يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَوۡفُواْ بِٱلۡعُقُودِۚ
O believers! Honour your obligations.
أُحِلَّتۡ لَكُم بَهِيمَةُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ
All grazing livestock has been made lawful to you—
إِلَّا مَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ
except what is hereby announced to you
غَيۡرَ مُحِلِّي ٱلصَّيۡدِ وَأَنتُمۡ حُرُمٌۗ
and hunting while on pilgrimage.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحۡكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ ١
Indeed, Allah commands what He wills.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَا تُحِلُّواْ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ
Do not violate Allah’s rituals ˹of pilgrimage˺,
وَلَا ٱلشَّهۡرَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ
the sacred months,
وَلَا ٱلۡهَدۡيَ وَلَا ٱلۡقَلَٰٓئِدَ
the sacrificial animals, the ˹offerings decorated with˺ garlands,
وَلَآ ءَآمِّينَ ٱلۡبَيۡتَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ
nor those ˹pilgrims˺ on their way to the Sacred House
يَبۡتَغُونَ فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرِضۡوَٰنٗاۚ
seeking their Lord’s bounty and pleasure.
وَإِذَا حَلَلۡتُمۡ فَٱصۡطَادُواْۚ
When pilgrimage has ended, you are allowed to hunt.
وَلَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوۡمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ أَن تَعۡتَدُواْۘ
Do not let the hatred of a people who once barred you from the Sacred Mosque provoke you to transgress.
وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ
Cooperate with one another in goodness and righteousness,
وَلَا تَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِۚ
and do not cooperate in sin and transgression.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ
And be mindful of Allah.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٢
Surely Allah is severe in punishment.
حُرِّمَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحۡمُ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ
Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, and swine;
وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ
what is slaughtered in the name of any other than Allah;
وَٱلۡمُنۡخَنِقَةُ وَٱلۡمَوۡقُوذَةُ وَٱلۡمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ
what is killed by strangling, beating, a fall, or by being gored to death;
وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيۡتُمۡ
what is partly eaten by a predator unless you slaughter it;
وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ
and what is sacrificed on altars.
وَأَن تَسۡتَقۡسِمُواْ بِٱلۡأَزۡلَٰمِۚ
You are also forbidden to draw lots for decisions.
ذَٰلِكُمۡ فِسۡقٌۗ
This is all evil.
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن دِينِكُمۡ
Today the disbelievers have given up all hope of ˹undermining˺ your faith.
فَلَا تَخۡشَوۡهُمۡ وَٱخۡشَوۡنِۚ
So do not fear them; fear Me!
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ أَكۡمَلۡتُ لَكُمۡ دِينَكُمۡ وَأَتۡمَمۡتُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ نِعۡمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡإِسۡلَٰمَ دِينٗاۚ
Today I have perfected your faith for you, completed My favour upon you, and chosen Islam as your way.
فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ فِي مَخۡمَصَةٍ غَيۡرَ مُتَجَانِفٖ لِّإِثۡمٖ
But whoever is compelled by extreme hunger—not intending to sin—
فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣
then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَآ أُحِلَّ لَهُمۡۖ
They ask you, ˹O Prophet,˺ what is permissible for them ˹to eat˺.
قُلۡ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ
Say, “What is good and lawful.
وَمَا عَلَّمۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ
Also what is caught by your hunting animals and birds of prey which you have trained as instructed by Allah.
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّآ أَمۡسَكۡنَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ
So eat what they catch for you,
وَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهِۖ
but mention the Name of Allah over it ˹first˺.”
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ
And be mindful of Allah.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٤
Surely Allah is swift in reckoning.
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُۖ
Today all good, pure foods have been made lawful for you.
وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ حِلّٞ لَّكُمۡ وَطَعَامُكُمۡ حِلّٞ لَّهُمۡۖ
Similarly, the food of the People of the Book is permissible for you and yours is permissible for them.
وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ
And ˹permissible for you in marriage˺ are chaste believing women as well as chaste women of those given the Scripture before you—
إِذَآ ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحۡصِنِينَ غَيۡرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِيٓ أَخۡدَانٖۗ
as long as you pay them their dowries in wedlock, neither fornicating nor taking them as mistresses.
وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ فَقَدۡ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ
And whoever rejects the faith, all their good deeds will be void ˹in this life˺
وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٥
and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ
O believers!
إِذَا قُمۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
When you rise up for prayer,
فَٱغۡسِلُواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡمَرَافِقِ
wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows,
وَٱمۡسَحُواْ بِرُءُوسِكُمۡ
wipe your heads,
وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚ
and wash your feet to the ankles.
وَإِن كُنتُمۡ جُنُبٗا فَٱطَّهَّرُواْۚ
And if you are in a state of ˹full˺ impurity, then take a full bath.
وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرۡضَىٰٓ أَوۡ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ أَحَدٞ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡغَآئِطِ أَوۡ لَٰمَسۡتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمۡ تَجِدُواْ مَآءٗ
But if you are ill, on a journey, or have relieved yourselves, or have been intimate with your wives and cannot find water,
فَتَيَمَّمُواْ صَعِيدٗا طَيِّبٗا فَٱمۡسَحُواْ بِوُجُوهِكُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيكُم مِّنۡهُۚ
then purify yourselves with clean earth by wiping your faces and hands.
مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجۡعَلَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنۡ حَرَجٖ
It is not Allah’s Will to burden you,
وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمۡ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ
but to purify you and complete His favour upon you,
لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٦
so perhaps you will be grateful.
وَٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ
Remember Allah’s favour upon you
وَمِيثَٰقَهُ ٱلَّذِي وَاثَقَكُم بِهِۦٓ
and the covenant He made with you
إِذۡ قُلۡتُمۡ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ
when you said, “We hear and obey.”
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ
And be mindful of Allah.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ٧
Surely Allah knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
كُونُواْ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ
Stand firm for Allah and bear true testimony.
وَلَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوۡمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعۡدِلُواْۚ
Do not let the hatred of a people lead you to injustice.
ٱعۡدِلُواْۚ هُوَ أَقۡرَبُ لِلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ
Be just! That is closer to righteousness.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ
And be mindful of Allah.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨
Surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
Allah has promised those who believe and do good
لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٞ ٩
˹His˺ forgiveness and a great reward.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ
As for those who disbelieve and deny Our signs,
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٠
they are the residents of the Hellfire.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ
Remember Allah’s favour upon you:
إِذۡ هَمَّ قَوۡمٌ أَن يَبۡسُطُوٓاْ إِلَيۡكُمۡ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ
when a people sought to harm you,
فَكَفَّ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ عَنكُمۡۖ
but He held their hands back from you.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ
Be mindful of Allah.
وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ١١
And in Allah let the believers put their trust.
وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
Allah made a covenant with the Children of Israel
وَبَعَثۡنَا مِنۡهُمُ ٱثۡنَيۡ عَشَرَ نَقِيبٗاۖ
and appointed twelve leaders from among them
وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّي مَعَكُمۡۖ
and ˹then˺ said, “I am truly with you.
لَئِنۡ أَقَمۡتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَيۡتُمُ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
If you establish prayer, pay alms-tax,
وَءَامَنتُم بِرُسُلِي وَعَزَّرۡتُمُوهُمۡ
believe in My messengers, support them,
وَأَقۡرَضۡتُمُ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا
and lend to Allah a good loan,
لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنكُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡ
I will certainly forgive your sins
وَلَأُدۡخِلَنَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ
and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow.
فَمَن كَفَرَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمۡ فَقَدۡ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ١٢
And whoever among you disbelieves afterwards has truly strayed from the Right Way.”
فَبِمَا نَقۡضِهِم مِّيثَٰقَهُمۡ لَعَنَّٰهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا قُلُوبَهُمۡ قَٰسِيَةٗۖ
But for breaking their covenant We condemned them and hardened their hearts.
يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلۡكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ
They distorted the words of the Scripture
وَنَسُواْ حَظّٗا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِۦۚ
and neglected a portion of what they had been commanded to uphold.
وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَىٰ خَآئِنَةٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّنۡهُمۡۖ
You ˹O Prophet˺ will always find deceit on their part, except for a few.
فَٱعۡفُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡفَحۡۚ
But pardon them and bear with them.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٣
Indeed, Allah loves the good-doers.
وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا نَصَٰرَىٰٓ أَخَذۡنَا مِيثَٰقَهُمۡ
And from those who say, “We are Christians,” We took their covenant,
فَنَسُواْ حَظّٗا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِۦ
but they neglected a portion of what they had been commanded to uphold.
فَأَغۡرَيۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمُ ٱلۡعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ
So We let hostility and enmity arise between them until the Day of Judgment,
وَسَوۡفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ١٤
and soon Allah will inform them of all they have done.
يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
O People of the Book!
قَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمۡ
Now Our Messenger has come to you,
كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا كُنتُمۡ تُخۡفُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
revealing much of what you have hidden of the Scriptures
وَيَعۡفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٖۚ
and disregarding much.
قَدۡ جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ نُورٞ وَكِتَٰبٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥
There certainly has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book
يَهۡدِي بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضۡوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ
through which Allah guides those who seek His pleasure to the ways of peace,
وَيُخۡرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ
brings them out of darkness and into light by His Will,
وَيَهۡدِيهِمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ١٦
and guides them to the Straight Path.
لَّقَدۡ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَۚ
Indeed, those who say, “Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary,” have fallen into disbelief.
قُلۡ فَمَن يَمۡلِكُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔا
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Who has the power to prevent Allah
إِنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡمَسِيحَ ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗاۗ
if He chose to destroy the Messiah, son of Mary, his mother, and everyone in the world all together?”
وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۚ
To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between.
يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ
He creates whatever He wills.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ١٧
And Allah is Most Capable of everything.
وَقَالَتِ ٱلۡيَهُودُ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ نَحۡنُ أَبۡنَٰٓؤُاْ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّٰٓؤُهُۥۚ
The Jews and the Christians each say, “We are the children of Allah and His most beloved!”
قُلۡ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُم بِذُنُوبِكُمۖ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Why then does He punish you for your sins?
بَلۡ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقَۚ
No! You are only humans like others of His Own making.
يَغۡفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُۚ
He forgives whoever He wills and punishes whoever He wills.
وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ
To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between.
وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٨
And to Him is the final return.”
يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
O People of the Book!
قَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمۡ
Our Messenger has indeed come to you, making things clear to you
عَلَىٰ فَتۡرَةٖ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ
after an interval between the messengers
أَن تَقُولُواْ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٖ وَلَا نَذِيرٖ
so you do not say, “There has never come to us a deliverer of good news or a warner.”
فَقَدۡ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٞ وَنَذِيرٞ
Now there has come to you a deliverer of good news and a warner.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ١٩
And Allah is Most Capable of everything.
وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِۦ
And ˹remember˺ when Moses said to his people,
يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ
“O my people! Remember Allah’s favours upon you
إِذۡ جَعَلَ فِيكُمۡ أَنۢبِيَآءَ
when He raised prophets from among you,
وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكٗا
made you sovereign,
وَءَاتَىٰكُم مَّا لَمۡ يُؤۡتِ أَحَدٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٠
and gave you what He had never given anyone in the world.
يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسَةَ
O my people! Enter the Holy Land
ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ
which Allah has destined for you ˹to enter˺.
وَلَا تَرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِكُمۡ
And do not turn back
فَتَنقَلِبُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ٢١
or else you will become losers.”
قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ
They replied, “O Moses!
إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوۡمٗا جَبَّارِينَ
There is an enormously powerful people there,
وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدۡخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَا
so we will never ˹be able to˺ enter it until they leave.
فَإِن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ ٢٢
If they do, then we will enter!”
قَالَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنۡعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمَا
Two God-fearing men—who had been blessed by Allah—said,
ٱدۡخُلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡبَابَ
“Surprise them through the gate.
فَإِذَا دَخَلۡتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمۡ غَٰلِبُونَۚ
If you do, you will certainly prevail.
وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوٓاْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٣
Put your trust in Allah if you are ˹truly˺ believers.”
قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ
˹Yet˺ they said, “O Moses!
إِنَّا لَن نَّدۡخُلَهَآ أَبَدٗا مَّا دَامُواْ فِيهَا
˹Still˺ we will never enter as long as they remain there.
فَٱذۡهَبۡ أَنتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَٰتِلَآ
So go—both you and your Lord—and fight;
إِنَّا هَٰهُنَا قَٰعِدُونَ ٢٤
we are staying right here!”
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لَآ أَمۡلِكُ إِلَّا نَفۡسِي وَأَخِيۖ
Moses pleaded, “My Lord! I have no control over anyone except myself and my brother.
فَٱفۡرُقۡ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٢٥
So set us apart from the rebellious people.”
قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ
Allah replied, “Then this land is forbidden to them
أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗ
for forty years,
يَتِيهُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
during which they will wander through the land.
فَلَا تَأۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ٢٦
So do not grieve for the rebellious people.”
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ ٱبۡنَيۡ ءَادَمَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ
Relate to them in truth ˹O Prophet˺ the story of Adam’s two sons—
إِذۡ قَرَّبَا قُرۡبَانٗا
how each offered a sacrifice:
فَتُقُبِّلَ مِنۡ أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمۡ يُتَقَبَّلۡ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓخَرِ
Abel’s offering was accepted while Cain’s was not.
قَالَ لَأَقۡتُلَنَّكَۖ
So Cain threatened, “I will kill you!”
قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٢٧
His brother replied, “Allah only accepts ˹the offering˺ of the sincerely devout.
لَئِنۢ بَسَطتَ إِلَيَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقۡتُلَنِي
If you raise your hand to kill me,
مَآ أَنَا۠ بِبَاسِطٖ يَدِيَ إِلَيۡكَ لِأَقۡتُلَكَۖ
I will not raise mine to kill you,
إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٨
because I fear Allah—the Lord of all worlds.
إِنِّيٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثۡمِي وَإِثۡمِكَ
I want to let you bear your sin against me along with your other sins,
فَتَكُونَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِۚ
then you will be one of those destined to the Fire.
وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٩
And that is the reward of the wrongdoers.”
فَطَوَّعَتۡ لَهُۥ نَفۡسُهُۥ قَتۡلَ أَخِيهِ
Yet Cain convinced himself to kill his brother,
فَقَتَلَهُۥ
so he killed him—
فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٣٠
becoming a loser.
فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابٗا يَبۡحَثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
Then Allah sent a crow digging ˹a grave˺ in the ground ˹for a dead crow˺,
لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيۡفَ يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيهِۚ
in order to show him how to bury the corpse of his brother.
قَالَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِيَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيۖ
He cried, “Alas! Have I ˹even˺ failed to be like this crow and bury the corpse of my brother?”
فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ ٣١
So he became regretful.
مِنۡ أَجۡلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبۡنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that
أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفۡسَۢا
whoever takes a life—
بِغَيۡرِ نَفۡسٍ أَوۡ فَسَادٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—
فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعٗا
it will be as if they killed all of humanity;
وَمَنۡ أَحۡيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَآ أَحۡيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعٗاۚ
and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity.
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُنَا بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ
˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs,
ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُم بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَمُسۡرِفُونَ ٣٢
many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land.
إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسۡعَوۡنَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَسَادًا
Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and spread mischief in the land
أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓاْ أَوۡ يُصَلَّبُوٓاْ أَوۡ تُقَطَّعَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَأَرۡجُلُهُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٍ أَوۡ يُنفَوۡاْ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
is death, crucifixion, cutting off their hands and feet on opposite sides, or exile from the land.
ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمۡ خِزۡيٞ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ
This ˹penalty˺ is a disgrace for them in this world,
وَلَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ٣٣
and they will suffer a tremendous punishment in the Hereafter.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تَقۡدِرُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ
As for those who repent before you seize them,
فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣٤
then know that Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ
Be mindful of Allah
وَٱبۡتَغُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡوَسِيلَةَ
and seek what brings you closer to Him
وَجَٰهِدُواْ فِي سَبِيلِهِۦ
and struggle in His Way,
لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ٣٥
so you may be successful.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
As for the disbelievers,
لَوۡ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا وَمِثۡلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ
even if they were to possess everything in the world twice over
لِيَفۡتَدُواْ بِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
˹and offer it all˺ to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Judgment,
مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنۡهُمۡۖ
it would never be accepted from them.
وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٣٦
And they will suffer a painful punishment.
يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ
They will be desperate to get out of the Fire
وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنۡهَاۖ
but they will never be able to.
وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّقِيمٞ ٣٧
And they will suffer an everlasting punishment.
وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ
As for male and female thieves,
فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمَا
cut off their hands
جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا
for what they have done—
نَكَٰلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ
a deterrent from Allah.
وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٣٨
And Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
فَمَن تَابَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ظُلۡمِهِۦ وَأَصۡلَحَ
But whoever repents after their wrongdoing and mends their ways,
فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيۡهِۚ
Allah will surely turn to them in forgiveness.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ ٣٩
Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
أَلَمۡ تَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
Do you not know that the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah ˹alone˺?
يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَغۡفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُۗ
He punishes whoever He wills and forgives whoever He wills.
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٤٠
And Allah is Most Capable of everything.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحۡزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡكُفۡرِ
O Messenger! Do not grieve for those who race to disbelieve—
مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَلَمۡ تُؤۡمِن قُلُوبُهُمۡۛ
those who say, “We believe” with their tongues, but their hearts are in disbelief.
وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْۛ سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلۡكَذِبِ
Nor those among the Jews who eagerly listen to lies,
سَمَّٰعُونَ لِقَوۡمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمۡ يَأۡتُوكَۖ
attentive to those who are too arrogant to come to you.
يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلۡكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَوَاضِعِهِۦۖ
They distort the Scripture, taking rulings out of context,
يَقُولُونَ إِنۡ أُوتِيتُمۡ هَٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡتَوۡهُ فَٱحۡذَرُواْۚ
then say, “If this is the ruling you get ˹from Muḥammad˺, accept it. If not, beware!”
وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتۡنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمۡلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔاۚ
Whoever Allah allows to be deluded, you can never be of any help to them against Allah.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمۡۚ
It is not Allah’s Will to purify their hearts.
لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا خِزۡيٞۖ
For them is disgrace in this world,
وَلَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٤١
and they will suffer a tremendous punishment in the Hereafter.
سَمَّٰعُونَ لِلۡكَذِبِ أَكَّٰلُونَ لِلسُّحۡتِۚ
They eagerly listen to falsehood and consume forbidden gain.
فَإِن جَآءُوكَ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَوۡ أَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡۖ
So if they come to you ˹O Prophet˺, either judge between them or turn away from them.
وَإِن تُعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ فَلَن يَضُرُّوكَ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ
If you turn away from them, they cannot harm you whatsoever.
وَإِنۡ حَكَمۡتَ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَهُم بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ
But if you judge between them, then do so with justice.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَ ٤٢
Surely Allah loves those who are just.
وَكَيۡفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ
But why do they come to you for judgment
وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكۡمُ ٱللَّهِ
when they ˹already˺ have the Torah containing Allah’s judgment,
ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَۚ
then they turn away after all?
وَمَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٣
They are not ˹true˺ believers.
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَا ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ فِيهَا هُدٗى وَنُورٞۚ
Indeed, We revealed the Torah, containing guidance and light,
يَحۡكُمُ بِهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسۡلَمُواْ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ
by which the prophets, who submitted themselves to Allah, made judgments for Jews.
وَٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُ
So too did the rabbis and scholars judge
بِمَا ٱسۡتُحۡفِظُواْ مِن كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُواْ عَلَيۡهِ شُهَدَآءَۚ
according to Allah’s Book, with which they were entrusted and of which they were made keepers.
فَلَا تَخۡشَوُاْ ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱخۡشَوۡنِ
So do not fear the people; fear Me!
وَلَا تَشۡتَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِي ثَمَنٗا قَلِيلٗاۚ
Nor trade my revelations for a fleeting gain.
وَمَن لَّمۡ يَحۡكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ٤٤
And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the disbelievers.
وَكَتَبۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ فِيهَآ
We ordained for them in the Torah,
أَنَّ ٱلنَّفۡسَ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ
“A life for a life,
وَٱلۡعَيۡنَ بِٱلۡعَيۡنِ
an eye for an eye,
وَٱلۡأَنفَ بِٱلۡأَنفِ
a nose for a nose,
وَٱلۡأُذُنَ بِٱلۡأُذُنِ
an ear for an ear,
وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ
a tooth for a tooth—
وَٱلۡجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٞۚ
and for wounds equal retaliation.”
فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٞ لَّهُۥۚ
But whoever waives it charitably, it will be atonement for them.
وَمَن لَّمۡ يَحۡكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٤٥
And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the wrongdoers.
وَقَفَّيۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَ
Then in the footsteps of the prophets, We sent Jesus, son of Mary,
مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِۖ
confirming the Torah revealed before him.
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡإِنجِيلَ
And We gave him the Gospel
فِيهِ هُدٗى وَنُورٞ
containing guidance and light
وَمُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ
and confirming what was revealed in the Torah—
وَهُدٗى وَمَوۡعِظَةٗ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٦
a guide and a lesson to the God-fearing.
وَلۡيَحۡكُمۡ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِۚ
So let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed in it.
وَمَن لَّمۡ يَحۡكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٤٧
And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the rebellious.
وَأَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَمُهَيۡمِنًا عَلَيۡهِۖ
We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ this Book with the truth, as a confirmation of previous Scriptures and a supreme authority on them.
فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُۖ
So judge between them by what Allah has revealed,
وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ
and do not follow their desires over the truth that has come to you.
لِكُلّٖ جَعَلۡنَا مِنكُمۡ شِرۡعَةٗ وَمِنۡهَاجٗاۚ
To each of you We have ordained a code of law and a way of life.
وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ
If Allah had willed, He would have made you one community,
وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ فِي مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۖ
but His Will is to test you with what He has given ˹each of˺ you.
فَٱسۡتَبِقُواْ ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِۚ
So compete with one another in doing good.
إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ جَمِيعٗا
To Allah you will all return,
فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٤٨
then He will inform you ˹of the truth˺ regarding your differences.
وَأَنِ ٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ
And judge between them ˹O Prophet˺ by what Allah has revealed,
وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ
and do not follow their desires.
وَٱحۡذَرۡهُمۡ أَن يَفۡتِنُوكَ عَنۢ بَعۡضِ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيۡكَۖ
And beware, so they do not lure you away from some of what Allah has revealed to you.
فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُصِيبَهُم بِبَعۡضِ ذُنُوبِهِمۡۗ
If they turn away ˹from Allah’s judgment˺, then know that it is Allah’s Will to repay them for some of their sins,
وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَفَٰسِقُونَ ٤٩
and that many people are indeed rebellious.
أَفَحُكۡمَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبۡغُونَۚ
Is it the judgment of ˹pre-Islamic˺ ignorance they seek?
وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكۡمٗا لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ ٥٠
Who could be a better judge than Allah for people of sure faith?
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلۡيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَۘ
Take neither Jews nor Christians as guardians—
بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۚ
they are guardians of each other.
وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمۡ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنۡهُمۡۗ
Whoever does so will be counted as one of them.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥١
Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمۡ
You see those with sickness in their hearts racing for their guardianship,
يَقُولُونَ نَخۡشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٞۚ
saying ˹in justification˺, “We fear a turn of fortune will strike us.”
فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأۡتِيَ بِٱلۡفَتۡحِ أَوۡ أَمۡرٖ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦ
But perhaps Allah will bring about ˹your˺ victory or another favour by His command,
فَيُصۡبِحُواْ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ نَٰدِمِينَ ٥٢
and they will regret what they have hidden in their hearts.
وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ
˹Only then,˺ the believers will ask ˹one another˺,
أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمَعَكُمۡۚ
“Are these the ones who swore solemn oaths by Allah that they were with you?”
حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ
Their deeds have been in vain,
فَأَصۡبَحُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ٥٣
so they have become losers.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
مَن يَرۡتَدَّ مِنكُمۡ عَن دِينِهِۦ
Whoever among you abandons their faith,
فَسَوۡفَ يَأۡتِي ٱللَّهُ بِقَوۡمٖ يُحِبُّهُمۡ وَيُحِبُّونَهُۥٓ
Allah will replace them with others who love Him and are loved by Him.
أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
They will be humble with the believers but firm towards the disbelievers,
يُجَٰهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ
struggling in the Way of Allah;
وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوۡمَةَ لَآئِمٖۚ
fearing no blame from anyone.
ذَٰلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ
This is the favour of Allah.
يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ
He grants it to whoever He wills.
وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٥٤
And Allah is All-Bountiful, All-Knowing.
إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
Your only guardians are Allah, His Messenger, and fellow believers—
ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُمۡ رَٰكِعُونَ ٥٥
who establish prayer and pay alms-tax with humility.
وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
Whoever allies themselves with Allah, His Messenger, and fellow believers,
فَإِنَّ حِزۡبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٥٦
then it is certainly Allah’s party that will prevail.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَا تَتَّخِذُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ دِينَكُمۡ هُزُوٗا وَلَعِبٗا
Do not seek the guardianship of those ... who have made your faith a mockery and amusement.
مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ وَٱلۡكُفَّارَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ
those given the Scripture before you and the disbelievers
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ
And be mindful of Allah
إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٥٧
if you are ˹truly˺ believers.
وَإِذَا نَادَيۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
When you call to prayer,
ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوٗا وَلَعِبٗاۚ
they mock it in amusement.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٥٨
This is because they are a people without understanding.
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O People of the Book!
هَلۡ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنۡ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ
Do you resent us only because we believe in Allah
وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبۡلُ
and what has been revealed to us and what was revealed before—
وَأَنَّ أَكۡثَرَكُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ٥٩
while most of you are rebellious?”
قُلۡ هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرّٖ مِّن ذَٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Shall I inform you of those who deserve a worse punishment from Allah ˹than the rebellious˺?
مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيۡهِ
It is those who earned Allah’s condemnation and displeasure—
وَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡقِرَدَةَ وَٱلۡخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَۚ
some being reduced to apes and pigs and worshippers of false gods.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ شَرّٞ مَّكَانٗا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٦٠
These are far worse in rank and farther astray from the Right Way.”
وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا
When they come to you ˹believers˺ they say, “We believe.”
وَقَد دَّخَلُواْ بِٱلۡكُفۡرِ وَهُمۡ قَدۡ خَرَجُواْ بِهِۦۚ
But they are committed to disbelief when they enter and when they leave.
وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡتُمُونَ ٦١
And Allah knows what they hide.
وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِ وَأَكۡلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ
You see many of them racing towards sin, transgression, and consumption of forbidden gain.
لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٦٢
Evil indeed are their actions!
لَوۡلَا يَنۡهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلۡأَحۡبَارُ
Why do their rabbis and scholars not forbid them
عَن قَوۡلِهِمُ ٱلۡإِثۡمَ وَأَكۡلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحۡتَۚ
from saying what is sinful and consuming what is unlawful?
لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ٦٣
Evil indeed is their inaction!
وَقَالَتِ ٱلۡيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغۡلُولَةٌ
˹Some among˺ the Jews said, “Allah is tight-fisted.”
غُلَّتۡ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَلُعِنُواْ بِمَا قَالُواْ
May their fists be tied and they be condemned for what they said.
بَلۡ يَدَاهُ مَبۡسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيۡفَ يَشَآءُ
Rather, He is open-handed, giving freely as He pleases.
وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغۡيَٰنٗا وَكُفۡرٗا
That which has been revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ from your Lord will only cause many of them to increase in wickedness and disbelief.
وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمُ ٱلۡعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
We have stirred among them hostility and hatred until the Day of Judgment.
كُلَّمَآ أَوۡقَدُواْ نَارٗا لِّلۡحَرۡبِ أَطۡفَأَهَا ٱللَّهُ
Whenever they kindle the fire of war, Allah puts it out.
وَيَسۡعَوۡنَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَسَادٗا
And they strive to spread corruption in the land.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٦٤
And Allah does not like corruptors.
وَلَوۡ أَنَّ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ
Had the People of the Book only been faithful and mindful ˹of Allah˺,
لَكَفَّرۡنَا عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ
We would have certainly absolved them of their sins
وَلَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٦٥
and admitted them into the Gardens of Bliss.
وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ أَقَامُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ
And had they observed the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord,
لَأَكَلُواْ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَمِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِهِمۚ
they would have been overwhelmed with provisions from above and below.
مِّنۡهُمۡ أُمَّةٞ مُّقۡتَصِدَةٞۖ
Some among them are upright,
وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ سَآءَ مَا يَعۡمَلُونَ ٦٦
yet many do nothing but evil.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغۡ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَۖ
O Messenger! Convey everything revealed to you from your Lord.
وَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلۡ فَمَا بَلَّغۡتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥۚ
If you do not, then you have not delivered His message.
وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِۗ
Allah will ˹certainly˺ protect you from the people.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٦٧
Indeed, Allah does not guide the people who disbelieve.
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O People of the Book!
لَسۡتُمۡ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٍ حَتَّىٰ تُقِيمُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۗ
You have nothing to stand on unless you observe the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord.”
وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغۡيَٰنٗا وَكُفۡرٗاۖ
And your Lord’s revelation to you ˹O Prophet˺ will only cause many of them to increase in wickedness and disbelief.
فَلَا تَأۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٦٨
So do not grieve for the people who disbelieve.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَٱلصَّٰبِـُٔونَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ
Indeed, the believers, Jews, Sabians and Christians—
مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا
whoever ˹truly˺ believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good,
فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٦٩
there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.
لَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
Indeed, We took a covenant from the Children of Israel
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ رُسُلٗاۖ
and sent them messengers.
كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولُۢ بِمَا لَا تَهۡوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمۡ
Whenever a messenger came to them with what they did not desire,
فَرِيقٗا كَذَّبُواْ وَفَرِيقٗا يَقۡتُلُونَ ٧٠
they denied some and killed others.
وَحَسِبُوٓاْ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتۡنَةٞ
They thought there would be no consequences,
فَعَمُواْ وَصَمُّواْ
so they turned a blind eye and a deaf ear.
ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ
Yet Allah turned to them in forgiveness ˹after their repentance˺,
ثُمَّ عَمُواْ وَصَمُّواْ كَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡۚ
but again many became blind and deaf.
وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرُۢ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ ٧١
And Allah is All-Seeing of what they do.
لَقَدۡ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَۖ
Those who say, “Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary,” have certainly fallen into disbelief.
وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ يَٰبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
The Messiah ˹himself˺ said, “O Children of Israel!
ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمۡۖ
Worship Allah—my Lord and your Lord.”
إِنَّهُۥ مَن يُشۡرِكۡ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدۡ حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ
Whoever associates others with Allah ˹in worship˺ will surely be forbidden Paradise by Allah.
وَمَأۡوَىٰهُ ٱلنَّارُۖ
Their home will be the Fire.
وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنۡ أَنصَارٖ ٧٢
And the wrongdoers will have no helpers.
لَّقَدۡ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٖۘ
Those who say, “Allah is one in a Trinity,” have certainly fallen into disbelief.
وَمَا مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۚ
There is only One God.
وَإِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهُواْ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ
If they do not stop saying this,
لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٧٣
those who disbelieve among them will be afflicted with a painful punishment.
أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَهُۥۚ
Will they not turn to Allah in repentance and seek His forgiveness?
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٧٤
And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
مَّا ٱلۡمَسِيحُ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٞ
The Messiah, son of Mary, was no more than a messenger.
قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ
˹Many˺ messengers had ˹come and˺ gone before him.
وَأُمُّهُۥ صِدِّيقَةٞۖ
His mother was a woman of truth.
كَانَا يَأۡكُلَانِ ٱلطَّعَامَۗ
They both ate food.
ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
See how We make the signs clear to them,
ثُمَّ ٱنظُرۡ أَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٧٥
yet see how they are deluded ˹from the truth˺!
قُلۡ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “How can you worship besides Allah
مَا لَا يَمۡلِكُ لَكُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗاۚ
those who can neither harm nor benefit you?
وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٧٦
And Allah ˹alone˺ is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
Say, “O People of the Book!
لَا تَغۡلُواْ فِي دِينِكُمۡ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡحَقِّ
Do not go to extremes in your faith beyond the truth,
وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَ قَوۡمٖ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ مِن قَبۡلُ
nor follow the vain desires of those who went astray before ˹you˺.
وَأَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗا
They misled many
وَضَلُّواْ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٧٧
and strayed from the Right Way.”
لُعِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
The disbelievers among the Children of Israel were condemned
عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُۥدَ وَعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَۚ
in the revelations of David and Jesus, son of Mary.
ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَواْ وَّكَانُواْ يَعۡتَدُونَ ٧٨
That was for their disobedience and violations.
كَانُواْ لَا يَتَنَاهَوۡنَ عَن مُّنكَرٖ فَعَلُوهُۚ
They did not forbid one another from doing evil.
لَبِئۡسَ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٩
Evil indeed was what they did!
تَرَىٰ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۚ
You see many of them taking the disbelievers as allies.
لَبِئۡسَ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ لَهُمۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ
Truly wicked are their misdeeds,
أَن سَخِطَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ
which have earned them Allah’s wrath.
وَفِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ هُمۡ خَٰلِدُونَ ٨٠
And they will be in everlasting torment.
وَلَوۡ كَانُواْ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ
Had they believed in Allah, the Prophet, and what has been revealed to him,
مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ
they would have never taken those ˹pagans˺ as allies.
وَلَٰكِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ٨١
But most of them are rebellious.
لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ ٱلنَّاسِ عَدَٰوَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱلۡيَهُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْۖ
You will surely find the most bitter towards the believers to be the Jews and polytheists
وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقۡرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا نَصَٰرَىٰۚ
and the most gracious to be those who call themselves Christian.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهۡبَانٗا
That is because there are priests and monks among them
وَأَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٨٢
and because they are not arrogant.
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ
When they listen to what has been revealed to the Messenger,
تَرَى أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ
you see their eyes overflowing with tears
مِمَّا عَرَفُوا مِنَ الْحَقِّ
for recognizing the truth.
يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا
They say, “Our Lord! We believe,
فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ ٨٣
so count us among the witnesses.
وَمَا لَنَا لَا نُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ
Why should we not believe in Allah and the truth that has come to us?
وَنَطۡمَعُ أَن يُدۡخِلَنَا رَبُّنَا مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٤
And we long for our Lord to include us in the company of the righteous.”
فَأَثَٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُواْ
So Allah will reward them for what they said
جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ
with Gardens under which rivers flow,
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ
to stay there forever.
وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٨٥
And that is the reward of the good-doers.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ
As for those who disbelieve and reject Our signs,
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٨٦
they will be the residents of the Hellfire.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَا تُحَرِّمُواْ طَيِّبَٰتِ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ
Do not forbid the good things which Allah has made lawful for you,
وَلَا تَعۡتَدُوٓاْۚ
and do not transgress.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُعۡتَدِينَ ٨٧
Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.
وَكُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلٗا طَيِّبٗاۚ
Eat of the good, lawful things provided to you by Allah.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٨
And be mindful of Allah in Whom you believe.
لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغۡوِ فِيٓ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ
Allah will not call you to account for your thoughtless oaths,
وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَۖ
but He will hold you accountable for deliberate oaths.
فَكَفَّٰرَتُهُۥٓ إِطۡعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَٰكِينَ مِنۡ أَوۡسَطِ مَا تُطۡعِمُونَ أَهۡلِيكُمۡ
The penalty for a broken oath is to feed ten poor people from what you normally feed your own family,
أَوۡ كِسۡوَتُهُمۡ
or to clothe them,
أَوۡ تَحۡرِيرُ رَقَبَةٖۖ
or to free a bondsperson.
فَمَن لَّمۡ يَجِدۡ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَٰثَةِ أَيَّامٖۚ
But if none of this is affordable, then you must fast three days.
ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّٰرَةُ أَيۡمَٰنِكُمۡ إِذَا حَلَفۡتُمۡۚ
This is the penalty for breaking your oaths.
وَٱحۡفَظُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡۚ
So be mindful of your oaths.
كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٨٩
This is how Allah makes things clear to you, so perhaps you will be grateful.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ
O believers!
إِنَّمَا ٱلۡخَمۡرُ وَٱلۡمَيۡسِرُ وَٱلۡأَنصَابُ وَٱلۡأَزۡلَٰمُ
Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and drawing lots for decisions
رِجۡسٞ مِّنۡ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ
are all evil of Satan’s handiwork.
فَٱجۡتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ٩٠
So shun them so you may be successful.
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءَ فِي ٱلۡخَمۡرِ وَٱلۡمَيۡسِرِ
Satan’s plan is to stir up hostility and hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling
وَيَصُدَّكُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِۖ
and to prevent you from remembering Allah and praying.
فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ ٩١
Will you not then abstain?
وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَٱحۡذَرُواْۚ
Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and beware!
فَإِن تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
But if you turn away, then know
أَنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٩٢
that Our Messenger’s duty is only to deliver ˹the message˺ clearly.
لَيۡسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جُنَاحٞ فِيمَا طَعِمُوٓاْ
There is no blame on those who believe and do good for what they had consumed before ˹the prohibition˺,
إِذَا مَا ٱتَّقَواْ وَّءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
as long as they fear Allah, have faith, and do what is good;
ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَواْ وَّءَامَنُواْ
then they believe and act virtuously,
ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَواْ وَّأَحۡسَنُواْۚ
then become fully mindful ˹of Allah˺ and do righteous deeds.
وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٩٣
For Allah loves the good-doers.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَيَبۡلُوَنَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنَ ٱلصَّيۡدِ تَنَالُهُۥٓ أَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَرِمَاحُكُمۡ
Allah will surely test you with game within the reach of your hands and spears
لِيَعۡلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَخَافُهُۥ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۚ
to distinguish those who fear Him in secret.
فَمَنِ ٱعۡتَدَىٰ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٩٤
Whoever transgresses from now on will suffer a painful punishment.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَقۡتُلُواْ ٱلصَّيۡدَ وَأَنتُمۡ حُرُمٞۚ
O believers! Do not kill game while on pilgrimage.
وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدٗا فَجَزَآءٞ مِّثۡلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّعَمِ
Whoever kills game intentionally must compensate by offering its equivalence
يَحۡكُمُ بِهِۦ ذَوَا عَدۡلٖ مِّنكُمۡ
as judged by two just men among you
هَدۡيَۢا بَٰلِغَ ٱلۡكَعۡبَةِ
to be offered at the Sacred House,
أَوۡ كَفَّٰرَةٞ طَعَامُ مَسَٰكِينَ
or by feeding the needy,
أَوۡ عَدۡلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِيَامٗا
or by fasting
لِّيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهِۦۗ
so that they may taste the consequences of their violations.
عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۚ
Allah has forgiven what has been done.
وَمَنۡ عَادَ فَيَنتَقِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنۡهُۚ
But those who persist will be punished by Allah.
وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٞ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ ٩٥
And Allah is Almighty, capable of punishment.
أُحِلَّ لَكُمۡ صَيۡدُ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ
It is lawful for you to hunt and eat seafood,
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِۖ
as a provision for you and for travellers.
وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ صَيۡدُ ٱلۡبَرِّ مَا دُمۡتُمۡ حُرُمٗاۗ
But hunting on land is forbidden to you while on pilgrimage.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ٩٦
Be mindful of Allah to Whom you all will be gathered.
جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡكَعۡبَةَ ٱلۡبَيۡتَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ قِيَٰمٗا لِّلنَّاسِ
Allah has made the Ka’bah—the Sacred House—a sanctuary of well-being for all people,
وَٱلشَّهۡرَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ وَٱلۡهَدۡيَ وَٱلۡقَلَٰٓئِدَۚ
along with the sacred months, the sacrificial animals, and the ˹offerings decorated with˺ garlands.
ذَٰلِكَ لِتَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
All this so you may know that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth,
وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٩٧
and that He has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of everything.
ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ
Know that Allah is severe in punishment
وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٩٨
and that He is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
مَّا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُۗ
The Messenger’s duty is only to deliver ˹the message˺.
وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُبۡدُونَ وَمَا تَكۡتُمُونَ ٩٩
And Allah ˹fully˺ knows what you reveal and what you conceal.
قُل لَّا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Good and evil are not equal,
وَلَوۡ أَعۡجَبَكَ كَثۡرَةُ ٱلۡخَبِيثِۚ
though you may be dazzled by the abundance of evil.
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَٰٓأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ
So be mindful of Allah, O people of reason,
لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ١٠٠
so you may be successful.”
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
لَا تَسۡـَٔلُواْ عَنۡ أَشۡيَآءَ إِن تُبۡدَ لَكُمۡ تَسُؤۡكُمۡ
Do not ask about any matter which, if made clear to you, may disturb you.
وَإِن تَسۡـَٔلُواْ عَنۡهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ تُبۡدَ لَكُمۡ
But if you inquire about what is being revealed in the Quran, it will be made clear to you.
عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهَاۗ
Allah has forgiven what was done ˹in the past˺.
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٞ ١٠١
And Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.
قَدۡ سَأَلَهَا قَوۡمٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكُمۡ
Some people before you asked such questions
ثُمَّ أَصۡبَحُواْ بِهَا كَٰفِرِينَ ١٠٢
then denied their answers.
مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٖ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٖ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٖ وَلَا حَامٖ
Allah has never ordained the ˹so-called˺ baḥîrah, sâ'ibah, waṣîlah, and ḥâm camels.
وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ
But the disbelievers just fabricate lies about Allah,
وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠٣
and most of them lack understanding.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ
When it is said to them, “Come to Allah’s revelations and to the Messenger,”
قَالُواْ حَسۡبُنَا مَا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَآۚ
they reply, “What we found our forefathers practicing is good enough for us.”
أَوَلَوۡ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٠٤
˹Would they still do so,˺ even if their forefathers had absolutely no knowledge or guidance?
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡ
You are accountable only for yourselves.
لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا ٱهۡتَدَيۡتُمۡ
It will not harm you if someone chooses to deviate—as long as you are ˹rightly˺ guided.
إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ جَمِيعٗا
To Allah you will all return,
فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٠٥
and He will inform you of what you used to do.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ
O believers!
شَهَٰدَةُ بَيۡنِكُمۡ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ حِينَ ٱلۡوَصِيَّةِ
When death approaches any of you, call upon two just Muslim men to witness as you make a bequest;
ٱثۡنَانِ ذَوَا عَدۡلٖ مِّنكُمۡ
two just Muslim men
أَوۡ ءَاخَرَانِ مِنۡ غَيۡرِكُمۡ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ ضَرَبۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَصَٰبَتۡكُم مُّصِيبَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۚ
otherwise, two non-Muslims if you are afflicted with death while on a journey.
تَحۡبِسُونَهُمَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
If you doubt ˹their testimony˺, keep them after prayer
فَيُقۡسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ إِنِ ٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ
and let them testify under oath ˹saying˺,
لَا نَشۡتَرِي بِهِۦ ثَمَنٗا وَلَوۡ كَانَ ذَا قُرۡبَىٰ
“By Allah! We would never sell our testimony for any price, even in favour of a close relative,
وَلَا نَكۡتُمُ شَهَٰدَةَ ٱللَّهِ
nor withhold the testimony of Allah.
إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡأٓثِمِينَ ١٠٦
Otherwise, we would surely be sinful.”
فَإِنۡ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسۡتَحَقَّآ إِثۡمٗا
If they are found guilty ˹of false testimony˺,
فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا
let the deceased’s two closest heirs affected by the bequest replace the witnesses
مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡأَوۡلَيَٰنِ
affected by the bequest
فَيُقۡسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ
and testify under oath ˹saying˺,
لَشَهَٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَٰدَتِهِمَا
“By Allah! Our testimony is truer than theirs.
وَمَا ٱعۡتَدَيۡنَآ
We have not transgressed.
إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠٧
Otherwise, we would surely be wrongdoers.”
ذَٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ أَن يَأۡتُواْ بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهَآ
In this way it is more likely that witnesses will give true testimony
أَوۡ يَخَافُوٓاْ أَن تُرَدَّ أَيۡمَٰنُۢ بَعۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡۗ
or else fear that their oaths could be refuted by those of the heirs.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسۡمَعُواْۗ
Be mindful of Allah and obey.
وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ ١٠٨
For Allah does not guide the rebellious people.
يَوۡمَ يَجۡمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ
˹Consider˺ the Day Allah will gather the messengers
فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبۡتُمۡۖ
and say, “What response did you receive?”
قَالُواْ لَا عِلۡمَ لَنَآۖ
They will reply, “We have no knowledge ˹compared to You˺!
إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ ١٠٩
You ˹alone˺ are indeed the Knower of all unseen.”
إِذۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ
And ˹on Judgment Day˺ Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary!
ٱذۡكُرۡ نِعۡمَتِي عَلَيۡكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ
Remember My favour upon you and your mother:
إِذۡ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلۡقُدُسِ
how I supported you with the holy spirit
تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ وَكَهۡلٗاۖ
so you spoke to people in ˹your˺ infancy and adulthood.
وَإِذۡ عَلَّمۡتُكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَۖ
How I taught you writing, wisdom, the Torah, and the Gospel.
وَإِذۡ تَخۡلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيۡـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيۡرِ بِإِذۡنِي
How you moulded a bird from clay—by My Will—
فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيۡرَۢا بِإِذۡنِيۖ
and breathed into it and it became a ˹real˺ bird—by My Will.
وَتُبۡرِئُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَهَ وَٱلۡأَبۡرَصَ بِإِذۡنِيۖ
How you healed the blind and the lepers—by My Will.
وَإِذۡ تُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ بِإِذۡنِيۖ
How you brought the dead to life—by My Will.
وَإِذۡ كَفَفۡتُ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ
How I prevented the Children of Israel from harming you
إِذۡ جِئۡتَهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ
when you came to them with clear proofs
فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ ١١٠
and the disbelievers among them said, “This is nothing but pure magic.”
وَإِذۡ أَوۡحَيۡتُ إِلَى ٱلۡحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ
And how I inspired the disciples,
أَنۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِي وَبِرَسُولِي
“Believe in Me and My messenger!”
قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا
They declared, “We believe
وَٱشۡهَدۡ بِأَنَّنَا مُسۡلِمُونَ ١١١
and bear witness that we fully submit ˹to Allah˺.”
إِذۡ قَالَ ٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ
˹Remember˺ when the disciples asked, “O Jesus, son of Mary!
هَلۡ يَسۡتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡنَا مَآئِدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ
Would your Lord be willing to send down to us a table spread with food from heaven?”
قَالَ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٢
Jesus answered, “Fear Allah if you are ˹truly˺ believers.”
قَالُواْ نُرِيدُ أَن نَّأۡكُلَ مِنۡهَا
They said, “We ˹only˺ wish to eat from it
وَتَطۡمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا
to reassure our hearts,
وَنَعۡلَمَ أَن قَدۡ صَدَقۡتَنَا
to verify you are indeed truthful to us,
وَنَكُونَ عَلَيۡهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ١١٣
and to become its witnesses.”
قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ
Jesus, son of Mary, prayed,
ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ
“O Allah, our Lord!
أَنزِلۡ عَلَيۡنَا مَآئِدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ
Send us from heaven a table spread with food
تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدٗا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا
as a feast for us—the first and last of us—
وَءَايَةٗ مِّنكَۖ
and as a sign from You.
وَٱرۡزُقۡنَا
Provide for us!
وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ١١٤
You are indeed the Best Provider.”
قَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّي مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ
Allah answered, “I am sending it down to you.
فَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بَعۡدُ مِنكُمۡ
But whoever among you denies afterwards
فَإِنِّيٓ أُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابٗا لَّآ أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ أَحَدٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١١٥
will be subjected to a torment I have never inflicted on anyone of My creation.”
وَإِذۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ
And ˹on Judgment Day˺ Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary!
ءَأَنتَ قُلۡتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَٰهَيۡنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۖ
Did you ever ask the people to worship you and your mother as gods besides Allah?”
قَالَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ
He will answer, “Glory be to You!
مَا يَكُونُ لِيٓ أَنۡ أَقُولَ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِحَقٍّۚ
How could I ever say what I had no right to say?
إِن كُنتُ قُلۡتُهُۥ فَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَهُۥۚ
If I had said such a thing, you would have certainly known it.
تَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي نَفۡسِي وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي نَفۡسِكَۚ
You know what is ˹hidden˺ within me, but I do not know what is within You.
إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ ١١٦
Indeed, You ˹alone˺ are the Knower of all unseen.
مَا قُلۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرۡتَنِي بِهِۦٓ
I never told them anything except what You ordered me to say:
أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمۡۚ
“Worship Allah—my Lord and your Lord!”
وَكُنتُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ شَهِيدٗا مَّا دُمۡتُ فِيهِمۡۖ
And I was witness over them as long as I remained among them.
فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيۡتَنِي كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ
But when You took me, You were the Witness over them—
وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ١١٧
and You are a Witness over all things.
إِن تُعَذِّبۡهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ عِبَادُكَ
If You punish them, they belong to You after all.
وَإِن تَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١١٨
But if You forgive them, You are surely the Almighty, All-Wise.”
قَالَ ٱللَّهُ هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ يَنفَعُ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ صِدۡقُهُمۡۚ
Allah will declare, “This is the Day when ˹only˺ the faithful will benefit from their faithfulness.
لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ
Theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow,
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدٗاۖ
to stay there for ever and ever.
رَّضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُواْ عَنۡهُۚ
Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ١١٩
That is the ultimate triumph.”
لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ
To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything within.
وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ١٢٠
And He is Most Capable of everything.