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Surah 3 · 200 verses

Ali 'Imran

آل عمران

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

الٓمٓ

Alif, Lām, Meem.

Alif-Laam-Meeem

Word by word
الٓمٓ
alif-lam-meem
Alif Laam Meem
Interpretation

Alif Lām Mīm – the placement of such letters has been discussed at the beginning of Sūrah Al-Baqarah. They indicate the inability of the Arabs to bring a Qur’ān like this one despite the fact that it is composed of letters similar to the ones at the beginning of this Sūrah, which also form the parts of their own speech.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

2

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.

Allaahu laaa ilaaha illaa Huwal Haiyul Qaiyoom

Word by word
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لَآ
(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
God
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
ٱلْحَىُّ
l-ḥayu
the Ever-Living
ٱلْقَيُّومُ
l-qayūmu
the Sustainer of all that exists
Interpretation

Allah is the One Who alone deserves to be worshipped. He is the One Who lives perfectly without any death or deficiency. He exists by Himself and is not in need of any of His creation. The creation only exists through Him and is always in need of Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

3

نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

He has sent down upon you, [O Muḥammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel

Nazzala 'alaikal Kitaaba bilhaqqi musaddiqal limaa baina yadaihi wa anzalat Tawraata wal Injeel

Word by word
نَزَّلَ
nazzala
He revealed
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in [the] truth
مُصَدِّقًۭا
muṣaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
limā
that which
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was)
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
before it
وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
and He revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
l-tawrāta
the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
wal-injīla
and the Injeel
Interpretation

He has revealed to you, O Prophet, the Qur’ān with true stories and just laws that are in agreement with the previous divine books; and there is no contradiction between all these divine books. Before revealing the Qur’ān to you, He revealed the Torah to Moses and the Gospel to Jesus.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

4

مِن قَبْلُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ

Before, as guidance for the people. And He revealed the Criterion [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allāh will have a severe punishment, and Allāh is Exalted in Might, the Owner of Retribution.

Min qablu hudal linnaasi wa anzalal Furqaan; innallazeena kafaroo bi Aayaatil laahi lahum 'azaabun shadeed; wallaahu 'azeezun zun tiqaam

Word by word
مِن
min
From
قَبْلُ
qablu
before (this)
هُدًۭى
hudan
(as) guidance
لِّلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for the mankind
وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
And (He) revealed
ٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗ
l-fur'qāna
the Criterion
إِنَّ
inna
Verily
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
شَدِيدٌۭ ۗ
shadīdun
severe
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَزِيزٌۭ
ʿazīzun
(is) All-Mighty
ذُو
dhū
All-Able
ٱنتِقَامٍ
intiqāmin
(of) retribution
Interpretation

All of these divine books contained guidance and directed people to the best of this world and theAfterlife. He revealed the Criterion to differentiate between truth and falsehood, and between guidance and misguidance. Disbelievers in the verses Allah has revealed to you will receive a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty and nothing can overpower Him. He is also able to take retribution from those who reject His messengers and go against His instruction.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

5

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَىْءٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Indeed, from Allāh nothing is hidden in the earth nor in the heaven.

Innal laaha laa yakhfaa 'alaihi shai'un fil ardi wa laa fis samaaa'

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
not
يَخْفَىٰ
yakhfā
is hidden
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
from Him
شَىْءٌۭ
shayon
anything
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَلَا
walā
and not
فِى
in
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
Interpretation

Nothing in the earth or heaven is hidden from Allah. He knows everything, whether it is open or hidden.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

6

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Huwal lazee yusawwirukum fil arhaami kaifa yashaaa'; laa ilaaha illaa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem

Word by word
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
يُصَوِّرُكُمْ
yuṣawwirukum
shapes you
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْحَامِ
l-arḥāmi
the wombs
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how(ever)
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
لَآ
(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
l-ʿazīzu
the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
the All-Wise
Interpretation

He is the One Who creates you in different forms in the wombs of your mothers, as He wills: as male and female, handsome and ugly, black and white. There is no one worthy of being worshipped with love and reverence besides Him. He is Mighty and cannot be overpowered. He is Wise in His planning and legislation.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

7

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنْهُ ءَايَـٰتٌ مُّحْكَمَـٰتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَـٰبِهَـٰتٌ ۖ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَـٰبَهَ مِنْهُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ ٱلْفِتْنَةِ وَٱبْتِغَآءَ تَأْوِيلِهِۦ ۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ رَبِّنَا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّآ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ

It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allāh. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding.

Huwal lazeee anzala 'alaikal Kitaaba minhu Aayaatum Muh kamaatun hunna Ummul Kitaabi wa ukharu Mutashaabihaatun faammal lazeena fee quloobihim ziyghun fa yattabi'oona ma tashaabaha minhubtighaaa 'alfitnati wabtighaaa'a taaweelih; wa maa ya'lamu taaweelahooo illal laah; warraasikhoona fil 'ilmi yaqooloona aamannaa bihee kullum min 'indi Rabbinaa; wa maa yazzakkaru illaaa ulul albaab

Word by word
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(is) the One Who
أَنزَلَ
anzala
revealed
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
مِنْهُ
min'hu
of it
ءَايَـٰتٌۭ
āyātun
(are) Verses
مُّحْكَمَـٰتٌ
muḥ'kamātun
absolutely clear
هُنَّ
hunna
they (are)
أُمُّ
ummu
the foundation
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
وَأُخَرُ
wa-ukharu
and others
مُتَشَـٰبِهَـٰتٌۭ ۖ
mutashābihātun
(are) allegorical
فَأَمَّا
fa-ammā
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِمْ
qulūbihim
their hearts
زَيْغٌۭ
zayghun
(is) perversity
فَيَتَّبِعُونَ
fayattabiʿūna
[so] they follow
مَا
what
تَشَـٰبَهَ
tashābaha
(is) allegorical
مِنْهُ
min'hu
of it
ٱبْتِغَآءَ
ib'tighāa
seeking
ٱلْفِتْنَةِ
l-fit'nati
[the] discord
وَٱبْتِغَآءَ
wa-ib'tighāa
and seeking
تَأْوِيلِهِۦ ۗ
tawīlihi
its interpretation
وَمَا
wamā
And not
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
تَأْوِيلَهُۥٓ
tawīlahu
its interpretation
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
Allah
وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ
wal-rāsikhūna
And those firm
فِى
in
ٱلْعِلْمِ
l-ʿil'mi
[the] knowledge
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
they say
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
كُلٌّۭ
kullun
All
مِّنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
رَبِّنَا ۗ
rabbinā
our Lord
وَمَا
wamā
And not
يَذَّكَّرُ
yadhakkaru
will take heed
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أُو۟لُوا۟
ulū
men
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
l-albābi
(of) understanding
Interpretation

O Prophet, He is the One Who revealed to you the Qur’ān, which contains verses with clear and unambiguous meaning, and these represent the majority of the Book and are the reference point when there is disagreement. It also contains other verses that may have more than one meaning and are puzzling for most people. Those who seek other than the truth leave the clear verses and focus on the unclear ones, trying to create doubts and mislead people, and interpret them to suit their corrupt views. No one knows the true meaning of such verses besides Allah. Those who are firm in knowledge say, ‘We h

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

8

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ

[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.

Rabbanaa laa tuzigh quloobanaa ba'da iz hadaitanaa wa hab lanaa mil ladunka rahmah; innaka antal Wahhaab

Word by word
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
لَا
(Do) not
تُزِغْ
tuzigh
deviate
قُلُوبَنَا
qulūbanā
our hearts
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِذْ
idh
[when]
هَدَيْتَنَا
hadaytanā
You (have) guided us
وَهَبْ
wahab
and grant
لَنَا
lanā
(for) us
مِن
min
from
لَّدُنكَ
ladunka
Yourself
رَحْمَةً ۚ
raḥmatan
mercy
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed You
أَنتَ
anta
You
ٱلْوَهَّابُ
l-wahābu
(are) the Bestower
Interpretation

The ones firm in knowledge say, ‘O Lord, do not let our hearts move away from the truth after you have shown it to us. Save us from what happened to those who moved away from the truth. Give us, from Your vast mercy, that which will guide our hearts and protect us from misguidance. Our Lord, You are the One who gives much’.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

9

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ

Our Lord, surely You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt. Indeed, Allāh does not fail in His promise."

Rabbanaaa innaka jaami 'un-naasi li Yawmil laa raibafeeh; innal laaha laa yukhliful mee'aad

Word by word
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
جَامِعُ
jāmiʿu
will gather
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
[the] mankind
لِيَوْمٍۢ
liyawmin
on a Day
لَّا
(there is) no
رَيْبَ
rayba
doubt
فِيهِ ۚ
fīhi
in it
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُخْلِفُ
yukh'lifu
break
ٱلْمِيعَادَ
l-mīʿāda
the Promise
Interpretation

Our Lord, You are going to call all people back to You: to hold them to account on a day in which there is no doubt. Our Lord, You do not break promises.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

10

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ وَقُودُ ٱلنَّارِ

Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all. And it is they who are fuel for the Fire.

Innal lazeena kafaroo lan tughniya 'anhum amwaaluhum wa laaa awlaaduhum minal laahi shai'anw wa ulaaa'ika hum waqoodun Naar

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
لَن
lan
never
تُغْنِىَ
tugh'niya
will avail
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
[for] them
أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ
amwāluhum
their wealth
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَوْلَـٰدُهُم
awlāduhum
their children
مِّنَ
mina
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ
shayan
anything
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
and those
هُمْ
hum
they (are)
وَقُودُ
waqūdu
(the) fuel
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(for) the Fire
Interpretation

The wealth and children of the disbelievers in Allah and His Messenger will not protect them from Allah’s punishment in this world nor in the Afterlife. Such disbelievers will be the fuel with which Hell will be lit on the Day of Resurrection.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

11

كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allāh seized them for their sins. And Allāh is severe in penalty.

Kadaabi Aali Fir'awna wallazeena min qablihim; kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa fa akhazahumul laahu bizunoo bihim; wallaahu shadeedul 'iqaab

Word by word
كَدَأْبِ
kadabi
Like behavior
ءَالِ
āli
(of the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
مِن
min
(were) from
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ
qablihim
before them
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
They denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
فَأَخَذَهُمُ
fa-akhadhahumu
so seized them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ
bidhunūbihim
for their sins
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
شَدِيدُ
shadīdu
(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) [the] punishment
Interpretation

The case of these disbelievers is like that of the people of Pharaoh, and those before them who disbelieved in Allah and denied His signs. As a result, Allah punished them for their sins – their wealth and children did not benefit them. Allah is severe in punishing those who disbelieve in Him and His signs.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

12

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place."

Qul lillazeena kafaroosatughlaboona wa tuhsharoona ilaa jahannam; wa bi'sal mihaad

Word by word
قُل
qul
Say
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
سَتُغْلَبُونَ
satugh'labūna
You will be overcome
وَتُحْشَرُونَ
watuḥ'sharūna
and you will be gathered
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
جَهَنَّمَ ۚ
jahannama
Hell
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
[and] an evil
ٱلْمِهَادُ
l-mihādu
[the] resting place
Interpretation

O Messenger, say to those who disbelieve, no matter what their religion, ‘The believers will defeat you and you will die as disbelievers. Allah will then gather you in the fire of Hell. What an evil resting place it will be for you!’

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ ءَايَةٌ فِى فِئَتَيْنِ ٱلْتَقَتَا ۖ فِئَةٌ تُقَـٰتِلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُخْرَىٰ كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُم مِّثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْىَ ٱلْعَيْنِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met [in combat at Badr] - one fighting in the cause of Allāh and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight. But Allāh supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision.

Qad kaana lakum Aayatun fee fi'atainil taqataa fi'atun tuqaatilu fee sabeelil laahi wa ukhraa kaafiratuny yarawnahum mislaihim raayal 'ayn; wallaahu yu'ayyidu bi nasrihee mai yashaaa'; innaa fee zaalika la 'ibratal li ulil absaar

Word by word
قَدْ
qad
Surely
كَانَ
kāna
it was
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
ءَايَةٌۭ
āyatun
a sign
فِى
in
فِئَتَيْنِ
fi-atayni
(the) two hosts
ٱلْتَقَتَا ۖ
l-taqatā
which met
فِئَةٌۭ
fi-atun
one group
تُقَـٰتِلُ
tuqātilu
fighting
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَأُخْرَىٰ
wa-ukh'rā
and another
كَافِرَةٌۭ
kāfiratun
disbelievers
يَرَوْنَهُم
yarawnahum
They were seeing them
مِّثْلَيْهِمْ
mith'layhim
twice of them
رَأْىَ
raya
with the sight
ٱلْعَيْنِ ۚ
l-ʿayni
(of) their eyes
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يُؤَيِّدُ
yu-ayyidu
supports
بِنَصْرِهِۦ
binaṣrihi
with His help
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۗ
yashāu
He wills
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
لَعِبْرَةًۭ
laʿib'ratan
surely (is) a lesson
لِّأُو۟لِى
li-ulī
for the owners
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ
l-abṣāri
(of) vision
Interpretation

There was a clear sign and lesson in the two groups that met to fight in the Battle of Badr. One group was made up of believers, and this was the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his Companions: they were fighting for Allah’s sake and in order to raise His Word against the word of those who disbelieve. The other group consisted of the disbelievers of Makkah, who had come out in pride and for show. The believers actually saw the disbelievers as being double their real number; but Allah helped His allies. Allah gives His support to whomever He wishes. In that there is a lesson and a warning for t

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ

Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allāh has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise].

Zuyyina linnaasi hubbush shahawaati minannisaaa'i wal baneena walqanaateeril muqantarati minaz zahabi walfiddati walkhailil musawwamati wal an'aami walhars; zaalika mataa'ul hayaatid dunyaa wallaahu 'indahoo husnul ma-aab

Word by word
زُيِّنَ
zuyyina
Beautified
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for mankind
حُبُّ
ḥubbu
(is) love
ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ
l-shahawāti
(of) the (things they) desire
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
l-nisāi
[the] women
وَٱلْبَنِينَ
wal-banīna
and [the] sons
وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ
wal-qanāṭīri
and [the] heaps
ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ
l-muqanṭarati
[the] stored up
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلذَّهَبِ
l-dhahabi
[the] gold
وَٱلْفِضَّةِ
wal-fiḍati
and [the] silver
وَٱلْخَيْلِ
wal-khayli
and [the] horses
ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ
l-musawamati
[the] branded
وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
wal-anʿāmi
and [the] cattle
وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ
wal-ḥarthi
and [the] tilled land
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
مَتَـٰعُ
matāʿu
(is) provision
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
but Allah
عِندَهُۥ
ʿindahu
with Him
حُسْنُ
ḥus'nu
(is an) excellent
ٱلْمَـَٔابِ
l-maābi
[the] abode to return
Interpretation

Allah tells us that He has made the love of desirable things of this world attractive to people in order to test them. These desirable things include women, children, wealth (in the form of gold and silver) that is overflowing and piled up, beautiful trained horses, livestock (such as camels, cows and sheep), as well as farmlands – all of which is the enjoyment of the life of the world which lasts only for a short while. A believer should not become attached to these things as Allah has kept the best place of return for him: the Paradise that is as wide as the heavens and the earth.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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۞ قُلْ أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم بِخَيْرٍ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَأَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

Say, "Shall I inform you of [something] better than that? For those who fear Allāh will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allāh. And Allāh is Seeing [i.e., aware] of [His] servants -

Qul a'unabbi 'ukum bikhairim min zaalikum; lillazeenat taqaw 'inda Rabbihim jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feehaa wa azwaajum mutahharatunw wa ridwaanum minal laah; wallaahu baseerum bil'ibaad

Word by word
۞ قُلْ
qul
Say
أَؤُنَبِّئُكُم
a-unabbi-ukum
Shall I inform you
بِخَيْرٍۢ
bikhayrin
of better
مِّن
min
than
ذَٰلِكُمْ ۚ
dhālikum
that
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
For those who
ٱتَّقَوْا۟
ittaqaw
fear[ed]
عِندَ
ʿinda
with
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ
jannātun
(are) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
[the] rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
abiding forever
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
وَأَزْوَٰجٌۭ
wa-azwājun
and spouses
مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ
muṭahharatun
pure
وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ
wariḍ'wānun
and approval
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بَصِيرٌۢ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
بِٱلْعِبَادِ
bil-ʿibādi
of (His) slaves
Interpretation

O Messenger, say: Shall I tell you about something better than those desirable things? Those who are mindful of Allah by fulfilling His commands and avoiding His prohibitions will have gardens with trees and palaces overlooking flowing streams in which they will live eternally. They will also have wives who will be free from any defects in their form or character. In addition, they will gain the pleasure of Allah, and Allah will never be angry with them. Allah sees the actions of His servants, nothing is hidden from Him and He will recompense them for what they do.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

Those who say, "Our Lord, indeed we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,"

Allazeena yaqooloona Rabbanaaa innanaaa aamannaa faghfir lanaa zunoobanaa wa qinaa 'azaaban Naar

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
say
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
إِنَّنَآ
innanā
Indeed, we
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
(have) believed
فَٱغْفِرْ
fa-igh'fir
so forgive
لَنَا
lanā
for us
ذُنُوبَنَا
dhunūbanā
our sins
وَقِنَا
waqinā
and save us
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(from) punishment
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
Interpretation

The people of Paradise are the ones who say in their prayers, ‘Our Lord, we have faith in You and in that which You revealed to Your messengers; and we have followed Your sacred law. So, forgive the sins we have committed and protect us from the punishment of the fire of Hell’.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ وَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ

The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allāh], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.

Assaabireena wassaa diqeena walqaaniteena walmunfiqeena walmus taghfireena bil ashaar

Word by word
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
al-ṣābirīna
The patient
وَٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
wal-ṣādiqīna
and the truthful
وَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ
wal-qānitīna
and the obedient
وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ
wal-munfiqīna
and those who spend
وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ
wal-mus'taghfirīna
and those who seek forgiveness
بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ
bil-asḥāri
[in the] before dawn
Interpretation

They are the ones who are patient in doing good actions, leaving bad actions and in the face of calamity; truthful in their words and actions; fulfil Allah’s sacred law completely; spend their wealth in Allah’s path; and ask for forgiveness in the last part of the night when prayers are most likely accepted and when hearts are not distracted.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمِ قَآئِمًۢا بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Allāh witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Shahidal laahu annahoo laa ilaaha illaa Huwa walmalaaa'ikatu wa ulul 'ilmi qaaa'imam bilqist; laaa ilaaha illaa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem

Word by word
شَهِدَ
shahida
Bears witness
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that [He]
لَآ
(there is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
wal-malāikatu
and (so do) the Angels
وَأُو۟لُوا۟
wa-ulū
and owners
ٱلْعِلْمِ
l-ʿil'mi
(of) [the] knowledge
قَآئِمًۢا
qāiman
standing
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ
bil-qis'ṭi
in justice
لَآ
(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
l-ʿazīzu
the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
the All-Wise
Interpretation

Allah testifies that He alone is worthy of worship based on the legislative and universal signs indicating His divinity. The angels and people of knowledge also testify to this, by declaring and calling to His Oneness. They testified to the greatest thing anyone can testify to; the absolute right of Allah to be worshipped, and the perfect justice in His creation and sacred law. This is the greatest thing that anyone can testify to. There is no god but Him, the Mighty who can never be overpowered and the one who is Wise in His creation, planning and legislation.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمُ ۗ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allāh is Islām. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allāh, then indeed, Allāh is swift in [taking] account.

Innad deena 'indal laahil Islaam; wa makhtalafal lazeena ootul Kitaaba illaa mim ba'di maa jaaa'ahumul 'ilmu baghyam bainahum; wa mai yakfur bi Aayaatil laahi fa innal laaha saree'ul hisaab

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلدِّينَ
l-dīna
the religion
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمُ ۗ
l-is'lāmu
(is) Islam
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ٱخْتَلَفَ
ikh'talafa
differed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
إِلَّا
illā
except
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَا
[what]
جَآءَهُمُ
jāahumu
came to them
ٱلْعِلْمُ
l-ʿil'mu
[the] knowledge
بَغْيًۢا
baghyan
out of envy
بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ
baynahum
among them
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَكْفُرْ
yakfur
disbelieves
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
(is) swift
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in taking) account
Interpretation

The acceptable path in Allah’s sight is Islam, the path of surrendering: devotion of all good actions to Allah alone, submission to Him in servitude and acceptance of all messengers, including the final messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) with whom revelations came to an end, and after whom no sacred laws will remain valid except his. The Jews and Christians only split up into various groups and sects, after evidence was established against them in the form of knowledge that had come to them, because of envy and greed for the world. Yet for whoever denies the verses of Allah revealed to His

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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فَإِنْ حَآجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِىَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِ ۗ وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allāh [in Islām], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned, "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islām], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants.

Fa in haaajjooka faqul aslamtu wajhiya lillaahi wa manit taba'an; wa qul lillazeena ootul Kitaaba wal ummiyyeena 'a-aslamtum; fa in aslamoo faqadih tadaw wa in tawallaw fa innamaa 'alaikal balaagh; wallaahu baseerum bil 'ibaad

Word by word
فَإِنْ
fa-in
Then if
حَآجُّوكَ
ḥājjūka
they argue with you
فَقُلْ
faqul
then say
أَسْلَمْتُ
aslamtu
I have submitted
وَجْهِىَ
wajhiya
myself
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
وَمَنِ
wamani
and (those) who
ٱتَّبَعَنِ ۗ
ittabaʿani
follow me
وَقُل
waqul
And say
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ
wal-umiyīna
and the unlettered people
ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚ
a-aslamtum
Have you submitted yourselves
فَإِنْ
fa-in
Then if
أَسْلَمُوا۟
aslamū
they submit
فَقَدِ
faqadi
then surely
ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ
ih'tadaw
they are guided
وَّإِن
wa-in
But if
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
they turn back
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innamā
then only
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
on you
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ
l-balāghu
(is) to [the] convey
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بَصِيرٌۢ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
بِٱلْعِبَادِ
bil-ʿibādi
of [His] slaves
Interpretation

If they argue with you, O Messenger, about the truth that has been revealed to you, then say to them in reply, ‘I and the believers who follow me have submitted to Allah’. Also, say, O Messenger, to the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, ‘Do you submit to Allah sincerely, following what I have brought?’ If they submit to Allah and follow your sacred law, then they are on the path of guidance. If they turn away from Islam, then your duty is only to give your message to them; then Allah will decide about them. He watches His servants and will reward them according to their actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Those who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice from among the people - give them tidings of a painful punishment.

Innal lazeena yakfuroona bi Aayaatil laahi wa yaqtuloonan Nabiyyeena bighairi haqqinw wa yaqtuloonal lazeena yaamuroona bilqisti minannaasi fabashirhum bi'azaabin aleem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfurūna
disbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Signs (of)
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtulūna
and they kill
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
l-nabiyīna
the Prophets
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حَقٍّۢ
ḥaqqin
right
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtulūna
and they kill
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَأْمُرُونَ
yamurūna
order
بِٱلْقِسْطِ
bil-qis'ṭi
[with] justice
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
فَبَشِّرْهُم
fabashir'hum
then give them tidings
بِعَذَابٍ
biʿadhābin
of a punishment
أَلِيمٍ
alīmin
painful
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve in Allah’s signs, which show that He alone is the Lord and the One worthy of being worshipped, kill His prophets wrongly due to hatred, and kill those who call for justice by commanding good and forbidding evil – give these murderous disbelievers news of a painful punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

They are the ones whose deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and for them there will be no helpers.

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena habitat a'maaluhum fid dunyaa wal Aaakhirati wa maa lahum min naasireen

Word by word
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) the ones who
حَبِطَتْ
ḥabiṭat
became worthless
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ
aʿmāluhum
their deeds
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
wal-ākhirati
and (in) the Hereafter
وَمَا
wamā
And not
لَهُم
lahum
(will be) for them
مِّن
min
any
نَّـٰصِرِينَ
nāṣirīna
helpers
Interpretation

The actions of those who do such things are wasted and will not be of any benefit to them, neither in this world nor the Afterlife, due to their lack of faith. There will be no one to protect them from the punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

Alam tara ilal lazeena ootoo naseebam minal Kitaabi yud'awna ilaa Kitaabil laahi liyahkuma bainahum summa yatawallaa fareequm minhum wa hum mu'ridoon

Word by word
أَلَمْ
alam
Have not
تَرَ
tara
you seen
إِلَى
ilā
[to]
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
نَصِيبًۭا
naṣīban
a portion
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Scripture
يُدْعَوْنَ
yud'ʿawna
They are invited
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
كِتَـٰبِ
kitābi
(the) Book
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لِيَحْكُمَ
liyaḥkuma
that (it should) arbitrate
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
between them
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَتَوَلَّىٰ
yatawallā
turns away
فَرِيقٌۭ
farīqun
a party
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
وَهُم
wahum
and they (are)
مُّعْرِضُونَ
muʿ'riḍūna
those who are averse
Interpretation

O Prophet, did you not see the Jews who were given knowledge of the Torah proving your prophethood? When they are called to refer to the book of Allah, the Torah, so that it can decide about what they differ in, a group of their scholars and leaders turn away, ignoring the judgement of the Torah because it does not agree with their desires. The right thing for them to have done, having claimed that they follow the Torah, is to accept its judgement without hesitation.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ ۖ وَغَرَّهُمْ فِى دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

Zaalika bi annahum qaaloo lan tamassanan naaru illaaa ayyaamam ma'doodaatinw wa gharrahum fee deenihim maa kaanoo yaftaroon

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
قَالُوا۟
qālū
say
لَن
lan
Never
تَمَسَّنَا
tamassanā
will touch us
ٱلنَّارُ
l-nāru
the Fire
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَيَّامًۭا
ayyāman
(for) days
مَّعْدُودَٰتٍۢ ۖ
maʿdūdātin
numbered
وَغَرَّهُمْ
wagharrahum
And deceived them
فِى
in
دِينِهِم
dīnihim
their religion
مَّا
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
inventing
Interpretation

They turned away from the truth and ignored it because they used to think that the fire of Hell will only touch them for a few days and they will then enter Paradise. This belief deceived them and made them bold against Allah and His religion.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

So how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

Fakaifa izaa jama'naahum li Yawmil laa raiba fee wa wuffiyat kullu nafsim maa kasabat wa hum laa yuzlamoon

Word by word
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
Then how (will it be)
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ
jamaʿnāhum
We will gather them
لِيَوْمٍۢ
liyawmin
on a Day
لَّا
no
رَيْبَ
rayba
doubt
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
وَوُفِّيَتْ
wawuffiyat
And will be paid in full
كُلُّ
kullu
every
نَفْسٍۢ
nafsin
soul
مَّا
what
كَسَبَتْ
kasabat
it earned
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
لَا
(will) not
يُظْلَمُونَ
yuẓ'lamūna
be wronged
Interpretation

What will be their state and how much will they regret? It will be incredibly terrible when I gather them to give account on the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt. Every person will be given the reward of his actions according to what he deserves, without there being any oppression by a reduction in good actions or an increase in evil actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Say, "O Allāh, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

Qulil laahumma Maalikal Mulki tu'til mulka man tashaaa'u wa tanzi'ulmulka mimman tashhaaa'u wa tu'izzu man tashaaa'u wa tuzillu man tashaaa'u biyadikal khairu innaka 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱللَّهُمَّ
l-lahuma
O Allah
مَـٰلِكَ
mālika
Owner
ٱلْمُلْكِ
l-mul'ki
(of) the Dominion
تُؤْتِى
tu'tī
You give
ٱلْمُلْكَ
l-mul'ka
the dominion
مَن
man
(to) whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتَنزِعُ
watanziʿu
and You take away
ٱلْمُلْكَ
l-mul'ka
the dominion
مِمَّن
mimman
from whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتُعِزُّ
watuʿizzu
and You honor
مَن
man
whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتُذِلُّ
watudhillu
and You humiliate
مَن
man
whom
تَشَآءُ ۖ
tashāu
You will
بِيَدِكَ
biyadika
In Your hand
ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ
l-khayru
(is all) the good
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(are) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

O Prophet, say in praise of your Lord and in declaration of His greatness: Allah, to You belongs all authority in this world and the Afterlife. You give authority to whomever of Your creation You wish, and remove it from whomever of Your creation You wish. You give honour to whomever You wish, and You disgrace whomever You wish. All of this is done according to Your wisdom and justice. All good lies only in Your hand. You have power over everything.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

27

تُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ ۖ وَتَرْزُقُ مَن تَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to whom You will without account [i.e., limit or measure]."

Toolijul laila fin nahaari wa toolijun nahaara fil laili wa tukhrijul haiya minalmaiyiti wa tukhrijulo maiyita minal haiyi wa tarzuqu man tashaaa'u bighari hisab

Word by word
تُولِجُ
tūliju
You cause to enter
ٱلَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
فِى
in
ٱلنَّهَارِ
l-nahāri
the day
وَتُولِجُ
watūliju
and You cause to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَ
l-nahāra
the day
فِى
in
ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ
al-layli
the night
وَتُخْرِجُ
watukh'riju
and You bring forth
ٱلْحَىَّ
l-ḥaya
the living
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمَيِّتِ
l-mayiti
the dead
وَتُخْرِجُ
watukh'riju
and You bring forth
ٱلْمَيِّتَ
l-mayita
the dead
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْحَىِّ ۖ
l-ḥayi
the living
وَتَرْزُقُ
watarzuqu
and You give provision
مَن
man
(to) whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حِسَابٍۢ
ḥisābin
measure
Interpretation

A display of Your power is that You cause the night to become longer by making it enter into the day, and You cause the day to become longer by entering it into the night. You bring out the living from the dead – as in a believer from a disbeliever and crops from seed – and You bring out the dead from the living – as in a disbeliever from a believer and a chick from an egg. You give provision to whomever You wish, in abundance without any limit or count.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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لَّا يَتَّخِذِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ فِى شَىْءٍ إِلَّآ أَن تَتَّقُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ تُقَىٰةً ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسَهُۥ ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Let not believers take disbelievers as allies [i.e., supporters or protectors] rather than believers. And whoever [of you] does that has nothing [i.e., no association] with Allāh, except when taking precaution against them in prudence. And Allāh warns you of Himself, and to Allāh is the [final] destination.

Laa yattakhizil mu'minoonal kaafireena awliyaaa'a min doonil mu'mineena wa mai yaf'al zaalika falaisa minal laahi fee shai'in illaaa an tattaqoo minhum tuqaah; wa yuhazzirukumul laahu nafsah; wa ilal laahil maseer

Word by word
لَّا
(Let) not
يَتَّخِذِ
yattakhidhi
take
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
the believers
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
(as) allies
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
instead of
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۖ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَفْعَلْ
yafʿal
does
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فَلَيْسَ
falaysa
then not he (has)
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
فِى
in
شَىْءٍ
shayin
anything
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
تَتَّقُوا۟
tattaqū
you fear
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
from them
تُقَىٰةًۭ ۗ
tuqātan
(as) a precaution
وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ
wayuḥadhirukumu
And warns you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
نَفْسَهُۥ ۗ
nafsahu
(of) Himself
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
and to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the final return
Interpretation

O believers, do not take disbelievers as friends that you love and support instead of other believers: whoever does this will never be helped by Allah in any way. However, if you are under their authority and you fear for your lives, then there is no harm if you avoid their harm by being nice to them in your speech and actions on the outside, whilst hating them inside. Allah warns you of Himself, so fear Him and do not become the subject of His anger by committing sins. All men will return to Allah alone on the Day of Resurrection for Him to reward them for their actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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قُلْ إِن تُخْفُوا۟ مَا فِى صُدُورِكُمْ أَوْ تُبْدُوهُ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Say, "Whether you conceal what is in your breasts or reveal it, Allāh knows it. And He knows that which is in the heavens and that which is on the earth. And Allāh is over all things competent.

Qul in tukhfoo maa fee sudoorikum aw tubdoohu ya'lamhul laah; wa ya'lamu maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِن
in
Whether
تُخْفُوا۟
tukh'fū
you conceal
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
صُدُورِكُمْ
ṣudūrikum
your breasts
أَوْ
aw
or
تُبْدُوهُ
tub'dūhu
you disclose it
يَعْلَمْهُ
yaʿlamhu
knows it
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
Allah
وَيَعْلَمُ
wayaʿlamu
And He knows
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَمَا
wamā
and what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

Say, O Prophet: Whether you hide within your hearts that which Allah has forbidden, such as befriending the disbelievers, or you reveal the same, Allah knows about it. Nothing is hidden from Him. He knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth. He has power over everything and nothing is outside His ability.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُّحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِن سُوٓءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُۥٓ أَمَدًۢا بَعِيدًا ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allāh warns you of Himself, and Allāh is Kind to [His] servants."

Yawma tajidu kullu nafsim maa'amilat min khairim muhdaranw wa maa 'amilat min sooo'in tawaddu law anna bainahaa wa bainahooo amadam ba'eedaa; wa yuhazzirukumul laahu nafsah; wallaahu ra'oofum bil'ibaad

Word by word
يَوْمَ
yawma
(On the) day
تَجِدُ
tajidu
will find
كُلُّ
kullu
every
نَفْسٍۢ
nafsin
soul
مَّا
what
عَمِلَتْ
ʿamilat
it did
مِنْ
min
of
خَيْرٍۢ
khayrin
good
مُّحْضَرًۭا
muḥ'ḍaran
presented
وَمَا
wamā
and what
عَمِلَتْ
ʿamilat
it did
مِن
min
of
سُوٓءٍۢ
sūin
evil
تَوَدُّ
tawaddu
it will wish
لَوْ
law
[if]
أَنَّ
anna
that
بَيْنَهَا
baynahā
between itself
وَبَيْنَهُۥٓ
wabaynahu
and between it (evil)
أَمَدًۢا
amadan
(was) a distance
بَعِيدًۭا ۗ
baʿīdan
great
وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ
wayuḥadhirukumu
And warns you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
نَفْسَهُۥ ۗ
nafsahu
(against) Himself
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
رَءُوفٌۢ
raūfun
(is) Most Kind
بِٱلْعِبَادِ
bil-ʿibādi
to (His) [the] slaves
Interpretation

On the Day of Resurrection every person will find the good that he did in front of him, without any deficiency. Those who did bad will wish that there was a great distance between them and their bad actions – but shall a desire will be worthless! Allah warns you of Himself, so do not become the subject of His anger by committing sins. Allah is kind to His servants and therefore gives them this warning.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If you should love Allāh, then follow me, [so] Allāh will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."

Qul in kuntum tuhibboonal laaha fattabi' oonee yuhbibkumul laahu wa yaghfir lakum zunoobakum; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِن
in
If
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you
تُحِبُّونَ
tuḥibbūna
love
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
فَٱتَّبِعُونِى
fa-ittabiʿūnī
then follow me
يُحْبِبْكُمُ
yuḥ'bib'kumu
will love you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَيَغْفِرْ
wayaghfir
and He will forgive
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ
dhunūbakum
your sins
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

O Prophet, say: If you really love Allah, then follow what I have brought, on the inside and the outside. By doing this, you will gain Allah’s love and He will forgive your sins. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful to those who repent to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Say, "Obey Allāh and the Messenger. But if you turn away - then indeed, Allāh does not like the disbelievers."

Qul atee'ul laaha war Rasoola fa in tawallaw fa innal laaha laa yuhibbul kaafireen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَطِيعُوا۟
aṭīʿū
Obey
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ
wal-rasūla
and the Messenger
فَإِن
fa-in
Then if
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
they turn away
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
Interpretation

O Prophet, say: Follow Allah and His Messenger by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions. If they turn away from the command, then know that Allah does not love the disbelievers who go against His sacred law and the instructions of His Messenger.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ وَنُوحًا وَءَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَءَالَ عِمْرَٰنَ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Indeed, Allāh chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of ʿImrān over the worlds -

Innal laahas tafaaa Aadama wa Noohanw wa Aala Ibraaheema wa Aala Imraana 'alal 'aalameen

Word by word
۞ إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ
iṣ'ṭafā
chose
ءَادَمَ
ādama
Adam
وَنُوحًۭا
wanūḥan
and Nuh
وَءَالَ
waāla
and (the) family
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
وَءَالَ
waāla
and (the) family
عِمْرَٰنَ
ʿim'rāna
(of) Imran
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
Interpretation

Allah honoured Adam (peace be upon him), by making the angels prostrate before him; Noah, by making him the first messenger to the people of the earth; the family of Abraham, by placing prophethood in his children; and the family of ‘Imrān, the father of Mary – which is a reference to Jesus (peace be upon him). He selected all of them and preferred them over all the people of their time.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ذُرِّيَّةًۢ بَعْضُهَا مِنۢ بَعْضٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Descendants, some of them from others. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

Zurriyyatam ba'duhaa mim ba'd; wallaahu Samee'un 'Aleem

Word by word
ذُرِّيَّةًۢ
dhurriyyatan
Descendents
بَعْضُهَا
baʿḍuhā
some of them
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْضٍۢ ۗ
baʿḍin
others
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Interpretation

These prophets and their followers were all part of the same family: declaring Allah’s Oneness and doing good. They passed on noble character and virtues to one another. Allah hears the statements of His servants and knows their actions; and therefore chooses whomever He wills.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِذْ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ عِمْرَٰنَ رَبِّ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِى بَطْنِى مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

[Mention, O Muḥammad], when the wife of ʿImrān said, "My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, consecrated [for Your service], so accept this from me. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing."

Iz qaalatim ra atu 'Imraana Rabbi innee nazartu laka maa fee batnee muharraran fataqabbal minnee innaka Antas Samee'ul 'Aleem

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَتِ
qālati
[she] said
ٱمْرَأَتُ
im'ra-atu
(the) wife
عِمْرَٰنَ
ʿim'rāna
(of) Imran
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
نَذَرْتُ
nadhartu
[I] vowed
لَكَ
laka
to You
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
بَطْنِى
baṭnī
my womb
مُحَرَّرًۭا
muḥarraran
dedicated
فَتَقَبَّلْ
fataqabbal
so accept
مِنِّىٓ ۖ
minnī
from me
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
أَنتَ
anta
You
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
l-samīʿu
(are) the All-Hearing
ٱلْعَلِيمُ
l-ʿalīmu
the All-Knowing
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when the wife of ‘Imrān, the mother of Mary, said: O Lord, I have made it a duty on myself to fully dedicate my unborn child to You, to worship You and Your House, so accept this act from me. You are the One who hears my prayer and knows my intention.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allāh was most knowing of what she delivered, and the male is not like the female. "And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]."

Falammaa waqa'athaa qaalat Rabbi innee wada'tuhaaa unsaa wallaahu a'lamu bimaa wada'at wa laisaz zakaru kalunsaa wa innee sammaituhaa Maryama wa innee u'eezuhaa bika wa zurriyyatahaa minash Shaitaanir Rajeem

Word by word
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
وَضَعَتْهَا
waḍaʿathā
she delivered her
قَالَتْ
qālat
she said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
إِنِّى
innī
indeed I
وَضَعْتُهَآ
waḍaʿtuhā
[I] (have) delivered [her]
أُنثَىٰ
unthā
a female
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
knows better
بِمَا
bimā
[of] what
وَضَعَتْ
waḍaʿat
she delivered
وَلَيْسَ
walaysa
and is not
ٱلذَّكَرُ
l-dhakaru
the male
كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۖ
kal-unthā
like the female
وَإِنِّى
wa-innī
And that I
سَمَّيْتُهَا
sammaytuhā
[I] (have) named her
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
Maryam
وَإِنِّىٓ
wa-innī
and that I
أُعِيذُهَا
uʿīdhuhā
[I] seek refuge for her
بِكَ
bika
in You
وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا
wadhurriyyatahā
and her offspring
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ
l-shayṭāni
the Shaitaan
ٱلرَّجِيمِ
l-rajīmi
the rejected
Interpretation

When she reached the end of her pregnancy and gave birth she was astonished – as she had hoped for a boy – and she said, ‘O Lord, I have given birth to a girl’. Allah knows what she gave birth to. Of course, a girl does not have the same strength and form as a boy that she had hoped for. She said, ‘I have named her Mary and I ask for Your mercy in protecting her and her children from the rejected Satan’.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنۢبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا ٱلْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقًا ۖ قَالَ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَـٰذَا ۖ قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, "O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?" She said, "It is from Allāh. Indeed, Allāh provides for whom He wills without account."

Fataqabbalahaa Rabbuhaa biqaboolin hasaninw wa ambatahaa nabaatan hasananw wa kaffalahaa Zakariyyaa kullamaa dakhala 'alaihaa Zakariyyal Mihraaba wajada 'indahaa rizqan qaala yaa Maryamu annaa laki haazaa qaalat huwa min 'indil laahi innal laaha yarzuqu mai yashaaa'u bighairi hisaab

Word by word
فَتَقَبَّلَهَا
fataqabbalahā
So accepted her
رَبُّهَا
rabbuhā
her Lord
بِقَبُولٍ
biqabūlin
with acceptance
حَسَنٍۢ
ḥasanin
good
وَأَنۢبَتَهَا
wa-anbatahā
and reared her
نَبَاتًا
nabātan
a rearing
حَسَنًۭا
ḥasanan
good
وَكَفَّلَهَا
wakaffalahā
and put her in (the) care
زَكَرِيَّا ۖ
zakariyyā
(of) Zakariya
كُلَّمَا
kullamā
Whenever
دَخَلَ
dakhala
entered
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
upon her
زَكَرِيَّا
zakariyyā
Zakariya
ٱلْمِحْرَابَ
l-miḥ'rāba
[the] prayer chamber
وَجَدَ
wajada
he found
عِندَهَا
ʿindahā
with her
رِزْقًۭا ۖ
riz'qan
provision
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰمَرْيَمُ
yāmaryamu
O Maryam
أَنَّىٰ
annā
From where
لَكِ
laki
for you
هَـٰذَا ۖ
hādhā
(is) this
قَالَتْ
qālat
She said
هُوَ
huwa
This
مِنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَرْزُقُ
yarzuqu
gives provision
مَن
man
(to) whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حِسَابٍ
ḥisābin
measure
Interpretation

Allah graciously accepted the dedication and brought her up well. He made the hearts of His pious servants incline caringly to her and put her in the care of the Prophet Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah would enter her place of worship he would find wholesome food there. So, he asked her, ‘O Mary, where did you get this food from?’ She replied, ‘This food is from Allah. Allah gives to whomever He wishes in abundance without account’.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ

At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."

Hunaaalika da'aa Zakariyyaa Rabbahoo qaala Rabbi hab lee mil ladunka zurriyyatan taiyibatan innaka samee'ud du'aaa'

Word by word
هُنَالِكَ
hunālika
There only
دَعَا
daʿā
invoked
زَكَرِيَّا
zakariyyā
Zakariya
رَبَّهُۥ ۖ
rabbahu
his Lord
قَالَ
qāla
he said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
هَبْ
hab
grant
لِى
[for] me
مِن
min
from
لَّدُنكَ
ladunka
Yourself
ذُرِّيَّةًۭ
dhurriyyatan
offspring
طَيِّبَةً ۖ
ṭayyibatan
pure
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
سَمِيعُ
samīʿu
(are) All-Hearer
ٱلدُّعَآءِ
l-duʿāi
(of) the prayer
Interpretation

When Zachariah saw the food that Allah was miraculously giving to Mary, he became hopeful that Allah would give him a child despite being very old and his wife being unable to bear children. He said: O Lord, give me a good child. You hear the prayer of the person who prays to You and You know his condition.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌ يُصَلِّى فِى ٱلْمِحْرَابِ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيَىٰ مُصَدِّقًۢا بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَسَيِّدًا وَحَصُورًا وَنَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allāh gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allāh and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous."

Fanaadat hul malaaa'ikatu wa huwa qaaa'imuny yusallee fil Mihraabi annal laaha yubashshiruka bi Yahyaa musaddiqam bi Kalimatim minal laahi wa saiyidanw wa hasooranw wa Nabiyyam minas saaliheen

Word by word
فَنَادَتْهُ
fanādathu
Then called him
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
l-malāikatu
the Angels
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
when he
قَآئِمٌۭ
qāimun
(was) standing
يُصَلِّى
yuṣallī
praying
فِى
in
ٱلْمِحْرَابِ
l-miḥ'rābi
the prayer chamber
أَنَّ
anna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُبَشِّرُكَ
yubashiruka
gives you glad tidings
بِيَحْيَىٰ
biyaḥyā
of Yahya
مُصَدِّقًۢا
muṣaddiqan
confirming
بِكَلِمَةٍۢ
bikalimatin
[of] a Word
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَسَيِّدًۭا
wasayyidan
and a noble
وَحَصُورًۭا
waḥaṣūran
and chaste
وَنَبِيًّۭا
wanabiyyan
and a Prophet
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
l-ṣāliḥīna
the righteous
Interpretation

The angels called out to him while he was standing in prayer in his place of worship, saying: Allah gives you good news of a child to be born to you whose name will be John. He will confirm a word from Allah – which refers to Jesus, son of Mary, because he was specially created by a word from Allah. This child will be a leader of his people with his knowledge and worship. He will be innocent, keeping himself away from desires, including approaching women. He will dedicate himself to worshipping His Lord and will also be a prophet from those who are righteous.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" He [the angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He does what He wills."

Qaala Rabbi annaa yakoonu lee ghulaamunw wa qad balaghaniyal kibaru wamraatee 'aaqirun qaala kazaalikal laahu yaf'alu maa yashaaa'

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
أَنَّىٰ
annā
how
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
can (there) be
لِى
for me
غُلَـٰمٌۭ
ghulāmun
a son
وَقَدْ
waqad
and verily
بَلَغَنِىَ
balaghaniya
has reached me
ٱلْكِبَرُ
l-kibaru
[the] old age
وَٱمْرَأَتِى
wa-im'ra-atī
and my wife
عَاقِرٌۭ ۖ
ʿāqirun
(is) [a] barren
قَالَ
qāla
He said
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَفْعَلُ
yafʿalu
does
مَا
what
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
Interpretation

When the angels gave him the good news about John, Zachariah said, ‘O Lord, how can I have a child after I have become old and my wife is unable to bear children?’ Allah replied to him that the example of the creation of John, in spite of his old age and his wife being barren, is like that of the creation of anything that Allah wishes to create, even though it is out of the ordinary. This is because Allah has power over everything and does whatever He wills in His wisdom and knowledge.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

41

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً ۖ قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا ۗ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ

He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning."

Qaala Rabbij 'al leee Aayatan qaala Aaayatuka allaa tukalliman naasa salaasata ayyaamin illa ramzaa; wzkur Rabbaka kaseeranw wa sabbih bil'ashiyyi wal ibkaar

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
ٱجْعَل
ij'ʿal
make
لِّىٓ
for me
ءَايَةًۭ ۖ
āyatan
a sign
قَالَ
qāla
He said
ءَايَتُكَ
āyatuka
your sign
أَلَّا
allā
(is) that not
تُكَلِّمَ
tukallima
you will speak
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
(to) the people
ثَلَـٰثَةَ
thalāthata
(for) three
أَيَّامٍ
ayyāmin
days
إِلَّا
illā
except
رَمْزًۭا ۗ
ramzan
(with) gestures
وَٱذْكُر
wa-udh'kur
And remember
رَّبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
much
وَسَبِّحْ
wasabbiḥ
and glorify (Him)
بِٱلْعَشِىِّ
bil-ʿashiyi
in the evening
وَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِ
wal-ib'kāri
and (in) the morning
Interpretation

Zachariah said: O Lord, give me a sign that my wife is pregnant. Allah said: The sign that you want is that you will not be able to speak for three days, except by indications, and this will not be because of any disability. So, remember Allah much and glorify Him at the end and beginning of the day.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

42

وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.

Wa iz qaalatil malaaa'ikatu yaa Ya Maryamu innal laahas tafaaki wa tahharaki wastafaaki 'alaa nisaaa'il 'aalameen

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَتِ
qālati
said
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
l-malāikatu
the Angels
يَـٰمَرْيَمُ
yāmaryamu
O Maryam
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ
iṣ'ṭafāki
(has) chosen you
وَطَهَّرَكِ
waṭahharaki
and purified you
وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ
wa-iṣ'ṭafāki
and chosen you
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
نِسَآءِ
nisāi
(the) women
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when the angels said to Mary (peace be upon her): Allah has chosen you because of the praiseworthy qualities you have. He has purified you from all defects, and chosen you over all the other women of your time.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

43

يَـٰمَرْيَمُ ٱقْنُتِى لِرَبِّكِ وَٱسْجُدِى وَٱرْكَعِى مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ

O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow [in prayer]."

Yaa Maryamuq nutee li Rabbiki wasjudee warka'ee ma'ar raaki'een

Word by word
يَـٰمَرْيَمُ
yāmaryamu
O Maryam
ٱقْنُتِى
uq'nutī
Be obedient
لِرَبِّكِ
lirabbiki
to your Lord
وَٱسْجُدِى
wa-us'judī
and prostrate
وَٱرْكَعِى
wa-ir'kaʿī
and bow down
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ
l-rākiʿīna
those who bow down
Interpretation

O Mary, stand for long periods in prayer, prostrate to your Lord and bow down with His righteous servants who bow down to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

44

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَـٰمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary. Nor were you with them when they disputed.

Zaalika min ambaaa'il ghaibi nooheehi ilaik; wa maa kunta ladaihim iz yulqoona aqlaamahum ayyuhum yakfulu Maryama wa maa kunta ladaihim iz yakhtasimoon

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
مِنْ
min
(is) from
أَنۢبَآءِ
anbāi
(the) news
ٱلْغَيْبِ
l-ghaybi
(of) the unseen
نُوحِيهِ
nūḥīhi
We reveal it
إِلَيْكَ ۚ
ilayka
to you
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كُنتَ
kunta
you were
لَدَيْهِمْ
ladayhim
with them
إِذْ
idh
when
يُلْقُونَ
yul'qūna
they cast
أَقْلَـٰمَهُمْ
aqlāmahum
their pens
أَيُّهُمْ
ayyuhum
(as to) which of them
يَكْفُلُ
yakfulu
takes charge (of)
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
Maryam
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كُنتَ
kunta
you were
لَدَيْهِمْ
ladayhim
with them
إِذْ
idh
when
يَخْتَصِمُونَ
yakhtaṣimūna
they (were) disputing
Interpretation

The story of Zachariah and Mary is one of the reports of [the Ghaib] which I reveal to you, O Messenger. You were not there with those scholars and worshippers when they argued about who was most entitled to raise Mary. They eventually decided to draw lots by throwing their pens, and the pen of Zachariah (peace be upon him) won.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

45

إِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِّنْهُ ٱسْمُهُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَجِيهًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

[And mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allāh gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary - distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allāh].

Iz qaalatil malaaa'ikatu yaa Maryamu innal laaha yubashshiruki bi Kalimatim minhus muhul Maseeh u 'Eesab nu Maryama wajeehan fid dunyaa wal Aakhirati wa minal muqarrabeen

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَتِ
qālati
said
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
l-malāikatu
the Angels
يَـٰمَرْيَمُ
yāmaryamu
O Maryam
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُبَشِّرُكِ
yubashiruki
gives you glad tidings
بِكَلِمَةٍۢ
bikalimatin
of a word
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
from Him
ٱسْمُهُ
us'muhu
his name
ٱلْمَسِيحُ
l-masīḥu
(is) the Messiah
عِيسَى
ʿīsā
Isa
ٱبْنُ
ub'nu
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
وَجِيهًۭا
wajīhan
honored
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
wal-ākhirati
and (in) the Hereafter
وَمِنَ
wamina
and of
ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
l-muqarabīna
those brought near (to Allah)
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when the angels said: O Mary, Allah gives you good news of a child who will be created without a father: merely by a word from Allah, such as ‘Be’, and he will become a child by Allah’s will. The name of this child will be the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary. He will have a high rank in this world and the Afterlife and he will be one of those who are made close to Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

46

وَيُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."

Wa yukallimun naasa filmahdi wa kahlanw wa minassaaliheen

Word by word
وَيُكَلِّمُ
wayukallimu
And he will speak
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
(to) the people
فِى
in
ٱلْمَهْدِ
l-mahdi
the cradle
وَكَهْلًۭا
wakahlan
and (in) maturity
وَمِنَ
wamina
and (he will be) of
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
l-ṣāliḥīna
the righteous
Interpretation

This child will miraculously speak to people when he is a small baby, as well as when he grows up and becomes a man. He will tell them what is best for them in their religious and worldly affairs. He will also be one of those who are righteous in their words and actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

47

قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

Qaalat Rabbi annaa yakoonu ee waladunw wa lam yamsasnee basharun qaala kazaalikil laahu yakhluqu maa yashaaa'; izaa qadaaa amran fa innamaa yaqoolu lahoo kun fayakoon

Word by word
قَالَتْ
qālat
She said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
أَنَّىٰ
annā
how
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
is [it]
لِى
for me
وَلَدٌۭ
waladun
a boy
وَلَمْ
walam
and (has) not
يَمْسَسْنِى
yamsasnī
touch(ed) me
بَشَرٌۭ ۖ
basharun
any man
قَالَ
qāla
He said
كَذَٰلِكِ
kadhāliki
Thus
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
creates
مَا
what
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
إِذَا
idhā
When
قَضَىٰٓ
qaḍā
He decrees
أَمْرًۭا
amran
a matter
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innamā
then only
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
He says
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
كُن
kun
Be
فَيَكُونُ
fayakūnu
and it becomes
Interpretation

Mary was surprised that she was to have a child without a husband and said in astonishment: How can I have a child when no man has come near me in a lawful or unlawful way? The angel said to her: Just as Allah will create a child for you without a father, He creates whatever He wishes even though it may be out of the ordinary. When Allah wishes for something, He says ‘Be’ and it is. Nothing can stop Him doing as He wills.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

48

وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel

Wa yu'allimuhul Kitaaba wal Hikmata wat Tawraata wal Injeel

Word by word
وَيُعَلِّمُهُ
wayuʿallimuhu
And He will teach him
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ
wal-ḥik'mata
and [the] wisdom
وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
wal-tawrāta
and the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
wal-injīla
and the Injeel
Interpretation

Allah will teach him to say and do things correctly; and He will teach him the Torah that He had revealed to Moses (peace be upon him) and the Gospel which He will reveal to him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَرَسُولًا إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنِّى قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ أَنِّىٓ أَخْلُقُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَأَنفُخُ فِيهِ فَيَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَأُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ وَأُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا تَأْكُلُونَ وَمَا تَدَّخِرُونَ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say], 'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allāh. And I cure the blind [from birth] and the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allāh. And I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers.

Wa Rasoolan ilaa Baneee Israaa'eela annee qad ji'tukum bi Aayatim mir Rabbikum annee akhluqu lakum minatteeni kahai 'atittairi fa anfukhu feehi fayakoonu tairam bi iznil laahi wa ubri'ul akmaha wal abrasa wa uhyil mawtaa bi iznil laahi wa unabbi'ukum bimaa taakuloona wa maa taddakhiroona fee buyootikum; inna fee zaalika la Aayatal lakum in kuntum mu'mineen

Word by word
وَرَسُولًا
warasūlan
And (make him) a Messenger
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
أَنِّى
annī
Indeed, I
قَدْ
qad
[surely]
جِئْتُكُم
ji'tukum
[I] (have) come (to) you
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
biāyatin
with a sign
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ
rabbikum
your Lord
أَنِّىٓ
annī
that I
أَخْلُقُ
akhluqu
[I] design
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلطِّينِ
l-ṭīni
[the] clay
كَهَيْـَٔةِ
kahayati
like the form
ٱلطَّيْرِ
l-ṭayri
(of) the bird
فَأَنفُخُ
fa-anfukhu
then I breath
فِيهِ
fīhi
into it
فَيَكُونُ
fayakūnu
and it becomes
طَيْرًۢا
ṭayran
a bird
بِإِذْنِ
bi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَأُبْرِئُ
wa-ub'ri-u
And I cure
ٱلْأَكْمَهَ
l-akmaha
the blind
وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ
wal-abraṣa
and the leper
وَأُحْىِ
wa-uḥ'yī
and I give life
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
l-mawtā
(to) the dead
بِإِذْنِ
bi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَأُنَبِّئُكُم
wa-unabbi-ukum
And I inform you
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَأْكُلُونَ
takulūna
you eat
وَمَا
wamā
and what
تَدَّخِرُونَ
taddakhirūna
you store
فِى
in
بُيُوتِكُمْ ۚ
buyūtikum
your houses
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
لَـَٔايَةًۭ
laāyatan
(is) surely a sign
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

Allah will make him a messenger to the Israelites, instructing him to say to them: I am Allah’s messenger to you. I have brought to you a sign indicating my prophethood: I will make the shape of a bird using clay, then I will breathe into it and it will become a living bird by Allah’s permission. I will cure the one who was born blind, so that he will be able to see, and the leper who will recover from his illness; and I will bring the dead to life. I will do all of this with Allah’s permission. I will tell you about what you consume and what you hide in your homes. In all of these extraordina

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَمُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَىَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَلِأُحِلَّ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى حُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَجِئْتُكُم بِـَٔايَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

And [I have come] confirming what was before me of the Torah and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allāh and obey me.

Wa musaddiqal limaa baina yadaiya minat Tawraati wa liuhilla lakum ba'dal lazee hurrima 'alaikum; wa ji'tukum bi Aayatim mir Rabbikum fattaqul laaha wa atee'oon

Word by word
وَمُصَدِّقًۭا
wamuṣaddiqan
And confirming
لِّمَا
limā
that which
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was)
يَدَىَّ
yadayya
before me
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ
l-tawrāti
the Taurat
وَلِأُحِلَّ
wali-uḥilla
and so that I make lawful
لَكُم
lakum
for you
بَعْضَ
baʿḍa
some
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(of) that which
حُرِّمَ
ḥurrima
was forbidden
عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ
ʿalaykum
to you
وَجِئْتُكُم
waji'tukum
And I (have) come to you
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
biāyatin
with a sign
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
فَٱتَّقُوا۟
fa-ittaqū
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَأَطِيعُونِ
wa-aṭīʿūni
and obey me
Interpretation

I have come to you to confirm the revelation of the Torah that was before me, and to make lawful some of that which was unlawful in the past: making things easy for you. I have brought to you a clear proof of the truthfulness of what I say, so be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions; and follow that which I call you to.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۗ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is the straight path.'"

Innal laaha Rabbee wa Rabbukum fa'budooh; haazaa Siraatum Mustaqeem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
رَبِّى
rabbī
(is) my Lord
وَرَبُّكُمْ
warabbukum
and your Lord
فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۗ
fa-uʿ'budūhu
so worship Him
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
صِرَٰطٌۭ
ṣirāṭun
(is) the path
مُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ
mus'taqīmun
straight
Interpretation

Allah is my Lord and your Lord, and He is the only One that deserves to be followed and feared. So, worship Him alone. This worship of Allah and being mindful of Him that I instruct you to do is the straight path which has no crookedness.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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۞ فَلَمَّآ أَحَسَّ عِيسَىٰ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ قَالَ مَنْ أَنصَارِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَحْنُ أَنصَارُ ٱللَّهِ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَٱشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ

But when Jesus felt [persistence in] disbelief from them, he said, "Who are my supporters for [the cause of] Allāh?" The disciples said, "We are supporters for Allāh. We have believed in Allāh and testify that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].

Falammaaa ahassa 'Eesaa minhumul kufra qaala man ansaaree ilal laahi qaalal Hawaariyyoona nahnu ansaarul laahi aamannaa billaahi washhad bi annaa muslimoon

Word by word
۞ فَلَمَّآ
falammā
Then when
أَحَسَّ
aḥassa
perceived
عِيسَىٰ
ʿīsā
Isa
مِنْهُمُ
min'humu
from them
ٱلْكُفْرَ
l-kuf'ra
[the] disbelief
قَالَ
qāla
he said
مَنْ
man
Who
أَنصَارِىٓ
anṣārī
(will be) my helpers
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ
l-ḥawāriyūna
the disciples
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
We
أَنصَارُ
anṣāru
(will be the) helpers
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
we believe[d]
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَٱشْهَدْ
wa-ish'had
and bear witness
بِأَنَّا
bi-annā
that we
مُسْلِمُونَ
mus'limūna
(are) Muslims
Interpretation

When Jesus realized that they were going to continue in their disbelief, he addressed the Israelites, saying, ‘Who will help me in calling towards Allah?’ His chosen followers said: We are the ones who will help Allah’s religion. We have faith in Allah and we follow you. Be a witness, O Jesus, that we submit to Allah by accepting His Oneness and following Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا بِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ وَٱتَّبَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَ فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger [i.e., Jesus], so register us among the witnesses [to truth]."

Rabbanaaa aamannaa bimaaa anzalta wattaba'nar Rasoola faktubnaa ma'ash shaahideen

Word by word
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
we believe[d]
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
أَنزَلْتَ
anzalta
You revealed
وَٱتَّبَعْنَا
wa-ittabaʿnā
and we follow[ed]
ٱلرَّسُولَ
l-rasūla
the Messenger
فَٱكْتُبْنَا
fa-uk'tub'nā
then write us
مَعَ
maʿa
among
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ
l-shāhidīna
the witnesses
Interpretation

The disciples also said: Our Lord, we have believed in the Gospel that you revealed and we have followed the messenger, Jesus (peace be upon him), so make us of those who are witnesses to the truth and who have faith in You and Your messengers.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَ

And they [i.e., the disbelievers] planned, but Allāh planned. And Allāh is the best of planners.

Wa makaroo wa makaral laahu wallaahu khairul maakireen

Word by word
وَمَكَرُوا۟
wamakarū
And they schemed
وَمَكَرَ
wamakara
and planned
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
خَيْرُ
khayru
(is the) best
ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَ
l-mākirīna
(of) the planners
Interpretation

The disbelievers from the Israelites plotted to kill Jesus (peace be upon him), so Allah planned to leave them in their misguidance; and He made another person resemble Jesus (peace be upon him) on the occasion when they actually tried to murder him. Allah is the best plotter, because there can be nothing more severe than His plot against His enemies.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَىٰٓ إِنِّى مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَجَاعِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

[Mention] when Allāh said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify [i.e., free] you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allāh alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.

Iz qaalal laahu yaa 'Eesaaa innee mutawaffeeka wa raafi'uka ilaiya wa mutah hiruka minal lazeena kafaroo wa jaa'ilul lazeenattaba ooka fawqal lazeena kafarooo ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamati summa ilaiya marji'ukum fa ahkumu bainakum feemaa kuntum feehi takhtaliifoon

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَ
qāla
said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَـٰعِيسَىٰٓ
yāʿīsā
O Isa
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
مُتَوَفِّيكَ
mutawaffīka
(will) take you
وَرَافِعُكَ
warāfiʿuka
and raise you
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
to Myself
وَمُطَهِّرُكَ
wamuṭahhiruka
and purify you
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
وَجَاعِلُ
wajāʿilu
and I will make
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّبَعُوكَ
ittabaʿūka
follow[ed] you
فَوْقَ
fawqa
superior
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(to) those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
إِلَىٰ
ilā
on
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ
l-qiyāmati
(of) [the] Resurrection
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
to Me
مَرْجِعُكُمْ
marjiʿukum
(is) your return
فَأَحْكُمُ
fa-aḥkumu
and I will judge
بَيْنَكُمْ
baynakum
between you
فِيمَا
fīmā
about what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
فِيهِ
fīhi
[in it]
تَخْتَلِفُونَ
takhtalifūna
differing
Interpretation

Allah also planned against them by saying to Jesus: O Jesus, I will take you away alive, raise your body and soul to Me, rid you of the filth of those who disbelieved you and distance you from them. I will make those who follow you part of the true religion, which includes acceptance of Muhammad (peace be upon him); and they will have greater proof and might over those who disbelieve you until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me alone will be your return on the Day of Resurrection and I will pass true judgement between you regarding your differences.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers."

Fa ammal lazeena kafaroo fa u'az zibuhum 'azaaban shadeedan fiddunyaa wal Aakhirati wa maa lahum min naasireen

Word by word
فَأَمَّا
fa-ammā
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ
fa-uʿadhibuhum
then I will punish them
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment
شَدِيدًۭا
shadīdan
severe
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
wal-ākhirati
and (in) the Hereafter
وَمَا
wamā
And not
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
any
نَّـٰصِرِينَ
nāṣirīna
helpers
Interpretation

As for those who disbelieved you and the truth you brought to them, I will punish them severely in the world by making them suffer being killed, imprisoned and disgraced; and in the Afterlife, I will punish them in the fire of Hell. They will have no one to help them against the punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

But as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, He will give them in full their rewards, and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers.

Wa ammal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati fa yuwaffeehim ujoorahum; wallaahu laa yuhibbuz zaalimeen

Word by word
وَأَمَّا
wa-ammā
And as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and did
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
[the] righteous deeds
فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ
fayuwaffīhim
then He will grant them in full
أُجُورَهُمْ ۗ
ujūrahum
their reward
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

As for those who had faith in you and the truth that you brought to them, and did good actions (such as prayer, charity, fasting, keeping family relations, etc.), then Allah will give them the reward of their actions in full without any reduction. This refers to the followers of the Messiah before the coming of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), whose coming was confirmed by the Messiah himself. Allah does not love those who do wrong and the greatest wrong is to ascribe partners to Allah and to disbelieve His messengers.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ وَٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

This is what We recite to you, [O Muḥammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message [i.e., the Qur’ān].

Zaalika natloohu 'alaika minal Aayaati wa Zikril Hakeem

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
نَتْلُوهُ
natlūhu
(is what) We recite [it]
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Verses
وَٱلذِّكْرِ
wal-dhik'ri
and the Reminder
ٱلْحَكِيمِ
l-ḥakīmi
[the] Wise
Interpretation

This account of Jesus which is recited to you is a clear sign indicating the truth of what was revealed to you. It is a perfect message for those who are mindful of Allah, as it contains nothing false.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

59

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.

Inna masala 'Eesaa 'indal laahi kamasali Aadama khalaqahoo min turaabin summa qaala lahoo kun fayakoon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
مَثَلَ
mathala
(the) likeness
عِيسَىٰ
ʿīsā
(of) Isa
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) likeness
ءَادَمَ ۖ
ādama
(of) Adam
خَلَقَهُۥ
khalaqahu
He created him
مِن
min
from
تُرَابٍۢ
turābin
dust
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
قَالَ
qāla
He said
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
كُن
kun
Be
فَيَكُونُ
fayakūnu
and he was
Interpretation

With Allah, the example of the creation of Jesus (peace be upon him) is like the creation of Adam, who was born from dust without a father or mother. Allah simply said to him: Become a man. And he became as Allah willed. How do you then assume that Jesus is a god on the basis that he has no father when you accept that Adam is human despite his having no father or mother?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

60

ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ

The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.

Alhaqqu mir Rabbika falaa takum minal mumtareen

Word by word
ٱلْحَقُّ
al-ḥaqu
The truth
مِن
min
(is) from
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
فَلَا
falā
so (do) not
تَكُن
takun
be
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ
l-mum'tarīna
the doubters
Interpretation

The undoubtable truth about Jesus is that which was revealed to you by your Lord, so do not be one of those who doubt and are unsure. Instead, be firm on the truth that you have.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

61

فَمَنْ حَآجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا۟ نَدْعُ أَبْنَآءَنَا وَأَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَنِسَآءَنَا وَنِسَآءَكُمْ وَأَنفُسَنَا وَأَنفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allāh upon the liars [among us]."

Faman haaajjaka feehi mim ba'di maa jaaa'aka minal 'ilmi faqul ta'aalaw nad'u abnaaa'anaa wa abnaaa'akum wa nisaaa'anaa wa nisaaa'akum wa anfusanaa wa anfusakum summa nabtahil fanaj'al la'natal laahi 'alal kaazibeen

Word by word
فَمَنْ
faman
Then whoever
حَآجَّكَ
ḥājjaka
argues (with) you
فِيهِ
fīhi
concerning it
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَا
what
جَآءَكَ
jāaka
came to you
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْعِلْمِ
l-ʿil'mi
the knowledge
فَقُلْ
faqul
then say
تَعَالَوْا۟
taʿālaw
Come
نَدْعُ
nadʿu
let us call
أَبْنَآءَنَا
abnāanā
our sons
وَأَبْنَآءَكُمْ
wa-abnāakum
and your sons
وَنِسَآءَنَا
wanisāanā
and our women
وَنِسَآءَكُمْ
wanisāakum
and your women
وَأَنفُسَنَا
wa-anfusanā
and ourselves
وَأَنفُسَكُمْ
wa-anfusakum
and yourselves
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
نَبْتَهِلْ
nabtahil
let us pray humbly
فَنَجْعَل
fanajʿal
and [we] invoke
لَّعْنَتَ
laʿnata
the curse
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
l-kādhibīna
the liars
Interpretation

If anyone of the Christians disputes with you, O Messenger, regarding the matter of Jesus, and claims that he was not Allah’s servant after the correct knowledge has come to you, then say to them, ‘Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves; and let us gather together and then pray to Allah to send down His curse on those of us who are lying’.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

62

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْقَصَصُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Indeed, this is the true narration. And there is no deity except Allāh. And indeed, Allāh is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Innaa haazaa lahuwal qasasul haqq; wa maa min ilaahin illal laah; wa innal laahaa la Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
لَهُوَ
lahuwa
surely it (is)
ٱلْقَصَصُ
l-qaṣaṣu
the narration
ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ
l-ḥaqu
[the] true
وَمَا
wamā
And (there is) no
مِنْ
min
(of)
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
Allah
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَهُوَ
lahuwa
surely He
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
l-ʿazīzu
(is) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
the All-Wise
Interpretation

That which has been mentioned to you about Jesus (peace be upon him) is the true tale that contains no lie or doubt. There is no one worthy of worship besides Allah alone. Allah is Mighty in His authority and Wise in His planning and instruction.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

63

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

But if they turn away, then indeed - Allāh is Knowing of the corrupters.

Fa in tawallaw fa innal laaha'aleemun bil mufsideen

Word by word
فَإِن
fa-in
And if
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
they turn back
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
bil-muf'sidīna
of the corrupters
Interpretation

If they turn away from what you have brought and do not follow you, then it is because they are corrupt. Allah knows those who cause corruption in the earth and He will recompense them for that.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

64

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَآءٍۭ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُولُوا۟ ٱشْهَدُوا۟ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allāh and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allāh." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."

Qul yaa Ahlal Kitaabi ta'aalaw ilaa Kalimatin sawaaa'im bainanaa wa bainakum allaa na'buda illal laaha wa laa nushrika bihee shai'anw wa laa yattakhiza ba'dunaa ba'dan arbaabam min doonil laah; fa in tawallaw faqoolush hadoo bi annaa muslimoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
تَعَالَوْا۟
taʿālaw
Come
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
كَلِمَةٍۢ
kalimatin
a word
سَوَآءٍۭ
sawāin
equitable
بَيْنَنَا
baynanā
between us
وَبَيْنَكُمْ
wabaynakum
and between you
أَلَّا
allā
that not
نَعْبُدَ
naʿbuda
we worship
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَلَا
walā
and not
نُشْرِكَ
nush'rika
we associate partners
بِهِۦ
bihi
with Him
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَتَّخِذَ
yattakhidha
take
بَعْضُنَا
baʿḍunā
some of us
بَعْضًا
baʿḍan
(to) others
أَرْبَابًۭا
arbāban
(as) lords
مِّن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
Allah
فَإِن
fa-in
Then if
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
they turn away
فَقُولُوا۟
faqūlū
then say
ٱشْهَدُوا۟
ish'hadū
Bear witness
بِأَنَّا
bi-annā
that we
مُسْلِمُونَ
mus'limūna
(are) Muslims
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger: O Jews and Christians, People of the Scripture, come let us unite on a fair word in which we are all equal: that we worship Allah alone and we do not worship anyone besides Him, no matter what his rank and no matter how high is his status; and that we do not take one another as lords to be worshipped and followed besides Allah. If they turn away from the truth and fairness that you call them towards, then, O believers, say to them: Bear witness that we have surrendered to Allah and are obedient to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

65

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

Yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi limaa tuhaaajjoona feee Ibraaheema wa maaa unzilatit Tawraatu wal Injeelu illaa mim ba'dih; afala ta'qiloon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why
تُحَآجُّونَ
tuḥājjūna
(do) you argue
فِىٓ
concerning
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim
وَمَآ
wamā
while not
أُنزِلَتِ
unzilati
was revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ
l-tawrātu
the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ
wal-injīlu
and the Injeel
إِلَّا
illā
except
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ
baʿdihi
after him
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then why don't
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
you use your intellect
Interpretation

O People of the Scripture, why do you dispute about the belief of Abraham? The Jews claimed that he was a Jew and the Christians claimed he was a Christian. You know very well that Judaism and Christianity appeared a long time after him. Can you not see the falseness of your statement and the error of your claim?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

66

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ حَـٰجَجْتُمْ فِيمَا لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ فَلِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِيمَا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Here you are - those who have argued about that of which you have [some] knowledge, but why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allāh knows, while you know not.

Haaa antum haaa'ulaaa'i baajajtum feemaa lakum bihee 'ilmun falima tuhaaajjoonaa feemaa laisa lakum bihee 'ilm; wallaahu ya'lamu wa antum laa ta'lamoon

Word by word
هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ
hāantum
Here you are
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
those who
حَـٰجَجْتُمْ
ḥājajtum
argued
فِيمَا
fīmā
about what
لَكُم
lakum
[for] you
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
عِلْمٌۭ
ʿil'mun
(have some) knowledge
فَلِمَ
falima
Then why
تُحَآجُّونَ
tuḥājjūna
(do) you argue
فِيمَا
fīmā
about what
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لَكُم
lakum
for you
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
عِلْمٌۭ ۚ
ʿil'mun
(any) knowledge
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
لَا
(do) not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

You, People of the Scripture, argued without knowledge with the Prophet (peace be upon him) about your religion and about what was revealed to you. Why, then, do you dispute about Abraham and his religion, which you do not know, as it is not in your book and your prophets did not discuss it? Allah knows the reality of things and you do not know.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

67

مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allāh]. And he was not of the polytheists.

Maa kaana Ibraaheemu Yahoodiyyanw wa laa Nasraa niyyanw wa laakin kaana Haneefam Muslimanw wa maa kaana minal mushrikeen

Word by word
مَا
Not
كَانَ
kāna
was
إِبْرَٰهِيمُ
ib'rāhīmu
Ibrahim
يَهُودِيًّۭا
yahūdiyyan
a Jew
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَصْرَانِيًّۭا
naṣrāniyyan
a Christian
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
[and] but
كَانَ
kāna
he was
حَنِيفًۭا
ḥanīfan
a true
مُّسْلِمًۭا
mus'liman
Muslim
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانَ
kāna
he was
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
l-mush'rikīna
the polytheists
Interpretation

Abraham was not a Jew or Christian in belief, but he was opposed to all false religions and obedient to Allah alone. He was also not one of those who ascribe partners to Allah – contrary to the idolaters of the Arabs, who claim to follow his belief.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

68

إِنَّ أَوْلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ وَهَـٰذَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَلِىُّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Indeed, the most worthy of Abraham among the people are those who followed him [in submission to Allāh] and this prophet [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] and those who believe [in his message]. And Allāh is the Ally of the believers.

Innaa awlan naasi bi Ibraaheema lallazeenat taba 'oohu wa haazan nabiyyu wallazeena aamanoo; wallaahu waliyyul mu'mineen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
أَوْلَى
awlā
the best to claim relationship
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) people
بِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ
bi-ib'rāhīma
with Ibrahim
لَلَّذِينَ
lalladhīna
(are) those who
ٱتَّبَعُوهُ
ittabaʿūhu
follow him
وَهَـٰذَا
wahādhā
and this
ٱلنَّبِىُّ
l-nabiyu
[the] Prophet
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
ءَامَنُوا۟ ۗ
āmanū
believe[d]
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
وَلِىُّ
waliyyu
(is) a Guardian
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(of) the believers
Interpretation

The people who are most entitled to claim a link to Abraham are those who followed him in his time, as well as this Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and those who have faith in him from this nation. Allah helps and protects the believers.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

69

وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

A faction of the People of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

Waddat taaa'ifatum min Ahlil Kitaabi law yudil loonakum wa maa yudilloona illaaa anfusahum wa maa yash'uroon

Word by word
وَدَّت
waddat
Wished
طَّآئِفَةٌۭ
ṭāifatun
a group
مِّنْ
min
from
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لَوْ
law
if
يُضِلُّونَكُمْ
yuḍillūnakum
they could lead you astray
وَمَا
wamā
and not
يُضِلُّونَ
yuḍillūna
they lead astray
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
وَمَا
wamā
and not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yashʿurūna
they perceive
Interpretation

The scholars of the Jews and the Christians desire to mislead you, O believers, away from the truth that Allah has guided you to. Yet they only mislead themselves because their attempt to mislead the believers only increases their misguidance, and they do not know the consequence of their actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

70

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while you witness [to their truth]?

Yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi lima takfuroona bi Aayaatil laahi wan antum tashadoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why do
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
you deny
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
[in] the Signs
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَشْهَدُونَ
tashhadūna
bear witness
Interpretation

O People of the Scripture, Jews and Christians, why do you disbelieve Allah’s words which were sent down to you and the clear indication they contain of the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him), whilst you are witness to the fact that it is the truth contained in your books?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

71

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?

Yaaa Ahalal Kitaabi lima talbisoonal haqqa bilbaatili wa taktumoonal haqqa wa antum ta'lamoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why
تَلْبِسُونَ
talbisūna
do you mix
ٱلْحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ
bil-bāṭili
with the falsehood
وَتَكْتُمُونَ
wataktumūna
and conceal
ٱلْحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

O People of the Scripture, why do you mix the truth contained in your books with falsehood from yourselves? Why do you hide the truth and guidance contained in your book, such as the truthfulness of the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him), when you know what is true and what is false?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

72

وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will return [i.e., abandon their religion],

Wa qaalat taaa'ifatum min Ahlil Kitaabi aaminoo billazeee unzila 'alal lazeena aamanoo wajhan nahaari wakfurooo aakhirahoo la'alla hum yarji'oon

Word by word
وَقَالَت
waqālat
And said
طَّآئِفَةٌۭ
ṭāifatun
a group
مِّنْ
min
of
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
ءَامِنُوا۟
āminū
Believe
بِٱلَّذِىٓ
bi-alladhī
in what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
وَجْهَ
wajha
(at the) beginning
ٱلنَّهَارِ
l-nahāri
(of) the day
وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟
wa-uk'furū
and reject
ءَاخِرَهُۥ
ākhirahu
(at) its end
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
perhaps they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
return
Interpretation

A group of Jewish scholars said: On the outside, accept the Qur’ān which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and then reject it at the end of the day, so that, after seeing this, they begin to have doubts about their religion and turn back from it saying, ‘These people know better about Allah’s Book and they have turned back’.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

73

وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِمَن تَبِعَ دِينَكُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْهُدَىٰ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ أَن يُؤْتَىٰٓ أَحَدٌ مِّثْلَ مَآ أُوتِيتُمْ أَوْ يُحَآجُّوكُمْ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

And do not trust except those who follow your religion." Say, "Indeed, the [true] guidance is the guidance of Allāh. [Do you fear] lest someone be given [knowledge] like you were given or that they would [thereby] argue with you before your Lord?" Say, "Indeed, [all] bounty is in the hand of Allāh - He grants it to whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Wise."

Wa laa tu'minooo illaa liman tabi'a deenakum qul innal hudaa hudal laahi ai yu'taaa ahadum misla maaa ooteetum aw yuhaaajjookum 'inda Rabbikum, qul innal fadla biyadil laah; yu'teehi mai yashaaa'; wallaahu Waasi'un 'Aleem

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟
tu'minū
believe
إِلَّا
illā
except
لِمَن
liman
(the one) who
تَبِعَ
tabiʿa
follows
دِينَكُمْ
dīnakum
your religion
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْهُدَىٰ
l-hudā
the (true) guidance
هُدَى
hudā
(is the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
أَن
an
lest
يُؤْتَىٰٓ
yu'tā
is given
أَحَدٌۭ
aḥadun
(to) one
مِّثْلَ
mith'la
(the) like
مَآ
(of) what
أُوتِيتُمْ
ūtītum
was given to you
أَوْ
aw
or
يُحَآجُّوكُمْ
yuḥājjūkum
they may argue with you
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
رَبِّكُمْ ۗ
rabbikum
your Lord
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْفَضْلَ
l-faḍla
the Bounty
بِيَدِ
biyadi
(is) in the Hand
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يُؤْتِيهِ
yu'tīhi
He gives it
مَن
man
(to) whom
يَشَآءُ ۗ
yashāu
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
وَٰسِعٌ
wāsiʿun
(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Interpretation

They also said: Do not believe or accept anyone unless he is a Jew and follows your religion. Say, O Messenger: Guidance to the truth is the Guidance of Allah; not the disbelief and stubbornness that you display, fearing that anyone else could be given a bounty similar to what you were given, or that they would argue with you before your Lord if you acknowledged what was revealed to them. Say, O Messenger: Bounty is in Allah’s Hand and He gives it to whomever of His servants He wills: His bounty is not restricted to any one nation. Allah is embracing and He knows who is deserving.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

74

يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

He selects for His mercy whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

Yakhtassu birahmatihee mai yashaaa'; wallaahu zulfadil 'azeem

Word by word
يَخْتَصُّ
yakhtaṣṣu
He chooses
بِرَحْمَتِهِۦ
biraḥmatihi
for His Mercy
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۗ
yashāu
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
ذُو
dhū
(is) the Possessor
ٱلْفَضْلِ
l-faḍli
(of) Bounty
ٱلْعَظِيمِ
l-ʿaẓīmi
[the] great
Interpretation

He selects whomever of His creation He wishes to receive His mercy and blesses them with guidance, prophethood and numerous favours. Allah’s bounty is great and has no limit.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

75

۞ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَنْ إِن تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنطَارٍ يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ إِن تَأْمَنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ لَّا يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَآئِمًا ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ سَبِيلٌ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned." And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know [it].

Wa min Ahlil Kitaabi man in taamanhu biqintaariny yu'addihee ilaika wa minhum man in taamanhu bideenaaril laa yu'addiheee ilaika illaa maa dumta 'alaihi qaaa' imaa; zaalika biannahum qaaloo laisa 'alainaa fil ummiyyeena sabeelunw wa yaqooloona 'alal laahil kaziba wa hum ya'lamoon

Word by word
۞ وَمِنْ
wamin
And from
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
مَنْ
man
(is he) who
إِن
in
if
تَأْمَنْهُ
tamanhu
you entrust him
بِقِنطَارٍۢ
biqinṭārin
with a great amount of wealth
يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ
yu-addihi
he will return it
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
وَمِنْهُم
wamin'hum
And from them
مَّنْ
man
(is he) who
إِن
in
if
تَأْمَنْهُ
tamanhu
you entrust him
بِدِينَارٍۢ
bidīnārin
with a single coin
لَّا
not
يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ
yu-addihi
he will return it
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
that
دُمْتَ
dum'ta
you keep constantly
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
over him
قَآئِمًۭا ۗ
qāiman
standing
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
قَالُوا۟
qālū
said
لَيْسَ
laysa
Not
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
on us
فِى
concerning
ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ
l-umiyīna
the unlettered people
سَبِيلٌۭ
sabīlun
any [way] (accountability)
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
And they say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
the lie
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

There are some People of the Scripture who, if you hand over a large amount of wealth, will honour the trust. On the other hand, there are some of them who, if you trust them with a small amount, will not return the trust unless you persistently demand it from them. That is because they wrongly claim that there is no sin on them for any crime they commit against the Arabs or if they consume the wealth of the Arabs, since Allah has permitted that for them. They say such lies knowing that it is a false attribution to Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

76

بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِۦ وَٱتَّقَىٰ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

But yes, whoever fulfills his commitment and fears Allāh - then indeed, Allāh loves those who fear Him.

Balaa man awfaa bi'ahdihee wattaqaa fainnal laaha yuhibbul muttaqeen

Word by word
بَلَىٰ
balā
Nay
مَنْ
man
whoever
أَوْفَىٰ
awfā
fulfills
بِعَهْدِهِۦ
biʿahdihi
his covenant
وَٱتَّقَىٰ
wa-ittaqā
and fears (Allah)
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
those who fear (Him)
Interpretation

It is not as they claimed: in fact, there is a sin on them. However, if anyone fulfils his promise to Allah to have faith in Him and His Messenger, as well as his promise to people to honour their trusts, and is mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, then Allah loves those who are mindful of Him and will give them the best reward.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

77

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَا خَلَـٰقَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا يَنظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Indeed, those who exchange the covenant of Allāh and their [own] oaths for a small price will have no share in the Hereafter, and Allāh will not speak to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them; and they will have a painful punishment.

Innal lazeena yashtaroona bi'ahdil laahi wa aymaanihim samanan qaleelan ulaaa'ika laa khalaaqa lahum fil Aakhirati wa laa yukallimuhumul laahu wa laa yanzuru ilaihim Yawmal Qiyaamati wa laa yuzakkeehim wa lahum 'azabun 'aleem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَشْتَرُونَ
yashtarūna
exchange
بِعَهْدِ
biʿahdi
(the) Covenant
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ
wa-aymānihim
and their oaths
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًا
qalīlan
little
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
those
لَا
no
خَلَـٰقَ
khalāqa
share
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
فِى
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
وَلَا
walā
and not
يُكَلِّمُهُمُ
yukallimuhumu
will speak to them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَنظُرُ
yanẓuru
look
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
at them
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
وَلَا
walā
and not
يُزَكِّيهِمْ
yuzakkīhim
purify them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

Those who take a small amount of this world in exchange of Allah’s advice to them to follow His revelation and His messengers, and in exchange of the oaths they took to fulfil Allah’s pledge, will have no share in the reward of the Afterlife. Allah will not speak kindly to them and will not look at them mercifully on the Day of Resurrection. They will receive a painful punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

78

وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًا يَلْوُۥنَ أَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture. And they say, "This is from Allāh," but it is not from Allāh. And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know.

Wa inna minhum lafaree qany yalwoona alsinatahum bil Kitaabi litahsaboohu minal Kitaab, wa maa huwa minal Kitaabi wa yaqooloon huwa min 'indillaahi wa maa huwa min 'indillaahi wa yaqooloona 'alal laahil kaziba wa hum ya'lamoon

Word by word
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
لَفَرِيقًۭا
lafarīqan
surely (is) a group
يَلْوُۥنَ
yalwūna
they distort
أَلْسِنَتَهُم
alsinatahum
their tongues
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
bil-kitābi
in (reciting) the Book
لِتَحْسَبُوهُ
litaḥsabūhu
so that you may think it
مِنَ
mina
(is) from
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
وَمَا
wamā
and not
هُوَ
huwa
it
مِنَ
mina
(is) from
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
And they say
هُوَ
huwa
It
مِنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَمَا
wamā
But not
هُوَ
huwa
it
مِنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
And they say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
the lie
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

There is a group of Jews who twist their tongues when reciting the Torah that was revealed by Allah, so that you think that they are reciting from the Torah, whereas it is not from the Torah. Instead, it is their lies and fabrications against Allah. They say: What we recite has been revealed by Allah – whereas it was not revealed by Allah. They tell lies about Allah when they know they are lying against Allah and His messengers.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

79

مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُؤْتِيَهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُوا۟ عِبَادًا لِّى مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِن كُونُوا۟ رَبَّـٰنِيِّـۧنَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ

It is not for a human [prophet] that Allāh should give him the Scripture and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allāh," but [instead, he would say], "Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied."

Maa kaana libasharin ai yu'tiyahul laahul Kitaaba walhukma wan Nubuwwata summa yaqoola linnaasi koonoo 'ibaadal lee min doonil laahi wa laakin koonoo rabbaaniy yeena bimaa kuntum tu'allimoonal Kitaaba wa bimaa kuntum tadrusoon

Word by word
مَا
Not
كَانَ
kāna
is
لِبَشَرٍ
libasharin
for a human
أَن
an
that
يُؤْتِيَهُ
yu'tiyahu
gives him
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَٱلْحُكْمَ
wal-ḥuk'ma
and the wisdom
وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ
wal-nubuwata
and the Prophethood
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَقُولَ
yaqūla
he says
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
to the people
كُونُوا۟
kūnū
Be
عِبَادًۭا
ʿibādan
worshippers
لِّى
of me
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but (would say)
كُونُوا۟
kūnū
Be
رَبَّـٰنِيِّـۧنَ
rabbāniyyīna
worshippers of the Lord
بِمَا
bimā
because
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you have been
تُعَلِّمُونَ
tuʿallimūna
teaching
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَبِمَا
wabimā
and because
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you have been
تَدْرُسُونَ
tadrusūna
studying (it)
Interpretation

It is not right for a man whom Allah gives a book revealed by Him, together with knowledge and understanding and selects him as a prophet, to say then to people, ‘Become servants of me instead of Allah’. Rather, he should say to them: Be righteous scholars-acting on what you know, because of your teaching the revealed book to people and because of your studying it by memorising and understanding it.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

80

وَلَا يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَن تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ أَرْبَابًا ۗ أَيَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

Nor could he order you to take the angels and prophets as lords. Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?

Wa laa yaamurakum an tattakhizul malaaa 'ikata wan Nabiyyeena arbaabaa; a yaamurukum bilkufri ba'da iz antum muslimoon

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And not
يَأْمُرَكُمْ
yamurakum
he will order you
أَن
an
that
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
tattakhidhū
you take
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ
l-malāikata
the Angels
وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
wal-nabiyīna
and the Prophets
أَرْبَابًا ۗ
arbāban
(as) lords
أَيَأْمُرُكُم
ayamurukum
Would he order you
بِٱلْكُفْرِ
bil-kuf'ri
to [the] disbelief
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِذْ
idh
[when]
أَنتُم
antum
you (have become)
مُّسْلِمُونَ
mus'limūna
Muslims
Interpretation

It is also not right for such a man to instruct you to take the angels and the prophets as lords to be worshipped besides Allah. Is it possible that he would instruct you to disbelieve after you have become devoted and have surrendered to Him?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

81

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ لَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُكُم مِّن كِتَـٰبٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِۦ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ ۚ قَالَ ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ إِصْرِى ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَقْرَرْنَا ۚ قَالَ فَٱشْهَدُوا۟ وَأَنَا۠ مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allāh took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allāh] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?" They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

Wa iz akhazal laahu meesaaqan Nabiyyeena lamaaa aataitukum min Kitaabinw wa Hikmatin summa jaaa'akum Rasoolum musaddiqul limaa ma'akum latu'minunna bihee wa latansurunnah; qaala 'aaqrartum wa akhaztum alaa zaalikum isree qaalooo aqrarnaa; qaala fashhadoo wa ana ma'akum minash shaahideen

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
أَخَذَ
akhadha
took
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِيثَـٰقَ
mīthāqa
covenant
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
l-nabiyīna
(of) the Prophets
لَمَآ
lamā
Certainly, whatever
ءَاتَيْتُكُم
ātaytukum
I (have) given you
مِّن
min
of
كِتَـٰبٍۢ
kitābin
(the) Book
وَحِكْمَةٍۢ
waḥik'matin
and wisdom
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
comes to you
رَسُولٌۭ
rasūlun
a Messenger
مُّصَدِّقٌۭ
muṣaddiqun
confirming
لِّمَا
limā
that which
مَعَكُمْ
maʿakum
(is) with you
لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ
latu'minunna
you must believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in him
وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ ۚ
walatanṣurunnahu
and you must help him
قَالَ
qāla
He said
ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ
a-aqrartum
Do you affirm
وَأَخَذْتُمْ
wa-akhadhtum
and take
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
ذَٰلِكُمْ
dhālikum
that (condition)
إِصْرِى ۖ
iṣ'rī
My Covenant
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَقْرَرْنَا ۚ
aqrarnā
We affirm
قَالَ
qāla
He said
فَٱشْهَدُوا۟
fa-ish'hadū
Then bear witness
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
and I (am)
مَعَكُم
maʿakum
with you
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ
l-shāhidīna
the witnesses
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when Allah took an affirmed promise from the prophets, saying to them: If I give you a revealed book, teach you wisdom and make you reach a high rank and status, and then My Messenger comes to you confirming the book and wisdom that you have, then you must accept what he brings and help him as his followers. Do you, O prophets, accept this and give Me a firm commitment for that? They replied, ‘We accept that’. Allah said: Bear witness against yourselves and your communities, and I will also be a witness against you and them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

82

فَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

And whoever turned away after that - they were the defiantly disobedient.

Faman tawallaa ba'da zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humul faasiqoon

Word by word
فَمَن
faman
Then whoever
تَوَلَّىٰ
tawallā
turns away
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
l-fāsiqūna
(are) the defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Whoever turns away after this promise witnessed by Allah and His messengers, they are the ones who leave the religion of Allah and His obedience.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

83

أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ ٱللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُۥٓ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ

So is it other than the religion of Allāh they desire, while to Him have submitted [all] those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned?

Afaghaira deenil laahi yabghoona wa lahooo aslama man fis samaawaati wal ardi taw'anw wa karhanw wa ilaihi yurja'oon

Word by word
أَفَغَيْرَ
afaghayra
So is (it) other than
دِينِ
dīni
(the) religion
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يَبْغُونَ
yabghūna
they seek
وَلَهُۥٓ
walahu
While to Him
أَسْلَمَ
aslama
(have) submitted
مَن
man
whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
طَوْعًۭا
ṭawʿan
willingly
وَكَرْهًۭا
wakarhan
or unwillingly
وَإِلَيْهِ
wa-ilayhi
and towards Him
يُرْجَعُونَ
yur'jaʿūna
they will be returned
Interpretation

Do these people, who leave the religion of Allah and His obedience, look for something other than the religion Allah has chosen for His worship when every creation in the heavens and earth surrenders to Him, whether willingly like the believers, or unwillingly, like the disbelievers? Then all of creation will return to Him on the Day of Resurrection to give an account for their actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

84

قُلْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ

Say, "We have believed in Allāh and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ], and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting] to Him."

Qul aamannaa billaahi wa maaa unzila 'alainaa wa maaa unzila 'alaaa Ibraaheema wa Ismaa'eela wa Ishaaqa wa Ya'qooba wal Asbaati wa maaa ootiya Moosaa wa 'Eesaa wan Nabiyyoona mir Rabbihim laa nufarriqu baina ahadim minhum wa nahnu lahoo muslimoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believed
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
(is) revealed
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
on us
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim
وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ
wa-is'māʿīla
and Ishmael
وَإِسْحَـٰقَ
wa-is'ḥāqa
and Isaac
وَيَعْقُوبَ
wayaʿqūba
and Yaqub
وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ
wal-asbāṭi
and the descendents
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُوتِىَ
ūtiya
was given
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(to) Musa
وَعِيسَىٰ
waʿīsā
and Isa
وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَ
wal-nabiyūna
and the Prophets
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
لَا
Not
نُفَرِّقُ
nufarriqu
we make distinction
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
أَحَدٍۢ
aḥadin
any
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
وَنَحْنُ
wanaḥnu
and we
لَهُۥ
lahu
to Him
مُسْلِمُونَ
mus'limūna
(are) submissive
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger, that you have faith in Allah, doing as He instructs you, and that you have faith in the revelation that was given to you, and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, and in what was revealed to the prophets among Jacob’s descendants, and in the scriptures and miracles that were given to Moses, Jesus and all the prophets by their Lord. Also, say that you make no distinction between them, believing in all of them, and that you are bound to Allah alone, surrendering in devotion to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

85

وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ دِينًا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

And whoever desires other than Islām as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

Wa mai yabtaghi ghairal Islaami deenan falany yuqbala minhu wa huwa fil Aakhirati minal khaasireen

Word by word
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَبْتَغِ
yabtaghi
seeks
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ
l-is'lāmi
[the] Islam
دِينًۭا
dīnan
(as) religion
فَلَن
falan
then never
يُقْبَلَ
yuq'bala
will be accepted
مِنْهُ
min'hu
from him
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
فِى
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
مِنَ
mina
(will be) from
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
Interpretation

Whoever seeks a path other than that which Allah has endorsed – the path of surrendering (Islam) – it will not be accepted from them by Allah. They will be of those who have lost their souls by entering the fire of Hell.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

86

كَيْفَ يَهْدِى ٱللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

How shall Allāh guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them? And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Kaifa yahdil laahu qawman kafaroo ba'da eemaanihim wa shahidooo annar Rasoola haqqunw wa jaaa'ahumul baiyinaat; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

Word by word
كَيْفَ
kayfa
How
يَهْدِى
yahdī
(shall) guide
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
a people
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
(who) disbelieved
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ
īmānihim
their belief
وَشَهِدُوٓا۟
washahidū
and (had) witnessed
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱلرَّسُولَ
l-rasūla
the Messenger
حَقٌّۭ
ḥaqqun
(is) true
وَجَآءَهُمُ
wajāahumu
and came to them
ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ ۚ
l-bayinātu
the clear proofs
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
[the] wrongdoers
Interpretation

How shall Allah grant faith in Him and in His messengers to a people who disbelieved after having faith in Allah and witnessing that what the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) brought was the truth, and after clear proofs of the truth of this have come to them? Allah does not grant faith in Him to a people who are wrongdoers and who choose error instead of guidance.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

87

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ أَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

Those - their recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allāh and the angels and the people, all together,

Ulaaa'ika jazaaa'uhum anna 'alaihim la'natal laahi walmalaaa'ikati wannaasi ajma'een

Word by word
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
جَزَآؤُهُمْ
jazāuhum
their recompense
أَنَّ
anna
that
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
on them
لَعْنَةَ
laʿnata
(is the) curse
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
wal-malāikati
and the Angels
وَٱلنَّاسِ
wal-nāsi
and the people
أَجْمَعِينَ
ajmaʿīna
all together
Interpretation

The reward of those wrongdoers who choose falsehood is the condemnation of Allah and the angels and the people all together; and they are excluded and removed from the mercy of Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

88

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved,

Khaalideena feehaa laa yukhaffafu 'anhumul 'azaabu wa laa hum yunzaroon

Word by word
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
(They will) abide forever
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
لَا
Not
يُخَفَّفُ
yukhaffafu
will be lightened
عَنْهُمُ
ʿanhumu
for them
ٱلْعَذَابُ
l-ʿadhābu
the punishment
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يُنظَرُونَ
yunẓarūna
will be reprieved
Interpretation

These disbelievers will live eternally in the fire of Hell, never to leave! Their suffering will not be lightened and they will not be given more time to repent and ask for forgiveness.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

89

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Except for those who repent after that and correct themselves. For indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Illal lazeena taaboo mim ba'di zaalika wa aslahoo fa innal laaha Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
إِلَّا
illā
Except
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
تَابُوا۟
tābū
repent
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
وَأَصْلَحُوا۟
wa-aṣlaḥū
and reform[ed] themselves
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
Then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

This punishment is for everyone except those who repent to Allah, asking for forgiveness, after their disbelief and disobedience, and correct what they have done. Truly, Allah is Forgiving and Compassionate to those who repent to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

90

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًا لَّن تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

Indeed, those who disbelieve [i.e., reject the message] after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray.

Innal lazeena kafaroo ba'da eemaanihim summaz daadoo kufral lan tuqbala tawbatuhum wa ulaaa'ika humud daaalloon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِهِمْ
īmānihim
their belief
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱزْدَادُوا۟
iz'dādū
they increased
كُفْرًۭا
kuf'ran
(in) disbelief
لَّن
lan
never
تُقْبَلَ
tuq'bala
will be accepted
تَوْبَتُهُمْ
tawbatuhum
their repentance
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
and those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلضَّآلُّونَ
l-ḍālūna
(are) those who have gone astray
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve after having faith, and stick to this disbelief until they die, then repenting to Allah and asking for forgiveness at the time of death, will not have this accepted from them, as the time for acceptance would have expired. They are those who have lost their way from the straight path which leads to Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

91

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِم مِّلْءُ ٱلْأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا وَلَوِ ٱفْتَدَىٰ بِهِۦٓ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.

Innal lazeena kafaroo wa maatoo wa hum kuffaarun falany yuqbala min ahadihim mil'ul ardi zahabanw wa lawiftadaa bih; ulaaa 'ika lahum 'azaabun aleemunw wa maa lahum min naasireen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
وَمَاتُوا۟
wamātū
and died
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
كُفَّارٌۭ
kuffārun
(are) disbelievers
فَلَن
falan
then never
يُقْبَلَ
yuq'bala
will be accepted
مِنْ
min
from
أَحَدِهِم
aḥadihim
any one of them
مِّلْءُ
mil'u
full
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
earth
ذَهَبًۭا
dhahaban
(of) gold
وَلَوِ
walawi
[and] (even) if
ٱفْتَدَىٰ
if'tadā
he offered as ransom
بِهِۦٓ ۗ
bihi
it
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
وَمَا
wamā
and not
لَهُم
lahum
(will be) for them
مِّن
min
any
نَّـٰصِرِينَ
nāṣirīna
helpers
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve and die while in disbelief will not be able to ransom themselves from receiving the punishment of Allah, even were they to try and ransom themselves with the weight of the entire earth in gold. They will have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers on the Day of Judgement to remove them from their suffering.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

92

لَن تَنَالُوا۟ ٱلْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ

Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allāh] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.

Lan tanaalul birra hattaa tunfiqoo mimmaa tuhibboon; wa maa tunfiqoo min shai'in fa innal laaha bihee 'Aleem

Word by word
لَن
lan
Never
تَنَالُوا۟
tanālū
will you attain
ٱلْبِرَّ
l-bira
[the] righteousness
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
تُنفِقُوا۟
tunfiqū
you spend
مِمَّا
mimmā
from what
تُحِبُّونَ ۚ
tuḥibbūna
you love
وَمَا
wamā
And whatever
تُنفِقُوا۟
tunfiqū
you spend
مِن
min
of
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
a thing
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
Interpretation

O believers, you will not receive the reward of the people of goodness and their rank until you spend the wealth you love in the way of Allah. Whatever you spend, big or small, Allah is aware of your intentions and of what you do; and everyone will be rewarded accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

93

۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ فَٱتْلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel [i.e., Jacob] had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muḥammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."

Kullut ta'aami kaana hillal li Baneee Israaa'eela illaa maa harrama Israaa'eelu 'alaa nafsihee min qabli an tunzzalat Tawraah; qul faatoo bit Tawraati fatloohaaa in kuntum saadiqeen

Word by word
۞ كُلُّ
kullu
All
ٱلطَّعَامِ
l-ṭaʿāmi
[the] food
كَانَ
kāna
was
حِلًّۭا
ḥillan
lawful
لِّبَنِىٓ
libanī
for (the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
what
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
made unlawful
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُ
is'rāīlu
Israel
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
نَفْسِهِۦ
nafsihi
himself
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
تُنَزَّلَ
tunazzala
(was) revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗ
l-tawrātu
the Taurat
قُلْ
qul
Say
فَأْتُوا۟
fatū
So bring
بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ
bil-tawrāti
the Taurat
فَٱتْلُوهَآ
fa-it'lūhā
and recite it
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
Interpretation

All wholesome foods were lawful for the Israelites, except which Jacob (peace be upon him) had made unlawful for himself before the Torah was revealed. These were not, as the Jews claimed to the Prophet Muhammad, made unlawful in the Torah. Tell them, O Prophet, to bring the Torah and read it if they are telling the truth in what they claim. When the Jews heard this, they did not know how to respond, so they did not bring the Torah to recite to him. This is an example of the Jews changing things and not telling the truth about what was in the Torah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

94

فَمَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

And whoever invents about Allāh untruth after that - then those are [truly] the wrongdoers.

Famanif taraa 'alal laahilkaziba mim ba'di zaalika fa ulaaa'ika humuz zaalimoon

Word by word
فَمَنِ
famani
Then whoever
ٱفْتَرَىٰ
if'tarā
fabricates
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
[the] lie
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
(are) the wrongdoers
Interpretation

Whoever invents a lie against Allah after the evidence has been made clear – such as the fact that Jacob made certain foods unlawful for himself in a vow and that they were not made unlawful by Allah – then they are wronging themselves by turning away from the obvious truth.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

95

قُلْ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ فَٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say, "Allāh has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."

Qul sadaqal laah; fattabi'oo Millata Ibraaheema Haneefanw wa maa kaana minal mush rikeen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
صَدَقَ
ṣadaqa
(has) spoken the truth
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
Allah
فَٱتَّبِعُوا۟
fa-ittabiʿū
then follow
مِلَّةَ
millata
(the) religion
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
حَنِيفًۭا
ḥanīfan
(the) upright
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانَ
kāna
he was
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
l-mush'rikīna
the polytheists
Interpretation

Tell them, O Prophet, that Allah has spoken the truth about Jacob (peace be upon him), and in everything that He has revealed and established in the sacred law. Also, tell them to follow the religion Abraham (peace be upon him): he abandoned all other ways of life for the path of surrendering in devotion to Allah, by worshipping Him and following His sacred law – he only worshipped Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

96

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds.

Inna awwala Baitinw wudi'a linnaasi lallazee bi Bakkata mubaarakanw wa hudal lil 'aalameen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
أَوَّلَ
awwala
(the) First
بَيْتٍۢ
baytin
House
وُضِعَ
wuḍiʿa
set up
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for the mankind
لَلَّذِى
lalladhī
(is) the one which
بِبَكَّةَ
bibakkata
(is) at Bakkah
مُبَارَكًۭا
mubārakan
blessed
وَهُدًۭى
wahudan
and a guidance
لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
lil'ʿālamīna
for the worlds
Interpretation

The first House built on earth for all people to worship Allah was the Sacred House of Allah in Makkah: a House of worship full of worldly and sacred blessings, and guidance for all the worlds.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

97

فِيهِ ءَايَـٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَـٰتٌ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ كَانَ ءَامِنًا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ حِجُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

In it are clear signs [such as] the standing place of Abraham. And whoever enters it [i.e., the Ḥaram] shall be safe. And [due] to Allāh from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves [i.e., refuses] - then indeed, Allāh is free from need of the worlds.

Feehi Aayaatum baiyinaatum Maqaamu Ibraaheema wa man dakhalahoo kaana aaminaa; wa lillaahi 'alan naasi Hijjul Baiti manis tataa'a ilaihi sabeelaa; wa man kafara fa innal laaha ghaniyyun 'anil 'aalameen

Word by word
فِيهِ
fīhi
In it
ءَايَـٰتٌۢ
āyātun
(are) signs
بَيِّنَـٰتٌۭ
bayyinātun
clear
مَّقَامُ
maqāmu
standing place
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
دَخَلَهُۥ
dakhalahu
enters it
كَانَ
kāna
is
ءَامِنًۭا ۗ
āminan
safe
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And (due) to Allah
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the mankind
حِجُّ
ḥijju
(is) pilgrimage
ٱلْبَيْتِ
l-bayti
(of) the House
مَنِ
mani
(for one) who
ٱسْتَطَاعَ
is'taṭāʿa
is able
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to [it]
سَبِيلًۭا ۚ
sabīlan
(find) a way
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieved
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَنِىٌّ
ghaniyyun
(is) free from need
عَنِ
ʿani
of
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the universe
Interpretation

In this place of worship are clear signs of its special honour and blessings, such as the acts of worship performed in it, and its landmarks, including the stone that Abraham stood on when he was raising the walls of the Kaaba; and whoever enters it is safe, with no harm coming to them. People have a duty to Allah to perform the acts of Hajj in this House of worship, if they are able to do so. Whoever rejects the duty of Hajj disbelieves in Allah, and Allah is in no need of them or anything all in the worlds.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

98

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while Allāh is Witness over what you do?"

Qul yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi lima takfuroona bi Aayaatillaahi wallaahu shaheedun 'alaa maa ta'maloon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
(do) you disbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
while Allah
شَهِيدٌ
shahīdun
(is) a Witness
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
مَا
what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Interpretation

O Prophet, ask the People of the Scripture, the Jews and the Christians, why they reject the proof of the truth of your prophet-hood, including the proofs that came in the Torah and the Gospel, when Allah watches over everything you do, witnessing it, and will reward you accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

99

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَأَنتُمْ شُهَدَآءُ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allāh those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do."

Qul yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi lima tusuddoona 'an sabeelil laahi man aamana tabghoonahaa 'iwajanw wa antum shuhadaaa'; wa mallaahu bighaafilin 'ammaa ta'maloon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why
تَصُدُّونَ
taṣuddūna
(do) you hinder
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
مَنْ
man
(those) who
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believe[d]
تَبْغُونَهَا
tabghūnahā
seeking (to make) it
عِوَجًۭا
ʿiwajan
(seem) crooked
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
شُهَدَآءُ ۗ
shuhadāu
(are) witnesses
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِغَـٰفِلٍ
bighāfilin
(is) unaware
عَمَّا
ʿammā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Interpretation

O Prophet, ask the People of the Scripture, the Jews and the Christians, why they stop people who have faith from the Religion of Allah, wanting to twist it from the truth to falsehood, and turning its people from guidance to misguidance, when they witness that it is the truth confirming what is in their scriptures. Allah is not unaware of what they do in disbelieving it and preventing people from following it; and they will be repaid accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

100

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَرُدُّوكُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ

O you who have believed, if you obey a party of those who were given the Scripture, they would turn you back, after your belief, [to being] unbelievers.

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo in tutee'oo fareeqam minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba yaruddookum ba'da eemaanikum kaafireen

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
إِن
in
If
تُطِيعُوا۟
tuṭīʿū
you obey
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a group
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
يَرُدُّوكُم
yaruddūkum
they will turn you back
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ
īmānikum
your belief
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
(as) disbelievers
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Prophet, if you follow a group of the People of the Scripture, from the Jews or the Christians, in what they say, and accept their opinion in what they claim, then you will return to disbelief after your faith because of their envy and their misguidance.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

101

وَكَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ وَأَنتُمْ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ وَفِيكُمْ رَسُولُهُۥ ۗ وَمَن يَعْتَصِم بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ هُدِىَ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

And how could you disbelieve while to you are being recited the verses of Allāh and among you is His Messenger? And whoever holds firmly to Allāh has [indeed] been guided to a straight path.

Wa kaifa takfuroona wa antum tutlaa 'alaikum Aayaatul laahi wa feekum Rasooluh; wa mai ya'tasim baillaahi faqad hudiya ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

Word by word
وَكَيْفَ
wakayfa
And how (could)
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
you disbelieve
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while [you]
تُتْلَىٰ
tut'lā
is recited
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
ءَايَـٰتُ
āyātu
(the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَفِيكُمْ
wafīkum
and among you
رَسُولُهُۥ ۗ
rasūluhu
(is) His Messenger
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَعْتَصِم
yaʿtaṣim
holds firmly
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
to Allah
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
هُدِىَ
hudiya
he is guided
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
صِرَٰطٍۢ
ṣirāṭin
a path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
mus'taqīmin
straight
Interpretation

How could you disbelieve in Allah after you have had faith in Him, especially when you have the biggest reason for having firm faith with you? The verses of Allah are being recited to you, and the Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) is making them clear to you. Whoever holds on firmly to the Book of Allah and His Messenger’s way of life, Allah has guided them to the right path.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

102

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِۦ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

O you who have believed, fear Allāh as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha haqqa tuqaatihee wa laa tamoontunna illaa wa antum muslimoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
ٱتَّقُوا۟
ittaqū
Fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
حَقَّ
ḥaqqa
(as is His) right
تُقَاتِهِۦ
tuqātihi
(that) He (should) be feared
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَمُوتُنَّ
tamūtunna
die
إِلَّا
illā
except
وَأَنتُم
wa-antum
[while you]
مُّسْلِمُونَ
mus'limūna
(as) Muslims
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, be mindful of Allah as you have been commanded, by following what He instructs you to do, and by staying away from what He prohibits you from doing; and be thankful for His favour, holding firmly to the religion He has given you, so that when you die, you die surrendering in devotion to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

103

وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِحَبْلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنتُمْ أَعْدَآءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم بِنِعْمَتِهِۦٓ إِخْوَٰنًا وَكُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَفَا حُفْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ فَأَنقَذَكُم مِّنْهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

And hold firmly to the rope of Allāh all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allāh upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.

Wa'tasimoo bi Hablil laahi jamee'anw wa laa tafarraqoo; wazkuroo ni'matal laahi alaikum iz kuntum a'daaa'an fa allafa baina quloobikum fa asbah tum bini'matiheee ikhwaananw wa kuntum 'alaa shafaa hufratim minan Naari fa anqazakum minhaa; kazaalika yubaiyinul laahu lakum aayaatihee la'allakum tahtadoon

Word by word
وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟
wa-iʿ'taṣimū
And hold firmly
بِحَبْلِ
biḥabli
to (the) rope
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all together
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚ
tafarraqū
be divided
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
نِعْمَتَ
niʿ'mata
(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
on you
إِذْ
idh
when
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
أَعْدَآءًۭ
aʿdāan
enemies
فَأَلَّفَ
fa-allafa
then He made friendship
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
قُلُوبِكُمْ
qulūbikum
your hearts
فَأَصْبَحْتُم
fa-aṣbaḥtum
then you became
بِنِعْمَتِهِۦٓ
biniʿ'matihi
by His Favor
إِخْوَٰنًۭا
ikh'wānan
brothers
وَكُنتُمْ
wakuntum
And you were
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
شَفَا
shafā
(the) brink
حُفْرَةٍۢ
ḥuf'ratin
(of) pit
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
the Fire
فَأَنقَذَكُم
fa-anqadhakum
then He saved you
مِّنْهَا ۗ
min'hā
from it
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
makes clear
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ
āyātihi
His Verses
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَهْتَدُونَ
tahtadūna
(be) guided
Interpretation

Hold tightly, O you who have faith, to the Book and the traditions of the Prophet, and do not do that which will bring division amongst you. Remember the blessings of Allah upon you when you were enemies before Islam, fighting each other for the slightest reason, and He brought your hearts together through Islam, so that you became brothers in your faith through His grace, showing each other love and respect and listening to each other’s advice. Before that you were on the brink of entering the fire of Hell because of your disbelief. Allah saved you from the fire of Hell through Islam and guid

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

104

وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.

Waltakum minkum ummatuny yad'oona ilal khairi wa yaamuroona bilma 'roofi wa yanhawna 'anil munkar; wa ulaaa'ika humul muflihoon

Word by word
وَلْتَكُن
waltakun
And let there be
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
[a] people
يَدْعُونَ
yadʿūna
inviting
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْخَيْرِ
l-khayri
the good
وَيَأْمُرُونَ
wayamurūna
[and] enjoining
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
bil-maʿrūfi
the right
وَيَنْهَوْنَ
wayanhawna
and forbidding
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ
l-munkari
the wrong
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
and those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
l-muf'liḥūna
(are) the successful ones
Interpretation

Let there be from you, O believers, a group who calls to all that is good and loved by Allah, instructing people to do what is right from the sacred law and from what you know to be good and just; and forbidding what is wrong, which is prohibited by the sacred law and which you know to be wrong and unjust. The people who do this will have complete success in this world and the Afterlife.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

105

وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ تَفَرَّقُوا۟ وَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

And do not be like the ones who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. And those will have a great punishment

Wa laa takoonoo kallazeena tafarraqoo wakhtalafoo mim ba'di maa jaaa'ahumul baiyinaat; wa ulaaa'ika lahum 'azaabun 'azeem

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَكُونُوا۟
takūnū
be
كَٱلَّذِينَ
ka-alladhīna
like those who
تَفَرَّقُوا۟
tafarraqū
became divided
وَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟
wa-ikh'talafū
and differed
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَا
what
جَآءَهُمُ
jāahumu
came to them
ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ ۚ
l-bayinātu
the clear proofs
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
And those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

Do not be, O believers, like the People of the Scripture who became divided into different groups and divisions, disagreeing about their faith and way of life after clear signs had come to them from Allah. Such people will have a great punishment from Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

106

يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve [i.e., reject faith] after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject."

Yawma tabyaddu wujoohunw wa taswaddu wujooh; faammal lazeenas waddat wujoohum akafartum ba'da eemaanikum fazooqul 'azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon

Word by word
يَوْمَ
yawma
(On the) Day
تَبْيَضُّ
tabyaḍḍu
would become white
وُجُوهٌۭ
wujūhun
(some) faces
وَتَسْوَدُّ
wataswaddu
and would become black
وُجُوهٌۭ ۚ
wujūhun
(some) faces
فَأَمَّا
fa-ammā
As for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whose
ٱسْوَدَّتْ
is'waddat
turn black
وُجُوهُهُمْ
wujūhuhum
[their] faces
أَكَفَرْتُم
akafartum
Did you disbelieve
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ
īmānikum
your belief
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
Then taste
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
disbelieve
Interpretation

This great punishment will come upon them on the Day of Judgement, when the faces of those who have faith will become whitened, lighting up with joy and happiness; and the faces of those who denied the truth will become blackened, darkened with sadness and despair. As for those whose faces become blackened on that great day, they will be asked how they could reject faith in Allah alone, and deny the promise they made with Him that they would not worship anything besides Him, when they had had faith and acknowledged it. They will be told to taste the punishment Allah has prepared for them becau

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

107

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱبْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِى رَحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

But as for those whose faces turn white, [they will be] within the mercy of Allāh. They will abide therein eternally.

Wa ammal lazeenabyadd at wujoohuhum fafee rahmatil laahi hum feehaa khaalidoon

Word by word
وَأَمَّا
wa-ammā
But as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whose
ٱبْيَضَّتْ
ib'yaḍḍat
turn white
وُجُوهُهُمْ
wujūhuhum
[their] faces
فَفِى
fafī
then (they will be) in
رَحْمَةِ
raḥmati
(the) Mercy
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
(will) abide forever
Interpretation

As for those whose faces become whitened, they will remain in Paradise, eternally blessed.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

108

تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًا لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

These are the verses of Allāh. We recite them to you, [O Muḥammad], in truth; and Allāh wants no injustice to the worlds [i.e., His creatures].

Tilka Aayaatul laahi natloohaa 'alaika bilhaqq; wa mal laahu yureedu zulmallil 'aalameen

Word by word
تِلْكَ
til'ka
These
ءَايَـٰتُ
āyātu
(are the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
نَتْلُوهَا
natlūhā
We recite them
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
wants
ظُلْمًۭا
ẓul'man
injustice
لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
lil'ʿālamīna
to the worlds
Interpretation

O Prophet, these verses recited to you which contain Allah’s promises and threats, are true in what they contain of information, and just in what they contain of laws. Allah does not desire injustice for any creature in the worlds, and no one receives a punishment unless they earned it through their own bad actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

109

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And to Allāh will [all] matters be returned.

Wa lillaahi maa fissamaawaati wa maa fil ard; wa ilal laahi turja;ul umoor

Word by word
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And to Allah (belongs)
مَا
whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَمَا
wamā
and whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
And to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
تُرْجَعُ
tur'jaʿu
will be returned
ٱلْأُمُورُ
l-umūru
the matters
Interpretation

To Allah alone belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth, in creation and decree, and everything will return to Him on the Day of Judgement, when everyone will be rewarded according to what they have done.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

110

كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ ءَامَنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم ۚ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.

Kuntum khaira ummatin ukhrijat linnaasi taamuroona bilma'roofi wa tanhawna 'anil munkari wa tu'minoona billaah; wa law aamana Ahlul Kitaabi lakaana khairal lahum minhumul mu'minoona wa aksaruhumul faasiqoon

Word by word
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
You are
خَيْرَ
khayra
(the) best
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
(of) people
أُخْرِجَتْ
ukh'rijat
raised
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for the mankind
تَأْمُرُونَ
tamurūna
enjoining
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
bil-maʿrūfi
the right
وَتَنْهَوْنَ
watanhawna
and forbidding
عَنِ
ʿani
[from]
ٱلْمُنكَرِ
l-munkari
the wrong
وَتُؤْمِنُونَ
watu'minūna
and believing
بِٱللَّهِ ۗ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believed
أَهْلُ
ahlu
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لَكَانَ
lakāna
surely would have been
خَيْرًۭا
khayran
good
لَّهُم ۚ
lahum
for them
مِّنْهُمُ
min'humu
Among them
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
(are) [the] believers
وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ
wa-aktharuhumu
but most of them
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
l-fāsiqūna
(are) defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

You are, O Community of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the best of all communities that Allah has produced for humanity – in your faith and actions – and the most beneficial for other people: instructing what is right according to the sacred law and what you know to be right, and forbidding what is wrong according to the sacred law and what you know to be wrong; and having certain faith in Allah, so that it shows in your actions. If the People of the Scripture, the Jews and the Christians, had faith in Muhammad it would be better for them in this world and in the Afterlife. Only few of the Peop

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

111

لَن يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّآ أَذًى ۖ وَإِن يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs [i.e., retreat]; then they will not be aided.

Lai yadurrookum 'illaaa azanw wa ai yuqaatilookum yuwallookumul adbaara summa laa yunsaroon

Word by word
لَن
lan
Never
يَضُرُّوكُمْ
yaḍurrūkum
will they harm you
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَذًۭى ۖ
adhan
a hurt
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ
yuqātilūkum
they fight you
يُوَلُّوكُمُ
yuwallūkumu
they will turn (towards) you
ٱلْأَدْبَارَ
l-adbāra
the backs
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
لَا
not
يُنصَرُونَ
yunṣarūna
they will be helped
Interpretation

If they are against you they will not harm you, O believers, in your belief, or in yourselves, except through their words: criticising your faith and making fun of you and so on. Also, if they fight you they will flee from you in defeat, and will never be victorious over you.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

112

ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوٓا۟ إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ

They have been put under humiliation [by Allāh] wherever they are overtaken, except for a rope [i.e., covenant] from Allāh and a rope [i.e., treaty] from the people [i.e., the Muslims]. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allāh and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in [i.e., rejected] the verses of Allāh and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Duribat 'alaihimuz zillatu aina maa suqifooo illaa bihablim minal laahi wa hablim minan naasi wa baaa'oo bighadabim minallaahi wa duribat 'alaihimul maskanah; zaalika bi-annahum kaanoo yakfuroona bi Aayaatil laahi wa yaqtuloonal Ambiyaaa'a bighairi haqq; zaalika bimaa 'asaw wa kaanoo ya'tadoon

Word by word
ضُرِبَتْ
ḍuribat
Struck
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
on them
ٱلذِّلَّةُ
l-dhilatu
the humiliation
أَيْنَ
ayna
wherever
مَا
that
ثُقِفُوٓا۟
thuqifū
they are found
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِحَبْلٍۢ
biḥablin
with a rope
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَحَبْلٍۢ
waḥablin
and a rope
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
وَبَآءُو
wabāū
And they incurred
بِغَضَبٍۢ
bighaḍabin
wrath
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَضُرِبَتْ
waḍuribat
and struck
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
on them
ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ
l-maskanatu
the poverty
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfurūna
disbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtulūna
and they killed
ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ
l-anbiyāa
the Prophets
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حَقٍّۢ ۚ
ḥaqqin
right
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِمَا
bimā
(is) because
عَصَوا۟
ʿaṣaw
they disobeyed
وَّكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they used to
يَعْتَدُونَ
yaʿtadūna
transgress
Interpretation

Humiliation and shame has been made to surround them wherever they are, and they are only safe with a contract or protection from Allah or from people. They have earned the anger of Allah, and need and poverty has been made to surround them. This is due to their rejection of the signs of Allah, killing the prophets unjustly, and because they rebelled and overstepped the limits of Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

113

۞ لَيْسُوا۟ سَوَآءً ۗ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أُمَّةٌ قَآئِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ءَانَآءَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ

They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allāh during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer].

Laisoo sawaaa'a; min Ahlil Kitaabi ummatun qaaa'imatuny yatloona Aayaatil laahi aanaaa'al laili wa hum yasjudoon

Word by word
۞ لَيْسُوا۟
laysū
They are not
سَوَآءًۭ ۗ
sawāan
(the) same
مِّنْ
min
among
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
(is) a community
قَآئِمَةٌۭ
qāimatun
standing
يَتْلُونَ
yatlūna
(and) reciting
ءَايَـٰتِ
āyāti
(the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ءَانَآءَ
ānāa
(in the) hours
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
(of) the night
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
يَسْجُدُونَ
yasjudūna
prostrate
Interpretation

Having made clear what many of the People of the Scripture are like, Allah then explains that there is a group among them who are upright and stand by the truth – not all the People of the Scripture are the same. Rather, there is a group among them who follow the Religion of Allah: doing as Allah instructs and staying away from what He has prohibited, reading the verses of Allah in the hours of the night, and praying to Him. This group existed before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was sent, and became Muslim when they met him and understood his message.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

114

يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

They believe in Allāh and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous.

Yu'minoona billaahi wal Yawmil Aakhiri wa yaa muroona bilma'roofi wa yanhawna 'anil munkari wa yusaari'oona fil khairaati wa ulaa'ika minas saaliheen

Word by word
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
They believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ
l-ākhiri
the Last
وَيَأْمُرُونَ
wayamurūna
and they enjoin
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
bil-maʿrūfi
[with] the right
وَيَنْهَوْنَ
wayanhawna
and forbid
عَنِ
ʿani
[from]
ٱلْمُنكَرِ
l-munkari
the wrong
وَيُسَـٰرِعُونَ
wayusāriʿūna
and they hasten
فِى
in
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ
l-khayrāti
the good deeds
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
And those
مِنَ
mina
(are) from
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
l-ṣāliḥīna
the righteous
Interpretation

They have certain faith in Allah and the Last Day, instructing what is right and good, and forbidding what is wrong and evil, and they take initiative in doing good actions, taking advantage of the seasons of worship. Such people are from among Allah’s servants who have righteous intentions and actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

115

وَمَا يَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَن يُكْفَرُوهُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

And whatever good they do - never will it be denied them. And Allāh is Knowing of the righteous.

Wa maa yaf'aloo min khairin falai yukfarooh; wallaahu 'aleemun bilmuttaqeen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And whatever
يَفْعَلُوا۟
yafʿalū
they do
مِنْ
min
of
خَيْرٍۢ
khayrin
a good
فَلَن
falan
then never
يُكْفَرُوهُ ۗ
yuk'farūhu
will they be denied it
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
bil-mutaqīna
of the God-fearing
Interpretation

Whatever good these people do, whether it is little or much, their reward for it will not be lost. Allah knows those who are Mindful, who follow what He instructs, and stay away from what He prohibits. None of what they do is hidden from Him, and they will be rewarded accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

116

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۚ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Innal lazeena kafaroo lan tughniya 'anhum amwaalum wa laaa awlaaduhum minal laahi shai anw wa ulaaa'ika Ashaabun Naar; hum feehaa khaalidoon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
لَن
lan
never
تُغْنِىَ
tugh'niya
will avail
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
[for] them
أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ
amwāluhum
their wealth
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَوْلَـٰدُهُم
awlāduhum
their children
مِّنَ
mina
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ
shayan
anything
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
and those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ ۚ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
(will) abide forever
Interpretation

Disbelievers in Allah and His Messenger will not be helped against Allah by their wealth or children: they will not prevent His punishment or bring His mercy to them; rather, their suffering and distress will only increase, and they will be eternally companions of the fire of Hell.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

117

مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنْ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves [i.e., sinned] and destroys it. And Allāh has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves.

Masalu maa yunfiqoona fee haazihil hayaatid dunyaa kamasali reehin feehaa sirrun as aabat harsa qawmin zalamooo anfusahum fa ahlakath; wa maa zalamahumul laahu wa laakin anfusahum yazlimoon

Word by word
مَثَلُ
mathalu
Example
مَا
(of) what
يُنفِقُونَ
yunfiqūna
they spend
فِى
in
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
[the] life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) example
رِيحٍۢ
rīḥin
(of) a wind
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
صِرٌّ
ṣirrun
(is) frost
أَصَابَتْ
aṣābat
it struck
حَرْثَ
ḥartha
(the) harvest
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
(of) a people
ظَلَمُوٓا۟
ẓalamū
who wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚ
fa-ahlakathu
then destroyed it
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ظَلَمَهُمُ
ẓalamahumu
(has) wronged them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَـٰكِنْ
walākin
[and] but
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
they wronged
Interpretation

The example of what disbelievers spend in charity, and what they expect to receive of rewards, is like a wind which is extremely cold that hits the crops of a people who wronged themselves by not doing as they were instructed, ruining their crops when they had expected to have a good harvest. Disbelief also ruins the rewards of good deeds. Allah does not wrong them for He is far above any injustice, rather, they wrong themselves through their disbelief in Allah and His prophets.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

118

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves [i.e., believers], for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason.

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tattakhizoo bitaanatam min doonikum laa yaaloonakum khabaalanw waddoo maa 'anittum qad badatil baghdaaa'u min afwaahihim; wa maa tukhfee sudooruhum akbar; qad baiyannaa lakumul Aayaati in kuntum ta'qiloon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
لَا
(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
tattakhidhū
take
بِطَانَةًۭ
biṭānatan
(as) intimates
مِّن
min
from
دُونِكُمْ
dūnikum
other than yourselves
لَا
not
يَأْلُونَكُمْ
yalūnakum
they will spare you
خَبَالًۭا
khabālan
(any) ruin
وَدُّوا۟
waddū
They wish
مَا
what
عَنِتُّمْ
ʿanittum
distresses you
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
بَدَتِ
badati
(has become) apparent
ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ
l-baghḍāu
the hatred
مِنْ
min
from
أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ
afwāhihim
their mouths
وَمَا
wamā
and what
تُخْفِى
tukh'fī
conceals
صُدُورُهُمْ
ṣudūruhum
their breasts
أَكْبَرُ ۚ
akbaru
(is) greater
قَدْ
qad
Certainly
بَيَّنَّا
bayyannā
We made clear
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ
l-āyāti
the Verses
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
(to use) reason
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Prophet, do not take unbelievers as close friends, letting them know your secrets and private business. They will not stop trying to harm you and ruin things for you, wanting what will hurt you and making things really difficult for you. Their hatred and hostility has appeared in what they say; in their criticism of your faith and worship, in incidents between you, and in them giving away your secrets. In their hearts they have even more hatred. Allah has made clear to you what is in your interests in this world and in the Afterlife, if you use your

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

119

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts."

Haaa antum ulaaa'i tuhibboonahum wa laa yuhibboonakum wa tu'minoona bil kitaabi kullihee wa izaa laqookum qaalooo aamannaa wa izaa khalaw 'addoo 'alaikumul anaamila minal ghaiz; qul mootoo bighai zikum; innal laaha 'aleemum bizaatis sudoor

Word by word
هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ
hāantum
Lo! You are
أُو۟لَآءِ
ulāi
those
تُحِبُّونَهُمْ
tuḥibbūnahum
you love them
وَلَا
walā
but not
يُحِبُّونَكُمْ
yuḥibbūnakum
they love you
وَتُؤْمِنُونَ
watu'minūna
and you believe
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
bil-kitābi
in the Book
كُلِّهِۦ
kullihi
all of it
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
لَقُوكُمْ
laqūkum
they meet you
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they say
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
خَلَوْا۟
khalaw
they are alone
عَضُّوا۟
ʿaḍḍū
they bite
عَلَيْكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
at you
ٱلْأَنَامِلَ
l-anāmila
the finger tips
مِنَ
mina
(out) of
ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ
l-ghayẓi
[the] rage
قُلْ
qul
Say
مُوتُوا۟
mūtū
Die
بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ
bighayẓikum
in your rage
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
بِذَاتِ
bidhāti
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
(is in) the breasts
Interpretation

It is you, O believers, who love these people, and want goodness for them, but they do not love you, and do not wish you well. Rather, they hate you, while you have faith in all of the scriptures, including their scriptures; yet they do not have faith in the Scripture which Allah revealed to your Prophet. If they meet you they say with their tongues, ‘We have faith’, yet when they are alone together they bite the tips of their fingers in distress and rage because of how united you are, the strength of Islam, and because of their own humiliation and shame. Tell these people, O Prophet, to stay

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

120

إِن تَمْسَسْكُمْ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْ وَإِن تُصِبْكُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَفْرَحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allāh, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allāh is encompassing of what they do.

In tamsaskum hasanatun tasu'hum wa in tusibkum saiyi'atuny yafrahoo bihaa wa in tasbiroo wa tattaqoo laa yad urrukum kaiduhum shai'aa; innal laaha bimaa ya'maloona muheet

Word by word
إِن
in
If
تَمْسَسْكُمْ
tamsaskum
touches you
حَسَنَةٌۭ
ḥasanatun
a good
تَسُؤْهُمْ
tasu'hum
it grieves them
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
تُصِبْكُمْ
tuṣib'kum
strikes you
سَيِّئَةٌۭ
sayyi-atun
misfortune
يَفْرَحُوا۟
yafraḥū
they rejoice
بِهَا ۖ
bihā
at it
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَصْبِرُوا۟
taṣbirū
you are patient
وَتَتَّقُوا۟
watattaqū
and fear (Allah)
لَا
not
يَضُرُّكُمْ
yaḍurrukum
will harm you
كَيْدُهُمْ
kayduhum
their plot
شَيْـًٔا ۗ
shayan
(in) anything
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
مُحِيطٌۭ
muḥīṭun
(is) All-Encompassing
Interpretation

If a blessing comes to you in the forms of victory over an enemy, or an increase in wealth or children, then worry and sadness overcomes them; and if a misfortune hits you, such as the victory of an enemy over you, or a decrease in wealth or children, then they are happy, rejoicing at your misfortune. If you are patient with Allah’s commands and decree, and are mindful of not earning Allah’s anger, then their tricks and attempts to hurt you will not harm you. Allah encompasses all their plotting and what they do, and will make them fail.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

121

وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَـٰعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

And [remember] when you, [O Muḥammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uḥud] - and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing -

Wa iz ghadawta min ahlika tubawwi'ul mu'mineena maqaa'ida lilqitaal; wallaahu samee'un 'aleem

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
غَدَوْتَ
ghadawta
you left early morning
مِنْ
min
from
أَهْلِكَ
ahlika
your household
تُبَوِّئُ
tubawwi-u
to post
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
مَقَـٰعِدَ
maqāʿida
(to take) positions
لِلْقِتَالِ ۗ
lil'qitāli
for the battle
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Interpretation

Remember, O Prophet, when some of the believers disobeyed the instruction of Allah and His Messenger, and this happened when you left Medina to fight the idolaters in the Battle of Uḥud, after you had posted the believers in their places for battle, and their positions were clear. Allah hears whatever you say and knows whatever you do.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

122

إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

When two parties among you were about to lose courage, but Allāh was their ally; and upon Allāh the believers should rely.

Iz hammat taaa'ifataani minkum an tafshalaa wallaahu waliyyuhumaa; wa 'alal laahi falyatawakkalil mu'minoon

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
هَمَّت
hammat
inclined
طَّآئِفَتَانِ
ṭāifatāni
two parties
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
أَن
an
that
تَفْشَلَا
tafshalā
they lost heart
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
but Allah
وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ
waliyyuhumā
(was) their protector
وَعَلَى
waʿalā
And on
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ
falyatawakkali
let put (their) trust
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
the believers
Interpretation

Remember, O Prophet, what happened to two groups of the believers from Banī Salamah and Banī Ḥārithah, when they became weak and almost withdrew when the hypocrites drew back; but Allah aided them, making them firm in fighting, and turning them away from what they had been on the edge of doing. So, let those who have faith look to Allah alone for support, no matter what may happen to them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

123

وَلَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِبَدْرٍ وَأَنتُمْ أَذِلَّةٌ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

And already had Allāh given you victory at [the battle of] Badr while you were weak [i.e., few in number]. Then fear Allāh; perhaps you will be grateful.

Wa laqad nasarakumul laahu bi-Badrinw wa antum azillatun fattaqul laaha la'allakum tashkuroon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
نَصَرَكُمُ
naṣarakumu
helped you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِبَدْرٍۢ
bibadrin
in Badr
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you (were)
أَذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ
adhillatun
weak
فَٱتَّقُوا۟
fa-ittaqū
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَشْكُرُونَ
tashkurūna
(be) grateful
Interpretation

Allah gave you victory over the idolaters in the Battle of Badr despite your small numbers and resources. Therefore, be Mindful so that you may be thankful for the blessings He has given you.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

124

إِذْ تَقُولُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلَن يَكْفِيَكُمْ أَن يُمِدَّكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِثَلَـٰثَةِ ءَالَـٰفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ مُنزَلِينَ

[Remember] when you said to the believers, "Is it not sufficient for you that your Lord should reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down?

Iz taqoolu lilmu'mineena alai yakfiyakum ai-yumiddakum Rabbukum bisalaasati aalaafim minal malaaa'ikati munzaleen

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
تَقُولُ
taqūlu
you said
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
lil'mu'minīna
to the believers
أَلَن
alan
Is it not
يَكْفِيَكُمْ
yakfiyakum
enough for you
أَن
an
that
يُمِدَّكُمْ
yumiddakum
reinforces you
رَبُّكُم
rabbukum
your Lord
بِثَلَـٰثَةِ
bithalāthati
with three
ءَالَـٰفٍۢ
ālāfin
thousand[s]
مِّنَ
mina
[of]
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
l-malāikati
[the] Angels
مُنزَلِينَ
munzalīna
[the ones] sent down
Interpretation

Remember, O Prophet, when you roused the believers during the battle of Badr, reassuring them after they heard that reinforcements were on their way for the idolaters, by asking whether it was not enough for them that Allah should help them with three thousand angels sent down from Him to reinforce them in the battle.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

125

بَلَىٰٓ ۚ إِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَيَأْتُوكُم مِّن فَوْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِخَمْسَةِ ءَالَـٰفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ

Yes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allāh and they [i.e., the enemy] come upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels having marks [of distinction]."

Balaaa; in tasbiroo wa tattaqoo wa yaatookum min fawrihim haazaa yumdidkum Rabbukum bikhamsati aalaafim minal malaaa'ikati musawwaimeen

Word by word
بَلَىٰٓ ۚ
balā
Yes
إِن
in
if
تَصْبِرُوا۟
taṣbirū
you are patient
وَتَتَّقُوا۟
watattaqū
and fear (Allah)
وَيَأْتُوكُم
wayatūkum
and they come upon you
مِّن
min
[of]
فَوْرِهِمْ
fawrihim
suddenly
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
[this]
يُمْدِدْكُمْ
yum'did'kum
will reinforce you
رَبُّكُم
rabbukum
your Lord
بِخَمْسَةِ
bikhamsati
with five
ءَالَـٰفٍۢ
ālāfin
thousand[s]
مِّنَ
mina
[of]
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
l-malāikati
[the] Angels
مُسَوِّمِينَ
musawwimīna
[the ones] having marks
Interpretation

Indeed, that is enough, and there is good news for you of more aid from Allah if you are courageous in fighting and are Mindful: if the reinforcements of your enemies come rushing at you, then your Lord will help you with five thousand angels, with clear marks on them and their horses.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

126

وَمَا جَعَلَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بُشْرَىٰ لَكُمْ وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُكُم بِهِۦ ۗ وَمَا ٱلنَّصْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

And Allāh made it not except as [a sign of] good tidings for you and to reassure your hearts thereby. And victory is not except from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise -

Wa maa ja'alahul laahu illaa bushraa lakum wa litatma'inna quloobukum bih' wa man-nasru illaa min 'indilllaahil 'Azeezil Hakeem

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
جَعَلَهُ
jaʿalahu
made it
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
إِلَّا
illā
except
بُشْرَىٰ
bush'rā
(as) good news
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّ
walitaṭma-inna
and to reassure
قُلُوبُكُم
qulūbukum
your hearts
بِهِۦ ۗ
bihi
with it
وَمَا
wamā
And (there is) no
ٱلنَّصْرُ
l-naṣru
[the] victory
إِلَّا
illā
except
مِنْ
min
from
عِندِ
ʿindi
[near]
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi
the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمِ
l-ḥakīmi
the All-Wise
Interpretation

Allah did not tell you of this reinforcement with angels, except as news to please and reassure your hearts. For in fact, victory does not just come through material means, but comes only from Allah the Mighty, Who no one has any authority over, Wise in His decree and sacred laws.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

127

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَآئِبِينَ

That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.

Laiyaqta'a tarafam minal lazeena kafarooo aw yakbitahum fayanqaliboo khaaa'ibeen

Word by word
لِيَقْطَعَ
liyaqṭaʿa
That He may cut off
طَرَفًۭا
ṭarafan
a part
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
أَوْ
aw
or
يَكْبِتَهُمْ
yakbitahum
suppress them
فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟
fayanqalibū
so (that) they turn back
خَآئِبِينَ
khāibīna
disappointed
Interpretation

Your victory in the Battle of Badr was because Allah willed that a group of the disbelievers be destroyed, and another be humiliated, frustrating them through defeat so that they withdrew.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

128

لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

Not for you, [O Muḥammad, but for Allāh], is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or forgive them or punish them, for indeed, they are wrongdoers.

Laisa laka minal amrishai'un aw yatooba 'alaihim aw yu'az zi bahum fa innahum zaalimoon

Word by word
لَيْسَ
laysa
Not
لَكَ
laka
for you
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the decision
شَىْءٌ
shayon
(of) anything
أَوْ
aw
whether
يَتُوبَ
yatūba
He turns
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
أَوْ
aw
or
يُعَذِّبَهُمْ
yuʿadhibahum
punishes them
فَإِنَّهُمْ
fa-innahum
for indeed, they
ظَـٰلِمُونَ
ẓālimūna
(are) wrongdoers
Interpretation

After the believers had been afflicted in the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed to Allah to destroy the idolaters and some of their leaders. Yet Allah told him that the matter of destruction and punishment lies only with Him alone and that the Prophet has no decision in it. So, be patient until Allah decides between you: either allowing them to repent to Him, asking for forgiveness, so that they are saved; or permitting them to continue in their disbelief, so that they are punished. Those continuing in disbelief are wrongdoers and deserve a punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

129

وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Wa lilaahi maa fissamaawaati wa maa fil-ard; yaghfiru limai-yashaaa'u wa yu'azzibu mai-yashaaa'; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And to Allah (belongs)
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَمَا
wamā
and what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
l-arḍi
the earth
يَغْفِرُ
yaghfiru
He forgives
لِمَن
liman
[for] whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
وَيُعَذِّبُ
wayuʿadhibu
and punishes
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, in its creation and arrangement. He forgives the disobedience of whomever He wills of His servants through His Mercy, and punishes whom He wills through His Justice. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful to those who repent to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

130

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَأْكُلُوا۟ ٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟ أَضْعَـٰفًا مُّضَـٰعَفَةً ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

O you who have believed, do not consume usury, doubled and multiplied, but fear Allāh that you may be successful.

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo la taakuhur ribaaa ad'aafam mudaa'afatanw wattaqul laaha la'allakum tuflihoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَأْكُلُوا۟
takulū
eat
ٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟
l-riba
the usury
أَضْعَـٰفًۭا
aḍʿāfan
doubled
مُّضَـٰعَفَةًۭ ۖ
muḍāʿafatan
multiplied
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
(be) successful
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Prophet, stay away from usury: increasing and compounding the wealth that you lend to people as the people of the time of ignorance before Islam did; and be mindful of Allah: following what He instructs and staying away from what He has prohibited, so that you may reach the good you desire in this world and in the Afterlife.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

131

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

And fear the Fire, which has been prepared for the disbelievers.

Wattaqun Naaral lateee u'iddat lilkaafireen

Word by word
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱلنَّارَ
l-nāra
the Fire
ٱلَّتِىٓ
allatī
which
أُعِدَّتْ
uʿiddat
is prepared
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
lil'kāfirīna
for the disbelievers
Interpretation

Protect yourselves from the fire of Hell that Allah has prepared for the disbelievers through doing good and staying away from what is prohibited.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

132

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

And obey Allāh and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy.

Wa atee'ul laaha war Rasoola la'allakum turhamoon

Word by word
وَأَطِيعُوا۟
wa-aṭīʿū
And obey
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَٱلرَّسُولَ
wal-rasūla
and the Messenger
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُرْحَمُونَ
tur'ḥamūna
receive mercy
Interpretation

Obey Allah and His Messenger by following what He instructs and staying away from what He has prohibited, so that you may gain His mercy in this world and in the Afterlife.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

133

۞ وَسَارِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden [i.e., Paradise] as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous

Wa saari'ooo ilaa maghfiratim mir Rabbikum wa Jannatin arduhassamaawaatu wal ardu u'iddat lilmuttaqeen

Word by word
۞ وَسَارِعُوٓا۟
wasāriʿū
And hasten
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مَغْفِرَةٍۢ
maghfiratin
forgiveness
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
وَجَنَّةٍ
wajannatin
and a Garden
عَرْضُهَا
ʿarḍuhā
its width
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ
l-samāwātu
(is like that of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضُ
wal-arḍu
and the earth
أُعِدَّتْ
uʿiddat
prepared
لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
lil'muttaqīna
for the pious
Interpretation

Rush to do good actions, and draw near to Allah through doing as He instructs, so that you achieve the great forgiveness of Allah and enter a Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth, which Allah has prepared for the Mindful.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

134

ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَ ٱلْغَيْظَ وَٱلْعَافِينَ عَنِ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Who spend [in the cause of Allāh] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allāh loves the doers of good;

Allazeena yunfiqoona fissarraaa'i waddarraaa'i wal kaazimeenal ghaiza wal aafeena 'anin-naas; wallaahu yuhibbul muhsineen

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يُنفِقُونَ
yunfiqūna
spend
فِى
in
ٱلسَّرَّآءِ
l-sarāi
[the] ease
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
wal-ḍarāi
and (in) the hardship
وَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَ
wal-kāẓimīna
and those who restrain
ٱلْغَيْظَ
l-ghayẓa
the anger
وَٱلْعَافِينَ
wal-ʿāfīna
and those who pardon
عَنِ
ʿani
[from]
ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ
l-nāsi
the people
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
Interpretation

The Mindful are those who spend their wealth for the sake of Allah, in ease and hardship, who control their anger when they could seek revenge, and who forgive those who wrong them. Allah loves the doers of good, whose behaviour is this way.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

135

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ لِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَن يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allāh and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can forgive sins except Allāh? - and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.

Wallazeena izaa fa'aloo faahishatan aw zalamooo anfusahum zakarul laaha fastaghfaroo lizunoobihim; wa mai yaghfiruz zunooba illal laahu wa lam yusirroo 'alaa maa fa'aloo wa hum ya'lamooo

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those
إِذَا
idhā
when
فَعَلُوا۟
faʿalū
they did
فَـٰحِشَةً
fāḥishatan
immorality
أَوْ
aw
or
ظَلَمُوٓا۟
ẓalamū
wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
ذَكَرُوا۟
dhakarū
they remember
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟
fa-is'taghfarū
then ask forgiveness
لِذُنُوبِهِمْ
lidhunūbihim
for their sins
وَمَن
waman
and who
يَغْفِرُ
yaghfiru
(can) forgive
ٱلذُّنُوبَ
l-dhunūba
the sins
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَمْ
walam
And not
يُصِرُّوا۟
yuṣirrū
they persist
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
مَا
what
فَعَلُوا۟
faʿalū
they did
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

They are the ones; if they were to commit a major sin, or wrong themselves by committing a lesser sin, they remember Allah, and His warning to the wrongdoers and promise to the Mindful; so they ask their Lord for forgiveness, regretting what they did. They ask Allah not to take them to account for it, because Allah alone can forgive, and they do not continue in their disobedience. They know that they have done wrong and that Allah forgives all disobedience.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

136

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَجَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ

Those - their reward is forgiveness from their Lord and gardens beneath which rivers flow [in Paradise], wherein they will abide eternally; and excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers.

Ulaaa'ika jazaaa'uhum maghfiratum mir Rabbihim wa Jannaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feeha; wa ni'ma ajrul 'aamileen

Word by word
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
جَزَآؤُهُم
jazāuhum
their reward
مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ
maghfiratun
(is) forgiveness
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
وَجَنَّـٰتٌۭ
wajannātun
and Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
abiding forever
فِيهَا ۚ
fīhā
in it
وَنِعْمَ
waniʿ'ma
And an excellent
أَجْرُ
ajru
reward
ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ
l-ʿāmilīna
(for) the (righteous) workers
Interpretation

The Mindful people who are like this, and have these praiseworthy qualities, are rewarded with Allah’s forgiveness and His overlooking what they have done. In the Afterlife, they will have gardens with rivers flowing below palaces, where they will live eternally. How blessed is the reward for those who act according to Allah’s laws!

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

137

قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ سُنَنٌ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Similar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.

Qad khalat min qablikum sunanum faseeroo fil ardi fanzuroo kaifa kaana 'aaqiba tul mukazzibeen

Word by word
قَدْ
qad
Verily
خَلَتْ
khalat
passed
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِكُمْ
qablikum
before you
سُنَنٌۭ
sunanun
situations
فَسِيرُوا۟
fasīrū
then travel
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَٱنظُرُوا۟
fa-unẓurū
and see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
l-mukadhibīna
(of) the deniers
Interpretation

When the believers were tested by what happened to them on the day of Uḥud, Allah comforted them by saying that what afflicted them was part of the divinely ordained laws of life, i.e. the believers suffering trials at the hands of the disbelievers and overcoming them in the end after their trial. Similar incidents have therefore come to pass in times before them. So, travel the earth and learn from seeing what the fate of those who disbelieved in Allah and His messengers was: their houses are now empty and their power has disappeared.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

138

هَـٰذَا بَيَانٌ لِّلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَمَوْعِظَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

This [Qur’ān] is a clear statement to [all] the people and a guidance and instruction for those conscious of Allāh.

Haazaa bayaanul linnaasi wa hudanw wa maw'izatul lilmuttaqeen

Word by word
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
بَيَانٌۭ
bayānun
(is) a declaration
لِّلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for the people
وَهُدًۭى
wahudan
and guidance
وَمَوْعِظَةٌۭ
wamawʿiẓatun
and admonition
لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
lil'muttaqīna
for the God-fearing
Interpretation

This noble Qur’ān is a clarification of the truth, and a warning against what is false, for all people. It shows the path to guidance and the limits for the Mindful, because it is they who benefit from the guidance it contains.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

139

وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers.

Wa laa tahinoo wa laa tahzanoo wa antumul a'lawna in kuntum mu'mineen

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَهِنُوا۟
tahinū
weaken
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَحْزَنُوا۟
taḥzanū
grieve
وَأَنتُمُ
wa-antumu
and you (will be)
ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَ
l-aʿlawna
[the] superior
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

Do not become weak, O believers, and do not be sad about what happened to you on the day of Uḥud. That is not appropriate for you, because you are superior because of your faith, and the uppermost with Allah’s help and the hope of victory, if you have faith in Allah and in His promise to those who are Mindful.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

140

إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَآءَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allāh may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allāh does not like the wrongdoers -

Iny-yamsaskum qarhum faqad massal qawma qarhum misluh; wa tilkal ayyaamu nudaawiluhaa bainan naasi wa liya'lamal laahul lazeena aamanoo wa yattakhiza minkum shuhadaaa'; wallaahu laa yuh ibbuz zaalimeen

Word by word
إِن
in
If
يَمْسَسْكُمْ
yamsaskum
touched you
قَرْحٌۭ
qarḥun
a wound
فَقَدْ
faqad
so certainly
مَسَّ
massa
(has) touched
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
قَرْحٌۭ
qarḥun
wound
مِّثْلُهُۥ ۚ
mith'luhu
like it
وَتِلْكَ
watil'ka
And this
ٱلْأَيَّامُ
l-ayāmu
[the] days
نُدَاوِلُهَا
nudāwiluhā
We alternate them
بَيْنَ
bayna
among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
وَلِيَعْلَمَ
waliyaʿlama
[and] so that makes evident
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
وَيَتَّخِذَ
wayattakhidha
and take
مِنكُمْ
minkum
from you
شُهَدَآءَ ۗ
shuhadāa
martyrs
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

O believers, if you suffered injuries and losses on the day of Uḥud, then the disbelievers also suffered injuries and losses just as you did. Allah distributes such days between people, whether they have faith or disbelieve, giving victory and defeat as He wills, for reasons of great wisdom. Among these reasons is to make it clear, those who truly have faith as opposed to those who are hypocrites, and to honour whomever He wills with martyrdom in His cause. Allah dislikes those who wrong themselves by giving up striving in his path.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

141

وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَمْحَقَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

And that Allāh may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.

Wa liyumahhisal laahul lazeena aamanoo wa yamhaqal kaafireen

Word by word
وَلِيُمَحِّصَ
waliyumaḥḥiṣa
And so that may purify
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَيَمْحَقَ
wayamḥaqa
and destroy
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
Interpretation

A part of this wisdom of changing fortunes is the purification of those who have faith from their sins, separating them from the hypocrites, and destroying and removing those who reject the truth.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

142

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَـٰهَدُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allāh has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast?

Am hasibtum an tadkhulul Jannnata wa lammaa ya'lamil laahul lazeena jaahadoo minkum wa ya'lamas saabireen

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
حَسِبْتُمْ
ḥasib'tum
do you think
أَن
an
that
تَدْخُلُوا۟
tadkhulū
you will enter
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
Paradise
وَلَمَّا
walammā
while has not yet
يَعْلَمِ
yaʿlami
made evident
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
جَـٰهَدُوا۟
jāhadū
strove hard
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
وَيَعْلَمَ
wayaʿlama
and made evident
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
l-ṣābirīna
the steadfast
Interpretation

Did you think, O believers, that you would enter Paradise before such trials and tests that prove which of you really struggle for the sake of Allah and are patient with the trials they are given?

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

143

وَلَقَدْ كُنتُمْ تَمَنَّوْنَ ٱلْمَوْتَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَلْقَوْهُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمُوهُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

And you had certainly wished for death [i.e., martyrdom] before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.

Wa laqad kuntum tamannnawnal mawta min qabli an talqawhu faqad ra aitumoohu wa antum tanzuroon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَمَنَّوْنَ
tamannawna
wish
ٱلْمَوْتَ
l-mawta
(for) death
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
تَلْقَوْهُ
talqawhu
you met it
فَقَدْ
faqad
then indeed
رَأَيْتُمُوهُ
ra-aytumūhu
you have seen it
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you (were)
تَنظُرُونَ
tanẓurūna
looking on
Interpretation

O believers, you wished to meet the disbelievers so that you could gain martyrdom for the sake of Allah, like your brothers did on the day of Badr, before you saw the severity and ways of death. Now on the day of Uḥud you have seen what you wished for with your own eyes.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

144

وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ ۚ أَفَإِي۟ن مَّاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ ۚ وَمَن يَنقَلِبْ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَن يَضُرَّ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا ۗ وَسَيَجْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

Muḥammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allāh at all; but Allāh will reward the grateful.

Wa maa Muhammadun illaa Rasoolun qad khalat min qablihir Rusul; afa'im maata aw qutilan qalabtum 'alaaa a'qaabikum; wa mai yanqalib 'alaa aqibihi falai yadurral laaha shai'aa; wa sayajzil laahush shaakireen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
مُحَمَّدٌ
muḥammadun
(is) Muhammad
إِلَّا
illā
except
رَسُولٌۭ
rasūlun
a Messenger
قَدْ
qad
certainly
خَلَتْ
khalat
passed away
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِهِ
qablihi
before him
ٱلرُّسُلُ ۚ
l-rusulu
[the] (other) Messengers
أَفَإِي۟ن
afa-in
So if
مَّاتَ
māta
he died
أَوْ
aw
or
قُتِلَ
qutila
is slain
ٱنقَلَبْتُمْ
inqalabtum
will you turn back
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ ۚ
aʿqābikum
your heels
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَنقَلِبْ
yanqalib
turns back
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
عَقِبَيْهِ
ʿaqibayhi
his heels
فَلَن
falan
then never
يَضُرَّ
yaḍurra
will he harm
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا ۗ
shayan
(in) anything
وَسَيَجْزِى
wasayajzī
And will reward
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
l-shākirīna
the grateful ones
Interpretation

Muhammad is only a Messenger like the messengers of Allah who came before him, who died or were killed. If he were to die or be killed would you turn back from your faith, and stop fighting? Whoever among you turns back from his faith will not harm Allah in any way. He is the Strong, the Victorious. Such a person only harms himself by exposing himself to loss in this world and the Afterlife. Allah will reward those who are thankful to Him by making them firm in their faith and in struggling for His sake.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

145

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَـٰبًا مُّؤَجَّلًا ۗ وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِى ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allāh at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful.

Wa maa kaana linafsin an tamoota illaa bi iznillaahi kitaabam mu'ajjalaa; wa mai yurid sawaabad dunyaa nu'tihee minhaa wa mai yurid sawaabal Aakhirati nu'tihee minhaa; wa sanajzish shaakireen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
is
لِنَفْسٍ
linafsin
for a soul
أَن
an
that
تَمُوتَ
tamūta
he dies
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِإِذْنِ
bi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
كِتَـٰبًۭا
kitāban
(at a) decree
مُّؤَجَّلًۭا ۗ
mu-ajjalan
determined
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُرِدْ
yurid
desires
ثَوَابَ
thawāba
reward
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
نُؤْتِهِۦ
nu'tihi
We will give him
مِنْهَا
min'hā
thereof
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
يُرِدْ
yurid
desires
ثَوَابَ
thawāba
reward
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
(of) the Hereafter
نُؤْتِهِۦ
nu'tihi
We will give him
مِنْهَا ۚ
min'hā
thereof
وَسَنَجْزِى
wasanajzī
And We will reward
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
l-shākirīna
the grateful ones
Interpretation

No person can die except by the divine decree of Allah, when the time Allah has written for them has come to an end and their set time of death has arrived: their life will not be made longer or shorter. Whoever desires worldly gain through what they do, Allah will give them of it, according to what He has decreed for them, and they will have no share in the Afterlife. Yet whoever desires the reward of Allah in the Afterlife through what they do, Allah will give them its reward, and He will give a great reward to those who are thankful to their Lord.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

146

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن نَّبِىٍّ قَـٰتَلَ مَعَهُۥ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُوا۟ لِمَآ أَصَابَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا۟ وَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

And how many a prophet [fought in battle and] with him fought many religious scholars. But they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the cause of Allāh, nor did they weaken or submit. And Allāh loves the steadfast.

Wa ka aiyim min Nabiyyin qaatala ma'ahoo ribbiyyoona kaseerun famaa wahanoo limaaa Asaabahum fee sabeelil laahi wa maa da'ufoo wa mas takaanoo; wallaahu yuhibbus saabireen

Word by word
وَكَأَيِّن
waka-ayyin
And how many
مِّن
min
from
نَّبِىٍّۢ
nabiyyin
a Prophet
قَـٰتَلَ
qātala
fought
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with him
رِبِّيُّونَ
ribbiyyūna
(were) religious scholars
كَثِيرٌۭ
kathīrun
many
فَمَا
famā
But not
وَهَنُوا۟
wahanū
they lost heart
لِمَآ
limā
for what
أَصَابَهُمْ
aṣābahum
befell them
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَمَا
wamā
and not
ضَعُفُوا۟
ḍaʿufū
they weakened
وَمَا
wamā
and not
ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ ۗ
is'takānū
they gave in
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
l-ṣābirīna
the patient ones
Interpretation

Many of Allah’s prophets fought with many groups of their followers. They were not cowardly about fighting because of death and wounds that they received for Allah’s sake; and they did not weaken in fighting the enemy or surrender to them, but they were patient and firm. Allah loves those who are patient with hardship and misfortune for His sake.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

147

وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِىٓ أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

And their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."

Wa maa kaana qawlahum illaa an qaaloo Rabbanagh fir lanaa zunoobanaa wa israafanaa feee amirnaa wa sabbit aqdaamanaa wansurnaa 'alal qawmil kaafireen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
were
قَوْلَهُمْ
qawlahum
their words
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
ٱغْفِرْ
igh'fir
forgive
لَنَا
lanā
for us
ذُنُوبَنَا
dhunūbanā
our sins
وَإِسْرَافَنَا
wa-is'rāfanā
and our excesses
فِىٓ
in
أَمْرِنَا
amrinā
our affairs
وَثَبِّتْ
wathabbit
and make firm
أَقْدَامَنَا
aqdāmanā
our feet
وَٱنصُرْنَا
wa-unṣur'nā
and give us victory
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
[the people]
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
Interpretation

When they were given these trials, these patient people asked Allah to forgive them for their disobedience and for overstepping the limits in what they did, to make their feet firm when they meet their enemy, and to help them against those who disbelieved in Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

148

فَـَٔاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَحُسْنَ ثَوَابِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

So Allāh gave them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter. And Allāh loves the doers of good.

Fa aataahumul laahu sawaabad dunyaa wa husna sawaabil Aakhirah; wallaahu yuhibbul muhsineen

Word by word
فَـَٔاتَىٰهُمُ
faātāhumu
So gave them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ثَوَابَ
thawāba
reward
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(in) the world
وَحُسْنَ
waḥus'na
and good
ثَوَابِ
thawābi
reward
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۗ
l-ākhirati
(in) the Hereafter
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
Interpretation

So, Allah gave them the reward of this life by giving them victory and strength, and gave them the most excellent reward of the Afterlife, where they will receive His favour, and live in bliss eternally in Paradise. Allah loves those who always try to do their best in their worship and transactions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

149

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.

Yaaa 'aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo in tutee'ullazeena kafaroo yaruddookum 'alaaa a'qaabkum fatanqaliboo khaasireen

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
إِن
in
If
تُطِيعُوا۟
tuṭīʿū
you obey
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
يَرُدُّوكُمْ
yaruddūkum
they will turn you back
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَعْقَـٰبِكُمْ
aʿqābikum
your heels
فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟
fatanqalibū
then you will turn back
خَـٰسِرِينَ
khāsirīna
(as) losers
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, if you obey the disbelieving Jews, Christians and idolaters in the misguidance they instruct you in, then you will return after your faith back to the disbelief you were upon, and you will become losers in this world and in the Afterlife.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

150

بَلِ ٱللَّهُ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلنَّـٰصِرِينَ

But Allāh is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.

Balil laahu mawlaakum wa Huwa khairun naasireen

Word by word
بَلِ
bali
Nay
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ
mawlākum
(is) your Protector
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
خَيْرُ
khayru
(is the) best
ٱلنَّـٰصِرِينَ
l-nāṣirīna
(of) the Helpers
Interpretation

These disbelievers will not help you if you obey them; rather, Allah is your helper against your enemies. So, obey Him, for He, may He be glorified, is the best of helpers, and you will not need anyone apart from Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

151

سَنُلْقِى فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلرُّعْبَ بِمَآ أَشْرَكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا ۖ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allāh of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.

Sanulqee fee quloobil lazeena kafarur ru'ba bimaaa ashrakoo billaahi maa lam yunazzil bihee sultaana-nw wa maawaahumun Naar; wa bi'sa maswaz zaalimeen

Word by word
سَنُلْقِى
sanul'qī
We will cast
فِى
in
قُلُوبِ
qulūbi
(the) hearts
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
ٱلرُّعْبَ
l-ruʿ'ba
[the] terror
بِمَآ
bimā
because
أَشْرَكُوا۟
ashrakū
they associated partners
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
مَا
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُنَزِّلْ
yunazzil
He sent down
بِهِۦ
bihi
about it
سُلْطَـٰنًۭا ۖ
sul'ṭānan
any authority
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ
wamawāhumu
and their refuge
ٱلنَّارُ ۚ
l-nāru
(will be) the Fire
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
and wretched
مَثْوَى
mathwā
(is the) abode
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
[of] the wrongdoers
Interpretation

Allah will put great fear in the hearts of the disbelievers, so that they are not able to stand firm to fight you. This is because of worshipping false gods next to Allah, and following their own desires, when no proof has been sent down to them to do so. Their resting place in the Afterlife will be the fire of Hell. What a miserable resting place the fire of Hell is for the wrongdoers!

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

152

وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥٓ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَرَىٰكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ ۚ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers.

Wa laqad sadaqakumul laahu wa'dahooo iz tahussoo nahum bi iznihee hattaaa izaa fashiltim wa tanaaza'tum fil amri wa 'asaitum mim ba'di maaa araakum maa tuhibboon; minkum mai yureedud dunyaa wa minkum mai yureedul Aakhirah; summa sarafakum 'anhum sarafakum 'anhum liyabtaliyakum wa laqad 'afaa 'ankum; wallaahu zoo fadlin 'alal mu'mineen

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
صَدَقَكُمُ
ṣadaqakumu
fulfilled to you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَعْدَهُۥٓ
waʿdahu
His promise
إِذْ
idh
when
تَحُسُّونَهُم
taḥussūnahum
you were killing them
بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ
bi-idh'nihi
by His permission
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
فَشِلْتُمْ
fashil'tum
you lost courage
وَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ
watanāzaʿtum
and you fell into dispute
فِى
concerning
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the order
وَعَصَيْتُم
waʿaṣaytum
and you disobeyed
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَآ
[what]
أَرَىٰكُم
arākum
He (had) shown you
مَّا
what
تُحِبُّونَ ۚ
tuḥibbūna
you love
مِنكُم
minkum
Among you
مَّن
man
(are some) who
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
desire
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَمِنكُم
waminkum
and among you
مَّن
man
(are some) who
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
desire
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ
l-ākhirata
the Hereafter
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
صَرَفَكُمْ
ṣarafakum
He diverted you
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ ۖ
liyabtaliyakum
so that He may test you
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And surely
عَفَا
ʿafā
He forgave
عَنكُمْ ۗ
ʿankum
you
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
ذُو
dhū
(is the) Possessor
فَضْلٍ
faḍlin
(of) Bounty
عَلَى
ʿalā
for
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
Interpretation

Allah kept the promise He gave you of victory over your enemies on the day of Uḥud, when you were engaging them in battle, by Allah’s permission, until you became weaker in your resolve to do as the Messenger had commanded you, and you disagreed about whether to stay at your posts or leave them in order to obtain the gains of war. You disobeyed the Messenger’s command to stay at your positions no matter what may happen. This occurred after Allah showed you the victory over your enemies that you wanted so much. Among you are those who desire the goods of this world, and it was those who left th

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

153

۞ إِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَلَا تَلْوُۥنَ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ فِىٓ أُخْرَىٰكُمْ فَأَثَـٰبَكُمْ غَمًّۢا بِغَمٍّ لِّكَيْلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا مَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

[Remember] when you [fled and] climbed [the mountain] without looking aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind. So Allāh repaid you with distress upon distress so you would not grieve for that which had escaped you [of victory and spoils of war] or [for] that which had befallen you [of injury and death]. And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.

Iz tus'idoona wa laa talwoona 'alaaa ahadinw war Rasoolu yad'ookum feee ukhraakum fa asaabakum ghammam bighammil likailaa tahzanoo 'alaa maa faatakum wa laa maaa asaabakum; wallaahu khabeerum bimaa ta'maloon

Word by word
۞ إِذْ
idh
When
تُصْعِدُونَ
tuṣ'ʿidūna
you were running uphill
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَلْوُۥنَ
talwūna
casting a glance
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَحَدٍۢ
aḥadin
anyone
وَٱلرَّسُولُ
wal-rasūlu
while the Messenger
يَدْعُوكُمْ
yadʿūkum
was calling you
فِىٓ
[in]
أُخْرَىٰكُمْ
ukh'rākum
(from) behind you
فَأَثَـٰبَكُمْ
fa-athābakum
So (He) repaid you
غَمًّۢا
ghamman
(with) distress
بِغَمٍّۢ
bighammin
on distress
لِّكَيْلَا
likaylā
so that not
تَحْزَنُوا۟
taḥzanū
you grieve
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
مَا
what
فَاتَكُمْ
fātakum
escaped you
وَلَا
walā
and not
مَآ
what
أَصَـٰبَكُمْ ۗ
aṣābakum
(had) befallen you
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
خَبِيرٌۢ
khabīrun
(is) All-Aware
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Interpretation

Remember, O believers, when you ran away on the day of Uḥud, when failure came upon you because you went against the command of the Messenger. None of you looked at anyone else, and the Messenger called you from behind, between you and the idolaters, saying, ‘Come to me, servants of Allah! Come to me, servants of Allah!’ Allah repaid you for this with pain and distress, followed by pain and distress: first because of the victory and gains of war you lost; and then with the rumour that the Prophet had been killed that spread among you. Later you came to know that the Prophet had not been killed

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

154

ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُّعَاسًا يَغْشَىٰ طَآئِفَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ وَطَآئِفَةٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ ظَنَّ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ يَقُولُونَ هَل لَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَمْرَ كُلَّهُۥ لِلَّهِ ۗ يُخْفُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَ ۖ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هَـٰهُنَا ۗ قُل لَّوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَتْلُ إِلَىٰ مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Then after distress, He sent down upon you security [in the form of] drowsiness, overcoming a faction of you, while another faction worried about themselves, thinking of Allāh other than the truth - the thought of ignorance, saying, "Is there anything for us [to have done] in this matter?" Say, "Indeed, the matter belongs completely to Allāh." They conceal within themselves what they will not reveal to you. They say, "If there was anything we could have done in the matter, we [i.e., some of us] would not have been killed right here." Say, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds." [It was] so that Allāh might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.

Summa anzala 'alaikum mim ba'dil ghammi amanatan nu'aasai yaghshaa taaa' ifatam minkum wa taaa'ifatun qad ahammathum anfusuhum yazunnoona billaahi ghairal haqqi zannal jaahiliyyati yaqooloona hal lanaa minal amri min shai'; qul innal amra kullahoo lillaah; yukhfoona fee anfusihim maa laa yubdoona laka yaqooloona law kaana lanaa minal amri shai'ummaa qutilnaa haahunaa; qul law kuntum fee buyootikum labarazal lazeena kutiba 'alaihimul qatlu ilaa madaaji'ihim wa liyabtaliyal laahu maa fee sudoorikum wa liyumah hisa maa fee quloobikum; wallaahu 'aleemum bizaatis sudoor

Word by word
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَنزَلَ
anzala
He sent down
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
upon you
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ٱلْغَمِّ
l-ghami
the distress
أَمَنَةًۭ
amanatan
security
نُّعَاسًۭا
nuʿāsan
slumber
يَغْشَىٰ
yaghshā
overcoming
طَآئِفَةًۭ
ṭāifatan
a group
مِّنكُمْ ۖ
minkum
of you
وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ
waṭāifatun
while a group
قَدْ
qad
certainly
أَهَمَّتْهُمْ
ahammathum
worried [them]
أَنفُسُهُمْ
anfusuhum
(about) themselves
يَظُنُّونَ
yaẓunnūna
thinking
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
about Allah
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
ظَنَّ
ẓanna
(the) thought
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ
l-jāhiliyati
(of) [the] ignorance
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
saying
هَل
hal
Is (there)
لَّنَا
lanā
for us
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the matter
مِن
min
any
شَىْءٍۢ ۗ
shayin
thing
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْأَمْرَ
l-amra
the matter
كُلَّهُۥ
kullahu
all (of) it
لِلَّهِ ۗ
lillahi
(is) for Allah
يُخْفُونَ
yukh'fūna
They hide
فِىٓ
in
أَنفُسِهِم
anfusihim
themselves
مَّا
what
لَا
not
يُبْدُونَ
yub'dūna
they reveal
لَكَ ۖ
laka
to you
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
They say
لَوْ
law
If
كَانَ
kāna
was
لَنَا
lanā
for us
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْأَمْرِ
l-amri
the matter
شَىْءٌۭ
shayon
anything
مَّا
not
قُتِلْنَا
qutil'nā
we would have been killed
هَـٰهُنَا ۗ
hāhunā
here
قُل
qul
Say
لَّوْ
law
If
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
فِى
in
بُيُوتِكُمْ
buyūtikum
your houses
لَبَرَزَ
labaraza
surely (would have) come out
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كُتِبَ
kutiba
was decreed
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
ٱلْقَتْلُ
l-qatlu
[the] death
إِلَىٰ
ilā
towards
مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ
maḍājiʿihim
their places of death
وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ
waliyabtaliya
And that might test
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
صُدُورِكُمْ
ṣudūrikum
your breasts
وَلِيُمَحِّصَ
waliyumaḥḥiṣa
and that He may purge
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ
qulūbikum
your hearts
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Aware
بِذَاتِ
bidhāti
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
(is in) the breasts
Interpretation

Then He sent down on you, after the pain and distress, peace and security. A group among you, who trusted in the promise of Allah, became overcome by sleep because of the peace and serenity in their hearts. Another group were not blessed with security or sleep, and they were the hypocrites, who only worried about their own safety, and felt upset and scared. They thought badly of Allah, thinking that He would not help His Prophet or support His servants, like those of the time of ignorance before Islam did, who did not understand Allah’s reality. These hypocrites said, due to their ignorance of

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

155

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا۟ مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] - it was Satan who caused them to slip because of some [blame] they had earned. But Allāh has already forgiven them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.

Innal lazeena tawallaw minkum yawmal taqal jam'aani innamas tazallahumush Shaitaanu biba'di maa kasaboo wa laqad 'afal laahu 'anhum; innnal laaha Ghafoorum Haleem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
turned back
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) day
ٱلْتَقَى
l-taqā
met
ٱلْجَمْعَانِ
l-jamʿāni
the two hosts
إِنَّمَا
innamā
only
ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ
is'tazallahumu
made them slip
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
بِبَعْضِ
bibaʿḍi
for some
مَا
(of) what
كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ
kasabū
they (had) earned
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And surely
عَفَا
ʿafā
forgave
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُمْ ۗ
ʿanhum
[on] them
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
حَلِيمٌۭ
ḥalīmun
All-Forbearing
Interpretation

Those of you who were defeated, O Companions of Muhammad (peace be upon him), on the day the army of the idolaters and the army of the Muslims met at Uḥud, it was Satan who made you slip, because of what you had earned from doing wrong. Allah has forgiven them, and will not take them to account for it, out of His favour and mercy. Allah forgives those who repent to Him, and is Forbearing, not quick to punish.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

156

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ إِذَا ضَرَبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ كَانُوا۟ غُزًّى لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُوا۟ وَمَا قُتِلُوا۟ لِيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسْرَةً فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allāh makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allāh who gives life and causes death, and Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

Yaaa ayyuhul lazeena aamanoo laa takoonoo kallazeena kafaroo wa qaaloo li ikhwaanihim izaa daraboo fil ardi aw kaanoo ghuzzal law kaanoo 'indanaa maa maatoo wa maa qutiloo liyaj'alal laahu zaalika hasratan fee quloobihim; qallaahu yuhyee wa yumeet; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Baseer

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
لَا
(Do) not
تَكُونُوا۟
takūnū
be
كَٱلَّذِينَ
ka-alladhīna
like those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and they said
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ
li-ikh'wānihim
about their brothers
إِذَا
idhā
when
ضَرَبُوا۟
ḍarabū
they traveled
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أَوْ
aw
or
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
غُزًّۭى
ghuzzan
fighting
لَّوْ
law
If
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they had been
عِندَنَا
ʿindanā
with us
مَا
not
مَاتُوا۟
mātū
they (would have) died
وَمَا
wamā
and not
قُتِلُوا۟
qutilū
they (would have) been killed
لِيَجْعَلَ
liyajʿala
So makes
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
حَسْرَةًۭ
ḥasratan
a regret
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ
qulūbihim
their hearts
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يُحْىِۦ
yuḥ'yī
gives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۗ
wayumītu
and causes death
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
بَصِيرٌۭ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Prophet, do not be like those among the hypocrites who disbelieve, who do not have faith in destiny and Allah’s decree, and who say of their relatives if they travel to earn a living or go out to fight and they die or are killed: If they had stayed with us, and not gone or not fought, then they would not have died or been killed. Allah makes this belief in their hearts increase their regret. Allah alone gives life and death as He wills: staying behind would not stop His decree, and going would not bring it more quickly. Allah sees what you do. None

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

157

وَلَئِن قُتِلْتُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ مُتُّمْ لَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

And if you are killed in the cause of Allāh or die - then forgiveness from Allāh and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].

Wa la'in qutiltum fee sabeelil laahi aw muttum lamaghfiratum minal laahi wa rahmatun khairum mimmaa yajma'oon

Word by word
وَلَئِن
wala-in
And if
قُتِلْتُمْ
qutil'tum
you are killed
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
أَوْ
aw
or
مُتُّمْ
muttum
die[d]
لَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ
lamaghfiratun
certainly forgiveness
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَرَحْمَةٌ
waraḥmatun
and Mercy
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(are) better
مِّمَّا
mimmā
than what
يَجْمَعُونَ
yajmaʿūna
they accumulate
Interpretation

If you are killed or die in Allah’s path, O believers, Allah will forgive you and be merciful with you, and that is better than this world along with what the people of this world collect of its passing pleasures.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

158

وَلَئِن مُّتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

And whether you die or are killed, unto Allāh you will be gathered.

Wa la'im muttum 'aw qutiltumla ilal laahi tuhsharoon

Word by word
وَلَئِن
wala-in
And if
مُّتُّمْ
muttum
you die
أَوْ
aw
or
قُتِلْتُمْ
qutil'tum
are killed
لَإِلَى
la-ilā
surely to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
تُحْشَرُونَ
tuḥ'sharūna
you will be gathered
Interpretation

If you die – however you may die – or you are killed in Allah’s path, you will all return to Allah alone, and He will reward you according to what you have done.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

159

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ ٱلْقَلْبِ لَٱنفَضُّوا۟ مِنْ حَوْلِكَ ۖ فَٱعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ ۖ فَإِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ

So by mercy from Allāh, [O Muḥammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in the matter. And when you have decided, then rely upon Allāh. Indeed, Allāh loves those who rely [upon Him].

Fabimaa rahmatim minal laahi linta lahum wa law kunta fazzan ghaleezal qalbi lanfaddoo min hawlika fafu 'anhum wastaghfir lahum wa shaawirhum fil amri fa izaa 'azamta fatawakkal 'alal laah; innallaaha yuhibbul mutawak kileen

Word by word
فَبِمَا
fabimā
So because
رَحْمَةٍۢ
raḥmatin
(of) Mercy
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
لِنتَ
linta
you dealt gently
لَهُمْ ۖ
lahum
with them
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
كُنتَ
kunta
you had been
فَظًّا
faẓẓan
rude
غَلِيظَ
ghalīẓa
(and) harsh
ٱلْقَلْبِ
l-qalbi
(at) [the] heart
لَٱنفَضُّوا۟
la-infaḍḍū
surely they (would have) dispersed
مِنْ
min
from
حَوْلِكَ ۖ
ḥawlika
around you
فَٱعْفُ
fa-uʿ'fu
Then pardon
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
[from] them
وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ
wa-is'taghfir
and ask forgiveness
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
وَشَاوِرْهُمْ
washāwir'hum
and consult them
فِى
in
ٱلْأَمْرِ ۖ
l-amri
the matter
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then when
عَزَمْتَ
ʿazamta
you have decided
فَتَوَكَّلْ
fatawakkal
then put trust
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ
l-mutawakilīna
the ones who put trust (in Him)
Interpretation

Due to Allah’s great mercy, your character, O Prophet, was made to be gentle with your Companions. If you were harsh in your words and actions and hard-hearted, they would have left you. So, pardon them their shortcomings with you and ask Allah to forgive them for what is between them and Allah; and ask their opinion in whatever needs to be agreed upon. Then if you decide on something after agreeing together, then go ahead with it, and trust in Allah. Allah loves those who trust in Him, giving them success and support.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

160

إِن يَنصُرْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَخْذُلْكُمْ فَمَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَنصُرُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

If Allāh should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allāh let the believers rely.

Iny-yansurkumul laahu falaa ghaaliba lakum wa iny-yakhzulkum faman zal lazee yansurukum mim ba'dih; wa 'alal laahi falyatawakkalil mu'minoon

Word by word
إِن
in
If
يَنصُرْكُمُ
yanṣur'kumu
helps you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فَلَا
falā
then not
غَالِبَ
ghāliba
(can) overcome
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
[for] you
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
يَخْذُلْكُمْ
yakhdhul'kum
He forsakes you
فَمَن
faman
then who
ذَا
dhā
(is)
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the one who
يَنصُرُكُم
yanṣurukum
can help you
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِۦ ۗ
baʿdihi
after Him
وَعَلَى
waʿalā
And on
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ
falyatawakkali
let put (their) trust
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
the believers
Interpretation

If Allah supports you with His help and aid, then no one can overcome you, even if everyone in the earth came together against you; yet if He does not help or protect you, then no one can help you after Him. Help is in His Hands alone. So let those who have faith depend on Him and on no one else.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

161

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَبِىٍّ أَن يَغُلَّ ۚ وَمَن يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

It is not [attributable] to any prophet that he would act unfaithfully [in regard to war booty]. And whoever betrays, [taking unlawfully], will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection. Then will every soul be [fully] compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.

Wa maa kaana li Nabiyyin ai yaghull; wa mai yaghlul yaati bimaa ghalla Yawmal Qiyaamah; summa tuwaffaa kullu nafsim maa kasabat wa hum laa yuzlamoon

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
is
لِنَبِىٍّ
linabiyyin
for a Prophet
أَن
an
that
يَغُلَّ ۚ
yaghulla
he defrauds
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَغْلُلْ
yaghlul
defrauds
يَأْتِ
yati
will bring
بِمَا
bimā
what
غَلَّ
ghalla
he had defrauded
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ
l-qiyāmati
(of) Resurrection
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
تُوَفَّىٰ
tuwaffā
is repaid in full
كُلُّ
kullu
every
نَفْسٍۢ
nafsin
soul
مَّا
what
كَسَبَتْ
kasabat
it earned
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
لَا
(will) not
يُظْلَمُونَ
yuẓ'lamūna
be wronged
Interpretation

No of the prophets of Allah would be dishonest and take anything from the gains of war which Allah had not assigned for him. Whoever dishonestly takes something from the gains of war will be repaid by being disgraced on the Day of Judgement: carrying whatever he took in front of creation. Then every soul will be given the total reward of what they earned. No one will be wronged by any addition to their disobedience or by any subtraction from their good actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

162

أَفَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَنۢ بَآءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

So is one who pursues the pleasure of Allāh like one who brings upon himself the anger of Allāh and whose refuge is Hell? And wretched is the destination.

Afamanit taba'a Ridwaanal laahi kamam baaa'a bisakhatim minal laahi wa maawaahu Jahannam; wa bi'sal maseer

Word by word
أَفَمَنِ
afamani
So is (the one) who
ٱتَّبَعَ
ittabaʿa
pursues
رِضْوَٰنَ
riḍ'wāna
(the) pleasure
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
كَمَنۢ
kaman
like (the one) who
بَآءَ
bāa
draws
بِسَخَطٍۢ
bisakhaṭin
on (himself) wrath
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَمَأْوَىٰهُ
wamawāhu
and his abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۚ
jahannamu
(is) hell
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
and wretched
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the destination
Interpretation

Before Allah, someone who has faith and does good actions that please Allah is not the same as someone who disbelieves and does wrong, earning Allah’s anger and Hell as their resting place. What an awful resting place and destination Hell is!

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

163

هُمْ دَرَجَـٰتٌ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

They are [varying] degrees in the sight of Allāh, and Allāh is Seeing of whatever they do.

Hum darajaatun 'indal laah; wallaahu baseerum bimaa ya'maloon

Word by word
هُمْ
hum
They
دَرَجَـٰتٌ
darajātun
(are in varying) degrees
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
بَصِيرٌۢ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
Interpretation

They are different in the ranks and levels in the Afterlife: those who follow Allah’s pleasure find their places in Paradise, according to how high their rank in it is; and those who follow what displeases Allah find their places in Hell, according to how low their rank in it is. Allah sees what they do. Nothing is hidden from Him, and everyone will be rewarded according to what they do.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

164

لَقَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Certainly did Allāh confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.

Laqad mannal laahu 'alal mu'mineena iz ba'asa feehim Rasoolam min anfusihim yatloo 'alaihim Aayaatihee wa yuzakkeehim wa yu'allimu humul Kitaaba wal Hikmata wa in kaanoo min qablu lafee dalaalim mubeen

Word by word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
مَنَّ
manna
bestowed a Favor
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
إِذْ
idh
as
بَعَثَ
baʿatha
He raised
فِيهِمْ
fīhim
among them
رَسُولًۭا
rasūlan
a Messenger
مِّنْ
min
from
أَنفُسِهِمْ
anfusihim
themselves
يَتْلُوا۟
yatlū
reciting
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ
āyātihi
His Verses
وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ
wayuzakkīhim
and purifying them
وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ
wayuʿallimuhumu
and teaching them
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ
wal-ḥik'mata
and the wisdom
وَإِن
wa-in
although
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before (that)
لَفِى
lafī
certainly in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
(the) error
مُّبِينٍ
mubīnin
clear
Interpretation

Allah blessed the believers and favoured them when He sent them a messenger from among them, who: recited the Qur’ān to them, purified them from worshipping others next to Allah and from shameful character traits, and taught them the Qur’ān and the ways of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Before this Messenger was sent, they were clearly astray from the right path and guidance.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

165

أَوَلَمَّآ أَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُم مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَـٰذَا ۖ قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uḥud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves [i.e., due to your sin]." Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

Awa lammaaa asaabatkum museebatun qad asabtum mislaihaa qultum annaa haazaa qul huwa min 'indi anfusikum; innal laaha 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
أَوَلَمَّآ
awalammā
Or when
أَصَـٰبَتْكُم
aṣābatkum
struck you
مُّصِيبَةٌۭ
muṣībatun
disaster
قَدْ
qad
surely
أَصَبْتُم
aṣabtum
you (had) struck (them)
مِّثْلَيْهَا
mith'layhā
twice of it
قُلْتُمْ
qul'tum
you said
أَنَّىٰ
annā
From where
هَـٰذَا ۖ
hādhā
(is) this
قُلْ
qul
Say
هُوَ
huwa
It
مِنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
أَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ
anfusikum
yourselves
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

O believers, when disaster struck you at Uḥud, and many of you were killed, and you had beforehand afflicted on your enemies a disaster twice as great in terms of those killed and captured on the day of Badr; why then did you ask where this calamity came from? You claimed that since you are believers and the Prophet of Allah is with you, it should not have occurred. Tell them, O Prophet, that what happened to them came from their own actions and disobedience. Allah is powerful over all things, giving victory to whomever He wills, and leaving whomever He wills

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

166

وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And what struck you on the day the two armies met [at Uḥud] was by permission of Allāh that He might make evident the [true] believers

Wa maa asaabakum yawmal taqal jam'aani fabiiznil laahi wa liya'lamal mu'mineen

Word by word
وَمَآ
wamā
And what
أَصَـٰبَكُمْ
aṣābakum
struck you
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) day
ٱلْتَقَى
l-taqā
(when) met
ٱلْجَمْعَانِ
l-jamʿāni
the two hosts
فَبِإِذْنِ
fabi-idh'ni
(was) by (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلِيَعْلَمَ
waliyaʿlama
and that He (might) make evident
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
Interpretation

The death, wounds and defeat you suffered on the day of Uḥud, when your army and the army of the idolaters met, was by the permission and decree of Allah, with far-reaching wisdom behind it: to make it clear who truly had faith.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

167

وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا۟ ۚ وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ قَـٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوِ ٱدْفَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ نَعْلَمُ قِتَالًا لَّٱتَّبَعْنَـٰكُمْ ۗ هُمْ لِلْكُفْرِ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمْ لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ يَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَكْتُمُونَ

And that He might make evident those who are hypocrites. For it was said to them, "Come, fight in the way of Allāh or [at least] defend." They said, "If we had known [there would be] battle, we would have followed you." They were nearer to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allāh is most knowing of what they conceal -

Wa liya'lamal lazeena naafaqoo; wa qeela lahum ta'aalaw qaatiloo fee sabeelil laahi awid fa'oo qaaloo law na'lamu qitaalallat taba'naakum; hum lilkufri yawma'izin aqrabu minhum lil eemaan; yaqooloona bi afwaahihim maa laisa fee quloobihim; wallaahu a'lamu bimaa yaktumoon

Word by word
وَلِيَعْلَمَ
waliyaʿlama
And that He (might) make evident
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
نَافَقُوا۟ ۚ
nāfaqū
(are) hypocrites
وَقِيلَ
waqīla
And it was said
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
تَعَالَوْا۟
taʿālaw
Come
قَـٰتِلُوا۟
qātilū
fight
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
أَوِ
awi
or
ٱدْفَعُوا۟ ۖ
id'faʿū
defend
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
لَوْ
law
If
نَعْلَمُ
naʿlamu
we knew
قِتَالًۭا
qitālan
fighting
لَّٱتَّبَعْنَـٰكُمْ ۗ
la-ittabaʿnākum
certainly we (would have) followed you
هُمْ
hum
They
لِلْكُفْرِ
lil'kuf'ri
to disbelief
يَوْمَئِذٍ
yawma-idhin
that day
أَقْرَبُ
aqrabu
(were) nearer
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
than [them]
لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ ۚ
lil'īmāni
to the faith
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
saying
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِم
bi-afwāhihim
with their mouths
مَّا
what
لَيْسَ
laysa
was not
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِمْ ۗ
qulūbihim
their hearts
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
(is) Most Knowing
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَكْتُمُونَ
yaktumūna
they conceal
Interpretation

And He did this in order to demonstrate who the hypocrites were! When they were told to fight in Allah’s path, or to defend their womenfolk and their people, they said, ‘Had we known that you were going to fight properly, then we would have followed you; but you actually throw yourselves to death!’ At that moment, they were closer to showing their disbelief than their faith, saying with their tongues what was not in their hearts. Allah knows best what they hide in their breasts, and will repay them accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

168

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوْ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ فَٱدْرَءُوا۟ عَنْ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Those who said about their brothers while sitting [at home], "If they had obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent death from yourselves, if you should be truthful."

Allazeena qaaloo liikhwaanihim wa qa'adoo law ataa'oonaa maa qutiloo; qul fadra'oo'an anfusikumul mawta in kuntum saadiqeen

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
قَالُوا۟
qālū
said
لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ
li-ikh'wānihim
about their brothers
وَقَعَدُوا۟
waqaʿadū
while they sat
لَوْ
law
If
أَطَاعُونَا
aṭāʿūnā
they (had) obeyed us
مَا
not
قُتِلُوا۟ ۗ
qutilū
they would have been killed
قُلْ
qul
Say
فَٱدْرَءُوا۟
fa-id'raū
Then avert
عَنْ
ʿan
from
أَنفُسِكُمُ
anfusikumu
yourselves
ٱلْمَوْتَ
l-mawta
[the] death
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
Interpretation

Those who stayed behind from fighting, and said of their relatives who suffered on the day of Uḥud that if they had done as they said and not gone to fight then they would not have been killed, tell them, O Prophet, in reply, to keep death away from themselves when it arrives, if they are telling the truth in their claim that they would not have been killed if they had listened to them; and that the reason they themselves escaped death was because they stayed behind from fighting in Allah’s cause.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

169

وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتًۢا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ

And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allāh as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,

Wa laa tahsabannal lazeena qutiloo fee sabeelillaahi amwaata; bal ahyaaa'un 'inda Rabbihim yurzaqoon

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّ
taḥsabanna
think
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
قُتِلُوا۟
qutilū
are killed
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
أَمْوَٰتًۢا ۚ
amwātan
(as) dead
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَحْيَآءٌ
aḥyāon
They are alive
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
يُرْزَقُونَ
yur'zaqūna
they are given provision
Interpretation

Do not think, O Prophet, that those who have been killed struggling for the sake of Allah are dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord in His generosity, provided with blessings that we do not know about.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

170

فَرِحِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا۟ بِهِم مِّنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Rejoicing in what Allāh has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

Fariheena bimaaa aataa humul laahu min fadlihee wa yastabshiroona billazeena lam yalhaqoo bihim min fadlihee wa yastabshiroona billazeena lam yalhaqoo bihim min khalfihim allaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon

Word by word
فَرِحِينَ
fariḥīna
Rejoicing
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
ءَاتَىٰهُمُ
ātāhumu
bestowed them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِن
min
of
فَضْلِهِۦ
faḍlihi
His Bounty
وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
wayastabshirūna
and they receive good tidings
بِٱلَّذِينَ
bi-alladhīna
about those who
لَمْ
lam
(have) not
يَلْحَقُوا۟
yalḥaqū
yet joined
بِهِم
bihim
[with] them
مِّنْ
min
[from]
خَلْفِهِمْ
khalfihim
(but are) left behind
أَلَّا
allā
that (there will be) no
خَوْفٌ
khawfun
fear
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
on them
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَحْزَنُونَ
yaḥzanūna
will grieve
Interpretation

They are delighted and rejoicing in what Allah has given them from His grace, and looking forward to meeting their brothers who are still on earth. If they are killed during a similar struggle, then they will receive the same grace as them. There is no fear on them in terms of what awaits them in the Afterlife, and no sorrow about any worldly fortunes that passed them by.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

171

۞ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

They receive good tidings of favor from Allāh and bounty and [of the fact] that Allāh does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -

Yastabshiroona bini'matim minal laahi wa fad linw wa annal laaha laa yudee'u ajral mu'mineen

Word by word
۞ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
yastabshirūna
They receive good tidings
بِنِعْمَةٍۢ
biniʿ'matin
of Favor
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَفَضْلٍۢ
wafaḍlin
and Bounty
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُضِيعُ
yuḍīʿu
let go waste
أَجْرَ
ajra
(the) reward
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(of) the believers
Interpretation

They rejoice in the great reward that awaits them from Allah, and the increase of great reward, and that Allah does not let the reward of those who have faith go to waste, but repays it completely, and increases it.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

172

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْقَرْحُ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

Those [believers] who responded to Allāh and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allāh is a great reward -

Allazeenas tajaaboo lil laahi war Rasooli mim ba'di maaa asaabahumulqarh; lillazeena ahsanoo minhum wattaqaw ajrun 'azeem

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟
is'tajābū
responded
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
وَٱلرَّسُولِ
wal-rasūli
and the Messenger
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَآ
what
أَصَابَهُمُ
aṣābahumu
befell them
ٱلْقَرْحُ ۚ
l-qarḥu
the injury
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
أَحْسَنُوا۟
aḥsanū
did good
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟
wa-ittaqaw
and feared Allah
أَجْرٌ
ajrun
(is) a reward
عَظِيمٌ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

Those who responded to the instruction of Allah and His Messenger when they were called to go out and fight for the sake of Allah, and to meet the idolaters in the battle of Ḥamrā’ Al-Asad, which followed the battle of Uḥud, after they had suffered wounds on the day of Uḥud, their wounds did not stop them from responding to the call of Allah and His Messenger. Those of them who acted nobly, and were Mindful in following His instructions and keeping away from what He had prohibited, will have a great reward from Allah: Paradise.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

173

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَـٰنًا وَقَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُ

Those to whom people [i.e., hypocrites] said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allāh, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs."

Allazeena qaala lahumun naasu innan naasa qad jama'oo lakum fakhshawhuin fazaadahum eemaannanwa wa qaaloo hasbunal laahu wa ni'malwakeel

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
قَالَ
qāla
said
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
[the people]
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the people
قَدْ
qad
(have) certainly
جَمَعُوا۟
jamaʿū
gathered
لَكُمْ
lakum
against you
فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ
fa-ikh'shawhum
so fear them
فَزَادَهُمْ
fazādahum
But it increased them
إِيمَـٰنًۭا
īmānan
(in) faith
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and they said
حَسْبُنَا
ḥasbunā
Sufficient for us
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
وَنِعْمَ
waniʿ'ma
and (He is the) best
ٱلْوَكِيلُ
l-wakīlu
[the] Disposer of affairs
Interpretation

Some of the idolaters said to them that the Quraysh, led by Abū Sufyān, had come together in great numbers to fight against them and to finish them off, warning them against meeting them. But their words and attempts to scare them only increased their reliance on Allah and their trust in His promise. So they went out to meet them, saying that Allah was enough for them and that He is the best Protector, while committing their lives to Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

174

فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ لَّمْ يَمْسَسْهُمْ سُوٓءٌ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ رِضْوَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ

So they returned with favor from Allāh and bounty, no harm having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of Allāh, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

Fanqalaboo bini'matim minal laahi wa fadlil lam yamsashum sooo'unw wattaba'oo ridwaanal laah; wallaahu zoo fadlin 'azeem

Word by word
فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟
fa-inqalabū
So they returned
بِنِعْمَةٍۢ
biniʿ'matin
with (the) Favor
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَفَضْلٍۢ
wafaḍlin
and Bounty
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَمْسَسْهُمْ
yamsashum
touched them
سُوٓءٌۭ
sūon
any harm
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟
wa-ittabaʿū
And they followed
رِضْوَٰنَ
riḍ'wāna
(the) pleasure
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
ذُو
dhū
(is) Possessor
فَضْلٍ
faḍlin
(of) Bounty
عَظِيمٍ
ʿaẓīmin
great
Interpretation

They returned from the battle of Ḥamrā’ Al-Asad with a great reward from Allah, an increase in their rank and security from their enemy, whilst suffering no deaths or wounds. They did what pleased Allah, always doing as He instructed and not going against Him; and the grace of Allah for His servants who have faith is great.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

175

إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥ فَلَا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters. So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are [indeed] believers.

Innamaa zaalikumush Shaitaanu yukhawwifu awliyaaa'ahoo falaa takhaafoohum wa khaafooni in kuntum mu'mineen

Word by word
إِنَّمَا
innamā
(It is) only
ذَٰلِكُمُ
dhālikumu
that
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
يُخَوِّفُ
yukhawwifu
frightens (you)
أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥ
awliyāahu
(of) his allies
فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
تَخَافُوهُمْ
takhāfūhum
fear them
وَخَافُونِ
wakhāfūni
but fear Me
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

It is only Satan frightening you with his helpers and supporters. Do not fear them, because they have no power or strength; but fear Allah alone, by always doing as He instructs, if you truly have faith in Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

176

وَلَا يَحْزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ لَن يَضُرُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَلَّا يَجْعَلَ لَهُمْ حَظًّا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

And do not be grieved, [O Muḥammad], by those who hasten into disbelief. Indeed, they will never harm Allāh at all. Allāh intends that He should give them no share in the Hereafter, and for them is a great punishment.

Wa laa yahzunkal lazeena yusaari'oona fil Kufr; innahum lai yadurrul laaha shai'aa; yureedul laahu allaa yaj'ala lahum hazzan fil Aakhirati wa lahum 'azaabun 'azeem

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (let) not
يَحْزُنكَ
yaḥzunka
grieve you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يُسَـٰرِعُونَ
yusāriʿūna
hasten
فِى
in(to)
ٱلْكُفْرِ ۚ
l-kuf'ri
[the] disbelief
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
لَن
lan
never
يَضُرُّوا۟
yaḍurrū
will harm
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا ۗ
shayan
(in) anything
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
intends
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَلَّا
allā
that not
يَجْعَلَ
yajʿala
He will set
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
حَظًّۭا
ḥaẓẓan
any portion
فِى
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
And for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

Do not sorrow, O Messenger, because of those hypocrites who rush to disbelief, turning on their heels. They do not harm Allah in any way, but only harm themselves by distancing themselves from faith in Allah and from doing as He instructs. Allah wills their defeat and failure, and that they will have no portion of bliss in the Afterlife: they will have a great punishment in the fire of Hell.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

177

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ لَن يَضُرُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Indeed, those who purchase disbelief [in exchange] for faith - never will they harm Allāh at all, and for them is a painful punishment.

Innal lazeenash tarawul kufra bil eemaani lai yadurrul laaha shai anw wa lahum 'azdaabun aleem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱشْتَرَوُا۟
ish'tarawū
(have) purchased
ٱلْكُفْرَ
l-kuf'ra
[the] disbelief
بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ
bil-īmāni
with the faith
لَن
lan
never
يَضُرُّوا۟
yaḍurrū
will they harm
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
(in) anything
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

Those who exchange faith for disbelief will not harm Allah in any way: He is the Mighty and free from any need of His creation. They only harm themselves, and they will have a painful punishment in the Afterlife.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

178

وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِى لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِثْمًا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.

Wa laa yahsabannal lazeena kafarooo annamaa numlee lahum khairulli anfusihim; innamaa numlee lahum liyazdaadooo ismaa wa lahum 'azaabum muheen

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (let) not
يَحْسَبَنَّ
yaḥsabanna
think
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
أَنَّمَا
annamā
that
نُمْلِى
num'lī
We give respite
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) good
لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ
li-anfusihim
for themselves
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
نُمْلِى
num'lī
We give respite
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟
liyazdādū
so that they may increase
إِثْمًۭا ۚ
ith'man
(in) sins
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭ
muhīnun
humiliating
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve in their Lord and stubbornly resist His sacred law should not think that it is good for them because they are given time and live long, remaining as they are, in disbelief. It is not as they think. They are only given more time to multiply in sin, disobedience upon their disobedience: they will have a humiliating punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

179

مَّا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجْتَبِى مِن رُّسُلِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚ وَإِن تُؤْمِنُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَلَكُمْ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

Allāh would not leave the believers in that [state] you are in [presently] until He separates the evil from the good. Nor would Allāh reveal to you the unseen. But [instead], Allāh chooses of His messengers whom He wills, so believe in Allāh and His messengers. And if you believe and fear Him, then for you is a great reward.

Maa kaanal laahu liyazaral mu'mineena 'alaa maaa antum 'alaihi hattaa yameezal khabeesa minat taiyib; wa maa kaanal laahu liyutli'akum 'alal ghaibi wa laakinnal laaha yajtabee mir Rusulihii mai yashaaa'u fa aaminoo billaahi wa Rusulih; wa in tu 'minoo wa tattaqoo falakum ajrun 'azeem

Word by word
مَّا
Not
كَانَ
kāna
is
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لِيَذَرَ
liyadhara
to leave
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
مَآ
what
أَنتُمْ
antum
you (are)
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
in [it]
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَمِيزَ
yamīza
He separates
ٱلْخَبِيثَ
l-khabītha
the evil
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلطَّيِّبِ ۗ
l-ṭayibi
the good
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
is
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ
liyuṭ'liʿakum
to inform you
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱلْغَيْبِ
l-ghaybi
the unseen
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
[and] but
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَجْتَبِى
yajtabī
chooses
مِن
min
from
رُّسُلِهِۦ
rusulihi
His Messengers
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۖ
yashāu
He wills
فَـَٔامِنُوا۟
faāminū
so believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚ
warusulihi
and His Messengers
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
تُؤْمِنُوا۟
tu'minū
you believe
وَتَتَّقُوا۟
watattaqū
and fear (Allah)
فَلَكُمْ
falakum
then for you
أَجْرٌ
ajrun
(is a) reward
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

Allah would not leave you, O believers, as you are, mixed with the hypocrites with no separation between you, without making it clear those who truly have faith. So He separates you through different obligations and trials, to make clear those who have faith and those who are hypocrites, and to separate the good from the bad. He would not give you knowledge of the Ghaib so that you could distinguish between a believer and a hypocrite; but Allah chooses whomever He wills of His messengers and gives them some knowledge of the Ghaib, as He gave His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) knowledge o

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

180

وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ هُوَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم ۖ بَلْ هُوَ شَرٌّ لَّهُمْ ۖ سَيُطَوَّقُونَ مَا بَخِلُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَٰثُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

And let not those who [greedily] withhold what Allāh has given them of His bounty ever think that it is better for them. Rather, it is worse for them. Their necks will be encircled by what they withheld on the Day of Resurrection. And to Allāh belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware.

Wa laa yahsabannal lazeena yabkhaloon bimaa aataahumul lahu min fadilhee huwa khairal lahum bal huwa sharrul lahum sayutaw waqoona maa bakhiloo bihee Yawmal Qiyaamah; wa lillaahi meeraasus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu bimaa ta'maloona Khabeer

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (let) not
يَحْسَبَنَّ
yaḥsabanna
think
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَبْخَلُونَ
yabkhalūna
withhold
بِمَآ
bimā
of what
ءَاتَىٰهُمُ
ātāhumu
(has) given them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِن
min
of
فَضْلِهِۦ
faḍlihi
His Bounty
هُوَ
huwa
(that) it
خَيْرًۭا
khayran
(is) good
لَّهُم ۖ
lahum
for them
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُوَ
huwa
it
شَرٌّۭ
sharrun
(is) bad
لَّهُمْ ۖ
lahum
for them
سَيُطَوَّقُونَ
sayuṭawwaqūna
Their necks will be encircled
مَا
(with) what
بَخِلُوا۟
bakhilū
they withheld
بِهِۦ
bihi
[with it]
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ
l-qiyāmati
(of) [the] Resurrection
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
مِيرَٰثُ
mīrāthu
(is the) heritage
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بِمَا
bimā
with what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
خَبِيرٌۭ
khabīrun
(is) All-Aware
Interpretation

Those who are not generous with the blessings Allah has given them out of His kindness, not fulfilling Allah’s right with it, should not think that this is good for them. Rather, it is bad for them, because whatever they are miserly with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Judgement as a punishment. To Allah alone belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. He is the Living after all His creation has passed away. Allah is well aware of the good and evil that you do, and will reward you accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

181

لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللَّهُ قَوْلَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَآءُ ۘ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا۟ وَقَتْلَهُمُ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Allāh has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allāh is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

Laqad sami'al laahu qawlal lazeena qaalooo innal laaha faqeerunw wa nahnu aghniyaaa'; sanaktubu maa qaaloo wa qatlahumul Ambiyaa'a bighairi haqqinw wa naqoolu zooqoo 'azaaba Ihreeq

Word by word
لَّقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
سَمِعَ
samiʿa
heard
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
قَوْلَ
qawla
(the) saying
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
said
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
فَقِيرٌۭ
faqīrun
(is) poor
وَنَحْنُ
wanaḥnu
while we
أَغْنِيَآءُ ۘ
aghniyāu
(are) rich
سَنَكْتُبُ
sanaktubu
We will record
مَا
what
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
وَقَتْلَهُمُ
waqatlahumu
and their killing
ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ
l-anbiyāa
the Prophets
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حَقٍّۢ
ḥaqqin
(any) right
وَنَقُولُ
wanaqūlu
and We will say
ذُوقُوا۟
dhūqū
Taste
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
ٱلْحَرِيقِ
l-ḥarīqi
(of) the Burning Fire
Interpretation

Allah certainly heard when the Jews said that Allah was poor, because He asked them for a ‘loan’, and that they were rich because of their wealth. Allah will record this shameful statement in their record of actions along with the eagerness of their ancestors in killing the prophets of Allah on purpose and unjustly. Allah will tell all of them to taste the punishment of burning in the fire of Hell.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

182

ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."

Zaalika bimaa qaddamat aideekum wa annal laaha laisa bizallaamil lil'abeed

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِمَا
bimā
(is) because
قَدَّمَتْ
qaddamat
(of what) sent forth
أَيْدِيكُمْ
aydīkum
your hands
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَيْسَ
laysa
is not
بِظَلَّامٍۢ
biẓallāmin
unjust
لِّلْعَبِيدِ
lil'ʿabīdi
to (His) slaves
Interpretation

This punishment is because of the disobedience and disgraceful acts you committed with your own hands, O Jews! Allah does not wrong any of His servants.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

183

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَآ أَلَّا نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ ٱلنَّارُ ۗ قُلْ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِى بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَبِٱلَّذِى قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

[They are] those who said, "Indeed, Allāh has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire [from heaven] will consume." Say, "There have already come to you messengers before me with clear proofs and [even] that of which you speak. So why did you kill them, if you should be truthful?"

Allazeena qaalooo innal laaha 'ahida ilainaaa allaa nu'mina liRasoolin hatta yaa tiyanaa biqurbaanin taa kuluhun naar; qul qad jaaa'akum Rusulum min qablee bilbaiyinaati wa billazee qultum falima qataltumoohum in kuntum saadiqeen

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
said
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَهِدَ
ʿahida
(has) taken promise
إِلَيْنَآ
ilaynā
from us
أَلَّا
allā
that not
نُؤْمِنَ
nu'mina
we (should) believe
لِرَسُولٍ
lirasūlin
in a Messenger
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَأْتِيَنَا
yatiyanā
he brings to us
بِقُرْبَانٍۢ
biqur'bānin
a sacrifice
تَأْكُلُهُ
takuluhu
consumes it
ٱلنَّارُ ۗ
l-nāru
the fire
قُلْ
qul
Say
قَدْ
qad
Surely
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
came to you
رُسُلٌۭ
rusulun
Messengers
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلِى
qablī
before me
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
bil-bayināti
with the clear Signs
وَبِٱلَّذِى
wabi-alladhī
and with what
قُلْتُمْ
qul'tum
you speak
فَلِمَ
falima
So why
قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ
qataltumūhum
you killed them
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
Interpretation

They are those who lied in their claim that Allah had instructed them in His scripture and from His prophets to not have faith in a messenger unless he came to them with a charitable offering which fire would then burn from the sky. In their claiming this they also restricted other miraculous signs and evidences the prophets came with. Due to this, Allah instructed His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to ask them why, when messengers had come to them before with clear proofs of the truth of their message, and even with what they had mentioned of an offering burned by fire from the sky, did

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

184

فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ جَآءُو بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ

Then if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so were messengers denied before you, who brought clear proofs and written ordinances and the enlightening Scripture.

Fa in kaz zabooka faqad kuz ziba Rusulum min qablika jaaa'oo bilbaiyinaati waz Zuburi wal Kitaabil Muneer

Word by word
فَإِن
fa-in
Then if
كَذَّبُوكَ
kadhabūka
they reject you
فَقَدْ
faqad
then certainly
كُذِّبَ
kudhiba
were rejected
رُسُلٌۭ
rusulun
Messengers
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
جَآءُو
jāū
(who) came
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
bil-bayināti
with the clear Signs
وَٱلزُّبُرِ
wal-zuburi
and the Scriptures
وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
wal-kitābi
and the Book
ٱلْمُنِيرِ
l-munīri
[the] Enlightening
Interpretation

If they reject you, O Prophet, do not feel saddened, because it is normal for the disbelievers to act like this. Many messengers were rejected before you, who came with clear proofs, and books containing teachings and great wisdom, and the scripture, guiding people through the rulings of the sacred law.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

185

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ

Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.

Kulu nafsin zaaa'iqatul mawt; wa innamaa tuwaffawna ujoorakum Yawmal Qiyaamati faman zuhziha 'anin Naari waudkhilal Jannata faqad faaz; wa mal hayaatud dunyaaa illaa mataa'ul ghuroor

Word by word
كُلُّ
kullu
Every
نَفْسٍۢ
nafsin
soul
ذَآئِقَةُ
dhāiqatu
(will) taste
ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ
l-mawti
[the] death
وَإِنَّمَا
wa-innamā
and only
تُوَفَّوْنَ
tuwaffawna
you will be paid in full
أُجُورَكُمْ
ujūrakum
your reward
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ
l-qiyāmati
(of) [the] Resurrection
فَمَن
faman
Then whoever
زُحْزِحَ
zuḥ'ziḥa
is drawn away
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
the Fire
وَأُدْخِلَ
wa-ud'khila
and admitted
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
(to) Paradise
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
فَازَ ۗ
fāza
he is successful
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
(is) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَآ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَتَـٰعُ
matāʿu
enjoyment
ٱلْغُرُورِ
l-ghurūri
(of) delusion
Interpretation

Every soul, no matter its state, must taste death. No created being should be dazzled by this world. On the Day of Judgement, you will be given the reward for your actions in full, with nothing decreased. Whoever Allah averted from the fire of Hell and granted entry into Paradise, has achieved real success. The life of this world is only a passing enjoyment – only those who are misled become attached to it.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

186

۞ لَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوٓا۟ أَذًى كَثِيرًا ۚ وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ

You will surely be tested in your possessions and in yourselves. And you will surely hear from those who were given the Scripture before you and from those who associate others with Allāh much abuse. But if you are patient and fear Allāh - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.

Latublawunna feee amwaalikum wa anfusikum wa latasma'unna minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba min qablikum wa minal lazeena ashrakooo azan kaseeraa; wa in tasbiroo wa tattaqoo fa inna zaalika min 'azmil umoor

Word by word
۞ لَتُبْلَوُنَّ
latub'lawunna
You will certainly be tested
فِىٓ
in
أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ
amwālikum
your wealth
وَأَنفُسِكُمْ
wa-anfusikum
and yourselves
وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ
walatasmaʿunna
And you will certainly hear
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِكُمْ
qablikum
before you
وَمِنَ
wamina
and from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أَشْرَكُوٓا۟
ashrakū
associate partners with Allah
أَذًۭى
adhan
hurtful things
كَثِيرًۭا ۚ
kathīran
many
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
تَصْبِرُوا۟
taṣbirū
you are patient
وَتَتَّقُوا۟
watattaqū
and fear (Allah)
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
مِنْ
min
(is) of
عَزْمِ
ʿazmi
the matters
ٱلْأُمُورِ
l-umūri
(of) determination
Interpretation

You will certainly be tested, O believers, in your wealth – in relation to fulfilling your duties concerning it – and with the misfortunes sent down with it, and in yourselves with regards to how you conduct yourselves with the orders and prohibitions of the sacred law. Also, you will certainly hear many things from those who were given the scripture before you, and from those who worship others with Allah, that are hurtful to you, criticising you and your sacred way of life. But if you are patient with the misfortunes and trials you are given, and are mindful of Allah, doing what He instructs

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

187

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Allāh took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear [i.e., explain it] to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.

Wa iz akhazal laahu meesaaqal lazeena ootul Kitaaba latubaiyinunnahoo linnaasi wa laa taktumoona hoo fanabazoohu waraaa'a zuhoorihim washtaraw bihee samanan qaleelan fabi'sa maa yashtaroon

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
أَخَذَ
akhadha
took
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِيثَـٰقَ
mīthāqa
a Covenant
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(from) those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥ
latubayyinunnahu
You certainly make it clear
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
to the mankind
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَكْتُمُونَهُۥ
taktumūnahu
conceal it
فَنَبَذُوهُ
fanabadhūhu
Then they threw it
وَرَآءَ
warāa
behind
ظُهُورِهِمْ
ẓuhūrihim
their backs
وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟
wa-ish'taraw
and they exchanged
بِهِۦ
bihi
[with] it
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًۭا ۖ
qalīlan
little
فَبِئْسَ
fabi'sa
And wretched
مَا
(is) what
يَشْتَرُونَ
yashtarūna
they purchase
Interpretation

Remember, O Prophet, when Allah took a firm promise from the scholars among the Christians and Jews: that they should make the revelation of Allah clear to people, and not hide the guidance in it, or the evidence of the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him). But they broke the promise and paid no attention to it, hiding the truth and revealing what was false. They exchanged the promise of Allah for a small price, such as the position or wealth it might buy them. What a terrible price they traded Allah’s promise for!

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

188

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أَتَوا۟ وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا۟ فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment.

Laa tahsabannal lazeena yafrahoona bimaaa ataw wa yuhibbona ai yuhmadoo bimaa lam yaf'aloo falaa tahsabunnahum bimafaazatim minal 'azaabi wa lahum 'azaabun aleem

Word by word
لَا
(Do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّ
taḥsabanna
think
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(that) those who
يَفْرَحُونَ
yafraḥūna
rejoice
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
أَتَوا۟
ataw
(they have) brought
وَّيُحِبُّونَ
wayuḥibbūna
and they love
أَن
an
that
يُحْمَدُوا۟
yuḥ'madū
they be praised
بِمَا
bimā
for what
لَمْ
lam
not
يَفْعَلُوا۟
yafʿalū
they do
فَلَا
falā
so (do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّهُم
taḥsabannahum
think (that) they
بِمَفَازَةٍۢ
bimafāzatin
(will) escape
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ
l-ʿadhābi
the punishment
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is a) punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

Do not think, O Prophet, that those who rejoice in the shameful actions they have committed, and who love people to praise them for good things which they did not do, are secure and safe from the punishment. Rather, Hell is their place, and they will have a painful punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

189

وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Allāh is over all things competent.

Wa lillaahi mulkus samaawaati wal ard; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

With Allah alone is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is in them: in its creation and administration. Allah is powerful over all things.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

190

إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding -

Inna fee khalqis samaawati wal ardi wakhtilaafil laili wannahaari la Aayaatil liulil albaab

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
in
خَلْقِ
khalqi
(the) creation
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ
wa-ikh'tilāfi
and (in the) alternation
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
(of) the night
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
wal-nahāri
and the day
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ
laāyātin
(are) surely Signs
لِّأُو۟لِى
li-ulī
for men
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
l-albābi
(of) understanding
Interpretation

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, from nothing with no precedent, and in the following of the night and day, and the difference in their length, are clear signs for those of understanding, which lead them to the Creator of the universe, worthy alone of worship.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

191

ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَـٰذَا بَـٰطِلًا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

Who remember Allāh while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

Allazeena yazkuroonal laaha qiyaamaiw-wa qu'oodanw-wa 'alaa juno obihim wa yatafakkaroona fee khalqis samaawaati wal ardi Rabbanaa maa khalaqta haaza baatilan Subhaanak faqinaa 'azaaban Naar

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يَذْكُرُونَ
yadhkurūna
remember
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
قِيَـٰمًۭا
qiyāman
standing
وَقُعُودًۭا
waquʿūdan
and sitting
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
and on
جُنُوبِهِمْ
junūbihim
their sides
وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ
wayatafakkarūna
and they reflect
فِى
on
خَلْقِ
khalqi
(the) creation
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
مَا
not
خَلَقْتَ
khalaqta
You have created
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
بَـٰطِلًۭا
bāṭilan
(in) vain
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ
sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You
فَقِنَا
faqinā
so save us
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(from the) punishment
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
Interpretation

Those who remember Allah in all conditions – standing, sitting and lying on their sides – and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth, saying that their Lord did not originate this wonderful creation without a reason, and is far above that, and ask Him to protect them from the punishment of the fire of Hell, by enabling them to do good and protecting them from doing wrong – they say:

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

192

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ ٱلنَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُۥ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

Our Lord, indeed whoever You admit to the Fire - You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

Rabbanaaa innaka man tudkhilin Naara faqad akhzai tahoo wa maa lizzaalimeena min ansaar

Word by word
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
إِنَّكَ
innaka
indeed [You]
مَن
man
whom
تُدْخِلِ
tud'khili
You admit
ٱلنَّارَ
l-nāra
(to) the Fire
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
أَخْزَيْتَهُۥ ۖ
akhzaytahu
You (have) disgraced him
وَمَا
wamā
and not
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
lilẓẓālimīna
for the wrongdoers
مِنْ
min
(are) any
أَنصَارٍۢ
anṣārin
helpers
Interpretation

Our Lord, whoever You enter into the fire of Hell from your creation has been humiliated and disgraced. On the Day of Judgement, the wrongdoers will have no helpers to protect them from Allah’s punishment and repayment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

193

رَّبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِى لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَـَٔامَنَّا ۚ رَبَّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّـَٔاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ

Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die among the righteous.

Rabbanaaa innanaa sami'naa munaadiyai yunaadee lil eemaani an aaminoo bi Rabbikum fa aamannaa; Rabbanaa faghfir lanaa zunoobanaa wa kaffir 'annaa saiyi aatina wa tawaffanaa ma'al abraar

Word by word
رَّبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
إِنَّنَا
innanā
indeed we
سَمِعْنَا
samiʿ'nā
[we] heard
مُنَادِيًۭا
munādiyan
a caller
يُنَادِى
yunādī
calling
لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ
lil'īmāni
to the faith
أَنْ
an
that
ءَامِنُوا۟
āminū
Believe
بِرَبِّكُمْ
birabbikum
in your Lord
فَـَٔامَنَّا ۚ
faāmannā
so we have believed
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
فَٱغْفِرْ
fa-igh'fir
so forgive
لَنَا
lanā
for us
ذُنُوبَنَا
dhunūbanā
our sins
وَكَفِّرْ
wakaffir
and remove
عَنَّا
ʿannā
from us
سَيِّـَٔاتِنَا
sayyiātinā
our evil deeds
وَتَوَفَّنَا
watawaffanā
and cause us to die
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْأَبْرَارِ
l-abrāri
the righteous
Interpretation

Our Lord, we have heard a caller to faith saying, ‘Have faith in your Lord’. So we responded to him and have faith in what he calls us to and we follow the sacred law, so forgive us our sins and do not disgrace us; and do not take us to account for our bad actions. Let us die with the righteous; and enable us to do good and stay away from disobedience.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

194

رَبَّنَا وَءَاتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ

Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise."

Rabbanaa wa aatinaa maa wa'attanaa 'alaa Rusulika wa laa tukhzinaa Yawmal Qiyaamah; innaka laa tukhliful mee'aad

Word by word
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
وَءَاتِنَا
waātinā
grant us
مَا
what
وَعَدتَّنَا
waʿadttanā
You promised us
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
through
رُسُلِكَ
rusulika
Your Messengers
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تُخْزِنَا
tukh'zinā
disgrace us
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ
l-qiyāmati
(of) [the] Resurrection
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
لَا
(do) not
تُخْلِفُ
tukh'lifu
break
ٱلْمِيعَادَ
l-mīʿāda
the promise
Interpretation

Our Lord, give us guidance and the help in this world that You promised us through the words of Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Judgement by entering us into the fire of Hell. Our Lord, You are generous and never do You break Your promise.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

195

فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّى لَآ أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَـٰمِلٍ مِّنكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ ۖ بَعْضُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ وَأُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ وَأُوذُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِى وَقَـٰتَلُوا۟ وَقُتِلُوا۟ لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ثَوَابًا مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلثَّوَابِ

And their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allāh, and Allāh has with Him the best reward."

Fastajaaba lahum Rabbuhum annee laaa Udee'u 'amala 'aamilim minkum min zakarin aw unsaa ba'dukum mim ba'din fal lazeena haajaroo wa ukhrijoo min diyaarihim wa oozoo fee sabeelee wa qaataloo wa qutiloo la ukaffiranna 'anhum saiyi aatihim wa la udkhilanna hum Jannnatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru sawaabam min 'indil laah; wallaahu 'indahoo husnus sawaab

Word by word
فَٱسْتَجَابَ
fa-is'tajāba
Then responded
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
رَبُّهُمْ
rabbuhum
their Lord
أَنِّى
annī
Indeed, I
لَآ
(will) not
أُضِيعُ
uḍīʿu
(let go) waste
عَمَلَ
ʿamala
deeds
عَـٰمِلٍۢ
ʿāmilin
(of the) doer
مِّنكُم
minkum
among you
مِّن
min
[from]
ذَكَرٍ
dhakarin
(whether) male
أَوْ
aw
or
أُنثَىٰ ۖ
unthā
female
بَعْضُكُم
baʿḍukum
each of you
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْضٍۢ ۖ
baʿḍin
(the) other
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
So those who
هَاجَرُوا۟
hājarū
emigrated
وَأُخْرِجُوا۟
wa-ukh'rijū
and were driven out
مِن
min
from
دِيَـٰرِهِمْ
diyārihim
their homes
وَأُوذُوا۟
waūdhū
and were harmed
فِى
in
سَبِيلِى
sabīlī
My way
وَقَـٰتَلُوا۟
waqātalū
and fought
وَقُتِلُوا۟
waqutilū
and were killed
لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ
la-ukaffiranna
surely I (will) remove
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ
sayyiātihim
their evil deeds
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ
wala-ud'khilannahum
and surely I will admit them
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
(to) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flowing
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
ثَوَابًۭا
thawāban
a reward
مِّنْ
min
from
عِندِ
ʿindi
[near]
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عِندَهُۥ
ʿindahu
with Him
حُسْنُ
ḥus'nu
(is the) best
ٱلثَّوَابِ
l-thawābi
reward
Interpretation

So their Lord responded to their prayer, saying that He does not allow the reward of anything you do, small or big, to be lost, whether the person who does it is male or female. You are from one another in your origins, and the faith that you follow does not reward males and females differently. Those who emigrated for the sake of Allah (driven from their homes by the disbelievers), suffered harm in order to obey their Lord, and who fought for the sake of Allah and died so that the Word of Allah would be supreme, they will certainly be forgiven their sins on the Day of Judgement: it will be ov

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

196

لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land.

Laa yaghurrannaka taqal lubul lazeena kafaroo fil bilaad

Word by word
لَا
(Let) not
يَغُرَّنَّكَ
yaghurrannaka
deceive you
تَقَلُّبُ
taqallubu
(the) movement
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
فِى
in
ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
l-bilādi
the land
Interpretation

O Prophet, do not feel burdened nor distressed by the movement of the disbelievers in the land, and their power and the extent of their trade and provision. All of this is passing, and all that they will have left is their bad deeds.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

197

مَتَـٰعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

Mataa'un qaleelun summa maawaahum Jahannam; wa bi'sal mihaad

Word by word
مَتَـٰعٌۭ
matāʿun
An enjoyment
قَلِيلٌۭ
qalīlun
little
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مَأْوَىٰهُمْ
mawāhum
their abode
جَهَنَّمُ ۚ
jahannamu
(is) hell
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
[and] a wretched
ٱلْمِهَادُ
l-mihādu
[the] resting place
Interpretation

This world is a brief enjoyment that does not last. The destination they will return to on the Day of Judgement will be Hell – what a terrible resting place the fire of Hell is for them!

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

198

لَـٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا نُزُلًا مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلْأَبْرَارِ

But those who feared their Lord will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein, as accommodation from Allāh. And that which is with Allāh is best for the righteous.

Laakinil lazeenat taqaw Rabbahum lahum Jannnaatun tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feehaa nuzulammin 'indil laah; wa maa 'indal laahi khairul lil abraar

Word by word
لَـٰكِنِ
lākini
But
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّقَوْا۟
ittaqaw
fear
رَبَّهُمْ
rabbahum
their Lord
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ
jannātun
(will be) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
will abide forever
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
نُزُلًۭا
nuzulan
a hospitality
مِّنْ
min
from
عِندِ
ʿindi
[near]
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَمَا
wamā
And what
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) best
لِّلْأَبْرَارِ
lil'abrāri
for the righteous
Interpretation

Yet those who are mindful of their Lord, following His instructions and staying away from what He has prohibited, they will receive gardens with rivers flowing under their palaces, where they shall live eternally – a reward prepared for them from Allah. What Allah has prepared for the righteous is better than any of the worldly pleasures the disbelievers may have obtained.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

199

وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَمَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ خَـٰشِعِينَ لِلَّهِ لَا يَشْتَرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

And indeed, among the People of the Scripture are those who believe in Allāh and what was revealed to you and what was revealed to them, [being] humbly submissive to Allāh. They do not exchange the verses of Allāh for a small price. Those will have their reward with their Lord. Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.

Wa inna min Ahlil Kitaabi lamai yu minu billaahi wa maaa unzila ilaikum wa maaa unzila ilaihim khaashi 'eena lillaahi laa yashtaroona bi Aayaatil laahi samanan qaleelaa; ulaaa'ika lahum ajruhum 'inda Rabbihim; innal laaha saree'ul hisaab

Word by word
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
مِنْ
min
among
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لَمَن
laman
(are those) who
يُؤْمِنُ
yu'minu
believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
إِلَيْكُمْ
ilaykum
to you
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
خَـٰشِعِينَ
khāshiʿīna
humbly submissive
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
لَا
Not
يَشْتَرُونَ
yashtarūna
(do) they exchange
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
[with] (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًا ۗ
qalīlan
little
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَجْرُهُمْ
ajruhum
their reward
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with
رَبِّهِمْ ۗ
rabbihim
their Lord
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
(is) swift
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in taking) the account
Interpretation

Nevertheless, the People of the Scripture are not all the same. There is a group among them who have faith in Allah, the truth and guidance He revealed to you and what was revealed to them in their scriptures; and they do not discriminate between the messengers of Allah, but humble themselves before Him, desiring what is with Him, and not exchanging His verses and signs for a small enjoyment in this world. Such people will have a great reward with their Lord. Allah is quick to take account of what people do, and quick to reward them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

200

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱصْبِرُوا۟ وَصَابِرُوا۟ وَرَابِطُوا۟ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allāh that you may be successful.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanus biroo wa saabiroo wa raabitoo wattaqul laaha la'allakum tuflihoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
ٱصْبِرُوا۟
iṣ'birū
Be steadfast
وَصَابِرُوا۟
waṣābirū
and [be] patient
وَرَابِطُوا۟
warābiṭū
and [be] constant
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
and fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
(be) successful
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, be patient with the obligations of the sacred law, and with the misfortunes that you are given in this world; and outdo the disbelievers in patience and determination, so that they are not more patient than you; and struggle for the sake of Allah and be Mindful, following His instructions and staying away from what He has prohibited, so that you may reach what you desire of safety from the fire of Hell and entry into Paradise.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.