The Qur'an with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation

The Qur’an

With a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation

6th Edition

Translated by

Ali Quli Qarai

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Sixth (Fifth Revised) Edition 2018

Fifth (Fourth Revised) Edition 2018

Fourth (Third Revised) Edition 2015

Third (Revised) Edition 2009

Second (Revised) Edition 2005

First Edition 2003

ISBN-13: 978-1721575213

ISBN-10: 1721575219

© Ali Quli Qarai, 2018

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Contents

A Chronological List of the Surahs

Supplication on Commencing a Reading

The Qur’an

1. The Opening (al-Fātiḥah)

2. The Heifer (al-Baqarah)

[Part 2]

[Part 3]

3. The Progeny of Imran (Āl-i ‘Imrān)

[Part 4]

4. Women (al-Nisā’)

[Part 5]

[Part 6]

5. The Table (al-Mā’idah)

[Part 7]

6. The Cattle (al-An‘ām)

[Part 8]

7. The Elevations (al-A‘rāf)

[Part 9]

8. The Spoils (al-Anfāl)

[Part 10]

9. Repentance (al-Tawbah)

[Part 11]

10. Jonah (Yūnus)

11. Hud (Hūd)

[Part 12]

12. Joseph (Yūsuf)

[Part 13]

13. Thunder (al-Ra‘d)

14. Abraham (Ibrāhīm)

[Part 14]

15. Hijr (al-Ḥijr)

16. The Bee (al-Naḥl)

[Part 15]

17. The Night Journey (al-Isrā’)

18. The Cave (al-Kahf)

[Part 16]

19. Mary (Maryam)

20. Ta Ha (Ṭā Hā)

[Part 17]

21. The Prophets (al-Anbiyā’)

22. The Pilgrimage (al-Ḥajj)

[Part 18]

23. The Faithful (al-Mu’minūn)

24. The Light (al-Nūr)

25. The Criterion (al-Furqān)

[Part 19]

26. The Poets (al-Shu‘arā’)

27. The Ant (al-Naml)

[Part 20]

28. The Story (al-Qaṣaṣ)

29. The Spider (al-‘Ankabũt)

[Part 21]

30. The Byzantines (al-Rūm)

31. Luqman (Luqmān)

32. Prostration (al-Sajdah)

33. The Confederates (al-Aḥzāb)

[Part 22]

34. Sheba (Saba’)

35. The Originator (Fāṭir)

36. Ya Sin (Yā Sīn)

[Part 23]

37. The Ranged Ones (al-Ṣāffāt)

38. Sad (Ṣād)

39. Throngs (al-Zumar)

[Part 24]

40. The Forgiver (Ghāfir)

41. Elaborated (Fuṣṣilat)

[Part 25]

42. Counsel (al-Shūrā)

43. Ornaments (al-Zukhruf)

44. Smoke (al-Dukhān)

45. Fallen on Knees (al-Jāthiyah)

[Part 26]

46. Ahqaf (46. Ahqaf)

47. Muhammad (Muḥammad)

48. Victory (al-Fatḥ)

49. Apartments (al-Ḥujurāt)

50. Qaf (Qāf)

51. The Scatterers (al-Dhāriyāt)

[Part 27]

52. The Mount (al-Ṭūr

53. The Star (al-Najm)

54. The Moon (al-Qamar)

55. The All-Beneficent (al-Raḥmān)

56. The Imminent Hour (al-Wāqi‘ah)

57. Iron (al-Ḥadīd)

[Part 28]

58. The Pleader (al-Mujādilah)

59. The Banishment (al-Ḥashr)

60. The Woman Tested (al-Mumtaḥanah)

61. Ranks (al-Ṣaff)

62. Friday (al-Jumu‘ah)

63. The Hypocrites (al-Munāfiqūn)

64. Privation (al-Taghābun)

65. Divorce (al-Ṭalāq)

66. The Disallowing (al-Taḥrīm)

[Part 29]

67. Sovereignty (al-Mulk)

68. The Pen (al-Qalam)

69. The Besieger (al-Ḥāqqah)

70. Lofty Stations (al-Ma‘ārij)

71. Noah (Nūḥ)

72. The Jinn (al-Jinn)

73. Enwrapped (al- Muzzammil)

74. Shrouded (al-Muddaththir)

75. Resurrection (al-Qiyāmah)

76. The Human Being (al-Insān)

77. The Emissaries (al-Mursalāt)

[Part 30]

78. The Tiding (al-Naba’)

79. The Wresters (al-Nāzi‘āt)

80. He Frowned (‘Abasa)

81. The Winding Up (al-Takwīr)

82. The Rending (al-Infiṭār)

83. The Defrauders (al-Muṭaffifīn)

84. The Splitting (al-Inshiqāq)

85. The Houses (al-Burūj)

86. The Nightly Visitor (al-Ṭāriq)

87. The Most Exalted (al-A‘lā)

88. The Enveloper (al-Ghāshiyah)

89. The Dawn (al-Fajr)

90. The Town (al-Balad)

91. The Sun (al-Shams)

92. The Night (al-Layl)

93. The Morning Brightness (al-Ḍuḥā)

94. Opening (al-Sharḥ)

95. The Fig (al-Tīn)

96. The Clinging Tissue (al-‘Alaq)

97. The Ordainment (al-Qadr)

98. The Proof (al-Bayyinah)

99. The Quake (al-Zalzalah)

100. The Chargers (al-‘Ādiyāt)

101. The Catastrophe (al-Qāri‘ah)

102. Rivalry (al-Takāthur)

103. Time (al-‘Aṣr)

104. The Scandal-monger (al-Humazah)

105. The Elephant (al-Fīl)

106. Quraysh (Quraysh)

107. Vital Aid (al-Mā‘ūn)

108. Abundance (al-Kawthar)

109. The Faithless (al-Kāfirūn)

110. Help (al-Naṣr)

111. Palm Fibre (al-Masad)

112. Pure Monotheism (al-Ikhlāṣ)

113. Daybreak (al-Falaq)

114. Humans (al-Nās)

Supplication on Completing a Reading

The Translator’s Preface

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Sources Consulted

Index

A Chronological List of the Surahs

Meccan Surahs

1. The Opening (al-Fātiḥah)

2. The Clinging Tissue (al-‘Alaq) 96)

3. The Pen (al-Qalam) (68)

4. Enwrapped (al- Muzzammil) (73)

5. Shrouded (al-Muddaththir) (74)

6. Palm Fibre (al-Masad) (111)

7. The Winding Up (al-Takwīr)( 81)

8. The Most Exalted (al-A‘lā) (87)

9. The Night (al-Layl) (92)

10. The Dawn (al-Fajr) (89)

11. The Morning Brightness (al-Ḍuḥā) (11)

12. Opening (al-Sharḥ) (94)

13. Time (al-‘Aṣr) 9103)

14. The Chargers (al-‘Ādiyāt) (100)

15. Abundance (al-Kawthar) (108)

16. Rivalry (al-Takāthur) (102)

17. Vital Aid (al-Mā‘ūn) (107)

18. The Faithless (al-Kāfirūn) (109)

19. The Elephant (al-Fīl) (105)

20. Daybreak (al-Falaq) (113)

21. Humans (al-Nās) (114)

22. Pure Monotheism (al-Ikhlāṣ) (112)

23. The Star (al-Najm) (53)

24. He Frowned (‘Abasa) (80)

25. The Ordainment (al-Qadr) (97)

26. The Sun (al-Shams) (91)

27. The Houses (al-Burūj) (85)

28. The Fig (al-Tīn) (95)

29. Quraysh (Quraysh) (106)

30. The Catastrophe (al-Qāri‘ah) (101)

31. Resurrection (al-Qiyāmah) (75)

32. The Scandal-monger (al-Humazah) (104)

33. The Emissaries (al-Mursalāt) (77)

34. Qaf (Qāf) (50)

35. The Town (al-Balad) (90)

36. The Nightly Visitor (al-Ṭāriq) ) 86)

37. The Moon (al-Qamar) (54)

38. Sad (Ṣād) (38)

39. The Elevations (al-A‘rāf) (7)

40. The Jinn (al-Jinn) (72)

41. Ya Sin (Yā Sīn) (36)

42. The Criterion (al-Furqān) (25)

43. The Originator (Fāṭir) (35)

44. Mary (Maryam) (19)

45. Ta Ha (Ṭā Hā) (20)

46. The Imminent Hour (al-Wāqi‘ah) (56)

47. The Poets (al-Shu‘arā’) (26)

48. The Ant (al-Naml) (27)

49. The Story (al-Qaṣaṣ) (28)

50. The Night Journey (al-Isrā’) (17)

51. Jonah (Yūnus) (10)

52. Hud (Hūd) (11)

53. Joseph (Yūsuf) (12)

54. Hijr (al-Ḥijr) (15)

55. The Cattle (al-An‘ām) (6)

56. The Ranged Ones (al-Ṣāffāt) (37)

57. Luqman (Luqmān) (31)

58. Sheba (Saba’) (34)

59. Throngs (al-Zumar) (39)

60. The Forgiver (Ghāfir) (40)

61. Elaborated (Fuṣṣilat) (41)

62. Counsel (al-Shūrā) (42)

63. Ornaments (al-Zukhruf) (43)

64. Smoke (al-Dukhān) (44)

65. Fallen on Knees (al-Jāthiyah) (45)

66. Ahqaf (46. Ahqaf) (46)

67. The Scatterers (al-Dhāriyāt) (67)

68. The Enveloper (al-Ghāshiyah) (88)

69. The Cave (al-Kahf) (18)

70. The Bee (al-Naḥl) (16)

71. Noah (Nūḥ) (71)

72. Abraham (Ibrāhīm) (14)

73. The Prophets (al-Anbiyā’) (21)

74. The Faithful (al-Mu’minūn) (23)

75. Prostration (al-Sajdah) (32)

76. The Mount (al-Ṭūr) (52)

77. Sovereignty (al-Mulk) (67)

78. The Besieger (al-Ḥāqqah) (69)

79. Lofty Stations (al-Ma‘ārij) (72)

80. The Tiding (al-Naba’) (78)

81. The Wresters (al-Nāzi‘āt) (79)

82. The Rending (al-Infiṭār) (82)

83. The Splitting (al-Inshiqāq) (84)

84. The Byzantines (al-Rūm) (30)

85. The Spider (al-‘Ankabũt) (29)

86. The Defrauders (al-Muṭaffifīn) (83)

Medinese Surahs

87. The Heifer (al-Baqarah) (2)

88. The Spoils (al-Anfāl) (8)

89. The Progeny of Imran (Āl-i ‘Imrān) (3)

90. The Confederates (al-Aḥzāb) (33) >

91. The Woman Tested (al-Mumtaḥanah) (60)

92. Women (al-Nisā’) (4)

93. The Quake (al-Zalzalah) (99)

94. Iron (al-Ḥadīd) (57)

95. Muhammad (Muḥammad) (47)

96. Thunder (al-Ra‘d) (13)

97. The All-Beneficent (al-Raḥmān) (55)

98. The Human Being (al-Insān)( 76)

99. Divorce (al-Ṭalāq) (65)

100. The Proof (al-Bayyinah) (98)

101. The Banishment (al-Ḥashr) (59)

102. Help (al-Naṣr) (110)

103. The Light (al-Nūr) (24)

104. The Pilgrimage (al-Ḥajj) (22)

105. The Hypocrites (al-Munāfiqūn) (63)

106. The Pleader (al-Mujādilah) (58)

107. Apartments (al-Ḥujurāt) (49)

108. The Disallowing (al-Taḥrīm) (66)

109. Ranks (al-Ṣaff) (61)

110. Friday (al-Jumu‘ah) (62)

111. Privation (al-Taghābun) (64)

112. Victory (al-Fatḥ) (48)

113. The Table (al-Mā’idah) (5)

114. Repentance (al-Tawbah) (9)

The Sources

The chronological order and place of revelation of the sūrahs given here is based on a close tally of parallel sequences found in more than a score of various versions of related reports narrated variously by: Sa‘īd b. Musayyab, from Imam ‘Alī.

Part of these reports are also from Ibn ‘Abbās by ‘Aṭā, Abū Ṣāliḥ, ‘Ikrimah and Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Kurayb (or Abū Kurayb), Zuhrī, Ḍaḥḥāk, Jābir b. Zayd, Mujāhid and Ḥusayn b. Wāqid.

The reports are cited by Muqātil b. Sulaymān, Ya‘qūbī, Ibn al-Ḍurays, Nayshābūrī, ‘Āṣimī, Ibn al-Nadīm, Abū ‘Amr al-Dānī, Bayhaqī, Wāḥdī, Ḥaskānī, Ibn al-‘Arabī, Ṭabrisī, Shahristānī, Zarkashī, and Suyūṭī in their works.

However, a close scrutiny suggests that the order given above presents only an approximate picture of the actual chronological order. For example, the first part of the surah The Pilgrimage (al-Hajj) appears to be Meccan and its latter part definitely belongs to the early Medinese period, and there are many reports that al-Ma'idah is the last surah to be revealed.

The designation of the ‘place’ of revelation as ‘Makkah’ or ‘Madinah’ actually mean that the related surah were revealed during the Meccan and Medinese periods during which the Prophet was stationed at these cities.)

Supplication on Commencing a Reading

¹

اللهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

O God! Our Lord! To You belongs all praise.

أَنْتَ الْمُتَوَحِّدُ بِالْقُدْرَةِ

You alone possess all power

وَ السُّلْطَانِ الْمَتِينِ

and the firmest authority,

وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

and to You belongs all praise.

أَنْتَ الْمُتَعَالِي بِالْعِزِّ وَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ

You are exalted in Your might and supremacy

وَ فَوْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

and over the heavens and the Great Throne.

رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

Our Lord, to You belongs all praise!

أَنْتَ الْمُكْتَفِي بِعِلْمِكَ

You are self-sufficient in Your knowledge,

وَ الْمُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْكَ كُلُّ ذِي عِلْمٍ

and every possessor of knowledge stands in need of You.

رَبَّنَا وَ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ

Our Lord, to You belongs all praise,

يَا مُنْزِلَ الْآيَاتِ وَ الذِّكْرِ الْعَظِيمِ

O sender of the signs and the Great Reminder!

رَبَّنَا فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ

Our Lord, to You belongs all praise

بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنَا مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ

for what You have taught us of wisdom

وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْعَظِيمِ الْمُبِينِ

and the great manifest Qur’ān.

اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَلَّمْتَنَاەُ

O God! You taught it to us

قَبْلَ رَغْبَتِنَا فِي تَعَلُّمِهِ

before we could be eager to learn it,

وَ اخْتَصَصْتَنَا بِهِ

and singled us out for it

قَبْلَ رَغْبَتِنَا بِنَفْعِهِ

before we could desire its benefit.

اللهُمَّ

O God!

فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مَنّاً مِنْكَ

As such has been Your favour toward us,

وَ فَضْلًا وَ جُوداً وَ لُطْفاً بِنَا

and Your grace, generosity, and kindness to us

وَ رَحْمَةً لَنَا وَ امْتِنَاناً عَلَيْنَا

and Your mercy and favour toward us

مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلِنَا

—not because of any power that we possessed,

وَ لَا حِيلَتِنَا

nor because of any devising on our part,

وَ لَا قُوَّتِنَا

nor because of any strength that we had—

اللهُمَّ فَحَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا

O God, grant us the passion

حُسْنَ تِلَاوَتِهِ

for the charm of its recitation,

وَ حِفْظَ آيَاتِهِ

and memorization of its verses,

وَ إِيمَاناً بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ

faith in its metaphorical parts,

وَ عَمَلًا بِمُحْكَمِهِ

pursuance of its univocal parts,

وَ سَبَباً فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ

the means to interpreting it,

وَ هُدًى فِي تَدْبِيرِەِ

guidance in contemplating it,

وَ بَصِيرَةً بِنُورِەِ

and inner insight through its light.

اللهُمَّ وَ كَمَا أَنْزَلْتَهُ

O God, even as You have sent it down

شِفَاءً لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ

as healing for Your friends,

وَ شَقَاءً عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ

wretchedness for Your enemies,

وَ عَمًى عَلَى أَهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِكَ

blindness for the disobedient,

وَ نُوراً لِأَهْلِ طَاعَتِكَ

and a light for the obedient,

اللهُمَّ فَاجْعَلْهُ لَنَا

so also, O God, make it for us

حِصْناً مِنْ عَذَابِكَ

a shield against Your punishment,

وَ حِرْزاً مِنْ غَضَبِكَ

a bulwark against Your wrath,

وَ حَاجِزاً عَنْ مَعْصِيَتِكَ

a safeguard against Your disobedience,

وَ عِصْمَةً مِنْ سَخَطِكَ

a protection from Your displeasure,

وَ دَلِيلًا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ

a guide to Your obedience,

وَ نُوراً يَوْمَ نَلْقَاكَ

and, on the day we shall encounter You, a light

نَسْتَضِيءُ بِهِ فِي خَلْقِكَ

whereby we may walk amid Your creatures,

وَ نَجُوزُ بِهِ عَلَى صِرَاطِكَ

cross safely Your bridge [over hell],

وَ نَهْتَدِي بِهِ إِلَى جَنَّتِكَ

to be led by it into Your paradise.

اللهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ

O God! We seek Your protection

مِنَ الشِّقْوَةِ فِي حَمْلِهِ

from wretchedness in bearing it,

وَ الْعَمَى عَنْ عَمَلِهِ

from blindness in practising it,

وَ الْجَوْرِ عَنْ حُكْمِهِ

from deviating from its precepts,

وَ الْعُلُوِّ عَنْ قَصْدِەِ

from swerving from its middle path

وَ التَّقْصِيرِ دُونَ حَقِّهِ

and disregarding its right.

اللهُمَّ احْمِلْ عَنَّا ثِقْلَهُ

O God! Lighten for us its burden,

وَ أَوْجِبْ لَنَا أَجْرَەُ

appoint for us its reward,

وَ أَوْزِعْنَا شُكْرَەُ

inspire us to give thanks for it,

وَ اجْعَلْنَا نُرَاعِيهِ وَ نَحْفَظُهُ

and enable us to observe it and secure it.

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا نَتَّبِعُ حَلَالَهُ

O God! Enable us to pursue what it declares as lawful,

وَ نَجْتَنِبُ حَرَامَهُ

to avoid what it asserts to be unlawful,

وَ نُقِيمُ حُدُودَەُ

to observe its bounds,

وَ نُؤَدِّي فَرَائِضَهُ

and to fulfill its obligations.

اللهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا حَلَاوَةً فِي تِلَاوَتِهِ

O God! Grant us sweetness of its recitation,

وَ نَشَاطاً فِي قِيَامِهِ

animation in its performance,

وَ وَجِلًا فِي تَرْتِيلِهِ

awe in its recitals,

وَ قُوَّةً فِي اسْتِعْمَالِهِ

and strength in putting it into practice

فِي آنَاءِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَطْرَافِ النَّهَارِ

in the watches of the night and at the ends of the day.

اللهُمَّ وَ اشْفِنَا مِنَ النَّوْمِ بِالْيَسِيرِ

O God! Refresh us with a little amount of sleep

وَ أَيْقِظْنَا فِي سَاعَةِ اللَّيْلِ

and awaken us in the hour of the night

مِنْ رُقَادِ الرَّاقِدِينَ

from the sleep of the slumberers,

وَ نَبِّهْنَا عِنْدَ الْأَحَايِينِ

and arouse us, at the moments

الَّتِي يُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءُ

wherein supplications are granted,

مِنْ سِنَةِ الْوَسْنَانِينَ

from the drowsiness of the drowsy.

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِقُلُوبِنَا

O God! Make our hearts

ذَكَاءً عِنْدَ عَجَائِبِهِ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَضِي

perceptive of its wonders, which are never exhausted,

وَ لَذَاذَةً عِنْدَ تَرْدِيدِەِ

relish murmuring it in soft tones,

وَ عِبْرَةً عِنْدَ تَرْجِيعِهِ

take lesson from it when consulting it,

وَ نَفْعاً بَيِّناً

and benefit manifestly

عِنْدَ اسْتِفْهَامِهِ

when seeking an answer from it to our queries.

اللهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ

O God! We seek Your protection

مِنْ تَخَلُّفِهِ فِي قُلُوبِنَا

from letting it languish in our hearts,

وَ تَوَسُّدِەِ عِنْدَ رُقَادِنَا

from our turning it into a soporific,

وَ نَبْذِەِ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِنَا

and from casting it behind our backs.

وَ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ قَسَاوَةِ قُلُوبِنَا

We seek Your protection from hardening of our hearts

لِمَا بِهِ وَعَظْتَنَا

to what You have advised us.

اللهُمَّ انْفَعْنَا

O God! Give us the benefit

بِمَا صَرَفْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ

of the signs You have variegated in it,

وَ ذَكِّرْنَا بِمَا ضَرَبْتَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْمَثُلَاتِ

admonish us by the parables You have drawn in it,

وَ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا بِتَأْوِيلِهِ السَّيِّئَاتِ

remedy our ills through its interpretation,

وَ ضَاعِفْ لَنَا بِهِ جَزَاءً فِي الْحَسَنَاتِ

double through it our reward of good deeds,

وَ ارْفَعْنَا بِهِ ثَوَاباً فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ

elevate us in rank through it as a reward,

وَ لَقِّنَا بِهِ الْبُشْرَى بَعْدَ الْمَمَاتِ

and give us good news through it after death!

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا

O God! Make it for us

زَاداً تُقَوِّينَا بِهِ

a provision with which You may fortify us

فِي الْمَوْقِفِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

in the halt before You,

وَ طَرِيقاً وَاضِحاً نَسْلُكُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ

a clear path by which we may travel towards You,

وَ عِلْماً نَافِعاً

a beneficial knowledge

نَشْكُرُ بِهِ نَعْمَاءَكَ

by which we may thank You for Your blessings,

وَ تَخَشُّعاً صَادِقاً

a true veneration

نُسَبِّحُ بِهِ أَسْمَاءَكَ

with which we may glorify Your Names,

فَإِنَّكَ اتَّخَذْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا حُجَّةً

for You have made it an argument against us

قَطَعْتَ بِهِ عُذْرَنَا

whereby You have cut off our excuses,

وَ اصْطَنَعْتَ بِهِ عِنْدَنَا نِعْمَةً

and granted thereby a blessing

قَصَرَ عَنْهَا شُكْرُنَا

for which we can never thank You enough!

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا

O God! Make it for us

وَلِيّاً يُثَبِّتُنَا مِنَ الزَّلَلِ

a guardian that saves us from stumbles,

وَ دَلِيلًا يَهْدِينَا لِصَالِحِ الْعَمَلِ

a guide that directs us to righteous conduct,

وَ عَوْناً هَادِياً يُقَوِّمُنَا مِنَ الْمَيْلِ

a guiding helper that saves us from deviation,

وَ عَوْناً يُقَوِّينَا مِنَ الْمَلَلِ

a helper that gives us vigour in weariness,

حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ بِنَا أَفْضَلَ الْأَمَلِ

thus enabling us to realize our best aspirations.

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا

O God! Make it for us

شَافِعاً يَوْمَ اللِّقَاءِ

an intercessor on the day of encounter,

وَ سِلَاحاً يَوْمَ الِارْتِقَاءِ

a conveyance for the day of soaring,

وَ حَجِيجاً يَوْمَ الْقَضَاءِ

a pleader on the day of judgement,

وَ نُوراً يَوْمَ الظَّلْمَاءِ

a light on the day of darkness

يَوْمَ لَا أَرْضَ وَ لَا سَمَاءَ

—a day when there will be neither earth nor heaven,

يَوْمَ يُجْزَى كُلُّ سَاعٍ

a day when every worker will be rewarded

بِمَا سَعَى

for his endeavour.

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا

O God! Make it for us

رَيّاً يَوْمَ الظَّمَإِ

a means of slaking our thirst on the day of thirst,

وَ فَوْزاً يَوْمَ الْجَزَاءِ

a means of deliverance on the day of retribution

مِنْ نَارٍ حَامِيَةٍ

from the scorching Fire

قَلِيلَةِ الْبُقْيَا عَلَى مَنْ بِهَا اصْطَلَى

unsparing to anyone who enters it

وَ بِحَرِّهَا تَلَظَّى

and is inflamed by its heat.

اللهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا

O God! Make it for us

بُرْهَاناً عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْمَلَإِ

an evidence before the assembly of the Elite,

يَوْمَ يُجْمَعُ فِيهِ

on the day wherein are gathered

أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ

the inhabitants of the earth and the heaven.

اللهُمَّ ارْزُقْنَا

O God! Grant us

مَنَازِلَ الشُّهَدَاءِ

the stations of the martyrs,

وَ عَيْشَ السُّعَدَاءِ

the life of the felicitous

وَ مُرَافَقَةَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ

and the company of the prophets.

إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

Indeed You hear all supplications!¹

The Qur’an

1. The Opening

(al-Fātiḥah)²

بِسْمِ اللهِ

¹:¹ In the Name of God,

الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (١)

the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ

¹:² All praise belongs to God,³

رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (٢)

Lord of all the worlds,⁴

الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (٣)

¹:³ the All-beneficent, the All-merciful,

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ (٤)

¹:⁴ Master⁵ of the Day of Retribution.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ

¹:⁵ You alone do we worship,

وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ (٥)

and to You alone do we turn for help.

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ (٦)

¹:⁶ Guide us on the straight path,

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ

¹:⁷ the path of those whom You have blessed⁶

غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ

—such as⁷ have not incurred Your wrath,⁸

وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ (٧)

nor are astray.⁹

2. The Heifer

(al-Baqarah)¹⁰

بِسْمِ اللهِ

In the Name of God,

الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

الم (١)

²:¹ Alif, Lām, Mīm.

ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَۛ فِيهِۛ

²:² This is the Book,¹¹ there is no doubt in it,

هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ (٢)

a guidance to the Godwary,¹²

الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ

²:³ who believe in the Unseen,

وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ

maintain the prayer,

وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ (٣)

and spend¹³ out of what We have provided for them;

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ

²:⁴ and who believe in what has been sent down to you¹⁴

وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ

and what was sent down before you,

وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ (٤)

and are certain of the Hereafter.

أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۖ

²:⁵ Those follow their Lord’s guidance,

وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ (٥)

and it is they who are the felicitous.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ

²:⁶ As for the faithless, it is the same to them

أَأَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ

whether you warn them or do not warn them,

لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ (٦)

they will not have faith.

خَتَمَ اللهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْۖ

²:⁷ God has set a seal on their hearts and their hearing,¹⁵

وَعَلَىٰ أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌۖ

and there is a blindfold on their sight,

وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ (٧)

and there is a great punishment for them.

~

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ

²:⁸ Among the people are those who say,

آمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ

‘We have faith in God and the Last Day,’

وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ (٨)

but they have no faith.

يُخَادِعُونَ اللهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

²:⁹ They seek to deceive God and those who have faith,

وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ

yet they deceive no one but themselves,

وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ (٩)

but they are not aware.

فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ

²:¹⁰ There is a sickness in their hearts;

فَزَادَهُمُ اللهُ مَرَضًاۖ

then God increased their sickness,

وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

and there is a painful punishment for them

بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ (١٠)

because of the lies they used to tell.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ

²:¹¹ When they are told,

لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ

‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’

قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ (١١)

they say, ‘We are only reformers!’

أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ

²:¹² Behold! They are themselves the agents of corruption,

وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ (١٢)

but they are not aware.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ

²:¹³ And when they are told,

آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ

‘Believe like the people who have believed,’

قَالُوا

they say,

أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُۗ

‘Shall we believe like the fools who have believed?’

أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ

Behold! They are themselves the fools,

وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ (١٣)

but they do not know.

وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا

²:¹⁴ When they meet the faithful, they say, ‘We believe,’

وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ

but when they are alone with their devils,

قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ

they say, ‘We are with you;

إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ (١٤)

we were only deriding them.’

اللهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ

²:¹⁵ It is God who derides them,¹⁶

وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ (١٥)

and leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَىٰ

²:¹⁶ They are the ones who bought error for guidance,

فَمَا رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُمْ

so their trade did not profit them,

وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ (١٦)

nor were they guided.

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا

²:¹⁷ Their parable is that of one who lighted a torch,

فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ

and when it had lit up all around him,

ذَهَبَ اللهُ بِنُورِهِمْ

God took away their light,

وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ (١٧)

and left them sightless in a manifold darkness.¹⁷

صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ (١٨)

²:¹⁸ Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not come back.

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ

²:¹⁹ Or that of a rainstorm from the sky,

فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ

wherein is darkness, thunder, and lightning:

يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ

they put their fingers in their ears

مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِۚ

due to the thunderclaps, apprehensive of death;

وَاللهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالْكَافِرِينَ (١٩)

and God besieges the faithless.¹⁸

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْۖ

²:²⁰ The lightning almost snatches away their sight:

كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ

whenever it shines for them, they walk in it,

وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُواۚ

and when the darkness falls upon them, they stand.

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللهُ

Had God willed,

لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْۚ

He would have taken away their hearing and sight.

إِنَّ اللهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (٢٠)

Indeed, God has power over all things.

~

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ

²:²¹ O mankind! Worship your Lord,

الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ

who created you and those who were before you,

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ (٢١)

so that you may be Godwary.

الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فِرَاشًا

²:²² —He who made the earth a place of repose for you,

وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً

and the sky a canopy,

وَأَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً

and He sends down water from the sky,

فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقًا لَكُمْۖ

and with it brings forth crops for your sustenance.

فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا لِلهِ أَنْدَادًا وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ (٢٢)

So do not set up equals to God, while you know.

وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ

²:²³ And if you are in doubt

مِمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا

concerning what We have sent down to Our servant,

فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ

then bring a sūrah like it,

وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ

and invoke your helpers besides God,

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (٢٣)

if you are truthful.

فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا

²:²⁴ But if you do not—and you will not—

فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ

then beware of the Fire whose fuel will be humans

وَالْحِجَارَةُۖ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِرِينَ (٢٤)

and stones, prepared for the faithless.

وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

²:²⁵ And give good news to those who have faith

وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ

and do righteous deeds,

أَنَّ لَهُمْ

that for them shall be

جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُۖ

gardens with streams running in them:

كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا مِنْهَا مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ

whenever they are provided with their fruit

رِزْقًاۙ

for nourishment,

قَالُوا هَٰذَا الَّذِي رُزِقْنَا مِنْ قَبْلُۖ

they will say, ‘This is what we were provided before,’

وَأُتُوا بِهِ مُتَشَابِهًاۖ

and they were given something resembling it.

وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌۖ

There will be chaste mates for them,

وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (٢٥) ۞

and they will remain therein.

~

إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا

²:²⁶ Indeed, God is not ashamed to draw a parable

مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَاۚ

whether it is that of a gnat or something above it.

فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

As for those who have faith,

فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۖ

they know it is the truth from their Lord;

وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ

and as for the faithless, they say,

مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًاۘ

‘What did God mean by this parable?’

يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًاۚ

Thereby He leads many astray, and guides many thereby;

وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلَّا الْفَاسِقِينَ (٢٦)

and leads no one astray thereby except the transgressors

الَّذِينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللهِ

²:²⁷ —those who break the covenant made with God

مِنْ بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ

after having pledged it solemnly,

وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللهُ بِهِ أَنْ يُوصَلَ

and sever what God has commanded to be joined,

وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِۚ

and cause corruption on the earth—

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ (٢٧)

it is they who are the losers.

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللهِ

²:²⁸ How can you be unfaithful to God,

وَكُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْۖ

[seeing that] you were lifeless and He gave you life,

ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ

then He will make you die, and then bring you to life,

ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ (٢٨)

and then you will be brought back to Him?

هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُمْ

²:²⁹ It is He who created for you

مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا

all that is in the earth,

ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

then He turned to the heaven,

فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍۚ

and fashioned it into seven heavens,

وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (٢٩)

and He has knowledge of all things.

~

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ

²:³⁰ When your Lord said to the angels,

إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةًۖ

‘I am indeed going to set a viceroy on the earth,’

قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا

they said, ‘Will You set in it

مَنْ يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ

someone who will cause corruption in it and shed blood,

وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۖ

while we celebrate Your praise and proclaim Your sanctity?’

قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ (٣٠)

He said, ‘Indeed, I know what you do not know.’

وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا

²:³¹ And He taught Adam the Names, all of them;

ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ

then presented them¹⁹ to the angels

فَقَالَ أَنْبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَٰؤُلَاءِ

and said, ‘Tell me the names of these,

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (٣١)

if you are truthful.’

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ

²:³² They said, ‘Immaculate are You!

لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَاۖ

We have no knowledge except what You have taught us.

إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ (٣٢)

Indeed, You are the All-knowing, the All-wise.’

قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنْبِئْهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْۖ

²:³³ He said, ‘O Adam, inform them²⁰ of their names,’

فَلَمَّا أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ

and when he had informed them of their names,

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ

He said, ‘Did I not tell you

إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

that I know the Unseen of the heavens and the earth,

وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ

and that I know whatever you disclose

وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ (٣٣)

and whatever you conceal?’

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ

²:³⁴ And when We said to the angels,

اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ

‘Prostrate before Adam,’

فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ

they prostrated, but not Iblis;

أَبَىٰ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ

he refused and acted arrogantly,

وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ (٣٤)

and he was one of the faithless.

وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ

²:³⁵ We said, ‘O Adam,

اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ

dwell with your mate in paradise,

وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا

and eat thereof freely whencesoever you wish,

وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِەِ الشَّجَرَةَ

but do not approach this tree,

فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ (٣٥)

lest you should be among the wrongdoers.’

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا

²:³⁶ Then Satan caused them to stumble from it,

فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِۖ

and he dislodged them from what state they were in;

وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۖ

and We said, ‘Get down, being enemies of one another!

وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ

On the earth shall be your abode

وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ (٣٦)

and sustenance for a time.’

فَتَلَقَّىٰ آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِمَاتٍ

²:³⁷ Then Adam received certain words from his Lord,

فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِۚ

and He turned to him clemently.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ (٣٧)

Indeed, He is the All-clement, the All-merciful.

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًاۖ

²:³⁸ We said, ‘Get down from it, all together!

فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى

Yet, should any guidance come to you from Me,

فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ

those who follow My guidance

فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ (٣٨)

shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا

²:³⁹ But those who are faithless and deny Our signs,

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِۖ

they shall be the inmates of the Fire

هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (٣٩)

and they shall remain in it.

~

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي

²:⁴⁰ O Children of Israel, remember My blessing which

أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ

I bestowed upon you,

وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِي أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ

and fulfill My covenant that I may fulfill your covenant,

وَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ (٤٠)

and be in awe of Me alone.

وَآمِنُوا بِمَا أَنْزَلْتُ

²:⁴¹ And believe in that which I have sent down

مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا مَعَكُمْ

confirming that which is with you,

وَلَا تَكُونُوا أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍ بِهِۖ

and do not be the first ones to deny it,

وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا

and do not sell My signs for a paltry gain,

وَإِيَّايَ فَاتَّقُونِ (٤١)

and be wary of Me alone.

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ

²:⁴² Do not mix the truth with falsehood,

وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ (٤٢)

nor conceal the truth while you know.

وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ

²:⁴³ And maintain the prayer, and give the zakāt,

وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ (٤٣) ۞

and bow along with those who bow in prayer.

أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ

²:⁴⁴ Will you bid others to piety

وَتَنْسَوْنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ

and forget yourselves,

وَأَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَۚ

while you recite the Book?

أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ (٤٤)

Do you not exercise your reason?

وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِۚ

²:⁴⁵ And take recourse in patience and prayer,

وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ (٤٥)

and it²¹ is indeed hard except for the humble

الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ

²:⁴⁶ —those who are certain

أَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ

that they will encounter their Lord,

وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (٤٦)

and that they will return to Him.

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

²:⁴⁷ O Children of Israel,

اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ

remember My blessing which I bestowed upon you,

وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ (٤٧)

and that I gave you an advantage over all the nations.

وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا

²:⁴⁸ Beware of the day when

لَا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْئًا

no soul will compensate for another,

وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَاعَةٌ

neither any intercession shall be accepted from it,

وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ

nor any ransom shall be received from it,

وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ (٤٨)

nor will they be helped.

وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ

²:⁴⁹ [Recall] when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s clan

يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ

who inflicted a terrible torment on you,

يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ

and slaughtered your sons

وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْۚ

and spared your women,

وَفِي ذَٰلِكُمْ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ (٤٩)

and in that there was a great test from your Lord.

وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ

²:⁵⁰ And when We parted the sea with you,²²

فَأَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ

and We delivered you and drowned Pharaoh’s clan

وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ (٥٠)

as you looked on.

وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ

²:⁵¹ And when We made an appointment with Moses

أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً

for forty nights,

ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِەِ

you took up the Calf for worship in his absence,

وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ (٥١)

and you were wrongdoers.

ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ

²:⁵² Then We excused you after that

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ (٥٢)

so that you might give thanks.

وَإِذْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَالْفُرْقَانَ

²:⁵³ And when We gave Moses the Book and the Criterion²³

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ (٥٣)

so that you might be guided.

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ

²:⁵⁴ And [recall] when Moses said to his people,

يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ

‘O my people! You have indeed wronged yourselves

بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ الْعِجْلَ

by taking up the Calf for worship.

فَتُوبُوا إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ

Now turn penitently to your Maker,

فَاقْتُلُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ

and slay [the guilty among] your folks.

ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ بَارِئِكُمْ

That will be better for you with your Maker.’

فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْۚ

Then He turned to you clemently.

إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ (٥٤)

Indeed, He is the All-clement, the All-merciful.

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ

²:⁵⁵ And when you said, ‘O Moses, we will not believe you

حَتَّىٰ نَرَى اللهَ جَهْرَةً

until we see God visibly,’

فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ (٥٥)

a thunderbolt seized you as you looked on.

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ

²:⁵⁶ Then We raised you up after your death

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ (٥٦)

so that you might give thanks.

وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ

²:⁵⁷ We shaded you with clouds,

وَأَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَىٰۖ

and sent down to you manna and quails [saying]:

كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۖ

‘Eat of the good things We have provided for you.’

وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا

And they did not wrong Us,

وَلَٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ (٥٧)

but they used to wrong only themselves.

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَٰذِەِ الْقَرْيَةَ

²:⁵⁸ And when We said, ‘Enter this town,²⁴

فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا

and eat thereof freely whencesoever you wish,

وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا

and enter while prostrating at the gate,

وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ

and say, ‘‘Relieve us of the burden of our sins,’’²⁵

نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْۚ

so that We may forgive your iniquities,

وَسَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ (٥٨)

and soon We will enhance the virtuous.’

فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا قَوْلًا

²:⁵⁹ But the wrongdoers changed the saying

غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْ

with other than what they were told.

فَأَنْزَلْنَا عَلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا

So We sent down on those who were wrongdoers

رِجْزًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ

a plague from the sky

بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ (٥٩) ۞

because of the transgressions they used to commit.

وَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ

²:⁶⁰ And when Moses prayed for water for his people,

فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۖ

We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’

فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًاۖ

Thereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it;

قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۖ

every tribe came to know its drinking-place.

كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللهِ

‘Eat and drink of God’s provision,

وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ (٦٠)

and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’

~

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ

²:⁶¹ And when you said, ‘O Moses,

لَنْ نَصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَاحِدٍ

‘We will not put up with one kind of food.

فَادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ

So invoke your Lord for us,

يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ

that He may bring forth for us of that which the earth grows

مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّائِهَا

—its greens and cucumbers,

وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَاۖ

its garlic, lentils, and onions.’

قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ

He said, ‘Do you seek to replace

الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌۚ

what is superior with that which is inferior?

اهْبِطُوا مِصْرًا

Go down to any town

فَإِنَّ لَكُمْ مَا سَأَلْتُمْۗ

and you will indeed get what you ask for!’

وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَالْمَسْكَنَةُ

So they were struck with abasement and poverty,

وَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللهِۗ

and they earned God’s wrath.

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللهِ

That, because they would deny the signs of God

وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّۗ

and kill the prophets unjustly.

ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا

That, because they would disobey

وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ (٦١)

and commit transgressions.

~

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا

²:⁶² Indeed, the faithful, the Jews,

وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ

the Christians, and the Sabaeans

مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ

—those who have faith in God and the Last Day

وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا

and act righteously—

فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ

they shall have their reward near their Lord,

وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ (٦٢)

and they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

~

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ

²:⁶³ And when We took a pledge from you,

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ

and raised the Mount above you [declaring],

خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ

‘Hold on with power to what We have given you

وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ

and remember that which is in it

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ (٦٣)

so that you may be Godwary.’

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَۖ

²:⁶⁴ Again, you turned away after that;

فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ

and were it not for God’s grace on you and His mercy,

لَكُنْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ (٦٤)

you would have surely been among the losers.

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ

²:⁶⁵ And certainly you know

الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ

those of you who violated the Sabbath,

فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ (٦٥)

whereupon We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’

فَجَعَلْنَاهَا نَكَالًا

²:⁶⁶ So We made it an exemplary punishment

لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا

for the present and the succeeding generations,

وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ (٦٦)

and an advice to the Godwary.

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ

²:⁶⁷ And when Moses said to his people,

إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةًۖ

‘God commands you to slaughter a cow,’

قَالُوا أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًاۖ

they said, ‘Are you mocking us?’

قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ

He said, ‘I seek God’s protection

أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ (٦٧)

lest I should be one of the ignorant!’

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ

²:⁶⁸ They said, ‘Invoke your Lord for us,

يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَۚ

that He may clarify for us what she may be.’

قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ

He said, ‘He says, She is a cow,

لَا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَۖ

neither old nor young, of a middle age.

فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ (٦٨)

Now do what you are commanded.’

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ

²:⁶⁹ They said, ‘Invoke your Lord for us,

يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا لَوْنُهَاۚ

that He may clarify for us what her colour may be.’

قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ

He said, ‘He says, She is a cow that is yellow,

فَاقِعٌ لَوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ النَّاظِرِينَ (٦٩)

of a bright hue, pleasing to the onlookers.’

قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ

²:⁷⁰ They said, ‘Invoke your Lord for us,

يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ

that He may clarify for us what she may be.

إِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا

Indeed, all cows are much alike to us,

وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ (٧٠)

and, if God wishes, we will surely be guided.’

قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ

²:⁷¹ He said, ‘He says, She is a cow

لَا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ الْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِي الْحَرْثَ

not broken to till the earth or water the tillage,

مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَا شِيَةَ فِيهَاۚ

sound and without blemish.’

قَالُوا الْآنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّۚ

They said, ‘Now have you come up with the truth!’

فَذَبَحُوهَا

And they slaughtered it,

وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ (٧١)

though they were about not to do it.

وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا

²:⁷² And when you killed a soul,

فَادَّارَأْتُمْ فِيهَاۖ

and accused one another about it

وَاللهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ (٧٢)

—and God was to expose what you were concealing—

فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوەُ بِبَعْضِهَاۚ

²:⁷³ We said, ‘Strike him with a piece of it:’

كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ

thus does God revive the dead,

وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ

and He shows you His signs

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (٧٣)

so that you may exercise your reason.

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ

²:⁷⁴ Then your hearts hardened after that;

فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۚ

so they are like stones, or even harder.

وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ

For there are indeed some stones

لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْأَنْهَارُۚ

from which streams gush forth,

وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ

and there are some of them that split

فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَاءُۚ

and water issues from them,

وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللهِۗ

and there are some that fall for the fear of God.

وَمَا اللهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ (٧٤) ۞

And God is not oblivious of what you do.

~

أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا لَكُمْ

²:⁷⁵ Are you then eager that they should believe you,²⁶

وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ

though a part of them

يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَامَ اللهِ

would hear the word of God

ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُ

and then they would distort it,²⁷

مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوەُ

after they had understood it

وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ (٧٥)

and they knew what they were doing?

وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا

²:⁷⁶ When they meet the faithful, they say, ‘We believe,’

وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ

and when they are alone with one another,

قَالُوا أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ

they say, ‘Do you recount to them

بِمَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ

what God has revealed to you,

لِيُحَاجُّوكُمْ بِهِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْۚ

that they may argue with you therewith before your Lord?

أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ (٧٦)

Do you not exercise your reason?’

أَوَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللهَ يَعْلَمُ

²:⁷⁷ Do they not know that God knows

مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ (٧٧)

whatever they hide and whatever they disclose?

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ

²:⁷⁸ And among them are the illiterate

لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ

who know nothing of the Book except hearsay,²⁸

وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ (٧٨)

and they only make conjectures.

فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ

²:⁷⁹ So woe to them who write the Book

بِأَيْدِيهِمْ

with their hands

ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ

and then say, ‘This is from God,’

لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًاۖ

that they may sell it for a paltry gain.

فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ

So woe to them for what their hands have written,

وَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ (٧٩)

and woe to them for what they earn!

وَقَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ

²:⁸⁰ And they say, ‘The Fire shall not touch us

إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَةًۚ

except for a number of days.’

قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَهْدًا

Say, ‘Have you taken a promise from God?

فَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللهُ عَهْدَەُۖ

If so, God will never break His promise.

أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ (٨٠)

Or do you ascribe to God what you do not know?’

بَلَىٰ مَنْ كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً

²:⁸¹ Certainly whoever commits misdeeds

وَأَحَاطَتْ بِهِ خَطِيئَتُهُ

and is besieged by his iniquity

فَأُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِۖ

—such shall be the inmates of the Fire,

هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (٨١)

and they will remain in it.

وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ

²:⁸² And those who have faith and do righteous deeds,

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِۖ

—they shall be the inhabitants of paradise;

هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ (٨٢)

they shall remain in it.

~

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

²:⁸³ When We took a pledge from the Children of Israel,

لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللهَ

[saying]: ‘Worship no one but God,

وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ

do good to your parents, relatives,

وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ

orphans and the needy,

وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا

speak kindly to people,

وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ

maintain the prayer, and give the zakāt,’

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْكُمْ

you turned away, except a few of you,

وَأَنْتُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ (٨٣)

and you were disregardful.

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ

²:⁸⁴ And when We took a pledge from you, [saying]:

لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَاءَكُمْ

‘You shall not shed your own people’s blood,

وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ

and you shall not expel your folks from your homes,’

ثُمَّ أَقْرَرْتُمْ

you pledged,

وَأَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ (٨٤)

and you testify²⁹ [to this pledge of your ancestors].

ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ

²:⁸⁵ Then there you were, killing your folks

وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ

and expelling a part of your folks from their homes,

تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ

backing one another against them in sin and aggression!

وَإِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَارَىٰ تُفَادُوهُمْ

If they came to you as captives, you would ransom them,

وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْۚ

though their expulsion itself was forbidden you.

أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ

What! Do you believe in part of the Book

وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍۚ

and deny another part?

فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ

So what is the requital of those of you who do that

إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَاۖ

except disgrace in the life of this world?

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

And on the Day of Resurrection,

يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِۗ

they shall be consigned to the severest punishment.

وَمَا اللهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ (٨٥)

And God is not oblivious of what you do.

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ

²:⁸⁶ They are the ones who

اشْتَرَوُا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِۖ

bought the life of this world for the Hereafter;

فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ

so their punishment shall not be lightened,

وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ (٨٦)

nor will they be helped.

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ

²:⁸⁷ Certainly We gave Moses the Book,

وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِەِ بِالرُّسُلِۖ

and followed him with the apostles,

وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ

and We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs,

وَأَيَّدْنَاەُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِۗ

and confirmed him with the Holy Spirit.

أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ

Is it not that whenever an apostle brought you³⁰

بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰ أَنْفُسُكُمُ

that which was not to your liking,

اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ

you would act arrogantly;

فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ

so you would impugn a group of them,

وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ (٨٧)

and slay another group?

وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۚ

²:⁸⁸ And they say, ‘Our hearts are uncircumcised.’³¹

بَلْ لَعَنَهُمُ اللهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ

Rather, God has cursed them for their unfaith,

فَقَلِيلًا مَا يُؤْمِنُونَ (٨٨)

so few of them have faith.

وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ كِتَابٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ

²:⁸⁹ And when there came to them a Book from God,

مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَهُمْ

confirming that which is with them

وَكَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ

—and earlier they would pray for victory

عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا

over the pagans—

فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مَا عَرَفُوا

so when there came to them what they recognized,

كَفَرُوا بِهِۚ

they denied it.

فَلَعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ (٨٩)

So may the curse of God be on the faithless!

بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ

²:⁹⁰ Evil is that for which they have sold their souls,

أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ

by defying what God has sent down,

بَغْيًا أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ اللهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ

out of envy, that God should bestow His grace

عَلَىٰ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِەِۖ

on any of His servants that He wishes.

فَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍۚ

Thus they earned wrath upon wrath,

وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ (٩٠)

and there is a humiliating punishment for the faithless.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ

²:⁹¹ When they are told, ‘Believe in what God has sent down,’

قَالُوا نُؤْمِنُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا

they say, ‘We believe in what was sent down to us,’

وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَاءَەُ

and they disbelieve what is besides it,

وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا مَعَهُمْۗ

though it is the truth confirming what is with them.

قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنْبِيَاءَ اللهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ

Say, ‘Then why would you kill the prophets of God formerly,

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ (٩١) ۞

should you be faithful?’

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ مُوسَىٰ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ

²:⁹² Certainly Moses brought you manifest proofs,

ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِەِ

but then you took up the Calf in his absence,

وَأَنْتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ (٩٢)

and you were wrongdoers.

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ

²:⁹³ And when We took covenant with you

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ

and raised the Mount above you [declaring],

خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ

‘Hold on with power to what We have given you,

وَاسْمَعُواۖ

and do listen!’

قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا

They said, ‘We hear, and disobey,’

وَأُشْرِبُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ

and their hearts had been imbued

الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْۚ

with the love of the Calf, due to their unfaith.

قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِهِ إِيمَانُكُمْ

Say, ‘Evil is that to which your faith prompts you,

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ (٩٣)

should you be faithful!’

قُلْ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ

²:⁹⁴ Say, ‘If the abode of the Hereafter

عِنْدَ اللهِ خَالِصَةً مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ

were exclusively for you with God and not for other people,

فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (٩٤)

then long for death, should you be truthful.

وَلَنْ يَتَمَنَّوْەُ أَبَدًا

²:⁹⁵ But they will not long for it ever

بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْۗ

because of what their hands have sent ahead,³²

وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ (٩٥)

and God knows best the wrongdoers.

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ

²:⁹⁶ Surely, you will find them

أَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَاةٍ

the greediest of all people for life

وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُواۚ

—even the idolaters.

يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ

Each of them is eager to live a thousand years,

وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ

though it would not deliver him from the punishment,

أَنْ يُعَمَّرَۗ

were he to live that long.

وَاللهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ (٩٦)

And God sees best what they do.

قُلْ مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ

²:⁹⁷ Say, ‘Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel [should know that]

فَإِنَّهُ نَزَّلَهُ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ

it is he who has brought it down on your heart

بِإِذْنِ اللهِ

with the will of God,

مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

confirming what has been revealed before it,

وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ (٩٧)