REPENTANCE, DISPENSATION, CHAPTER NO. 009
009.001 A (declaration) of immunity from God and His Apostle, to those of the
Pagans with whom ye have contracted mutual alliances:-
009.002 Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as ye will),
throughout the land, but know ye that ye cannot frustrate God (by your falsehood) but
that God will cover with shame those who reject Him.
009.003 And an announcement from God and His Apostle, to the people (assembled)
on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that God and His Apostle dissolve (treaty)
obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn
away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate God. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those
who reject Faith.
009.004 (But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom ye have
entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided
any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term:
for God loveth the righteous.
009.005 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans
wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in
every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise
regular charity, then open the way for them: for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
009.006 If one amongst the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so that he
may hear the word of God; and then escort him to where he can be secure. That is
because they are men without knowledge.
009.007 How can there be a league, before God and His Apostle, with the Pagans,
except those with whom ye made a treaty near the sacred Mosque? As long as these
stand true to you, stand ye true to them: for God doth love the righteous.
009.008 How (can there be such a league), seeing that if they get an advantage over
you, they respect not in you the ties either of kinship or of covenant? With (fair words
from) their mouths they entice you, but their hearts are averse from you; and most of
them are rebellious and wicked.
009.009 The Signs of God have they sold for a miserable price, and (many) have
they hindered from His way: evil indeed are the deeds they have done.
009.010 In a Believer they respect not the ties either of kinship or of covenant! It is
they who have transgressed all bounds.
009.011 But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practise regular
charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do We explain the Signs in detail, for
those who understand.
009.012 But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you for your
Faith,- fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: for their oaths are nothing to them: that thus
they may be restrained.
009.013 Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the
Apostle, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault) you? Do ye fear them?
Nay, it is God Whom ye should more justly fear, if ye believe!
009.014 Fight them, and God will punish them by your hands, cover them with
shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers,
009.015 And still the indignation of their hearts. For God will turn (in mercy) to
whom He will; and God is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
009.016 Or think ye that ye shall be abandoned, as though God did not know those
among you who strive with might and main, and take none for friends and protectors
except God, His Apostle, and the (community of) Believers? But God is well-
acquainted with (all) that ye do.
009.017 It is not for such as join gods with God, to visit or maintain the mosques of
God while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. The works of such bear
no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.
009.018 The mosques of God shall be visited and maintained by such as believe in
God and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and practise regular charity, and fear
none (at all) except God. It is they who are expected to be on true guidance.
009.019 Do ye make the giving of drink to pilgrims, or the maintenance of the
Sacred Mosque, equal to (the pious service of) those who believe in God and the Last
Day, and strive with might and main in the cause of God? They are not comparable in
the sight of God: and God guides not those who do wrong.
009.020 Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive with might and main, in
God's cause, with their goods and their persons, have the highest rank in the sight of
God: they are the people who will achieve (salvation).
009.021 Their Lord doth give them glad tidings of a Mercy from Himself, of His
good pleasure, and of gardens for them, wherein are delights that endure:
009.022 They will dwell therein for ever. Verily in God's presence is a reward, the
greatest (of all).
009.023 O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if
they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong.
009.024 Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your
kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or
the dwellings in which ye delight - are dearer to you than God, or His Apostle, or the
striving in His cause;- then wait until God brings about His decision: and God guides
not the rebellious.
009.025 Assuredly God did help you in many battle-fields and on the day of Hunain:
Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you naught: the land, for all
that it is wide, did constrain you, and ye turned back in retreat.
009.026 But God did pour His calm on the Apostle and on the Believers, and sent
down forces which ye saw not: He punished the Unbelievers; thus doth He reward
those without Faith.
009.027 Again will God, after this, turn (in mercy) to whom He will: for God is Oft-
forgiving, Most Merciful.
009.028 O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this
year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear poverty, soon will God
enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty, for God is All-knowing, All-wise.
009.029 Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day, nor hold that
forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the
religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya
with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
009.030 The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the son of
God. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers
of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the
Truth!
009.031 They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of
God, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded
to worship but One God: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He)
from having the partners they associate (with Him).
009.032 Fain would they extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God will not
allow but that His light should be perfected, even though the Unbelievers may detest
(it).
009.033 It is He Who hath sent His Apostle with guidance and the Religion of Truth,
to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it).
009.034 O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and anchorites,
who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the way of
God. And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of
God: announce unto them a most grievous penalty-
009.035 On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of
Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, their
flanks, and their backs.- "This is the (treasure) which ye buried for yourselves: taste
ye, then, the (treasures) ye buried!"
009.036 The number of months in the sight of God is twelve (in a year)- so ordained
by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are sacred: that is
the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves therein, and fight the Pagans all together
as they fight you all together. But know that God is with those who restrain
themselves.
009.037 Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to Unbelief: the
Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it lawful one year, and forbidden
another year, in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by God and make
such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But God
guideth not those who reject Faith.
009.038 O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go
forth in the cause of God, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this
world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the
Hereafter.
009.039 Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put
others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least. For God hath power
over all things.
009.040 If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for God did indeed help him,
when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion; they two
were in the cave, and he said to his companion, "Have no fear, for God is with us":
then God sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye
saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of God
is exalted to the heights: for God is Exalted in might, Wise.
009.041 Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle,
with your goods and your persons, in the cause of God. That is best for you, if ye
(but) knew.
009.042 If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they
would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and
weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by God, "If we only could, we should
certainly have come out with you": They would destroy their own souls; for God doth
know that they are certainly lying.
009.043 God give thee grace! why didst thou grant them until those who told the
truth were seen by thee in a clear light, and thou hadst proved the liars?
009.044 Those who believe in God and the Last Day ask thee for no exemption from
fighting with their goods and persons. And God knoweth well those who do their
duty.
009.045 Only those ask thee for exemption who believe not in God and the Last Day,
and whose hearts are in doubt, so that they are tossed in their doubts to and fro.
009.046 If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have made some
preparation therefor; but God was averse to their being sent forth; so He made them
lag behind, and they were told, "Sit ye among those who sit (inactive)."
009.047 If they had come out with you, they would not have added to your (strength)
but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your midst and sowing sedition
among you, and there would have been some among you who would have listened to
them. But God knoweth well those who do wrong.
009.048 Indeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters for thee, until,-
the Truth arrived, and the Decree of God became manifest much to their disgust.
009.049 Among them is (many) a man who says: "Grant me exemption and draw me
not into trial." Have they not fallen into trial already? and indeed Hell surrounds the
Unbelievers (on all sides).
009.050 If good befalls thee, it grieves them; but if a misfortune befalls thee, they
say, "We took indeed our precautions beforehand," and they turn away rejoicing.
009.051 Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what God has decreed for us: He is
our protector": and on God let the Believers put their trust.
009.052 Say: "Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of two glorious things-
(Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either that God will send his
punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait (expectant); we too will wait with
you."
009.053 Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you will it be
accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious and wicked."
009.054 The only reasons why their contributions are not accepted are: that they
reject God and His Apostle; that they come to prayer without earnestness; and that
they offer contributions unwillingly.
009.055 Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in reality God's
plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in
their (very) denial of God.
009.056 They swear by God that they are indeed of you; but they are not of you: yet
they are afraid (to appear in their true colours).
009.057 If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of concealment, they
would turn straightaway thereto, with an obstinate rush.
009.058 And among them are men who slander thee in the matter of (the distribution
of) the alms: if they are given part thereof, they are pleased, but if not, behold! they
are indignant!
009.059 If only they had been content with what God and His Apostle gave them,
and had said, "Sufficient unto us is God! God and His Apostle will soon give us of
His bounty: to God do we turn our hopes!" (that would have been the right course).
009.060 Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the
(funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in
bondage and in debt; in the cause of God; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained
by God, and God is full of knowledge and wisdom.
009.061 Among them are men who molest the Prophet and say, "He is (all) ear." Say,
"He listens to what is best for you: he believes in God, has faith in the Believers, and
is a Mercy to those of you who believe." But those who molest the Apostle will have
a grievous penalty.
009.062 To you they swear by God. In order to please you: But it is more fitting that
they should please God and His Apostle, if they are Believers.
009.063 Know they not that for those who oppose God and His Apostle, is the Fire of
Hell?- wherein they shall dwell. That is the supreme disgrace.
009.064 The Hypocrites are afraid lest a Sura should be sent down about them,
showing them what is (really passing) in their hearts. Say: "Mock ye! But verily God
will bring to light all that ye fear (should be revealed).
009.065 If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "We were only
talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at God, and His Signs, and His Apostle, that ye
were mocking?"
009.066 Make ye no excuses: ye have rejected Faith after ye had accepted it. If We
pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst you, for that they are in sin.
009.067 The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with each other:
They enjoin evil, and forbid what is just, and are close with their hands. They have
forgotten God; so He hath forgotten them. Verily the Hypocrites are rebellious and
perverse.
009.068 God hath promised the Hypocrites men and women, and the rejecters, of
Faith, the fire of Hell: Therein shall they dwell: Sufficient is it for them: for them is
the curse of God, and an enduring punishment,-
009.069 As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you in power,
and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their enjoyment of their
portion: and ye have of yours, as did those before you; and ye indulge in idle talk as
they did. They!- their work are fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they
will lose (all spiritual good).
009.070 Hath not the story reached them of those before them?- the People of Noah,
and 'Ad, and Thamud; the People of Abraham, the men of Midian, and the cities
overthrown. To them came their apostles with clear signs. It is not God Who wrongs
them, but they wrong their own souls.
009.071 The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin
what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular prayers, practise regular
charity, and obey God and His Apostle. On them will God pour His mercy: for God is
Exalted in power, Wise.
009.072 God hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which
rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss.
But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of God: that is the supreme felicity.
009.073 O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be
firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed.
009.074 They swear by God that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered
blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they meditated a plot which they
were unable to carry out: this revenge of theirs was (their) only return for the bounty
with which God and His Apostle had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for
them; but if they turn back (to their evil ways), God will punish them with a grievous
penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on earth to protect or
help them.
009.075 Amongst them are men who made a covenant with God, that if He bestowed
on them of His bounty, they would give (largely) in charity, and be truly amongst
those who are righteous.
009.076 But when He did bestow of His bounty, they became covetous, and turned
back (from their covenant), averse (from its fulfilment).
009.077 So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the
Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their covenant with God, and
because they lied (again and again).
009.078 Know they not that God doth know their secret (thoughts) and their secret
counsels, and that God knoweth well all things unseen?
009.079 Those who slander such of the believers as give themselves freely to (deeds
of) charity, as well as such as can find nothing to give except the fruits of their
labour,- and throw ridicule on them,- God will throw back their ridicule on them: and
they shall have a grievous penalty.
009.080 Whether thou ask for their forgiveness, or not, (their sin is unforgivable): if
thou ask seventy times for their forgiveness, God will not forgive them: because they
have rejected God and His Apostle: and God guideth not those who are perversely
rebellious.
009.081 Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their
inaction behind the back of the Apostle of God: they hated to strive and fight, with
their goods and their persons, in the cause of God: they said, "Go not forth in the
heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat." If only they could understand!
009.082 Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that
they do.
009.083 If, then, God bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thy permission to
come out (with thee), say: "Never shall ye come out with me, nor fight an enemy with
me: for ye preferred to sit inactive on the first occasion: Then sit ye (now) with those
who lag behind."
009.084 Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave; for
they rejected God and His Apostle, and died in a state of perverse rebellion.
009.085 Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: God's plan is to
punish them with these things in this world, and that their souls may perish in their
(very) denial of God.
009.086 When a Sura comes down, enjoining them to believe in God and to strive
and fight along with His Apostle, those with wealth and influence among them ask
thee for exemption, and say: "Leave us (behind): we would be with those who sit (at
home)."
009.087 They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (at home): their
hearts are sealed and so they understand not.
009.088 But the Apostle, and those who believe with him, strive and fight with their
wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things: and it is they who will
prosper.
009.089 God hath prepared for them gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell
therein: that is the supreme felicity.
009.090 And there were, among the desert Arabs (also), men who made excuses and
came to claim exemption; and those who were false to God and His Apostle (merely)
sat inactive. Soon will a grievous penalty seize the Unbelievers among them.
009.091 There is no blame on those who are infirm, or ill, or who find no resources
to spend (on the cause), if they are sincere (in duty) to God and His Apostle: no
ground (of complaint) can there be against such as do right: and God is Oft-forgiving,
Most Merciful.
009.092 Nor (is there blame) on those who came to thee to be provided with mounts,
and when thou saidst, "I can find no mounts for you," they turned back, their eyes
streaming with tears of grief that they had no resources wherewith to provide the
expenses.
009.093 The ground (of complaint) is against such as claim exemption while they are
rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who remain behind: God hath sealed their
hearts; so they know not (What they miss).
009.094 They will present their excuses to you when ye return to them. Say thou:
"Present no excuses: we shall not believe you: God hath already informed us of the
true state of matters concerning you: It is your actions that God and His Apostle will
observe: in the end will ye be brought back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden and
what is open: then will He show you the truth of all that ye did."
009.095 They will swear to you by God, when ye return to them, that ye may leave
them alone. So leave them alone: For they are an abomination, and Hell is their
dwelling-place,-a fitting recompense for the (evil) that they did.
009.096 They will swear unto you, that ye may be pleased with them but if ye are
pleased with them, God is not pleased with those who disobey.
009.097 The Arabs of the desert are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy, and most
fitted to be in ignorance of the command which God hath sent down to His Apostle:
But God is All-knowing, All-Wise.
009.098 Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine, and watch for
disasters for you: on them be the disaster of evil: for God is He That heareth and
knoweth (all things).
009.099 But some of the desert Arabs believe in God and the Last Day, and look on
their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer to God and obtaining the prayers
of the Apostle. Aye, indeed they bring them nearer (to Him): soon will God admit
them to His Mercy: for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
009.100 The vanguard (of Islam)- the first of those who forsook (their homes) and of
those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow them in (all) good deeds,- well-
pleased is God with them, as are they with Him: for them hath He prepared gardens
under which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity.
009.101 Certain of the desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites, as well as
(desert Arabs) among the Medina folk: they are obstinate in hypocrisy: thou knowest
them not: We know them: twice shall We punish them: and in addition shall they be
sent to a grievous penalty.
009.102 Others (there are who) have acknowledged their wrong-doings: they have
mixed an act that was good with another that was evil. Perhaps God will turn unto
them (in Mercy): for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
009.103 Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and sanctify them;
and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of security for them: And
God is One Who heareth and knoweth.
009.104 Know they not that God doth accept repentance from His votaries and
receives their gifts of charity, and that God is verily He, the Oft-Returning, Most
Merciful?
009.105 And say: "Work (righteousness): Soon will God observe your work, and His
Apostle, and the Believers: Soon will ye be brought back to the knower of what is
hidden and what is open: then will He show you the truth of all that ye did."
009.106 There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of God, whether
He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and God is All-Knowing, Wise.
009.107 And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and infidelity -
to disunite the Believers - and in preparation for one who warred against God and His
Apostle aforetime. They will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good;
But God doth declare that they are certainly liars.
009.108 Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was
laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing forth (for prayer)
therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and God loveth those who make
themselves pure.
009.109 Which then is best? - he that layeth his foundation on piety to God and His
good pleasure? - or he that layeth his foundation on an undermined sand-cliff ready to
crumble to pieces? and it doth crumble to pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And
God guideth not people that do wrong.
009.110 The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and
shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces. And God is All-Knowing,
Wise.
009.111 God hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs
(in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain:
a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and
who is more faithful to his covenant than God? then rejoice in the bargain which ye
have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.
009.112 Those that turn (to God) in repentance; that serve Him, and praise Him; that
wander in devotion to the cause of God,: that bow down and prostrate themselves in
prayer; that enjoin good and forbid evil; and observe the limit set by God;- (These do
rejoice). So proclaim the glad tidings to the Believers.
009.113 It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe, that they should pray
for forgiveness for Pagans, even though they be of kin, after it is clear to them that
they are companions of the Fire.
009.114 And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise
he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to God,
he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.
009.115 And God will not mislead a people after He hath guided them, in order that
He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)- for God hath knowledge of all
things.
009.116 Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He giveth
life and He taketh it. Except for Him ye have no protector nor helper.
009.117 God turned with favour to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and the Ansar,- who
followed him in a time of distress, after that the hearts of a part of them had nearly
swerved (from duty); but He turned to them (also): for He is unto them Most Kind,
Most Merciful.
009.118 (He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt
guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its
spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived
that there is no fleeing from God (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to
them, that they might repent: for God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
009.119 O ye who believe! Fear God and be with those who are true (in word and
deed).
009.120 It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the
neighbourhood, to refuse to follow God's Apostle, nor to prefer their own lives to his:
because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of
righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of God,
or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from
an enemy: for God suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-
009.121 Nor could they spend anything (for the cause) - small or great- nor cut
across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit: that God may requite their
deed with the best (possible reward).
009.122 Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent from every
expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to studies in religion, and
admonish the people when they return to them,- that thus they (may learn) to guard
themselves (against evil).
009.123 O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them
find firmness in you: and know that God is with those who fear Him.
009.124 Whenever there cometh down a sura, some of them say: "Which of you has
had His faith increased by it?" Yea, those who believe,- their faith is increased and
they do rejoice.
009.125 But those in whose hearts is a disease,- it will add doubt to their doubt, and
they will die in a state of Unbelief.
009.126 See they not that they are tried every year once or twice? Yet they turn not
in repentance, and they take no heed.
009.127 Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other, (saying),
"Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: God hath turned their hearts (from the
light); for they are a people that understand not.
009.128 Now hath come unto you an Apostle from amongst yourselves: it grieves
him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most
kind and merciful.
009.129 But if they turn away, Say: "God sufficeth me: there is no god but He: On
Him is my trust,- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme!"
JONAH, CHAPTER NO. 010
010.001 A.L.R. These are the ayats of the Book of Wisdom.
010.002 Is it a matter of wonderment to men that We have sent Our inspiration to a
man from among themselves?- that he should warn mankind (of their danger), and
give the good news to the Believers that they have before their Lord the lofty rank of
truth. (But) say the Unbelievers: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!"
010.003 Verily your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days,
and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all
things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been
obtained). This is God your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive
admonition?
010.004 To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of God is true and
sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and repeateth it, that He may
reward with justice those who believe and work righteousness; but those who reject
Him will have draughts of boiling fluids, and a penalty grievous, because they did
reject Him.
010.005 It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light
(of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know the number of years
and the count (of time). Nowise did God create this but in truth and righteousness.
(Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand.
010.006 Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in all that God hath
created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those who fear Him.
010.007 Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are pleased and
satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not Our Signs,-
010.008 Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.
010.009 Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will guide them
because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens of bliss.
010.010 (This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O God!" And "Peace" will
be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will be: "Praise be to God, the
Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!"
010.011 If God were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would fain
hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at once. But We leave those
who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, in their trespasses, wandering in
distraction to and fro.
010.012 When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all postures)- lying
down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved his trouble, he
passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a trouble that touched him! thus
do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes!
010.013 Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: their apostles
came to them with clear-signs, but they would not believe! thus do We requite those
who sin!
010.014 Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye would
behave!
010.015 But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their
hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading other than this, or change
this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow naught but what
is revealed unto me: if I were to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of
a Great Day (to come)."
010.016 Say: "If God had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you, nor would
He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this have I tarried amongst
you: will ye not then understand?"
010.017 Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against God, or deny His
Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.
010.018 They serve, besides God, things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they
say: "These are our intercessors with God." Say: "Do ye indeed inform God of
something He knows not, in the heavens or on earth?- Glory to Him! and far is He
above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!"
010.019 Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for a word
that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled
between them.
010.020 They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The
Unseen is only for God (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait with you."
010.021 When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity hath touched
them, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs! Say: "Swifter to plan is God!"
Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that ye make!
010.022 He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that ye even
board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they rejoice thereat;
then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think
they are being overwhelmed: they cry unto God, sincerely offering (their) duty unto
Him saying, "If thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"
010.023 But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently through the
earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is against your own souls,- an
enjoyment of the life of the present: in the end, to Us is your return, and We shall
show you the truth of all that ye did.
010.024 The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down
from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food
for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is
decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of
disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it
like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We
explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
010.025 But God doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He pleaseth
to a way that is straight.
010.026 To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in measure)!
No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are companions of the garden;
they will abide therein (for aye)!
010.027 But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil: ignominy
will cover their (faces): No defender will they have from (the wrath of) God: Their
faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the depth of the darkness of night:
they are companions of the Fire: they will abide therein (for aye)!
010.028 One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to those who
joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those ye joined as 'partners' We shall
separate them, and their "Partners" shall say: "It was not us that ye worshipped!
010.029 "Enough is God for a witness between us and you: we certainly knew
nothing of your worship of us!"
010.030 There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent before: they will
be brought back to God their rightful Lord, and their invented falsehoods will leave
them in the lurch.
010.031 Say: "Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from the earth? or
who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And who is it that brings out the
living from the dead and the dead from the living? and who is it that rules and
regulates all affairs?" They will soon say, "God". Say, "will ye not then show piety (to
Him)?"
010.032 Such is God, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth, what
(remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?
010.033 Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel: Verily
they will not believe.
010.034 Say: "Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and repeat it?" Say: "It is
God Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are ye deluded away (from the
truth)?"
010.035 Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards
truth?" Say: "It is God Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives
guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself)
unless he is guided? what then is the matter with you? How judge ye?"
010.036 But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail
against truth. Verily God is well aware of all that they do.
010.037 This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than God; on the
contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller
explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds.
010.038 Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring then a Sura like unto it, and call
(to your aid) anyone you can besides God, if it be ye speak the truth!"
010.039 Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot
compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did those before
them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong!
010.040 Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who do not: and thy
Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief.
010.041 If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to you!
ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye do!"
010.042 Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: But canst thou make
the deaf to hear,- even though they are without understanding?
010.043 And among them are some who look at thee: but canst thou guide the
blind,- even though they will not see?
010.044 Verily God will not deal unjustly with man in aught: It is man that wrongs
his own soul.
010.045 One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had tarried but
an hour of a day: they will recognise each other: assuredly those will be lost who
denied the meeting with God and refused to receive true guidance.
010.046 Whether We show thee (realised in thy life-time) some part of what We
promise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that),- in any case, to Us
is their return: ultimately God is witness, to all that they do.
010.047 To every people (was sent) an apostle: when their apostle comes (before
them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be
wronged.
010.048 They say: "When will this promise come to pass,- if ye speak the truth?"
010.049 Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except as God
willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour
can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation)."
010.050 Say: "Do ye see,- if His punishment should come to you by night or by day,-
what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?
010.051 "Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh to pass? (It will
then be said): 'Ah! now? and ye wanted (aforetime) to hasten it on!'
010.052 "At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring
punishment! ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'"
010.053 They seek to be informed by thee: "Is that true?" Say: "Aye! by my Lord! it
is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate it!"
010.054 Every soul that hath sinned, if it possessed all that is on earth, would fain
give it in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance when they see the penalty:
but the judgment between them will be with justice, and no wrong will be done unto
them.
010.055 Is it not (the case) that to God belongeth whatever is in the heavens and on
earth? Is it not (the case) that God's promise is assuredly true? Yet most of them
understand not.
010.056 It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all be brought
back.
010.057 O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing
for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe, a guidance and a Mercy.
010.058 Say: "In the bounty of God. And in His Mercy,- in that let them rejoice":
that is better than the (wealth) they hoard.
010.059 Say: "See ye what things God hath sent down to you for sustenance? Yet ye
hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things) lawful." Say: "Hath God indeed
permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to attribute to God?"
010.060 And what think those who invent lies against God, of the Day of Judgment?
Verily God is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.
010.061 In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest be
reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be doing,- We are
witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord
(so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and
not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a clear record.
010.062 Behold! verily on the friends of God there is no fear, nor shall they grieve;
010.063 Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;-
010.064 For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter; no
change can there be in the words of God. This is indeed the supreme felicity.
010.065 Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honour belong to God: It
is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
010.066 Behold! verily to God belong all creatures, in the heavens and on earth.
What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than God? They follow
nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.
010.067 He it is That hath made you the night that ye may rest therein, and the day to
make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs for those who listen (to His
Message).
010.068 They say: "God hath begotten a son!" - Glory be to Him! He is self-
sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant have ye for this!
say ye about God what ye know not?
010.069 Say: "Those who invent a lie against God will never prosper."
010.070 A little enjoyment in this world!- and then, to Us will be their return, then
shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their blasphemies.
010.071 Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his people: "O my
people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with you) and commemorate
the signs of God,- yet I put my trust in God. Get ye then an agreement about your
plan and among your partners, so your plan be on to you dark and dubious. Then pass
your sentence on me, and give me no respite.
010.072 "But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked of you: my reward
is only due from God, and I have been commanded to be of those who submit to
God's will (in Islam)."
010.073 They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark,
and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the flood those who
rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of those who were warned (but heeded
not)!
010.074 Then after him We sent (many) apostles to their peoples: they brought them
Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had already rejected beforehand.
Thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors.
010.075 Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with
Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.
010.076 When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: "This is indeed
evident sorcery!"
010.077 Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath (actually) reached
you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."
010.078 They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we found
our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may have greatness in the
land? But not we shall believe in you!"
010.079 Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every sorcerer well versed."
010.080 When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye what ye (wish) to
throw!"
010.081 When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What ye have brought is
sorcery: God will surely make it of no effect: for God prospereth not the work of
those who make mischief.
010.082 "And God by His words doth prove and establish His truth, however much
the sinners may hate it!"
010.083 But none believed in Moses except some children of his people, because of
the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute them; and certainly
Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who transgressed all bounds.
010.084 Moses said: "O my people! If ye do (really) believe in God, then in Him put
your trust if ye submit (your will to His)."
010.085 They said: "In God do we put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a trial for
those who practise oppression;
010.086 "And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee)."
010.087 We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message: "Provide dwellings
for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of worship, and establish
regular prayers: and give glad tidings to those who believe!"
010.088 Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his
chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our Lord, they mislead
(men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send
hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the grievous penalty."
010.089 God said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand ye
straight, and follow not the path of those who know not."
010.090 We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts
followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood,
he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom the Children of Israel
believe in: I am of those who submit (to God in Islam)."
010.091 (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in
rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!
010.092 "This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a sign to those
who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!"
010.093 We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and provided
for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledge had been granted to them, that
they fell into schisms. Verily God will judge between them as to the schisms amongst
them, on the Day of Judgment.
010.094 If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those
who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath indeed come to
thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.
010.095 Nor be of those who reject the signs of God, or thou shalt be of those who
perish.
010.096 Those against whom the word of thy Lord hath been verified would not
believe-
010.097 Even if every Sign was brought unto them,- until they see (for themselves)
the penalty grievous.
010.098 Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which
believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of Jonah? When they
believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life of the present,
and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
010.099 If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all who are on
earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe!
010.100 No soul can believe, except by the will of God, and He will place doubt (or
obscurity) on those who will not understand.
010.101 Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth"; but neither Signs nor
Warners profit those who believe not.
010.102 Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of the men
who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I, too, will wait with you."
010.103 In the end We deliver Our apostles and those who believe: Thus is it fitting
on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!
010.104 Say: "O ye men! If ye are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I worship
not what ye worship, other than God! But I worship God - Who will take your souls
(at death): I am commanded to be (in the ranks) of the Believers,
010.105 "And further (thus): 'set thy face towards religion with true piety, and never
in any wise be of the Unbelievers;
010.106 "'Nor call on any, other than God;- Such will neither profit thee nor hurt
thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do wrong.'"
010.107 If God do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but He: if He do
design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His favour: He causeth it to
reach whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth. And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
010.108 Say: "O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! those who
receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray, do so to their
own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange your affairs."
010.109 Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient and constant, till
God do decide: for He is the best to decide.