrate (to Him).\n\n055.007\nY: And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance\n(of Justice),\n\nP: And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,\n\nS: And the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the balance\n\n055.008\nY: In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.\n\nP: That ye exceed not the measure,\n\nS: That you may not be inordinate in respect of the measure.\n\n055.009\nY: So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.\n\nP: But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.\n\nS: And keep up the balance with equity and do not make the measure\ndeficient.\n\n055.010\nY: It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:\n\nP: And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,\n\nS: And the earth, He has set it for living creatures;\n\n055.011\nY: Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);\n\nP: Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees,\n\nS: Therein is fruit and palms having sheathed clusters,\n\n055.012\nY: Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling\nplants.\n\nP: Husked grain and scented herb.\n\nS: And the grain with (its) husk and fragrance.\n\n055.013\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.014\nY: He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,\n\nP: He created man of clay like the potter's,\n\nS: He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,\n\n055.015\nY: And He created jinns from fire free of smoke:\n\nP: And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.\n\nS: And He created the jinn of a flame of fire.\n\n055.016\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.017\nY: (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:\n\nP: Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!\n\nS: Lord of the East and Lord of the West.\n\n055.018\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.019\nY: He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:\n\nP: He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.\n\nS: He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together:\n\n055.020\nY: Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:\n\nP: There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the\nother).\n\nS: Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.\n\n055.021\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.022\nY: Out of them come Pearls and Coral:\n\nP: There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone.\n\nS: There come forth from them pearls, both large and small.\n\n055.023\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.024\nY: And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as\nmountains:\n\nP: His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.\n\nS: And His are the ships reared aloft in the sea like mountains.\n\n055.025\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.026\nY: All that is on earth will perish:\n\nP: Everyone that is thereon will pass away;\n\nS: Everyone on it must pass away.\n\n055.027\nY: But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty,\nBounty and Honour.\n\nP: There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.\n\nS: And there will endure for ever the person of your Lord, the Lord of\nglory and honor.\n\n055.028\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.029\nY: Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth:\nevery day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!\n\nP: All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He\nexerciseth (universal) power.\n\nS: All those who are in the heavens and the earth ask of Him; every\nmoment He is in a state (of glory).\n\n055.030\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.031\nY: Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!\n\nP: We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).\n\nS: Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two armies.\n\n055.032\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.033\nY: O ye assembly of jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones\nof the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye\nbe able to pass!\n\nP: O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all)\nregions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will\nnever penetrate them save with (Our) sanction.\n\nS: O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through\nthe regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through; you cannot\npass through but with authority.\n\n055.034\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.035\nY: On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn)\nand a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:\n\nP: There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of\nbrass, and ye will not escape.\n\nS: The flames of fire and smoke will be sent on you two, then you will\nnot be able to defend yourselves.\n\n055.036\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.037\nY: When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:\n\nP: And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red\nhide-\n\nS: And when the heaven is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red\nhide.\n\n055.038\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.039\nY: On that Day no question will be asked of man or jinn as to his sin.\n\nP: On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.\n\nS: So on that day neither man nor jinni shall be asked about his sin.\n\n055.040\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.041\nY: (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be\nseized by their forelocks and their feet.\n\nP: The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the\nforelocks and the feet.\n\nS: The guilty shall be recognized by their marks, so they shall be\nseized by the forelocks and the feet.\n\n055.042\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.043\nY: This is the Hell which the Sinners deny.\n\nP: This is hell which the guilty deny.\n\nS: This is the hell which the guilty called a lie.\n\n055.044\nY: In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander\nround!\n\nP: They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.\n\nS: Round about shall they go between it and hot, boiling water.\n\n055.045\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.046\nY: But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the\nJudgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens-\n\nP: But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two\ngardens.\n\nS: And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens.\n\n055.047\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.048\nY: Containing all kinds (of trees and delights);-\n\nP: Of spreading branches.\n\nS: Having in them various kinds.\n\n055.049\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.050\nY: In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);\n\nP: Wherein are two fountains flowing.\n\nS: In both of them are two fountains flowing.\n\n055.051\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.052\nY: In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.\n\nP: Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.\n\nS: In both of them are two pairs of every fruit.\n\n055.053\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.054\nY: They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich\nbrocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).\n\nP: Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the\ngardens near to hand.\n\nS: Reclining on beds, the inner coverings of which are of silk brocade;\nand the fruits of the two gardens shall be within reach.\n\n055.055\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.056\nY: In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no\nman or jinn before them has touched;-\n\nP: Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinn will\nhave touched before them.\n\nS: In them shall be those who restrained their eyes; before them neither\nman nor jinn shall have touched them.\n\n055.057\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.058\nY: Like unto Rubies and coral.\n\nP: (In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone.\n\nS: As though they were rubies and pearls.\n\n055.059\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.060\nY: Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?\n\nP: Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?\n\nS: Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?\n\n055.061\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.062\nY: And besides these two, there are two other Gardens,-\n\nP: And beside them are two other gardens,\n\nS: And besides these two are two (other) gardens:\n\n055.063\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.064\nY: Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering).\n\nP: Dark green with foliage.\n\nS: Both inclining to blackness.\n\n055.065\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.066\nY: In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous\nabundance:\n\nP: Wherein are two abundant springs.\n\nS: In both of them are two springs gushing forth.\n\n055.067\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.068\nY: In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:\n\nP: Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate.\n\nS: In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates.\n\n055.069\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.070\nY: In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful:-\n\nP: Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful companions-\n\nS: In them are goodly things, beautiful ones.\n\n055.071\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.072\nY: Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions;-\n\nP: Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions -\n\nS: Pure ones confined to the pavilions.\n\n055.073\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.074\nY: Whom no man or jinn before them has touched;-\n\nP: Whom neither man nor jinn will have touched before them -\n\nS: Man has not touched them before them nor jinn.\n\n055.075\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.076\nY: Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.\n\nP: Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.\n\nS: Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.\n\n055.077\nY: Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?\n\nP: Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?\n\nS: Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?\n\n055.078\nY: Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.\n\nP: Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!\n\nS: Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Glory and Honor!\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 56:\n\n                    AL-WAQIA (THE EVENT, THE INEVITABLE)\n Total Verses: 96 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n056.001\nY: When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,\n\nP: When the event befalleth -\n\nS: When the great event comes to pass,\n\n056.002\nY: Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.\n\nP: There is no denying that it will befall -\n\nS: There is no belying its coming to pass--\n\n056.003\nY: (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;\n\nP: Abasing (some), exalting (others);\n\nS: Abasing (one party), exalting (the other),\n\n056.004\nY: When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,\n\nP: When the earth is shaken with a shock\n\nS: When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,\n\n056.005\nY: And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,\n\nP: And the hills are ground to powder\n\nS: And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling,\n\n056.006\nY: Becoming dust scattered abroad,\n\nP: So that they become a scattered dust,\n\nS: So that they shall be as scattered dust.\n\n056.007\nY: And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.\n\nP: And ye will be three kinds:\n\nS: And you shall be three sorts.\n\n056.008\nY: Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will be\nthe Companions of the Right Hand?\n\nP: (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?\n\nS: Then (as to) the companions of the right hand; how happy are the\ncompanions of the right hand!\n\n056.009\nY: And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of\nthe Left Hand?\n\nP: And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?\n\nS: And (as to) the companions of the left hand; how wretched are the\ncompanions of the left hand!\n\n056.010\nY: And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).\n\nP: And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:\n\nS: And the foremost are the foremost,\n\n056.011\nY: These will be those Nearest to Allah:\n\nP: Those are they who will be brought nigh\n\nS: These are they who are drawn nigh (to Allah),\n\n056.012\nY: In Gardens of Bliss:\n\nP: In gardens of delight;\n\nS: In the gardens of bliss.\n\n056.013\nY: A number of people from those of old,\n\nP: A multitude of those of old\n\nS: A numerous company from among the first,\n\n056.014\nY: And a few from those of later times.\n\nP: And a few of those of later time.\n\nS: And a few from among the latter.\n\n056.015\nY: (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious stones),\n\nP: On lined couches,\n\nS: On thrones decorated,\n\n056.016\nY: Reclining on them, facing each other.\n\nP: Reclining therein face to face.\n\nS: Reclining on them, facing one another.\n\n056.017\nY: Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),\n\nP: There wait on them immortal youths\n\nS: Round about them shall go youths never altering in age,\n\n056.018\nY: With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of\nclear-flowing fountains:\n\nP: With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring\n\nS: With goblets and ewers and a cup of pure drink;\n\n056.019\nY: No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer\nintoxication:\n\nP: Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,\n\nS: They shall not be affected with headache thereby, nor shall they get\nexhausted,\n\n056.020\nY: And with fruits, any that they may select:\n\nP: And fruit that they prefer\n\nS: And fruits such as they choose,\n\n056.021\nY: And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.\n\nP: And flesh of fowls that they desire.\n\nS: And the flesh of fowl such as they desire.\n\n056.022\nY: And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous\neyes,-\n\nP: And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,\n\nS: And pure, beautiful ones,\n\n056.023\nY: Like unto Pearls well-guarded.\n\nP: Like unto hidden pearls,\n\nS: The like of the hidden pearls:\n\n056.024\nY: A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).\n\nP: Reward for what they used to do.\n\nS: A reward for what they used to do.\n\n056.025\nY: Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,-\n\nP: There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination\n\nS: They shall not hear therein vain or sinful discourse,\n\n05.026\nY: Only the saying, \"Peace! Peace\".\n\nP: (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.\n\nS: Except the word peace, peace.\n\n056.027\nY: The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions of the\nRight Hand?\n\nP: And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?\n\nS: And the companions of the right hand; how happy are the companions of\nthe right hand!\n\n056.028\nY: (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns,\n\nP: Among thornless lote-trees\n\nS: Amid thornless lote-trees,\n\n056.029\nY: Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above another,-\n\nP: And clustered plantains,\n\nS: And banana-trees (with fruits), one above another.\n\n056.030\nY: In shade long-extended,\n\nP: And spreading shade,\n\nS: And extended shade,\n\n056.031\nY: By water flowing constantly,\n\nP: And water gushing,\n\nS: And water flowing constantly,\n\n056.032\nY: And fruit in abundance.\n\nP: And fruit in plenty\n\nS: And abundant fruit,\n\n056.033\nY: Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,\n\nP: Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,\n\nS: Neither intercepted nor forbidden,\n\n056.034\nY: And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high.\n\nP: And raised couches;\n\nS: And exalted thrones.\n\n056.035\nY: We have created (their Companions) of special creation.\n\nP: Lo! We have created them a (new) creation\n\nS: Surely We have made them to grow into a (new) growth,\n\n056.036\nY: And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -\n\nP: And made them virgins,\n\nS: Then We have made them virgins,\n\n056.037\nY: Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-\n\nP: Lovers, friends,\n\nS: Loving, equals in age,\n\n056.038\nY: For the Companions of the Right Hand.\n\nP: For those on the right hand;\n\nS: For the sake of the companions of the right hand.\n\n056.039\nY: A (goodly) number from those of old,\n\nP: A multitude of those of old\n\nS: A numerous company from among the first,\n\n056.040\nY: And a (goodly) number from those of later times.\n\nP: And a multitude of those of later time.\n\nS: And a numerous company from among the last.\n\n056.041\nY: The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions of the\nLeft Hand?\n\nP: And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?\n\nS: And those of the left hand, how wretched are those of the left hand!\n\n056.042\nY: (They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling\nWater,\n\nP: In scorching wind and scalding water\n\nS: In hot wind and boiling water,\n\n056.043\nY: And in the shades of Black Smoke:\n\nP: And shadow of black smoke,\n\nS: And the shade of black smoke,\n\n056.044\nY: Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:\n\nP: Neither cool nor refreshing.\n\nS: Neither cool nor honorable.\n\n056.045\nY: For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and\nluxury),\n\nP: Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury\n\nS: Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.\n\n056.046\nY: And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!\n\nP: And used to persist in the awful sin.\n\nS: And they persisted in the great violation.\n\n056.047\nY: And they used to say, \"What! when we die and become dust and bones,\nshall we then indeed be raised up again?\"-\n\nP: And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and\nbones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,\n\nS: And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and\nbones, shall we then indeed be raised?\n\n056.048\nY: \"(We) and our fathers of old?\"\n\nP: And also our forefathers?\n\nS: Or our fathers of yore?\n\n056.049\nY: Say: \"Yea, those of old and those of later times,\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time\n\nS: Say: The first and the last,\n\n056.050\nY: \"All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed\nfor a Day well-known.\"\n\nP: Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.\n\nS: Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a\nknown day.\n\n056.051\nY: \"Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as\nFalsehood!\"-\n\nP: Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,\n\nS: Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie!\n\n056.052\nY: \"Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.\"\n\nP: Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum\n\nS: Most surely eat of a tree of Zaqqoom,\n\n056.053\nY: \"Then will ye fill your insides therewith,\"\n\nP: And will fill your bellies therewith;\n\nS: And fill (your) bellies with it;\n\n056.054\nY: \"And drink Boiling Water on top of it:\"\n\nP: And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,\n\nS: Then drink over it of boiling water;\n\n056.055\nY: \"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!\"\n\nP: Drinking even as the camel drinketh.\n\nS: And drink as drinks the thirsty camel.\n\n056.056\nY: Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!\n\nP: This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.\n\nS: This is their entertainment on the day of requital.\n\n056.057\nY: It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?\n\nP: We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?\n\nS: We have created you, why do you not then assent?\n\n056.058\nY: Do ye then see?- The (human Seed) that ye throw out,-\n\nP: Have ye seen that which ye emit?\n\nS: Have you considered the seed?\n\n056.059\nY: Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?\n\nP: Do ye create it or are We the Creator?\n\nS: Is it you that create it or are We the creators?\n\n056.060\nY: We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be\nfrustrated\n\nP: We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,\n\nS: We have ordained death among you and We are not to be overcome,\n\n056.061\nY: From changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms) that ye\nknow not.\n\nP: That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.\n\nS: In order that We may bring in your place the likes of you and make\nyou grow into what you know not.\n\n056.062\nY: And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then do\nye not celebrate His praises?\n\nP: And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect?\n\nS: And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind?\n\n056.063\nY: See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?\n\nP: Have ye seen that which ye cultivate?\n\nS: Have you considered what you sow?\n\n056.064\nY: Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?\n\nP: Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?\n\nS: Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the causers of growth?\n\n056.065\nY: Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye would be\nleft in wonderment,\n\nP: If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not\nto exclaim:\n\nS: If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into\npieces, then would you begin to lament:\n\n056.066\nY: (Saying), \"We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):\"\n\nP: Lo! we are laden with debt!\n\nS: Surely we are burdened with debt:\n\n056.067\nY: \"Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labour)\"\n\nP: Nay, but we are deprived!\n\nS: Nay! we are deprived.\n\n056.068\nY: See ye the water which ye drink?\n\nP: Have ye observed the water which ye drink?\n\nS: Have you considered the water which you drink?\n\n056.069\nY: Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?\n\nP: Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?\n\nS: Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We the senders?\n\n056.070\nY: Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then why\ndo ye not give thanks?\n\nP: If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not\nthanks?\n\nS: If We pleased, We would have made it salty; why do you not then give\nthanks?\n\n056.071\nY: See ye the Fire which ye kindle?\n\nP: Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;\n\nS: Have you considered the fire which you strike?\n\n056.072\nY: Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?\n\nP: Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?\n\nS: Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers?\n\n056.073\nY: We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of\ncomfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.\n\nP: We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers\nin the wilderness.\n\nS: We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the wayfarers of the\ndesert.\n\n056.074\nY: Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!\n\nP: Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.\n\nS: Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.\n\n056.075\nY: Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-\n\nP: Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -\n\nS: But nay! I swear by the falling of stars;\n\n056.076\nY: And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,-\n\nP: And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -\n\nS: And most surely it is a very great oath if you only knew;\n\n056.077\nY: That this is indeed a Qur'an Most Honourable,\n\nP: That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an\n\nS: Most surely it is an honored Quran,\n\n056.078\nY: In Book well-guarded,\n\nP: In a Book kept hidden\n\nS: In a book that is protected\n\n056.079\nY: Which none shall touch but those who are clean:\n\nP: Which none toucheth save the purified,\n\nS: None shall touch it save the purified ones.\n\n056.080\nY: A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nP: A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: A revelation by the Lord of the worlds.\n\n056.081\nY: Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?\n\nP: Is it this Statement that ye scorn,\n\nS: Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?\n\n056.082\nY: And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?\n\nP: And make denial thereof your livelihood?\n\nS: And to give (it) the lie you make your means of subsistence.\n\n056.083\nY: Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man)\nreaches the throat,-\n\nP: Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)\n\nS: Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat,\n\n056.084\nY: And ye the while (sit) looking on,-\n\nP: And ye are at that moment looking\n\nS: And you at that time look on--\n\n056.085\nY: But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-\n\nP: And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not-\n\nS: And We are nearer to it than you, but you do not see-\n\n056.086\nY: Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-\n\nP: Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),\n\nS: Then why is it not-- if you are not held under authority--\n\n056.087\nY: Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?\n\nP: Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?\n\nS: That you send it (not) back-- if you are truthful?\n\n056.088\nY: Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,\n\nP: Thus if he is of those brought nigh,\n\nS: Then if he is one of those drawn nigh (to Allah),\n\n056.089\nY: (There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights.\n\nP: Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.\n\nS: Then happiness and bounty and a garden of bliss.\n\n056.090\nY: And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,\n\nP: And if he is of those on the right hand,\n\nS: And if he is one of those on the right hand,\n\n056.091\nY: (For him is the salutation), \"Peace be unto thee\", from the\nCompanions of the Right Hand.\n\nP: Then (the greeting) \"Peace be unto thee\" from those on the right\nhand.\n\nS: Then peace to you from those on the right hand.\n\n056.092\nY: And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go wrong,\n\nP: But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,\n\nS: And if he is one of the rejecters, the erring ones,\n\n056.093\nY: For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.\n\nP: Then the welcome will be boiling water\n\nS: He shall have an entertainment of boiling water,\n\n056.094\nY: And burning in Hell-Fire.\n\nP: And roasting at hell-fire.\n\nS: And burning in hell.\n\n056.095\nY: Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.\n\nP: Lo! this is certain truth.\n\nS: Most surely this is a certain truth.\n\n056.096\nY: So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.\n\nP: Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.\n\nS: Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 57:\n\n                            AL-HADID (THE IRON)\n Total Verses: 29 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n057.001\nY: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth,- let it declare the Praises\nand Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\n\nP: All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Allah; and He is\nthe Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah,\nand He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n057.002\nY: To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: It is He\nWho gives Life and Death; and He has Power over all things.\n\nP: His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; He quickeneth\nand He giveth death; and He is Able to do all things.\n\nS: His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and\ncauses death; and He has power over all things.\n\n057.003\nY: He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He\nhas full knowledge of all things.\n\nP: He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He\nis Knower of all things.\n\nS: He is the First and the Last and the Ascendant (over all) and the\nKnower of hidden things, and He is Cognizant of all things.\n\n057.004\nY: He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is\nmoreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what\nenters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down\nfrom heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye\nmay be. And Allah sees well all that ye do.\n\nP: He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days; then He\nmounted the Throne. He knoweth all that entereth the earth and all that\nemergeth therefrom and all that cometh down from the sky and all that\nascendeth therein; and He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah\nis Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He\nis firm in power; He knows that which goes deep down into the earth and\nthat which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from the\nheaven and that which goes up into it, and He is with you wherever you\nare; and Allah sees what you do.\n\n057.005\nY: To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: and all\naffairs are referred back to Allah.\n\nP: His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah\n(all) things are brought back.\n\nS: His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are\n(all) affairs returned.\n\n057.006\nY: He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night; and He has\nfull knowledge of the secrets of (all) hearts.\n\nP: He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to\npass into the night, and He is knower of all that is in the breasts.\n\nS: He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to\nenter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.\n\n057.007\nY: Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend (in charity) out of the\n(substance) whereof He has made you heirs. For, those of you who\nbelieve and spend (in charity),- for them is a great Reward.\n\nP: Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend of that whereof He hath\nmade you trustees; and such of you as believe and spend (aright),\ntheirs will be a great reward.\n\nS: Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and spend out of what He has made\nyou to be successors of; for those of you who believe and spend shall\nhave a great reward.\n\n057.008\nY: What cause have ye why ye should not believe in Allah?- and the\nMessenger invites you to believe in your Lord, and has indeed taken\nyour Covenant, if ye are men of Faith.\n\nP: What aileth you that ye believe not in Allah, when the messenger\ncalleth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath already made a\ncovenant with you, if ye are believers?\n\nS: And what reason have you that you should not believe in Allah? And\nthe Messenger calls on you that you may believe in your Lord, and\nindeed He has made a covenant with you if you are believers.\n\n057.009\nY: He is the One Who sends to His Servant Manifest Signs, that He may\nlead you from the depths of Darkness into the Light and verily Allah is\nto you most Kind and Merciful.\n\nP: He it is Who sendeth down clear revelations unto His slave, that He\nmay bring you forth from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is\nFull of Pity, Merciful.\n\nS: He it is who sends down clear communications upon His servant, that\nhe may bring you forth from utter darkness into light; and most surely\nAllah is Kind, Merciful to you.\n\n057.010\nY: And what cause have ye why ye should not spend in the cause of\nAllah?- For to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth.\nNot equal among you are those who spent (freely) and fought, before the\nVictory, (with those who did so later). Those are higher in rank than\nthose who spent (freely) and fought afterwards. But to all has Allah\npromised a goodly (reward). And Allah is well acquainted with all that\nye do.\n\nP: And what aileth you that ye spend not in the way of Allah when unto\nAllah belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Those who\nspent and fought before the victory are not upon a level (with the rest\nof you). Such are greater in rank than those who spent and fought\nafterwards. Unto each hath Allah promised good. And Allah is Informed\nof what ye do.\n\nS: And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah's way?\nAnd Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, not alike\namong you are those who spent before the victory and fought (and those\nwho did not): they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and\nfought afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all; and Allah is\nAware of what you do.\n\n057.011\nY: Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? for (Allah) will\nincrease it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a\nliberal Reward.\n\nP: Who is he that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, that He may double\nit for him and his may be a rich reward?\n\nS: Who is there that will offer to Allah a good gift so He will double\nit for him, and he shall have an excellent reward.\n\n057.012\nY: One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believing women- how\ntheir Light runs forward before them and by their right hands: (their\ngreeting will be): \"Good News for you this Day! Gardens beneath which\nflow rivers! to dwell therein for aye! This is indeed the highest\nAchievement!\"\n\nP: On the day when thou (Muhammad) wilt see the believers, men and\nwomen, their light shining forth before them and on their right hands,\n(and wilt hear it said unto them): Glad news for you this day: Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow, wherein ye are immortal. That is the\nsupreme triumph.\n\nS: On that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women--\ntheir light running before them and on their right hand-- good news for\nyou today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein, that is\nthe grand achievement.\n\n057.013\nY: One Day will the Hypocrites- men and women - say to the Believers:\n\"Wait for us! Let us borrow (a Light) from your Light!\" It will be said:\n\"Turn ye back to your rear! then seek a Light (where ye can)!\" So a wall\nwill be put up betwixt them, with a gate therein. Within it will be\nMercy throughout, and without it, all alongside, will be (Wrath and)\nPunishment!\n\nP: On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will\nsay unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your\nlight! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will\nseparate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof\ncontaineth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.\n\nS: On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will\nsay to those who believe: Wait for us, that we may have light from your\nlight; it shall be said: Turn back and seek a light. Then separation\nwould be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it;\n(as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the\noutside of it, before it there shall be punishment.\n\n057.014\nY: (Those without) will call out, \"Were we not with you?\" (The others)\nwill reply, \"True! but ye led yourselves into temptation; ye looked\nforward (to our ruin); ye doubted (Allah's Promise); and (your false)\ndesires deceived you; until there issued the Command of Allah. And the\nDeceiver deceived you in respect of Allah.\"\n\nP: They will cry unto them (saying): Were we not with you? They will\nsay: Yea, verily; but ye tempted one another, and hesitated, and\ndoubted, and vain desires beguiled you till the ordinance of Allah came\nto pass; and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah;\n\nS: They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They shall say: Yea!\nbut you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and\ndoubted, and vain desires deceived you till the threatened punishment\nof Allah came, while the archdeceiver deceived you about Allah.\n\n057.015\nY: \"This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those who\nrejected Allah. Your abode is the Fire: that is the proper place to\nclaim you: and an evil refuge it is!\"\n\nP: So this day no ransom can be taken from you nor from those who\ndisbelieved. Your home is the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless\njourney's end.\n\nS: So today ransom shall not be accepted from you nor from those who\ndisbelieved; your abode is the fire; it is your friend and evil is the\nresort.\n\n057.016\nY: Has not the time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in all\nhumility should engage in the remembrance of Allah and of the Truth\nwhich has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become like\nthose to whom was given Revelation aforetime, but long ages passed over\nthem and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are rebellious\ntransgressors.\n\nP: Is not the time ripe for the hearts of those who believe to submit to\nAllah's reminder and to the truth which is revealed, that they become\nnot as those who received the scripture of old but the term was\nprolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened, and many of them\nare evil-livers.\n\nS: Has not the time yet come for those who believe that their hearts\nshould be humble for the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of\nthe truth? And (that) they should not be like those who were given the\nBook before, but the time became prolonged to them, so their hearts\nhardened, and most of them are transgressors.\n\n057.017\nY: Know ye (all) that Allah giveth life to the earth after its death!\nalready have We shown the Signs plainly to you, that ye may learn\nwisdom.\n\nP: Know that Allah quickeneth the earth after its death. We have made\nclear Our revelations for you, that haply ye may understand.\n\nS: Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death; indeed, We\nhave made the communications clear to you that you may understand.\n\n057.018\nY: For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to Allah a\nBeautiful Loan, it shall be increased manifold (to their credit), and\nthey shall have (besides) a liberal reward.\n\nP: Lo! those who give alms, both men and women, and lend unto Allah a\ngoodly loan, it will be doubled for them, and theirs will be a rich\nreward.\n\nS: Surely (as for) the charitable men and the charitable women and\n(those who) set apart for Allah a goodly portion, it shall be doubled\nfor them and they shall have a noble reward.\n\n057.019\nY: And those who believe in Allah and His messengers- they are the\nSincere (lovers of Truth), and the witnesses (who testify), in the eyes\nof their Lord: They shall have their Reward and their Light. But those\nwho reject Allah and deny Our Signs,- they are the Companions of\nHell-Fire.\n\nP: And those who believe in Allah and His messengers, they are the\nloyal, and the martyrs are with their Lord; they have their reward and\ntheir light; while as for those who disbelieve and deny Our\nrevelations, they are owners of hell-fire.\n\nS: And (as for) those who believe in Allah and His messengers, these it\nis that are the truthful and the faithful ones in the sight of their\nLord: they shall have their reward and their light, and (as for) those\nwho disbelieve and reject Our communications, these are the inmates of\nthe hell.\n\n057.020\nY: Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement,\npomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among\nyourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the\ngrowth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon\nit withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and\ncrumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the\ndevotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure\n(for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but\ngoods and chattels of deception?\n\nP: Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and\npageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and\nchildren; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth\nis pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou\nseest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter\nthere is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His\ngood pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.\n\nS: Know that this world's life is only sport and play and gaiety and\nboasting among yourselves, and a vying in the multiplication of wealth\nand children, like the rain, whose causing the vegetation to grow,\npleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it\nbecome yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the\nhereafter is a severe chastisement and (also) forgiveness from Allah\nand (His) pleasure; and this world's life is naught but means of\ndeception.\n\n057.021\nY: Be ye foremost (in seeking) Forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden\n(of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of heaven and earth,\nprepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers: that is the\nGrace of Allah, which He bestows on whom he pleases: and Allah is the\nLord of Grace abounding.\n\nP: Race one with another for forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden\nwhereof the breadth is as the breadth of the heavens and the earth,\nwhich is in store for those who believe in Allah and His messengers.\nSuch is the bounty of Allah, which He bestoweth upon whom He will, and\nAllah is of Infinite Bounty.\n\nS: Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a garden the\nextensiveness of which is as the extensiveness of the heaven and the\nearth; it is prepared for those who believe in Allah and His\nmessengers; that is the grace of Allah: He gives it to whom He pleases,\nand Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.\n\n057.022\nY: No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in\na decree before We bring it into existence: That is truly easy for\nAllah:\n\nP: Naught of disaster befalleth in the earth or in yourselves but it is\nin a Book before we bring it into being - Lo! that is easy for Allah -\n\nS: No evil befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but it is in a\nbook before We bring it into existence; surely that is easy to Allah:\n\n057.023\nY: In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by, nor\nexult over favours bestowed upon you. For Allah loveth not any\nvainglorious boaster,-\n\nP: That ye grieve not for the sake of that which hath escaped you, nor\nyet exult because of that which hath been given. Allah loveth not all\nprideful boasters,\n\nS: So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant\nat what He has given you; and Allah does not love any arrogant boaster:\n\n057.024\nY: Such persons as are covetous and commend covetousness to men. And if\nany turn back (from Allah's Way), verily Allah is Free of all Needs,\nWorthy of all Praise.\n\nP: Who hoard and who enjoin upon the people avarice. And whosoever\nturneth away, still Allah is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: Those who are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men; and whoever\nturns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the\nPraised.\n\n057.025\nY: We sent aforetime our messengers with Clear Signs and sent down with\nthem the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), that men may stand\nforth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for)\nmighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allah may test\nwho it is that will help, Unseen, Him and His messengers: For Allah is\nFull of Strength, Exalted in Might (and able to enforce His Will).\n\nP: We verily sent Our messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with\nthem the Scripture and the Balance, that mankind may observe right\nmeasure; and He revealed iron, wherein is mighty power and (many) uses\nfor mankind, and that Allah may know him who helpeth Him and His\nmessengers, though unseen. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.\n\nS: Certainly We sent Our messengers with clear arguments, and sent down\nwith them the Book and the balance that men may conduct themselves with\nequity; and We have made the iron, wherein is great violence and\nadvantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His\nmessengers in the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.\n\n057.026\nY: And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line\nProphethood and Revelation: and some of them were on right guidance.\nBut many of them became rebellious transgressors.\n\nP: And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the Prophethood and\nthe Scripture among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth\nright, but many of them are evil-livers.\n\nS: And certainly We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and We gave to their offspring\nthe (gift of) prophecy and the Book; so there are among them those who\ngo aright, and most of them are transgressors.\n\n057.027\nY: Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our\nmessengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on\nhim the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him\nCompassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for\nthemselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the\nseeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah; but that they did not foster as\nthey should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who\nbelieved, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious\ntransgressors.\n\nP: Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We\ncaused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and\nplaced compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him.\nBut monasticism they invented - We ordained it not for them - only\nseeking Allah's pleasure, and they observed it not with right\nobservance. So We give those of them who believe their reward, but many\nof them are evil-livers.\n\nS: Then We made Our messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We sent\nIsa son of Marium afterwards, and We gave him the Injeel, and We put in\nthe hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for)\nmonkery, they innovated it-- We did not prescribe it to them-- only to\nseek Allah's pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due\nobservance; so We gave to those of them who believed their reward, and\nmost of them are transgressors.\n\n057.028\nY: O ye that believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger, and He\nwill bestow on you a double portion of His Mercy: He will provide for\nyou a Light by which ye shall walk (straight in your path), and He will\nforgive you (your past): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah and put faith in\nHis messenger. He will give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint\nfor you a light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful;\n\nS: O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in\nHis Messenger: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and make for\nyou a light with which you will walk, and forgive you, and Allah is\nForgiving, Merciful;\n\n057.029\nY: That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatever\nover the Grace of Allah, that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand, to\nbestow it on whomsoever He wills. For Allah is the Lord of Grace\nabounding.\n\nP: That the People of the Scripture may know that they control naught of\nthe bounty of Allah, but that the bounty is in Allah's hand to give to\nwhom He will. And Allah is of Infinite Bounty.\n\nS: So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control\naught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah's hand, He\ngives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 58:\n\n            AL-MUJADILA (SHE THAT DISPUTETH, THE PLEADING WOMAN)\n Total Verses: 22 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n058.001\nY: Allah has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who\npleads with thee concerning her husband and carries her complaint (in\nprayer) to Allah: and Allah (always) hears the arguments between both\nsides among you: for Allah hears and sees (all things).\n\nP: Allah hath heard the saying of her that disputeth with thee\n(Muhammad) concerning her husband, and complaineth unto Allah. And\nAllah heareth your colloquy. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.\n\nS: Allah indeed knows the plea of her who pleads with you about her\nhusband and complains to Allah, and Allah knows the contentions of both\nof you; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.\n\n058.002\nY: If any men among you divorce their wives by Zihar (calling them\nmothers), they cannot be their mothers: None can be their mothers\nexcept those who gave them birth. And in fact they use words (both)\niniquitous and false: but truly Allah is one that blots out (sins), and\nforgives (again and again).\n\nP: Such of you as put away your wives (by saying they are as their\nmothers) - They are not their mothers; none are their mothers except\nthose who gave them birth - they indeed utter an ill word and a lie.\nAnd lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: (As for) those of you who put away their wives by likening their\nbacks to the backs of their mothers, they are not their mothers; their\nmothers are no others than those who gave them birth; and most surely\nthey utter a hateful word and a falsehood and most surely Allah is\nPardoning, Forgiving.\n\n058.003\nY: But those who divorce their wives by Zihar, then wish to go back on\nthe words they uttered,- (It is ordained that such a one) should free a\nslave before they touch each other: Thus are ye admonished to perform:\nand Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.\n\nP: Those who put away their wives (by saying they are as their mothers)\nand afterward would go back on that which they have said, (the penalty)\nin that case (is) the freeing of a slave before they touch one another.\nUnto this ye are exhorted; and Allah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: And (as for) those who put away their wives by likening their backs\nto the backs of their mothers then would recall what they said, they\nshould free a captive before they touch each other; to that you are\nadmonished (to conform); and Allah is Aware of what you do.\n\n058.004\nY: And if any has not (the wherewithal), he should fast for two months\nconsecutively before they touch each other. But if any is unable to do\nso, he should feed sixty indigent ones, this, that ye may show your\nfaith in Allah and His Messenger. Those are limits (set by) Allah. For\nthose who reject (Him), there is a grievous Penalty.\n\nP: And he who findeth not (the wherewithal), let him fast for two\nsuccessive months before they touch one another; and for him who is\nunable to do so (the penance is) the feeding of sixty needy ones. This,\nthat ye may put trust in Allah and His Messenger. Such are the limits\n(imposed by Allah); and for disbelievers is a painful doom.\n\nS: But whoever has not the means, let him fast for two months\nsuccessively before they touch each other; then as for him who is not\nable, let him feed sixty needy ones; that is in order that you may have\nfaith in Allah and His Messenger, and these are Allah's limits, and the\nunbelievers shall have a painful punishment.\n\n058.005\nY: Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be humbled to dust, as\nwere those before them: for We have already sent down Clear Signs. And\nthe Unbelievers (will have) a humiliating Penalty,-\n\nP: Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger will be abased even as\nthose before them were abased; and We have sent down clear tokens, and\nfor disbelievers is a shameful doom\n\nS: Surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger shall\nbe laid down prostrate as those before them were laid down prostrate;\nand indeed We have revealed clear communications, and the unbelievers\nshall have an abasing chastisement.\n\n058.006\nY: On the Day that Allah will raise them all up (again) and show them\nthe Truth (and meaning) of their conduct. Allah has reckoned its\n(value), though they may have forgotten it, for Allah is Witness to all\nthings.\n\nP: On the day when Allah will raise them all together and inform them of\nwhat they did. Allah hath kept account of it while they forgot it. And\nAllah is Witness over all things.\n\nS: On the day when Allah will raise them up all together, then inform\nthem of what they did: Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten\nit; and Allah is a witness of all things.\n\n058.007\nY: Seest thou not that Allah doth know (all) that is in the heavens and\non earth? There is not a secret consultation between three, but He\nmakes the fourth among them, - Nor between five but He makes the\nsixth,- nor between fewer nor more, but He is in their midst,\nwheresoever they be: In the end will He tell them the truth of their\nconduct, on the Day of Judgment. For Allah has full knowledge of all\nthings.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and\nall that is in the earth? There is no secret conference of three but He\nis their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than\nthat or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and\nafterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they\ndid. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.\n\nS: Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and\nwhatever is in the earth? Nowhere is there a secret counsel between\nthree persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He\nis the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them\nwheresoever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the\nday of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.\n\n058.008\nY: Turnest thou not thy sight towards those who were forbidden secret\ncounsels yet revert to that which they were forbidden (to do)? And they\nhold secret counsels among themselves for iniquity and hostility, and\ndisobedience to the Messenger. And when they come to thee, they salute\nthee, not as Allah salutes thee, (but in crooked ways): And they say to\nthemselves, \"Why does not Allah punish us for our words?\" Enough for\nthem is Hell: In it will they burn, and evil is that destination!\n\nP: Hast thou not observed those who were forbidden conspiracy and\nafterward returned to that which they had been forbidden, and (now)\nconspire together for crime and wrongdoing and disobedience toward the\nmessenger? And when they come unto thee they greet thee with a greeting\nwherewith Allah greeteth thee not, and say within themselves: Why\nshould Allah punish us for what we say? Hell will suffice them; they\nwill feel the heat thereof - a hapless journey's end!\n\nS: Have you not seen those who are forbidden secret counsels, then they\nreturn to what they are forbidden, and they hold secret counsels for\nsin and revolt and disobedience to the Messenger, and when they come to\nyou they greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet you,\nand they say in themselves: Why does not Allah punish us for what we\nsay? Hell is enough for them; they shall enter it, and evil is the\nresort.\n\n058.009\nY: O ye who believe! When ye hold secret counsel, do it not for iniquity\nand hostility, and disobedience to the Prophet; but do it for\nrighteousness and self-restraint; and fear Allah, to Whom ye shall be\nbrought back.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye conspire together, conspire not together\nfor crime and wrongdoing and disobedience toward the messenger, but\nconspire together for righteousness and piety, and keep your duty\ntoward Allah, unto whom ye will be gathered.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you confer together in private, do not give\nto each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the\nMessenger, and give to each other counsel of goodness and guarding\n(against evil); and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, to Whom you\nshall be gathered together.\n\n058.010\nY: Secret counsels are only (inspired) by the Evil One, in order that he\nmay cause grief to the Believers; but he cannot harm them in the least,\nexcept as Allah permits; and on Allah let the Believers put their\ntrust.\n\nP: Lo! Conspiracy is only of the devil, that he may vex those who\nbelieve; but he can harm them not at all unless by Allah's leave. In\nAllah let believers put their trust.\n\nS: Secret counsels are only (the work) of the Shaitan that he may cause\nto grieve those who believe, and he cannot hurt them in the least\nexcept with Allah's permission, and on Allah let the believers rely.\n\n058.011\nY: O ye who believe! When ye are told to make room in the assemblies,\n(spread out and) make room: (ample) room will Allah provide for you.\nAnd when ye are told to rise up, rise up: Allah will raise up, to\n(suitable) ranks (and degrees), those of you who believe and who have\nbeen granted (mystic) Knowledge: And Allah is well acquainted with all\nye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! when it is said unto you: Make room! in assemblies,\nthen make room; Allah will make way for you (hereafter). And when it is\nsaid: Come up higher! go up higher; Allah will exalt those who believe\namong you, and those who have knowledge, to high ranks. Allah is\ninformed of what ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! when it is said to you, Make room in (your)\nassemblies, then make ample room, Allah will give you ample, and when\nit is said: Rise up, then rise up. Allah will exalt those of you who\nbelieve, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees; and Allah\nis Aware of what you do.\n\n058.012\nY: O ye who believe! When ye consult the Messenger in private, spend\nsomething in charity before your private consultation. That will be\nbest for you, and most conducive to purity (of conduct). But if ye find\nnot (the wherewithal), Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When ye hold conference with the messenger, offer\nan alms before your conference. That is better and purer for you. But\nif ye cannot find (the wherewithal) then lo! Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: O you who believe! when you consult the Messenger, then offer\nsomething in charity before your consultation; that is better for you\nand purer; but if you do not find, then surely Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n058.013\nY: Is it that ye are afraid of spending sums in charity before your\nprivate consultation (with him)? If, then, ye do not so, and Allah\nforgives you, then (at least) establish regular prayer; practise\nregular charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is\nwell acquainted with all that ye do.\n\nP: Fear ye to offer alms before your conference? Then, when ye do it not\nand Allah hath forgiven you, establish worship and pay the poor-due and\nobey Allah and His messenger. And Allah is Aware of what ye do.\n\nS: Do you fear that you will not (be able to) give in charity before\nyour consultation? So when you do not do it and Allah has turned to you\n(mercifully), then keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey Allah\nand His Messenger; and Allah is Aware of what you do.\n\n058.014\nY: Turnest thou not thy attention to those who turn (in friendship) to\nsuch as have the Wrath of Allah upon them? They are neither of you nor\nof them, and they swear to falsehood knowingly.\n\nP: Hast thou not seen those who take for friends a folk with whom Allah\nis wroth? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear a false\noath knowingly.\n\nS: Have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom Allah is\nwroth? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear falsely\nwhile they know.\n\n058.015\nY: Allah has prepared for them a severe Penalty: evil indeed are their\ndeeds.\n\nP: Allah hath prepared for them a dreadful doom. Evil indeed is that\nwhich they are wont to do.\n\nS: Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; surely what they do\nis evil.\n\n058.016\nY: They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they\nobstruct (men) from the Path of Allah: therefore shall they have a\nhumiliating Penalty.\n\nP: They make a shelter of their oaths and turn (men) from the way of\nAllah; so theirs will be a shameful doom.\n\nS: They make their oaths to serve as a cover so they turn away from\nAllah's way; therefore they shall have an abasing chastisement.\n\n058.017\nY: Of no profit whatever to them, against Allah, will be their riches\nnor their sons: they will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein\n(for aye)!\n\nP: Their wealth and their children will avail them naught against Allah.\nSuch are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.\n\nS: Neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them aught\nagainst Allah; they are the inmates of the fire, therein they shall\nabide.\n\n058.018\nY: One day will Allah raise them all up (for Judgment): then will they\nswear to Him as they swear to you: And they think that they have\nsomething (to stand upon). No, indeed! they are but liars!\n\nP: On the day when Allah will raise them all together, then will they\nswear unto Him as they (now) swear unto you, and they will fancy that\nthey have some standing. Lo! is it not they who are the liars?\n\nS: On the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they will swear to\nHim as they swear to you, and they think that they have something; now\nsurely they are the liars.\n\n058.019\nY: The Evil One has got the better of them: so he has made them lose the\nremembrance of Allah. They are the Party of the Evil One. Truly, it is\nthe Party of the Evil One that will perish!\n\nP: The devil hath engrossed them and so hath caused them to forget\nremembrance of Allah. They are the devil's party. Lo! is it not the\ndevil's party who will be the losers?\n\nS: The Shaitan has gained the mastery over them, so he has made them\nforget the remembrance of Allah; they are the Shaitan's party; now\nsurely the Shaitan's party are the losers.\n\n058.020\nY: Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be among those most\nhumiliated.\n\nP: Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger, they will be among the\nlowest.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who are in opposition to Allah and His\nMessenger; they shall be among the most abased.\n\n058.021\nY: Allah has decreed: \"It is I and My messengers who must prevail\": For\nAllah is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will.\n\nP: Allah hath decreed: Lo! I verily shall conquer, I and My messengers.\nLo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.\n\nS: Allah has written down: I will most certainly prevail, I and My\nmessengers; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.\n\n058.022\nY: Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day,\nloving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were\ntheir fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For\nsuch He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a\nspirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which\nRivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased\nwith them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is\nthe Party of Allah that will achieve Felicity.\n\nP: Thou wilt not find folk who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving\nthose who oppose Allah and His messenger, even though they be their\nfathers or their sons or their brethren or their clan. As for such, He\nhath written faith upon their hearts and hath strengthened them with a\nSpirit from Him, and He will bring them into Gardens underneath which\nrivers flow, wherein they will abide. Allah is well pleased with them,\nand they are well pleased with Him. They are Allah's party. Lo! is it\nnot Allah's party who are the successful?\n\nS: You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day\nbefriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger,\neven though they were their (own) fathers, or their sons, or their\nbrothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has\nimpressed faith, and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from\nHim: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow,\nabiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are\nwell-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now surely the party of\nAllah are the successful ones.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 59:\n\n                        AL-HASHR (EXILE, BANISHMENT)\n Total Verses: 24 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n059.001\nY: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises\nand Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\n\nP: All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth\nAllah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the\nglory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n059.002\nY: It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book\nfrom their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye\nthink that they would get out: And they thought that their fortresses\nwould defend them from Allah! But the (Wrath of) Allah came to them\nfrom quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror\ninto their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own\nhands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with\neyes (to see)!\n\nP: He it is Who hath caused those of the People of the Scripture who\ndisbelieved to go forth from their homes unto the first exile. Ye\ndeemed not that they would go forth, while they deemed that their\nstrongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from\na place whereof they reckoned not, and cast terror in their hearts so\nthat they ruined their houses with their own hands and the hands of the\nbelievers. So learn a lesson, O ye who have eyes!\n\nS: He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the followers of the\nBook to go forth from their homes at the first banishment you did not\nthink that they would go forth, while they were certain that their\nfortresses would defend them against Allah; but Allah came to them\nwhence they did not expect, and cast terror into their hearts; they\ndemolished their houses with their own hands and the hands of the\nbelievers; therefore take a lesson, O you who have eyes!\n\n059.003\nY: And had it not been that Allah had decreed banishment for them, He\nwould certainly have punished them in this world: And in the Hereafter\nthey shall (certainly) have the Punishment of the Fire.\n\nP: And if Allah had not decreed migration for them, He verily would have\npunished them in the world, and theirs in the Hereafter is the\npunishment of the Fire.\n\nS: And had it not been that Allah had decreed for them the exile, He\nwould certainly have punished them in this world, and in the hereafter\nthey shall have chastisement of the fire.\n\n059.004\nY: That is because they resisted Allah and His Messenger: and if any one\nresists Allah, verily Allah is severe in Punishment.\n\nP: That is because they were opposed to Allah and His messenger; and\nwhoso is opposed to Allah, (for him) verily Allah is stern in reprisal.\n\nS: That is because they acted in opposition to Allah and His Messenger,\nand whoever acts in opposition to Allah, then surely Allah is severe in\nretributing (evil).\n\n059.005\nY: Whether ye cut down (O ye Muslim!) The tender palm-trees, or ye left\nthem standing on their roots, it was by leave of Allah, and in order\nthat He might cover with shame the rebellious transgresses.\n\nP: Whatsoever palm-trees ye cut down or left standing on their roots, it\nwas by Allah's leave, in order that He might confound the evil-livers.\n\nS: Whatever palm-tree you cut down or leave standing upon its roots, It\nis by Allah's command, and that He may abase the transgressors.\n\n059.006\nY: What Allah has bestowed on His Messenger (and taken away) from them -\nfor this ye made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry: but\nAllah gives power to His messengers over any He pleases: and Allah has\npower over all things.\n\nP: And that which Allah gave as spoil unto His messenger from them, ye\nurged not any horse or riding-camel for the sake thereof, but Allah\ngiveth His messenger lordship over whom He will. Allah is Able to do\nall things.\n\nS: And whatever Allah restored to His Messenger from them you did not\npress forward against it any horse or a riding camel but Allah gives\nauthority to His messengers against whom He pleases, and Allah has\npower over all things.\n\n059.007\nY: What Allah has bestowed on His Messenger (and taken away) from the\npeople of the townships,- belongs to Allah,- to His Messenger and to\nkindred and orphans, the needy and the wayfarer; In order that it may\nnot (merely) make a circuit between the wealthy among you. So take what\nthe Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he\nwithholds from you. And fear Allah; for Allah is strict in Punishment.\n\nP: That which Allah giveth as spoil unto His messenger from the people\nof the townships, it is for Allah and His messenger and for the near of\nkin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, that it become not\na commodity between the rich among you. And whatsoever the messenger\ngiveth you, take it. And whatsoever he forbiddeth, abstain (from it).\nAnd keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is stern in reprisal.\n\nS: Whatever Allah has restored to His Messenger from the people of the\ntowns, it is for Allah and for the Messenger, and for the near of kin\nand the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, so that it may not be a\nthing taken by turns among the rich of you, and whatever the Messenger\ngives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and\nbe careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is severe in\nretributing (evil):\n\n059.008\nY: (Some part is due) to the indigent Muhajirs, those who were expelled\nfrom their homes and their property, while seeking Grace from Allah and\n(His) Good Pleasure, and aiding Allah and His Messenger: such are\nindeed the sincere ones:-\n\nP: And (it is) for the poor fugitives who have been driven out from\ntheir homes and their belongings, who seek bounty from Allah and help\nAllah and His messenger. They are the loyal.\n\nS: (It is) for the poor who fled their homes and their possessions,\nseeking grace of Allah and (His) pleasure, and assisting Allah and His\nMessenger: these it is that are the truthful.\n\n059.009\nY: But those who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the\nFaith,- show their affection to such as came to them for refuge, and\nentertain no desire in their hearts for things given to the (latter),\nbut give them preference over themselves, even though poverty was their\n(own lot). And those saved from the covetousness of their own souls,-\nthey are the ones that achieve prosperity.\n\nP: Those who entered the city and the faith before them love those who\nflee unto them for refuge, and find in their breasts no need for that\nwhich hath been given them, but prefer (the fugitives) above themselves\nthough poverty become their lot. And whoso is saved from his own\navarice - such are they who are successful.\n\nS: And those who made their abode in the city and in the faith before\nthem love those who have fled to them, and do not find in their hearts\na need of what they are given, and prefer (them) before themselves\nthough poverty may afflict them, and whoever is preserved from the\nniggardliness of his soul, these it is that are the successful ones.\n\n059.010\nY: And those who came after them say: \"Our Lord! Forgive us, and our\nbrethren who came before us into the Faith, and leave not, in our\nhearts, rancour (or sense of injury) against those who have believed.\nOur Lord! Thou art indeed Full of Kindness, Most Merciful.\"\n\nP: And those who came (into the faith) after them say: Our Lord! Forgive\nus and our brethren who were before us in the faith, and place not in\nour hearts any rancour toward those who believe. Our Lord! Thou art\nFull of Pity, Merciful.\n\nS: And those who come after them say: Our Lord! forgive us and those of\nour brethren who had precedence of us in faith, and do not allow any\nspite to remain in our hearts towards those who believe, our Lord!\nsurely Thou art Kind, Merciful.\n\n059.011\nY: Hast thou not observed the Hypocrites say to their misbelieving\nbrethren among the People of the Book? - \"If ye are expelled, we too\nwill go out with you, and we will never hearken to any one in your\naffair; and if ye are attacked (in fight) we will help you\". But Allah\nis witness that they are indeed liars.\n\nP: Hast thou not observed those who are hypocrites, (how) they tell\ntheir brethren who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture: If ye\nare driven out, we surely will go out with you, and we will never obey\nanyone against you, and if ye are attacked we verily will help you. And\nAllah beareth witness that they verily are liars.\n\nS: Have you not seen those who have become hypocrites? They say to those\nof their brethren who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book:\nIf you are driven forth, we shall certainly go forth with you, and we\nwill never obey any one concerning you, and if you are fought against,\nwe will certainly help you, and Allah bears witness that they are most\nsurely liars.\n\n059.012\nY: If they are expelled, never will they go out with them; and if they\nare attacked (in fight), they will never help them; and if they do help\nthem, they will turn their backs; so they will receive no help.\n\nP: (For) indeed if they are driven out they go not out with them, and\nindeed if they are attacked they help them not, and indeed if they had\nhelped them they would have turned and fled, and then they would not\nhave been victorious.\n\nS: Certainly if these are driven forth, they will not go forth with\nthem, and if they are fought against, they will not help them, and even\nif they help-them, they will certainly turn (their) backs, then they\nshall not be helped.\n\n059.013\nY: Of a truth ye are stronger (than they) because of the terror in their\nhearts, (sent) by Allah. This is because they are men devoid of\nunderstanding.\n\nP: Ye are more awful as a fear in their bosoms than Allah. That is\nbecause they are a folk who understand not.\n\nS: You are certainly greater in being feared in their hearts than Allah;\nthat is because they are a people who do not understand.\n\n059.014\nY: They will not fight you (even) together, except in fortified\ntownships, or from behind walls. Strong is their fighting (spirit)\namongst themselves: thou wouldst think they were united, but their\nhearts are divided: that is because they are a people devoid of wisdom.\n\nP: They will not fight against you in a body save in fortified villages\nor from behind walls. Their adversity among themselves is very great.\nYe think of them as a whole whereas their hearts are divers. That is\nbecause they are a folk who have no sense.\n\nS: They will not fight against you in a body save in fortified towns or\nfrom behind walls; their fighting between them is severe, you may think\nthem as one body, and their hearts are disunited; that is because they\nare a people who have no sense.\n\n059.015\nY: Like those who lately preceded them, they have tasted the evil result\nof their conduct; and (in the Hereafter there is) for them a grievous\nPenalty;-\n\nP: On the likeness of those (who suffered) a short time before them,\nthey taste the ill effects of their own conduct, and theirs is painful\npunishment.\n\nS: Like those before them shortly; they tasted the evil result of their\naffair, and they shall have a painful punishment.\n\n059.016\nY: (Their allies deceived them), like the Evil One, when he says to man,\n\"Deny Allah\": but when (man) denies Allah, (the Evil One) says, \"I am\nfree of thee: I do fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!\"\n\nP: (And the hypocrites are) on the likeness of the devil when he telleth\nman to disbelieve, then, when he disbelieveth saith: Lo! I am quit of\nthee. Lo! I fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: Like the Shaitan when he says to man: Disbelieve, but when he\ndisbelieves, he says: I am surely clear of you; surely I fear Allah,\nthe Lord of the worlds.\n\n059.017\nY: The end of both will be that they will go into the Fire, dwelling\ntherein for ever. Such is the reward of the wrong-doers.\n\nP: And the consequence for both will be that they are in the Fire,\ntherein abiding. Such is the reward of evil-doers.\n\nS: Therefore the end of both of them is that they are both in the fire\nto abide therein, and that is the reward of the unjust.\n\n059.018\nY: O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what\n(provision) He has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear Allah: for\nAllah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah. And let every soul look\nto that which it sendeth on before for the morrow. And observe your\nduty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah, and let every\nsoul consider what it has sent on for the morrow, and be careful of\n(your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Aware of what you do.\n\n059.019\nY: And be ye not like those who forgot Allah; and He made them forget\ntheir own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors!\n\nP: And be not ye as those who forgot Allah, therefor He caused them to\nforget their souls. Such are the evil-doers.\n\nS: And be not like those who forsook Allah, so He made them forsake\ntheir own souls: these it is that are the transgressors.\n\n059.020\nY: Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the\nGarden: it is the Companions of the Garden, that will achieve Felicity.\n\nP: Not equal are the owners of the Fire and the owners of the Garden.\nThe owners of the Garden, they are the victorious.\n\nS: Not alike are the inmates of the fire and the dwellers of the garden:\nthe dwellers of the garden are they that are the achievers.\n\n059.021\nY: Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have\nseen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are\nthe similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect.\n\nP: If We had caused this Qur'an to descend upon a mountain, thou (O\nMuhammad) verily hadst seen it humbled, rent asunder by the fear of\nAllah. Such similitudes coin We for mankind that haply they may\nreflect.\n\nS: Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would certainly have\nseen it falling down, splitting asunder because of the fear of Allah,\nand We set forth these parables to men that they may reflect.\n\n059.022\nY: Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- Who knows (all things)\nboth secret and open; He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.\n\nP: He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Knower of the\nInvisible and the Visible. He is the Beneficent, Merciful.\n\nS: He is Allah besides Whom there is no god; the Knower of the unseen\nand the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.\n\n059.023\nY: Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign, the\nHoly One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith,\nthe Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the\nSupreme: Glory to Allah! (High is He) above the partners they attribute\nto Him.\n\nP: He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Sovereign Lord,\nthe Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic,\nthe Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they\nascribe as partner (unto Him).\n\nS: He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the King, the Holy, the\nGiver of peace, the Granter of security, Guardian over all, the Mighty,\nthe Supreme, the Possessor of every greatness Glory be to Allah from\nwhat they set up (with Him).\n\n059.024\nY: He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms (or\nColours). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: whatever is in the\nheavens and on earth, doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the\nExalted in Might, the Wise.\n\nP: He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner.\nHis are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the\nearth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: He is Allah the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; His are the most\nexcellent names; whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares His\nglory; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 60:\n\n          AL-MUMTAHINA (SHE THAT IS TO BE EXAMINED, EXAMINING HER)\n Total Verses: 13 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n060.001\nY: O ye who believe! Take not my enemies and yours as friends (or\nprotectors),- offering them (your) love, even though they have rejected\nthe Truth that has come to you, and have (on the contrary) driven out\nthe Prophet and yourselves (from your homes), (simply) because ye\nbelieve in Allah your Lord! If ye have come out to strive in My Way and\nto seek My Good Pleasure, (take them not as friends), holding secret\nconverse of love (and friendship) with them: for I know full well all\nthat ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of you that does this\nhas strayed from the Straight Path.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Choose not My enemy and your enemy for allies. Do\nye give them friendship when they disbelieve in that truth which hath\ncome unto you, driving out the messenger and you because ye believe in\nAllah, your Lord? If ye have come forth to strive in My way and seeking\nMy good pleasure, (show them not friendship). Do ye show friendship\nunto them in secret, when I am Best Aware of what ye hide and what ye\nproclaim? And whosoever doeth it among you, he verily hath strayed from\nthe right way.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not take My enemy and your enemy for friends:\nwould you offer them love while they deny what has come to you of the\ntruth, driving out the Messenger and yourselves because you believe in\nAllah, your Lord? If you go forth struggling hard in My path and\nseeking My pleasure, would you manifest love to them? And I know what\nyou conceal and what you manifest; and whoever of you does this, he\nindeed has gone astray from the straight path.\n\n060.002\nY: If they were to get the better of you, they would behave to you as\nenemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you\nfor evil: and they desire that ye should reject the Truth.\n\nP: If they have the upper hand of you, they will be your foes, and will\nstretch out their hands and their tongues toward you with evil\n(intent), and they long for you to disbelieve.\n\nS: If they find you, they will be your enemies, and will stretch forth\ntowards you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they ardently\ndesire that you may disbelieve.\n\n060.003\nY: Of no profit to you will be your relatives and your children on the\nDay of Judgment: He will judge between you: for Allah sees well all\nthat ye do.\n\nP: Your ties of kindred and your children will avail you naught upon the\nDay of Resurrection. He will part you. Allah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: Your relationship would not profit you, nor your children on the day\nof resurrection; He will decide between you; and Allah sees what you\ndo.\n\n060.004\nY: There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham and\nthose with him, when they said to their people: \"We are clear of you\nand of whatever ye worship besides Allah: we have rejected you, and\nthere has arisen, between us and you, enmity and hatred for ever,-\nunless ye believe in Allah and Him alone\": But not when Abraham said to\nhis father: \"I will pray for forgiveness for thee, though I have no\npower (to get) aught on thy behalf from Allah.\" (They prayed): \"Our\nLord! in Thee do we trust, and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to\nThee is (our) Final Goal.\"\n\nP: There is a goodly pattern for you in Abraham and those with him, when\nthey told their folk: Lo! we are guiltless of you and all that ye\nworship beside Allah. We have done with you. And there hath arisen\nbetween us and you hostility and hate for ever until ye believe in\nAllah only - save that which Abraham promised his father (when he\nsaid): I will ask forgiveness for thee, though I own nothing for thee\nfrom Allah - Our Lord! In Thee we put our trust, and unto Thee we turn\nrepentant, and unto Thee is the journeying.\n\nS: Indeed, there is for you a good example in Ibrahim and those with him\nwhen they said to their people: Surely we are clear of you and of what\nyou serve besides Allah; we declare ourselves to be clear of you, and\nenmity and hatred have appeared between us and you forever until you\nbelieve in Allah alone-- but not in what Ibrahim said to his father: I\nwould certainly ask forgiveness for you, and I do not control for you\naught from Allah-- Our Lord! on Thee do we rely, and to Thee do we\nturn, and to Thee is the eventual coming:\n\n060.005\nY: \"Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers, but\nforgive us, our Lord! for Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\"\n\nP: Our Lord! Make us not a prey for those who disbelieve, and forgive\nus, our Lord! Lo! Thou, only Thou, are the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Our Lord! do not make us a trial for those who disbelieve, and\nforgive us, our Lord! surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n060.006\nY: There was indeed in them an excellent example for you to follow,- for\nthose whose hope is in Allah and in the Last Day. But if any turn away,\ntruly Allah is Free of all Wants, Worthy of all Praise.\n\nP: Verily ye have in them a goodly pattern for everyone who looketh to\nAllah and the Last Day. And whosoever may turn away, lo! still Allah,\nHe is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.\n\nS: Certainly there is for you in them a good example, for him who fears\nAllah and the last day; and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is\nthe Self-sufficient, the Praised.\n\n060.007\nY: It may be that Allah will grant love (and friendship) between you and\nthose whom ye (now) hold as enemies. For Allah has power (over all\nthings); And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: It may be that Allah will ordain love between you and those of them\nwith whom ye are at enmity. Allah is Mighty, and Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: It may be that Allah will bring about friendship between you and\nthose whom you hold to be your enemies among them; and Allah is\nPowerful; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n060.008\nY: Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for\n(your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and\njustly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just.\n\nP: Allah forbiddeth you not those who warred not against you on account\nof religion and drove you not out from your homes, that ye should show\nthem kindness and deal justly with them. Lo! Allah loveth the just\ndealers.\n\nS: Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war\nagainst you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you\nforth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them\njustly; surely Allah loves the doers of justice.\n\n060.009\nY: Allah only forbids you, with regard to those who fight you for (your)\nFaith, and drive you out of your homes, and support (others) in driving\nyou out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is\nsuch as turn to them (in these circumstances), that do wrong.\n\nP: Allah forbiddeth you only those who warred against you on account of\nreligion and have driven you out from your homes and helped to drive\nyou out, that ye make friends of them. Whosoever maketh friends of them\n- (All) such are wrong-doers.\n\nS: Allah only forbids you respecting those who made war upon you on\naccount of (your) religion, and drove you forth from your homes and\nbacked up (others) in your expulsion, that you make friends with them,\nand whoever makes friends with them, these are the unjust.\n\n060.010\nY: O ye who believe! When there come to you believing women refugees,\nexamine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith: if ye\nascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to the\nUnbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor are\nthe (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievers\nwhat they have spent (on their dower), and there will be no blame on\nyou if ye marry them on payment of their dower to them. But hold not to\nthe guardianship of unbelieving women: ask for what ye have spent on\ntheir dowers, and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what they have spent\n(on the dowers of women who come over to you). Such is the command of\nAllah: He judges (with justice) between you. And Allah is Full of\nKnowledge and Wisdom.\n\nP: O ye who believe! When believing women come unto you as fugitives,\nexamine them. Allah is Best Aware of their faith. Then, if ye know them\nfor true believers, send them not back unto the disbelievers. They are\nnot lawful for them (the disbelievers), nor are they (the disbelievers)\nlawful for them. And give them (the disbelievers) that which they have\nspent (upon them). And it is no sin for you to marry such women when ye\nhave given them their dues. And hold not to the ties of disbelieving\nwomen; and ask for (the return of) that which ye have spent; and let\nthem (the disbelievers) ask for that which they have spent. That is the\njudgment of Allah. He judgeth between you. Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: O you who believe! when believing women come to you flying, then\nexamine them; Allah knows best their faith; then if you find them to be\nbelieving women, do not send them back to the unbelievers, neither are\nthese (women) lawful for them, nor are those (men) lawful for them, and\ngive them what they have spent; and no blame attaches to you in\nmarrying them when you give them their dowries; and hold not to the\nties of marriage of unbelieving women, and ask for what you have spent,\nand let them ask for what they have spent. That is Allah's judgment; He\njudges between you, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.\n\n060.011\nY: And if any of your wives deserts you to the Unbelievers, and ye have\nan accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side), then\npay to those whose wives have deserted the equivalent of what they had\nspent (on their dower). And fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.\n\nP: And if any of your wives have gone from you unto the disbelievers and\nafterward ye have your turn (of triumph), then give unto those whose\nwives have gone the like of that which they have spent, and keep your\nduty to Allah in Whom ye are believers.\n\nS: And if anything (out of the dowries) of your wives has passed away\nfrom you to the unbelievers, then your turn comes, give to those whose\nwives have gone away the like of what they have spent, and be careful\nof (your duty to) Allah in Whom you believe.\n\n060.012\nY: O Prophet! When believing women come to thee to take the oath of\nfealty to thee, that they will not associate in worship any other thing\nwhatever with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not\ncommit adultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their\nchildren, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging\nfalsehood, and that they will not disobey thee in any just matter,-\nthen do thou receive their fealty, and pray to Allah for the\nforgiveness (of their sins): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O Prophet! If believing women come unto thee, taking oath of\nallegiance unto thee that they will ascribe no thing as partner unto\nAllah, and will neither steal nor commit adultery nor kill their\nchildren, nor produce any lie that they have devised between their\nhands and feet, nor disobey thee in what is right, then accept their\nallegiance and ask Allah to forgive them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\nS: O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a pledge that\nthey will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will\nnot commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not\nbring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not\ndisobey you in what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness\nfor them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n060.013\nY: O ye who believe! Turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the\nWrath of Allah, of the Hereafter they are already in despair, just as\nthe Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be not friendly with a folk with whom Allah is\nwroth, (a folk) who have despaired of the Hereafter as the disbelievers\ndespair of those who are in the graves.\n\nS: O you who believe! do not make friends with a people with whom Allah\nis wroth; indeed they despair of the hereafter as the unbelievers\ndespair of those in tombs.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 61:\n\n                     AS-SAFF (THE RANKS, BATTLE ARRAY)\n Total Verses: 14 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n061.001\nY: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises\nand Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\n\nP: All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth\nAllah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the\nglory of Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n061.002\nY: O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not?\n\nP: O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not?\n\nS: O you who believe! why do you say that which you do not do?\n\n061.003\nY: Grievously odious is it in the sight of Allah that ye say that which\nye do not.\n\nP: It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do\nnot.\n\nS: It is most hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not\ndo.\n\n061.004\nY: Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if\nthey were a solid cemented structure.\n\nP: Lo! Allah loveth them who battle for His cause in ranks, as if they\nwere a solid structure.\n\nS: Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way in ranks as if they\nwere a firm and compact wall.\n\n061.005\nY: And remember, Moses said to his people: \"O my people! why do ye vex\nand insult me, though ye know that I am the messenger of Allah (sent)\nto you?\" Then when they went wrong, Allah let their hearts go wrong.\nFor Allah guides not those who are rebellious transgressors.\n\nP: And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Why\npersecute ye me, when ye well know that I am Allah's messenger unto\nyou? So when they went astray Allah sent their hearts astray. And Allah\nguideth not the evil-living folk.\n\nS: And when Musa said to his people: O my people! why do you give me\ntrouble? And you know indeed that I am Allah's messenger to you; but\nwhen they turned aside, Allah made their hearts turn aside, and Allah\ndoes not guide the transgressing people.\n\n061.006\nY: And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: \"O Children of Israel! I\nam the messenger of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which\ncame) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of a Messenger to come after\nme, whose name shall be Ahmad.\" But when he came to them with Clear\nSigns, they said, \"This is evident sorcery!\"\n\nP: And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the\nmessenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed)\nbefore me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who\ncometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come\nunto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.\n\nS: And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! surely I am\nthe messenger of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the\nTaurat and giving the good news of a Messenger who will come after me,\nhis name being Ahmad, but when he came to them with clear arguments\nthey said: This is clear magic.\n\n061.007\nY: Who doth greater wrong than one who invents falsehood against Allah,\neven as he is being invited to Islam? And Allah guides not those who do\nwrong.\n\nP: And who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah\nwhen he is summoned unto Al-Islam? And Allah guideth not wrongdoing\nfolk.\n\nS: And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah and he\nis invited to Islam, and Allah does not guide the unjust people.\n\n061.008\nY: Their intention is to extinguish Allah's Light (by blowing) with\ntheir mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light,\neven though the Unbelievers may detest (it).\n\nP: Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but\nAllah will perfect His light however much the disbelievers are averse.\n\nS: They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths but Allah\nwill perfect His light, though the unbelievers may be averse.\n\n061.009\nY: It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of\nTruth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though the\nPagans may detest (it).\n\nP: He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the\nreligion of truth, that He may make it conqueror of all religion\nhowever much idolaters may be averse.\n\nS: He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true\nreligion, that He may make it overcome the religions, all of them,\nthough the polytheists may be averse.\n\n061.010\nY: O ye who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you\nfrom a grievous Penalty?-\n\nP: O ye who believe! Shall I show you a commerce that will save you from\na painful doom?\n\nS: O you who believe! shall I lead you to a merchandise which may\ndeliver you from a painful chastisement?\n\n061.011\nY: That ye believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that ye strive (your\nutmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons:\nThat will be best for you, if ye but knew!\n\nP: Ye should believe in Allah and His messenger, and should strive for\nthe cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is better for\nyou, if ye did but know.\n\nS: You shall believe in Allah and His Messenger, and struggle hard in\nAllah's way with your property and your lives; that is better for you,\ndid you but know!\n\n061.012\nY: He will forgive you your sins, and admit you to Gardens beneath which\nRivers flow, and to beautiful mansions in Gardens of Eternity: that is\nindeed the Supreme Achievement.\n\nP: He will forgive you your sins and bring you into Gardens underneath\nwhich rivers flow, and pleasant dwellings in Gardens of Eden. That is\nthe supreme triumph.\n\nS: He will forgive you your faults and cause you to enter into gardens,\nbeneath which rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in gardens of\nperpetuity; that is the mighty achievement;\n\n061.013\nY: And another (favour will He bestow,) which ye do love,- help from\nAllah and a speedy victory. So give the Glad Tidings to the Believers.\n\nP: And (He will give you) another (blessing) which ye love: help from\nAllah and present victory. Give good tidings (O Muhammad) to believers.\n\nS: And yet another (blessing) that you love: help from Allah and a\nvictory near at hand; and give good news to the believers.\n\n061.014\nY: O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of Allah: As said Jesus the son of\nMary to the Disciples, \"Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah?\"\nSaid the disciples, \"We are Allah's helpers!\" then a portion of the\nChildren of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved: But We gave\npower to those who believed, against their enemies, and they became the\nones that prevailed.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Be Allah's helpers, even as Jesus son of Mary said\nunto the disciples: Who are my helpers for Allah? They said: We are\nAllah's helpers. And a party of the Children of Israel believed, while\na party disbelieved. Then We strengthened those who believed against\ntheir foe, and they became the uppermost.\n\nS: O you who believe! be helpers (in the cause) of Allah, as Isa son of\nMarium said to (his) disciples: Who are my helpers in the cause of\nAllah? The disciples said: We are helpers (in the cause) of Allah. So a\nparty of the children of Israel believed and another party disbelieved;\nthen We aided those who believed against their enemy, and they became\nuppermost.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 62:\n\n                    AL-JUMUA (THE CONGREGATION, FRIDAY)\n Total Verses: 11 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n062.001\nY: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praises and\nGlory of Allah,- the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Exalted in Might, the\nWise.\n\nP: All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth\nAllah, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the\nglory of Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n062.002\nY: It is He Who has sent amongst the Unlettered a messenger from among\nthemselves, to rehearse to them His Signs, to sanctify them, and to\ninstruct them in Scripture and Wisdom,- although they had been, before,\nin manifest error;-\n\nP: He it is Who hath sent among the unlettered ones a messenger of their\nown, to recite unto them His revelations and to make them grow, and to\nteach them the Scripture and wisdom, though heretofore they were indeed\nin error manifest,\n\nS: He it is Who raised among the inhabitants of Mecca a Messenger from\namong themselves, who recites to them His communications and purifies\nthem, and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom, although they were\nbefore certainly in clear error,\n\n062.003\nY: As well as (to confer all these benefits upon) others of them, who\nhave not already joined them: And He is exalted in Might, Wise.\n\nP: Along with others of them who have not yet joined them. He is the\nMighty, the Wise.\n\nS: And others from among them who have not yet joined them; and He is\nthe Mighty, the Wise.\n\n062.004\nY: Such is the Bounty of Allah, which He bestows on whom He will: and\nAllah is the Lord of the highest bounty.\n\nP: That is the bounty of Allah; which He giveth unto whom He will. Allah\nis of Infinite Bounty.\n\nS: That is Allah's grace; He grants it to whom He pleases, and Allah is\nthe Lord of mighty grace.\n\n062.005\nY: The similitude of those who were charged with the (obligations of\nthe) Mosaic Law, but who subsequently failed in those (obligations), is\nthat of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not).\nEvil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah: and\nAllah guides not people who do wrong.\n\nP: The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet\napply it not, is as the likeness of the ass carrying books. Wretched is\nthe likeness of folk who deny the revelations of Allah. And Allah\nguideth not wrongdoing folk.\n\nS: The likeness of those who were charged with the Taurat, then they did\nnot observe it, is as the likeness of the ass bearing books, evil is\nthe likeness of the people who reject the communications of Allah; and\nAllah does not guide the unjust people.\n\n062.006\nY: Say: \"O ye that stand on Judaism! If ye think that ye are friends to\nAllah, to the exclusion of (other) men, then express your desire for\nDeath, if ye are truthful!\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): O ye who are Jews! If ye claim that ye are favoured\nof Allah apart from (all) mankind, then long for death if ye are\ntruthful.\n\nS: Say: O you who are Jews, if you think that you are the favorites of\nAllah to the exclusion of other people, then invoke death if you are\ntruthful.\n\n062.007\nY: But never will they express their desire (for Death), because of the\n(deeds) their hands have sent on before them! and Allah knows well\nthose that do wrong!\n\nP: But they will never long for it because of all that their own hands\nhave sent before, and Allah is Aware of evil-doers.\n\nS: And they will never invoke it because of what their hands have sent\nbefore; and Allah is Cognizant of the unjust.\n\n062.008\nY: Say: \"The Death from which ye flee will truly overtake you: then will\nye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will\ntell you (the truth of) the things that ye did!\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! the death from which ye shrink will\nsurely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of\nthe Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.\n\nS: Say: (As for) the death from which you flee, that will surely\novertake you, then you shall be sent back to the Knower of the unseen\nand the seen, and He will inform you of that which you did.\n\n062.009\nY: O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday\n(the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah,\nand leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but\nknew!\n\nP: O ye who believe! When the call is heard for the prayer of the day of\ncongregation, haste unto remembrance of Allah and leave your trading.\nThat is better for you if ye did but know.\n\nS: O you who believe! when the call is made for prayer on Friday, then\nhasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading; that is\nbetter for you, if you know.\n\n062.010\nY: And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through the\nland, and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of\nAllah often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.\n\nP: And when the prayer is ended, then disperse in the land and seek of\nAllah's bounty, and remember Allah much, that ye may be successful.\n\nS: But when the prayer is ended, then disperse abroad in the land and\nseek of Allah's grace, and remember Allah much, that you may be\nsuccessful.\n\n062.011\nY: But when they see some bargain or some amusement, they disperse\nheadlong to it, and leave thee standing. Say: \"The (blessing) from the\nPresence of Allah is better than any amusement or bargain! and Allah is\nthe Best to provide (for all needs).\"\n\nP: But when they spy some merchandise or pastime they break away to it\nand leave thee standing. Say: That which Allah hath is better than\npastime and than merchandise, and Allah is the Best of providers.\n\nS: And when they see merchandise or sport they break up for It, and\nleave you standing. Say: What is with Allah is better than sport and\n(better) than merchandise, and Allah is the best of Sustainers.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 63:\n\n                       AL-MUNAFIQOON (THE HYPOCRITES)\n Total Verses: 11 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n063.001\nY: When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, \"We bear witness that\nthou art indeed the Messenger of Allah.\" Yea, Allah knoweth that thou\nart indeed His Messenger, and Allah beareth witness that the Hypocrites\nare indeed liars.\n\nP: When the hypocrites come unto thee (O Muhammad), they say: We bear\nwitness that thou art indeed Allah's messenger. And Allah knoweth that\nthou art indeed His messenger, and Allah beareth witness that the\nhypocrites indeed are speaking falsely.\n\nS: When the hypocrites come to you, they say: We bear witness that you\nare most surely Allah's Messenger; and Allah knows that you are most\nsurely His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are\nsurely liars.\n\n063.002\nY: They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus they\nobstruct (men) from the Path of Allah: truly evil are their deeds.\n\nP: They make their faith a pretext so that they may turn (men) from the\nway of Allah. Verily evil is that which they are wont to do,\n\nS: They make their oaths a shelter, and thus turn away from Allah's way;\nsurely evil is that which they do.\n\n063.003\nY: That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So a seal\nwas set on their hearts: therefore they understand not.\n\nP: That is because they believed, then disbelieved, therefore their\nhearts are sealed so that they understand not.\n\nS: That is because they believe, then disbelieve, so a seal is set upon\ntheir hearts so that they do not understand.\n\n063.004\nY: When thou lookest at them, their exteriors please thee; and when they\nspeak, thou listenest to their words. They are as (worthless as hollow)\npieces of timber propped up, (unable to stand on their own). They think\nthat every cry is against them. They are the enemies; so beware of\nthem. The curse of Allah be on them! How are they deluded (away from\nthe Truth)!\n\nP: And when thou seest them their figures please thee; and if they speak\nthou givest ear unto their speech. (They are) as though they were\nblocks of wood in striped cloaks. They deem every shout to be against\nthem. They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah confound them! How\nthey are perverted!\n\nS: And when you see them, their persons will please you, and If they\nspeak, you will listen to their speech; (they are) as if they were big\npieces of wood clad with garments; they think every cry to be against\nthem. They are the enemy, therefore beware of them; may Allah destroy\nthem, whence are they turned back?\n\n063.005\nY: And when it is said to them, \"Come, the Messenger of Allah will pray\nfor your forgiveness\", they turn aside their heads, and thou wouldst\nsee them turning away their faces in arrogance.\n\nP: And when it is said unto them: Come! The messenger of Allah will ask\nforgiveness for you! they avert their faces and thou seest them turning\naway, disdainful.\n\nS: And when it is said to them: Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask\nforgiveness for you, they turn back their heads and you may see them\nturning away while they are big with pride.\n\n063.006\nY: It is equal to them whether thou pray for their forgiveness or not.\nAllah will not forgive them. Truly Allah guides not rebellious\ntransgressors.\n\nP: Whether thou ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them\nis all one for them; Allah will not forgive them. Lo! Allah guideth not\nthe evil-living folk.\n\nS: It is alike to them whether you beg forgiveness for them or do not\nbeg forgiveness for them; Allah will never forgive them; surely Allah\ndoes not guide the transgressing people.\n\n063.007\nY: They are the ones who say, \"Spend nothing on those who are with\nAllah's Messenger, to the end that they may disperse (and quit\nMedina).\" But to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the\nearth; but the Hypocrites understand not.\n\nP: They it is who say: Spend not on behalf of those (who dwell) with\nAllah's messenger that they may disperse (and go away from you); when\nAllah's are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the\nhypocrites comprehend not.\n\nS: They it is who say: Do not spend upon those who are with the\nMessenger of Allah until they break up. And Allah's are the treasures\nof the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.\n\n063.008\nY: They say, \"If we return to Medina, surely the more honourable\n(element) will expel therefrom the meaner.\" But honour belongs to Allah\nand His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.\n\nP: They say: Surely, if we return to Al-Madinah the mightier will soon\ndrive out the weaker; when might belongeth to Allah and to His\nmessenger and to the believers; but the hypocrites know not.\n\nS: They say: If we return to Medina, the mighty will surely drive out\nthe meaner therefrom; and to Allah belongs the might and to His\nMessenger and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know.\n\n063.009\nY: O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you\nfrom the remembrance of Allah. If any act thus, the loss is their own.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you\nfrom remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers.\n\nS: O you who believe! let not your wealth, or your children, divert you\nfrom the remembrance of Allah; and whoever does that, these are the\nlosers.\n\n063.010\nY: and spend something (in charity) out of the substance which We have\nbestowed on you, before Death should come to any of you and he should\nsay, \"O my Lord! why didst Thou not give me respite for a little while?\nI should then have given (largely) in charity, and I should have been\none of the doers of good\".\n\nP: And spend of that wherewith We have provided you before death cometh\nunto one of you and he saith: My Lord! If only thou wouldst reprieve me\nfor a little while, then I would give alms and be among the righteous.\n\nS: And spend out of what We have given you before death comes to one of\nyou, so that he should say: My Lord! why didst Thou not respite me to a\nnear term, so that I should have given alms and been of the doers of\ngood deeds?\n\n063.011\nY: But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time appointed (for\nit) has come; and Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.\n\nP: But Allah reprieveth no soul when its term cometh, and Allah is\nInformed of what ye do.\n\nS: And Allah does not respite a soul when its appointed term has come,\nand Allah is Aware of what you do.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 64:\n\n                 AT-TAGHABUN (MUTUAL DISILLUSION, HAGGLING)\n Total Verses: 18 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n064.001\nY: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praises and\nGlory of Allah: to Him belongs dominion, and to Him belongs praise: and\nHe has power over all things.\n\nP: All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth\nAllah; unto Him belongeth Sovereignty and unto Him belongeth praise,\nand He is Able to do all things.\n\nS: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the\nglory of Allah; to Him belongs the kingdom, and to Him is due (all)\npraise, and He has power over all things.\n\n064.002\nY: It is He Who has created you; and of you are some that are\nUnbelievers, and some that are Believers: and Allah sees well all that\nye do.\n\nP: He it is Who created you, but one of you is a disbeliever and one of\nyou is a believer, and Allah is Seer of what ye do.\n\nS: He it is Who created you, but one of you is an unbeliever and another\nof you is a believer; and Allah sees what you do.\n\n064.003\nY: He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, and has\ngiven you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the\nfinal Goal.\n\nP: He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He shaped you\nand made good your shapes, and unto Him is the journeying.\n\nS: He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He formed you,\nthen made goodly your forms, and to Him is the ultimate resort.\n\n064.004\nY: He knows what is in the heavens and on earth; and He knows what ye\nconceal and what ye reveal: yea, Allah knows well the (secrets) of\n(all) hearts.\n\nP: He knoweth all that is in the heavens and the earth, and He knoweth\nwhat ye conceal and what ye publish. And Allah is Aware of what is in\nthe breasts (of men).\n\nS: He knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows what you\nhide and what you manifest; and Allah is Cognizant of what is in the\nhearts.\n\n064.005\nY: Has not the story reached you, of those who rejected Faith aforetime?\nSo they tasted the evil result of their conduct; and they had a\ngrievous Penalty.\n\nP: Hath not the story reached you of those who disbelieved of old and so\ndid taste the ill-effects of their conduct, and theirs will be a\npainful doom.\n\nS: Has there not come to you the story of those who disbelieved before,\nthen tasted the evil result of their conduct, and they had a painful\npunishment?\n\n064.006\nY: That was because there came to them messengers with Clear Signs, but\nthey said: \"Shall (mere) human beings direct us?\" So they rejected (the\nMessage) and turned away. But Allah can do without (them): and Allah is\nfree of all needs, worthy of all praise.\n\nP: That was because their messengers (from Allah) kept coming unto them\nwith clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they said: Shall mere\nmortals guide us? So they disbelieved and turned away, and Allah was\nindependent (of them). Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.\n\nS: That is because there came to them their messengers with clear\narguments, but they said: Shall mortals guide us? So they disbelieved\nand turned back, and Allah does not stand in need (of anything), and\nAllah is Self-sufficient, Praised.\n\n064.007\nY: The Unbelievers think that they will not be raised up (for Judgment).\nSay: \"Yea, by my Lord, Ye shall surely be raised up: then shall ye be\ntold (the truth) of all that ye did. And that is easy for Allah.\"\n\nP: Those who disbelieve assert that they will not be raised again. Say\n(unto them, O Muhammad): Yea, verily, by my Lord! ye will be raised\nagain and then ye will be informed of what ye did; and that is easy for\nAllah.\n\nS: Those who disbelieve think that they shall never be raised. Say: Aye!\nby my Lord! you shall most certainly be raised, then you shall most\ncertainly be informed of what you did; and that is easy to Allah.\n\n064.008\nY: Believe, therefore, in Allah and His Messenger, and in the Light\nwhich we have sent down. And Allah is well acquainted with all that ye\ndo.\n\nP: So believe in Allah and His messenger and the light which We have\nrevealed. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.\n\nS: Therefore believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Light which We\nhave revealed; and Allah is Aware of what you do.\n\n064.009\nY: The Day that He assembles you (all) for a Day of Assembly,- that will\nbe a Day of mutual loss and gain (among you), and those who believe in\nAllah and work righteousness,- He will remove from them their ills, and\nHe will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell\ntherein for ever: that will be the Supreme Achievement.\n\nP: The day when He shall gather you unto the Day of Assembling, that\nwill be a day of mutual disillusion. And whoso believeth in Allah and\ndoeth right, He will remit from him his evil deeds and will bring him\nunto Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever.\nThat is the supreme triumph.\n\nS: On the day that He will gather you for the day of gathering, that is\nthe day of loss and gain; and whoever believes in Allah and does good,\nHe will remove from him his evil and cause him to enter gardens beneath\nwhich rivers flow, to abide therein forever; that is the great\nachievement.\n\n064.010\nY: But those who reject Faith and treat Our Signs as falsehoods, they\nwill be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein for aye: and evil is\nthat Goal.\n\nP: But those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, such are owners of\nthe Fire; they will abide therein - a hapless journey's end!\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve and reject Our communications, they\nare the inmates of the fire, to abide therein and evil is the resort.\n\n064.011\nY: No kind of calamity can occur, except by the leave of Allah: and if\nany one believes in Allah, (Allah) guides his heart (aright): for Allah\nknows all things.\n\nP: No calamity befalleth save by Allah's leave. And whosoever believeth\nin Allah, He guideth his heart. And Allah is Knower of all things.\n\nS: No affliction comes about but by Allah's permission; and whoever\nbelieves in Allah, He guides aright his heart; and Allah is Cognizant\nof all things.\n\n064.012\nY: So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger: but if ye turn back, the duty\nof Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly and openly.\n\nP: Obey Allah and obey His messenger; but if ye turn away, then the duty\nof Our messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly.\n\nS: And obey Allah and obey the Messenger, but if you turn back, then\nupon Our Messenger devolves only the clear delivery (of the message).\n\n064.013\nY: Allah! There is no god but He: and on Allah, therefore, let the\nBelievers put their trust.\n\nP: Allah! There is no God save Him. In Allah, therefore, let believers\nput their trust.\n\nS: Allah, there is no god but He; and upon Allah, then, let the\nbelievers rely.\n\n064.014\nY: O ye who believe! Truly, among your wives and your children are (some\nthat are) enemies to yourselves: so beware of them! But if ye forgive\nand overlook, and cover up (their faults), verily Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Lo! among your wives and your children there are\nenemies for you, therefor beware of them. And if ye efface and overlook\nand forgive, then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: O you who believe! surely from among your wives and your children\nthere is an enemy to you; therefore beware of them; and if you pardon\nand forbear and forgive, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n064.015\nY: Your riches and your children may be but a trial: but in the Presence\nof Allah, is the highest, Reward.\n\nP: Your wealth and your children are only a temptation, whereas Allah!\nwith Him is an immense reward.\n\nS: Your possessions and your children are only a trial, and Allah it is\nwith Whom is a great reward.\n\n064.016\nY: So fear Allah as much as ye can; listen and obey and spend in charity\nfor the benefit of your own soul and those saved from the covetousness\nof their own souls,- they are the ones that achieve prosperity.\n\nP: So keep your duty to Allah as best ye can, and listen, and obey, and\nspend; that is better for your souls. And whoso is saved from his own\ngreed, such are the successful.\n\nS: Therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah as much as you can, and\nhear and obey and spend, it is better for your souls; and whoever is\nsaved from the greediness of his soul, these it is that are the\nsuccessful.\n\n064.017\nY: If ye loan to Allah, a beautiful loan, He will double it to your\n(credit), and He will grant you Forgiveness: for Allah is most Ready to\nappreciate (service), Most Forbearing,-\n\nP: If ye lend unto Allah a goodly loan, He will double it for you and\nwill forgive you, for Allah is Responsive, Clement,\n\nS: If you set apart for Allah a goodly portion, He will double it for\nyou and forgive you; and Allah is the Multiplier (of rewards),\nForbearing,\n\n064.018\nY: Knower of what is open, Exalted in Might, Full of Wisdom.\n\nP: Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\nS: The Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty, the Wise.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 65:\n\n                             AT-TALAQ (DIVORCE)\n Total Verses: 12 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n065.001\nY: O Prophet! When ye do divorce women, divorce them at their prescribed\nperiods, and count (accurately), their prescribed periods: And fear\nAllah your Lord: and turn them not out of their houses, nor shall they\n(themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open\nlewdness, those are limits set by Allah: and any who transgresses the\nlimits of Allah, does verily wrong his (own) soul: thou knowest not if\nperchance Allah will bring about thereafter some new situation.\n\nP: O Prophet! When ye (men) put away women, put them away for their\n(legal) period and reckon the period, and keep your duty to Allah, your\nLord. Expel them not from their houses nor let them go forth unless\nthey commit open immorality. Such are the limits (imposed by) Allah;\nand whoso transgresseth Allah's limits, he verily wrongeth his soul.\nThou knowest not: it may be that Allah will afterward bring some new\nthing to pass.\n\nS: O Prophet! when you divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed\ntime, and calculate the number of the days prescribed, and be careful\nof (your duty to) Allah, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their\nhouses, nor should they themselves go forth, unless they commit an open\nindecency; and these are the limits of Allah, and whoever goes beyond\nthe limits of Allah, he indeed does injustice to his own soul. You do\nnot know that Allah may after that bring about reunion.\n\n065.002\nY: Thus when they fulfil their term appointed, either take them back on\nequitable terms or part with them on equitable terms; and take for\nwitness two persons from among you, endued with justice, and establish\nthe evidence (as) before Allah. Such is the admonition given to him who\nbelieves in Allah and the Last Day. And for those who fear Allah, He\n(ever) prepares a way out,\n\nP: Then, when they have reached their term, take them back in kindness\nor part from them in kindness, and call to witness two just men among\nyou, and keep your testimony upright for Allah. Whoso believeth in\nAllah and the Last Day is exhorted to act thus. And whosoever keepeth\nhis duty to Allah, Allah will appoint a way out for him,\n\nS: So when they have reached their prescribed time, then retain them\nwith kindness or separate them with kindness, and call to witness two\nmen of justice from among you, and give upright testimony for Allah.\nWith that is admonished he who believes in Allah and the latter day;\nand whoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will make for him an\noutlet,\n\n065.003\nY: And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine. And if\nany one puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him. For\nAllah will surely accomplish his purpose: verily, for all things has\nAllah appointed a due proportion.\n\nP: And will provide for him from (a quarter) whence he hath no\nexpectation. And whosoever putteth his trust in Allah, He will suffice\nhim. Lo! Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah hath set a measure\nfor all things.\n\nS: And give him sustenance from whence he thinks not; and whoever trusts\nin Allah, He is sufficient for him; surely Allah attains His purpose;\nAllah indeed has appointed a measure for everything.\n\n065.004\nY: Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for\nthem the prescribed period, if ye have any doubts, is three months, and\nfor those who have no courses (it is the same): for those who carry\n(life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver their\nburdens: and for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.\n\nP: And for such of your women as despair of menstruation, if ye doubt,\ntheir period (of waiting) shall be three months, along with those who\nhave it not. And for those with child, their period shall be till they\nbring forth their burden. And whosoever keepeth his duty to Allah, He\nmaketh his course easy for him.\n\nS: And (as for) those of your women who have despaired of menstruation,\nif you have a doubt, their prescribed time shall be three months, and\nof those too who have not had their courses; and (as for) the pregnant\nwomen, their prescribed time is that they lay down their burden; and\nwhoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah He will make easy for him his\naffair.\n\n065.005\nY: That is the Command of Allah, which He has sent down to you: and if\nany one fears Allah, He will remove his ills, from him, and will\nenlarge his reward.\n\nP: That is the commandment of Allah which He revealeth unto you. And\nwhoso keepeth his duty to Allah, He will remit from him his evil deeds\nand magnify reward for him.\n\nS: That is the command of Allah which He has revealed to you, and\nwhoever is careful of (his duty to) Allah, He will remove from him his\nevil and give him a big reward.\n\n065.006\nY: Let the women live (in 'iddat) in the same style as ye live,\naccording to your means: Annoy them not, so as to restrict them. And if\nthey carry (life in their wombs), then spend (your substance) on them\nuntil they deliver their burden: and if they suckle your (offspring),\ngive them their recompense: and take mutual counsel together, according\nto what is just and reasonable. And if ye find yourselves in\ndifficulties, let another woman suckle (the child) on the (father's)\nbehalf.\n\nP: Lodge them where ye dwell, according to your wealth, and harass them\nnot so as to straiten life for them. And if they are with child, then\nspend for them till they bring forth their burden. Then, if they give\nsuck for you, give them their due payment and consult together in\nkindness; but if ye make difficulties for one another, then let some\nother woman give suck for him (the father of the child).\n\nS: Lodge them where you lodge according to your means, and do not injure\nthem in order that you may straiten them; and if they are pregnant,\nspend on them until they lay down their burden; then if they suckle for\nyou, give them their recompense and enjoin one another among you to do\ngood; and if you disagree, another (woman) shall suckle for him.\n\n065.007\nY: Let the man of means spend according to his means: and the man whose\nresources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has\ngiven him. Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given\nhim. After a difficulty, Allah will soon grant relief.\n\nP: Let him who hath abundance spend of his abundance, and he whose\nprovision is measured, let him spend of that which Allah hath given\nhim. Allah asketh naught of any soul save that which He hath given it.\nAllah will vouchsafe, after hardship, ease.\n\nS: Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and whoever has\nhis means of subsistence straitened to him, let him spend out of that\nwhich Allah has given him; Allah does not lay on any soul a burden\nexcept to the extent to which He has granted it; Allah brings about\nease after difficulty.\n\n065.008\nY: How many populations that insolently opposed the command of their\nLord and of His messengers, did We not then call to account,- to severe\naccount?- and We imposed on them an exemplary Punishment.\n\nP: And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord\nand His messengers, and We called it to a stern account and punished it\nwith dire punishment,\n\nS: And how many a town which rebelled against the commandment of its\nLord and His messengers, so We called it to account severely and We\nchastised it (with) a stern chastisement.\n\n065.009\nY: Then did they taste the evil result of their conduct, and the End of\ntheir conduct was Perdition.\n\nP: So that it tasted the ill-effects of its conduct, and the consequence\nof its conduct was loss.\n\nS: So it tasted the evil result of its conduct, and the end of its\naffair was perdition.\n\n065.010\nY: Allah has prepared for them a severe Punishment (in the Hereafter).\nTherefore fear Allah, O ye men of understanding - who have believed!-\nfor Allah hath indeed sent down to you a Message,-\n\nP: Allah hath prepared for them stern punishment; so keep your duty to\nAllah, O men of understanding! O ye who believe! Now Allah hath sent\ndown unto you a reminder,\n\nS: Allah has prepared for them severe chastisement, therefore be careful\nof (your duty to) Allah, O men of understanding who believe! Allah has\nindeed revealed to you a reminder,\n\n065.011\nY: A Messenger, who rehearses to you the Signs of Allah containing\nclear explanations, that he may lead forth those who believe and do\nrighteous deeds from the depths of Darkness into Light. And those who\nbelieve in Allah and work righteousness, He will admit to Gardens\nbeneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: Allah has indeed\ngranted for them a most excellent Provision.\n\nP: A messenger reciting unto you the revelations of Allah made plain,\nthat He may bring forth those who believe and do good works from\ndarkness unto light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and doeth right,\nHe will bring him into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to\nabide for ever. Allah hath made good provision for him.\n\nS: A Messenger who recites to you the clear communications of Allah so\nthat he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from\ndarkness into light; and whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds,\nHe will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers now, to abide\ntherein forever, Allah has indeed given him a goodly sustenance.\n\n065.012\nY: Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar\nnumber. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye\nmay know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah\ncomprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge.\n\nP: Allah it is who hath created seven heavens, and of the earth the like\nthereof. The commandment cometh down among them slowly, that ye may\nknow that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah surroundeth\nall things in knowledge.\n\nS: Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like of\nthem; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know\nthat Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses\nall things in (His) knowledge.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 66:\n\n                      AT-TAHRIM (BANNING, PROHIBITION)\n Total Verses: 12 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n066.001\nY: O Prophet! Why holdest thou to be forbidden that which Allah has made\nlawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Allah is\nOft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for\nthee, seeking to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made\nlawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and Allah is Forgiving,\nMerciful.\n\n066.002\nY: Allah has already ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of your\noaths (in some cases): and Allah is your Protector, and He is Full of\nKnowledge and Wisdom.\n\nP: Allah hath made lawful for you (Muslims) absolution from your oaths\n(of such a kind), and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the\nWise.\n\nS: Allah indeed has sanctioned for you the expiation of your oaths and\nAllah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the Wise.\n\n066.003\nY: When the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his\nconsorts, and she then divulged it (to another), and Allah made it\nknown to him, he confirmed part thereof and repudiated a part. Then\nwhen he told her thereof, she said, \"Who told thee this?\" He said, \"He\ntold me Who knows and is well-acquainted (with all things).\"\n\nP: When the Prophet confided a fact unto one of his wives and when she\nafterward divulged it and Allah apprised him thereof, he made known (to\nher) part thereof and passed over part. And when he told it her she\nsaid: Who hath told thee? He said: The Knower, the Aware hath told me.\n\nS: And when the prophet secretly communicated a piece of information to\none of his wives-- but when she informed (others) of it, and Allah made\nhim to know it, he made known part of it and avoided part; so when he\ninformed her of it, she said: Who informed you of this? He said: The\nKnowing, the one Aware, informed me.\n\n066.004\nY: If ye two turn in repentance to Him, your hearts are indeed so\ninclined; But if ye back up each other against him, truly Allah is his\nProtector, and Gabriel, and (every) righteous one among those who\nbelieve,- and furthermore, the angels - will back (him) up.\n\nP: If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for\nyour hearts desired (the ban); and if ye aid one another against him\n(Muhammad) then lo! Allah, even He, is his Protecting Friend, and\nGabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the\nangels are his helpers.\n\nS: If you both turn to Allah, then indeed your hearts are already\ninclined (to this); and if you back up each other against him, then\nsurely Allah it is Who is his Guardian, and Jibreel and the believers\nthat do good, and the angels after that are the aiders.\n\n066.005\nY: It may be, if he divorced you (all), that Allah will give him in\nexchange consorts better than you,- who submit (their wills), who\nbelieve, who are devout, who turn to Allah in repentance, who worship\n(in humility), who travel (for Faith) and fast,- previously married or\nvirgins.\n\nP: It may happen that his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your\nstead wives better than you, submissive (to Allah), believing, pious,\npenitent, devout, inclined to fasting, widows and maids.\n\nS: Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives\nbetter than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers,\nfasters, widows and virgins.\n\n066.006\nY: O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose\nfuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and)\nsevere, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from\nAllah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.\n\nP: O ye who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire\nwhereof the fuel is men and stones, over which are set angels strong,\nsevere, who resist not Allah in that which He commandeth them, but do\nthat which they are commanded.\n\nS: O you who believe! save yourselves and your families from a fire\nwhose fuel is men and stones; over it are angels stern and strong, they\ndo not disobey Allah in what He commands them, and do as they are\ncommanded.\n\n066.007\nY: (They will say), \"O ye Unbelievers! Make no excuses this Day! Ye are\nbeing but requited for all that ye did!\"\n\nP: (Then it will be said): O ye who disbelieve! Make no excuses for\nyourselves this day. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.\n\nS: O you who disbelieve! do not urge excuses today; you shall be\nrewarded only according to what you did.\n\n066.008\nY: O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance: In the hope\nthat your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to Gardens\nbeneath which Rivers flow,- the Day that Allah will not permit to be\nhumiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their Light will\nrun forward before them and by their right hands, while they say, \"Our\nLord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us Forgiveness: for Thou hast\npower over all things.\"\n\nP: O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be\nthat your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into\nGardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not\nabase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run\nbefore them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect\nour light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.\n\nS: O you who believe! turn to Allah a sincere turning; maybe your Lord\nwill remove from you your evil and cause you to enter gardens beneath\nwhich rivers flow, on the day on which Allah will not abase the Prophet\nand those who believe with him; their light shall run on before them\nand on their right hands; they shall say: Our Lord! make perfect for us\nour light, and grant us protection, surely Thou hast power over all\nthings.\n\n066.009\nY: O Prophet! Strive hard against the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites,\nand be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge\n(indeed).\n\nP: O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be\nstern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end.\n\nS: O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites,\nand be hard against them; and their abode is hell; and evil is the\nresort.\n\n066.010\nY: Allah sets forth, for an example to the Unbelievers, the wife of Noah\nand the wife of Lut: they were (respectively) under two of our\nrighteous servants, but they were false to their (husbands), and they\nprofited nothing before Allah on their account, but were told: \"Enter\nye the Fire along with (others) that enter!\"\n\nP: Allah citeth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah\nand the wife of Lot, who were under two of Our righteous slaves yet\nbetrayed them so that they (the husbands) availed them naught against\nAllah and it was said (unto them): Enter the Fire along with those who\nenter.\n\nS: Allah sets forth an example to those who disbelieve the wife of Nuh\nand the wife of Lut: they were both under two of Our righteous\nservants, but they acted treacherously towards them so they availed\nthem naught against Allah, and it was said: Enter both the fire with\nthose who enter.\n\n066.011\nY: And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe the wife of\nPharaoh: Behold she said: \"O my Lord! Build for me, in nearness to\nThee, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings,\nand save me from those that do wrong\";\n\nP: And Allah citeth an example for those who believe: the wife of\nPharaoh when she said: My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the\nGarden, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from\nevil-doing folk;\n\nS: And Allah sets forth an example to those who believe the wife of\nFiron when she said: My Lord! build for me a house with Thee in the\ngarden and deliver me from Firon and his doing, and deliver me from the\nunjust people:\n\n066.012\nY: And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity; and We\nbreathed into (her body) of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth\nof the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one of the\ndevout (servants).\n\nP: And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We\nbreathed therein something of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the\nwords of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient.\n\nS: And Marium, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, so We\nbreathed into her of Our inspiration and she accepted the truth of the\nwords of her Lord and His books, and she was of, the obedient ones.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 67:\n\n                     AL-MULK (THE SOVEREIGNTY, CONTROL)\n Total Verses: 30 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n067.001\nY: Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things hath\nPower;-\n\nP: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do\nall things.\n\nS: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all\nthings,\n\n067.002\nY: He Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is best\nin deed: and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving;-\n\nP: Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is\nbest in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,\n\nS: Who created death and life that He may try you-- which of you is best\nin deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,\n\n067.003\nY: He Who created the seven heavens one above another: No want of\nproportion wilt thou see in the Creation of (Allah) Most Gracious. So\nturn thy vision again: seest thou any flaw?\n\nP: Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst see\nno fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou\nsee any rifts?\n\nS: Who created the seven heavens one above another; you see no\nincongruity in the creation of the Beneficent Allah; then look again,\ncan you see any disorder?\n\n067.004\nY: Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy) vision will come back to\nthee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out.\n\nP: Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee\nweakened and made dim.\n\nS: Then turn back the eye again and again; your look shall come back\nto you confused while it is fatigued.\n\n067.005\nY: And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and\nWe have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones,\nand have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.\n\nP: And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We\nhave made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared\nthe doom of flame.\n\nS: And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We\nhave made these missiles for the Shaitans, and We have prepared for\nthem the chastisement of burning.\n\n067.006\nY: For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of\nHell: and evil is (such), Destination.\n\nP: And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell,\na hapless journey's end!\n\nS: And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the punishment of hell,\nand evil is the resort.\n\n067.007\nY: When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in\nof its breath even as it blazes forth,\n\nP: When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up,\n\nS: When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud moaning of it\nas it heaves,\n\n067.008\nY: Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is cast therein, its\nKeepers will ask, \"Did no Warner come to you?\"\n\nP: As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein\nthe wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner?\n\nS: Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its\nkeeper shall ask them: Did there not come to you a warner?\n\n067.009\nY: They will say: \"Yes indeed; a Warner did come to us, but we rejected\nhim and said, 'Allah never sent down any (Message): ye are nothing but\nan egregious delusion!'\"\n\nP: They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said:\nAllah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.\n\nS: They shall say: Yea! indeed there came to us a warner, but we\nrejected (him) and said: Allah has not revealed anything, you are only\nin a great error.\n\n067.010\nY: They will further say: \"Had we but listened or used our intelligence,\nwe should not (now) be among the Companions of the Blazing Fire!\"\n\nP: And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not\nbeen among the dwellers in the flames.\n\nS: And they shall say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not\nhave been among the inmates of the burning fire.\n\n067.011\nY: They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness) from\nthe Companions of the Blazing Fire!\n\nP: So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the\ndwellers in the flames.\n\nS: So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be (forgiveness)\nfrom the inmates of the burning fire.\n\n067.012\nY: As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgiveness and\na great Reward.\n\nP: Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness\nand a great reward.\n\nS: (As for) those who fear their Lord in secret, they shall surely have\nforgiveness and a great reward.\n\n067.013\nY: And whether ye hide your word or publish it, He certainly has (full)\nknowledge, of the secrets of (all) hearts.\n\nP: And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all\nthat is in the breasts (of men).\n\nS: And conceal your word or manifest it; surely He is Cognizant of what\nis in the hearts.\n\n067.014\nY: Should He not know,- He that created? and He is the One that\nunderstands the finest mysteries (and) is well-acquainted (with them).\n\nP: Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.\n\nS: Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of the\nsubtleties, the Aware.\n\n067.015\nY: It is He Who has made the earth manageable for you, so traverse ye\nthrough its tracts and enjoy of the Sustenance which He furnishes: but\nunto Him is the Resurrection.\n\nP: He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the\npaths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be the\nresurrection (of the dead).\n\nS: He it is Who made the earth smooth for you, therefore go about in the\nspacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance, and to Him is the\nreturn after death.\n\n067.016\nY: Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be\nswallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?\n\nP: Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not\ncause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?\n\nS: Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the\nearth to swallow you up? Then lo! it shall be in a state of commotion.\n\n067.017\nY: Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send against\nyou a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that ye shall know\nhow (terrible) was My warning?\n\nP: Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will\nnot let loose on you a hurricane? But ye shall know the manner of My\nwarning.\n\nS: Or are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not send down\nupon you a punishment? Then shall you know how was My warning.\n\n067.018\nY: But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible)\nwas My rejection (of them)?\n\nP: And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My\nwrath (with them)!\n\nS: And certainly those before them rejected (the truth), then how was My\ndisapproval.\n\n067.019\nY: Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and\nfolding them in? None can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious:\nTruly (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that watches over all\nthings.\n\nP: Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and\nclosing them? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer\nof all things.\n\nS: Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their wings) and\ncontracting (them)? What is it that withholds them save the Beneficent\nAllah? Surely He sees everything.\n\n067.020\nY: Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an army, besides\n(Allah) Most Merciful? In nothing but delusion are the Unbelievers.\n\nP: Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the\nBeneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.\n\nS: Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you besides the\nBeneficent Allah? The unbelievers are only in deception.\n\n067.021\nY: Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were to\nwithhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent\nimpiety and flight (from the Truth).\n\nP: Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His\nprovidence? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.\n\nS: Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should withhold His\nsustenance? Nay! they persist in disdain and aversion.\n\n067.022\nY: Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better\nguided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?\n\nP: Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who\nwalketh upright on a straight road?\n\nS: What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who\nwalks upright upon a straight path?\n\n067.023\nY: Say: \"It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), and made for\nyou the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding: little\nthanks it is ye give.\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath\nassigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!\n\nS: Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you the ears\nand the eyes and the hearts: little is it that you give thanks.\n\n067.024\nY: Say: \"It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him\nshall ye be gathered together.\"\n\nP: Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will\nbe gathered.\n\nS: Say: He it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you shall be\ngathered.\n\n067.025\nY: They ask: When will this promise be (fulfilled)? - If ye are telling\nthe truth.\n\nP: And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are\ntruthful?\n\nS: And they say: When shall this threat be (executed) if you are\ntruthful?\n\n067.026\nY: Say: \"As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone: I am\n(sent) only to warn plainly in public.\"\n\nP: Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;\n\nS: Say: The knowledge (thereof) is only with Allah and I am only a plain\nwarner.\n\n067.027\nY: At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the faces\nof the Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them): \"This is (the\npromise fulfilled), which ye were calling for!\"\n\nP: But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be\nawry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used\nto call.\n\nS: But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve\nshall be sorry, and it shall be said; This is that which you used to\ncall for.\n\n067.028\nY: Say: \"See ye?- If Allah were to destroy me, and those with me, or if\nHe bestows His Mercy on us,- yet who can deliver the Unbelievers from a\ngrievous Penalty?\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me\n(Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who\nwill protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?\n\nS: Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with\nme-- rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will protect the\nunbelievers from a painful punishment?\n\n067.029\nY: Say: \"He is (Allah) Most Gracious: We have believed in Him, and on\nHim have we put our trust: So, soon will ye know which (of us) it is\nthat is in manifest error.\"\n\nP: Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our\ntrust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.\n\nS: Say: He is the Beneficent Allah, we believe in Him and on Him do we\nrely, so you shall come to know who it is that is in clear error.\n\n067.030\nY: Say: \"See ye?- If your stream be some morning lost (in the\nunderground earth), who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?\"\n\nP: Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the\nearth, who then could bring you gushing water?\n\nS: Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then\nthat will bring you flowing water?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 68:\n\n                             AL-QALAM (THE PEN)\n Total Verses: 52 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n068.001\nY: Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-\n\nP: Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),\n\nS: Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,\n\n068.002\nY: Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.\n\nP: Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.\n\nS: By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.\n\n068.003\nY: Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:\n\nP: And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.\n\nS: And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.\n\n068.004\nY: And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.\n\nP: And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.\n\nS: And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.\n\n068.005\nY: Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,\n\nP: And thou wilt see and they will see\n\nS: So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,\n\n068.006\nY: Which of you is afflicted with madness.\n\nP: Which of you is the demented.\n\nS: Which of you is afflicted with madness.\n\n068.007\nY: Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath\nstrayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true)\nGuidance.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He\nis Best Aware of those who walk aright.\n\nS: Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best\nknows the followers of the right course.\n\n068.008\nY: So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).\n\nP: Therefor obey not thou the rejecters\n\nS: So do not yield to the rejecters.\n\n068.009\nY: Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be\npliant.\n\nP: Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.\n\nS: They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.\n\n068.010\nY: Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,\n\nP: Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,\n\nS: And yield not to any mean swearer\n\n068.011\nY: A slanderer, going about with calumnies,\n\nP: Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,\n\nS: Defamer, going about with slander\n\n068.012\nY: (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep\nin sin,\n\nP: Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor\n\nS: Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,\n\n068.013\nY: Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-\n\nP: Greedy therewithal, intrusive.\n\nS: Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;\n\n068.014\nY: Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.\n\nP: It is because he is possessed of wealth and children\n\nS: Because he possesses wealth and sons.\n\n068.015\nY: When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, \"Tales of the ancients\", he\ncries!\n\nP: That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere\nfables of the men of old.\n\nS: When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those\nof yore.\n\n068.016\nY: Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!\n\nP: We shall brand him on the nose.\n\nS: We will brand him on the nose.\n\n068.017\nY: Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when\nthey resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.\n\nP: Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they\nvowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,\n\nS: Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when\nthey swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the\nmorning,\n\n068.018\nY: But made no reservation, (\"If it be Allah's Will\").\n\nP: And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);\n\nS: And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).\n\n068.019\nY: Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which\nswept away) all around, while they were asleep.\n\nP: Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept\n\nS: Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were\nsleeping.\n\n068.020\nY: So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate\nspot, (whose fruit had been gathered).\n\nP: And in the morning it was as if plucked.\n\nS: So it became as black, barren land.\n\n068.021\nY: As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-\n\nP: And they cried out one unto another in the morning,\n\nS: And they called out to each other in the morning,\n\n068.022\nY: \"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the\nfruits.\"\n\nP: Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).\n\nS: Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).\n\n068.023\nY: So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-\n\nP: So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:\n\nS: So they went, while they consulted together secretly,\n\n068.024\nY: \"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden)\nthis day.\"\n\nP: No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.\n\nS: Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.\n\n068.025\nY: And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.\n\nP: They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.\n\nS: And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.\n\n068.026\nY: But when they saw the (garden), they said: \"We have surely lost our\nway:\"\n\nP: But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!\n\nS: But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray\n\n068.027\nY: \"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!\"\n\nP: Nay, but we are desolate!\n\nS: Nay! we are made to suffer privation.\n\n068.028\nY: Said one of them, more just (than the rest): \"Did I not say to you,\n'Why not glorify (Allah)?'\"\n\nP: The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not\n(Allah)?\n\nS: The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify\n(Allah)?\n\n068.029\nY: They said: \"Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!\"\n\nP: They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.\n\nS: They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.\n\n068.030\nY: Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.\n\nP: Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.\n\nS: Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.\n\n068.031\nY: They said: \"Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!\"\n\nP: They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.\n\nS: Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:\n\n068.032\nY: \"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden)\nthan this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!\"\n\nP: It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place\nthereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.\n\nS: Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to\nour Lord do we make our humble petition.\n\n068.033\nY: Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment\nin the Hereafter,- if only they knew!\n\nP: Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter\nis greater if they did but know.\n\nS: Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the\nhereafter is greater, did they but know!\n\n068.034\nY: Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of\ntheir Lord.\n\nP: Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their\nLord.\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord\ngardens of bliss.\n\n068.035\nY: Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?\n\nP: Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the\nguilty?\n\nS: What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the\nguilty?\n\n068.036\nY: What is the matter with you? How judge ye?\n\nP: What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!\n\nS: What has happened to you? How do you judge?\n\n068.037\nY: Or have ye a book through which ye learn-\n\nP: Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn\n\nS: Or have you a book wherein you read,\n\n068.038\nY: That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?\n\nP: That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?\n\nS: That you have surely therein what you choose?\n\n068.039\nY: Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of\nJudgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?\n\nP: Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of\nJudgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?\n\nS: Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an oath\nextending to the day of resurrection that you shall surely have what\nyou demand?\n\n068.040\nY: Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!\n\nP: Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!\n\nS: Ask them which of them will vouch for that,\n\n068.041\nY: Or have they some \"Partners\" (in Godhead)? Then let them produce\ntheir \"partners\", if they are truthful!\n\nP: Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they\nare truthful,\n\nS: Or have they associates if they are truthful.\n\n068.042\nY: The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned\nto bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-\n\nP: On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to\nprostrate themselves but are not able,\n\nS: On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be\ncalled upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able,\n\n068.043\nY: Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that\nthey had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were\nwhole, (and had refused).\n\nP: With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been\nsummoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.\n\nS: Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were\ncalled upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.\n\n068.044\nY: Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees\nshall We punish them from directions they perceive not.\n\nP: Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement.\nWe shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.\n\nS: So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake\nthem by degrees, from whence they perceive not:\n\n068.045\nY: A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.\n\nP: Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.\n\nS: And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.\n\n068.046\nY: Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are\nburdened with a load of debt?-\n\nP: Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily\ntaxed?\n\nS: Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with\ndebt?\n\n068.047\nY: Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?\n\nP: Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?\n\nS: Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it)\ndown?\n\n068.048\nY: So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like\nthe Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.\n\nP: But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish,\nwho cried out in despair.\n\nS: So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the\ncompanion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress.\n\n068.049\nY: Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been\ncast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.\n\nP: Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely\nhad been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.\n\nS: Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would\ncertainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed.\n\n068.050\nY: Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the\nRighteous.\n\nP: But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.\n\nS: Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.\n\n068.051\nY: And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when\nthey hear the Message; and they say: \"Surely he is possessed!\"\n\nP: And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their\neyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;\n\nS: And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when\nthey hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad.\n\n068.052\nY: But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.\n\nP: When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.\n\nS: And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 69:\n\n                          AL-HAAQQA (THE REALITY)\n Total Verses: 52 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n069.001\nY: The Sure Reality!\n\nP: The Reality!\n\nS: The sure calamity!\n\n069.002\nY: What is the Sure Reality?\n\nP: What is the Reality?\n\nS: What is the sure calamity!\n\n069.003\nY: And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!\n\nS: And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is!\n\n069.004\nY: The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning\nCalamity!\n\nP: (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.\n\nS: Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.\n\n069.005\nY: But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder\nand lightning!\n\nP: As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.\n\nS: Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe\npunishment.\n\n069.006\nY: And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly\nviolent;\n\nP: And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,\n\nS: And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.\n\n069.007\nY: He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in\nsuccession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate\nin its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled\ndown!\n\nP: Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so\nthat thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow\ntrunks of palm-trees.\n\nS: Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days\nunremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate\nas if they were the trunks of hollow palms.\n\n069.008\nY: Then seest thou any of them left surviving?\n\nP: Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?\n\nS: Do you then see of them one remaining?\n\n069.009\nY: And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown,\ncommitted habitual Sin.\n\nP: And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were\ndestroyed, brought error,\n\nS: And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously\ncommitted sins.\n\n069.010\nY: And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them\nwith an abundant Penalty.\n\nP: And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip\nthem with a tightening grip.\n\nS: And they disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord, so He punished them\nwith a vehement punishment.\n\n069.011\nY: We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits,\ncarried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),\n\nP: Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship\n\nS: Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,\n\n069.012\nY: That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should\nhear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in\nremembrance.\n\nP: That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears\n(that heard the story) might remember.\n\nS: So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear\nmight retain it.\n\n069.013\nY: Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,\n\nP: And when the trumpet shall sound one blast\n\nS: And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,\n\n069.014\nY: And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to\npowder at one stroke,-\n\nP: And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with\none crash,\n\nS: And the earth and the mountains are borne away and crushed with a\nsingle crushing.\n\n069.015\nY: On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.\n\nP: Then, on that day will the Event befall.\n\nS: On that day shall the great event come to pass,\n\n069.016\nY: And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,\n\nP: And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.\n\nS: And the heaven shall cleave asunder, so that on that day it shall be\nfrail,\n\n069.017\nY: And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear\nthe Throne of thy Lord above them.\n\nP: And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold\nthe Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.\n\nS: And the angels shall be on the sides thereof; and above them\neight shall bear on that day your Lord's power.\n\n069.018\nY: That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye\nhide will be hidden.\n\nP: On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.\n\nS: On that day you shall be exposed to view-- no secret of yours shall\nremain hidden.\n\n069.019\nY: Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say:\n\"Ah here! Read ye my Record!\"\n\nP: Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will\nsay: Take, read my book!\n\nS: Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he will say:\nLo! read my book:\n\n069.020\nY: \"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!\"\n\nP: Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.\n\nS: Surely I knew that I shall meet my account.\n\n069.021\nY: And he will be in a life of Bliss,\n\nP: Then he will be in blissful state\n\nS: So he shall be in a life of pleasure,\n\n069.022\nY: In a Garden on high,\n\nP: In a high garden\n\nS: In a lofty garden,\n\n069.023\nY: The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.\n\nP: Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.\n\nS: The fruits of which are near at hand:\n\n069.024\nY: \"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good)\nthat ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!\"\n\nP: (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for\nthat which ye sent on before you in past days.\n\nS: Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did beforehand in the days gone\nby.\n\n069.025\nY: And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say:\n\"Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!\"\n\nP: But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say:\nOh, would that I had not been given my book\n\nS: And as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say: O\nwould that my book had never been given me:\n\n069.026\nY: \"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!\"\n\nP: And knew not what my reckoning!\n\nS: And I had not known what my account was:\n\n069.027\nY: \"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!\"\n\nP: Oh, would that it had been death!\n\nS: O would that it had made an end (of me):\n\n069.028\nY: \"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!\"\n\nP: My wealth hath not availed me,\n\nS: My wealth has availed me nothing:\n\n069.029\nY: \"My power has perished from me!\"...\n\nP: My power hath gone from me.\n\nS: My authority is gone away from me.\n\n069.030\nY: (The stern command will say): \"Seize ye him, and bind ye him,\"\n\nP: (It will be said): Take him and fetter him\n\nS: Lay hold on him, then put a chain on him,\n\n069.031\nY: \"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.\"\n\nP: And then expose him to hell-fire\n\nS: Then cast him into the burning fire,\n\n069.032\nY: \"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy\ncubits!\"\n\nP: And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.\n\nS: Then thrust him into a chain the length of which is seventy cubits.\n\n069.033\nY: \"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.\"\n\nP: Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,\n\nS: Surely he did not believe in Allah, the Great,\n\n069.034\nY: \"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!\"\n\nP: And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.\n\nS: Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.\n\n069.035\nY: \"So no friend hath he here this Day.\"\n\nP: Therefor hath he no lover here this day,\n\nS: Therefore he has not here today a true friend,\n\n069.036\nY: \"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of\nwounds,\"\n\nP: Nor any food save filth\n\nS: Nor any food except refuse,\n\n069.037\nY: \"Which none do eat but those in sin.\"\n\nP: Which none but sinners eat.\n\nS: Which none but the wrongdoers eat.\n\n069.038\nY: So I do call to witness what ye see,\n\nP: But nay! I swear by all that ye see\n\nS: But nay! I swear by that which you see,\n\n069.039\nY: And what ye see not,\n\nP: And all that ye see not\n\nS: And that which you do not see.\n\n069.040\nY: That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;\n\nP: That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.\n\nS: Most surely, it is the Word brought by an honored Messenger,\n\n069.041\nY: It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!\n\nP: It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!\n\nS: And it is not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe;\n\n069.042\nY: Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye\nreceive.\n\nP: Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!\n\nS: Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind.\n\n069.043\nY: (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nP: It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.\n\nS: It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.\n\n069.044\nY: And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,\n\nP: And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,\n\nS: And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,\n\n069.045\nY: We should certainly seize him by his right hand,\n\nP: We assuredly had taken him by the right hand\n\nS: We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,\n\n069.046\nY: And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:\n\nP: And then severed his life-artery,\n\nS: Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta.\n\n069.047\nY: Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).\n\nP: And not one of you could have held Us off from him.\n\nS: And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.\n\n069.048\nY: But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing.\n\nP: And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).\n\nS: And most surely it is a reminder for those who guard (against evil).\n\n069.049\nY: And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject\n(it).\n\nP: And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).\n\nS: And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters.\n\n069.050\nY: But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.\n\nP: And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.\n\nS: And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers.\n\n069.051\nY: But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.\n\nP: And lo! it is absolute truth.\n\nS: And most surely it is the true certainty\n\n069.052\nY: So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.\n\nP: So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.\n\nS: Therefore-glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 70:\n\n                    AL-MAARIJ (THE ASCENDING STAIRWAYS)\n Total Verses: 44 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n070.001\nY: A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-\n\nP: A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall\n\nS: One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall\n\n070.002\nY: The Unbelievers the which there is none to ward off,-\n\nP: Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,\n\nS: The unbelievers-- there is none to avert it--\n\n070.003\nY: (A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.\n\nP: From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways\n\nS: From Allah, the Lord of the ways of Ascent.\n\n070.004\nY: The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure\nwhereof is (as) fifty thousand years:\n\nP: (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof\nthe span is fifty thousand years.\n\nS: To Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which\nis fifty thousand years.\n\n070.005\nY: Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful\n(contentment).\n\nP: But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.\n\nS: Therefore endure with a goodly patience.\n\n070.006\nY: They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):\n\nP: Lo! they behold it afar off\n\nS: Surely they think it to be far off,\n\n070.007\nY: But We see it (quite) near.\n\nP: While we behold it nigh:\n\nS: And We see it nigh.\n\n070.008\nY: The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,\n\nP: The day when the sky will become as molten copper,\n\nS: On the day when the heaven shall be as molten copper\n\n070.009\nY: And the mountains will be like wool,\n\nP: And the hills become as flakes of wool,\n\nS: And the mountains shall be as tufts of wool\n\n070.010\nY: And no friend will ask after a friend,\n\nP: And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend\n\nS: And friend shall not ask of friend\n\n070.011\nY: Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire\nwill be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that\nDay by (sacrificing) his children,\n\nP: Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to\nbe able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price\nof his children\n\nS: (Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would\nfain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing)\nhis children,\n\n070.012\nY: His wife and his brother,\n\nP: And his spouse and his brother\n\nS: And his wife and his brother\n\n070.013\nY: His kindred who sheltered him,\n\nP: And his kin that harboured him\n\nS: And the nearest of his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,\n\n070.014\nY: And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him:\n\nP: And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.\n\nS: And all those that are in the earth, (wishing) then (that) this might\ndeliver him.\n\n070.015\nY: By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell!-\n\nP: But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell\n\nS: By no means! Surely it is a flaming fire\n\n070.016\nY: Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!-\n\nP: Eager to roast;\n\nS: Dragging by the head,\n\n070.017\nY: Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces\n(from the Right).\n\nP: It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),\n\nS: It shall claim him who turned and fled (from truth),\n\n070.018\nY: And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!\n\nP: And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.\n\nS: And amasses (wealth) then shuts it up.\n\n070.019\nY: Truly man was created very impatient;-\n\nP: Lo! man was created anxious,\n\nS: Surely man is created of a hasty temperament\n\n070.020\nY: Fretful when evil touches him;\n\nP: Fretful when evil befalleth him\n\nS: Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him\n\n070.021\nY: And niggardly when good reaches him;-\n\nP: And, when good befalleth him, grudging;\n\nS: And niggardly when good befalls him\n\n070.022\nY: Not so those devoted to Prayer;-\n\nP: Save worshippers.\n\nS: Except those who pray,\n\n070.023\nY: Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;\n\nP: Who are constant at their worship\n\nS: Those who are constant at their prayer\n\n070.024\nY: And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.\n\nP: And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged\n\nS: And those in whose wealth there is a fixed portion.\n\n070.025\nY: For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason\nfrom asking);\n\nP: For the beggar and the destitute;\n\nS: For him who begs and for him who is denied (good)\n\n070.026\nY: And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;\n\nP: And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,\n\nS: And those who accept the truth of the judgment day\n\n070.027\nY: And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,-\n\nP: And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -\n\nS: And those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord--\n\n070.028\nY: For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and\nTranquillity;-\n\nP: Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel\nsecure-\n\nS: Surely the chastisement of their Lord is (a thing) not to be felt\nsecure of--\n\n070.029\nY: And those who guard their chastity,\n\nP: And those who preserve their chastity\n\nS: And those who guard their private parts,\n\n070.030\nY: Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands\npossess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed,\n\nP: Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for\nthus they are not blameworthy;\n\nS: Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands\npossess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,\n\n070.031\nY: But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors;-\n\nP: But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are\ntransgressors;\n\nS: But he who seeks to go beyond this, these it is that go beyond the\nlimits--\n\n070.032\nY: And those who respect their trusts and covenants;\n\nP: And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,\n\nS: And those who are faithful to their trusts and their covenant\n\n070.033\nY: And those who stand firm in their testimonies;\n\nP: And those who stand by their testimony\n\nS: And those who are upright in their testimonies,\n\n070.034\nY: And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship;-\n\nP: And those who are attentive at their worship.\n\nS: And those who keep a guard on their prayer,\n\n070.035\nY: Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).\n\nP: These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.\n\nS: Those shall be in gardens, honored.\n\n070.036\nY: Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly\nbefore thee-\n\nP: What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee\n(O Muhammad), open-eyed,\n\nS: But what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten on\naround you,\n\n070.037\nY: From the right and from the left, in crowds?\n\nP: On the right and on the left, in groups?\n\nS: On the right hand and on the left, in sundry parties?\n\n070.038\nY: Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?\n\nP: Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?\n\nS: Does every man of them desire that he should be made to enter the\ngarden of bliss?\n\n070.039\nY: By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they\nknow!\n\nP: Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.\n\nS: By no means! Surely We have created them of what they know.\n\n070.040\nY: Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the\nWest that We can certainly-\n\nP: But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the\nsetting-places (of the planets) that We verily are Able\n\nS: But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are\ncertainly able\n\n070.041\nY: Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be\ndefeated (in Our Plan).\n\nP: To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be\noutrun.\n\nS: To bring instead (others) better than them, and We shall not be\novercome.\n\n070.042\nY: So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they\nencounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised!-\n\nP: So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are\npromised,\n\nS: Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to\nsport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which\nthey are threatened;\n\n070.043\nY: The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste\nas if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them),-\n\nP: The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a\ngoal,\n\nS: The day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as\nif they were hastening on to a goal,\n\n070.044\nY: Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)!\nsuch is the Day the which they are promised!\n\nP: With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which\nthey are promised.\n\nS: Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day\nwhich they were threatened with.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 71:\n\n                                NOOH (NOOH)\n Total Verses: 28 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n071.001\nY: We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): \"Do thou warn thy\nPeople before there comes to them a grievous Penalty.\"\n\nP: Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the\npainful doom come unto them.\n\nS: Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before\nthere come upon them a painful chastisement.\n\n071.002\nY: He said: \"O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:\"\n\nP: He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you\n\nS: He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:\n\n071.003\nY: \"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:\"\n\nP: (Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,\n\nS: That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and\nobey me:\n\n071.004\nY: \"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated\nTerm: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be\nput forward: if ye only knew.\"\n\nP: That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an\nappointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be\ndelayed, if ye but knew.\n\nS: He will forgive you some of your faults and grant you a delay to an\nappointed term; surely the term of Allah when it comes is not\npostponed; did you but know!\n\n071.005\nY: He said: \"O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:\"\n\nP: He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day\n\nS: He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by\nday!\n\n071.006\nY: \"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).\"\n\nP: But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;\n\nS: But my call has only made them flee the more:\n\n071.007\nY: \"And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive\nthem, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered\nthemselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given\nthemselves up to arrogance.\"\n\nP: And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they\nthrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their\ngarments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in\npride.\n\nS: And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they\nput their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments,\nand persist and are puffed up with pride:\n\n071.008\nY: \"So I have called to them aloud;\"\n\nP: And lo! I have called unto them aloud,\n\nS: Then surely I called to them aloud:\n\n071.009\nY: \"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,\"\n\nP: And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have\nappealed to them in private.\n\nS: Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:\n\n071.010\nY: \"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;'\"\n\nP: And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.\n\nS: Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most\nForgiving:\n\n071.011\nY: \"'He will send rain to you in abundance;'\"\n\nP: He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,\n\nS: He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:\n\n071.012\nY: \"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and\nbestow on you rivers (of flowing water).'\"\n\nP: And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you\nGardens and will assign unto you rivers.\n\nS: And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make\nfor you rivers.\n\n071.013\nY: \"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for\nkindness and long-suffering in Allah,'\"-\n\nP: What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity\n\nS: What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?\n\n071.014\nY: \"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?'\"\n\nP: When He created you by (divers) stages?\n\nS: And indeed He has created you through various grades:\n\n071.015\nY: \"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above\nanother,'\"\n\nP: See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,\n\nS: Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens one above\nanother,\n\n071.016\nY: \"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a\n(Glorious) Lamp?'\"\n\nP: And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?\n\nS: And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?\n\n071.017\nY: \"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),'\"\n\nP: And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,\n\nS: And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:\n\n071.018\nY: \"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you\nforth (again at the Resurrection)?'\"\n\nP: And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you\nforth again, a (new) forthbringing.\n\nS: Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new)\nbringing forth:\n\n071.019\nY: \"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),'\"\n\nP: And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you\n\nS: And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,\n\n071.020\nY: \"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'\"\n\nP: That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.\n\nS: That you may go along therein in wide paths.\n\n071.021\nY: Noah said: \"O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men)\nwhose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.\"\n\nP: Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose\nwealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;\n\nS: Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him\nwhose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.\n\n071.022\nY: \"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.\"\n\nP: And they have plotted a mighty plot,\n\nS: And they have planned a very great plan.\n\n071.023\nY: \"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon\nneither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';\"-\n\nP: And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor\nSuwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.\n\nS: And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa;\nnor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.\n\n071.024\nY: \"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the\nwrong-doers but in straying (from their mark).\"\n\nP: And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in\nnaught save error.\n\nS: And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust\nin aught but error.\n\n071.025\nY: Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were made\nto enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found- in lieu of Allah-\nnone to help them.\n\nP: Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire.\nAnd they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.\n\nS: Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire,\nso they did not find any helpers besides Allah.\n\n071.026\nY: And Noah, said: \"O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single\none on earth!\"\n\nP: And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the\nland.\n\nS: And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among\nthe unbelievers:\n\n071.027\nY: \"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy\ndevotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.\"\n\nP: If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will\nbeget none save lewd ingrates.\n\nS: For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and\nwill not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)\n\n071.028\nY: \"O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith,\nand (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers\ngrant Thou no increase but in perdition!\"\n\nP: My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house\nbelieving, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the\nwrong-doers in aught save ruin.\n\nS: My Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who enters my house\nbelieving, and the believing men and the believing women; and do not\nincrease the unjust in aught but destruction!\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 72:\n\n                             AL-JINN (THE JINN)\n Total Verses: 28 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n072.001\nY: Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened (to\nthe Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital!\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad): It is revealed unto me that a company of the jinn\ngave ear, and they said: Lo! we have heard a marvellous Qur'an,\n\nS: Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened,\nand they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Quran,\n\n072.002\nY: 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we\nshall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.\n\nP: Which guideth unto righteousness, so we believe in it and we ascribe\nno partner unto our Lord.\n\nS: Guiding to the right way, so we believe in it, and we will not set up\nany one with our Lord:\n\n072.003\nY: 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife\nnor a son.\n\nP: And (we believe) that He - exalted be the glory of our Lord! - hath\ntaken neither wife nor son,\n\nS: And that He-- exalted be the majesty of our Lord-- has not taken a\nconsort, nor a son:\n\n072.004\nY: 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant\nlies against Allah;\n\nP: And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an\natrocious lie.\n\nS: And that the foolish amongst us used to forge extravagant things\nagainst Allah:\n\n072.005\nY: 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that is untrue\nagainst Allah.'\n\nP: And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lie\nconcerning Allah -\n\nS: And that we thought that men and jinn did not utter a lie against\nAllah:\n\n072.006\nY: 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons\namong the jinns, but they increased them in folly.\n\nP: And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind used to invoke the\nprotection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in\nrevolt (against Allah);\n\nS: And that persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from\namong jinn, so they increased them in wrongdoing:\n\n072.007\nY: 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise\nup any one (to Judgment).'\n\nP: And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not\nraise anyone (from the dead) -\n\nS: And that they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise\nanyone:\n\n072.008\nY: 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with\nstern guards and flaming fires.'\n\nP: And (the jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the\nheaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.\n\nS: And that we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with\nstrong guards and flaming stars.\n\n072.009\nY: 'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a\nhearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him\nin ambush.'\n\nP: And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who\nlisteneth now findeth a flame in wait for him;\n\nS: And that we used to sit in some of the sitting-places thereof to\nsteal a hearing, but he who would (try to) listen now would find a\nflame lying in wait for him:\n\n072.010\nY: 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or\nwhether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.'\n\nP: And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth,\nor whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.\n\nS: And that we know not whether evil is meant for those who are on earth\nor whether their Lord means to bring them good:\n\n072.011\nY: 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary:\nwe follow divergent paths.'\n\nP: And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from\nthat. We are sects having different rules.\n\nS: And that some of us are good and others of us are below that: we are\nsects following different ways:\n\n072.012\nY: 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the\nearth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.'\n\nP: And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we\nescape by flight.\n\nS: And that we know that we cannot escape Allah in the earth, nor can we\nescape Him by flight:\n\n072.013\nY: 'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have\naccepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a\nshort (account) or of any injustice.'\n\nP: And when we heard the guidance, we believed therein, and whoso\nbelieveth in his Lord, he feareth neither loss nor oppression.\n\nS: And that when we heard the guidance, we believed in it; so whoever\nbelieves in his Lord, he should neither fear loss nor being overtaken\n(by disgrace):\n\n072.014\nY: 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to Allah), and some\nthat swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have\nsought out (the path) of right conduct':\n\nP: And there are among us some who have surrendered (to Allah) and there\nare among us some who are unjust. And whoso hath surrendered to Allah,\nsuch have taken the right path purposefully.\n\nS: And that some of us are those who submit, and some of us are the\ndeviators; so whoever submits, these aim at the right way:\n\n072.015\nY: 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-\n\nP: And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.\n\nS: And as to the deviators, they are fuel of hell:\n\n072.016\nY: (And Allah's Message is): \"If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained\non the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in\nabundance.\"\n\nP: If they (the idolaters) tread the right path, We shall give them to\ndrink of water in abundance\n\nS: And that if they should keep to the (right) way, We would certainly\ngive them to drink of abundant water,\n\n072.017\nY: \"That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away from\nthe remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo a severe\nPenalty.\"\n\nP: That We may test them thereby, and whoso turneth away from the\nremembrance of his Lord; He will thrust him into ever-growing torment.\n\nS: So that We might try them with respect to it; and whoever turns aside\nfrom the reminder of his Lord, He will make him enter into an\nafflicting chastisement:\n\n072.018\nY: \"And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any\none along with Allah;\"\n\nP: And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone\nalong with Allah.\n\nS: And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one\nwith Allah:\n\n072.019\nY: \"Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just\nmake round him a dense crowd.\"\n\nP: And when the slave of Allah stood up in prayer to Him, they crowded\non him, almost stifling.\n\nS: And that when the servant of Allah stood up calling upon Him, they\nwellnigh crowded him (to death).\n\n072.020\nY: Say: \"I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any\n(false god).\"\n\nP: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto\nHim no partner.\n\nS: Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with\nHim.\n\n072.021\nY: Say: \"It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to\nright conduct.\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! I control not hurt nor benefit for you.\n\nS: Say: I do not control for you evil or good.\n\n072.022\nY: Say: \"No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him),\nnor should I find refuge except in Him,\"\n\nP: Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge\nbeside Him\n\nS: Say: Surely no one can protect me against Allah, nor can I find\nbesides Him any place of refuge:\n\n072.023\nY: \"Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for\nany that disobey Allah and His Messenger,- for them is Hell: they shall\ndwell therein for ever.\"\n\nP: (Mine is) but conveyance (of the Truth) from Allah, and His messages;\nand whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger, lo! his is fire of hell,\nwherein such dwell for ever.\n\nS: (It is) only a delivering (of communications) from Allah and His\nmessages; and whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger surely he shall\nhave the fire of hell to abide therein for a long time.\n\n072.024\nY: At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are\npromised,- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his)\nhelper and least important in point of numbers.\n\nP: Till (the day) when they shall behold that which they are promised\n(they may doubt); but then they will know (for certain) who is weaker\nin allies and less in multitude.\n\nS: Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they\nknow who is weaker in helpers and fewer in number.\n\n072.025\nY: Say: \"I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is\nnear, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.\"\n\nP: Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): I know not whether that\nwhich ye are promised is nigh, or if my Lord hath set a distant term\nfor it.\n\nS: Say: I do not know whether that with which you are threatened be nigh\nor whether my Lord will appoint for it a term:\n\n072.026\nY: \"He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted\nwith His Mysteries,\"-\n\nP: (He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His\nsecret,\n\nS: The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any,\n\n072.027\nY: \"Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of\nwatchers march before him and behind him,\"\n\nP: Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a\nguard to go before him and a guard behind him\n\nS: Except to him whom He chooses as a messenger; for surely He makes a\nguard to march before him and after him,\n\n072.028\nY: \"That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the\nMessages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are\nwith them, and takes account of every single thing.\"\n\nP: That He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their\nLord. He surroundeth all their doings, and He keepeth count of all\nthings.\n\nS: So that He may know that they have truly delivered the messages of\ntheir Lord, and He encompasses what is with them and He records the\nnumber of all things.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 73:\n\n               AL-MUZZAMMIL (THE ENSHROUDED ONE, BUNDLED UP)\n Total Verses: 20 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n073.001\nY: O thou folded in garments!\n\nP: O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!\n\nS: O you who have wrapped up in your garments!\n\n073.002\nY: Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,-\n\nP: Keep vigil the night long, save a little -\n\nS: Rise to pray in the night except a little,\n\n073.003\nY: Half of it,- or a little less,\n\nP: A half thereof, or abate a little thereof\n\nS: Half of it, or lessen it a little,\n\n073.004\nY: Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythmic\ntones.\n\nP: Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure,\n\nS: Or add to it, and recite the Quran as it ought to be recited.\n\n073.005\nY: Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message.\n\nP: For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.\n\nS: Surely We will make to light upon you a weighty Word.\n\n073.006\nY: Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul),\nand most suitable for (framing) the Word (of Prayer and Praise).\n\nP: Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen\nand speech more certain.\n\nS: Surely the rising by night is the firmest way to tread and the best\ncorrective of speech.\n\n073.007\nY: True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary\nduties:\n\nP: Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.\n\nS: Surely you have in the day time a long occupation.\n\n073.008\nY: But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to\nHim whole-heartedly.\n\nP: So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete\ndevotion -\n\nS: And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with\n(exclusive) devotion.\n\n073.009\nY: (He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take\nHim therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs.\n\nP: Lord of the East and the West; there is no God save Him; so choose\nthou Him alone for thy defender -\n\nS: The Lord of the East and the West-- there is no god but He--\ntherefore take Him for a protector.\n\n073.010\nY: And have patience with what they say, and leave them with noble\n(dignity).\n\nP: And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a\nfair leave-taking.\n\nS: And bear patiently what they say and avoid them with a becoming\navoidance.\n\n073.011\nY: And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of the good\nthings of life, who (yet) deny the Truth; and bear with them for a\nlittle while.\n\nP: Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this\nlife); and do thou respite them awhile.\n\nS: And leave Me and the rejecters, the possessors of ease and plenty,\nand respite them a little.\n\n073.012\nY: With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them),\n\nP: Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,\n\nS: Surely with Us are heavy fetters and a flaming fire,\n\n073.013\nY: And a Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous.\n\nP: And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doom\n\nS: And food that chokes and a painful punishment,\n\n073.014\nY: One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion. And\nthe mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down.\n\nP: On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a\nheap of running sand.\n\nS: On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the\nmountains shall become (as) heaps of sand let loose.\n\n073.015\nY: We have sent to you, (O men!) a messenger, to be a witness concerning\nyou, even as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh.\n\nP: Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as\nWe sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.\n\nS: Surely We have sent to you a Messenger, a witness against you, as We\nsent a messenger to Firon.\n\n073.016\nY: But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger; so We seized him with a heavy\nPunishment.\n\nP: But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him\nwith no gentle grip.\n\nS: But Firon disobeyed the messenger, so We laid on him a violent hold.\n\n073.017\nY: Then how shall ye, if ye deny (Allah), guard yourselves against a Day\nthat will make children hoary-headed?-\n\nP: Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day\nwhich will turn children grey,\n\nS: How, then, will you guard yourselves, if you disbelieve, on the day\nwhich shall make children grey-headed?\n\n073.018\nY: Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His Promise needs must be\naccomplished.\n\nP: The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be\nfulfilled.\n\nS: The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to\nfulfillment.\n\n073.019\nY: Verily this is an Admonition: therefore, whoso will, let him take a\n(straight) path to his Lord!\n\nP: Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his\nLord.\n\nS: Surely this is a reminder, then let him, who will take the way to his\nLord.\n\n073.020\nY: Thy Lord doth know that thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh\ntwo-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night,\nand so doth a party of those with thee. But Allah doth appoint night\nand day in due measure He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count\nthereof. So He hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye, therefore, of\nthe Qur'an as much as may be easy for you. He knoweth that there may be\n(some) among you in ill-health; others travelling through the land,\nseeking of Allah's bounty; yet others fighting in Allah's Cause, read\nye, therefore, as much of the Qur'an as may be easy (for you); and\nestablish regular Prayer and give regular Charity; and loan to Allah a\nBeautiful Loan. And whatever good ye send forth for your souls ye shall\nfind it in Allah's Presence,- yea, better and greater, in Reward and\nseek ye the Grace of Allah: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly\ntwo-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do\na party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He\nknoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite,\nthen, of the Qur'an that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there\nare sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of\nAllah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah.\nSo recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and\npay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever\ngood ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah,\nbetter and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah.\nLo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\nS: Surely your Lord knows that you pass in prayer nearly two-thirds of\nthe night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it,\nand (also) a party of those with you; and Allah measures the night and\nthe day. He knows that you are not able to do it, so He has turned to\nyou (mercifully), therefore read what is easy of the Quran. He knows\nthat there must be among you sick, and others who travel in the land\nseeking of the bounty of Allah, and others who fight in Allah's way,\ntherefore read as much of it as is easy (to you), and keep up prayer\nand pay the poor-rate and offer to Allah a goodly gift, and whatever of\ngood you send on beforehand for yourselves, you will find it with\nAllah; that is best and greatest in reward; and ask forgiveness of\nAllah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 74:\n\n         AL-MUDDATHTHIR (THE CLOAKED ONE, THE MAN WEARING A CLOAK)\n Total Verses: 56 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n074.001\nY: O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!\n\nP: O thou enveloped in thy cloak,\n\nS: O you who are clothed!\n\n074.002\nY: Arise and deliver thy warning!\n\nP: Arise and warn!\n\nS: Arise and warn,\n\n074.003\nY: And thy Lord do thou magnify!\n\nP: Thy Lord magnify,\n\nS: And your Lord do magnify,\n\n074.004\nY: And thy garments keep free from stain!\n\nP: Thy raiment purify,\n\nS: And your garments do purify,\n\n074.005\nY: And all abomination shun!\n\nP: Pollution shun!\n\nS: And uncleanness do shun,\n\n074.006\nY: Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!\n\nP: And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!\n\nS: And bestow not favors that you may receive again with increase,\n\n074.007\nY: But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!\n\nP: For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!\n\nS: And for the sake of your Lord, be patient.\n\n074.008\nY: Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,\n\nP: For when the trumpet shall sound,\n\nS: For when the trumpet is sounded,\n\n074.009\nY: That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-\n\nP: Surely that day will be a day of anguish,\n\nS: That, at that time, shall be a difficult day,\n\n074.010\nY: Far from easy for those without Faith.\n\nP: Not of ease, for disbelievers.\n\nS: For the unbelievers, anything but easy.\n\n074.011\nY: Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare\nand) alone!-\n\nP: Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,\n\nS: Leave Me and him whom I created alone,\n\n074.012\nY: To whom I granted resources in abundance,\n\nP: And then bestowed upon him ample means,\n\nS: And give him vast riches,\n\n074.013\nY: And sons to be by his side!-\n\nP: And sons abiding in his presence\n\nS: And sons dwelling in his presence,\n\n074.014\nY: To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!\n\nP: And made (life) smooth for him.\n\nS: And I adjusted affairs for him adjustably;\n\n074.015\nY: Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-\n\nP: Yet he desireth that I should give more.\n\nS: And yet he desires that I should add more!\n\n074.016\nY: By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!\n\nP: Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.\n\nS: By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.\n\n074.017\nY: Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!\n\nP: On him I shall impose a fearful doom.\n\nS: I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.\n\n074.018\nY: For he thought and he plotted;-\n\nP: For lo! he did consider; then he planned -\n\nS: Surely he reflected and guessed,\n\n074.019\nY: And woe to him! How he plotted!-\n\nP: (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!\n\nS: But may he be cursed how he plotted;\n\n074.020\nY: Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-\n\nP: Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -\n\nS: Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;\n\n074.021\nY: Then he looked round;\n\nP: Then looked he,\n\nS: Then he looked,\n\n074.022\nY: Then he frowned and he scowled;\n\nP: Then frowned he and showed displeasure.\n\nS: Then he frowned and scowled,\n\n074.023\nY: Then he turned back and was haughty;\n\nP: Then turned he away in pride\n\nS: Then he turned back and was big with pride,\n\n074.024\nY: Then said he: \"This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;\"\n\nP: And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;\n\nS: Then he said: This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from\nothers);\n\n074.025\nY: \"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!\"\n\nP: This is naught else than speech of mortal man.\n\nS: This is naught but the word of a mortal.\n\n074.026\nY: Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!\n\nP: Him shall I fling unto the burning.\n\nS: I will cast him into hell.\n\n074.027\nY: And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?\n\nP: - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -\n\nS: And what will make you realize what hell is?\n\n074.028\nY: Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-\n\nP: It leaveth naught; it spareth naught\n\nS: It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.\n\n074.029\nY: Darkening and changing the colour of man!\n\nP: It shrivelleth the man.\n\nS: It scorches the mortal.\n\n074.030\nY: Over it are Nineteen.\n\nP: Above it are nineteen.\n\nS: Over it are nineteen.\n\n074.031\nY: And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have\nfixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the\nPeople of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may\nincrease in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of\nthe Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease\nand the Unbelievers may say, \"What symbol doth Allah intend by this?\"\nThus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He\npleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this\nis no other than a warning to mankind.\n\nP: We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their\nnumber have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve;\nthat those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty,\nand that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the\nScripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those\nin whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What\nmeaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He\nwill, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord\nsave Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.\n\nS: And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and\nWe have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve,\nthat those who have been given the book may be certain and those who\nbelieve may increase in faith, and those who have been given the book\nand the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is a\ndisease and the unbelievers may say: What does Allah mean by this\nparable? Thus does Allah make err whom He pleases, and He guides whom\nHe pleases, and none knows the hosts of your Lord but He Himself; and\nthis is naught but a reminder to the mortals.\n\n074.032\nY: Nay, verily: By the Moon,\n\nP: Nay, by the Moon\n\nS: Nay; I swear by the moon,\n\n074.033\nY: And by the Night as it retreateth,\n\nP: And the night when it withdraweth\n\nS: And the night when it departs,\n\n074.034\nY: And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-\n\nP: And the dawn when it shineth forth,\n\nS: And the daybreak when it shines;\n\n074.035\nY: This is but one of the mighty (portents),\n\nP: Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)\n\nS: Surely it (hell) is one of the gravest (misfortunes),\n\n074.036\nY: A warning to mankind,-\n\nP: As a warning unto men,\n\nS: A warning to mortals,\n\n074.037\nY: To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-\n\nP: Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.\n\nS: To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.\n\n074.038\nY: Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.\n\nP: Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;\n\nS: Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,\n\n074.039\nY: Except the Companions of the Right Hand.\n\nP: Save those who will stand on the right hand.\n\nS: Except the people of the right hand,\n\n074.040\nY: (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each\nother,\n\nP: In gardens they will ask one another\n\nS: In gardens, they shall ask each other\n\n074.041\nY: And (ask) of the Sinners:\n\nP: Concerning the guilty:\n\nS: About the guilty:\n\n074.042\nY: \"What led you into Hell Fire?\"\n\nP: What hath brought you to this burning?\n\nS: What has brought you into hell?\n\n074.043\nY: They will say: \"We were not of those who prayed;\"\n\nP: They will answer: We were not of those who prayed\n\nS: They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;\n\n074.044\nY: \"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;\"\n\nP: Nor did we feed the wretched.\n\nS: And we used not to feed the poor;\n\n074.045\nY: \"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;\"\n\nP: We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,\n\nS: And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into\nvain discourses.\n\n074.046\nY: \"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,\"\n\nP: And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,\n\nS: And we used to call the Day of Judgment a lie;\n\n074.047\nY: \"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain.\"\n\nP: Till the Inevitable came unto us.\n\nS: Till death overtook us.\n\n074.048\nY: Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.\n\nP: The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.\n\nS: So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.\n\n074.049\nY: Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from\nadmonition?-\n\nP: Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,\n\nS: What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the\nadmonition,\n\n074.050\nY: As if they were affrighted asses,\n\nP: As they were frightened asses\n\nS: As if they were asses taking fright\n\n074.051\nY: Fleeing from a lion!\n\nP: Fleeing from a lion?\n\nS: That had fled from a lion?\n\n074.052\nY: Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation)\nspread out!\n\nP: Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages\n(from Allah).\n\nS: Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;\n\n074.053\nY: By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,\n\nP: Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.\n\nS: Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.\n\n074.054\nY: Nay, this surely is an admonition:\n\nP: Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.\n\nS: Nay! it is surely an admonition.\n\n074.055\nY: Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!\n\nP: So whosoever will may heed.\n\nS: So whoever pleases may mind it.\n\n074.056\nY: But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the\nLord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.\n\nP: And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of\nfear. He is the fount of Mercy.\n\nS: And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is worthy to be feared\nand worthy to forgive.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 75:\n\n              AL-QIYAMA (THE RISING OF THE DEAD, RESURRECTION)\n Total Verses: 40 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n075.001\nY: I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;\n\nP: Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;\n\nS: Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.\n\n075.002\nY: And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).\n\nP: Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).\n\nS: Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.\n\n075.003\nY: Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?\n\nP: Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?\n\nS: Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?\n\n075.004\nY: Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of\nhis fingers.\n\nP: Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!\n\nS: Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips\n\n075.005\nY: But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.\n\nP: But man would fain deny what is before him.\n\nS: Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.\n\n075.006\nY: He questions: \"When is the Day of Resurrection?\"\n\nP: He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?\n\nS: He asks: When is the day of resurrection?\n\n075.007\nY: At length, when the sight is dazed,\n\nP: But when sight is confounded\n\nS: So when the sight becomes dazed,\n\n075.008\nY: And the moon is buried in darkness.\n\nP: And the moon is eclipsed\n\nS: And the moon becomes dark,\n\n075.009\nY: And the sun and moon are joined together,-\n\nP: And sun and moon are united,\n\nS: And the sun and the moon are brought together,\n\n075.010\nY: That Day will Man say: \"Where is the refuge?\"\n\nP: On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!\n\nS: Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?\n\n075.011\nY: By no means! No place of safety!\n\nP: Alas! No refuge!\n\nS: By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!\n\n075.012\nY: Before thy Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.\n\nP: Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.\n\nS: With your Lord alone shall on that day be the place of rest.\n\n075.013\nY: That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he\nput back.\n\nP: On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before\nand left behind.\n\nS: Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what\nhe) put off.\n\n075.014\nY: Nay, man will be evidence against himself,\n\nP: Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,\n\nS: Nay! man is evidence against himself,\n\n075.015\nY: Even though he were to put up his excuses.\n\nP: Although he tender his excuses.\n\nS: Though he puts forth his excuses.\n\n075.016\nY: Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith.\n\nP: Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.\n\nS: Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,\n\n075.017\nY: It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:\n\nP: Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading\nthereof.\n\nS: Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.\n\n075.018\nY: But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as\npromulgated):\n\nP: And when We read it, follow thou the reading;\n\nS: Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.\n\n075.019\nY: Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):\n\nP: Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.\n\nS: Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.\n\n075.020\nY: Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,\n\nP: Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now\n\nS: Nay! But you love the present life,\n\n075.021\nY: And leave alone the Hereafter.\n\nP: And neglect the Hereafter.\n\nS: And neglect the hereafter.\n\n075.022\nY: Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);-\n\nP: That day will faces be resplendent,\n\nS: (Some) faces on that day shall be bright,\n\n075.023\nY: Looking towards their Lord;\n\nP: Looking toward their Lord;\n\nS: Looking to their Lord.\n\n075.024\nY: And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,\n\nP: And that day will other faces be despondent,\n\nS: And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,\n\n075.025\nY: In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be\ninflicted on them;\n\nP: Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.\n\nS: Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.\n\n075.026\nY: Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),\n\nP: Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat\n\nS: Nay! When it comes up to the throat,\n\n075.027\nY: And there will be a cry, \"Who is a magician (to restore him)?\"\n\nP: And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?\n\nS: And it is said: Who will be a magician?\n\n075.028\nY: And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;\n\nP: And he knoweth that it is the parting;\n\nS: And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting\n\n075.029\nY: And one leg will be joined with another:\n\nP: And agony is heaped on agony;\n\nS: And affliction is combined with affliction;\n\n075.030\nY: That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!\n\nP: Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.\n\nS: To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.\n\n075.031\nY: So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!-\n\nP: For he neither trusted, nor prayed.\n\nS: So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,\n\n075.032\nY: But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!\n\nP: But he denied and flouted.\n\nS: But called the truth a lie and turned back,\n\n075.033\nY: Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!\n\nP: Then went he to his folk with glee.\n\nS: Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.\n\n075.034\nY: Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!\n\nP: Nearer unto thee and nearer,\n\nS: Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,\n\n075.035\nY: Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!\n\nP: Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).\n\nS: Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.\n\n075.036\nY: Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?\n\nP: Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?\n\nS: Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?\n\n075.037\nY: Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?\n\nP: Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?\n\nS: Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,\n\n075.038\nY: Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (Allah) make and\nfashion (him) in due proportion.\n\nP: Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned\n\nS: Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him)\nperfect.\n\n075.039\nY: And of him He made two sexes, male and female.\n\nP: And made of him a pair, the male and female.\n\nS: Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.\n\n075.040\nY: Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?\n\nP: Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?\n\nS: Is not He able to give life to the dead?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 76:\n\n                               AL-INSAN (MAN)\n Total Verses: 31 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n076.001\nY: Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was\nnothing - (not even) mentioned?\n\nP: Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a\nthing unremembered?\n\nS: There surely came over man a period of time when he was a thing not\nworth mentioning.\n\n076.002\nY: Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try\nhim: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight.\n\nP: Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We\nmake him hearing, knowing.\n\nS: Surely We have created man from a small life-germ uniting (itself):\nWe mean to try him, so We have made him hearing, seeing.\n\n076.003\nY: We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on\nhis will).\n\nP: Lo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or\ndisbelieving.\n\nS: Surely We have shown him the way: he may be thankful or unthankful.\n\n076.004\nY: For the Rejecters we have prepared chains, yokes, and a blazing Fire.\n\nP: Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers manacles and carcans and a\nraging fire.\n\nS: Surely We have prepared for the unbelievers chains and shackles and a\nburning fire.\n\n076.005\nY: As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with\nKafur,-\n\nP: Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of\nKafur,\n\nS: Surely the righteous shall drink of a cup the admixture of which is\ncamphor,\n\n076.006\nY: A Fountain where the Devotees of Allah do drink, making it flow in\nunstinted abundance.\n\nP: A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forth\nabundantly,\n\nS: A fountain from which the servants of Allah shall drink; they make it\nto flow a (goodly) flowing forth.\n\n076.007\nY: They perform (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil flies far\nand wide.\n\nP: (Because) they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is\nwide-spreading,\n\nS: They fulfill vows and fear a day the evil of which shall be spreading\nfar and wide.\n\n076.008\nY: And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan, and\nthe captive,-\n\nP: And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for\nlove of Him,\n\nS: And they give food out of love for Him to the poor and the orphan and\nthe captive:\n\n076.009\nY: (Saying), \"We feed you for the sake of Allah alone: no reward do we\ndesire from you, nor thanks.\"\n\nP: (Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no\nreward nor thanks from you;\n\nS: We only feed you for Allah's sake; we desire from you neither reward\nnor thanks:\n\n076.010\nY: \"We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of our Lord.\"\n\nP: Lo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.\n\nS: Surely we fear from our Lord a stern, distressful day.\n\n076.011\nY: But Allah will deliver them from the evil of that Day, and will shed\nover them a Light of Beauty and (blissful) Joy.\n\nP: Therefor Allah hath warded off from them the evil of that day, and\nhath made them find brightness and joy;\n\nS: Therefore Allah win guard them from the evil of that day and cause\nthem to meet with ease and happiness;\n\n076.012\nY: And because they were patient and constant, He will reward them with\na Garden and (garments of) silk.\n\nP: And hath awarded them for all that they endured, a Garden and silk\nattire;\n\nS: And reward them, because they were patient, with garden and silk,\n\n076.013\nY: Reclining in the (Garden) on raised thrones, they will see there\nneither the sun's (excessive heat) nor (the moon's) excessive cold.\n\nP: Reclining therein upon couches, they will find there neither (heat\nof) a sun nor bitter cold.\n\nS: Reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find therein neither\n(the severe heat of) the sun nor intense cold.\n\n076.014\nY: And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and the\nbunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility.\n\nP: The shade thereof is close upon them and the clustered fruits thereof\nbow down.\n\nS: And close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall\nbe made near (to them), being easy to reach.\n\n076.015\nY: And amongst them will be passed round vessels of silver and goblets\nof crystal,-\n\nP: Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers (as) of\nglass\n\nS: And there shall be made to go round about them vessels of silver and\ngoblets which are of glass,\n\n076.016\nY: Crystal-clear, made of silver: they will determine the measure\nthereof (according to their wishes).\n\nP: (Bright as) glass but (made) of silver, which they (themselves) have\nmeasured to the measure (of their deeds).\n\nS: (Transparent as) glass, made of silver; they have measured them\naccording to a measure.\n\n076.017\nY: And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with\nZanjabil,-\n\nP: There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil,\n\nS: And they shall be made to drink therein a cup the admixture of which\nshall be ginger,\n\n076.018\nY: A fountain there, called Salsabil.\n\nP: (The water of) a spring therein, named Salsabil.\n\nS: (Of) a fountain therein which is named Salsabil.\n\n076.019\nY: And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness): If\nthou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattered Pearls.\n\nP: There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when thou seest, thou\nwouldst take for scattered pearls.\n\nS: And round about them shall go youths never altering in age; when you\nsee them you will think them to be scattered pearls.\n\n076.020\nY: And when thou lookest, it is there thou wilt see a Bliss and a Realm\nMagnificent.\n\nP: When thou seest, thou wilt see there bliss and high estate.\n\nS: And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a great kingdom.\n\n076.021\nY: Upon them will be green Garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, and\nthey will be adorned with Bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give\nto them to drink of a Wine Pure and Holy.\n\nP: Their raiment will be fine green silk and gold embroidery. Bracelets\nof silver will they wear. Their Lord will slake their thirst with a\npure drink.\n\nS: Upon them shall be garments of fine green silk and thick silk\ninterwoven with gold, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of\nsilver, and their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink.\n\n076.022\nY: \"Verily this is a Reward for you, and your Endeavour is accepted and\nrecognised.\"\n\nP: (And it will be said unto them): Lo! this is a reward for you. Your\nendeavour (upon earth) hath found acceptance.\n\nS: Surely this is a reward for you, and your striving shall be\nrecompensed.\n\n076.023\nY: It is We Who have sent down the Qur'an to thee by stages.\n\nP: Lo! We, even We, have revealed unto thee the Qur'an, a revelation;\n\nS: Surely We Ourselves have revealed the Quran to you revealing (it) in\nportions.\n\n076.024\nY: Therefore be patient with constancy to the Command of thy Lord, and\nhearken not to the sinner or the ingrate among them.\n\nP: So submit patiently to thy Lord's command, and obey not of them any\nguilty one or disbeliever.\n\nS: Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and obey not\nfrom among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.\n\n076.025\nY: And celebrate the name or thy Lord morning and evening,\n\nP: Remember the name of thy Lord at morn and evening.\n\nS: And glorify the name of your Lord morning and evening.\n\n076.026\nY: And part of the night, prostrate thyself to Him; and glorify Him a\nlong night through.\n\nP: And worship Him (a portion) of the night. And glorify Him through the\nlivelong night.\n\nS: And during part of the night adore Him, and give glory to Him (a)\nlong (part of the) night.\n\n076.027\nY: As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them a\nDay (that will be) hard.\n\nP: Lo! these love fleeting life, and put behind them (the remembrance\nof) a grievous day.\n\nS: Surely these love the transitory and neglect a grievous day before\nthem.\n\n076.028\nY: It is We Who created them, and We have made their joints strong; but,\nwhen We will, We can substitute the like of them by a complete change.\n\nP: We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We\nwill, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.\n\nS: We created them and made firm their make, and when We please We will\nbring in their place the likes of them by a change.\n\n076.029\nY: This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight) Path\nto his Lord.\n\nP: Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way\nunto his Lord.\n\nS: Surely this is a reminder, so whoever pleases takes to his Lord a\nway.\n\n076.030\nY: But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of\nKnowledge and Wisdom.\n\nP: Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.\n\nS: And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is\nKnowing, Wise;\n\n076.031\nY: He will admit to His Mercy whom He will; But the wrong-doers,- for\nthem has He prepared a grievous Penalty.\n\nP: He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath\nprepared a painful doom.\n\nS: He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the\nunjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 77:\n\n               AL-MURSALAT (THE EMISSARIES, WINDS SENT FORTH)\n Total Verses: 50 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n077.001\nY: By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit);\n\nP: By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another\n\nS: I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's\nbenefit),\n\n077.002\nY: Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,\n\nP: By the raging hurricanes,\n\nS: By the raging hurricanes,\n\n077.003\nY: And scatter (things) far and wide;\n\nP: By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;\n\nS: Which scatter clouds to their destined places,\n\n077.004\nY: Then separate them, one from another,\n\nP: By those who winnow with a winnowing,\n\nS: Then separate them one from another,\n\n077.005\nY: Then spread abroad a Message,\n\nP: By those who bring down the Reminder,\n\nS: Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,\n\n077.006\nY: Whether of Justification or of Warning;-\n\nP: To excuse or to warn,\n\nS: To clear or to warn.\n\n077.007\nY: Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass.\n\nP: Surely that which ye are promised will befall.\n\nS: Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.\n\n077.008\nY: Then when the stars become dim;\n\nP: So when the stars are put out,\n\nS: So when the stars are made to lose their light,\n\n077.009\nY: When the heaven is cleft asunder;\n\nP: And when the sky is riven asunder,\n\nS: And when the heaven is rent asunder,\n\n077.010\nY: When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;\n\nP: And when the mountains are blown away,\n\nS: And when the mountains are carried away as dust,\n\n077.011\nY: And when the messengers are (all) appointed a time (to collect);-\n\nP: And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -\n\nS: And when the messengers are gathered at their appointed time\n\n077.012\nY: For what Day are these (portents) deferred?\n\nP: For what day is the time appointed?\n\nS: To what day is the doom fixed?\n\n077.013\nY: For the Day of Sorting out.\n\nP: For the Day of Decision.\n\nS: To the day of decision.\n\n077.014\nY: And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?\n\nP: And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -\n\nS: And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?\n\n077.015\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.016\nY: Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?\n\nP: Destroyed We not the former folk,\n\nS: Did We not destroy the former generations?\n\n077.017\nY: So shall We make later (generations) follow them.\n\nP: Then caused the latter folk to follow after?\n\nS: Then did We follow them up with later ones.\n\n077.018\nY: Thus do We deal with men of sin.\n\nP: Thus deal We ever with the guilty.\n\nS: Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.\n\n077.019\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.020\nY: Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable?-\n\nP: Did We not create you from a base fluid\n\nS: Did We not create you from contemptible water?\n\n077.021\nY: The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,\n\nP: Which We laid up in a safe abode\n\nS: Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,\n\n077.022\nY: For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?\n\nP: For a known term?\n\nS: Till an appointed term,\n\n077.023\nY: For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to\ndetermine (things).\n\nP: Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!\n\nS: So We proportion it-- how well are We at proportioning (things).\n\n077.024\nY: Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.025\nY: Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.\n\nP: Have We not made the earth a receptacle\n\nS: Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,\n\n077.026\nY: The living and the dead,\n\nP: Both for the living and the dead,\n\nS: The living and the dead,\n\n077.027\nY: And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and\nprovided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?\n\nP: And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water\ntherein?\n\nS: And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet\nwater?\n\n077.028\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.029\nY: (It will be said:) \"Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as\nfalse!\"\n\nP: (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to\ndeny;\n\nS: Walk on to that which you called a lie.\n\n077.030\nY: \"Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,\"\n\nP: Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,\n\nS: Walk on to the covering having three branches,\n\n077.031\nY: \"(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the\nfierce Blaze.\"\n\nP: (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.\n\nS: Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the\nflame.\n\n077.032\nY: \"Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,\"\n\nP: Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,\n\nS: Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,\n\n077.033\nY: \"As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly).\"\n\nP: (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.\n\nS: As if they were tawny camels.\n\n077.034\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.035\nY: That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.\n\nP: This is a day wherein they speak not,\n\nS: This is the day on which they shall not speak,\n\n077.036\nY: Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.\n\nP: Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.\n\nS: And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer\nexcuses.\n\n077.037\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.038\nY: That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and\nthose before (you)!\n\nP: This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old\ntogether.\n\nS: This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.\n\n077.039\nY: Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!\n\nP: If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.\n\nS: So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).\n\n077.040\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.041\nY: As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs\n(of water).\n\nP: Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,\n\nS: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and\nfountains,\n\n077.042\nY: And (they shall have) fruits,- all they desire.\n\nP: And fruits such as they desire.\n\nS: And fruits such as they desire.\n\n077.043\nY: \"Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked\n(Righteousness).\"\n\nP: (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in\nreturn for what ye did.\n\nS: Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.\n\n077.044\nY: Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.\n\nP: Thus do We reward the good.\n\nS: Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.\n\n077.045\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.046\nY: (O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for\nthat ye are Sinners.\n\nP: Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.\n\nS: Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.\n\n077.047\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.048\nY: And when it is said to them, \"Prostrate yourselves!\" they do not so.\n\nP: When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!\n\nS: And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.\n\n077.049\nY: Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters.\n\n077.050\nY: Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?\n\nP: In what statement, after this, will they believe?\n\nS: In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 78:\n\n                  AN-NABA (THE TIDINGS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT)\n Total Verses: 40 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n078.001\nY: Concerning what are they disputing?\n\nP: Whereof do they question one another?\n\nS: Of what do they ask one another?\n\n078.002\nY: Concerning the Great News,\n\nP: (It is) of the awful tidings,\n\nS: About the great event,\n\n078.003\nY: About which they cannot agree.\n\nP: Concerning which they are in disagreement.\n\nS: About which they differ?\n\n078.004\nY: Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!\n\nP: Nay, but they will come to know!\n\nS: Nay! they shall soon come to know\n\n078.005\nY: Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!\n\nP: Nay, again, but they will come to know!\n\nS: Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.\n\n078.006\nY: Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,\n\nP: Have We not made the earth an expanse,\n\nS: Have We not made the earth an even expanse?\n\n078.007\nY: And the mountains as pegs?\n\nP: And the high hills bulwarks?\n\nS: And the mountains as projections (thereon)?\n\n078.008\nY: And (have We not) created you in pairs,\n\nP: And We have created you in pairs,\n\nS: And We created you in pairs,\n\n078.009\nY: And made your sleep for rest,\n\nP: And have appointed your sleep for repose,\n\nS: And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),\n\n078.010\nY: And made the night as a covering,\n\nP: And have appointed the night as a cloak,\n\nS: And We made the night to be a covering,\n\n078.011\nY: And made the day as a means of subsistence?\n\nP: And have appointed the day for livelihood.\n\nS: And We made the day for seeking livelihood.\n\n078.012\nY: And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,\n\nP: And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),\n\nS: And We made above you seven strong ones,\n\n078.013\nY: And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?\n\nP: And have appointed a dazzling lamp,\n\nS: And We made a shining lamp,\n\n078.014\nY: And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,\n\nP: And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,\n\nS: And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,\n\n078.015\nY: That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,\n\nP: Thereby to produce grain and plant,\n\nS: That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,\n\n078.016\nY: And gardens of luxurious growth?\n\nP: And gardens of thick foliage.\n\nS: And gardens dense and luxuriant.\n\n078.017\nY: Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,\n\nP: Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,\n\nS: Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:\n\n078.018\nY: The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in\ncrowds;\n\nP: A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,\n\nS: The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth\nin hosts,\n\n078.019\nY: And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,\n\nP: And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,\n\nS: And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,\n\n078.020\nY: And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.\n\nP: And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.\n\nS: And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere\nsemblance.\n\n078.021\nY: Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,\n\nP: Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,\n\nS: Surely hell lies in wait,\n\n078.022\nY: For the transgressors a place of destination:\n\nP: A home for the rebellious.\n\nS: A place of resort for the inordinate,\n\n078.023\nY: They will dwell therein for ages.\n\nP: They will abide therein for ages.\n\nS: Living therein for ages.\n\n078.024\nY: Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,\n\nP: Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink\n\nS: They shall not taste therein cool nor drink\n\n078.025\nY: Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,\n\nP: Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:\n\nS: But boiling and intensely cold water,\n\n078.026\nY: A fitting recompense (for them).\n\nP: Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).\n\nS: Requital corresponding.\n\n078.027\nY: For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),\n\nP: For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;\n\nS: Surely they feared not the account,\n\n078.028\nY: But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.\n\nP: They called Our revelations false with strong denial.\n\nS: And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).\n\n078.029\nY: And all things have We preserved on record.\n\nP: Everything have We recorded in a Book.\n\nS: And We have recorded everything in a book,\n\n078.030\nY: \"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We\ngrant you, except in Punishment.\"\n\nP: So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you\nsave of torment.\n\nS: So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.\n\n078.031\nY: Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's)\ndesires;\n\nP: Lo! for the duteous is achievement -\n\nS: Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,\n\n078.032\nY: Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;\n\nP: Gardens enclosed and vineyards,\n\nS: Gardens and vineyards,\n\n078.033\nY: And voluptuous women of equal age;\n\nP: And voluptuous women of equal age;\n\nS: And voluptuous women of equal age;\n\n078.034\nY: And a cup full (to the brim).\n\nP: And a full cup.\n\nS: And a pure cup.\n\n078.035\nY: No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth:-\n\nP: There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -\n\nS: They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.\n\n078.036\nY: Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,\n\nP: Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -\n\nS: A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:\n\n078.037\nY: (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between,\n(Allah) Most Gracious: None shall have power to argue with Him.\n\nP: Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them,\nthe Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.\n\nS: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the\nBeneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.\n\n078.038\nY: The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks,\nnone shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious,\nand He will say what is right.\n\nP: On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak\nnot, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.\n\nS: The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they\nshall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who\nspeaks the right thing.\n\n078.039\nY: That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him\ntake a (straight) return to his Lord!\n\nP: That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his\nLord.\n\nS: That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his\nLord.\n\n078.040\nY: Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will\nsee (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever\nwill say, \"Woe unto me! Would that I were (mere) dust!\"\n\nP: Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on\nthat which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will\ncry: \"Would that I were dust!\"\n\nS: Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day\nwhen man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the\nunbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 79:\n\n              AN-NAZIAT (THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOUL-SNATCHERS)\n Total Verses: 46 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n079.001\nY: By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;\n\nP: By those who drag forth to destruction,\n\nS: I swear by the angels who violently pull out the souls of the wicked,\n\n079.002\nY: By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);\n\nP: By the meteors rushing,\n\nS: And by those who gently draw out the souls of the blessed,\n\n079.003\nY: And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),\n\nP: By the lone stars floating,\n\nS: And by those who float in space,\n\n079.004\nY: Then press forward as in a race,\n\nP: By the angels hastening,\n\nS: Then those who are foremost going ahead,\n\n079.005\nY: Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),\n\nP: And those who govern the event,\n\nS: Then those who regulate the affair.\n\n079.006\nY: One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent\ncommotion,\n\nP: On the day when the first trump resoundeth.\n\nS: The day on which the quaking one shall quake,\n\n079.007\nY: Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):\n\nP: And the second followeth it,\n\nS: What must happen afterwards shall follow it.\n\n079.008\nY: Hearts that Day will be in agitation;\n\nP: On that day hearts beat painfully\n\nS: Hearts on that day shall palpitate,\n\n079.009\nY: Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.\n\nP: While eyes are downcast\n\nS: Their eyes cast down.\n\n079.010\nY: They say (now): \"What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former\nstate?\"\n\nP: (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state\n\nS: They say: Shall we indeed be restored to (our) first state?\n\n079.011\nY: \"What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?\"\n\nP: Even after we are crumbled bones?\n\nS: What! when we are rotten bones?\n\n079.012\nY: They say: \"It would, in that case, be a return with loss!\"\n\nP: They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.\n\nS: They said: That then would be a return occasioning loss.\n\n079.013\nY: But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,\n\nP: Surely it will need but one shout,\n\nS: But it shall be only a single cry,\n\n079.014\nY: When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).\n\nP: And lo! they will be awakened.\n\nS: When lo! they shall be wakeful.\n\n079.015\nY: Has the story of Moses reached thee?\n\nP: Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?\n\nS: Has not there come to you the story of Musa?\n\n079.016\nY: Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-\n\nP: How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,\n\nS: When his Lord called upon him in the holy valley, twice,\n\n079.017\nY: \"Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:\"\n\nP: (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -\n\nS: Go to Firon, surely he has become inordinate.\n\n079.018\nY: \"And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from\nsin)'?\"-\n\nP: And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?\n\nS: Then say: Have you (a desire) to purify yourself:\n\n079.019\nY: \"'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'\"\n\nP: Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).\n\nS: And I will guide you to your Lord so that you should fear.\n\n079.020\nY: Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.\n\nP: And he showed him the tremendous token.\n\nS: So he showed him the mighty sign.\n\n079.021\nY: But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);\n\nP: But he denied and disobeyed,\n\nS: But he rejected (the truth) and disobeyed.\n\n079.022\nY: Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).\n\nP: Then turned he away in haste,\n\nS: Then he went back hastily.\n\n079.023\nY: Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,\n\nP: Then gathered he and summoned\n\nS: Then he gathered (men) and called out.\n\n079.024\nY: Saying, \"I am your Lord, Most High\".\n\nP: And proclaimed: \"I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest.\"\n\nS: Then he said: I am your lord, the most high.\n\n079.025\nY: But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the\nHereafter, as in this life.\n\nP: So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life)\nand for the former.\n\nS: So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the\nformer life.\n\n079.026\nY: Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth\n(Allah).\n\nP: Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.\n\nS: Most surely there is in this a lesson to him who fears.\n\n079.027\nY: What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)?\n(Allah) hath constructed it:\n\nP: Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?\n\nS: Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it.\n\n079.028\nY: On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and\nperfection.\n\nP: He raised the height thereof and ordered it;\n\nS: He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state.\n\n079.029\nY: Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He\nbring out (with light).\n\nP: And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn\nthereof.\n\nS: And He made dark its night and brought out its light.\n\n079.030\nY: And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);\n\nP: And after that He spread the earth,\n\nS: And the earth, He expanded it after that.\n\n079.031\nY: He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;\n\nP: And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,\n\nS: He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage.\n\n079.032\nY: And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;-\n\nP: And He made fast the hills,\n\nS: And the mountains, He made them firm,\n\n079.033\nY: For use and convenience to you and your cattle.\n\nP: A provision for you and for your cattle.\n\nS: A provision for you and for your cattle.\n\n079.034\nY: Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),-\n\nP: But when the great disaster cometh,\n\nS: But when the great predominating calamity comes;\n\n079.035\nY: The Day when man shall remember (all) that he strove for,\n\nP: The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,\n\nS: The day on which man shall recollect what he strove after,\n\n079.036\nY: And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,-\n\nP: And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,\n\nS: And the hell shall be made manifest to him who sees\n\n079.037\nY: Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,\n\nP: Then, as for him who rebelled\n\nS: Then as for him who is inordinate,\n\n079.038\nY: And had preferred the life of this world,\n\nP: And chose the life of the world,\n\nS: And prefers the life of this world,\n\n079.039\nY: The Abode will be Hell-Fire;\n\nP: Lo! hell will be his home.\n\nS: Then surely the hell, that is the abode.\n\n079.040\nY: And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their\nLord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower desires,\n\nP: But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his\nsoul from lust,\n\nS: And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord and\nforbids the soul from low desires,\n\n079.041\nY: Their abode will be the Garden.\n\nP: Lo! the Garden will be his home.\n\nS: Then surely the garden-- that is the abode.\n\n079.042\nY: They ask thee about the Hour,-'When will be its appointed time?\n\nP: They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?\n\nS: They ask you about the hour, when it will come.\n\n079.043\nY: Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?\n\nP: Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?\n\nS: About what! You are one to remind of it.\n\n079.044\nY: With thy Lord in the Limit fixed therefor.\n\nP: Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.\n\nS: To your Lord is the goal of it.\n\n079.045\nY: Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.\n\nP: Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.\n\nS: You are only a warner to him who would fear it.\n\n079.046\nY: The Day they see it, (It will be) as if they had tarried but a single\nevening, or (at most till) the following morn!\n\nP: On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried\nfor an evening or the morn thereof.\n\nS: On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not\ntarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 80:\n\n                             ABASA (HE FROWNED)\n Total Verses: 42 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n080.001\nY: (The Prophet) frowned and turned away,\n\nP: He frowned and turned away\n\nS: He frowned and turned (his) back,\n\n080.002\nY: Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting).\n\nP: Because the blind man came unto him.\n\nS: Because there came to him the blind man.\n\n080.003\nY: But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in\nspiritual understanding)?-\n\nP: What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)\n\nS: And what would make you know that he would purify himself,\n\n080.004\nY: Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit\nhim?\n\nP: Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?\n\nS: Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?\n\n080.005\nY: As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient,\n\nP: As for him who thinketh himself independent,\n\nS: As for him who considers himself free from need (of you),\n\n080.006\nY: To him dost thou attend;\n\nP: Unto him thou payest regard.\n\nS: To him do you address yourself.\n\n080.007\nY: Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual\nunderstanding).\n\nP: Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).\n\nS: And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself\n\n080.008\nY: But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly,\n\nP: But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose\n\nS: And as to him who comes to you striving hard,\n\n080.009\nY: And with fear (in his heart),\n\nP: And hath fear,\n\nS: And he fears,\n\n080.010\nY: Of him wast thou unmindful.\n\nP: From him thou art distracted.\n\nS: From him will you divert yourself.\n\n080.011\nY: By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of\ninstruction:\n\nP: Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,\n\nS: Nay! surely it is an admonishment.\n\n080.012\nY: Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance.\n\nP: So let whosoever will pay heed to it,\n\nS: So let him who pleases mind it.\n\n080.013\nY: (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour,\n\nP: On honoured leaves\n\nS: In honored books,\n\n080.014\nY: Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy,\n\nP: Exalted, purified,\n\nS: Exalted, purified,\n\n080.015\nY: (Written) by the hands of scribes-\n\nP: (Set down) by scribes\n\nS: In the hands of scribes\n\n080.016\nY: Honourable and Pious and Just.\n\nP: Noble and righteous.\n\nS: Noble, virtuous.\n\n080.017\nY: Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;\n\nP: Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!\n\nS: Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!\n\n080.018\nY: From what stuff hath He created him?\n\nP: From what thing doth He create him?\n\nS: Of what thing did He create him?\n\n080.019\nY: From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due\nproportions;\n\nP: From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,\n\nS: Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a\nmeasure,\n\n080.020\nY: Then doth He make His path smooth for him;\n\nP: Then maketh the way easy for him,\n\nS: Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)\n\n080.021\nY: Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;\n\nP: Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;\n\nS: Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave,\n\n080.022\nY: Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).\n\nP: Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.\n\nS: Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.\n\n080.023\nY: By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.\n\nP: Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.\n\nS: Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.\n\n080.024\nY: Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):\n\nP: Let man consider his food:\n\nS: Then let man look to his food,\n\n080.025\nY: For that We pour forth water in abundance,\n\nP: How We pour water in showers\n\nS: That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,\n\n080.026\nY: And We split the earth in fragments,\n\nP: Then split the earth in clefts\n\nS: Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,\n\n080.027\nY: And produce therein corn,\n\nP: And cause the grain to grow therein\n\nS: Then We cause to grow therein the grain,\n\n080.028\nY: And Grapes and nutritious plants,\n\nP: And grapes and green fodder\n\nS: And grapes and clover,\n\n080.029\nY: And Olives and Dates,\n\nP: And olive-trees and palm-trees\n\nS: And the olive and the palm,\n\n080.030\nY: And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,\n\nP: And garden-closes of thick foliage\n\nS: And thick gardens,\n\n080.031\nY: And fruits and fodder,-\n\nP: And fruits and grasses:\n\nS: And fruits and herbage\n\n080.032\nY: For use and convenience to you and your cattle.\n\nP: Provision for you and your cattle.\n\nS: A provision for you and for your cattle.\n\n080.033\nY: At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,-\n\nP: But when the Shout cometh\n\nS: But when the deafening cry comes,\n\n080.034\nY: That Day shall a man flee from his own brother,\n\nP: On the day when a man fleeth from his brother\n\nS: The day on which a man shall fly from his brother,\n\n080.035\nY: And from his mother and his father,\n\nP: And his mother and his father\n\nS: And his mother and his father,\n\n080.036\nY: And from his wife and his children.\n\nP: And his wife and his children,\n\nS: And his spouse and his son--\n\n080.037\nY: Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to\nmake him indifferent to the others.\n\nP: Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of\nothers).\n\nS: Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy\nhim.\n\n080.038\nY: Some faces that Day will be beaming,\n\nP: On that day faces will be bright as dawn,\n\nS: (Many) faces on that day shall be bright,\n\n080.039\nY: Laughing, rejoicing.\n\nP: Laughing, rejoicing at good news;\n\nS: Laughing, joyous.\n\n080.040\nY: And other faces that Day will be dust-stained,\n\nP: And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,\n\nS: And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust,\n\n080.041\nY: Blackness will cover them:\n\nP: Veiled in darkness,\n\nS: Darkness shall cover them.\n\n080.042\nY: Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity.\n\nP: Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.\n\nS: These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 81:\n\n                        AT-TAKWIR (THE OVERTHROWING)\n Total Verses: 29 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n081.001\nY: When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;\n\nP: When the sun is overthrown,\n\nS: When the sun is covered,\n\n081.002\nY: When the stars fall, losing their lustre;\n\nP: And when the stars fall,\n\nS: And when the stars darken,\n\n081.003\nY: When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);\n\nP: And when the hills are moved,\n\nS: And when the mountains are made to pass away,\n\n081.004\nY: When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;\n\nP: And when the camels big with young are abandoned,\n\nS: And when the camels are left untended,\n\n081.005\nY: When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);\n\nP: And when the wild beasts are herded together,\n\nS: And when the wild animals are made to go forth,\n\n081.006\nY: When the oceans boil over with a swell;\n\nP: And when the seas rise,\n\nS: And when the seas are set on fire,\n\n081.007\nY: When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);\n\nP: And when souls are reunited,\n\nS: And when souls are united,\n\n081.008\nY: When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -\n\nP: And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked\n\nS: And when the female infant buried alive is asked\n\n081.009\nY: For what crime she was killed;\n\nP: For what sin she was slain,\n\nS: For what sin she was killed,\n\n081.010\nY: When the scrolls are laid open;\n\nP: And when the pages are laid open,\n\nS: And when the books are spread,\n\n081.011\nY: When the world on High is unveiled;\n\nP: And when the sky is torn away,\n\nS: And when the heaven has its covering removed,\n\n081.012\nY: When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;\n\nP: And when hell is lighted,\n\nS: And when the hell is kindled up,\n\n081.013\nY: And when the Garden is brought near;-\n\nP: And when the Garden is brought nigh,\n\nS: And when the garden is brought nigh,\n\n081.014\nY: (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.\n\nP: (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.\n\nS: Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.\n\n081.015\nY: So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,\n\nP: Oh, but I call to witness the planets,\n\nS: But nay! I swear by the stars,\n\n081.016\nY: Go straight, or hide;\n\nP: The stars which rise and set,\n\nS: That run their course (and) hide themselves,\n\n081.017\nY: And the Night as it dissipates;\n\nP: And the close of night,\n\nS: And the night when it departs,\n\n081.018\nY: And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-\n\nP: And the breath of morning\n\nS: And the morning when it brightens,\n\n081.019\nY: Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,\n\nP: That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,\n\nS: Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,\n\n081.020\nY: Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,\n\nP: Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,\n\nS: The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of\nthe Dominion,\n\n081.021\nY: With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.\n\nP: (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;\n\nS: One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.\n\n081.022\nY: And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;\n\nP: And your comrade is not mad.\n\nS: And your companion is not gone mad.\n\n081.023\nY: And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.\n\nP: Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.\n\nS: And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.\n\n081.024\nY: Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.\n\nP: And he is not avid of the Unseen.\n\nS: Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.\n\n081.025\nY: Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.\n\nP: Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.\n\nS: Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,\n\n081.026\nY: When whither go ye?\n\nP: Whither then go ye?\n\nS: Whither then will you go?\n\n081.027\nY: Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:\n\nP: This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,\n\nS: It is naught but a reminder for the nations,\n\n081.028\nY: (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:\n\nP: Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.\n\nS: For him among you who pleases to go straight.\n\n081.029\nY: But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the\nWorlds.\n\nP: And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of\nCreation.\n\nS: And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the\nworlds.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 82:\n\n                 AL-INFITAR (THE CLEAVING, BURSTING APART)\n Total Verses: 19 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n082.001\nY: When the Sky is cleft asunder;\n\nP: When the heaven is cleft asunder,\n\nS: When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,\n\n082.002\nY: When the Stars are scattered;\n\nP: When the planets are dispersed,\n\nS: And when the stars become dispersed,\n\n082.003\nY: When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;\n\nP: When the seas are poured forth,\n\nS: And when the seas are made to flow forth,\n\n082.004\nY: And when the Graves are turned upside down;-\n\nP: And the sepulchres are overturned,\n\nS: And when the graves are laid open,\n\n082.005\nY: (Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it\nhath) kept back.\n\nP: A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.\n\nS: Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.\n\n082.006\nY: O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent?-\n\nP: O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the\nBountiful,\n\nS: O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,\n\n082.007\nY: Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee\na just bias;\n\nP: Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?\n\nS: Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?\n\n082.008\nY: In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.\n\nP: Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.\n\nS: Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.\n\n082.009\nY: Nay! but ye do reject Right and Judgment!\n\nP: Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.\n\nS: Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,\n\n082.010\nY: But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you,-\n\nP: Lo! there are above you guardians,\n\nS: And most surely there are keepers over you\n\n082.011\nY: Kind and honourable,- Writing down (your deeds):\n\nP: Generous and recording,\n\nS: Honorable recorders,\n\n082.012\nY: They know (and understand) all that ye do.\n\nP: Who know (all) that ye do.\n\nS: They know what you do.\n\n082.013\nY: As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;\n\nP: Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.\n\nS: Most surely the righteous are in bliss,\n\n082.014\nY: And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,\n\nP: And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;\n\nS: And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,\n\n082.015\nY: Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,\n\nP: They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,\n\nS: They shall enter it on the Day of Judgment.\n\n082.016\nY: And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.\n\nP: And will not be absent thence.\n\nS: And they shall by no means be absent from it.\n\n082.017\nY: And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!\n\nS: And what will make you realize what the Day of Judgment is?\n\n082.018\nY: Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?\n\nP: Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!\n\nS: Again, what will make you realize what the Day of Judgment Is?\n\n082.019\nY: (It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for\nanother: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.\n\nP: A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The\n(absolute) command on that day is Allah's.\n\nS: The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul;\nand the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 83:\n\n              AL-MUTAFFIFIN (DEFRAUDING, THE CHEATS, CHEATING)\n Total Verses: 36 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n083.001\nY: Woe to those that deal in fraud,-\n\nP: Woe unto the defrauders:\n\nS: Woe to the defrauders,\n\n083.002\nY: Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full\nmeasure,\n\nP: Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,\n\nS: Who, when they take the measure (of their dues) from men take it\nfully,\n\n083.003\nY: But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less\nthan due.\n\nP: But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them\nloss.\n\nS: But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are\ndeficient.\n\n083.004\nY: Do they not think that they will be called to account?-\n\nP: Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again\n\nS: Do not these think that they shall be raised again\n\n083.005\nY: On a Mighty Day,\n\nP: Unto an Awful Day,\n\nS: For a mighty day,\n\n083.006\nY: A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?\n\nP: The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?\n\nS: The day on which men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds?\n\n083.007\nY: Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.\n\nP: Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -\n\nS: Nay! most surely the record of the wicked is in the Sijjin.\n\n083.008\nY: And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?\n\nP: Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -\n\nS: And what will make you know what the Sijjin is?\n\n083.009\nY: (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.\n\nP: A written record.\n\nS: It is a written book.\n\n083.010\nY: Woe, that Day, to those that deny-\n\nP: Woe unto the repudiators on that day!\n\nS: Woe on that day to the rejecters,\n\n083.011\nY: Those that deny the Day of Judgment.\n\nP: Those who deny the Day of Judgment\n\nS: Who give the lie to the Day of Judgment.\n\n083.012\nY: And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the Sinner!\n\nP: Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,\n\nS: And none gives the lie to it but every exceeder of limits, sinful one\n\n083.013\nY: When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, \"Tales of the\nancients!\"\n\nP: Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables\nof the men of old.\n\nS: When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those\nof yore.\n\n083.014\nY: By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which they\ndo!\n\nP: Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.\n\nS: Nay! rather, what they used to do has become like rust upon their\nhearts.\n\n083.015\nY: Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be\nveiled.\n\nP: Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of)\ntheir Lord.\n\nS: Nay! most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.\n\n083.016\nY: Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.\n\nP: Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,\n\nS: Then most surely they shall enter the burning fire.\n\n083.017\nY: Further, it will be said to them: \"This is the (reality) which ye\nrejected as false!\"\n\nP: And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.\n\nS: Then shall it be said: This is what you gave the lie to.\n\n083.018\nY: Nay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in\n'Illiyin.\n\nP: Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -\n\nS: Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the Iliyin.\n\n083.019\nY: And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -\n\nS: And what will make you know what the highest Iliyin is?\n\n083.020\nY: (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,\n\nP: A written record,\n\nS: It is a written book,\n\n083.021\nY: To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah).\n\nP: Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).\n\nS: Those who are drawn near (to Allah) shall witness it.\n\n083.022\nY: Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:\n\nP: Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,\n\nS: Most surely the righteous shall be in bliss,\n\n083.023\nY: On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):\n\nP: On couches, gazing,\n\nS: On thrones, they shall gaze;\n\n083.024\nY: Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.\n\nP: Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.\n\nS: You will recognize in their faces the brightness of bliss.\n\n083.025\nY: Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:\n\nP: They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,\n\nS: They are made to quaff of a pure drink that is sealed (to others).\n\n083.026\nY: The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who\nhave aspirations:\n\nP: Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for\nbliss -\n\nS: The sealing of it is (with) musk; and for that let the aspirers\naspire.\n\n083.027\nY: With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:\n\nP: And mixed with water of Tasnim,\n\nS: And the admixture of it is a water of Tasnim,\n\n083.028\nY: A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.\n\nP: A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.\n\nS: A fountain from which drink they who are drawn near (to Allah).\n\n083.029\nY: Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,\n\nP: Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,\n\nS: Surely they who are guilty used to laugh at those who believe.\n\n083.030\nY: And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other (in\nmockery);\n\nP: And wink one to another when they passed them;\n\nS: And when they passed by them, they winked at one another.\n\n083.031\nY: And when they returned to their own people, they would return\njesting;\n\nP: And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;\n\nS: And when they returned to their own followers they returned exulting.\n\n083.032\nY: And whenever they saw them, they would say, \"Behold! These are the\npeople truly astray!\"\n\nP: And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.\n\nS: And when they saw them, they said: Most surely these are in error;\n\n083.033\nY: But they had not been sent as keepers over them!\n\nP: Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.\n\nS: And they were not sent to be keepers over them.\n\n083.034\nY: But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:\n\nP: This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,\n\nS: So today those who believe shall laugh at the unbelievers;\n\n083.035\nY: On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all things).\n\nP: On high couches, gazing.\n\nS: On thrones, they will look.\n\n083.036\nY: Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?\n\nP: Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?\n\nS: Surely the disbelievers are rewarded as they did.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 84:\n\n                AL-INSHIQAQ (THE SUNDERING, SPLITTING OPEN)\n Total Verses: 25 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n084.001\nY: When the sky is rent asunder,\n\nP: When the heaven is split asunder\n\nS: When the heaven bursts asunder,\n\n084.002\nY: And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do\nso);-\n\nP: And attentive to her Lord in fear,\n\nS: And obeys its Lord and it must.\n\n084.003\nY: And when the earth is flattened out,\n\nP: And when the earth is spread out\n\nS: And when the earth is stretched,\n\n084.004\nY: And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty,\n\nP: And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty\n\nS: And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,\n\n084.005\nY: And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do\nso);- (then will come Home the full reality).\n\nP: And attentive to her Lord in fear!\n\nS: And obeys its Lord and it must.\n\n084.006\nY: O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling on towards thy Lord-\npainfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him.\n\nP: Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou\nwilt meet (in His presence).\n\nS: O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard\nstriving until you meet Him.\n\n084.007\nY: Then he who is given his Record in his right hand,\n\nP: Then whoso is given his account in his right hand\n\nS: Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,\n\n084.008\nY: Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning,\n\nP: He truly will receive an easy reckoning\n\nS: He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,\n\n084.009\nY: And he will turn to his people, rejoicing!\n\nP: And will return unto his folk in joy.\n\nS: And he shall go back to his people joyful.\n\n084.010\nY: But he who is given his Record behind his back,-\n\nP: But whoso is given his account behind his back,\n\nS: And as to him who is given his book behind his back,\n\n084.011\nY: Soon will he cry for perdition,\n\nP: He surely will invoke destruction\n\nS: He shall call for perdition,\n\n084.012\nY: And he will enter a Blazing Fire.\n\nP: And be thrown to scorching fire.\n\nS: And enter into burning fire.\n\n084.013\nY: Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing!\n\nP: He verily lived joyous with his folk,\n\nS: Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.\n\n084.014\nY: Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)!\n\nP: He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).\n\nS: Surely he thought that he would never return.\n\n084.015\nY: Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!\n\nP: Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!\n\nS: Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.\n\n084.016\nY: So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;\n\nP: Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,\n\nS: But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,\n\n084.017\nY: The Night and its Homing;\n\nP: And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,\n\nS: And the night and that which it drives on,\n\n084.018\nY: And the Moon in her fullness:\n\nP: And by the moon when she is at the full,\n\nS: And the moon when it grows full,\n\n084.019\nY: Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.\n\nP: That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.\n\nS: That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.\n\n084.020\nY: What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-\n\nP: What aileth them, then, that they believe not\n\nS: But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,\n\n084.021\nY: And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,\n\nP: And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?\n\nS: And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?\n\n084.022\nY: But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).\n\nP: Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;\n\nS: Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.\n\n084.023\nY: But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts)\n\nP: And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.\n\nS: And Allah knows best what they hide,\n\n084.024\nY: So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,\n\nP: So give them tidings of a painful doom,\n\nS: So announce to them a painful punishment,\n\n084.025\nY: Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a\nReward that will never fail.\n\nP: Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward\nunfailing.\n\nS: Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall\nnever be cut off.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 85:\n\n           AL-BUROOJ (THE MANSIONS OF THE STARS, CONSTELLATIONS)\n Total Verses: 22 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n085.001\nY: By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;\n\nP: By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,\n\nS: I swear by the mansions of the stars,\n\n085.002\nY: By the promised Day (of Judgment);\n\nP: And by the Promised Day.\n\nS: And the promised day,\n\n085.003\nY: By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;-\n\nP: And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,\n\nS: And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is\nborne.\n\n085.004\nY: Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),\n\nP: (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch\n\nS: Cursed be the makers of the pit,\n\n085.005\nY: Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:\n\nP: Of the fuel-fed fire,\n\nS: Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,\n\n085.006\nY: Behold! they sat over against the (fire),\n\nP: When they sat by it,\n\nS: When they sat by it,\n\n085.007\nY: And they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the Believers.\n\nP: And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.\n\nS: And they were witnesses of what they did with the believers.\n\n085.008\nY: And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed\nin Allah, Exalted in Power, Worthy of all Praise!-\n\nP: They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the\nMighty, the Owner of Praise,\n\nS: And they did not take vengeance on them for aught except that they\nbelieved in Allah, the Mighty, the Praised,\n\n085.009\nY: Him to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And\nAllah is Witness to all things.\n\nP: Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth;\nand Allah is of all things the Witness.\n\nS: Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is a\nWitness of all things.\n\n085.010\nY: Those who persecute (or draw into temptation) the Believers, men and\nwomen, and do not turn in repentance, will have the Penalty of Hell:\nThey will have the Penalty of the Burning Fire.\n\nP: Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent\nnot, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of\nburning.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who persecute the believing men and the\nbelieving women, then do not repent, they shall have the chastisement\nof hell, and they shall have the chastisement of burning.\n\n085.011\nY: For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens;\nbeneath which rivers flow: That is the great Salvation, (the fulfilment\nof all desires),\n\nP: Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens\nunderneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.\n\nS: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have\ngardens beneath which rivers flow, that is the great achievement.\n\n085.012\nY: Truly strong is the Grip (and Power) of thy Lord.\n\nP: Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.\n\nS: Surely the might of your Lord is great.\n\n085.013\nY: It is He Who creates from the very beginning, and He can restore\n(life).\n\nP: Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,\n\nS: Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,\n\n085.014\nY: And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Full of Loving-Kindness,\n\nP: And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,\n\nS: And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,\n\n085.015\nY: Lord of the Throne of Glory,\n\nP: Lord of the Throne of Glory,\n\nS: Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,\n\n085.016\nY: Doer (without let) of all that He intends.\n\nP: Doer of what He will.\n\nS: The great doer of what He will.\n\n085.017\nY: Has the story reached thee, of the forces-\n\nP: Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts\n\nS: Has not there come to you the story of the hosts,\n\n085.018\nY: Of Pharaoh and the Thamud?\n\nP: Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?\n\nS: Of Firon and Samood?\n\n085.019\nY: And yet the Unbelievers (persist) in rejecting (the Truth)!\n\nP: Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial\n\nS: Nay! those who disbelieve are in (the act of) giving the lie to the\ntruth.\n\n085.020\nY: But Allah doth encompass them from behind!\n\nP: And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.\n\nS: And Allah encompasses them on every side.\n\n085.021\nY: Nay, this is a Glorious Qur'an,\n\nP: Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.\n\nS: Nay! it is a glorious Quran,\n\n085.022\nY: (Inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved!\n\nP: On a guarded tablet.\n\nS: In a guarded tablet.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 86:\n\n                AT-TARIQ (THE MORNING STAR, THE NIGHTCOMER)\n Total Verses: 17 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n086.001\nY: By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);-\n\nP: By the heaven and the Morning Star\n\nS: I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;\n\n086.002\nY: And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?-\n\nP: - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!\n\nS: And what will make you know what the comer by night is?\n\n086.003\nY: (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;-\n\nP: - The piercing Star!\n\nS: The star of piercing brightness;\n\n086.004\nY: There is no soul but has a protector over it.\n\nP: No human soul but hath a guardian over it.\n\nS: There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.\n\n086.005\nY: Now let man but think from what he is created!\n\nP: So let man consider from what he is created.\n\nS: So let man consider of what he is created:\n\n086.006\nY: He is created from a drop emitted-\n\nP: He is created from a gushing fluid\n\nS: He is created of water pouring forth,\n\n086.007\nY: Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:\n\nP: That issued from between the loins and ribs.\n\nS: Coming from between the back and the ribs.\n\n086.008\nY: Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!\n\nP: Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)\n\nS: Most surely He is able to return him (to life).\n\n086.009\nY: The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,\n\nP: On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.\n\nS: On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,\n\n086.010\nY: (Man) will have no power, and no helper.\n\nP: Then will he have no might nor any helper.\n\nS: He shall have neither strength nor helper.\n\n086.011\nY: By the Firmament which returns (in its round),\n\nP: By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,\n\nS: I swear by the raingiving heavens,\n\n086.012\nY: And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the\nsprouting of vegetation),-\n\nP: And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)\n\nS: And the earth splitting (with plants);\n\n086.013\nY: Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):\n\nP: Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,\n\nS: Most surely it is a decisive word,\n\n086.014\nY: It is not a thing for amusement.\n\nP: It is no pleasantry.\n\nS: And it is no joke.\n\n086.015\nY: As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,\n\nP: Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)\n\nS: Surely they will make a scheme,\n\n086.016\nY: And I am planning a scheme.\n\nP: And I plot a plot (against them).\n\nS: And I (too) will make a scheme.\n\n086.017\nY: Therefore grant a delay to the unbelievers: Give respite to them\ngently (for awhile).\n\nP: So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for\na while.\n\nS: So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 87:\n\n         AL-ALA (THE MOST HIGH, GLORY TO YOUR LORD IN THE HIGHEST)\n Total Verses: 19 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n087.001\nY: Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord Most High,\n\nP: Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,\n\nS: Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,\n\n087.002\nY: Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion;\n\nP: Who createth, then disposeth;\n\nS: Who creates, then makes complete,\n\n087.003\nY: Who hath ordained laws. And granted guidance;\n\nP: Who measureth, then guideth;\n\nS: And Who makes (things) according to a measure, then guides (them to\ntheir goal),\n\n087.004\nY: And Who bringeth out the (green and luscious) pasture,\n\nP: Who bringeth forth the pasturage,\n\nS: And Who brings forth herbage,\n\n087.005\nY: And then doth make it (but) swarthy stubble.\n\nP: Then turneth it to russet stubble.\n\nS: Then makes it dried up, dust-colored.\n\n087.006\nY: By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message), so thou\nshalt not forget,\n\nP: We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget\n\nS: We will make you recite so you shall not forget,\n\n087.007\nY: Except as Allah wills: For He knoweth what is manifest and what is\nhidden.\n\nP: Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that\nwhich still is hidden;\n\nS: Except what Allah pleases, surely He knows the manifest, and what is\nhidden.\n\n087.008\nY: And We will make it easy for thee (to follow) the simple (Path).\n\nP: And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.\n\nS: And We will make your way smooth to a state of ease.\n\n087.009\nY: Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the\nhearer).\n\nP: Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.\n\nS: Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit.\n\n087.010\nY: The admonition will be received by those who fear (Allah):\n\nP: He will heed who feareth,\n\nS: He who fears will mind,\n\n087.011\nY: But it will be avoided by those most unfortunate ones,\n\nP: But the most hapless will flout it,\n\nS: And the most unfortunate one will avoid it,\n\n087.012\nY: Who will enter the Great Fire,\n\nP: He who will be flung to the great Fire\n\nS: Who shall enter the great fire;\n\n087.013\nY: In which they will then neither die nor live.\n\nP: Wherein he will neither die nor live.\n\nS: Then therein he shall neither live nor die.\n\n087.014\nY: But those will prosper who purify themselves,\n\nP: He is successful who groweth,\n\nS: He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself,\n\n087.015\nY: And glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts)\nin prayer.\n\nP: And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,\n\nS: And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.\n\n087.016\nY: Nay (behold), ye prefer the life of this world;\n\nP: But ye prefer the life of the world\n\nS: Nay! you prefer the life of this world,\n\n087.017\nY: But the Hereafter is better and more enduring.\n\nP: Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.\n\nS: While the hereafter is better and more lasting.\n\n087.018\nY: And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-\n\nP: Lo! This is in the former scrolls.\n\nS: Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,\n\n087.019\nY: The Books of Abraham and Moses.\n\nP: The Books of Abraham and Moses.\n\nS: The scriptures of Ibrahim and Musa.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 88:\n\n                  AL-GHASHIYA (THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL)\n Total Verses: 26 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n088.001\nY: Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?\n\nP: Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?\n\nS: Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?\n\n088.002\nY: Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,\n\nP: On that day (many) faces will be downcast,\n\nS: (Some) faces on that day shall be downcast,\n\n088.003\nY: Labouring (hard), weary,-\n\nP: Toiling, weary,\n\nS: Laboring, toiling,\n\n088.004\nY: The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-\n\nP: Scorched by burning fire,\n\nS: Entering into burning fire,\n\n088.005\nY: The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,\n\nP: Drinking from a boiling spring,\n\nS: Made to drink from a boiling spring.\n\n088.006\nY: No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'\n\nP: No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit\n\nS: They shall have no food but of thorns,\n\n088.007\nY: Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.\n\nP: Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.\n\nS: Which will neither fatten nor avail against hunger.\n\n088.008\nY: (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,\n\nP: In that day other faces will be calm,\n\nS: (Other) faces on that day shall be happy,\n\n088.009\nY: Pleased with their striving,-\n\nP: Glad for their effort past,\n\nS: Well-pleased because of their striving,\n\n088.010\nY: In a Garden on high,\n\nP: In a high Garden\n\nS: In a lofty garden,\n\n088.011\nY: Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:\n\nP: Where they hear no idle speech,\n\nS: Wherein you shall not hear vain talk.\n\n088.012\nY: Therein will be a bubbling spring:\n\nP: Wherein is a gushing spring,\n\nS: Therein is a fountain flowing,\n\n088.013\nY: Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,\n\nP: Wherein are couches raised\n\nS: Therein are thrones raised high,\n\n088.014\nY: Goblets placed (ready),\n\nP: And goblets set at hand\n\nS: And drinking-cups ready placed,\n\n088.015\nY: And cushions set in rows,\n\nP: And cushions ranged\n\nS: And cushions set in a row,\n\n088.016\nY: And rich carpets (all) spread out.\n\nP: And silken carpets spread.\n\nS: And carpets spread out.\n\n088.017\nY: Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-\n\nP: Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?\n\nS: Will they not then consider the camels, how they are created?\n\n088.018\nY: And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-\n\nP: And the heaven, how it is raised?\n\nS: And the heaven, how it is reared aloft,\n\n088.019\nY: And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-\n\nP: And the hills, how they are set up?\n\nS: And the mountains, how they are firmly fixed,\n\n088.020\nY: And at the Earth, how it is spread out?\n\nP: And the earth, how it is spread?\n\nS: And the earth, how it is made a vast expanse?\n\n088.021\nY: Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.\n\nP: Remind them, for thou art but an admonisher,\n\nS: Therefore do remind, for you are only a reminder.\n\n088.022\nY: Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.\n\nP: Thou art not at all a warder over them.\n\nS: You are not a watcher over them;\n\n088.023\nY: But if any turn away and reject Allah,-\n\nP: But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,\n\nS: But whoever turns back and disbelieves,\n\n088.024\nY: Allah will punish him with a mighty Punishment,\n\nP: Allah will punish him with direst punishment.\n\nS: Allah will chastise him with the greatest chastisement.\n\n088.025\nY: For to Us will be their return;\n\nP: Lo! unto Us is their return\n\nS: Surely to Us is their turning back,\n\n088.026\nY: Then it will be for Us to call them to account.\n\nP: And Ours their reckoning.\n\nS: Then surely upon Us is the taking of their account.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 89:\n\n                        AL-FAJR (THE DAWN, DAYBREAK)\n Total Verses: 30 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n089.001\nY: By the break of Day\n\nP: By the Dawn\n\nS: I swear by the daybreak,\n\n089.002\nY: By the Nights twice five;\n\nP: And ten nights,\n\nS: And the ten nights,\n\n089.003\nY: By the even and odd (contrasted);\n\nP: And the Even and the Odd,\n\nS: And the even and the odd,\n\n089.004\nY: And by the Night when it passeth away;-\n\nP: And the night when it departeth,\n\nS: And the night when it departs.\n\n089.005\nY: Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who\nunderstand?\n\nP: There surely is an oath for thinking man.\n\nS: Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.\n\n089.006\nY: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-\n\nP: Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,\n\nS: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,\n\n089.007\nY: Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,\n\nP: With many-columned Iram,\n\nS: (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,\n\n089.008\nY: The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?\n\nP: The like of which was not created in the lands;\n\nS: The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;\n\n089.009\nY: And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the\nvalley?-\n\nP: And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;\n\nS: And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,\n\n089.010\nY: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?\n\nP: And with Pharaoh, firm of might,\n\nS: And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,\n\n089.011\nY: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,\n\nP: Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,\n\nS: Who committed inordinacy in the cities,\n\n089.012\nY: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).\n\nP: And multiplied iniquity therein?\n\nS: So they made great mischief therein?\n\n089.013\nY: Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse\nchastisements:\n\nP: Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.\n\nS: Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.\n\n089.014\nY: For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.\n\nP: Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.\n\nS: Most surely your Lord is watching.\n\n089.015\nY: Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and\ngifts, then saith he, (puffed up), \"My Lord hath honoured me.\"\n\nP: As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is\ngracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.\n\nS: And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor\nand makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.\n\n089.016\nY: But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then\nsaith he (in despair), \"My Lord hath humiliated me!\"\n\nP: But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he\nsaith: My Lord despiseth me.\n\nS: But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means\nof subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.\n\n089.017\nY: Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!\n\nP: Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan\n\nS: Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,\n\n089.018\nY: Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-\n\nP: And urge not on the feeding of the poor.\n\nS: Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,\n\n089.019\nY: And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,\n\nP: And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.\n\nS: And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything)\nindiscriminately,\n\n089.020\nY: And ye love wealth with inordinate love!\n\nP: And love wealth with abounding love.\n\nS: And you love wealth with exceeding love.\n\n089.021\nY: Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,\n\nP: Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,\n\nS: Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,\n\n089.022\nY: And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,\n\nP: And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,\n\nS: And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,\n\n089.023\nY: And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man\nremember, but how will that remembrance profit him?\n\nP: And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but\nhow will the remembrance (then avail him)?\n\nS: And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be\nmindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?\n\n089.024\nY: He will say: \"Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this)\nmy (Future) Life!\"\n\nP: He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for\nmy life!\n\nS: He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!\n\n089.025\nY: For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can\ninflict,\n\nP: None punisheth as He will punish on that day!\n\nS: But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His\nchastisement,\n\n089.026\nY: And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.\n\nP: None bindeth as He then will bind.\n\nS: And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.\n\n089.027\nY: (To the righteous soul will be said:) \"O (thou) soul, in (complete)\nrest and satisfaction!\"\n\nP: But ah! thou soul at peace!\n\nS: O soul that art at rest!\n\n089.028\nY: \"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and\nwell-pleasing unto Him!\"\n\nP: Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!\n\nS: Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),\n\n089.029\nY: \"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!\"\n\nP: Enter thou among My bondmen!\n\nS: So enter among My servants,\n\n089.030\nY: \"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!\"\n\nP: Enter thou My Garden!\n\nS: And enter into My garden.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 90:\n\n                   AL-BALAD (THE CITY, THIS COUNTRYSIDE)\n Total Verses: 20 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n090.001\nY: I do call to witness this City;-\n\nP: Nay, I swear by this city -\n\nS: Nay! I swear by this city.\n\n090.002\nY: And thou art a freeman of this City;-\n\nP: And thou art an indweller of this city -\n\nS: And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--\n\n090.003\nY: And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-\n\nP: And the begetter and that which he begat,\n\nS: And the begetter and whom he begot.\n\n090.004\nY: Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.\n\nP: We verily have created man in an atmosphere:\n\nS: Certainly We have created man to be in distress.\n\n090.005\nY: Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?\n\nP: Thinketh he that none hath power over him?\n\nS: Does he think that no one has power over him?\n\n090.006\nY: He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!\n\nP: And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:\n\nS: He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.\n\n090.007\nY: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?\n\nP: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?\n\nS: Does he think that no one sees him?\n\n090.008\nY: Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-\n\nP: Did We not assign unto him two eyes\n\nS: Have We not given him two eyes,\n\n090.009\nY: And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-\n\nP: And a tongue and two lips,\n\nS: And a tongue and two lips,\n\n090.010\nY: And shown him the two highways?\n\nP: And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?\n\nS: And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?\n\n090.011\nY: But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.\n\nP: But he hath not attempted the Ascent -\n\nS: But he would not attempt the uphill road,\n\n090.012\nY: And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -\n\nS: And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?\n\n090.013\nY: (It is:) freeing the bondman;\n\nP: (It is) to free a slave,\n\nS: (It is) the setting free of a slave,\n\n090.014\nY: Or the giving of food in a day of privation\n\nP: And to feed in the day of hunger.\n\nS: Or the giving of food in a day of hunger\n\n090.015\nY: To the orphan with claims of relationship,\n\nP: An orphan near of kin,\n\nS: To an orphan, having relationship,\n\n090.016\nY: Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.\n\nP: Or some poor wretch in misery,\n\nS: Or to the poor man lying in the dust.\n\n090.017\nY: Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience,\n(constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and\ncompassion.\n\nP: And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance\nand exhort one another to pity.\n\nS: Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show\npatience, and charge one another to show compassion.\n\n090.018\nY: Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.\n\nP: Their place will be on the right hand.\n\nS: These are the people of the right hand.\n\n090.019\nY: But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of\nthe Left Hand.\n\nP: But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the\nleft hand.\n\nS: And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the\npeople of the left hand.\n\n090.020\nY: On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).\n\nP: Fire will be an awning over them.\n\nS: On them is fire closed over.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 91:\n\n                            ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN)\n Total Verses: 15 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n091.001\nY: By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;\n\nP: By the sun and his brightness,\n\nS: I swear by the sun and its brilliance,\n\n091.002\nY: By the Moon as she follows him;\n\nP: And the moon when she followeth him,\n\nS: And the moon when it follows the sun,\n\n091.003\nY: By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;\n\nP: And the day when it revealeth him,\n\nS: And the day when it shows it,\n\n091.004\nY: By the Night as it conceals it;\n\nP: And the night when it enshroudeth him,\n\nS: And the night when it draws a veil over it,\n\n091.005\nY: By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;\n\nP: And the heaven and Him Who built it,\n\nS: And the heaven and Him Who made it,\n\n091.006\nY: By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:\n\nP: And the earth and Him Who spread it,\n\nS: And the earth and Him Who extended it,\n\n091.007\nY: By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;\n\nP: And a soul and Him Who perfected it\n\nS: And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,\n\n091.008\nY: And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-\n\nP: And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what\nis) right for it.\n\nS: Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;\n\n091.009\nY: Truly he succeeds that purifies it,\n\nP: He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,\n\nS: He will indeed be successful who purifies it,\n\n091.010\nY: And he fails that corrupts it!\n\nP: And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.\n\nS: And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.\n\n091.011\nY: The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate\nwrong-doing,\n\nP: (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,\n\nS: Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,\n\n091.012\nY: Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).\n\nP: When the basest of them broke forth\n\nS: When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with\n\n091.013\nY: But the Messenger of Allah said to them: \"It is a She-camel of Allah!\nAnd (bar her not from) having her drink!\"\n\nP: And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let\nher drink!\n\nS: So Allah's messenger said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel,\nand (give) her (to) drink.\n\n091.014\nY: Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her.\nSo their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and\nmade them equal (in destruction, high and low)!\n\nP: But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for\ntheir sin and razed (their dwellings).\n\nS: But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord\ncrushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).\n\n091.015\nY: And for Him is no fear of its consequences.\n\nP: He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).\n\nS: And He fears not its consequence.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 92:\n\n                            AL-LAIL (THE NIGHT)\n Total Verses: 21 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n092.001\nY: By the Night as it conceals (the light);\n\nP: By the night enshrouding\n\nS: I swear by the night when it draws a veil,\n\n092.002\nY: By the Day as it appears in glory;\n\nP: And the day resplendent\n\nS: And the day when it shines in brightness,\n\n092.003\nY: By (the mystery of) the creation of male and female;-\n\nP: And Him Who hath created male and female,\n\nS: And the creating of the male and the female,\n\n092.004\nY: Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse.\n\nP: Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends).\n\nS: Your striving is most surely (directed to) various (ends).\n\n092.005\nY: So he who gives (in charity) and fears (Allah),\n\nP: As for him who giveth and is dutiful (toward Allah)\n\nS: Then as for him who gives away and guards (against evil),\n\n092.006\nY: And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best,-\n\nP: And believeth in goodness;\n\nS: And accepts the best,\n\n092.007\nY: We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss.\n\nP: Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease.\n\nS: We will facilitate for him the easy end.\n\n092.008\nY: But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient,\n\nP: But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent,\n\nS: And as for him who is niggardly and considers himself free from need\n(of Allah),\n\n092.009\nY: And gives the lie to the best,-\n\nP: And disbelieveth in goodness;\n\nS: And rejects the best,\n\n092.010\nY: We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery;\n\nP: Surely We will ease his way unto adversity.\n\nS: We will facilitate for him the difficult end.\n\n092.011\nY: Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit).\n\nP: His riches will not save him when he perisheth.\n\nS: And his wealth will not avail him when he perishes.\n\n092.012\nY: Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide,\n\nP: Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance\n\nS: Surely Ours is it to show the way,\n\n092.013\nY: And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning.\n\nP: And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former.\n\nS: And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.\n\n092.014\nY: Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely;\n\nP: Therefor have I warned you of the flaming Fire\n\nS: Therefore I warn you of the fire that flames:\n\n092.015\nY: None shall reach it but those most unfortunate ones\n\nP: Which only the most wretched must endure,\n\nS: None shall enter it but the most unhappy,\n\n092.016\nY: Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs.\n\nP: He who denieth and turneth away.\n\nS: Who gives the lie (to the truth) and turns (his) back.\n\n092.017\nY: But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it,-\n\nP: Far removed from it will be the righteous\n\nS: And away from it shall be kept the one who guards most (against\nevil),\n\n092.018\nY: Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification,\n\nP: Who giveth his wealth that he may grow (in goodness).\n\nS: Who gives away his wealth, purifying himself\n\n092.019\nY: And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is\nexpected in return,\n\nP: And none hath with him any favour for reward,\n\nS: And no one has with him any boon for which he should be rewarded,\n\n092.020\nY: But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most\nHigh;\n\nP: Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High.\n\nS: Except the seeking of the pleasure of his Lord, the Most High.\n\n092.021\nY: And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction.\n\nP: He verily will be content.\n\nS: And he shall soon be well-pleased.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 93:\n\n                AD-DHUHA (THE MORNING HOURS, MORNING BRIGHT)\n Total Verses: 11 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n093.001\nY: By the Glorious Morning Light,\n\nP: By the morning hours\n\nS: I swear by the early hours of the day,\n\n093.002\nY: And by the Night when it is still,-\n\nP: And by the night when it is stillest,\n\nS: And the night when it covers with darkness.\n\n093.003\nY: Thy Guardian-Lord hath not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased.\n\nP: Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,\n\nS: Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased,\n\n093.004\nY: And verily the Hereafter will be better for thee than the present.\n\nP: And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the\nformer,\n\nS: And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has\ngone before.\n\n093.005\nY: And soon will thy Guardian-Lord give thee (that wherewith) thou shalt\nbe well-pleased.\n\nP: And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.\n\nS: And soon will your Lord give you so that you shall be well pleased.\n\n093.006\nY: Did He not find thee an orphan and give thee shelter (and care)?\n\nP: Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)?\n\nS: Did He not find you an orphan and give you shelter?\n\n093.007\nY: And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance.\n\nP: Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?\n\nS: And find you lost (that is, unrecognized by men) and guide (them to\nyou)?\n\n093.008\nY: And He found thee in need, and made thee independent.\n\nP: Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?\n\nS: And find you in want and make you to be free from want?\n\n093.009\nY: Therefore, treat not the orphan with harshness,\n\nP: Therefor the orphan oppress not,\n\nS: Therefore, as for the orphan, do not oppress (him).\n\n093.010\nY: Nor repulse the petitioner (unheard);\n\nP: Therefor the beggar drive not away,\n\nS: And as for him who asks, do not chide (him),\n\n093.011\nY: But the bounty of thy Lord - rehearse and proclaim!\n\nP: Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.\n\nS: And as for the favor of your Lord, do announce (it).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 94:\n\n                 AL-INSHIRAH (SOLACE, CONSOLATION, RELIEF)\n Total Verses: 8 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n094.001\nY: Have We not expanded thee thy breast?-\n\nP: Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,\n\nS: Have We not expanded for you your breast,\n\n094.002\nY: And removed from thee thy burden\n\nP: And eased thee of the burden\n\nS: And taken off from you your burden,\n\n094.003\nY: The which did gall thy back?-\n\nP: Which weighed down thy back;\n\nS: Which pressed heavily upon your back,\n\n094.004\nY: And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?\n\nP: And exalted thy fame?\n\nS: And exalted for you your esteem?\n\n094.005\nY: So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:\n\nP: But lo! with hardship goeth ease,\n\nS: Surely with difficulty is ease.\n\n094.006\nY: Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.\n\nP: Lo! with hardship goeth ease;\n\nS: With difficulty is surely ease.\n\n094.007\nY: Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still\nlabour hard,\n\nP: So when thou art relieved, still toil\n\nS: So when you are free, nominate.\n\n094.008\nY: And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.\n\nP: And strive to please thy Lord.\n\nS: And make your Lord your exclusive object.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 95:\n\n                       AT-TIN (THE FIG, THE FIGTREE)\n Total Verses: 8 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n095.001\nY: By the Fig and the Olive,\n\nP: By the fig and the olive,\n\nS: I swear by the fig and the olive,\n\n095.002\nY: And the Mount of Sinai,\n\nP: By Mount Sinai,\n\nS: And mount Sinai,\n\n095.003\nY: And this City of security,-\n\nP: And by this land made safe;\n\nS: And this city made secure,\n\n095.004\nY: We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,\n\nP: Surely We created man of the best stature\n\nS: Certainly We created man in the best make.\n\n095.005\nY: Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low,-\n\nP: Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low,\n\nS: Then We render him the lowest of the low.\n\n095.006\nY: Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a\nreward unfailing.\n\nP: Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward\nunfailing.\n\nS: Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward\nnever to be cut off.\n\n095.007\nY: Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the judgment (to\ncome)?\n\nP: So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment?\n\nS: Then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?\n\n095.008\nY: Is not Allah the wisest of judges?\n\nP: Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges?\n\nS: Is not Allah the best of the Judges?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 96:\n\n                          AL-ALAQ (THE CLOT, READ)\n Total Verses: 19 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n096.001\nY: Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who\ncreated-\n\nP: Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,\n\nS: Read in the name of your Lord Who created.\n\n096.002\nY: Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:\n\nP: Createth man from a clot.\n\nS: He created man from a clot.\n\n096.003\nY: Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-\n\nP: Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,\n\nS: Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,\n\n096.004\nY: He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-\n\nP: Who teacheth by the pen,\n\nS: Who taught (to write) with the pen\n\n096.005\nY: Taught man that which he knew not.\n\nP: Teacheth man that which he knew not.\n\nS: Taught man what he knew not.\n\n096.006\nY: Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds,\n\nP: Nay, but verily man is rebellious\n\nS: Nay! man is most surely inordinate,\n\n096.007\nY: In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.\n\nP: That he thinketh himself independent!\n\nS: Because he sees himself free from want.\n\n096.008\nY: Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all).\n\nP: Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.\n\nS: Surely to your Lord is the return.\n\n096.009\nY: Seest thou one who forbids-\n\nP: Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth\n\nS: Have you seen him who forbids\n\n096.010\nY: A votary when he (turns) to pray?\n\nP: A slave when he prayeth?\n\nS: A servant when he prays?\n\n096.011\nY: Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?-\n\nP: Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah)\n\nS: Have you considered if he were on the right way,\n\n096.012\nY: Or enjoins Righteousness?\n\nP: Or enjoineth piety?\n\nS: Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?\n\n096.013\nY: Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away?\n\nP: Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward?\n\nS: Have you considered if he gives the lie to the truth and turns (his)\nback?\n\n096.014\nY: Knoweth he not that Allah doth see?\n\nP: Is he then unaware that Allah seeth?\n\nS: Does he not know that Allah does see?\n\n096.015\nY: Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,-\n\nP: Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock -\n\nS: Nay! if he desist not, We would certainly smite his forehead,\n\n096.016\nY: A lying, sinful forelock!\n\nP: The lying, sinful forelock -\n\nS: A lying, sinful forehead.\n\n096.017\nY: Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades):\n\nP: Then let him call upon his henchmen!\n\nS: Then let him summon his council,\n\n096.018\nY: We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)!\n\nP: We will call the guards of hell.\n\nS: We too would summon the braves of the army.\n\n096.019\nY: Nay, heed him not: But bow down in adoration, and bring thyself the\ncloser (to Allah)!\n\nP: Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto\nAllah).\n\nS: Nay! obey him not, and make obeisance and draw nigh (to Allah).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 97:\n\n                           AL-QADR (POWER, FATE)\n Total Verses: 5 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n097.001\nY: We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power:\n\nP: Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination.\n\nS: Surely We revealed it on the grand night.\n\n097.002\nY: And what will explain to thee what the night of power is?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!\n\nS: And what will make you comprehend what the grand night\n\n097.003\nY: The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.\n\nP: The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.\n\nS: The grand night is better than a thousand months.\n\n097.004\nY: Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on\nevery errand:\n\nP: The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their\nLord, with all decrees.\n\nS: The angels and Gibreel descend in it by the permission of their Lord\nfor every affair,\n\n097.005\nY: Peace!... This until the rise of morn!\n\nP: (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.\n\nS: Peace! it is till the break of the morning.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 98:\n\n                   AL-BAYYINA (THE CLEAR PROOF, EVIDENCE)\n Total Verses: 8 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n098.001\nY: Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book and among the\nPolytheists, were not going to depart (from their ways) until there\nshould come to them Clear Evidence,-\n\nP: Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the\nidolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came\nunto them,\n\nS: Those who disbelieved from among the followers of the Book and the\npolytheists could not have separated (from the faithful) until there\nhad come to them the clear evidence:\n\n098.002\nY: A messenger from Allah, rehearsing scriptures kept pure and holy:\n\nP: A messenger from Allah, reading purified pages\n\nS: A messenger from Allah, reciting pure pages,\n\n098.003\nY: Wherein are laws (or decrees) right and straight.\n\nP: Containing correct scriptures.\n\nS: Wherein are all the right ordinances.\n\n098.004\nY: Nor did the People of the Book make schisms, until after there came\nto them Clear Evidence.\n\nP: Nor were the People of the Scripture divided until after the clear\nproof came unto them.\n\nS: And those who were given the Book did not become divided except after\nclear evidence had come to them.\n\n098.005\nY: And they have been commanded no more than this: To worship Allah,\noffering Him sincere devotion, being true (in faith); to establish\nregular prayer; and to practise regular charity; and that is the\nReligion Right and Straight.\n\nP: And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping\nreligion pure for Him, as men by nature upright, and to establish\nworship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion.\n\nS: And they were not enjoined anything except that they should serve\nAllah, being sincere to Him in obedience, upright, and keep up prayer\nand pay the poor-rate, and that is the right religion.\n\n098.006\nY: Those who reject (Truth), among the People of the Book and among the\nPolytheists, will be in Hell-Fire, to dwell therein (for aye). They are\nthe worst of creatures.\n\nP: Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the\nidolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created\nbeings.\n\nS: Surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book and\nthe polytheists shall be in the fire of hell, abiding therein; they are\nthe worst of men.\n\n098.007\nY: Those who have faith and do righteous deeds,- they are the best of\ncreatures.\n\nP: (And) lo! those who believe and do good works are the best of created\nbeings.\n\nS: (As for) those who believe and do good, surely they are the best of\nmen.\n\n098.008\nY: Their reward is with Allah: Gardens of Eternity, beneath which rivers\nflow; they will dwell therein for ever; Allah well pleased with them,\nand they with Him: all this for such as fear their Lord and Cherisher.\n\nP: Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden underneath which\nrivers flow, wherein they dwell for ever. Allah hath pleasure in them\nand they have pleasure in Him. This is (in store) for him who feareth\nhis Lord.\n\nS: Their reward with their Lord is gardens of perpetuity beneath which\nrivers flow, abiding therein for ever; Allah is well pleased with them\nand they are well pleased with Him; that is for him who fears his Lord.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 99:\n\n                        AL-ZALZALA (THE EARTHQUAKE)\n Total Verses: 8 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n099.001\nY: When the earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion,\n\nP: When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake\n\nS: When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,\n\n099.002\nY: And the earth throws up her burdens (from within),\n\nP: And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,\n\nS: And the earth brings forth her burdens,\n\n099.003\nY: And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'-\n\nP: And man saith: What aileth her?\n\nS: And man says: What has befallen her?\n\n099.004\nY: On that Day will she declare her tidings:\n\nP: That day she will relate her chronicles,\n\nS: On that day she shall tell her news,\n\n099.005\nY: For that thy Lord will have given her inspiration.\n\nP: Because thy Lord inspireth her.\n\nS: Because your Lord had inspired her.\n\n099.006\nY: On that Day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be shown the\ndeeds that they (had done).\n\nP: That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown\ntheir deeds.\n\nS: On that day men shall come forth in sundry bodies that they may be\nshown their works.\n\n099.007\nY: Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it!\n\nP: And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,\n\nS: So. he who has done an atom's weight of good shall see it\n\n099.008\nY: And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.\n\nP: And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.\n\nS: And he who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 100:\n\n                   AL-ADIYAT (THE COURSER, THE CHARGERS)\n Total Verses: 11 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n100.001\nY: By the (Steeds) that run, with panting (breath),\n\nP: By the snorting courses,\n\nS: I swear by the runners breathing pantingly,\n\n100.002\nY: And strike sparks of fire,\n\nP: Striking sparks of fire\n\nS: Then those that produce fire striking,\n\n100.003\nY: And push home the charge in the morning,\n\nP: And scouring to the raid at dawn,\n\nS: Then those that make raids at morn,\n\n100.004\nY: And raise the dust in clouds the while,\n\nP: Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,\n\nS: Then thereby raise dust,\n\n100.005\nY: And penetrate forthwith into the midst (of the foe) en masse;-\n\nP: Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),\n\nS: Then rush thereby upon an assembly:\n\n100.006\nY: Truly man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;\n\nP: Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord\n\nS: Most surely man is ungrateful to his Lord.\n\n100.007\nY: And to that (fact) he bears witness (by his deeds);\n\nP: And lo! he is a witness unto that;\n\nS: And most surely he is a witness of that.\n\n100.008\nY: And violent is he in his love of wealth.\n\nP: And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.\n\nS: And most surely he is tenacious in the love of wealth.\n\n100.009\nY: Does he not know,- when that which is in the graves is scattered\nabroad,\n\nP: Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth\n\nS: Does he not then know when what is in the graves is raised,\n\n100.010\nY: And that which is (locked up) in (human) breasts is made manifest-\n\nP: And the secrets of the breasts are made known,\n\nS: And what is in the breasts is made apparent?\n\n100.011\nY: That their Lord had been Well-acquainted with them, (even to) that\nDay?\n\nP: On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.\n\nS: Most surely their Lord that day shall be fully aware of them.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 101:\n\n          AL-QARIA (THE CALAMITY, THE STUNNING BLOW, THE DISASTER)\n Total Verses: 11 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n101.001\nY: The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:\n\nP: The Calamity!\n\nS: The terrible calamity!\n\n101.002\nY: What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?\n\nP: What is the Calamity?\n\nS: What is the terrible calamity!\n\n101.003\nY: And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!\n\nS: And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?\n\n101.004\nY: (It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,\n\nP: A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths\n\nS: The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,\n\n101.005\nY: And the mountains will be like carded wool.\n\nP: And the mountains will become as carded wool.\n\nS: And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.\n\n101.006\nY: Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,\n\nP: Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),\n\nS: Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,\n\n101.007\nY: Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.\n\nP: He will live a pleasant life.\n\nS: He shall live a pleasant life.\n\n101.008\nY: But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light,-\n\nP: But as for him whose scales are light,\n\nS: And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,\n\n101.009\nY: Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.\n\nP: A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,\n\nS: His abode shall be the abyss.\n\n101.010\nY: And what will explain to thee what this is?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -\n\nS: And what will make you know what it is?\n\n101.011\nY: (It is) a Fire blazing fiercely!\n\nP: Raging Fire.\n\nS: A burning fire.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 102:\n\n            AT-TAKATHUR (RIVALRY IN WORLD INCREASE, COMPETITION)\n Total Verses: 8 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n102.001\nY: The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world)\ndiverts you (from the more serious things),\n\nP: Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you\n\nS: Abundance diverts you,\n\n102.002\nY: Until ye visit the graves.\n\nP: Until ye come to the graves.\n\nS: Until you come to the graves.\n\n102.003\nY: But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality).\n\nP: Nay, but ye will come to know!\n\nS: Nay! you shall soon know,\n\n102.004\nY: Again, ye soon shall know!\n\nP: Nay, but ye will come to know!\n\nS: Nay! Nay! you shall soon know.\n\n102.005\nY: Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (ye would beware!)\n\nP: Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!\n\nS: Nay! if you had known with a certain knowledge,\n\n102.006\nY: Ye shall certainly see Hell-Fire!\n\nP: For ye will behold hell-fire.\n\nS: You should most certainly have seen the hell;\n\n102.007\nY: Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight!\n\nP: Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.\n\nS: Then you shall most certainly see it with the eye of certainty;\n\n102.008\nY: Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged\nin)!\n\nP: Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.\n\nS: Then on that day you shall most certainly be questioned about the\nboons.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 103:\n\n              AL-ASR (THE DECLINING DAY, EVENTIDE, THE EPOCH)\n Total Verses: 3 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n103.001\nY: By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),\n\nP: By the declining day,\n\nS: I swear by the time,\n\n103.002\nY: Verily Man is in loss,\n\nP: Lo! man is a state of loss,\n\nS: Most surely man is in loss,\n\n103.003\nY: Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join\ntogether) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and\nConstancy.\n\nP: Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to\ntruth and exhort one another to endurance.\n\nS: Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth,\nand enjoin on each other patience.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 104:\n\n                 AL-HUMAZA (THE TRADUCER, THE GOSSIPMONGER)\n Total Verses: 9 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n104.001\nY: Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,\n\nP: Woe unto every slandering traducer,\n\nS: Woe to every slanderer, defamer,\n\n104.002\nY: Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,\n\nP: Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.\n\nS: Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);\n\n104.003\nY: Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!\n\nP: He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.\n\nS: He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.\n\n104.004\nY: By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to\nPieces,\n\nP: Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.\n\nS: Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,\n\n104.005\nY: And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?\n\nP: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!\n\nS: And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?\n\n104.006\nY: (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),\n\nP: (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,\n\nS: It is the fire kindled by Allah,\n\n104.007\nY: The which doth mount (right) to the Hearts:\n\nP: Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).\n\nS: Which rises above the hearts.\n\n104.008\nY: It shall be made into a vault over them,\n\nP: Lo! it is closed in on them\n\nS: Surely it shall be closed over upon them,\n\n104.009\nY: In columns outstretched.\n\nP: In outstretched columns.\n\nS: In extended columns.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 105:\n\n                           AL-FIL (THE ELEPHANT)\n Total Verses: 5 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n105.001\nY: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the Companions of the\nElephant?\n\nP: Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the\nElephant?\n\nS: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of\nthe elephant?\n\n105.002\nY: Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray?\n\nP: Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,\n\nS: Did He not cause their war to end in confusion,\n\n105.003\nY: And He sent against them Flights of Birds,\n\nP: And send against them swarms of flying creatures,\n\nS: And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks,\n\n105.004\nY: Striking them with stones of baked clay.\n\nP: Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,\n\nS: Casting against them stones of baked clay,\n\n105.005\nY: Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of\nwhich the corn) has been eaten up.\n\nP: And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?\n\nS: So He rendered them like straw eaten up?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 106:\n\n                         QURAISH (WINTER, QURAYSH)\n Total Verses: 4 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n106.001\nY: For the covenants (of security and safeguard enjoyed) by the Quraish,\n\nP: For the taming of Qureysh.\n\nS: For the protection of the Qureaish--\n\n106.002\nY: Their covenants (covering) journeys by winter and summer,-\n\nP: For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and\nsummer.\n\nS: Their protection during their trading caravans in the winter and the\nsummer--\n\n106.003\nY: Let them adore the Lord of this House,\n\nP: So let them worship the Lord of this House,\n\nS: So let them serve the Lord of this House\n\n106.004\nY: Who provides them with food against hunger, and with security against\nfear (of danger).\n\nP: Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.\n\nS: Who feeds them against hunger and gives them security against fear.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 107:\n\n           AL-MAUN (SMALL KINDNESSES, ALMSGIVING, HAVE YOU SEEN)\n Total Verses: 7 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n107.001\nY: Seest thou one who denies the Judgment (to come)?\n\nP: Hast thou observed him who belieth religion?\n\nS: Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?\n\n107.002\nY: Then such is the (man) who repulses the orphan (with harshness),\n\nP: That is he who repelleth the orphan,\n\nS: That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,\n\n107.003\nY: And encourages not the feeding of the indigent.\n\nP: And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.\n\nS: And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.\n\n107.004\nY: So woe to the worshippers\n\nP: Ah, woe unto worshippers\n\nS: So woe to the praying ones,\n\n107.005\nY: Who are neglectful of their prayers,\n\nP: Who are heedless of their prayer;\n\nS: Who are unmindful of their prayers,\n\n107.006\nY: Those who (want but) to be seen (of men),\n\nP: Who would be seen (at worship)\n\nS: Who do (good) to be seen,\n\n107.007\nY: But refuse (to supply) (even) neighbourly needs.\n\nP: Yet refuse small kindnesses!\n\nS: And withhold the necessaries of life.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 108:\n\n                       AL-KAUTHER (ABUNDANCE, PLENTY)\n Total Verses: 3 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n108.001\nY: To thee have We granted the Fount (of Abundance).\n\nP: Lo! We have given thee Abundance;\n\nS: Surely We have given you Kausar,\n\n108.002\nY: Therefore to thy Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice.\n\nP: So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice.\n\nS: Therefore pray to your Lord and make a sacrifice.\n\n108.003\nY: For he who hateth thee, he will be cut off (from Future Hope).\n\nP: Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity.\n\nS: Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity,\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 109:\n\n                  AL-KAFIROON (THE DISBELIEVERS, ATHEISTS)\n Total Verses: 6 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n109.001\nY: Say: O ye that reject Faith!\n\nP: Say: O disbelievers!\n\nS: Say: O unbelievers!\n\n109.002\nY: I worship not that which ye worship,\n\nP: I worship not that which ye worship;\n\nS: I do not serve that which you serve,\n\n109.003\nY: Nor will ye worship that which I worship.\n\nP: Nor worship ye that which I worship.\n\nS: Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve:\n\n109.004\nY: And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship,\n\nP: And I shall not worship that which ye worship.\n\nS: Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,\n\n109.005\nY: Nor will ye worship that which I worship.\n\nP: Nor will ye worship that which I worship.\n\nS: Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve:\n\n109.006\nY: To you be your Way, and to me mine.\n\nP: Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.\n\nS: You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 110:\n\n                     AN-NASR (SUCCOUR, DIVINE SUPPORT)\n Total Verses: 3 Revealed At: MADINA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n110.001\nY: When comes the Help of Allah, and Victory,\n\nP: When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh\n\nS: When there comes the help of Allah and the victory,\n\n110.002\nY: And thou dost see the people enter Allah's Religion in crowds,\n\nP: And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops,\n\nS: And you see men entering the religion of Allah in companies,\n\n110.003\nY: Celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and pray for His Forgiveness: For\nHe is Oft-Returning (in Grace and Mercy).\n\nP: Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo!\nHe is ever ready to show mercy.\n\nS: Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness;\nsurely He is oft-returning (to mercy).\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 111:\n\n                     AL-MASADD (PALM FIBRE, THE FLAME)\n Total Verses: 5 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n111.001\nY: Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!\n\nP: The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.\n\nS: Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.\n\n111.002\nY: No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!\n\nP: His wealth and gains will not exempt him.\n\nS: His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.\n\n111.003\nY: Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!\n\nP: He will be plunged in flaming Fire,\n\nS: He shall soon burn in fire that flames,\n\n111.004\nY: His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel!-\n\nP: And his wife, the wood-carrier,\n\nS: And his wife, the bearer of fuel,\n\n111.005\nY: A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!\n\nP: Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.\n\nS: Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 112:\n\n                           AL-IKHLAS (SINCERITY)\n Total Verses: 4 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n112.001\nY: Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;\n\nP: Say: He is Allah, the One!\n\nS: Say: He, Allah, is One.\n\n112.002\nY: Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;\n\nP: Allah, the eternally Besought of all!\n\nS: Allah is He on Whom all depend.\n\n112.003\nY: He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;\n\nP: He begetteth not nor was begotten.\n\nS: He begets not, nor is He begotten.\n\n112.004\nY: And there is none like unto Him.\n\nP: And there is none comparable unto Him.\n\nS: And none is like Him.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 113:\n\n                       AL-FALAQ (THE DAYBREAK, DAWN)\n Total Verses: 5 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n113.001\nY: Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn,\n\nP: Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak\n\nS: Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,\n\n113.002\nY: From the mischief of created things;\n\nP: From the evil of that which He created;\n\nS: From the evil of what He has created,\n\n113.003\nY: From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads;\n\nP: From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,\n\nS: And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes,\n\n113.004\nY: From the mischief of those who practise secret arts;\n\nP: And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,\n\nS: And from the evil of those who blow on knots,\n\n113.005\nY: And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy.\n\nP: And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.\n\nS: And from the evil of the envious when he envies\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n Chapter 114:\n\n                              AN-NAS (MANKIND)\n Total Verses: 6 Revealed At: MAKKA\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n           In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.\n\n114.001\nY: Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind,\n\nP: Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,\n\nS: Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men,\n\n114.002\nY: The King (or Ruler) of Mankind,\n\nP: The King of mankind,\n\nS: The King of men,\n\n114.003\nY: The God (or Judge) of Mankind,-\n\nP: The God of mankind,\n\nS: The God of men,\n\n114.004\nY: From the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil), who withdraws (after\nhis whisper),-\n\nP: From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,\n\nS: From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Shaitan),\n\n114.005\nY: (The same) who whispers into the hearts of Mankind,-\n\nP: Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,\n\nS: Who whispers into the hearts of men,\n\n114.006\nY: Among jinns and among men.\n\nP: Of the jinn and of mankind.\n\nS: From among the jinn and the men.","title":"Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":511199}