THE FAMILY OF 'IMRAN, THE HOUSE OF 'IMRAN,  CHAPTER NO.  003

 

003.001  A. L. M.

 

003.002  God! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal.

 

003.003  It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming

what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus)

before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment

between right and wrong).

 

003.004  Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of God will suffer the severest

penalty, and God is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.

 

003.005  From God, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.

 

003.006  He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god but

He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

 

003.007  He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or

fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are

allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is

allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows

its hidden meanings except God. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge

say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp

the Message except men of understanding.

 

003.008  "Our Lord!" (they say), "Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast

guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of

bounties without measure.

 

003.009  "Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind Together against a day

about which there is no doubt; for God never fails in His promise."

 

003.010  Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous)

progeny will avail them aught against God: They are themselves but fuel for the Fire.

 

003.011  (Their plight will be) no better than that of the people of Pharaoh, and their

predecessors: They denied our Signs, and God called them to account for their sins.

For God is strict in punishment.

 

003.012  Say to those who reject Faith: "Soon will ye be vanquished and gathered

together to Hell,-an evil bed indeed (to lie on)!

 

003.013  "There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in

combat): One was fighting in the cause of God, the other resisting God; these saw

with their own eyes Twice their number. But God doth support with His aid whom He

pleaseth. In this is a warning for such as have eyes to see."

 

003.014  Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons;

Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and

(wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life; but

in nearness to God is the best of the goals (To return to).

 

003.015  Say: Shall I give you glad tidings of things Far better than those? For the

righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rivers flowing beneath; therein is

their eternal home; with companions pure (and holy); and the good pleasure of God.

For in God's sight are (all) His servants,-

 

003.016  (Namely), those who say: "Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us,

then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire;"-

 

003.017  Those who show patience, Firmness and self-control; who are true (in word

and deed); who worship devoutly; who spend (in the way of God); and who pray for

forgiveness in the early hours of the morning.

 

003.018  There is no god but He: That is the witness of God, His angels, and those

endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no god but He, the Exalted

in Power, the Wise.

 

003.019  The Religion before God is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did the

People of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy of each other, after

knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of God, God is swift in

calling to account.

 

003.020  So if they dispute with thee, say: "I have submitted My whole self to God

and so have those who follow me." And say to the People of the Book and to those

who are unlearned: "Do ye (also) submit yourselves?" If they do, they are in right

guidance, but if they turn back, Thy duty is to convey the Message; and in God's sight

are (all) His servants.

 

003.021  As to those who deny the Signs of God and in defiance of right, slay the

prophets, and slay those who teach just dealing with mankind, announce to them a

grievous penalty.

 

003.022  They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in the

Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help.

 

003.023  Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who have been given a portion of

the Book? They are invited to the Book of God, to settle their dispute, but a party of

them Turn back and decline (The arbitration).

 

003.024  This because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered

days": For their forgeries deceive them as to their own religion.

 

003.025  But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day about

which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned,

without (favour or) injustice?

 

003.026  Say: "O God! Lord of Power (And Rule), Thou givest power to whom Thou

pleasest, and Thou strippest off power from whom Thou pleasest: Thou enduest with

honour whom Thou pleasest, and Thou bringest low whom Thou pleasest: In Thy

hand is all good. Verily, over all things Thou hast power.

 

003.027  "Thou causest the night to gain on the day, and thou causest the day to gain

on the night; Thou bringest the Living out of the dead, and Thou bringest the dead out

of the Living; and Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest, without measure."

 

003.028  Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than

believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from God: except by way of

precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But God cautions you (To

remember) Himself; for the final goal is to God.

 

003.029  Say: "Whether ye hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, God knows it all:

He knows what is in the heavens, and what is on earth. And God has power over all

things.

 

003.030  "On the Day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it has

done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between it

and its evil. But God cautions you (To remember) Himself. And God is full of

kindness to those that serve Him."

 

003.031  Say: "If ye do love God, Follow me: God will love you and forgive you your

sins: For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

 

003.032  Say: "Obey God and His Apostle": But if they turn back, God loveth not

those who reject Faith.

 

003.033  God did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of

'Imran above all people,-

 

003.034  Offspring, one of the other: And God heareth and knoweth all things.

 

003.035  Behold! a woman of 'Imran said: "O my Lord! I do dedicate unto Thee what

is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest and

knowest all things."

 

003.036  When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a

female child!"- and God knew best what she brought forth- "And no wise is the male

Like the female. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy

protection from the Evil One, the Rejected."

 

003.037  Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity and

beauty: To the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that he entered (Her)

chamber to see her, He found her supplied with sustenance. He said: "O Mary!

Whence (comes) this to you?" She said: "From God: for God Provides sustenance to

whom He pleases without measure."

 

003.038  There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant unto me

from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth prayer!

 

003.039  While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the angels called unto him:

"God doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya, witnessing the truth of a Word from God,

and (be besides) noble, chaste, and a prophet,- of the (goodly) company of the

righteous."

 

003.040  He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have son, seeing I am very old, and my

wife is barren?" "Thus," was the answer, "Doth God accomplish what He willeth."

 

003.041  He said: "O my Lord! Give me a Sign!" "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall

be that thou shalt speak to no man for three days but with signals. Then celebrate the

praises of thy Lord again and again, and glorify Him in the evening and in the

morning."

 

003.042  Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God hath chosen thee and purified thee-

chosen thee above the women of all nations.

 

003.043  "O Mary! worship Thy Lord devoutly: Prostrate thyself, and bow down (in

prayer) with those who bow down."

 

003.044  This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee

(O Apostle!) by inspiration: Thou wast not with them when they cast lots with arrows,

as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: Nor wast thou with

them when they disputed (the point).

 

003.045  Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word

from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this

world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to God;

 

003.046  "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be

(of the company) of the righteous."

 

003.047  She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched

me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan,

He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!

 

003.048  "And God will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel,

 

003.049  "And (appoint him) an apostle to the Children of Israel, (with this message):

"'I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay,

as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by God's

leave: And I heal those born blind, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by God's

leave; and I declare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely

therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe;

 

003.050  "'(I have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me. And to make

lawful to you part of what was (Before) forbidden to you; I have come to you with a

Sign from your Lord. So fear God, and obey me.

 

003.051  "'It is God Who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. This is a Way

that is straight.'"

 

003.052  When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers

to (the work of) God?" Said the disciples: "We are God's helpers: We believe in God,

and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims.

 

003.053  "Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the

Apostle; then write us down among those who bear witness."

 

003.054  And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and God too planned, and the

best of planners is God.

 

003.055  Behold! God said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and

clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow

thee superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall ye all

return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.

 

003.056  "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this

world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."

 

003.057  "As to those who believe and work righteousness, God will pay them (in

full) their reward; but God loveth not those who do wrong."

 

003.058  "This is what we rehearse unto thee of the Signs and the Message of

Wisdom."

 

003.059  The similitude of Jesus before God is as that of Adam; He created him from

dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was.

 

003.060  The Truth (comes) from God alone; so be not of those who doubt.

 

003.061  If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge Hath

come to thee, say: "Come! let us gather together,- our sons and your sons, our women

and your women, ourselves and yourselves: Then let us earnestly pray, and invoke the

curse of God on those who lie!"

 

003.062  This is the true account: There is no god except God; and God-He is indeed

the Exalted in Power, the Wise.

 

003.063  But if they turn back, God hath full knowledge of those who do mischief.

 

003.064  Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you:

That we worship none but God; that we associate no partners with him; that we erect

not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than God." If then they turn back,

say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to God's Will).

 

003.065  Ye People of the Book! Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Law and

the Gospel Were not revealed Till after him? Have ye no understanding?

 

003.066  Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which ye had

some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no knowledge? It is

God Who knows, and ye who know not!

 

003.067  Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and

bowed his will to God's (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with God.

 

003.068  Without doubt, among men, the nearest of kin to Abraham, are those who

follow him, as are also this Apostle and those who believe: And God is the Protector

of those who have faith.

 

003.069  It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead you astray. But

they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they do not perceive!

 

003.070  Ye People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of God, of which ye are

(Yourselves) witnesses?

 

003.071  Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal

the Truth, while ye have knowledge?

 

003.072  A section of the People of the Book say: "Believe in the morning what is

revealed to the believers, but reject it at the end of the day; perchance they may

(themselves) Turn back;

 

003.073  "And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "True guidance

is the Guidance of God: (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent to someone (else) Like

unto that which was sent unto you? or that those (Receiving such revelation) should

engage you in argument before your Lord?" Say: "All bounties are in the hand of

God: He granteth them to whom He pleaseth: And God careth for all, and He

knoweth all things."

 

003.074  For His Mercy He specially chooseth whom He pleaseth; for God is the

Lord of bounties unbounded.

 

003.075  Among the People of the Book are some who, if entrusted with a hoard of

gold, will (readily) pay it back; others, who, if entrusted with a single silver coin, will

not repay it unless thou constantly stoodest demanding, because, they say, "there is no

call on us (to keep faith) with these ignorant (Pagans)." but they tell a lie against God,

and (well) they know it.

 

003.076  Nay.- Those that keep their plighted faith and act aright,-verily God loves

those who act aright.

 

003.077  As for those who sell the faith they owe to God and their own plighted word

for a small price, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter: Nor will God (Deign to)

speak to them or look at them on the Day of Judgment, nor will He cleans them (of

sin): They shall have a grievous penalty.

 

003.078  There is among them a section who distort the Book with their tongues: (As

they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but it is no part of the Book; and

they say, "That is from God," but it is not from God: It is they who tell a lie against

God, and (well) they know it!

 

003.079  It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom, and

the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be ye my worshippers rather than God's":

on the contrary (He would say) "Be ye worshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherisher

of all: For ye have taught the Book and ye have studied it earnestly."

 

003.080  Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lords and patrons.

What! would he bid you to unbelief after ye have bowed your will (To God in Islam)?

 

003.081  Behold! God took the covenant of the prophets, saying: "I give you a Book

and Wisdom; then comes to you an apostle, confirming what is with you; do ye

believe in him and render him help." God said: "Do ye agree, and take this my

Covenant as binding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear witness,

and I am with you among the witnesses."

 

003.082  If any turn back after this, they are perverted transgressors.

 

003.083  Do they seek for other than the Religion of God?-while all creatures in the

heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will (Accepted Islam),

and to Him shall they all be brought back.

 

003.084  Say: "We believe in God, and in what has been revealed to us and what was

revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to

Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one

and another among them, and to God do we bow our will (in Islam)."

 

003.085  If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to God), never will

it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have

lost (All spiritual good).

 

003.086  How shall God Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and bore

witness that the Apostle was true and that Clear Signs had come unto them? but God

guides not a people unjust.

 

003.087  Of such the reward is that on them (rests) the curse of God, of His angels,

and of all mankind;-

 

003.088  In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty be lightened, nor respite be

(their lot);-

 

003.089  Except for those that repent (Even) after that, and make amends; for verily

God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

003.090  But those who reject Faith after they accepted it, and then go on adding to

their defiance of Faith,- never will their repentance be accepted; for they are those

who have (of set purpose) gone astray.

 

003.091  As to those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- never would be accepted

from any such as much gold as the earth contains, though they should offer it for

ransom. For such is (in store) a penalty grievous, and they will find no helpers.

 

003.092  By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely) of that

which ye love; and whatever ye give, of a truth God knoweth it well.

 

003.093  All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Israel Made

unlawful for itself, before the Law (of Moses) was revealed. Say: "Bring ye the Law

and study it, if ye be men of truth."

 

003.094  If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to God, they are indeed unjust

wrong-doers.

 

003.095  Say: "God speaketh the Truth: follow the religion of Abraham, the sane in

faith; he was not of the Pagans."

 

003.096  The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of

blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:

 

003.097  In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever

enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to God,- those who can

afford the journey; but if any deny faith, God stands not in need of any of His

creatures.

 

003.098  Say: "O People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of God, when God is

Himself witness to all ye do?"

 

003.099  Say: "O ye People of the Book! Why obstruct ye those who believe, from

the path of God, Seeking to make it crooked, while ye were yourselves witnesses (to

God's Covenant)? but God is not unmindful of all that ye do."

 

003.100  O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People of the Book,

they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!

 

003.101  And how would ye deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of

God, and among you Lives the Apostle? Whoever holds firmly to God will be shown

a way that is straight.

 

003.102  O ye who believe! Fear God as He should be feared, and die not except in a

state of Islam.

 

003.103  And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God (stretches out for you),

and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude God's favour on

you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye

became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from

it. Thus doth God make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided.

 

003.104  Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good,

enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain

felicity.

 

003.105  Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into

disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful penalty,-

 

003.106  On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some faces will

be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be black, (will be said): "Did ye

reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith."

 

003.107  But those whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will be in (the light of)

God's mercy: therein to dwell (for ever).

 

003.108  These are the Signs of God: We rehearse them to thee in Truth: And God

means no injustice to any of His creatures.

 

003.109  To God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: To Him do all

questions go back (for decision).

 

003.110  Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right,

forbidding what is wrong, and believing in God. If only the People of the Book had

faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them

are perverted transgressors.

 

003.111  They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if they come out to

fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall they get.

 

003.112  Shame is pitched over them (Like a tent) wherever they are found, except

when under a covenant (of protection) from God and from men; they draw on

themselves wrath from God, and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution. This

because they rejected the Signs of God, and slew the prophets in defiance of right;

this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.

 

003.113  Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book are a portion that stand

(For the right): They rehearse the Signs of God all night long, and they prostrate

themselves in adoration.

 

003.114  They believe in God and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid

what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the

ranks of the righteous.

 

003.115  Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for God knoweth

well those that do right.

 

003.116  Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous)

progeny will avail them aught against God: They will be companions of the Fire,-

dwelling therein (for ever).

 

003.117  What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened to a

wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the harvest of men who

have wronged their own souls: it is not God that hath wronged them, but they wrong

themselves.

 

003.118  O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks:

They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already

appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made

plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.

 

003.119  Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not,- though ye believe in

the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say, "We believe": But when they

are alone, they bite off the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage. Say: "Perish

in you rage; God knoweth well all the secrets of the heart."

 

003.120  If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them; but if some misfortune

overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant and do right, not the least harm

will their cunning do to you; for God Compasseth round about all that they do.

 

003.121  Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early) to post the

faithful at their stations for battle: And God heareth and knoweth all things:

 

003.122  Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but God was their

protector, and in God should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.

 

003.123  God had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible little force; then

fear God; thus May ye show your gratitude.

 

003.124  Remember thou saidst to the Faithful: "Is it not enough for you that God

should help you with three thousand angels (Specially) sent down?

 

003.125  "Yea, - if ye remain firm, and act aright, evenn if the enemy should rush here

on you in hot haste, your Lord would help you with five thousand angels Making a

terrific onslaught.

 

003.126  God made it but a message of hope for you, and an assurance to your hearts:

(in any case) there is no help except from God. The Exalted, the Wise:

 

003.127  That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to infamy,

and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose.

 

003.128  Not for thee, (but for God), is the decision: Whether He turn in mercy to

them, or punish them; for they are indeed wrong-doers.

 

003.129  To God belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. He forgiveth whom

He pleaseth and punisheth whom He pleaseth; but God is Oft-Forgiving, Most

Merciful.

 

003.130  O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear God;

that ye may (really) prosper.

 

003.131  Fear the Fire, which is repaired for those who reject Faith:

 

003.132  And obey God and the Apostle; that ye may obtain mercy.

 

003.133  Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose

width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the

righteous,-

 

003.134  Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who

restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for God loves those who do good;-

 

003.135  And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged their

own souls, earnestly bring God to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their sins,- and

who can forgive sins except God?- and are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in

(the wrong) they have done.

 

003.136  For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers

flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for those who

work (and strive)!

 

003.137  Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel

through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.

 

003.138  Here is a plain statement to men, a guidance and instruction to those who

fear God!

 

003.139  So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For ye must gain mastery if ye are

true in Faith.

 

003.140  If a wound hath touched you, be sure a similar wound hath touched the

others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men by turns: that God

may know those that believe, and that He may take to Himself from your ranks

Martyr-witnesses (to Truth). And God loveth not those that do wrong.

 

003.141  God's object also is to purge those that are true in Faith and to deprive of

blessing Those that resist Faith.

 

003.142  Did ye think that ye would enter Heaven without God testing those of you

who fought hard (In His Cause) and remained steadfast?

 

003.143  Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him

with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)

 

003.144  Muhammad is no more than an apostle: many Were the apostle that passed

away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then Turn back on your heels? If

any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to God; but God (on the

other hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him) with gratitude.

 

003.145  Nor can a soul die except by God's leave, the term being fixed as by writing.

If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to him; and if any do desire a

reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him. And swiftly shall We reward those

that (serve us with) gratitude.

 

003.146  How many of the prophets fought (in God's way), and with them (fought)

Large bands of godly men? but they never lost heart if they met with disaster in God's

way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And God Loves those who are firm

and steadfast.

 

003.147  All that they said was: "Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may

have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help us against

those that resist Faith."

 

003.148  And God gave them a reward in this world, and the excellent reward of the

Hereafter. For God Loveth those who do good.

 

003.149  O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you back on

your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own loss.

 

003.150  Nay, God is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.

 

003.151  Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they

joined companions with God, for which He had sent no authority: their abode will be

the Fire: And evil is the home of the wrong-doers!

 

003.152  God did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His permission Were

about to annihilate your enemy,-until ye flinched and fell to disputing about the order,

and disobeyed it after He brought you in sight (of the booty) which ye covet. Among

you are some that hanker after this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then did

He divert you from your foes in order to test you but He forgave you: For God is full

of grace to those who believe.

 

003.153  Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a side

glance at any one, and the Apostle in your rear was calling you back. There did God

give you one distress after another by way of requital, to teach you not to grieve for

(the booty) that had escaped you and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For God is

well aware of all that ye do.

 

003.154  After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of you

overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own

feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of God-suspicions due to ignorance. They said:

"What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly God's." They

hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we

had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the slaughter

here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was

decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was)

that God might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For God

knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.

 

003.155  Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts Met,-it was Satan

who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done. But God Has blotted

out (their fault): For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

 

003.156  O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their brethren,

when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in fighting: "If they had stayed

with us, they would not have died, or been slain." This that God may make it a cause

of sighs and regrets in their hearts. It is God that gives Life and Death, and God sees

well all that ye do.

 

003.157  And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of God, forgiveness and mercy from

God are far better than all they could amass.

 

003.158  And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto God that ye are brought together.

 

003.159  It is part of the Mercy of God that thou dost deal gently with them Wert thou

severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee: so pass over

(Their faults), and ask for (God's) forgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs

(of moment). Then, when thou hast Taken a decision put thy trust in God. For God

loves those who put their trust (in Him).

 

003.160  If God helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there,

after that, that can help you? in God, then, Let believers put their trust.

 

003.161  No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust. If any person is so false, He

shall, on the Day of Judgment, restore what he misappropriated; then shall every soul

receive its due,- whatever it earned,- and none shall be dealt with unjustly.

 

003.162  Is the man who follows the good pleasure of God Like the man who draws

on himself the wrath of God, and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful refuge!

 

003.163  They are in varying gardens in the sight of God, and God sees well all that

they do.

 

003.164  God did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among them an

apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of God, sanctifying

them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had

been in manifest error.

 

003.165  What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote (your enemies)

with one twice as great, do ye say?- "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from

yourselves: For God hath power over all things."

 

003.166  What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of God,

in order that He might test the believers,-

 

003.167  And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight in the way of God,

or (at least) drive (The foe from your city)." They said: "Had we known how to fight,

we should certainly have followed you." They were that day nearer to Unbelief than

to Faith, saying with their lips what was not in their hearts but God hath full

knowledge of all they conceal.

 

003.168  (They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they themselves

sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have been slain." Say:

"Avert death from your own selves, if ye speak the truth."

 

003.169  Think not of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay, they live,

finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord;

 

003.170  They rejoice in the bounty provided by God: And with regard to those left

behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact

that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.

 

003.171  They glory in the Grace and the bounty from God, and in the fact that God

suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least).

 

003.172  Of those who answered the call of God and the Apostle, even after being

wounded, those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great reward;-

 

003.173  Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against you": And frightened

them: But it (only) increased their Faith: They said: "For us God sufficeth, and He is

the best disposer of affairs."

 

003.174  And they returned with Grace and bounty from God: no harm ever touched

them: For they followed the good pleasure of God: And God is the Lord of bounties

unbounded.

 

003.175  It is only the Evil One that suggests to you the fear of his votaries: Be ye not

afraid of them, but fear Me, if ye have Faith.

 

003.176  Let not those grieve thee who rush headlong into Unbelief: Not the least

harm will they do to God: God's plan is that He will give them no portion in the

Hereafter, but a severe punishment.

 

003.177  Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the least harm will

they do to God, but they will have a grievous punishment.

 

003.178  Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is good for

themselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in their iniquity: But they will

have a shameful punishment.

 

003.179  God will not leave the believers in the state in which ye are now, until He

separates what is evil from what is good nor will He disclose to you the secrets of the

Unseen. But He chooses of His Apostles (For the purpose) whom He pleases. So

believe in God. And His apostles: And if ye believe and do right, ye have a reward

without measure.

 

003.180  And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which God Hath

given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it will be the worse for

them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be tied to their necks Like

a twisted collar, on the Day of Judgment. To God belongs the heritage of the heavens

and the earth; and God is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

 

003.181  God hath heard the taunt of those who say: "Truly, God is indigent and we

are rich!"- We shall certainly record their word and (their act) of slaying the prophets

in defiance of right, and We shall say: "Taste ye the penalty of the Scorching Fire!

 

003.182  "This is because of the (unrighteous deeds) which your hands sent on before

ye: For God never harms those who serve Him."

 

003.183  They (also) said: "God took our promise not to believe in an apostle unless

He showed us a sacrifice consumed by Fire (From heaven)." Say: "There came to you

apostles before me, with clear Signs and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye

slay them, if ye speak the truth?"

 

003.184  Then if they reject thee, so were rejected apostles before thee, who came

with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment.

 

003.185  Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment

shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and

admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the life of this

world is but goods and chattels of deception.

 

003.186  Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your

personal selves; and ye shall certainly Hear much that will grieve you, from those

who received the Book before you and from those who worship many gods. But if ye

persevere patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be a determining factor in

all affairs.

 

003.187  And remember God took a covenant from the People of the Book, to make it

known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw it away behind their

backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain they

made!

 

003.188  Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about, and love to

be praised for what they have not done,- think escape the penalty. For them is a

penalty Grievous indeed.

 

003.189  To God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and God hath

power over all things.

 

003.190  Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of

night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of understanding,-

 

003.191  Men who celebrate the praises of God, standing, sitting, and lying down on

their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth,

(With the thought): "Our Lord! not for naught Hast Thou created (all) this! Glory to

Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire.

 

003.192  "Our Lord! any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly Thou coverest with

shame, and never will wrong-doers Find any helpers!

 

003.193  "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, 'Believe ye in

the Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our

iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous.

 

003.194  "Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine

apostles, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never breakest

Thy promise."

 

003.195  And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I

suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: Ye are members, one

of another: Those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom, or suffered

harm in My Cause, or fought or been slain,- verily, I will blot out from them their

iniquities, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath;- A reward from

the presence of God, and from His presence is the best of rewards."

 

003.196  Let not the strutting about of the Unbelievers through the land deceive thee:

 

003.197  Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (To

lie on)!

 

003.198  On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are Gardens, with rivers

flowing beneath; therein are they to dwell (for ever),- a gift from the presence of God;

and that which is in the presence of God is the best (bliss) for the righteous.

 

003.199  And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe

in God, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in humility to

God: They will not sell the Signs of God for a miserable gain! For them is a reward

with their Lord, and God is swift in account.

 

003.200  O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such

perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear God; that ye may prosper.

 

WOMEN,  CHAPTER NO.  004

 

004.001  O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single

person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain scattered (like seeds)

countless men and women;- reverence God, through whom ye demand your mutual

(rights), and (reverence) the wombs (That bore you): for God ever watches over you.

 

004.002  To orphans restore their property (When they reach their age), nor substitute

(your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour not their substance (by

mixing it up) with your won. For this is indeed a great sin.

 

004.003  If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry

women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to

deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess,

that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.

 

004.004  And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if they, of

their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, Take it and enjoy it with right

good cheer.

 

004.005  To those weak of understanding Make not over your property, which God

hath made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them therewith, and speak

to them words of kindness and justice.

 

004.006  Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if then ye find

sound judgment in them, release their property to them; but consume it not

wastefully, nor in haste against their growing up. If the guardian is well-off, Let him

claim no remuneration, but if he is poor, let him have for himself what is just and

reasonable. When ye release their property to them, take witnesses in their presence:

But all-sufficient is God in taking account.

 

004.007  From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for

men and a share for women, whether the property be small or large,-a determinate

share.

 

004.008  But if at the time of division other relatives, or orphans or poor, are present,

feed them out of the (property), and speak to them words of kindness and justice.

 

004.009  Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in their minds as they

would have for their own if they had left a helpless family behind: Let them fear God,

and speak words of appropriate (comfort).

 

004.010  Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a Fire into their

own bodies: They will soon be enduring a Blazing Fire!

 

004.011  God (thus) directs you as regards your Children's (Inheritance): to the male,

a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters, two or more, their share is

two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is a half. For parents, a sixth share

of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children; if no children, and the parents

are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the deceased Left brothers (or sisters)

the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in all cases ('s) after the payment of legacies

and debts. Ye know not whether your parents or your children are nearest to you in

benefit. These are settled portions ordained by God; and God is All-knowing, Al-

wise.

 

004.012  In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave no child; but if

they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of legacies and debts. In what ye

leave, their share is a fourth, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, they get an

eighth; after payment of legacies and debts. If the man or woman whose inheritance is

in question, has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has left a brother or a

sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two, they share in a third;

after payment of legacies and debts; so that no loss is caused (to any one). Thus is it

ordained by God; and God is All-knowing, Most Forbearing.

 

004.013  Those are limits set by God: those who obey God and His Apostle will be

admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide therein (for ever) and that

will be the supreme achievement.

 

004.014  But those who disobey God and His Apostle and transgress His limits will

be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: And they shall have a humiliating punishment.

 

004.015  If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of four

(Reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them

to houses until death do claim them, or God ordain for them some (other) way.

 

004.016  If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they

repent and amend, Leave them alone; for God is Oft-returning, Most Merciful.

 

004.017  God accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent

soon afterwards; to them will God turn in mercy: For God is full of knowledge and

wisdom.

 

004.018  Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death

faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those who die

rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous.

 

004.019  O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor

should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have

given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary

live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may

be that ye dislike a thing, and God brings about through it a great deal of good.

 

004.020  But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if ye had given

the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of it back: Would ye take

it by slander and manifest wrong?

 

004.021  And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they

have Taken from you a solemn covenant?

 

004.022  And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It

was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.

 

004.023  Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters;

father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers

(Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under

your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye

have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your

loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for

God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-

 

004.024  Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right

hands possess: Thus hath God ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these,

all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your

property,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give

them their dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree

Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and God is All-knowing, All-wise.

 

004.025  If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women,

they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands possess: And

God hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from another: Wed them with

the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers, according to what is

reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking paramours: when they are

taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women.

This (permission) is for those among you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye

practise self-restraint. And God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

004.026  God doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the ordinances of those

before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy): And God is All-knowing,

All-wise.

 

004.027  God doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts is

that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away.

 

004.028  God doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was created Weak (in

flesh).

 

004.029  O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities:

But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or

destroy) yourselves: for verily God hath been to you Most Merciful!

 

004.030  If any do that in rancour and injustice,- soon shall We cast them into the

Fire: And easy it is for God.

 

004.031  If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are forbidden to

do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you, and admit you to a gate of great

honour.

 

004.032  And in no wise covet those things in which God Hath bestowed His gifts

More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what they earn, and to

women what they earn: But ask God of His bounty. For God hath full knowledge of

all things.

 

004.033  To (benefit) every one, We have appointed shares and heirs to property left

by parents and relatives. To those, also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give

their due portion. For truly God is witness to all things.

 

004.034  Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because God has given

the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their

means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the

husband's) absence what God would have them guard. As to those women on whose

part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share

their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not

against them Means (of annoyance): For God is Most High, great (above you all).

 

004.035  If ye fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two) arbiters, one from his

family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace, God will cause their

reconciliation: For God hath full knowledge, and is acquainted with all things.

 

004.036  Serve God, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents,

kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are

strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right

hands possess: For God loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;-

 

004.037  (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others, or hide the

bounties which God hath bestowed on them; for We have prepared, for those who

resist Faith, a punishment that steeps them in contempt;-

 

004.038  Not those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men, but have no faith

in God and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One for their intimate, what a dreadful

intimate he is!

 

004.039  And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in God and in the Last

Day, and they spent out of what God hath given them for sustenance? For God hath

full knowledge of them.

 

004.040  God is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He

doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward.

 

004.041  How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought thee

as a witness against these people!

 

004.042  On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the apostle will wish that the

earth Were made one with them: But never will they hide a single fact from God!

 

004.043  O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can

understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when

travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a

journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with

women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub

therewith your faces and hands. For God doth blot out sins and forgive again and

again.

 

004.044  Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the

Book? they traffic in error, and wish that ye should lose the right path.

 

004.045  But God hath full knowledge of your enemies: God is enough for a

protector, and God is enough for a Helper.

 

004.046  Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places, and

say: "We hear and we disobey"; and "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Ra'ina"; with a

twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "What hear and we

obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would have been better for them, and

more proper; but God hath cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will

believe.

 

004.047  O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed,

confirming what was (already) with you, before We change the face and fame of

some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse them as We

cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of God Must be carried out.

 

004.048  God forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth

anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with God is to devise a sin

Most heinous indeed.

 

004.049  Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity for themselves?

Nay-but God Doth sanctify whom He pleaseth. But never will they fail to receive

justice in the least little thing.

 

004.050  Behold! how they invent a lie against God! but that by itself is a manifest

sin!

 

004.051  Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the

Book? they believe in sorcery and Evil, and say to the Unbelievers that they are better

guided in the (right) way Than the believers!

 

004.052  They are (men) whom God hath cursed: And those whom God Hath cursed,

thou wilt find, have no one to help.

 

004.053  Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing to

their fellow-men?

 

004.054  Or do they envy mankind for what God hath given them of his bounty? but

We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and conferred

upon them a great kingdom.

 

004.055  Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him: And

enough is Hell for a burning fire.

 

004.056  Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as

their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may

taste the penalty: for God is Exalted in Power, Wise.

 

004.057  But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit

to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal home: Therein shall they have

companions pure and holy: We shall admit them to shades, cool and ever deepening.

 

004.058  God doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they

are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice: Verily

how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For God is He Who heareth and

seeth all things.

 

004.059  O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with

authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to God and

His Apostle, if ye do believe in God and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable

for final determination.

 

004.060  Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that they believe in the

revelations that have come to thee and to those before thee? Their (real) wish is to

resort together for judgment (in their disputes) to the Evil One, though they were

ordered to reject him. But Satan's wish is to lead them astray far away (from the

right).

 

004.061  When it is said to them: "Come to what God hath revealed, and to the

Apostle": Thou seest the Hypocrites avert their faces from thee in disgust.

 

004.062  How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the deeds which

they hands have sent forth? Then their come to thee, swearing by God: "We meant no

more than good-will and conciliation!"

 

004.063  Those men,-God knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of them, but

admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach their very souls.

 

004.064  We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of

God. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and

asked God's forgiveness, and the Apostle had asked forgiveness for them, they would

have found God indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.

 

004.065  But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee

judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against Thy

decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.

 

004.066  If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their homes, very

few of them would have done it: But if they had done what they were (actually) told,

it would have been best for them, and would have gone farthest to strengthen their

(faith);

 

004.067  And We should then have given them from our presence a great reward;

 

004.068  And We should have shown them the Straight Way.

 

004.069  All who obey God and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is

the Grace of God,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the

witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful

fellowship!

 

004.070  Such is the bounty from God: And sufficient is it that God knoweth all.

 

004.071  O ye who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth in parties or go

forth all together.

 

004.072  There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If a misfortune

befalls you, they say: "God did favour us in that we were not present among them."

 

004.073  But if good fortune comes to you from God, they would be sure to say - as if

there had never been Ties of affection between you and them - "Oh! I wish I had been

with them; a fine thing should I then have made of it!"

 

004.074  Let those fight in the cause of God Who sell the life of this world for the

hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of God,- whether he is slain or gets

victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value).

 

004.075  And why should ye not fight in the cause of God and of those who, being

weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our

Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from

thee one who will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help!"

 

004.076  Those who believe fight in the cause of God, and those who reject Faith

Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the

cunning of Satan.

 

004.077  Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold back their

hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in regular charity? When

(at length) the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! a section of them feared

men as - or even more than - they should have feared God: They said: "Our Lord!

Why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our

(natural) term, near (enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the

Hereafter is the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the

very least!

 

004.078  "Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers built up

strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from God"; but if evil,

they say, "This is from thee" (O Prophet). Say: "All things are from God." But what

hath come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?

 

004.079  Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from God; but whatever evil

happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul. and We have sent thee as an apostle to

(instruct) mankind. And enough is God for a witness.

 

004.080  He who obeys the Apostle, obeys God: But if any turn away, We have not

sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).

 

004.081  They have "Obedience" on their lips; but when they leave thee, a section of

them Meditate all night on things very different from what thou tellest them. But God

records their nightly (plots): So keep clear of them, and put thy trust in God, and

enough is God as a disposer of affairs.

 

004.082  Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than

God, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.

 

004.083  When there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety or fear,

they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Apostle, or to those charged with

authority among them, the proper investigators would have Tested it from them

(direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of God unto you, all but a few of you

would have fallen into the clutches of Satan.

 

004.084  Then fight in God's cause - Thou art held responsible only for thyself - and

rouse the believers. It may be that God will restrain the fury of the Unbelievers; for

God is the strongest in might and in punishment.

 

004.085  Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein:

And whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its burden: And God

hath power over all things.

 

004.086  When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more

courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. God takes careful account of all things.

 

004.087  God! There is no god but He: of a surety He will gather you together against

the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt. And whose word can be truer

than God's?

 

004.088  Why should ye be divided into two parties about the Hypocrites? God hath

upset them for their (evil) deeds. Would ye guide those whom God hath thrown out of

the Way? For those whom God hath thrown out of the Way, never shalt thou find the

Way.

 

004.089  They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the

same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way

of God (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay

them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their

ranks;-

 

004.090  Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a treaty (of

peace), or those who approach you with hearts restraining them from fighting you as

well as fighting their own people. If God had pleased, He could have given them

power over you, and they would have fought you: Therefore if they withdraw from

you but fight you not, and (instead) send you (Guarantees of) peace, then God Hath

opened no way for you (to war against them).

 

004.091  Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well as that of their

people: Every time they are sent back to temptation, they succumb thereto: if they 

withdraw not from you nor give you (guarantees) of peace besides restraining their

hands, seize them and slay them wherever ye get them: In their case We have

provided you with a clear argument against them.

 

004.092  Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by mistake,

(Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained that he should free a

believing slave, and pay compensation to the deceased's family, unless they remit it

freely. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you, and he was a believer,

the freeing of a believing slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom ye

have treaty of Mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a

believing slave be freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed) a

fast for two months running: by way of repentance to God: for God hath all

knowledge and all wisdom.

 

004.093  If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide

therein (For ever): And the wrath and the curse of God are upon him, and a dreadful

penalty is prepared for him.

 

004.094  O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of God, investigate

carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou art none of a

believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: with God are profits and spoils

abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves before, till God conferred on you His

favours: Therefore carefully investigate. For God is well aware of all that ye do.

 

004.095  Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and

those who strive and fight in the cause of God with their goods and their persons. God

hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons

than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath God promised good: But

those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a

special reward,-

 

004.096  Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy. For God is

Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

004.097  When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their souls, they

say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and oppressed Were we in the

earth." They say: "Was not the earth of God spacious enough for you to move

yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil

refuge! -

 

004.098  Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men, women, and

children - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post) to their way.

 

004.099  For these, there is hope that God will forgive: For God doth blot out (sins)

and forgive again and again.

 

004.100  He who forsakes his home in the cause of God, finds in the earth Many a

refuge, wide and spacious: Should he die as a refugee from home for God and His

Apostle, His reward becomes due and sure with God: And God is Oft-forgiving, Most

Merciful.

 

004.101  When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if ye shorten

your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers May attack you: For the Unbelievers are unto

you open enemies.

 

004.102  When thou (O Apostle) art with them, and standest to lead them in prayer,

Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee, Taking their arms with them:

When they finish their prostrations, let them Take their position in the rear. And let

the other party come up which hath not yet prayed - and let them pray with thee,

Taking all precaution, and bearing arms: the Unbelievers wish, if ye were negligent of

your arms and your baggage, to assault you in a single rush. But there is no blame on

you if ye put away your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because ye are

ill; but take (every) precaution for yourselves. For the Unbelievers God hath prepared

a humiliating punishment.

 

004.103  When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate God's praises, standing,

sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are free from danger, set up

Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times.

 

004.104  And slacken not in following up the enemy: If ye are suffering hardships,

they are suffering similar hardships; but ye have Hope from God, while they have

none. And God is full of knowledge and wisdom.

 

004.105  We have sent down to thee the Book in truth, that thou mightest judge

between men, as guided by God: so be not (used) as an advocate by those who betray

their trust;

 

004.106  But seek the forgiveness of God; for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

004.107  Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls; for God loveth not

one given to perfidy and crime:

 

004.108  They may hide (Their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide (Them) from

God, seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by night, in words that He cannot

approve: And God Doth compass round all that they do.

 

004.109  Ah! These are the sort of men on whose behalf ye may contend in this

world; but who will contend with God on their behalf on the Day of Judgment, or

who will carry their affairs through?

 

004.110  If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards seeks God's

forgiveness, he will find God Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

004.111  And if any one earns sin. he earns it against His own soul: for God is full of

knowledge and wisdom.

 

004.112  But if any one earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to one that is innocent,

He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood and a flagrant sin.

 

004.113  But for the Grace of God to thee and his Mercy, a party of them would

certainly have plotted to lead thee astray. But (in fact) they will only Lead their own

souls astray, and to thee they can do no harm in the least. For God hath sent down to

thee the Book and wisdom and taught thee what thou Knewest not (before): And great

is the Grace of God unto thee.

 

004.114  In most of their secret talks there is no good: But if one exhorts to a deed of

charity or justice or conciliation between men, (Secrecy is permissible): To him who

does this, seeking the good pleasure of God, We shall soon give a reward of the

highest (value).

 

004.115  If anyone contends with the Apostle even after guidance has been plainly

conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that becoming to men of Faith, We

shall leave him in the path he has chosen, and land him in Hell,- what an evil refuge!

 

004.116  God forgiveth not (The sin of) joining other gods with Him; but He

forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins other gods with God,

Hath strayed far, far away (from the right).

 

004.117  (The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: They call but upon

satan the persistent rebel!

 

004.118  God did curse him, but he said: "I will take of Thy servants a portion

Marked off;

 

004.119  "I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order

them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by God."

Whoever, forsaking God, takes satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that

is manifest.

 

004.120  Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false desires; but satan's

promises are nothing but deception.

 

004.121  They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in Hell, and from it they will find

no way of escape.

 

004.122  But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness,- we shall soon admit

them to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-to dwell therein for ever. God's promise

is the truth, and whose word can be truer than God's?

 

004.123  Not your desires, nor those of the People of the Book (can prevail): whoever

works evil, will be requited accordingly. Nor will he find, besides God, any protector

or helper.

 

004.124  If any do deeds of righteousness,- be they male or female - and have faith,

they will enter Heaven, and not the least injustice will be done to them.

 

004.125  Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to God,

does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For God did take

Abraham for a friend.

 

004.126  But to God belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And He it is that

Encompasseth all things.

 

004.127  They ask thy instruction concerning the women say: God doth instruct you

about them: And (remember) what hath been rehearsed unto you in the Book,

concerning the orphans of women to whom ye give not the portions prescribed, and

yet whom ye desire to marry, as also concerning the children who are weak and

oppressed: that ye stand firm for justice to orphans. There is not a good deed which ye

do, but God is well-acquainted therewith.

 

004.128  If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there is no blame

on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between themselves; and such

settlement is best; even though men's souls are swayed by greed. But if ye do good

and practise self-restraint, God is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

 

004.129  Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your

ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so as to leave her (as it

were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly understanding, and practise self-

restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

004.130  But if they disagree (and must part), God will provide abundance for all

from His all-reaching bounty: for God is He that careth for all and is Wise.

 

004.131  To God belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Verily we have

directed the People of the Book before you, and you (o Muslims) to fear God. But if

ye deny Him, lo! unto God belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and God is

free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

 

004.132  Yea, unto God belong all things in the heavens and on earth, and enough is

God to carry through all affairs.

 

004.133  If it were His will, He could destroy you, o mankind, and create another

race; for He hath power this to do.

 

004.134  If any one desires a reward in this life, in God's (gift) is the reward (both) of

this life and of the hereafter: for God is He that heareth and seeth (all things).

 

004.135  O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to God, even as

against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or

poor: for God can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye

swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily God is well-

acquainted with all that ye do.

 

004.136  O ye who believe! Believe in God and His Apostle, and the scripture which

He hath sent to His Apostle and the scripture which He sent to those before (him).

Any who denieth God, His angels, His Books, His Apostles, and the Day of

Judgment, hath gone far, far astray.

 

004.137  Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and (again) reject

faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- God will not forgive them nor guide them nor

guide them on the way.

 

004.138  To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them (but) a grievous

penalty;-

 

004.139  Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers: is it

honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with God.

 

004.140  Already has He sent you Word in the Book, that when ye hear the signs of

God held in defiance and ridicule, ye are not to sit with them unless they turn to a

different theme: if ye did, ye would be like them. For God will collect the hypocrites

and those who defy faith - all in Hell:-

 

004.141  (These are) the ones who wait and watch about you: if ye do gain a victory

from God, they say: "Were we not with you?"- but if the unbelievers gain a success,

they say (to them): "Did we not gain an advantage over you, and did we not guard

you from the believers?" but God will judge betwixt you on the Day of Judgment.

And never will God grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers.

 

004.142  The Hypocrites - they think they are over-reaching God, but He will over-

reach them: When they stand up to prayer, they stand without earnestness, to be seen

of men, but little do they hold God in remembrance;

 

004.143  (They are) distracted in mind even in the midst of it,- being (sincerely) for

neither one group nor for another whom God leaves straying,- never wilt thou find for

him the way.

 

004.144  O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: Do

ye wish to offer God an open proof against yourselves?

 

004.145  The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no helper wilt thou

find for them;-

 

004.146  Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to God, and purify

their religion as in God's sight: if so they will be (numbered) with the believers. And

soon will God grant to the believers a reward of immense value.

 

004.147  What can God gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and ye believe?

Nay, it is God that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all things.

 

004.148  God loveth not that evil should be noised abroad in public speech, except

where injustice hath been done; for God is He who heareth and knoweth all things.

 

004.149  Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon,

verily God doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment of values).

 

004.150  Those who deny God and His apostles, and (those who) wish to separate

God from His apostles, saying: "We believe in some but reject others": And (those

who) wish to take a course midway,-

 

004.151  They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and we have prepared for

unbelievers a humiliating punishment.

 

004.152  To those who believe in God and His apostles and make no distinction

between any of the apostles, we shall soon give their (due) rewards: for God is Oft-

forgiving, Most Merciful.

 

004.153  The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to them from

heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater (miracle), for they said: "Show

us God in public," but they were dazed for their presumption, with thunder and

lightning. Yet they worshipped the calf even after clear signs had come to them; even

so we forgave them; and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.

 

004.154  And for their covenant we raised over them (the towering height) of Mount

(Sinai); and (on another occasion) we said: "Enter the gate with humility"; and (once

again) we commanded them: "Transgress not in the matter of the sabbath." And we

took from them a solemn covenant.

 

004.155  (They have incurred divine displeasure): In that they broke their covenant;

that they rejected the signs of God; that they slew the Messengers in defiance of right;

that they said, "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve God's Word; We need

no more)";- Nay, God hath set the seal on their hearts for their blasphemy, and little is

it they believe;-

 

004.156  That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave false charge;

 

004.157  That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the

Apostle of God";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to

appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain)

knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-

 

004.158  Nay, God raised him up unto Himself; and God is Exalted in Power, Wise;-

 

004.159  And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before

his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them;-

 

004.160  For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain (foods)

good and wholesome which had been lawful for them;- in that they hindered many

from God's Way;-

 

004.161  That they took usury, though they were forbidden; and that they devoured

men's substance wrongfully;- we have prepared for those among them who reject

faith a grievous punishment.

 

004.162  But those among them who are well-grounded in knowledge, and the

believers, believe in what hath been revealed to thee and what was revealed before

thee: And (especially) those who establish regular prayer and practise regular charity

and believe in God and in the Last Day: To them shall We soon give a great reward.

 

004.163  We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers

after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to

Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms.

 

004.164  Of some apostles We have already told thee the story; of others We have

not;- and to Moses God spoke direct;-

 

004.165  Apostles who gave good news as well as warning, that mankind, after (the

coming) of the apostles, should have no plea against God: For God is Exalted in

Power, Wise.

 

004.166  But God beareth witness that what He hath sent unto thee He hath sent from

His (own) knowledge, and the angels bear witness: But enough is God for a witness.

 

004.167  Those who reject Faith and keep off (men) from the way of God, have verily

strayed far, far away from the Path.

 

004.168  Those who reject Faith and do wrong,- God will not forgive them nor guide

them to any way-

 

004.169  Except the way of Hell, to dwell therein for ever. And this to God is easy.

 

004.170  O Mankind! The Apostle hath come to you in truth from God: believe in

him: It is best for you. But if ye reject Faith, to God belong all things in the heavens

and on earth: And God is All-knowing, All-wise.

 

004.171  O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of God

aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of

God, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him:

so believe in God and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you:

for God is one God: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him

belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is God as a Disposer of

affairs.

 

004.172  Christ disdaineth nor to serve and worship God, nor do the angels, those

nearest (to God): those who disdain His worship and are arrogant,-He will gather

them all together unto Himself to (answer).

 

004.173  But to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, He will give their

(due) rewards,- and more, out of His bounty: But those who are disdainful and

arrogant, He will punish with a grievous penalty; Nor will they find, besides God, any

to protect or help them.

 

004.174  O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing proof from your

Lord: For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.

 

004.175  Then those who believe in God, and hold fast to Him,- soon will He admit

them to mercy and grace from Himself, and guide them to Himself by a straight way.

 

004.176  They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: God directs (thus) about those who

leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it is a man that dies, leaving a sister

but no child, she shall have half the inheritance: If (such a deceased was) a woman,

who left no child, Her brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall

have two-thirds of the inheritance (between them): if there are brothers and sisters,

(they share), the male having twice the share of the female. Thus doth God make clear

to you (His law), lest ye err. And God hath knowledge of all things.

 

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