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Surah 5 · 120 verses

Al-Ma'idah

المائدة

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعُقُودِ ۚ أُحِلَّتْ لَكُم بَهِيمَةُ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ إِلَّا مَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ غَيْرَ مُحِلِّى ٱلصَّيْدِ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ

O you who have believed, fulfill [all] contracts. Lawful for you are the animals of grazing livestock except for that which is recited to you [in this Qur’ān] - hunting not being permitted while you are in the state of iḥrām. Indeed, Allāh ordains what He intends.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo awfoo bil'uqood; uhillat lakum baheematul an'aami illaa maa yutlaa 'alaikum ghaira muhillis saidi wa antum hurum; innal laaha yahkumu maa yureed

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
you (who)
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
أَوْفُوا۟
awfū
Fulfil
بِٱلْعُقُودِ ۚ
bil-ʿuqūdi
the contracts
أُحِلَّتْ
uḥillat
Are made lawful
لَكُم
lakum
for you
بَهِيمَةُ
bahīmatu
the quadruped
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
l-anʿāmi
(of) the grazing livestock
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
what
يُتْلَىٰ
yut'lā
is recited
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
on you
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
مُحِلِّى
muḥillī
being permitted
ٱلصَّيْدِ
l-ṣaydi
(to) hunt
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
حُرُمٌ ۗ
ḥurumun
(are in) Ihram
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَحْكُمُ
yaḥkumu
decrees
مَا
what
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
He wills
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah, follow His Messenger and practice His laws, fulfil the firm promises of faith and practice that were made between you and your Creator. Also, fulfil the promises made with His creation in sale transactions, marriage, etc. Allah has permitted for you, out of His mercy, livestock animals (camels, cattle, sheep and goats), except those the prohibition of which have been read to you and the land game that He has prohibited you from in the state of sanctity during the pilgrimage of Hajj or Umrah. Allah decides to permit and prohibit as He wills in accordance with His wis

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُحِلُّوا۟ شَعَـٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا ٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَلَا ٱلْهَدْىَ وَلَا ٱلْقَلَـٰٓئِدَ وَلَآ ءَآمِّينَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرِضْوَٰنًا ۚ وَإِذَا حَلَلْتُمْ فَٱصْطَادُوا۟ ۚ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ أَن تَعْتَدُوا۟ ۘ وَتَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

O you who have believed, do not violate the rites of Allāh or [the sanctity of] the sacred month or [neglect the marking of] the sacrificial animals and garlanding [them] or [violate the safety of] those coming to the Sacred House seeking bounty from their Lord and [His] approval. But when you come out of iḥrām, then [you may] hunt. And do not let the hatred of a people for having obstructed you from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām lead you to transgress. And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tuhilloo sha'aaa 'iral laahi wa lash Shahral Haraama wa lal hadya wa lal qalaaa'ida wa laa aaammeenal Baital Haraama yabtaghoona fadlam mir Rabbihim wa ridwaanaa; wa izaa halaltum fastaadoo; wa laa yajrimannakum shana aanu qawmin an saddookum 'anil Masjidil-Haraami an ta'tadoo; wa ta'aawanoo 'alalbirri wattaqwaa; wa laa ta'aawanoo 'alal ismi wal'udwaan; wattaqul laah; innal laaha shadeedul 'iqaab

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
you (who)
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تُحِلُّوا۟
tuḥillū
violate
شَعَـٰٓئِرَ
shaʿāira
(the) rites
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَا
walā
and not
ٱلشَّهْرَ
l-shahra
the month
ٱلْحَرَامَ
l-ḥarāma
the sacred
وَلَا
walā
and not
ٱلْهَدْىَ
l-hadya
the sacrificial animals
وَلَا
walā
and not
ٱلْقَلَـٰٓئِدَ
l-qalāida
the garlanded
وَلَآ
walā
and not
ءَآمِّينَ
āmmīna
(those) coming
ٱلْبَيْتَ
l-bayta
(to) the House
ٱلْحَرَامَ
l-ḥarāma
the Sacred
يَبْتَغُونَ
yabtaghūna
seeking
فَضْلًۭا
faḍlan
Bounty
مِّن
min
of
رَّبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
وَرِضْوَٰنًۭا ۚ
wariḍ'wānan
and good pleasure
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
حَلَلْتُمْ
ḥalaltum
you come out of Ihram
فَٱصْطَادُوا۟ ۚ
fa-iṣ'ṭādū
then (you may) hunt
وَلَا
walā
And let not
يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ
yajrimannakum
incite you
شَنَـَٔانُ
shanaānu
(the) hatred
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
(for) a people
أَن
an
as
صَدُّوكُمْ
ṣaddūkum
they stopped you
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
l-masjidi
Al-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِ
l-ḥarāmi
Al-Haraam
أَن
an
that
تَعْتَدُوا۟ ۘ
taʿtadū
you commit transgression
وَتَعَاوَنُوا۟
wataʿāwanū
And help one another
عَلَى
ʿalā
in
ٱلْبِرِّ
l-biri
[the] righteousness
وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ
wal-taqwā
and [the] piety
وَلَا
walā
but (do) not
تَعَاوَنُوا۟
taʿāwanū
help one another
عَلَى
ʿalā
in
ٱلْإِثْمِ
l-ith'mi
[the] sin
وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ ۚ
wal-ʿud'wāni
and [the] transgression
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ ۖ
l-laha
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَدِيدُ
shadīdu
(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) [the] punishment
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah, follow His Messenger and practice His laws, do not violate the sanctity of those things that Allah has instructed you to honour. Stay away from those things that are prohibited when you are in the state of pilgrim sanctity, such as wearing your normal clothing, and those things that are prohibited within the Sanctuary, such as hunting. Do not regard fighting in the sacred months of Dhū Al-Qa‘dah, Dhū Al-Ḥijjah, Muḥarram and Rajab to be permissible. Do not violate the sacrificial animal by siezing it or preventing it from reaching its place of sacrifice. Do not viola

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

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حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟ بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًا ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ فِى مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Hurrimat 'alaikumul maitatu waddamu wa lahmul khinzeeri wa maaa uhilla lighiril laahi bihee walmun khani qatu wal mawqoozatu wal mutarad diyatu wanna teehatu wa maaa akalas sabu'u illaa maa zakkaitum wa maa zubiha 'alan nusubi wa an tastaqsimoo bil azlaam; zaalikum fisq; alyawma ya'isal lazeena kafaroo min deenikum falaa takhshawhum wakh shawn; alyawma akmaltu lakum deenakum wa atmamtu 'alaikum ni'matee wa radeetu lakumul Islaama deenaa; famanidturra fee makhmasatin ghaira mutajaanifil li ismin fa innallaaha Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
حُرِّمَتْ
ḥurrimat
Are made unlawful
عَلَيْكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
on you
ٱلْمَيْتَةُ
l-maytatu
the dead animals
وَٱلدَّمُ
wal-damu
and the blood
وَلَحْمُ
walaḥmu
and flesh
ٱلْخِنزِيرِ
l-khinzīri
(of) the swine
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُهِلَّ
uhilla
has been dedicated
لِغَيْرِ
lighayri
to other than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
بِهِۦ
bihi
[on it]
وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ
wal-mun'khaniqatu
and that which is strangled (to death)
وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ
wal-mawqūdhatu
and that which is hit fatally
وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ
wal-mutaradiyatu
and that which has a fatal fall
وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ
wal-naṭīḥatu
and that which is gored by horns
وَمَآ
wamā
and that which
أَكَلَ
akala
ate (it)
ٱلسَّبُعُ
l-sabuʿu
the wild animal
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
what
ذَكَّيْتُمْ
dhakkaytum
you slaughtered
وَمَا
wamā
and what
ذُبِحَ
dhubiḥa
is sacrificed
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلنُّصُبِ
l-nuṣubi
the stone altars
وَأَن
wa-an
and that
تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟
tastaqsimū
you seek division
بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚ
bil-azlāmi
by divining arrows
ذَٰلِكُمْ
dhālikum
that
فِسْقٌ ۗ
fis'qun
(is) grave disobedience
ٱلْيَوْمَ
l-yawma
This day
يَئِسَ
ya-isa
(have) despaired
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِن
min
of
دِينِكُمْ
dīnikum
your religion
فَلَا
falā
so (do) not
تَخْشَوْهُمْ
takhshawhum
fear them
وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ
wa-ikh'shawni
but fear Me
ٱلْيَوْمَ
l-yawma
This day
أَكْمَلْتُ
akmaltu
I have perfected
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
دِينَكُمْ
dīnakum
your religion
وَأَتْمَمْتُ
wa-atmamtu
and I have completed
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
نِعْمَتِى
niʿ'matī
My Favor
وَرَضِيتُ
waraḍītu
and I have approved
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ
l-is'lāma
[the] Islam
دِينًۭا ۚ
dīnan
(as) a religion
فَمَنِ
famani
But whoever
ٱضْطُرَّ
uḍ'ṭurra
(is) forced
فِى
by
مَخْمَصَةٍ
makhmaṣatin
hunger
غَيْرَ
ghayra
(and) not
مُتَجَانِفٍۢ
mutajānifin
inclining
لِّإِثْمٍۢ ۙ
li-ith'min
to sin
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Allah has forbidden you from eating those animals that die without being ritually slaughtered. He has also forbidden you from spilled blood; pig’s meat; an animal on which other than the name of Allah was taken at the time of slaughter; an animal that was strangled or beaten to death, or one that fell from a high place; or an animal that was gored by another animal and an animal that was hunted by a predator, such as a lion, tiger or wolf, unless you reach any of these animals while they are alive and you slaughter them – in which case they will be lawful for you. He has forbidden you from tho

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

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يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَآ أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ ۖ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّآ أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], what has been made lawful for them. Say, "Lawful for you are [all] good foods and [game caught by] what you have trained of hunting animals which you train as Allāh has taught you. So eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of Allāh upon it, and fear Allāh." Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.

Yas'aloonaka maazaaa uhilla lahum; qul uhilla lakumuttaiyibaatu wa maa'allamtum minal jawaarihi mukallibeena tu'allimoonahunnamimmaa 'allamakumul laahu fakuloo mimmaaa amsakna 'alaikum wazkurus mal laahi 'alaih; wattaqul laah; innal laaha saree'ul hisaab

Word by word
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
yasalūnaka
They ask you
مَاذَآ
mādhā
what
أُحِلَّ
uḥilla
(is) made lawful
لَهُمْ ۖ
lahum
for them
قُلْ
qul
Say
أُحِلَّ
uḥilla
Are made lawful
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۙ
l-ṭayibātu
the good things
وَمَا
wamā
and what
عَلَّمْتُم
ʿallamtum
you have taught
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجَوَارِحِ
l-jawāriḥi
(your) hunting animals
مُكَلِّبِينَ
mukallibīna
ones who train animals to hunt
تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ
tuʿallimūnahunna
you teach them
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
عَلَّمَكُمُ
ʿallamakumu
has taught you
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
فَكُلُوا۟
fakulū
So eat
مِمَّآ
mimmā
of what
أَمْسَكْنَ
amsakna
they catch
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟
wa-udh'kurū
but mention
ٱسْمَ
is'ma
(the) name
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِ ۖ
ʿalayhi
on it
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
and fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚ
l-laha
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
is swift
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in taking) account
Interpretation

Your companions ask you, O Messenger, what Allah has permitted them to eat. Say, O Messenger: Allah has permitted you to eat any food that is pure and also what is hunted by trained animals that have canines, such as dogs, cheetahs, or birds that have talons such as falcons. These are animals that you train to hunt as Allah has blessed you with knowledge of its methods, such that they follow instructions and leave something when told to do so. You may eat any game caught by such animals, even if they kill them, as long as you take the name of Allah when releasing them. Be mindful of Allah by f

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

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ٱلْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَـٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِىٓ أَخْدَانٍ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

Alyawma uhilla lakumut taiyibaatu wa ta'aamul lazeena ootul Kitaaba hillul lakum wa ta'aamukum hillul lahum wal muhsanaatu minal mu'minaati walmuhsanaatu minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba min qablikum izaaa aataitumoohunna ujoorahunna muhsineena ghaira musaafiheena wa laa muttakhizeee akhdaan; wa mai yakfur bil eemaani faqad habita 'amaluhoo wa huwa fil Aaakhirati minal khaasireen

Word by word
ٱلْيَوْمَ
al-yawma
This day
أُحِلَّ
uḥilla
are made lawful
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۖ
l-ṭayibātu
the good things
وَطَعَامُ
waṭaʿāmu
and (the) food
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
حِلٌّۭ
ḥillun
(is) lawful
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَطَعَامُكُمْ
waṭaʿāmukum
and your food
حِلٌّۭ
ḥillun
(is) lawful
لَّهُمْ ۖ
lahum
for them
وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ
wal-muḥ'ṣanātu
And the chaste women
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
l-mu'mināti
the believers
وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ
wal-muḥ'ṣanātu
and the chaste women
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِكُمْ
qablikum
before you
إِذَآ
idhā
when
ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ
ātaytumūhunna
you have given them
أُجُورَهُنَّ
ujūrahunna
their bridal due
مُحْصِنِينَ
muḥ'ṣinīna
being chaste
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
مُسَـٰفِحِينَ
musāfiḥīna
being lewd
وَلَا
walā
and not
مُتَّخِذِىٓ
muttakhidhī
ones (who are) taking
أَخْدَانٍۢ ۗ
akhdānin
secret lovers
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَكْفُرْ
yakfur
denies
بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ
bil-īmāni
the faith
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
حَبِطَ
ḥabiṭa
(are) wasted
عَمَلُهُۥ
ʿamaluhu
his deeds
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
فِى
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
مِنَ
mina
(will be) among
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
Interpretation

Today Allah has allowed you to eat those things that are wholesome, and the animals slaughtered by the Jews and Christians who are the People of the Scripture. He has also made lawful for them animals that you slaughter. He has permitted you to marry free, chaste women from the believers, as well as free, chaste women from the Jews and Christians who received scripture before you. This is if you give them their dowries and you are trying to stay away from committing an immoral action, such as adultery or fornication, by taking them as lovers. Yet whosoever disbelieves in Allah and His laws whi

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَـٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah, then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo izaa qumtum ilas Salaati faghsiloo wujoohakum wa Aidiyakum ilal maraafiqi wamsahoo biru'oosikum wa arjulakum ilal ka'bayn; wa in kuntum junuban fattahharoo; wain kuntum mardaaa aw'alaa safarin aw jaaa'a ahadum minkum minal ghaaa'iti aw laamastumunnisaaa'a falam tajidoo maaa'an fatayammamoo sa'eedan taiyiban famsahoo biwujoohikum wa aideekum minh; ma yureedul laahu liyaj'ala 'alaikum min harajinw wa laakidy yureedu liyutahhirakum wa liyutimma m'matahoo 'alaikum la'allakum tashkuroon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
إِذَا
idhā
When
قُمْتُمْ
qum'tum
you stand up
إِلَى
ilā
for
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
l-ṣalati
the prayer
فَٱغْسِلُوا۟
fa-igh'silū
then wash
وُجُوهَكُمْ
wujūhakum
your faces
وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ
wa-aydiyakum
and your hands
إِلَى
ilā
till
ٱلْمَرَافِقِ
l-marāfiqi
the elbows
وَٱمْسَحُوا۟
wa-im'saḥū
and wipe
بِرُءُوسِكُمْ
biruūsikum
your heads
وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ
wa-arjulakum
and your feet
إِلَى
ilā
till
ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ ۚ
l-kaʿbayni
the ankles
وَإِن
wa-in
But if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
جُنُبًۭا
junuban
(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ ۚ
fa-iṭṭahharū
then purify yourselves
وَإِن
wa-in
But if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مَّرْضَىٰٓ
marḍā
ill
أَوْ
aw
or
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
سَفَرٍ
safarin
a journey
أَوْ
aw
or
جَآءَ
jāa
has come
أَحَدٌۭ
aḥadun
anyone
مِّنكُم
minkum
of you
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْغَآئِطِ
l-ghāiṭi
the toilet
أَوْ
aw
or
لَـٰمَسْتُمُ
lāmastumu
has (had) contact
ٱلنِّسَآءَ
l-nisāa
(with) the women
فَلَمْ
falam
and not
تَجِدُوا۟
tajidū
you find
مَآءًۭ
māan
water
فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟
fatayammamū
then do tayyammum
صَعِيدًۭا
ṣaʿīdan
(with) earth
طَيِّبًۭا
ṭayyiban
clean
فَٱمْسَحُوا۟
fa-im'saḥū
then wipe
بِوُجُوهِكُمْ
biwujūhikum
your faces
وَأَيْدِيكُم
wa-aydīkum
and your hands
مِّنْهُ ۚ
min'hu
with it
مَا
Does not
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
intend
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لِيَجْعَلَ
liyajʿala
to make
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
for you
مِّنْ
min
any
حَرَجٍۢ
ḥarajin
difficulty
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
He intends
لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ
liyuṭahhirakum
to purify you
وَلِيُتِمَّ
waliyutimma
and to complete
نِعْمَتَهُۥ
niʿ'matahu
His Favor
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَشْكُرُونَ
tashkurūna
(be) grateful
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah, follow His Messenger and practice His laws, when you intend to stand up to offer the prayer and you are in the state of minor ritual impurity, then perform ablution by washing your faces and then your hands together with the elbows, then wiping your heads and finally washing your feet together with the ankles. If you are in the state of major ritual impurity, then take a full bath. If you are sick and you fear that the sickness will get worse or the healing will be delayed, or if you are on a journey even though you are not sick, or if you are in the state of minor

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

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وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمِيثَـٰقَهُ ٱلَّذِى وَاثَقَكُم بِهِۦٓ إِذْ قُلْتُمْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

And remember the favor of Allāh upon you and His covenant with which He bound you when you said, "We hear and we obey"; and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.

Wazkuroo ni'matal laahi 'alaikum wa meesaaqahul lazee waasaqakum biheee iz qultum sami'naa wa ata'naa wattaqul laah; innal laaha 'aleemum bizaatis sudoor

Word by word
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
نِعْمَةَ
niʿ'mata
(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
وَمِيثَـٰقَهُ
wamīthāqahu
and His covenant
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
which
وَاثَقَكُم
wāthaqakum
He bound you
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
with [it]
إِذْ
idh
when
قُلْتُمْ
qul'tum
you said
سَمِعْنَا
samiʿ'nā
We heard
وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ
wa-aṭaʿnā
and we obeyed
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
and fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚ
l-laha
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
بِذَاتِ
bidhāti
of what
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
(is in) the breasts
Interpretation

Remember Allah’s favour upon you by guiding you to Islam and the promise He took from you when you said at the time of pledging allegiance to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to listen and follow in ease or difficulty: ‘We hear your words and we follow your instruction’. Be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions, including His promises, and avoiding His prohibitions. Allah knows what is in the hearts and nothing is hidden from Him.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ لِلَّهِ شُهَدَآءَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ ٱعْدِلُوا۟ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allāh, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamaanoo koonoo qawwaa meena lillaahi shuhadaaa'a bilqist, wa laa yajrimannakum shana aanu qawmin 'alaaa allaa ta'diloo; i'diloo; huwa aqrabu littaqwaa wattaqul laah; innal laaha khabeerum bimaa ta'maloon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
كُونُوا۟
kūnū
Be
قَوَّٰمِينَ
qawwāmīna
steadfast
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
for Allah
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
(as) witnesses
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ
bil-qis'ṭi
in justice
وَلَا
walā
and let not
يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ
yajrimannakum
prevent you
شَنَـَٔانُ
shanaānu
hatred
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
(of) a people
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
[upon]
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ
taʿdilū
you do justice
ٱعْدِلُوا۟
iʿ'dilū
Be just
هُوَ
huwa
it
أَقْرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) nearer
لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ
lilttaqwā
to [the] piety
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚ
l-laha
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
خَبِيرٌۢ
khabīrun
(is) All-Aware
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah and His Messenger and follow His laws, uphold Allah’s rights over you, seeking His pleasure. Be witnesses for justice and not for oppression. The hatred for a people should not make you leave justice: justice is a requirement with a friend, as well as with an enemy, so be just with both. Justice is closer to the fear of Allah, and oppression is closer to disrespect against Him. Be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions. Allah knows what you do. Nothing of your actions is hidden from Him and He will repay you accordingly.

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

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وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۙ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

Allāh has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds [that] for them there is forgiveness and great reward.

Wa'adal laahul lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati lahum maghfiratunw wa ajrun 'azeem

Word by word
وَعَدَ
waʿada
Has promised
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ۙ
l-ṣāliḥāti
the righteous deeds
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ
maghfiratun
(is) forgiveness
وَأَجْرٌ
wa-ajrun
and a reward
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

Allah has made a promise to those who have faith in Allah and His messengers of forgiveness for their sins and a great reward which is to enter into Paradise. Allah never fails His Promise.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

But those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those are the companions of Hellfire.

Wallazeena kafaroo wa kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaaa ulaaa'ika Ashaabul Jaheem

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
وَكَذَّبُوا۟
wakadhabū
and deny
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ
biāyātinā
Our Signs
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلْجَحِيمِ
l-jaḥīmi
(of) the Hellfire
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve in Allah and reject His verses are the companions of the fire of Hell, which they will enter as a punishment for their disbelief and rejection. They will remain in the fire of Hell eternally, just as a companion remains with his companion.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ هَمَّ قَوْمٌ أَن يَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَكَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when a people determined to extend their hands [in aggression] against you, but He withheld their hands from you; and fear Allāh. And upon Allāh let the believers rely.

Yaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanuz kuroo ni'matallaahi 'alaikum iz hamma qawmun ai yabsutooo ilaikum aidiyahm fakaffa aidiyahum 'ankum wattaqullaah; wa'alal laahi fal yatawakalil mu'minoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
ٱذْكُرُوا۟
udh'kurū
Remember
نِعْمَتَ
niʿ'mata
(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
إِذْ
idh
when
هَمَّ
hamma
determined
قَوْمٌ
qawmun
a people
أَن
an
that
يَبْسُطُوٓا۟
yabsuṭū
they stretch
إِلَيْكُمْ
ilaykum
towards you
أَيْدِيَهُمْ
aydiyahum
their hands
فَكَفَّ
fakaffa
but He restrained
أَيْدِيَهُمْ
aydiyahum
their hands
عَنكُمْ ۖ
ʿankum
from you
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚ
l-laha
Allah
وَعَلَى
waʿalā
And upon
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ
falyatawakkali
so let put the trust
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
l-mu'minūna
the believers
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah and follow His Messenger, remember, with your hearts and tongues, the favours Allah has given you, such as safety and the placing of fear in the hearts of your enemies, when they intended to stretch their hands towards you in order to attack you. Allah turned them away from you and protected you from them. Be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions. Let the believers place their reliance in Allah alone, in order to achieve their religious and worldly interests.

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

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۞ وَلَقَدْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ ٱثْنَىْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ أَقَمْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَيْتُمُ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَءَامَنتُم بِرُسُلِى وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

And Allāh had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We delegated from among them twelve leaders. And Allāh said, "I am with you. If you establish prayer and give zakāh and believe in My messengers and support them and loan Allāh a goodly loan, I will surely remove from you your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieves after that has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way."

Wa laqad akhazal laahu meesaaqa Banee Israaa'eela wa ba'sanaa minhumus ani 'ashara naqeebanw wa qaalal laahu innee ma'akum la'in aqamtumus Salaata wa aataitumuz Zakaata wa aamantum bi Rusulee wa'azzartumoohum wa aqradtumul laaha qardan hasanal la ukaffiranna 'ankum saiyiaatikum wa la udkhilan nakum Jannaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaar; faman kafara ba'da zaalika minkum faqad dalla sawaaa'as Sabeel

Word by word
۞ وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَخَذَ
akhadha
took
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِيثَـٰقَ
mīthāqa
a Covenant
بَنِىٓ
banī
(from the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
وَبَعَثْنَا
wabaʿathnā
and We appointed
مِنْهُمُ
min'humu
among them
ٱثْنَىْ
ith'nay
two
عَشَرَ
ʿashara
(and) ten
نَقِيبًۭا ۖ
naqīban
leaders
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I (am)
مَعَكُمْ ۖ
maʿakum
with you
لَئِنْ
la-in
if
أَقَمْتُمُ
aqamtumu
you establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
وَءَاتَيْتُمُ
waātaytumu
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
the zakah
وَءَامَنتُم
waāmantum
and you believe
بِرُسُلِى
birusulī
in My Messengers
وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ
waʿazzartumūhum
and you assist them
وَأَقْرَضْتُمُ
wa-aqraḍtumu
and you loan
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(to) Allah
قَرْضًا
qarḍan
a loan
حَسَنًۭا
ḥasanan
goodly
لَّأُكَفِّرَنَّ
la-ukaffiranna
surely I will remove
عَنكُمْ
ʿankum
from you
سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ
sayyiātikum
your evil deeds
وَلَأُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ
wala-ud'khilannakum
and I will surely admit you
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
(to) gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flow
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ
l-anhāru
the rivers
فَمَن
faman
But whoever
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieved
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
فَقَدْ
faqad
then certainly
ضَلَّ
ḍalla
he strayed
سَوَآءَ
sawāa
(from) the way
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
l-sabīli
the right
Interpretation

Allah had taken a firm promise from the Children of Israel, when He appointed over them twelve chiefs who were placed in authority over them. Allah said to the Israelites: I am with you- with my help and support if you establish the prayer in the complete manner, give Zakat from your wealth, accept all of my messengers without distinction, honour them, assist them and spend in good causes. If you do all of this, I will wipe out the sins you commit and I will enter you, on the Day of Judgement, into gardens with palaces overlooking flowing streams. Whoever disbelieves after making this promise

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

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فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْ لَعَنَّـٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَـٰسِيَةً ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ ۙ وَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَىٰ خَآئِنَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَٱصْفَحْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hardened. They distort words from their [proper] places [i.e., usages] and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook [their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.

Fabimaa naqdihim meesaa qahum la'annaahum wa ja'alnaa quloobahum qaasiyatany yuharrifoonal kalima 'ammawaadi'ihee wa nasoo hazzam mimmaa zukkiroo bih; khaaa'inatim minhum illaa qaleelam minhum fa'fu 'anhum wasfah; innal laaha yuhibbul muhsineen

Word by word
فَبِمَا
fabimā
So for
نَقْضِهِم
naqḍihim
their breaking
مِّيثَـٰقَهُمْ
mīthāqahum
(of) their covenant
لَعَنَّـٰهُمْ
laʿannāhum
We cursed them
وَجَعَلْنَا
wajaʿalnā
and We made
قُلُوبَهُمْ
qulūbahum
their hearts
قَـٰسِيَةًۭ ۖ
qāsiyatan
hard
يُحَرِّفُونَ
yuḥarrifūna
They distort
ٱلْكَلِمَ
l-kalima
the words
عَن
ʿan
from
مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ ۙ
mawāḍiʿihi
their places
وَنَسُوا۟
wanasū
and forgot
حَظًّۭا
ḥaẓẓan
a part
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
ذُكِّرُوا۟
dhukkirū
they were reminded
بِهِۦ ۚ
bihi
of [it]
وَلَا
walā
And not
تَزَالُ
tazālu
will you cease
تَطَّلِعُ
taṭṭaliʿu
to discover
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
of
خَآئِنَةٍۢ
khāinatin
treachery
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
from them
إِلَّا
illā
except
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
a few
مِّنْهُمْ ۖ
min'hum
of them
فَٱعْفُ
fa-uʿ'fu
But forgive
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
them
وَٱصْفَحْ ۚ
wa-iṣ'faḥ
and overlook
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
Interpretation

Because of their breaking the promise that was taken from them, I distanced them from My mercy and I made their hearts so hard that no good could enter them and no advice could be of any benefit to them. They distort the placing of words by replacing them with other words, and by interpreting them according to their desires. They also left out practicing some of what they were advised to do. You will continuously discover, O Messenger, their betrayal of Allah and His believing servants, with the exception of a few of them, who fulfil the promise taken from them. So pardon them and do not take

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

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وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَـٰرَىٰٓ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَأَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

And from those who say, "We are Christians" We took their covenant; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So We caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh is going to inform them about what they used to do.

Wa minal lazeena qaalooo innaa nasaaraaa akhaznaa meesaaqahum fanasoo hazzam mimmaa zukkiroo bihee fa aghrainaa binahumul 'adaawata walbaghdaaa'a ilaa yawmil Qiyaamah; wa sawfa yunabbi'uhumul laahu bimaa kaanoo yasna'oon

Word by word
وَمِنَ
wamina
And from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed we
نَصَـٰرَىٰٓ
naṣārā
(are) Christians
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We took
مِيثَـٰقَهُمْ
mīthāqahum
their covenant
فَنَسُوا۟
fanasū
but they forgot
حَظًّۭا
ḥaẓẓan
a part
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
ذُكِّرُوا۟
dhukkirū
they were reminded
بِهِۦ
bihi
of [it]
فَأَغْرَيْنَا
fa-aghraynā
So We aroused
بَيْنَهُمُ
baynahumu
between them
ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ
l-ʿadāwata
[the] enmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ
wal-baghḍāa
and [the] hatred
إِلَىٰ
ilā
till
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
وَسَوْفَ
wasawfa
And soon
يُنَبِّئُهُمُ
yunabbi-uhumu
will inform them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِمَا
bimā
of what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَصْنَعُونَ
yaṣnaʿūna
do
Interpretation

Just as I took a firm promise from the Jews, I also took a promise from those who declare themselves to be pure followers of Jesus (peace be upon him). They also left out practicing some of what they were advised to do, just as their predecessors from among the jews did. I then placed enmity and hatred between them and they began fighting and killing one another, each one declaring the other to be a disbeliever. Allah will inform them about what they used to do and will repay them for the same.

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

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يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ ۚ قَدْ جَآءَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَـٰبٌ مُّبِينٌ

O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allāh a light and a clear Book [i.e., the Qur’ān]

yaaa Ahlal kitaabi qad jaaa'akum Rasoolunaa yubaiyinu lakum kaseeram mimmmaa kuntum tukhfoona minal Kitaabi wa ya'foo 'an kaseer; qad jaaa'akum minal laahi noorunw wa Kitaabum Mubeen

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
قَدْ
qad
Surely
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
has come to you
رَسُولُنَا
rasūlunā
Our Messenger
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
making clear
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
much
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تُخْفُونَ
tukh'fūna
conceal
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Scripture
وَيَعْفُوا۟
wayaʿfū
and overlooking
عَن
ʿan
of
كَثِيرٍۢ ۚ
kathīrin
much
قَدْ
qad
Surely
جَآءَكُم
jāakum
has come to you
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
نُورٌۭ
nūrun
a light
وَكِتَـٰبٌۭ
wakitābun
and a Book
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
clear
Interpretation

O People of the Scripture – referring to the Jews who had the Torah and the Christians who had the Gospel – My messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) has come to you to explain much of what you hide from the scripture revealed to you, and to overlook much of that in which there is no benefit besides disgracing you. The Qur’ān has come to you as a Book from Allah, which is a light to guide you and a Book that makes clear all of what people require for their worldly and religious affairs.

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

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يَهْدِى بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

By which Allāh guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

Yahdee bihil laahu manit taba'a ridwaanahoo subulas salaami wa yukhrijuhum minaz zulumaati ilan noori bi iznihee wa yahdeehim ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

Word by word
يَهْدِى
yahdī
Guides
بِهِ
bihi
with it
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَنِ
mani
(those) who
ٱتَّبَعَ
ittabaʿa
seek
رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ
riḍ'wānahu
His pleasure
سُبُلَ
subula
(to the) ways
ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ
l-salāmi
(of) the peace
وَيُخْرِجُهُم
wayukh'rijuhum
and brings them out
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ
l-ẓulumāti
the darknessess
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلنُّورِ
l-nūri
the light
بِإِذْنِهِۦ
bi-idh'nihi
by His permission
وَيَهْدِيهِمْ
wayahdīhim
and guides them
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
صِرَٰطٍۢ
ṣirāṭin
(the) way
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
mus'taqīmin
(the) straight
Interpretation

By this Book, Allah guides the person who follows faith and does good actions, which please Him, to the paths of safety from Allah’s punishment. These are the paths that lead to Paradise. He removes them from the darkness of disbelief and disobedience to the light of faith and obedience, and He guides them to the straight path: the path of Islam.

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

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لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا إِنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُهْلِكَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allāh is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allāh at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

Laqad kafaral lazeena qaalooo innal laaha huwal maseehub nu Maryam; qul famany-yamliku minal laahi shai'an in araada ai yuhlikal Maseehab na Maryama wa ummahoo wa man fil ardi jamee'aa, wa lillaahi mmulkus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa; yakhluqu maa Yashaaa'; wakhluqu maa yashaaa'; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
لَّقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieved
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
said
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْمَسِيحُ
l-masīḥu
(is) the Messiah
ٱبْنُ
ub'nu
son
مَرْيَمَ ۚ
maryama
(of) Maryam
قُلْ
qul
Say
فَمَن
faman
Then who
يَمْلِكُ
yamliku
has power
مِنَ
mina
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَيْـًٔا
shayan
(in) anything
إِنْ
in
if
أَرَادَ
arāda
He intends
أَن
an
to
يُهْلِكَ
yuh'lika
destroy
ٱلْمَسِيحَ
l-masīḥa
the Messiah
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
وَأُمَّهُۥ
wa-ummahu
and his mother
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
جَمِيعًۭا ۗ
jamīʿan
all
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
بَيْنَهُمَا ۚ
baynahumā
(is) between both of them
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
He creates
مَا
what
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

Those Christians who say that ‘Allah is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary’ have committed disbelief. Say to them, O Messenger: Who is able to prevent Allah from destroying the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, as well as his mother and all of those on earth if He wishes to do so? If no one is able to stop Allah from this, it is a clear indication that there is no god but Allah and that all of those people – Jesus, son of Mary, his mother and all of creation – are all Allah’s creation. The dominion of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, is Allah’s. He creates whatever He wishes an

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

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وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَـٰٓؤُا۟ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّـٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُم بِذُنُوبِكُم ۖ بَلْ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ۚ يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allāh and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.

Wa qaalatil Yahoodu wan Nasaaraa nahnu abnaaa'ul laahi wa ahibbaaa'uh; qul falima yu'azzibukum bizunoobikum bal antum basharum mimmman khalaq; yaghfiru limai yashaaa'u wa yu'azzibu mai yashaaa'; wa lillaahi mulkus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa bainahumaa wa ilaihil maseer

Word by word
وَقَالَتِ
waqālati
And said
ٱلْيَهُودُ
l-yahūdu
the Jews
وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ
wal-naṣārā
and the Christians
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
We (are)
أَبْنَـٰٓؤُا۟
abnāu
(the) children
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَأَحِبَّـٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ
wa-aḥibbāuhu
and His beloved
قُلْ
qul
Say
فَلِمَ
falima
Then why
يُعَذِّبُكُم
yuʿadhibukum
(does He) punish you
بِذُنُوبِكُم ۖ
bidhunūbikum
for your sins
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَنتُم
antum
you (are)
بَشَرٌۭ
basharun
human beings
مِّمَّنْ
mimman
from among (those)
خَلَقَ ۚ
khalaqa
He created
يَغْفِرُ
yaghfiru
He forgives
لِمَن
liman
[for] whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
وَيُعَذِّبُ
wayuʿadhibu
and punishes
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and whatever
بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ
baynahumā
(is) between them
وَإِلَيْهِ
wa-ilayhi
and to Him
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the final return
Interpretation

Both the Jews and the Christians claimed: ‘We are Allah’s children and loved ones’. Say, O Messenger, in refutation of their claim: Why does Allah punish you for the sins you commit? If you were His loved ones, as you claim, He would not have punished you, by your being killed or disfigured in the world, and by means of the fire of Hell in the Afterlife, because He does not punish those He loves. Instead, you are just like all other human beings. If any of them do good, Allah will reward them with Paradise. If any of them do evil, He will punish them in the fire of Hell. Allah forgives whomeve

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

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يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allāh is over all things competent.

Yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi qad jaaa'akum Rasoolunaa yubaiyinu lakum 'alaa fatratim minal Rusuli an taqooloo maa jaaa'anaa mim basheerinw wa laa nazeerin faqad jaaa'akum basheerunw wa nazeer; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
قَدْ
qad
Surely
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
has come to you
رَسُولُنَا
rasūlunā
Our Messenger
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
he makes clear
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
[on]
فَتْرَةٍۢ
fatratin
(after) an interval (of cessation)
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلرُّسُلِ
l-rusuli
the Messengers
أَن
an
lest
تَقُولُوا۟
taqūlū
you say
مَا
Not
جَآءَنَا
jāanā
(has) come to us
مِنۢ
min
any
بَشِيرٍۢ
bashīrin
bearer of glad tidings
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَذِيرٍۢ ۖ
nadhīrin
a warner
فَقَدْ
faqad
But surely
جَآءَكُم
jāakum
has come to you
بَشِيرٌۭ
bashīrun
a bearer of glad tidings
وَنَذِيرٌۭ ۗ
wanadhīrun
and a warner
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

O People of the Scripture, Jews and Christians, My messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him) has come to you after a period when there were no messengers and when there was a real need for his mission, so that you do not say as an excuse, ‘No messenger came to us bringing good news of Allah’s reward nor any warning of His punishment’. Muhammad (peace be upon him) has come to you to give you good news of My reward and warn you of My punishment. I am able to do all things. Nothing is outside My ability. It is through My power that I sent the messengers and I sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) as the

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

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وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنۢبِيَآءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَءَاتَىٰكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.

Qa iz qaala Moosaa liqawmihee yaa qawmiz kuroo ni'matal laahi 'alaikum iz ja'ala feekum mulookanw wa aataakum maa lam yu'ti ahadam minal 'aalameen

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِۦ
liqawmihi
to his people
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱذْكُرُوا۟
udh'kurū
remember
نِعْمَةَ
niʿ'mata
(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
إِذْ
idh
when
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
He placed
فِيكُمْ
fīkum
among you
أَنۢبِيَآءَ
anbiyāa
Prophets
وَجَعَلَكُم
wajaʿalakum
and made you
مُّلُوكًۭا
mulūkan
kings
وَءَاتَىٰكُم
waātākum
and He gave you
مَّا
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُؤْتِ
yu'ti
He (had) given
أَحَدًۭا
aḥadan
(to) anyone
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when Moses said to his people, the Israelites, ‘O People, remember, with your hearts and tongues, Allah’s favour to you when He made prophets amongst you calling you to guidance, made you kings in control of your affairs after you were subjugated slaves, and gave you such favours that He had not given to any other people in your time’.

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

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يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

O my people, enter the blessed land [i.e., Palestine] which Allāh has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allāh's cause] and [thus] become losers."

Yaa qawmid khulul Ardal MMuqaddasatal latee katabal laahu lakum wa laa tartaddoo 'alaaa adbaarikum fatanqaliboo khaasireen

Word by word
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
ud'khulū
Enter
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the land
ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ
l-muqadasata
the Holy
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
كَتَبَ
kataba
(has been) ordained
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَرْتَدُّوا۟
tartaddū
turn
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَدْبَارِكُمْ
adbārikum
your backs
فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟
fatanqalibū
then you will turn back
خَـٰسِرِينَ
khāsirīna
(as) losers
Interpretation

Moses said, ‘O People, enter the land that has been purified – Jerusalem and the surrounding area – which Allah has promised that you will enter, and fight the disbelievers in it. Do not become weak before the tyrants, because you will then end up as losers in the world and the Afterlife’.

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

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ

They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter."

Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa innaa feehaa qwman jabbaareena wa innaa lan nadkhulahaa hattaa yakhrujoo minhaa fa innaa daakhiloon

Word by word
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ
yāmūsā
O Musa
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
(are) people
جَبَّارِينَ
jabbārīna
(of) tyrannical strength
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
لَن
lan
never
نَّدْخُلَهَا
nadkhulahā
will enter it
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَخْرُجُوا۟
yakhrujū
they leave
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
فَإِن
fa-in
and if
يَخْرُجُوا۟
yakhrujū
they leave
مِنْهَا
min'hā
[from] it
فَإِنَّا
fa-innā
then certainly we (will)
دَٰخِلُونَ
dākhilūna
enter (it)
Interpretation

His people said to him, ‘O Moses, in the Holy Land there is a powerful and mighty people and this is preventing us from entering it. We will not enter it as long as these people are there, because we do not have the ability to fight them. If they leave, we will go in’.

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

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قَالَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَـٰلِبُونَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوٓا۟ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Said two men from those who feared [to disobey] upon whom Allāh had bestowed favor, "Enter upon them through the gate, for when you have entered it, you will be predominant. And upon Allāh rely, if you should be believers."

Qaala rajulaani minal lazeena yakhaafoona an'amal laahu 'alaihimad khuloo 'alaihimul baab, fa izaa dakhaltumoohu fa innakum ghaaliboon; wa 'alal laahi fatawakkalooo in kuntum mu'mineen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
رَجُلَانِ
rajulāni
two men
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَخَافُونَ
yakhāfūna
feared (Allah)
أَنْعَمَ
anʿama
(had) favored
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَيْهِمَا
ʿalayhimā
[on] both of them
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
ud'khulū
Enter
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
ٱلْبَابَ
l-bāba
(through) the gate
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
then when
دَخَلْتُمُوهُ
dakhaltumūhu
you have entered it
فَإِنَّكُمْ
fa-innakum
then indeed, you (will be)
غَـٰلِبُونَ ۚ
ghālibūna
victorious
وَعَلَى
waʿalā
And upon
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
فَتَوَكَّلُوٓا۟
fatawakkalū
then put your trust
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

Two men from the companions of Moses who feared Allah and were afraid of His punishment, whom Allah had blessed by enabling them to obey Him, urged their people to fulfil the instruction of Moses and said, ‘Enter the gate of the city against the tyrants. Once you go through the gate you will – by Allah’s permission – defeat them, as Allah’s custom is to give victory after the means of having faith and making preparation are adopted. Place your reliance and trust in Allah alone, if you truly have faith. Faith in Allah requires you to rely on Him’.

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

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَآ أَبَدًا مَّا دَامُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ فَٱذْهَبْ أَنتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَـٰتِلَآ إِنَّا هَـٰهُنَا قَـٰعِدُونَ

They said, "O Moses, indeed we will not enter it, ever, as long as they are within it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here."

Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa innaa lan nadkhulahaa abadam maa daamoo feehaa fazhab anta wa Rabbuka faqaatilaaa innaa haahunaa qaa'idoon

Word by word
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ
yāmūsā
O Musa
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
لَن
lan
never
نَّدْخُلَهَآ
nadkhulahā
will enter it
أَبَدًۭا
abadan
ever
مَّا
for
دَامُوا۟
dāmū
as long as they are
فِيهَا ۖ
fīhā
in it
فَٱذْهَبْ
fa-idh'hab
So go
أَنتَ
anta
you
وَرَبُّكَ
warabbuka
and your Lord
فَقَـٰتِلَآ
faqātilā
and you both fight
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
هَـٰهُنَا
hāhunā
are [here]
قَـٰعِدُونَ
qāʿidūna
sitting
Interpretation

The Children of Israel insisted on going against the instruction of their prophet, Moses, and said, ‘We will never enter the city as long as the tyrants are there. So you, O Moses, and your Lord go and fight the tyrants. We will remain sitting here and will not join you in the fight’.

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 إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِى وَأَخِى ۖ فَٱفْرُقْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

[Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess [i.e., control] except myself and my brother, so part us from the defiantly disobedient people."

Qaala Rabbi innee laaa amliku illaa nafsee wa akhee fafruq bainanaa wa bainal qawmil faasiqeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
O my Lord
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
لَآ
(do) not
أَمْلِكُ
amliku
(have) power
إِلَّا
illā
except
نَفْسِى
nafsī
(over) myself
وَأَخِى ۖ
wa-akhī
and my brother
فَٱفْرُقْ
fa-uf'ruq
so (make a) separation
بَيْنَنَا
baynanā
between us
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
l-fāsiqīna
(the) defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Moses said to his Lord, ‘O Lord, I have no authority over anyone besides myself and my brother, Aaron. So separate us from those who do not obey You and Your messenger’.

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

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قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ۛ يَتِيهُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

[Allāh] said, "Then indeed, it is forbidden to them for forty years [in which] they will wander throughout the land. So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people."

Qaala fa innahaa muhar ramatun 'alaihim arba'eena sanah; yateehoona fil ard; falaa taasa 'alal qawmil faasiqeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Allah) said
فَإِنَّهَا
fa-innahā
Then indeed it
مُحَرَّمَةٌ
muḥarramatun
(will be) forbidden
عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ
ʿalayhim
to them
أَرْبَعِينَ
arbaʿīna
(for) forty
سَنَةًۭ ۛ
sanatan
years
يَتِيهُونَ
yatīhūna
they will wander
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
تَأْسَ
tasa
grieve
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
l-fāsiqīna
the defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Allah said to His Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), ‘Allah has forbidden entry into the Holy Land for the Israelites for a period of forty years, in which they will wander on earth aimlessly without direction. Do not grieve, O Moses, over those who do not follow Allah, because the punishment they receive is because of their sins’.

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

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۞ وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱبْنَىْ ءَادَمَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِذْ قَرَّبَا قُرْبَانًا فَتُقُبِّلَ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُتَقَبَّلْ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِ قَالَ لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

And recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both made an offering [to Allāh], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allāh only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].

Watlu 'alaihim naba abnai Aadama bilhaqq; iz qarrabaa qurbaanan fatuqubbila min ahadihimaa wa lam yutaqabbal minal aakhari qaala la aqtulannnaka qaala innamaa yataqabbalul laahu minal muttaqeen

Word by word
۞ وَٱتْلُ
wa-ut'lu
And recite
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
نَبَأَ
naba-a
the story
ٱبْنَىْ
ib'nay
(of) two sons
ءَادَمَ
ādama
(of) Adam
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
إِذْ
idh
when
قَرَّبَا
qarrabā
both offered
قُرْبَانًۭا
qur'bānan
a sacrifice
فَتُقُبِّلَ
fatuqubbila
and it was accepted
مِنْ
min
from
أَحَدِهِمَا
aḥadihimā
one of them
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
يُتَقَبَّلْ
yutaqabbal
was accepted
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْـَٔاخَرِ
l-ākhari
the other
قَالَ
qāla
Said (the latter)
لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ ۖ
la-aqtulannaka
Surely I will kill you
قَالَ
qāla
Said (the former)
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
يَتَقَبَّلُ
yataqabbalu
accepts
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(does) Allah
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ
l-mutaqīna
the God fearing
Interpretation

Relate with the truth O Messenger, to these Jews who are jealous and who do wrong, the incident of the two sons of Adam, Cain and Abel, When they both offered a sacrifice to gain closeness to Allah, Allah accepted the sacrifice offered by Abel because he was mindful of Him and did not accept the offering of Cain because he was not mindful of Allah. Cain was unhappy about the fact that Abel’s sacrifice was accepted and jealously said, ‘I will kill you, O Abel!’ Abel replied, ‘Allah only accepts the offering of the one who is mindful of Him by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibi

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

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لَئِنۢ بَسَطتَ إِلَىَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِى مَآ أَنَا۠ بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِىَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

If you should raise your hand toward me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand toward you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

La'im basatta ilaiya yadaka litaqtulanee maaa ana bibaasitiny yadiya ilaika li aqtulaka inneee akhaaful laaha Rabbal 'aalameen

Word by word
لَئِنۢ
la-in
If
بَسَطتَ
basaṭta
you stretch
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
towards me
يَدَكَ
yadaka
your hand
لِتَقْتُلَنِى
litaqtulanī
to kill me
مَآ
not
أَنَا۠
anā
will I
بِبَاسِطٍۢ
bibāsiṭin
stretch
يَدِىَ
yadiya
my hand
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
towards you
لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ
li-aqtulaka
to kill you
إِنِّىٓ
innī
indeed I
أَخَافُ
akhāfu
fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
رَبَّ
rabba
(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

If you lift your hand intending to kill me, I will not do the same as you. It is not because I am a coward, but because I fear Allah the Lord of all created things.

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

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إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثْمِى وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Indeed, I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."

Inee ureedu an tabooo'a bi ismee wa ismika fatakoona min Ashaabin Naar; wa zaalika jazaaa'uz zaalimeen

Word by word
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أُرِيدُ
urīdu
wish
أَن
an
that
تَبُوٓأَ
tabūa
you be laden
بِإِثْمِى
bi-ith'mī
with my sin
وَإِثْمِكَ
wa-ith'mika
and your sin
فَتَكُونَ
fatakūna
so you will be
مِنْ
min
among
أَصْحَـٰبِ
aṣḥābi
(the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ ۚ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
وَذَٰلِكَ
wadhālika
and that
جَزَٰٓؤُا۟
jazāu
(is the) recompense
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
(of) the wrong-doers
Interpretation

I want you to return with the sin of wrongly killing me, together with your previous sins, and become one of those who will enter the fire of Hell on the Day of Judgement and remain there. That is the reward of those who overstep the limits of Allah. I do not want to take on your crime and become one of the sinners.

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

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فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

Fatawwa'at lahoo nafsu hoo qatla akheehi faqatalahoo fa asbaha minal khaasireen

Word by word
فَطَوَّعَتْ
faṭawwaʿat
Then prompted
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
نَفْسُهُۥ
nafsuhu
his soul
قَتْلَ
qatla
(to) kill
أَخِيهِ
akhīhi
his brother
فَقَتَلَهُۥ
faqatalahu
so he killed him
فَأَصْبَحَ
fa-aṣbaḥa
and became
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
Interpretation

The evil prompting soul of Cain persuaded him to wrongly kill his brother, Abel. So he killed him and because of that he became one of those who are losers in this world and the Afterlife. He set a bad example and will therefore bear that burden, as well as the burden of any person who does the same until the Day of Judgement, without any reduction in the burden of those who imitate him.

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

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فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ

Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.

Faba'asal laahu ghuraabai yabhasu fil ardi liyuriyahoo kaifa yuwaaree sawata akheeh; qaala yaa wailataaa a'ajaztu an akoona misla haazal ghuraabi fa uwaariya saw ata akhee fa asbaha minan naadimeen

Word by word
فَبَعَثَ
fabaʿatha
Then (was) sent
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
غُرَابًۭا
ghurāban
a crow
يَبْحَثُ
yabḥathu
it (was) scratching
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
لِيُرِيَهُۥ
liyuriyahu
to show him
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
يُوَٰرِى
yuwārī
to hide
سَوْءَةَ
sawata
(the) dead body
أَخِيهِ ۚ
akhīhi
(of) his brother
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ
yāwaylatā
Woe to me
أَعَجَزْتُ
aʿajaztu
Am I unable
أَنْ
an
that
أَكُونَ
akūna
I can be
مِثْلَ
mith'la
like
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
ٱلْغُرَابِ
l-ghurābi
[the] crow
فَأُوَٰرِىَ
fa-uwāriya
and hide
سَوْءَةَ
sawata
(the) dead body
أَخِى ۖ
akhī
(of) my brother
فَأَصْبَحَ
fa-aṣbaḥa
Then he became
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ
l-nādimīna
the regretful
Interpretation

Allah sent a crow to dig the earth in front of him to bury another dead crow and teach him how to cover his brother’s body. He then became regretful. Regret is the end result of those who commit sins.

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

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مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًۢا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَآ أَحْيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ

Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And Our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

min ajli zaalika katabnaa 'alaa Banee Israaa'eela annahoo man qatala nnafsam bighairi nafsin aw fasaadin fil ardi faka annnamaa qatalan fil ardi faka annammaa qatalan naasa jamee'anw wa man ahyaahaa faka annamaaa ahyan naasa jamee'aa; wa laqad jaaa'at hum Rusulunaa bilbaiyinaati summa inna kaseeram minhum ba'da zaalika fil ardi lamusrifoon

Word by word
مِنْ
min
From
أَجْلِ
ajli
time
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
كَتَبْنَا
katabnā
We ordained
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that he
مَن
man
who
قَتَلَ
qatala
kills
نَفْسًۢا
nafsan
a soul
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
other than
نَفْسٍ
nafsin
(for) a soul
أَوْ
aw
or
فَسَادٍۢ
fasādin
(for) spreading corruption
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَكَأَنَّمَا
faka-annamā
then (it) is as if
قَتَلَ
qatala
he has killed
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
mankind
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
وَمَنْ
waman
and whoever
أَحْيَاهَا
aḥyāhā
saves it
فَكَأَنَّمَآ
faka-annamā
then (it) is as if
أَحْيَا
aḥyā
he has saved
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
mankind
جَمِيعًۭا ۚ
jamīʿan
all
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And surely
جَآءَتْهُمْ
jāathum
came to them
رُسُلُنَا
rusulunā
Our Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
bil-bayināti
with clear Signs
ثُمَّ
thumma
yet
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنْهُم
min'hum
of them
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
لَمُسْرِفُونَ
lamus'rifūna
(are) surely those who commit excesses
Interpretation

Due to Cain’s murder of his brother, I informed the Israelites that any person who kills another person for no valid reason – such as legal retribution or as punishment for causing corruption in the land by treason or waging war – it is as if he has killed all people, since he did not make a distinction between an innocent and a guilty person. Whoever refrains from killing a person whose soul I have made sacred, and regards it to be forbidden to kill such a person, it is as if he has given life to all people, because in such an action lies the safety of all people. My messengers brought to the

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

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إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allāh and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,

Innamaa jazaaa'ul lazeena yuhaariboonal laaha wa Rasoolahoo wa yas'awna fil ardi fasaadan ai yuqattalooo aw yusallabooo aw tuqatta'a aideehim wa arjuluhum min khilaafin aw yunfaw minalard; zaalika lahum khizyun fid dunyaa wa lahum fil Aakhirati 'azaabun 'azeem

Word by word
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
جَزَٰٓؤُا۟
jazāu
(the) recompense
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(for) those who
يُحَارِبُونَ
yuḥāribūna
wage war
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(against) Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
warasūlahu
and His Messenger
وَيَسْعَوْنَ
wayasʿawna
and strive
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَسَادًا
fasādan
spreading corruption
أَن
an
(is) that
يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟
yuqattalū
they be killed
أَوْ
aw
or
يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟
yuṣallabū
they be crucified
أَوْ
aw
or
تُقَطَّعَ
tuqaṭṭaʿa
be cut off
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
their hands
وَأَرْجُلُهُم
wa-arjuluhum
and their feet
مِّنْ
min
of
خِلَـٰفٍ
khilāfin
opposite sides
أَوْ
aw
or
يُنفَوْا۟
yunfaw
they be exiled
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
l-arḍi
the land
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
لَهُمْ
lahum
(is) for them
خِزْىٌۭ
khiz'yun
disgrace
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ
l-dun'yā
the world
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
فِى
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and who challenge them by spreading corruption on earth though killing, looting and creating fear on the roads, is that they be killed, or crucified, or that they have their alternate hands and feet cut off, and if the offence is repeated the left hands and right feet are to be cut off, or they are to be exiled. Such punishment is a disgrace for them in the world; and in the Afterlife, they will receive a great punishment –

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

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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Except for those who return [repenting] before you overcome [i.e., apprehend] them. And know that Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Illal lazeena taaboo min qabli an taqdiroo 'alaihim fa'lamooo annnal laaha Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
إِلَّا
illā
Except
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
تَابُوا۟
tābū
repent
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
that
تَقْدِرُوا۟
taqdirū
you overpower
عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ
ʿalayhim
[over] them
فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
fa-iʿ'lamū
then know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Except for those warmongers who repent before you, people of authority, get hold of them. Know, then, that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful towards them after they repent. Due to His mercy, He overlooks the punishment that is due to them.

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

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

O you who have believed, fear Allāh and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.

yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha wabtaghooo ilaihil waseelata wa jaahidoo fee sabeelihee la'allakum tuflihoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
ٱتَّقُوا۟
ittaqū
Fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟
wa-ib'taghū
and seek
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
towards Him
ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ
l-wasīlata
the means
وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟
wajāhidū
and strive hard
فِى
in
سَبِيلِهِۦ
sabīlihi
His way
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
succeed
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah and follow His Messenger, be mindful of Allah by fulfilling His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, search for a means of closeness to Him by doing what He instructs you to do and staying away from what He prohibits you from, and strive against the disbelievers for His pleasure so that you get what you desire and you are saved from what you fear.

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 كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لِيَفْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَا تُقُبِّلَ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Indeed, those who disbelieve - if they should have all that is in the earth and the like of it with it by which to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them, and for them is a painful punishment.

Innal lazeena kafaroo law anna lahum maa fil ardi jamee'anw wa mislahoo ma'ahoo liyaftadoo bihee min 'azaabi Yawmil Qiyaamati maa tuqubbila minhum wa lahum azaabun aleem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
لَوْ
law
if
أَنَّ
anna
that
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مَّا
(is) what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
وَمِثْلَهُۥ
wamith'lahu
and the like of it
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with it
لِيَفْتَدُوا۟
liyaftadū
to ransom themselves
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
مِنْ
min
from
عَذَابِ
ʿadhābi
(the) punishment
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(of the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
مَا
not
تُقُبِّلَ
tuqubbila
will be accepted
مِنْهُمْ ۖ
min'hum
from them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

Had those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers owned everything in the earth and the likeness of it and gave all of that to ransom themselves from Allah’s punishment on the Day of Judgement, such ransom will not be accepted from them. And 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.

37

يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَـٰرِجِينَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

They will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.

Yureedoona ai yakhrujoo minan Naari wa maa hum bikhaari jeena minhaa wa lahum 'azaabum muqeem

Word by word
يُرِيدُونَ
yurīdūna
They will wish
أَن
an
that
يَخْرُجُوا۟
yakhrujū
they come out
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
the Fire
وَمَا
wamā
but not
هُم
hum
they
بِخَـٰرِجِينَ
bikhārijīna
will come out
مِنْهَا ۖ
min'hā
of it
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
And for them
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
مُّقِيمٌۭ
muqīmun
lasting
Interpretation

They will want to leave the fire of Hell after they enter it. But how can that happen? They will never come out of it. Instead, they will always remain in it and they will receive a continuous punishment.

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

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وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَـٰلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they earned [i.e., committed] as a deterrent [punishment] from Allāh. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Wassaariqu qassaariqatu faqta'oo aidiyahumma jazaaa'am bimaa kasabaa nakaalam minal laah; wallaahu 'Azeezun hakeem

Word by word
وَٱلسَّارِقُ
wal-sāriqu
And (for) the male thief
وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ
wal-sāriqatu
and the female thief
فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟
fa-iq'ṭaʿū
[then] cut off
أَيْدِيَهُمَا
aydiyahumā
their hands
جَزَآءًۢ
jazāan
(as) a recompense
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَسَبَا
kasabā
they earned
نَكَـٰلًۭا
nakālan
(as) an exemplary (punishment)
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَزِيزٌ
ʿazīzun
(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭ
ḥakīmun
All-Wise
Interpretation

As for those who are caught stealing, those in authority are to cut off the right hand of the male and female thief as a punishment from Allah for the crime of wrongfully taking people’s wealth, and to serve as a lesson and deterrent for them, as well as others. Allah is Mighty and nothing can overpower His decree. He is Wise in His decree and legislation.

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

39

فَمَن تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

But whoever repents after his wrongdoing and reforms, indeed, Allāh will turn to him in forgiveness. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Faman taaba mim ba'di zulmihee wa aslaha fa innal laaha yatoobu 'alaih; innal laaha Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
فَمَن
faman
But whoever
تَابَ
tāba
repented
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ظُلْمِهِۦ
ẓul'mihi
his wrongdoing
وَأَصْلَحَ
wa-aṣlaḥa
and reforms
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَتُوبُ
yatūbu
will turn in forgiveness
عَلَيْهِ ۗ
ʿalayhi
to him
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Whoever repents to Allah from the crime of theft and sets right his action, then Allah, out of His grace, will accept His repentance. That is because Allah forgives the sins of those who repent to Him and is Merciful towards them. However if such a matter were to reach the court of law the legal punishment cannot be dismissed by repentance.

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

40

أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Do you not know that to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth? He punishes whom He wills and forgives whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

Alam ta'lam annal laaha lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ardi yu'az zibu many-yashaa'u wa yaghfiru limany-yashaaa'; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَعْلَمْ
taʿlam
you know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَهُۥ
lahu
to Him (belongs)
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
يُعَذِّبُ
yuʿadhibu
He punishes
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
وَيَغْفِرُ
wayaghfiru
and He forgives
لِمَن
liman
[to] whom
يَشَآءُ ۗ
yashāu
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

You, O Messenger, certainly know that the dominion of the heavens and the earth is Allah’s. He acts in them as He wishes. He punishes whomever He wishes through His justice; and forgives whomever He wishes through His grace. Allah is able to do all things 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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۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ ۛ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِقَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ لَمْ يَأْتُوكَ ۖ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوَاضِعِهِۦ ۖ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَـٰذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ فِتْنَتَهُۥ فَلَن تَمْلِكَ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُطَهِّرَ قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

O Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, "We believe" with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you. They distort words beyond their [proper] places [i.e., usages], saying, "If you are given this, take it; but if you are not given it, then beware." But he for whom Allāh intends fitnah - never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allāh. Those are the ones for whom Allāh does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment.

Yaaa ayyuhar Rasoolu laa yahzukal lazeena yusaa ri'oona fil kufri minal lazeena qaaloo aamannaa bi afwaahihim wa lam tu'min quloobuhum; wa minal lazeena haadoo sammaa'oona lilkazibi sammaa'oona liqawmin aakhareena lam yaatooka yuharifoonal kalima mim ba'di mawaadi'ihee yaqooloona in ooteetum haazaa fakhuzoohu wa il lam tu'tawhu fahzaroo; wa many-yuridil laahu fitnatahoo falan tamlika lahoo minal laahi shai'aa; ulaaa 'ikal lazeena lam yuridil laahu any-yutahhira quloobahum; lahum fid dunyaa khizyunw wa lahum fil Aakhirati'azaabun 'azeem

Word by word
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلرَّسُولُ
l-rasūlu
Messenger
لَا
Let not
يَحْزُنكَ
yaḥzunka
grieve you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يُسَـٰرِعُونَ
yusāriʿūna
hasten
فِى
in (to)
ٱلْكُفْرِ
l-kuf'ri
[the] disbelief
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
said
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ
bi-afwāhihim
with their mouths
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
تُؤْمِن
tu'min
believe
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۛ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
وَمِنَ
wamina
and from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
هَادُوا۟ ۛ
hādū
(are) Jews
سَمَّـٰعُونَ
sammāʿūna
They (are) listeners
لِلْكَذِبِ
lil'kadhibi
to falsehood
سَمَّـٰعُونَ
sammāʿūna
(and) listeners
لِقَوْمٍ
liqawmin
for people
ءَاخَرِينَ
ākharīna
other
لَمْ
lam
(who have) not
يَأْتُوكَ ۖ
yatūka
come to you
يُحَرِّفُونَ
yuḥarrifūna
They distort
ٱلْكَلِمَ
l-kalima
the words
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَوَاضِعِهِۦ ۖ
mawāḍiʿihi
their context
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
saying
إِنْ
in
If
أُوتِيتُمْ
ūtītum
you are given
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
فَخُذُوهُ
fakhudhūhu
[so] take it
وَإِن
wa-in
but if
لَّمْ
lam
not
تُؤْتَوْهُ
tu'tawhu
you are given it
فَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ
fa-iḥ'dharū
then beware
وَمَن
waman
And (for) whom
يُرِدِ
yuridi
intends
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فِتْنَتَهُۥ
fit'natahu
his trial
فَلَن
falan
then never
تَمْلِكَ
tamlika
will you have power
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
مِنَ
mina
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَيْـًٔا ۚ
shayan
anything
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) the ones
لَمْ
lam
never
يُرِدِ
yuridi
will intend
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَن
an
that
يُطَهِّرَ
yuṭahhira
He purifies
قُلُوبَهُمْ ۚ
qulūbahum
their hearts
لَهُمْ
lahum
For them
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
خِزْىٌۭ ۖ
khiz'yun
(is) disgrace
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
فِى
in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

O Messenger, do not be made sad by those who rush to announce their disbelief of you and the revelation that you brought. These were the hypocrites who professed faith on the outside, but hid disbelief on the inside. They were also some Jews who eagerly listened to the lies of their leaders, who distort the truth having ignored you and have not come to you out of pride. They distort the words of Allah in the Torah and change it to suit their desires. They say to their followers, ‘If the law of Muhammad conforms to your desires, follow it; and if it does not conform, then be careful of it’. If

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

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سَمَّـٰعُونَ لِلْكَذِبِ أَكَّـٰلُونَ لِلسُّحْتِ ۚ فَإِن جَآءُوكَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُمْ أَوْ أَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ ۖ وَإِن تُعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ فَلَن يَضُرُّوكَ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَإِنْ حَكَمْتَ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ

[They are] avid listeners to falsehood, devourers of [what is] unlawful. So if they come to you, [O Muḥammad], judge between them or turn away from them. And if you turn away from them - never will they harm you at all. And if you judge, judge between them with justice. Indeed, Allāh loves those who act justly.

Sammaa'oona lilkazibi akkaaloona lissuht; fa in jaaa'ooka fahkum bainahum aw a'rid anhum wa in tu'rid 'anhum falany-yadurrooka shai'anw wa in hakamta fahkum bainahum bilqist; innal laaha yuhibbul muqsiteen

Word by word
سَمَّـٰعُونَ
sammāʿūna
Listeners
لِلْكَذِبِ
lil'kadhibi
to [the] falsehood
أَكَّـٰلُونَ
akkālūna
devourers
لِلسُّحْتِ ۚ
lilssuḥ'ti
of the forbidden
فَإِن
fa-in
So if
جَآءُوكَ
jāūka
they come to you
فَٱحْكُم
fa-uḥ'kum
then judge
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
between them
أَوْ
aw
or
أَعْرِضْ
aʿriḍ
turn away
عَنْهُمْ ۖ
ʿanhum
from them
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تُعْرِضْ
tuʿ'riḍ
you turn away
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
فَلَن
falan
then never
يَضُرُّوكَ
yaḍurrūka
will they harm you
شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ
shayan
(in) anything
وَإِنْ
wa-in
And if
حَكَمْتَ
ḥakamta
you judge
فَٱحْكُم
fa-uḥ'kum
then judge
بَيْنَهُم
baynahum
between them
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ
bil-qis'ṭi
with [the] justice
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُقْسِطِينَ
l-muq'siṭīna
the ones who are just
Interpretation

These Jews frequently listen to lies and consume unlawful wealth, such as usury. If they bring a case before you for judgement, O Messenger, then pass judgement between them if you wish, or leave off passing judgement if you so wish – you have the option of doing either of these. If you choose not to pass judgement, they will not be able to harm you in any way. If you do pass judgement, then do so with justice, even though they themselves are unfair and are your enemies. Allah loves those who are just in their judgements, even though the case is between those who are the judge’s enemies.

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

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وَكَيْفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah, in which is the judgement of Allāh? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers.

Wa kaifa yuhakkimoonaka wa 'indahumut Tawraatu feehaa hukmul laahi summa yatawallawna mim ba'di zaalik; wa maaa ulaaa'ika bilmu'mineen

Word by word
وَكَيْفَ
wakayfa
But how can
يُحَكِّمُونَكَ
yuḥakkimūnaka
they appoint you a judge
وَعِندَهُمُ
waʿindahumu
while they (have) with them
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ
l-tawrātu
the Taurat
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
حُكْمُ
ḥuk'mu
(is the) Command
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
يَتَوَلَّوْنَ
yatawallawna
they turn away
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ذَٰلِكَ ۚ
dhālika
that
وَمَآ
wamā
and not
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
those
بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
bil-mu'minīna
(are) the believers
Interpretation

These people are strange. They disbelieve you, but come to you for judgement hoping that you will pass judgement in accordance with their desires, whereas they have the Torah with them, which they claim to have faith in and which contains Allah’s law. They, then, ignore your judgement when it does not suit their desires. So they have denied what is in their scripture as well as ignored your judgement. The action of such people is not that of people of faith and they therefore do not have faith in you and what you brought.

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

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إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ ۚ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ بِمَا ٱسْتُحْفِظُوا۟ مِن كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَلَا تَخْشَوُا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱخْشَوْنِ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted [to Allāh] judged by it for the Jews, as did the rabbis and scholars by that with which they were entrusted of the Scripture of Allāh, and they were witnesses thereto. So do not fear the people but fear Me, and do not exchange My verses for a small price [i.e., worldly gain]. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.

Innaaa anzalnat Tawraata feehaa hudanw wa noor; yahkumu bihan Nabiyyoonal lazeena aslamoo lillazeena haadoo war rabbaaniyyoona wal ahbaaru bimas tuhfizoo min Kitaabil laahi wa kaanoo 'alaihi shuhadaaa'; falaa takhshawun naasa wakhshawni wa laa tashtaroo bi aayaatee samanan qaleelaa; wa mal lam yahkum bimaaa anzalal laahu fa ulaaa'ika humul kaafiroon

Word by word
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalnā
We revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
l-tawrāta
the Taurat
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
هُدًۭى
hudan
(was) Guidance
وَنُورٌۭ ۚ
wanūrun
and light
يَحْكُمُ
yaḥkumu
judged
بِهَا
bihā
by it
ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ
l-nabiyūna
the Prophets
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أَسْلَمُوا۟
aslamū
had submitted (to Allah)
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
هَادُوا۟
hādū
were Jews
وَٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ
wal-rabāniyūna
and the Rabbis
وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ
wal-aḥbāru
and the scholars
بِمَا
bimā
with what
ٱسْتُحْفِظُوا۟
us'tuḥ'fiẓū
they were entrusted
مِن
min
of
كِتَـٰبِ
kitābi
(the) Book
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
to it
شُهَدَآءَ ۚ
shuhadāa
witnesses
فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
تَخْشَوُا۟
takhshawū
fear
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the people
وَٱخْشَوْنِ
wa-ikh'shawni
but fear Me
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَشْتَرُوا۟
tashtarū
sell
بِـَٔايَـٰتِى
biāyātī
My Verses
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًۭا ۚ
qalīlan
little
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
لَّمْ
lam
(does) not
يَحْكُم
yaḥkum
judge
بِمَآ
bimā
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
l-kāfirūna
(are) the disbelievers
Interpretation

I sent down the Torah to Moses (peace be upon him) containing guidance towards good and a light to make things clear. Judgement was given in accordance with it by the prophets of the Israelites, who had devoted themselves to following Me, as well as by the scholars who used to teach people because I had entrusted them with My book and made them guardians to preserve and protect it from distortion or change. They are witnesses that it is the truth and people refer to them with respect to it. So, Jews, do not fear people, but fear Me alone; and do not take in exchange for judgement in accordance

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

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وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَآ أَنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ بِٱلنَّفْسِ وَٱلْعَيْنَ بِٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱلْأَنفَ بِٱلْأَنفِ وَٱلْأُذُنَ بِٱلْأُذُنِ وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

Wa katabnaa 'alaihim feehaaa annan nafsa binnafsi wal'aina bil'aini wal anfa bilanfi wal uzuna bil uzuni wassinna bissinni waljurooha qisaas; faman tasaddaqa bihee fahuwa kaffaaratul lah; wa mal lam yahkum bimaaa anzalal laahu fa ulaaa'ika humuz zalimoon

Word by word
وَكَتَبْنَا
wakatabnā
And We ordained
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
for them
فِيهَآ
fīhā
in it
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱلنَّفْسَ
l-nafsa
the life
بِٱلنَّفْسِ
bil-nafsi
for the life
وَٱلْعَيْنَ
wal-ʿayna
and the eye
بِٱلْعَيْنِ
bil-ʿayni
for the eye
وَٱلْأَنفَ
wal-anfa
and the nose
بِٱلْأَنفِ
bil-anfi
for the nose
وَٱلْأُذُنَ
wal-udhuna
and the ear
بِٱلْأُذُنِ
bil-udhuni
for the ear
وَٱلسِّنَّ
wal-sina
and the tooth
بِٱلسِّنِّ
bil-sini
for the tooth
وَٱلْجُرُوحَ
wal-jurūḥa
and (for) wounds
قِصَاصٌۭ ۚ
qiṣāṣun
(is) retribution
فَمَن
faman
But whoever
تَصَدَّقَ
taṣaddaqa
gives charity
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
then it is
كَفَّارَةٌۭ
kaffāratun
an expiation
لَّهُۥ ۚ
lahu
for him
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
لَّمْ
lam
(does) not
يَحْكُم
yaḥkum
judge
بِمَآ
bimā
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
(are) the wrongdoers
Interpretation

I ordered the Jews in the Torah that if any person deliberately and wrongfully kills another he will be killed in retribution. If any person deliberately removes the eye of another person, his eye will be removed. If any person cuts the nose of another person, his nose will be cut. If any person cuts the ear of another person, his ear will be cut. If any person removes the tooth of another person, his tooth will be removed. I also ordered them with respect to wounds that the offender will be penalised with retribution for his offence. Whoever voluntarily pardons the offender, then such pardon

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

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وَقَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ فِيهِ هُدًى وَنُورٌ وَمُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَهُدًى وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which came before him in the Torah; and We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirming that which preceded it of the Torah as guidance and instruction for the righteous.

Wa qaffainaa 'alaaa aasaaarihim bi 'Eesab ni Maryama musaddiqal limaa baina yadihi minat Tawraati wa aatainaahul Injeela feehi hudanw wa noorunw wa musaddiqal limaa baina yadaihi minat Tawraati wa hudanw wa maw'izatal lilmuttaqeen

Word by word
وَقَفَّيْنَا
waqaffaynā
And We sent
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
ءَاثَـٰرِهِم
āthārihim
their footsteps
بِعِيسَى
biʿīsā
Isa
ٱبْنِ
ib'ni
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
مُصَدِّقًۭا
muṣaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
limā
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) between
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
his hands
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ ۖ
l-tawrāti
the Taurat
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ
waātaynāhu
and We gave him
ٱلْإِنجِيلَ
l-injīla
the Injeel
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
هُدًۭى
hudan
(was) Guidance
وَنُورٌۭ
wanūrun
and light
وَمُصَدِّقًۭا
wamuṣaddiqan
and confirming
لِّمَا
limā
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) between
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
his hands
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ
l-tawrāti
the Taurat
وَهُدًۭى
wahudan
and a Guidance
وَمَوْعِظَةًۭ
wamawʿiẓatan
and an admonition
لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
lil'muttaqīna
for the God conscious
Interpretation

After the prophets of the Israelites, I sent Jesus, son of Mary, as a believer in the Torah, giving judgement in accordance with it. I also gave him the Gospel that contained guidance to the truth and evidences to remove doubts and solve difficult cases of rulings: it corresponded to the Torah that came before it, except in a few rulings that it replaced. I made the Gospel a guide and a means to restrain people from doing that which was prohibited.

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

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وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

And let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allāh has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient.

Walyahkum Ahlul Injeeli bimaaa anzalal laahu feeh; wa mal lam yahkum bimaaa anzalal laahu fa ulaaa'ika humul faasiqoon

Word by word
وَلْيَحْكُمْ
walyaḥkum
And let judge
أَهْلُ
ahlu
(the) People
ٱلْإِنجِيلِ
l-injīli
(of) the Injeel
بِمَآ
bimā
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فِيهِ ۚ
fīhi
in it
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
لَّمْ
lam
(does) not
يَحْكُم
yaḥkum
judge
بِمَآ
bimā
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they] (are)
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
l-fāsiqūna
the defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

The Christians should believe in what Allah has revealed in the Gospel and they should judge in accordance with the truth it contains prior to the coming of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Whoever does not judge according to what Allah has sent down, then such people are the ones who do not follow Allah and leave the truth for falsehood.

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

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وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

And We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allāh has revealed and do not follow their inclinations away from what has come to you of the truth. To each of you We prescribed a law and a method. Had Allāh willed, He would have made you one nation [united in religion], but [He intended] to test you in what He has given you; so race to [all that is] good. To Allāh is your return all together, and He will [then] inform you concerning that over which you used to differ.

Wa anzalnaa ilaikal Kitaaba bilhaqqi musaddiqallimaa baina yadaihi minal Kitaabi wa muhaiminan 'alaihi fahkum bainahum bimaa anzalal laahu wa laa tattabi ahwaaa'ahum 'ammaa jaaa'aka minal haqq; likullin ja'alnaa minkum shir'atanw wa minhaajaa; wa law shaaa'al laahu laja'alakum ummatanw waahidatanw wa laakil liyabluwakum fee maa aataakum fastabiqul khairaat; ilal laahi arji'ukum jamee'an fayunab bi'ukum bimaa kuntum feehi takhtalifoon

Word by word
وَأَنزَلْنَآ
wa-anzalnā
And We revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in [the] truth
مُصَدِّقًۭا
muṣaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
limā
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) before
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
his hands
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
وَمُهَيْمِنًا
wamuhayminan
and a guardian
عَلَيْهِ ۖ
ʿalayhi
over it
فَٱحْكُم
fa-uḥ'kum
So judge
بَيْنَهُم
baynahum
between them
بِمَآ
bimā
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعْ
tattabiʿ
follow
أَهْوَآءَهُمْ
ahwāahum
their vain desires
عَمَّا
ʿammā
when
جَآءَكَ
jāaka
has come to you
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
لِكُلٍّۢ
likullin
For each
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
We have made
مِنكُمْ
minkum
for you
شِرْعَةًۭ
shir'ʿatan
a law
وَمِنْهَاجًۭا ۚ
wamin'hājan
and a clear way
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
شَآءَ
shāa
(had) willed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لَجَعَلَكُمْ
lajaʿalakum
He (would have) made you
أُمَّةًۭ
ummatan
a community
وَٰحِدَةًۭ
wāḥidatan
one
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
[and] but
لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ
liyabluwakum
to test you
فِى
in
مَآ
what
ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۖ
ātākum
He (has) given you
فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟
fa-is'tabiqū
so race
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ
l-khayrāti
(to) the good
إِلَى
ilā
To
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَرْجِعُكُمْ
marjiʿukum
you will return
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
فَيُنَبِّئُكُم
fayunabbi-ukum
then He will inform you
بِمَا
bimā
of what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
فِيهِ
fīhi
concerning it
تَخْتَلِفُونَ
takhtalifūna
differing
Interpretation

I sent down to you, O Messenger, the Qur’ān with the truth about which there is no doubt that it is from Allah. It is a confirmation and guardian for the revealed books that came before it. Whatever in those books conforms to it is the truth, and whatever does not is false. So judge between people according to what I have revealed to you in it and do not follow their desires which they have adopted in leaving the truth that has been revealed to you about which there is no doubt. I have made a sacred law and clear path for every nation. If I willed to make all the laws one, I would have done so

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

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وَأَنِ ٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ وَٱحْذَرْهُمْ أَن يَفْتِنُوكَ عَنۢ بَعْضِ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُصِيبَهُم بِبَعْضِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَفَـٰسِقُونَ

And judge, [O Muḥammad], between them by what Allāh has revealed and do not follow their inclinations and beware of them, lest they tempt you away from some of what Allāh has revealed to you. And if they turn away - then know that Allāh only intends to afflict them with some of their [own] sins. And indeed, many among the people are defiantly disobedient.

Wa anih kum bainahum bimaaa anzalal laahu wa laa tattabi' ahwaaa'ahum wahzarhum ai yaftinooka 'am ba'di maaa anzalal laahu ilaika fa in tawallaw fa'lam annamaa yureedul laahu ai yuseebahum biba'di zunoobihim; wa inna kaseeram minan naasi lafaasiqoon

Word by word
وَأَنِ
wa-ani
And that
ٱحْكُم
uḥ'kum
you judge
بَيْنَهُم
baynahum
between them
بِمَآ
bimā
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
(has) revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعْ
tattabiʿ
follow
أَهْوَآءَهُمْ
ahwāahum
their vain desires
وَٱحْذَرْهُمْ
wa-iḥ'dharhum
and beware of them
أَن
an
lest
يَفْتِنُوكَ
yaftinūka
they tempt you away
عَنۢ
ʿan
from
بَعْضِ
baʿḍi
some
مَآ
(of) what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
إِلَيْكَ ۖ
ilayka
to you
فَإِن
fa-in
And if
تَوَلَّوْا۟
tawallaw
they turn away
فَٱعْلَمْ
fa-iʿ'lam
then know that
أَنَّمَا
annamā
only
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
intends
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَن
an
to
يُصِيبَهُم
yuṣībahum
afflict them
بِبَعْضِ
bibaʿḍi
for some
ذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ
dhunūbihim
(of) their sins
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
لَفَـٰسِقُونَ
lafāsiqūna
(are) defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Judge between them, O Messenger, in accordance with what Allah has revealed to you! Do not follow their opinions that arise from following their desires. Be careful that they do not mislead you from some of what Allah has revealed to you. They will leave no stone unturned in an attempt to do just that. If they turn away from accepting judgement in accordance with what Allah has sent down to you, then know that Allah only intends to punish them for some of their sins in this world. In the Afterlife, He will punish them for all of their sins. There are many people who do not follow Allah’s laws.

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

50

أَفَحُكْمَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ ۚ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Then is it the judgement of [the time of] ignorance they desire? But who is better than Allāh in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith].

Afahukmal jaahiliyyati yabghoon; wa man ahsanu minal laahi hukmal liqawminy yooqinoon

Word by word
أَفَحُكْمَ
afaḥuk'ma
Is it then the judgment
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ
l-jāhiliyati
(of the time of) ignorance
يَبْغُونَ ۚ
yabghūna
they seek
وَمَنْ
waman
And who (is)
أَحْسَنُ
aḥsanu
better
مِنَ
mina
than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
حُكْمًۭا
ḥuk'man
(in) judgment
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يُوقِنُونَ
yūqinūna
(who) firmly believe
Interpretation

Do they ignore your judgement seeking the judgement of the idolaters from the period of ignorance who pass judgement according to their desires? In the sight of those who have conviction and who understand that which Allah has sent to His prophet, there can be no one better in judgement than Allah; but not in the sight of those who are ignorant and who only follow their desires, even though they may be false.

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

51

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allāh guides not the wrongdoing people.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tattakhizul Yahooda wan nasaaraaa awliyaaa'; ba'duhum awliyaaa'u ba'd; wa mai yatawallahum minkum fa innahoo minhum; innal laaha laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

Word by word
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
tattakhidhū
take
ٱلْيَهُودَ
l-yahūda
the Jews
وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰٓ
wal-naṣārā
and the Christians
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ
awliyāa
(as) allies
بَعْضُهُمْ
baʿḍuhum
Some of them
أَوْلِيَآءُ
awliyāu
(are) allies
بَعْضٍۢ ۚ
baʿḍin
(to) others
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَتَوَلَّهُم
yatawallahum
takes them as allies
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
فَإِنَّهُۥ
fa-innahu
then indeed, he
مِنْهُمْ ۗ
min'hum
(is) of them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoing
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah and follow His Messenger, do not take the Jews and Christians as your allies and close friends whom you support. The Jews will only support those of their religion, and the Christians will do the same. Both groups will unite against you. Whoever from you takes them as friends is one of them. Allah does not guide those who do wrong by supporting the disbelievers.

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

52

فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٌ ۚ فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِٱلْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَيُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ نَـٰدِمِينَ

So you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allāh will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.

Fataral lazeena fee quloobihim maraduny yusaari'oona feehim yaqooloona nakhshaaa an tuseebanaa daaa'irah; fa'asallaahu ai yaatiya bilfathi aw amrim min 'indihee fa yusbihoo 'alaa maaa asarroo feee anfusihim naadimeen

Word by word
فَتَرَى
fatarā
And you see
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِم
qulūbihim
their hearts
مَّرَضٌۭ
maraḍun
(is) a disease
يُسَـٰرِعُونَ
yusāriʿūna
they hasten
فِيهِمْ
fīhim
to them
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
saying
نَخْشَىٰٓ
nakhshā
We fear
أَن
an
that
تُصِيبَنَا
tuṣībanā
(may) strike us
دَآئِرَ ةٌۭ ۚ
dāiratun
a misfortune
فَعَسَى
faʿasā
But perhaps
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَن
an
[that]
يَأْتِىَ
yatiya
will bring
بِٱلْفَتْحِ
bil-fatḥi
the victory
أَوْ
aw
or
أَمْرٍۢ
amrin
a decision
مِّنْ
min
from
عِندِهِۦ
ʿindihi
(of) Him
فَيُصْبِحُوا۟
fayuṣ'biḥū
Then they will become
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
مَآ
what
أَسَرُّوا۟
asarrū
they had concealed
فِىٓ
within
أَنفُسِهِمْ
anfusihim
themselves
نَـٰدِمِينَ
nādimīna
regretful
Interpretation

You will see, O Messenger, those weak in faith rushing to become friends with the Jews and the Christians, saying, ‘We fear that these people will gain victory and when they come into power we will be harmed’. Perhaps Allah will give victory to the Messenger and the believers or bring something from Him that will crush the force of the Jews and their allies. Those who rush to befriend them will then regret the hypocrisy they kept hidden within their hearts, because the weak links they held on to will be for nothing.

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

53

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۙ إِنَّهُمْ لَمَعَكُمْ ۚ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

And those who believe will say, "Are these the ones who swore by Allāh their strongest oaths that indeed they were with you?" Their deeds have become worthless, and they have become losers.

Wa yaqoolul lazeena aamanooo ahaaa'ulaaa'il lazeena aqsamoo billaahi jahda aimaanihim innahum lama'akum; habitat a'maaluhum fa asbahoo khaasireen

Word by word
وَيَقُولُ
wayaqūlu
And will say
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
ahāulāi
Are these
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أَقْسَمُوا۟
aqsamū
swore
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
by Allah
جَهْدَ
jahda
strongest
أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۙ
aymānihim
(of) their oaths
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
indeed, they
لَمَعَكُمْ ۚ
lamaʿakum
(were) with you
حَبِطَتْ
ḥabiṭat
Became worthless
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ
aʿmāluhum
their deeds
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
and they became
خَـٰسِرِينَ
khāsirīna
(the) losers
Interpretation

The believers will say in surprise at the condition of these hypocrites, ‘Are these the people who swore serious oaths that they were with you – O you who have faith – in faith, support and alliance?’ Their actions have gone to waste and they have become losers because they lost their true goal and because of the punishment prepared for them.

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

54

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِى ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُۥٓ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ يُجَـٰهِدُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَآئِمٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allāh will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, strong against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allāh and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allāh; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

Yaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo mai yartadda minkum 'an deenihee fasawfa yaatil laahu biqawminy yuhibbuhum wa yuhibboonahoo azillatin 'alal mu'mineena a'izzatin 'alal kaafireena yujaahidoona fee sabeelil laahi wa laa yakhaafoona lawmata laaa'im; zaalika fadlul laahi yu'teehi mai yashaaa'; wallaahu Waasi'un 'Aleem

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
مَن
man
Whoever
يَرْتَدَّ
yartadda
turns back
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
عَن
ʿan
from
دِينِهِۦ
dīnihi
his religion
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
then soon
يَأْتِى
yatī
(will be) brought
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
بِقَوْمٍۢ
biqawmin
a people
يُحِبُّهُمْ
yuḥibbuhum
whom He loves
وَيُحِبُّونَهُۥٓ
wayuḥibbūnahu
and they love Him
أَذِلَّةٍ
adhillatin
humble
عَلَى
ʿalā
towards
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
the believers
أَعِزَّةٍ
aʿizzatin
(and) stern
عَلَى
ʿalā
towards
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
يُجَـٰهِدُونَ
yujāhidūna
striving
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَخَافُونَ
yakhāfūna
fearing
لَوْمَةَ
lawmata
the blame
لَآئِمٍۢ ۚ
lāimin
(of) a critic
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
فَضْلُ
faḍlu
(is the) Grace
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
يُؤْتِيهِ
yu'tīhi
He grants
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
وَٰسِعٌ
wāsiʿun
(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah and follow His Messenger, if anyone of you turns back from their religion to disbelief, then Allah will soon replace them with a people whom He will love and who will love Him due to their steadfastness. They will be compassionate towards the believers and harsh towards the disbelievers. They will strive with their wealth and their lives so that Allah’s word is victorious. They will not fear the one who blames them, because their concern will be Allah’s pleasure and blame rather than that of created things. That is Allah’s grace which He gives to whomever of His serv

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

55

إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُمْ رَٰكِعُونَ

Your ally is none but Allāh and [therefore] His Messenger and those who have believed - those who establish prayer and give zakāh, and they bow [in worship].

Innamaa waliyyukumul laahu wa Rasooluhoo wal lazeena aamanul lazeena yuqeemoonas Salaata wa yu'toonaz Zakaata wa hum raaki'oon

Word by word
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
وَلِيُّكُمُ
waliyyukumu
your ally
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
وَرَسُولُهُۥ
warasūluhu
and His Messenger
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
and those who
يُقِيمُونَ
yuqīmūna
establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
وَيُؤْتُونَ
wayu'tūna
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
zakah
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
رَٰكِعُونَ
rākiʿūna
(are) those who bow down
Interpretation

The Jews, Christians and other disbelievers are not your friends. Your true friends and supporters are Allah, His Messenger and the believers who establish their prayers completely, give Zakat of their wealth and who are humble before Allah.

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

56

وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

And whoever is an ally of Allāh and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allāh - they will be the predominant.

Wa mai yatawallal laaha wa Rasoolahoo wallazeena aamanoo fa inna hizbal laahi humul ghaaliboon

Word by word
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَتَوَلَّ
yatawalla
takes as an ally
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
warasūlahu
and His Messenger
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
حِزْبَ
ḥiz'ba
(the) party
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ
l-ghālibūna
(are) the victorious
Interpretation

Whoever becomes the friend of Allah, His Messenger and the believers by supporting them, then they will be from Allah’s party and Allah’s party will be victorious since Allah is their supporter.

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

57

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَكُمْ هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَٱلْكُفَّارَ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

O you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as allies. And fear Allāh, if you should [truly] be believers.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tattakhizul lazeenat takhazoo deenakum huzuwanw wa la'ibam minal lazeena ootul Kitaaba min qablikum walkuffaara awliyaaa'; wattaqul laaha in kuntum muu'mineen

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
tattakhidhū
take
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
take
دِينَكُمْ
dīnakum
your religion
هُزُوًۭا
huzuwan
(in) ridicule
وَلَعِبًۭا
walaʿiban
and fun
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
are given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِكُمْ
qablikum
before you
وَٱلْكُفَّارَ
wal-kufāra
and the disbelievers
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ
awliyāa
(as) allies
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

O you who believe in Allah and follow His Messenger, do not become friends with those Jews and Christians who have received scripture, and those idolaters, all of whom poke fun at and play with your religion. Be mindful of Allah by avoiding becoming friends with those whom He has prohibited you from so doing, if you truly have faith in Him and in His revelation.

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

58

وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ

And when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.

Wa izaa naadaitum ilas Salaatit takhazoohaa huzu wan'w wa la'ibaa; zaalika biannnahum qawmul laa ya'qiloon

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
نَادَيْتُمْ
nādaytum
you make a call
إِلَى
ilā
for
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
l-ṣalati
the prayer
ٱتَّخَذُوهَا
ittakhadhūhā
they take it
هُزُوًۭا
huzuwan
(in) ridicule
وَلَعِبًۭا ۚ
walaʿiban
and fun
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
لَّا
(who do) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
understand
Interpretation

They also poke fun and play when you call towards prayer, which is the greatest act of worship. That is because they are a nation who do not understand the meaning of worship of Allah and they do not understand the sacred laws that Allah has made.

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

59

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ هَلْ تَنقِمُونَ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, do you resent us except [for the fact] that we have believed in Allāh and what was revealed to us and what was revealed before and because most of you are defiantly disobedient?"

Qul yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi hal tanqimoona minnaaa illaaa an aamannaa billaahi wa maaa unzila ilainaa wa maa unzila min qablu wa annna aksarakum faasiqoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
هَلْ
hal
Do
تَنقِمُونَ
tanqimūna
you resent
مِنَّآ
minnā
[of] us
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَنْ
an
that
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
we believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْنَا
ilaynā
to us
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
أَكْثَرَكُمْ
aktharakum
most of you
فَـٰسِقُونَ
fāsiqūna
(are) defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger, to those of the People of the Scripture who mock at you: ‘Do you find any fault with us besides our faith in Allah and in what He revealed to us and what He revealed before us? And our belief that most of you do not follow Allah due to not having faith and not obeying His sacred law? What you consider a fault is actually a virtue’.

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

60

قُلْ هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْقِرَدَةَ وَٱلْخَنَازِيرَ وَعَبَدَ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

Say, "Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allāh? [It is that of] those whom Allāh has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of ṭāghūt. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way."

Qul hal unabbi'ukum bisharrim min zaalika masoobatan 'indal laah; malla'ana hul laahu wa ghadiba 'alaihi wa ja'ala minhumul qiradata wal khanaazeera wa 'abadat Taaghoot; ulaaa'ika sharrum makaananw wa adallu 'an Sawaaa'is Sabeel

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
هَلْ
hal
Shall
أُنَبِّئُكُم
unabbi-ukum
I inform you
بِشَرٍّۢ
bisharrin
(of) worse
مِّن
min
than
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
مَثُوبَةً
mathūbatan
(as) recompense
عِندَ
ʿinda
from
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
Allah
مَن
man
Whom
لَّعَنَهُ
laʿanahu
has (been) cursed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
وَغَضِبَ
waghaḍiba
and He became angry
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
with him
وَجَعَلَ
wajaʿala
and made
مِنْهُمُ
min'humu
of them
ٱلْقِرَدَةَ
l-qiradata
[the] apes
وَٱلْخَنَازِيرَ
wal-khanāzīra
and [the] swines
وَعَبَدَ
waʿabada
and (who) worshipped
ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۚ
l-ṭāghūta
the false deities
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
شَرٌّۭ
sharrun
(are) worse
مَّكَانًۭا
makānan
(in) position
وَأَضَلُّ
wa-aḍallu
and farthest astray
عَن
ʿan
from
سَوَآءِ
sawāi
(the) even
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
l-sabīli
way
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger: Shall I tell you about those who are more at fault and whose punishment is worse than these people? They are their predecessors whom Allah has removed from His mercy, transformed into monkeys and pigs and made some of them worshippers of false gods. The Arabic word ţāghūt refers to any being that is worshipped besides Allah with its consent. Those mentioned will be in a worse position on the Day of Judgement and their efforts are further away from the straight path.

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

61

وَإِذَا جَآءُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَقَد دَّخَلُوا۟ بِٱلْكُفْرِ وَهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْتُمُونَ

And when they come to you, they say, "We believe." But they have entered with disbelief [in their hearts], and they have certainly left with it. And Allāh is most knowing of what they were concealing.

Wa izaa jaaa'ookum qaalooo aamannaa wa qad dakhaloo bilkufri wa hum qad kharajoo bih; wallaahu a'lamu bimaa kaanoo yaktumoon

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
جَآءُوكُمْ
jāūkum
they come to you
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they say
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
وَقَد
waqad
But certainly
دَّخَلُوا۟
dakhalū
they entered
بِٱلْكُفْرِ
bil-kuf'ri
with disbelief
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
قَدْ
qad
certainly
خَرَجُوا۟
kharajū
went out
بِهِۦ ۚ
bihi
with it
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
knows best
بِمَا
bimā
[of] what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَكْتُمُونَ
yaktumūna
hiding
Interpretation

When the hypocrites from amongst them come to you, O believers, on the outside they show that they have faith. The fact is that they were soaked in disbelief when they entered and when they left. Allah knows best about the disbelief they kept hidden, even though they gave the outer appearance of having faith. Allah will repay them for that.

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

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وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

And you see many of them hastening into sin and aggression and the devouring of [what is] unlawful. How wretched is what they have been doing.

Wa taraa kaseeram minhum yusaari'oona fil ismi wal'udwaani wa aklihimus suht; labi'sa maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Word by word
وَتَرَىٰ
watarā
And you see
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
يُسَـٰرِعُونَ
yusāriʿūna
hastening
فِى
into
ٱلْإِثْمِ
l-ith'mi
[the] sin
وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ
wal-ʿud'wāni
and [the] transgression
وَأَكْلِهِمُ
wa-aklihimu
and eating
ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ
l-suḥ'ta
the forbidden
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely evil
مَا
(is) what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
doing
Interpretation

You, O Messenger, see many of the Jews and hypocrites rushing towards committing sins, such as lying, oppression and consuming that which is unlawful. How evil is their behaviour!

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

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لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

Why do the rabbis and religious scholars not forbid them from saying what is sinful and devouring what is unlawful? How wretched is what they have been practicing.

Law laa yanhaahumur rabbaaniyyoona wal ahbaaru 'an qawlihimul ismaa wa aklihimus suht; labi'sa maa kaanoo yasna'oon

Word by word
لَوْلَا
lawlā
Why (do) not
يَنْهَىٰهُمُ
yanhāhumu
forbid them
ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ
l-rabāniyūna
the Rabbis
وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ
wal-aḥbāru
and the religious scholars
عَن
ʿan
from
قَوْلِهِمُ
qawlihimu
their saying
ٱلْإِثْمَ
l-ith'ma
the sinful
وَأَكْلِهِمُ
wa-aklihimu
and their eating
ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ
l-suḥ'ta
(of) the forbidden
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely, evil
مَا
(is) what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَصْنَعُونَ
yaṣnaʿūna
do
Interpretation

Why do their leaders and scholars not prohibit them from the lying, false testimony and wrongful consumption of the wealth of people that they rush towards? This action of their leaders and scholars, who do not prohibit them from evil, is wrong.

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

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وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ غُلَّتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا۟ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ ۘ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ يُنفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا ۚ وَأَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ كُلَّمَآ أَوْقَدُوا۟ نَارًا لِّلْحَرْبِ أَطْفَأَهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

And the Jews say, "The hand of Allāh is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allāh extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allāh does not like corrupters.

Wa qaalatil Yahoodu Yadullaahi maghloolah; ghulla aideehim wa lu'inoo bimaa qaaloo; bal yadaahu mabsoo tataani yunfiqu kaifa yashaaa'; wa la yazeedanna kaseeramm minhum maaa unzila ilaika mir Rabbika tughyaananw wa kufraa; wa alqainaa bainahumul 'adaawata wal baghdaaa a' ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamah; kullamaaa awqadoo naaral lilharbi at fa-ahal laah; wa yas'awna fil ardi fasaadaa; wal laahu laa yuhibbul mufsideen

Word by word
وَقَالَتِ
waqālati
And said
ٱلْيَهُودُ
l-yahūdu
the Jews
يَدُ
yadu
The Hand
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
مَغْلُولَةٌ ۚ
maghlūlatun
(is) chained
غُلَّتْ
ghullat
Are chained
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
their hands
وَلُعِنُوا۟
waluʿinū
and they have been cursed
بِمَا
bimā
for what
قَالُوا۟ ۘ
qālū
they said
بَلْ
bal
Nay
يَدَاهُ
yadāhu
His Hands
مَبْسُوطَتَانِ
mabsūṭatāni
(are) stretched out
يُنفِقُ
yunfiqu
He spends
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ
walayazīdanna
And surely increase
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنْهُم
min'hum
of them
مَّآ
what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
طُغْيَـٰنًۭا
ṭugh'yānan
(in) rebellion
وَكُفْرًۭا ۚ
wakuf'ran
and disbelief
وَأَلْقَيْنَا
wa-alqaynā
And We have cast
بَيْنَهُمُ
baynahumu
among them
ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ
l-ʿadāwata
[the] enmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ
wal-baghḍāa
and [the] hatred
إِلَىٰ
ilā
till
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
كُلَّمَآ
kullamā
Every time
أَوْقَدُوا۟
awqadū
they kindled
نَارًۭا
nāran
(the) fire
لِّلْحَرْبِ
lil'ḥarbi
of [the] war
أَطْفَأَهَا
aṭfa-ahā
it (was) extinguished
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
وَيَسْعَوْنَ
wayasʿawna
And they strive
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَسَادًۭا ۚ
fasādan
spreading corruption
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
the corrupters
Interpretation

When the Jews were faced with difficulty and drought, they said, ‘Allah’s Hand is restrained from giving goodness and gifts. He is holding back from us what He has’. Their hands were restrained from doing goodness and they were removed from Allah’s mercy because of this statement of theirs. But in fact Allah’s Hands are wide open in goodness and generosity. He spends as He wills. He gives and He withholds. No one can stop Him or force Him. That which has been revealed to you, O Messenger, only increases the Jews in disobedience and disbelief because of their envy. He placed enmity and hatred b

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

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وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allāh, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure.

Wa law anna Ahlal Kitaabi aamanoo wattaqaw lakaffarnaa 'anhum saiyiaatihim wa la adkhalnaahu Jannaatin Na'eem

Word by word
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّ
anna
that
أَهْلَ
ahla
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
(had) believed
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟
wa-ittaqaw
and feared (Allah)
لَكَفَّرْنَا
lakaffarnā
surely We (would have) removed
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ
sayyiātihim
their evil (deeds)
وَلَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ
wala-adkhalnāhum
and surely We (would have) admitted them
جَنَّـٰتِ
jannāti
(to) Gardens
ٱلنَّعِيمِ
l-naʿīmi
(of) Bliss
Interpretation

If the Jews and the Christians accepted what was brought by Muhammad (peace be upon him) and were mindful of Allah by leaving sins, I would have forgiven the sins they committed, even if they were many, and I would have entered them on the Day of Judgement into gardens of delight, in which they would enjoy delights that will never end.

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

66

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِم مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا۟ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِم ۚ مِّنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُّقْتَصِدَةٌ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ سَآءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ

And if only they had upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān], they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate [i.e., acceptable] community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.

Wa law annahum aqaamut Tawraata wal Injeela wa maaa unzila ilaihim mir Rabbihim la akaloo min fawqihim wa min tahti arjulihim; minhum ummatum muqta sidatunw wa kaseerum minhum saaa'a maa ya'maloon

Word by word
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
أَقَامُوا۟
aqāmū
had stood firmly
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
l-tawrāta
(by) the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
wal-injīla
and the Injeel
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
إِلَيْهِم
ilayhim
to them
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
لَأَكَلُوا۟
la-akalū
surely they (would have) eaten
مِن
min
from
فَوْقِهِمْ
fawqihim
above them
وَمِن
wamin
and from
تَحْتِ
taḥti
beneath
أَرْجُلِهِم ۚ
arjulihim
their feet
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
Among them
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
(is) a community
مُّقْتَصِدَةٌۭ ۖ
muq'taṣidatun
moderate
وَكَثِيرٌۭ
wakathīrun
but many
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
سَآءَ
sāa
evil
مَا
(is) what
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
Interpretation

If the Jews had practiced what was in the Torah, and the Christians practiced what was in the Gospel, and if all of them had practiced what was revealed to them in the Qur’ān, then I would have made the means of provision easy for them by sending down rain and growing vegetation. From amongst the People of the Scripture are those who are moderate and firm on the truth; but the actions of many of them are evil, because they do not have faith in what was brought by Muhammad (peace be upon him).

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

67

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

Yaaa aiyuhar Rasoolu balligh maaa unzila ilaika mir Rabbika wa il lam taf'al famaaa ballaghta Risaalatah; wallaahu ya'simuka minan naas; innal laaha laa yahdil qawmal kaafireen

Word by word
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلرَّسُولُ
l-rasūlu
Messenger
بَلِّغْ
balligh
Convey
مَآ
what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ ۖ
rabbika
your Lord
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَفْعَلْ
tafʿal
you do
فَمَا
famā
then not
بَلَّغْتَ
ballaghta
you (have) conveyed
رِسَالَتَهُۥ ۚ
risālatahu
His Message
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يَعْصِمُكَ
yaʿṣimuka
will protect you
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ
l-nāsi
the people
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelieving
Interpretation

O Messenger, communicate what has been revealed to you from your Lord completely and do not hide anything of it. If you do hide anything, then you are not one who conveys the message of His Lord. The Prophet (peace be upon him) communicated everything he was instructed to. Anyone who claims anything to the contrary has spoken a great lie about Allah. Allah will protect you from people and they will not be able to harm you. Your duty is only to communicate the divine message. Allah will not bless with guidance those who disbelieve and who have no desire to be guided.

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

68

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَسْتُمْ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰ تُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۗ وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُم مَّآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا ۖ فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān]." And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people.

Qul yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi lastum 'alaa shai'in hattaa tuqeemut Tawraata wal Injeela wa maaa unzila ilaikum mir Rabbikum; wa layazeedanna kaseeram minhum maa unzila ilaika mir Rabbika tugh yaananw wa kufran falaa taasa 'alal qawmil kaafireen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لَسْتُمْ
lastum
You are not
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
شَىْءٍ
shayin
anything
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
تُقِيمُوا۟
tuqīmū
you stand firmly
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
l-tawrāta
(by) the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
wal-injīla
and the Injeel
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْكُم
ilaykum
to you
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ ۗ
rabbikum
your Lord
وَلَيَزِيدَنَّ
walayazīdanna
And surely increase
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنْهُم
min'hum
of them
مَّآ
what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
طُغْيَـٰنًۭا
ṭugh'yānan
(in) rebellion
وَكُفْرًۭا ۖ
wakuf'ran
and disbelief
فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
تَأْسَ
tasa
grieve
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelieving
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger: You – Jews and Christians – have no religious basis, unless you practice what is in the Torah and the Gospel and practice the Qur’ān that has been revealed to you. Your faith is not valid until you have faith in it and practice it. That which has been revealed to you from your Lord will increase the disobedience and disbelief of many of the People of the Scripture because of their envy. So do not be sad over these disbelievers: In the believers who follow you there is sufficient goodness.

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

69

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلصَّـٰبِـُٔونَ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Indeed, those who have believed [in Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] and those [before him (ﷺ)] who were Jews or Sabeans or Christians - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

Innal lazeena aamanoo wallazeena haadoo was saabi'oona wan Nasaaraa man aamana billaahi wal yawmil Aakhiri wa 'amila saalihan falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believed
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
هَادُوا۟
hādū
became Jews
وَٱلصَّـٰبِـُٔونَ
wal-ṣābiūna
and the Sabians
وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ
wal-naṣārā
and the Christians
مَنْ
man
whoever
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believed
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِ
wal-yawmi
and the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ
l-ākhiri
the Last
وَعَمِلَ
waʿamila
and did
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
good deeds
فَلَا
falā
then no
خَوْفٌ
khawfun
fear
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
on them
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَحْزَنُونَ
yaḥzanūna
will grieve
Interpretation

The believers in Muhammad, and the Jews, Sabians and Christians before Muhammad – whichever of them believes Allah and the Last Day and does good actions – they will have no fear for the future and will not be sad over that which they missed in the worldly life.

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

70

لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ

We had already taken the covenant of the Children of Israel and had sent to them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with what their souls did not desire, a party [of messengers] they denied, and another party they killed.

Laqad akhaznaa meesaaqa Banee Israaa'eela wa arsalnaaa ilaihim Rusulan kullamaa jaaa'ahum Rasoolum bimaa laa tahwaaa anfusuhum fareeqan kazzaboo wa fareeqany yaqtuloon

Word by word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We took
مِيثَـٰقَ
mīthāqa
a Covenant
بَنِىٓ
banī
(from the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
وَأَرْسَلْنَآ
wa-arsalnā
and We sent
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
رُسُلًۭا ۖ
rusulan
Messengers
كُلَّمَا
kullamā
Whenever
جَآءَهُمْ
jāahum
came to them
رَسُولٌۢ
rasūlun
any Messenger
بِمَا
bimā
with what
لَا
not
تَهْوَىٰٓ
tahwā
desired
أَنفُسُهُمْ
anfusuhum
their souls
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a group
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
they denied
وَفَرِيقًۭا
wafarīqan
and a group
يَقْتُلُونَ
yaqtulūna
they kill
Interpretation

I took firm promises from the Israelites that they will listen and follow. But they broke their promises and followed their desires by ignoring what their messengers brought and by disbelieving some and murdering others.

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

71

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ ثُمَّ تَابَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا۟ وَصَمُّوا۟ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allāh turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

Wa hasibooo allaa takoona fitnaun fa'amoo wa sammoo summa taabal laahu 'alaihim summa 'amoo wa sammoo kaseerum minhum; wallaahu baseerum bimaa ya'maloon

Word by word
وَحَسِبُوٓا۟
waḥasibū
And they thought
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تَكُونَ
takūna
will be (for them)
فِتْنَةٌۭ
fit'natun
a trial
فَعَمُوا۟
faʿamū
so they became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟
waṣammū
and they became deaf
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
تَابَ
tāba
turned
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ثُمَّ
thumma
then (again)
عَمُوا۟
ʿamū
they became blind
وَصَمُّوا۟
waṣammū
and they became deaf
كَثِيرٌۭ
kathīrun
many
مِّنْهُمْ ۚ
min'hum
of them
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
بَصِيرٌۢ
baṣīrun
(is) All-Seer
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
Interpretation

They thought that no harm would come to them for their breaking promises and covenants and for disbelieving and killing their prophets. But the result of their actions was that they became blind and deaf to the truth and misled from guidance. Then Allah turned towards them out of His grace. They again then became blind and deaf to the truth. This happened to many of them. Allah sees what they do. Nothing is hidden from Him and He will repay them for their actions.

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

72

لَقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَمَأْوَىٰهُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allāh is the Messiah, the son of Mary" while the Messiah has said, "O Children of Israel, worship Allāh, my Lord and your Lord." Indeed, he who associates others with Allāh - Allāh has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers.

Laqad kafaral lazeena qaalooo innal laaha Huwal maseehub nu Maryama wa qaalal Maseehu yaa Baneee Israaa'eela budul laaha Rabbee wa Rabbakum innnahoo many-yushrik ballaahi faqad harramal laahu 'alaihil jannata wa maa waahun Naaru wa maa lizzaalimeena min ansaar

Word by word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieved
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْمَسِيحُ
l-masīḥu
(is) the Messiah
ٱبْنُ
ub'nu
son
مَرْيَمَ ۖ
maryama
(of) Maryam
وَقَالَ
waqāla
While said
ٱلْمَسِيحُ
l-masīḥu
the Messiah
يَـٰبَنِىٓ
yābanī
O Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
وَرَبَّكُمْ ۖ
warabbakum
and your Lord
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
مَن
man
who
يُشْرِكْ
yush'rik
associates partners
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
(has) forbidden
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
for him
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
Paradise
وَمَأْوَىٰهُ
wamawāhu
and his abode
ٱلنَّارُ ۖ
l-nāru
(will be) the Fire
وَمَا
wamā
And not
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
lilẓẓālimīna
for the wrongdoers
مِنْ
min
any
أَنصَارٍۢ
anṣārin
helpers
Interpretation

The Christians who say that ‘Allah is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary’ have committed disbelief, as they have attributed Lordship to someone other than Allah. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, himself said to them, ‘O Israelites, worship Allah alone. He is my Lord and your Lord. We are all His servants’. Whoever ascribes anything as a partner to Allah, then Allah will not allow them to ever enter Paradise and their place will be the fire of Hell. They will have no one to help or assist them before Allah and no one to save them from the punishment that awaits them.

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

73

لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَـٰثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۚ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا۟ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allāh is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.

laqad kafaral lazeena qaalooo innal laaha saalisu salaasah; wa maa min ilaahin illaaa Ilaahunw Waahid; wa illam yantahoo 'ammaa yaqooloona layamas sannal lazeena kafaroo minhum 'azaabun aleem

Word by word
لَّقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
كَفَرَ
kafara
disbelieved
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ثَالِثُ
thālithu
(is the) third
ثَلَـٰثَةٍۢ ۘ
thalāthatin
(of) three
وَمَا
wamā
And (there is) no
مِنْ
min
[of]
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
إِلَّآ
illā
except
إِلَـٰهٌۭ
ilāhun
(the) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ ۚ
wāḥidun
(the) One
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَنتَهُوا۟
yantahū
they desist
عَمَّا
ʿammā
from what
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
they are saying
لَيَمَسَّنَّ
layamassanna
surely will afflict
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
a punishment
أَلِيمٌ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

The Christians who say that ‘Allah is part of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit’ have committed disbelief. Allah is far above such a statement. Allah is not many, but He is only One God Who has no partner. If they do not stop saying such things, a painful punishment will afflict them.

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

74

أَفَلَا يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

So will they not repent to Allāh and seek His forgiveness? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

Afalaa yatooboona ilal laahi wa yastaghfiroonah; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
أَفَلَا
afalā
So will not
يَتُوبُونَ
yatūbūna
they turn in repentance
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُۥ ۚ
wayastaghfirūnahu
and seek His forgiveness
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Will these people not retract this statement, repent to Allah and ask His forgiveness for the idolatry they committed? Allah is Forgiving towards the one who repents, whatever may have been the sin, even if it was disbelief. Allah is Compassionate to the believers.

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

75

مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُۥ صِدِّيقَةٌ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are deluded.

Mal Maseehub nu Maryama illaa Rasoolun qad khalat min qablihir Rusulu wa ummuhoo siddeeqatun kaanaa yaa kulaanit ta'aam; unzur kaifa nubaiyinu lahumul Aayaati suman zur annaa yu'fakoon

Word by word
مَّا
Not
ٱلْمَسِيحُ
l-masīḥu
(is) the Messiah
ٱبْنُ
ub'nu
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
إِلَّا
illā
but
رَسُولٌۭ
rasūlun
a Messenger
قَدْ
qad
certainly
خَلَتْ
khalat
had passed
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِهِ
qablihi
before him
ٱلرُّسُلُ
l-rusulu
the Messengers
وَأُمُّهُۥ
wa-ummuhu
And his mother
صِدِّيقَةٌۭ ۖ
ṣiddīqatun
(was) truthful
كَانَا
kānā
They both used to
يَأْكُلَانِ
yakulāni
eat
ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗ
l-ṭaʿāma
[the] food
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
See
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
نُبَيِّنُ
nubayyinu
We make clear
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
see
أَنَّىٰ
annā
how
يُؤْفَكُونَ
yu'fakūna
they are deluded
Interpretation

The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only a messenger like other messengers. Just as death occurs to other messengers, it will occur to him as well. His mother, Mary, was a truthful and sincere woman. Both of them were in need of and used to consume food. How can they be gods when they were in need of food? Look, O Messenger, and think about how I make clear to them the signs indicating My Oneness and the falsehood of their extremism in attributing Lordship to others besides Me. Despite this, they do not recognise these signs. Then look and think about how they are misled from the truth, despi

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

76

قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Say, "Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allāh who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

Qul ata'budoona min doonil laahi maa laa yamliku lakum darranw wa laa naf'aa; wallaahu Huwas Samee'ul 'Aleem

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَتَعْبُدُونَ
ataʿbudūna
Do you worship
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
what
لَا
not
يَمْلِكُ
yamliku
has power
لَكُمْ
lakum
to (cause) you
ضَرًّۭا
ḍarran
any harm
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَفْعًۭا ۚ
nafʿan
any benefit
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
while Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
l-samīʿu
(is) the All-Hearing
ٱلْعَلِيمُ
l-ʿalīmu
the All-Knowing
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger, as an argument against their worship of others besides Allah: Do you worship that which can bring you no benefit and which cannot protect you from any harm? Such a god is in reality very weak! Whilst Allah is High above any state of weakness. Allah alone is the One Who hears your statements and knows your actions. Nothing remains hidden from Him and He will repay you accordingly.

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

77

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

Say, "O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the inclinations of a people who had gone astray before and misled many and have strayed from the soundness of the way."

Qul yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi laa taghloo fee deenikum ghairal haqqi wa laa tattabi'ooo ahwaaa'a qawmin qad dalloo min qablu wa adalloo kaseeranw wa dalloo 'an Sawaaa'is Sabeel

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لَا
(Do) not
تَغْلُوا۟
taghlū
exceed
فِى
in
دِينِكُمْ
dīnikum
your religion
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟
tattabiʿū
follow
أَهْوَآءَ
ahwāa
(vain) desires
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
(of) a people
قَدْ
qad
certainly
ضَلُّوا۟
ḍallū
who went astray
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَأَضَلُّوا۟
wa-aḍallū
and they misled
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
وَضَلُّوا۟
waḍallū
and they have strayed
عَن
ʿan
from
سَوَآءِ
sawāi
(the) right
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
l-sabīli
[the] way
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger, to the Christians: Do not overstep the boundaries of the instruction you were given to follow the truth. Do not be excessive in reverence of those whom you were instructed to revere, such as prophets, regarding them to be divine as you have done with respect to Jesus, son of Mary. You did this because of following your predecessors who were astray, who led many other people astray and who were far from the path of truth.

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

78

لُعِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُۥدَ وَعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ

Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Lu'inal lazeena kafaroo mim Baneee israaa'eela 'alaa lisaani Daawooda wa 'Eesab ni Maryam; zaalika bimaa 'asaw wa kaanoo ya tadoon

Word by word
لُعِنَ
luʿina
Were cursed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِنۢ
min
from
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
by
لِسَانِ
lisāni
(the) tongue
دَاوُۥدَ
dāwūda
(of) Dawood
وَعِيسَى
waʿīsā
and Isa
ٱبْنِ
ib'ni
son
مَرْيَمَ ۚ
maryama
(of) Maryam
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that (was)
بِمَا
bimā
because
عَصَوا۟
ʿaṣaw
they disobeyed
وَّكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
يَعْتَدُونَ
yaʿtadūna
transgressing
Interpretation

Allah, may He be glorified, tells us that He distanced the disbelievers of the Israelites from His mercy in the scripture He revealed to David, namely the Psalms, and in the scripture He revealed to Jesus, son of Mary, namely the Gospel. He did this because of the sins they committed and due to their violation of the things Allah made sacred.

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

79

كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

Kaanoo laa yatanaahawna 'am munkarin fa'aluhoo; labi'sa maa kaanoo yafa'loon

Word by word
كَانُوا۟
kānū
They had been
لَا
not
يَتَنَاهَوْنَ
yatanāhawna
forbidding each other
عَن
ʿan
from
مُّنكَرٍۢ
munkarin
wrongdoing
فَعَلُوهُ ۚ
faʿalūhu
they did [it]
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely, evil
مَا
(was) what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
doing
Interpretation

They did not forbid the sinner from amongst them from committing sin. Instead, the sinners used to commit sins and evil openly because no one would disapprove of it. How evil was the action of not forbidding the evil that they used to do!

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

80

تَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لَهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ أَن سَخِطَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَفِى ٱلْعَذَابِ هُمْ خَـٰلِدُونَ

You see many of them becoming allies of those who disbelieved [i.e., the polytheists]. How wretched is that which they have put forth for themselves in that Allāh has become angry with them, and in the punishment they will abide eternally.

Taraa kaseeram minhum yatawallawnal lazeena kafaroo; labi'sa maa qaddamat lahum anfusuhum an sakhital laahu 'alaihim wa fil 'azaabi hum khaalidoon

Word by word
تَرَىٰ
tarā
You see
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
يَتَوَلَّوْنَ
yatawallawna
taking as allies
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ
kafarū
disbelieved
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely evil
مَا
(is) what
قَدَّمَتْ
qaddamat
sent forth
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَنفُسُهُمْ
anfusuhum
their souls
أَن
an
that
سَخِطَ
sakhiṭa
became angry
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
with them
وَفِى
wafī
and in
ٱلْعَذَابِ
l-ʿadhābi
the punishment
هُمْ
hum
they
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
(will) abide forever
Interpretation

You will see, O Messenger, many of the disbelieving Jews forming alliances with the idolators and opposing you and those who believe in Allah’s oneness. How evil is their action of taking disbelievers as allies! This will cause Allah’s anger and lead them into the Fire, where they will live eternally, never to leave.

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

81

وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلنَّبِىِّ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ

And if they had believed in Allāh and the Prophet and in what was revealed to him, they would not have taken them as allies; but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

Wa law kaanoo yu'minoona billaahi wan nabiyyi wa maaa unzila ilaihi attakhazoohum awliyaaa'a wa laakinna kaseeram minhum faasiqoon

Word by word
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they had
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
believed
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَٱلنَّبِىِّ
wal-nabiyi
and the Prophet
وَمَآ
wamā
and what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
مَا
not
ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْ
ittakhadhūhum
they (would have) taken them
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
(as) allies
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
[and] but
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
فَـٰسِقُونَ
fāsiqūna
(are) defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

If these Jews had true faith in Allah and His Prophet, they would not have taken the idolaters as their allies instead of the believers, because they were prohibited from taking disbelievers as friends. But most of these Jews do not obey Allah nor do they side with Him and the believers.

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

82

۞ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ ٱلنَّاسِ عَدَٰوَةً لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۖ وَلَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُم مَّوَدَّةً لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَرُهْبَانًا وَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allāh; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.

Latajidanna ashad dan naasi 'adaawatal lillazeena aamanul Yahooda wallazeena ashrakoo wa latajidanna aqrabahum mawaddatal lil lazeena aamanul lazeena qaalooo innaa Nasaaraa; zaalika bi anna mminhum qiseeseena wa ruhbaananw wa annahum laa yastakbiroon

Word by word
۞ لَتَجِدَنَّ
latajidanna
Surely you will find
أَشَدَّ
ashadda
strongest
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
عَدَٰوَةًۭ
ʿadāwatan
(in) enmity
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
ٱلْيَهُودَ
l-yahūda
the Jews
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۖ
ashrakū
(are) polytheists
وَلَتَجِدَنَّ
walatajidanna
and surely you will find
أَقْرَبَهُم
aqrabahum
nearest of them
مَّوَدَّةًۭ
mawaddatan
(in) affection
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
say
إِنَّا
innā
We
نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۚ
naṣārā
(are) Christians
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That (is)
بِأَنَّ
bi-anna
because
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
قِسِّيسِينَ
qissīsīna
(are) priests
وَرُهْبَانًۭا
waruh'bānan
and monks
وَأَنَّهُمْ
wa-annahum
and that they
لَا
(are) not
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
yastakbirūna
arrogant
Interpretation

You will find, O Messenger, that the people with the most hostility towards those who have faith in you and that which you brought are the Jews, due to their malice, jealousy and pride, as well as the idol worshippers and others who associate partners with Allah. You will also find that the people who are closest in affection to those who have faith in you and that which you brought are those who call themselves Christians. The verse explains that the reason for these people being close to the believers is that there are scholars, ascetics and worshippers among them who are humble and not prou

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

83

وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ تَرَىٰٓ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ ٱلدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth. They say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so register us among the witnesses.

Wa izaa sami'oo maaa unzila ilar Rasooli taraaa a'yunahum tafeedu minad dam'i mimmmaa 'arafoo minalhaqq; yaqooloona Rabbanaaa aamannaa faktubnaa ma'ash shaahideen

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
سَمِعُوا۟
samiʿū
they listen
مَآ
(to) what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلرَّسُولِ
l-rasūli
the Messenger
تَرَىٰٓ
tarā
you see
أَعْيُنَهُمْ
aʿyunahum
their eyes
تَفِيضُ
tafīḍu
overflowing
مِنَ
mina
with
ٱلدَّمْعِ
l-damʿi
the tears
مِمَّا
mimmā
for what
عَرَفُوا۟
ʿarafū
they recognized
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
They say
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
we have believed
فَٱكْتُبْنَا
fa-uk'tub'nā
so write us
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ
l-shāhidīna
the witnesses
Interpretation

The hearts of these Christians are soft. When they listen to any part of the Qur’ān that has been revealed, they cry in submission, because they recognise that it is the truth because of their knowing that which Jesus (peace be with him) brought. They say: Our Lord, we accept what You have revealed to Your Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him). So record us, Our Lord, among those of the nation who will be witnesses against people on the Day of Rising.

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

84

وَمَا لَنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَا جَآءَنَا مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَنَطْمَعُ أَن يُدْخِلَنَا رَبُّنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

And why should we not believe in Allāh and what has come to us of the truth? And we aspire that our Lord will admit us [to Paradise] with the righteous people."

Wa maa lanaa laa nu'minu billaahi wa maa jaaa'anaa minal haqqi wa natma'u ai yudkhilanaa Rabbunaa ma'al qawmis saaliheen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And what
لَنَا
lanā
for us (that)
لَا
not
نُؤْمِنُ
nu'minu
we believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَمَا
wamā
and what
جَآءَنَا
jāanā
came (to) us
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
وَنَطْمَعُ
wanaṭmaʿu
And we hope
أَن
an
that
يُدْخِلَنَا
yud'khilanā
will admit us
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
our Lord
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
l-ṣāliḥīna
the righteous
Interpretation

What prevents us from having faith in Allah and the truth that He has revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him)? We hope that we will enter Paradise together with the prophets and their followers who obeyed Allah and feared His punishment.

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

85

فَأَثَـٰبَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا قَالُوا۟ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

So Allāh rewarded them for what they said with gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good.

Fa asaabahumul laahu bimaa qaaloo Jannnaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feehaa; wa zaalika jazaaa'ul muhsineen

Word by word
فَأَثَـٰبَهُمُ
fa-athābahumu
So rewarded them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِمَا
bimā
for what
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
(with) 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
وَذَٰلِكَ
wadhālika
And that
جَزَآءُ
jazāu
(is the) reward
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
(of) the good-doers
Interpretation

Allah rewarded them for their faith and their acceptance of the truth with gardens that have palaces and trees overlooking flowing streams, where they will live eternally. That is the reward of those who do good by following the truth and submitting to it, without any restriction or condition.

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

86

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

But those who disbelieved and denied Our signs - they are the companions of Hellfire.

Wallazeena kafaroo wa kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaaa ulaaa'ika Ashaabul Jaheem

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
وَكَذَّبُوا۟
wakadhabū
and denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ
biāyātinā
Our Signs
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلْجَحِيمِ
l-jaḥīmi
(of) the Hellfire
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger, and reject the verses Allah revealed to His Messenger, they are the companions of the Fire, which they will enter and never leave.

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

87

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُحَرِّمُوا۟ طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

O you who have believed, do not prohibit the good things which Allāh has made lawful to you and do not transgress. Indeed, Allāh does not like transgressors.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tuharrimoo taiyibaati maaa ahallal laahu lakum wa laa ta'tadooo; innal laaha laa yuhibbul mu'tadeen

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تُحَرِّمُوا۟
tuḥarrimū
make unlawful
طَيِّبَـٰتِ
ṭayyibāti
(the) good things
مَآ
(of) what
أَحَلَّ
aḥalla
has (been) made lawful
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ
taʿtadū
transgress
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
l-muʿ'tadīna
the transgressors
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, do not regard as unlawful the good food, drink and women that Allah has made lawful for you. Do not treat these things as unlawful in an attempt to practise asceticism and devotion. Do not overstep the limits of that which Allah has forbidden to you, because Allah does not love those who overstep His limits; rather, He hates them.

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

88

وَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَـٰلًا طَيِّبًا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنتُم بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ

And eat of what Allāh has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And fear Allāh, in whom you are believers.

Wa kuloo mimmaa razaqakumul laahu halaalan taiyibaa; wattaqul laahallazeee antum bihee mu'minon

Word by word
وَكُلُوا۟
wakulū
And eat
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
رَزَقَكُمُ
razaqakumu
has provided you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
حَلَـٰلًۭا
ḥalālan
lawful
طَيِّبًۭا ۚ
ṭayyiban
good
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
the One
أَنتُم
antum
you (are)
بِهِۦ
bihi
in Him
مُؤْمِنُونَ
mu'minūna
believers
Interpretation

Consume the lawful and pure things that Allah gives to you from His provision. But do not consume the unlawful, such as something that is taken wrongfully or is impure. Be mindful of Allah by obeying His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions, because He is the one you have faith in and it requires you to be mindful of Him.

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

89

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا عَقَّدتُّمُ ٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَ ۖ فَكَفَّـٰرَتُهُۥٓ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَـٰكِينَ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ أَوْ تَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ ۖ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَـٰثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ كَفَّـٰرَةُ أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ إِذَا حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ وَٱحْفَظُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Allāh will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for [breaking] what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your [own] families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [or afford it] - then a fast of three days [is required]. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses [i.e., revealed law] that you may be grateful.

Laa yu'aakhizukumul laahu billaghwi feee aimaanikum wa laakiny ya'aakhizukum bimaa 'aqqattumul aimaana fakaf faaratuhooo it'aamu 'asharati masaakeena min awsati maa tut'imoona ahleekum aw kiswatuhum aw tahreeru raqabatin famallam yajid fa Siyaamu salaasati aiyaam; zaalika kaffaaratu aimaanikum izaa halaftum; wahfazooo aimaanakum; kazaalika yubaiyinul laahu lakum Aayaatihee la'allakum tashkuroon

Word by word
لَا
Not
يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ
yuākhidhukumu
will call you to account
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِٱللَّغْوِ
bil-laghwi
for the thoughtless utterances
فِىٓ
in
أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ
aymānikum
your oaths
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
يُؤَاخِذُكُم
yuākhidhukum
He will call you to account
بِمَا
bimā
for what
عَقَّدتُّمُ
ʿaqqadttumu
you contracted
ٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَ ۖ
l-aymāna
(of) the oath
فَكَفَّـٰرَتُهُۥٓ
fakaffāratuhu
So its expiation
إِطْعَامُ
iṭ'ʿāmu
(is) feeding
عَشَرَةِ
ʿasharati
(of) ten
مَسَـٰكِينَ
masākīna
needy people
مِنْ
min
of
أَوْسَطِ
awsaṭi
average
مَا
(of) what
تُطْعِمُونَ
tuṭ'ʿimūna
you feed
أَهْلِيكُمْ
ahlīkum
your families
أَوْ
aw
or
كِسْوَتُهُمْ
kis'watuhum
clothing them
أَوْ
aw
or
تَحْرِيرُ
taḥrīru
freeing
رَقَبَةٍۢ ۖ
raqabatin
a slave
فَمَن
faman
But whoever
لَّمْ
lam
(does) not
يَجِدْ
yajid
find
فَصِيَامُ
faṣiyāmu
(that), then fasting
ثَلَـٰثَةِ
thalāthati
(for) three
أَيَّامٍۢ ۚ
ayyāmin
days
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
كَفَّـٰرَةُ
kaffāratu
(is the) expiation
أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ
aymānikum
(of) your oaths
إِذَا
idhā
when
حَلَفْتُمْ ۚ
ḥalaftum
you have sworn
وَٱحْفَظُوٓا۟
wa-iḥ'faẓū
And guard
أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ
aymānakum
your oaths
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
makes clear
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ
āyātihi
His Verses
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَشْكُرُونَ
tashkurūna
(be) grateful
Interpretation

Allah will not take you to account, O believers, for the oaths that you speak unintentionally. He will take you to account for those oaths that you break after making them with a firm intention in your hearts. The atonement for such oaths is one of three options: feeding ten poor people with the average food of your city, by giving each poor person half a ṣā‘ of food; or clothing them with what society considers to be a suit of clothing; or freeing a believing slave. If the person required to make atonement does not find any of these three things, then the required atonement is fasting for thr

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

90

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَـٰمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allāh], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.

yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanooo innamal khamru walmaisiru wal ansaabu wal azlaamu rijsum min 'amalish shaitaani fajtaniboohu la'al lakum tuflihoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Verily
ٱلْخَمْرُ
l-khamru
the intoxicants
وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ
wal-maysiru
and [the] games of chance
وَٱلْأَنصَابُ
wal-anṣābu
and (sacrifices at) altars
وَٱلْأَزْلَـٰمُ
wal-azlāmu
and divining arrows
رِجْسٌۭ
rij'sun
(are an) abomination
مِّنْ
min
from
عَمَلِ
ʿamali
(the) work
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ
l-shayṭāni
(of) the Shaitaan
فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ
fa-ij'tanibūhu
so avoid it
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
(be) successful
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, intoxicants that affect the mind, gambling with a consideration from both sides, stone alters on which the idolaters offer sacrifices or which they erect for worship, and arrows by which they used to draw lots – these are all acts of sin that Satan has made attractive. Avoid such acts, so that you successfully achieve the Paradise that you desire and are saved from the Fire that you fear.

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

91

إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ فِى ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَعَنِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ

Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allāh and from prayer. So will you not desist?

Innamaa yureedush Shaitaanu ai yooqi'a bainakumul 'adaawata wal baghdaaa'a fil khamri wal maisiri wa yasuddakum 'an zikril laahi wa 'anis Salaati fahal antum muntahoon

Word by word
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
intends
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
أَن
an
to
يُوقِعَ
yūqiʿa
cause
بَيْنَكُمُ
baynakumu
between you
ٱلْعَدَٰوَةَ
l-ʿadāwata
[the] enmity
وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ
wal-baghḍāa
and [the] hatred
فِى
through
ٱلْخَمْرِ
l-khamri
intoxicants
وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ
wal-maysiri
and gambling
وَيَصُدَّكُمْ
wayaṣuddakum
and hinders you
عَن
ʿan
from
ذِكْرِ
dhik'ri
(the) remembrance
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَعَنِ
waʿani
and from
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۖ
l-ṣalati
the prayer
فَهَلْ
fahal
So will
أَنتُم
antum
you
مُّنتَهُونَ
muntahūna
(be) the ones who abstain
Interpretation

By making alcohol and gambling seem attractive, Satan’s only intention is to create hatred between hearts and to turn them away from Allah’s remembrance and from the prayer. Will you, O believers, leave these evil acts? Without doubt, leaving these acts is the right thing to do, so avoid them.

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

92

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

And obey Allāh and obey the Messenger and beware. And if you turn away - then know that upon Our Messenger is only [the responsibility for] clear notification.

Wa atee'ul laaha wa atee'ur Rasoola wahzaroo; fa in tawal laitum fa'lamooo annamaa 'alaa Rasoolinal balaaghul mubeen

Word by word
وَأَطِيعُوا۟
wa-aṭīʿū
And obey
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَأَطِيعُوا۟
wa-aṭīʿū
and obey
ٱلرَّسُولَ
l-rasūla
the Messenger
وَٱحْذَرُوا۟ ۚ
wa-iḥ'dharū
and beware
فَإِن
fa-in
And if
تَوَلَّيْتُمْ
tawallaytum
you turn away
فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
fa-iʿ'lamū
then know
أَنَّمَا
annamā
only
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
رَسُولِنَا
rasūlinā
Our Messenger
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ
l-balāghu
(is to) convey (the Message)
ٱلْمُبِينُ
l-mubīnu
clearly
Interpretation

Follow God and follow the Messenger by fulfilling the instructions of the Sacred Law and avoiding its prohibitions. Be careful of breaking the law. If you turn away from this, know that the duty of Messenger is only to convey to you what God has instructed him to, and He has already done so. If you come on to the right path it is for your own good. If you do wrong it will be to your detriment.

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

93

لَيْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوٓا۟ إِذَا مَا ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

There is not upon those who believe and do righteousness [any] blame concerning what they have eaten [in the past] if they [now] fear Allāh and believe and do righteous deeds, and then fear Allāh and believe, and then fear Allāh and do good; and Allāh loves the doers of good.

Laisa 'alal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati junaahun feemaa ta'imooo izaa mat taqaw wa aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati summat taqaw wa aamanoo summat taqaw wa ahsanoo; wallaahu yuhibbul muhsineen

Word by word
لَيْسَ
laysa
Not
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
the good deeds
جُنَاحٌۭ
junāḥun
any sin
فِيمَا
fīmā
for what
طَعِمُوٓا۟
ṭaʿimū
they ate
إِذَا
idhā
when
مَا
that
ٱتَّقَوا۟
ittaqaw
they fear (Allah)
وَّءَامَنُوا۟
waāmanū
and they believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and they do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
[the] good deeds
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱتَّقَوا۟
ittaqaw
they fear (Allah)
وَّءَامَنُوا۟
waāmanū
and believe
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱتَّقَوا۟
ittaqaw
they fear (Allah)
وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟ ۗ
wa-aḥsanū
and do good
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
loves
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
Interpretation

There is no sin on those who have faith in Allah, and do good actions to gain closeness to Him, for drinking alcohol before it was made unlawful, as long as they now stay away from it, being mindful of Allah’s anger, having faith in Him and doing good actions, and then increase in their awareness of Allah until they worship Him as if they see Him. Allah loves those who worship Him as if they see Him, because they are aware that Allah is always watching them. This leads believers to improve their actions.

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

94

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلصَّيْدِ تَنَالُهُۥٓ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَرِمَاحُكُمْ لِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَخَافُهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

O you who have believed, Allāh will surely test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach, that Allāh may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo la yabluwannnakumul laahu bishai'im minas saidi tanaaluhooo aideekum wa rimaahukum liya'lamal laahu mai yakhaafuhoo bilghaib; famani' tadaa ba'da zaalika falahoo 'azaabun aleem

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُ
layabluwannakumu
Surely will test you
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِشَىْءٍۢ
bishayin
through something
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّيْدِ
l-ṣaydi
the game
تَنَالُهُۥٓ
tanāluhu
can reach it
أَيْدِيكُمْ
aydīkum
your hands
وَرِمَاحُكُمْ
warimāḥukum
and your spears
لِيَعْلَمَ
liyaʿlama
that may make evident
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَن
man
who
يَخَافُهُۥ
yakhāfuhu
fears Him
بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ
bil-ghaybi
in the unseen
فَمَنِ
famani
And whoever
ٱعْتَدَىٰ
iʿ'tadā
transgressed
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فَلَهُۥ
falahu
then for him
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah and follow His Messenger, Allah will certainly test you by giving you land game when you are in the state of Ihram. You will be able to hold the smaller game with your hands and the bigger ones with your spears. Allah will do this to show who fears his Creator, without having seen Him. Reward and punishment in the Afterlife will be based on people’s actions. Nothing is hidden from Allah. Whoever oversteps the limits, and hunts in the state of Ihram for Hajj or Umrah, he shall receive a painful punishment on the Day of Rising because of violating Allah’s prohibitio

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

95

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَآءٌ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِۦ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ هَدْيًۢا بَـٰلِغَ ٱلْكَعْبَةِ أَوْ كَفَّـٰرَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَـٰكِينَ أَوْ عَدْلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِيَامًا لِّيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِۦ ۗ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ ۚ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنتَقِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ

O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of iḥrām. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering [to Allāh] delivered to the Kaʿbah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his matter [i.e., deed]. Allāh has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns [to violation], then Allāh will take retribution from him. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa taqtuslus saida wa antum hurum; wa man qatalahoo minkum mut'am midan fajazaaa'um mislu maa qatala minanna'ami yahkumu bihee zawaa 'adlim minkum hadyam baalighal Ka'bati aw kaffaaratun ta'aamu masaakeena aw 'adlu zaalika Siyaamal liyazooqa wabaala amrih; 'afal laahu 'ammaa salaf; wa man 'aada fayanta qimul laahu minh; wallaahu 'azeezun zuntiqaam

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَقْتُلُوا۟
taqtulū
kill
ٱلصَّيْدَ
l-ṣayda
the game
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
حُرُمٌۭ ۚ
ḥurumun
(are in) Ihram
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
قَتَلَهُۥ
qatalahu
killed it
مِنكُم
minkum
among you
مُّتَعَمِّدًۭا
mutaʿammidan
intentionally
فَجَزَآءٌۭ
fajazāon
then penalty
مِّثْلُ
mith'lu
(is) similar
مَا
(to) what
قَتَلَ
qatala
he killed
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّعَمِ
l-naʿami
the cattle
يَحْكُمُ
yaḥkumu
judging
بِهِۦ
bihi
it
ذَوَا
dhawā
two men
عَدْلٍۢ
ʿadlin
just
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
هَدْيًۢا
hadyan
(as) an offering
بَـٰلِغَ
bāligha
reaching
ٱلْكَعْبَةِ
l-kaʿbati
the Kabah
أَوْ
aw
or
كَفَّـٰرَةٌۭ
kaffāratun
an expiation
طَعَامُ
ṭaʿāmu
feeding
مَسَـٰكِينَ
masākīna
needy people
أَوْ
aw
or
عَدْلُ
ʿadlu
equivalent
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
(of) that
صِيَامًۭا
ṣiyāman
(in) fasting
لِّيَذُوقَ
liyadhūqa
that he may taste
وَبَالَ
wabāla
(the) consequence
أَمْرِهِۦ ۗ
amrihi
(of) his deed
عَفَا
ʿafā
Pardoned
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
عَمَّا
ʿammā
what
سَلَفَ ۚ
salafa
(has) passed
وَمَنْ
waman
but whoever
عَادَ
ʿāda
returned
فَيَنتَقِمُ
fayantaqimu
then will take retribution
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِنْهُ ۗ
min'hu
from him
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَزِيزٌۭ
ʿazīzun
(is) All-Mighty
ذُو
dhū
Owner
ٱنتِقَامٍ
intiqāmin
(of) Retribution
Interpretation

O you who accept God and practise on His laws, do not kill land game when you are in the state of pilgrim sanctity for Hajj or Umra. Whoever of you does so deliberately shall be liable for a punishment equivalent to the game they killed from camels, cattle or sheep. This will be judged by two men who are known to be upright amongst the Muslims. The animal that they decide shall be treated as an offering is treated, and shall be sent to Makkah to be slaughtered in the Sanctuary. Another option for the atonement is that the equivalent value should be distributed to the poor within the Sanctuary,

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

96

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of iḥrām. And fear Allāh to whom you will be gathered.

Uhilla lakum saidul bahri wa ta'aamuhoo mataa'al lakum wa lissaiyaarati wa hurrima 'alaikum saidul barri maa dumtum hurumaa; wattaqul laahal lazeee ilaihi tuhsharoon

Word by word
أُحِلَّ
uḥilla
Is made lawful
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
صَيْدُ
ṣaydu
game
ٱلْبَحْرِ
l-baḥri
(of) the sea
وَطَعَامُهُۥ
waṭaʿāmuhu
and its food
مَتَـٰعًۭا
matāʿan
(as) provision
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ
walilssayyārati
and for the travelers
وَحُرِّمَ
waḥurrima
and is made unlawful
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
on you
صَيْدُ
ṣaydu
game
ٱلْبَرِّ
l-bari
(of) the land
مَا
as
دُمْتُمْ
dum'tum
long as you
حُرُمًۭا ۗ
ḥuruman
(are in) Ihram
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And be conscious
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(of) Allah
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
the One
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to Him
تُحْشَرُونَ
tuḥ'sharūna
you will be gathered
Interpretation

Allah has permitted you to catch aquatic animals and what the sea throws out, dead or alive, as a benefit for a resident or to nourish a traveller. He has prohibited hunting land game as long as you are in the state of Ihram for Hajj or Umrah. Be mindful of Allah by carrying out His instructions and avoiding His prohibitions. You will return to Him on the Day of Rising; and He will repay your actions.

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

97

۞ جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَـٰمًا لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَٱلْهَدْىَ وَٱلْقَلَـٰٓئِدَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Allāh has made the Kaʿbah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that Allāh knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that Allāh is Knowing of all things.

Ja'alal laahul Ka'batal Baital Haraama qiyaamal linnaasi wash Shahral Haraama walhadya walqalaaa'id; zaalika lita'lamooo annal laaha ya'lamu maa fis samaawaati wa maa fil ardi wa annal laaha bikulli shai'in 'Aleem

Word by word
۞ جَعَلَ
jaʿala
Has (been) made
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
ٱلْكَعْبَةَ
l-kaʿbata
the Kabah
ٱلْبَيْتَ
l-bayta
the House
ٱلْحَرَامَ
l-ḥarāma
the Sacred
قِيَـٰمًۭا
qiyāman
an establishment
لِّلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for mankind
وَٱلشَّهْرَ
wal-shahra
and the month(s)
ٱلْحَرَامَ
l-ḥarāma
[the] sacred
وَٱلْهَدْىَ
wal-hadya
and the (animals) for offering
وَٱلْقَلَـٰٓئِدَ ۚ
wal-qalāida
and the garlands
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That (is)
لِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟
litaʿlamū
so that you may know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَمَا
wamā
and what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
of every
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
Interpretation

Allah has made the Kaaba, the Sanctified House, an establishment for people, which secures their religious interests (such as prayer, Hajj and Umrah) and their worldly interests (such as security in the Sanctuary and the import of different fruits). He has also made the sacred months (Dhū Al-Qa‘dah, Dhū Al-Ḥijjah, Muḥarram and Rajab) an establishment for people in that they are secure in these months from anyone fighting against them. Then He has made the sacrificial animals, and the garlands that indicate that they are being driven to the Sanctuary, an establishment for people in that their o

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

98

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Know that Allāh is severe in penalty and that Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

I'lamooo annal laaha shadeedul 'iqaabi wa annal laaha Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟
iʿ'lamū
Know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَدِيدُ
shadīdu
(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) punishment
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Know, O people, that Allah’s punishment for those who go against Him is severe; and that He is Forgiving and Compassionate towards those who repent to Him.

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

99

مَّا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Not upon the Messenger is [responsibility] except [for] notification. And Allāh knows whatever you reveal and whatever you conceal.

Maa 'alar Rasooli illal balaagh; wallaahu ya'lamu maa tubdoona wa maa taktumoon

Word by word
مَّا
Not
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلرَّسُولِ
l-rasūli
the Messenger
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ
l-balāghu
the conveyance
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
مَا
what
تُبْدُونَ
tub'dūna
you reveal
وَمَا
wamā
and what
تَكْتُمُونَ
taktumūna
you conceal
Interpretation

The duty of the Messenger is only to convey what Allah has instructed him to. It is not his duty to make people accept the guidance: that is only in Allah’s Hands. Allah knows what you reveal and what you keep hidden, whether guidance or misguidance, and He will repay your actions.

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

100

قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْخَبِيثِ ۚ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Say, "Not equal are the evil and the good, although the abundance of evil might impress you." So fear Allāh, O you of understanding, that you may be successful.

Qul laa yastawil khabeesu wattaiyibu wa law a'jabaka kasratul khabees; fattaqul laaha yaaa ulil albaabi la'allakum tuflihoon

Word by word
قُل
qul
Say
لَّا
Not
يَسْتَوِى
yastawī
(are) equal
ٱلْخَبِيثُ
l-khabīthu
the evil
وَٱلطَّيِّبُ
wal-ṭayibu
and the good
وَلَوْ
walaw
even if
أَعْجَبَكَ
aʿjabaka
impresses you
كَثْرَةُ
kathratu
abundance
ٱلْخَبِيثِ ۚ
l-khabīthi
(of) the evil
فَٱتَّقُوا۟
fa-ittaqū
So fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى
yāulī
O men
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
l-albābi
(of) understanding
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
(be) successful
Interpretation

Say, O Messenger: Bad is not the same as good, even if the bad is a large amount that impresses you. A large amount of something does not mean that it is best. Be mindful of Allah, O people of intellect, by leaving the bad and doing the good, so that you successfully achieve Paradise and are saved from the fire of Hell.

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

101

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْ أَشْيَآءَ إِن تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur’ān is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allāh has pardoned it [i.e., that which is past]; and Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.

yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo laa tas'aloo 'an ashyaaa'a in tubda lakum tasu'kum wa in tas'aloo 'anhaa heena yunazzalul Qur'aanu tubda lakum; 'afallaahu 'anhaa; wallaahu Ghafoorun Haleem

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَا
(Do) not
تَسْـَٔلُوا۟
tasalū
ask
عَنْ
ʿan
about
أَشْيَآءَ
ashyāa
things
إِن
in
if
تُبْدَ
tub'da
made clear
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
تَسُؤْكُمْ
tasu'kum
it may distress you
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
تَسْـَٔلُوا۟
tasalū
you ask
عَنْهَا
ʿanhā
about it
حِينَ
ḥīna
when
يُنَزَّلُ
yunazzalu
is being revealed
ٱلْقُرْءَانُ
l-qur'ānu
the Quran
تُبْدَ
tub'da
it would be made clear
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
عَفَا
ʿafā
has (been) pardoned
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
عَنْهَا ۗ
ʿanhā
[about] it
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
غَفُورٌ
ghafūrun
(is) Oft-Forgiving
حَلِيمٌۭ
ḥalīmun
All-Forbearing
Interpretation

O you who have faith in Allah, follow His Messenger and practise His laws, do not ask your Messenger about things which you do not in need, and which will not be of any help to you in your religion. If you were told of such things, they would upset you because of the difficulty in them. If, despite the prohibition, you ask about these things, then know that revelation is coming down to the Prophet and they will be made clear to you. That is easy for Allah. Allah has not said certain things in the Qur’ān, so do not ask about them. If you ask about them, you will have to follow the law that is t

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

102

قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا۟ بِهَا كَـٰفِرِينَ

A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.

Qad sa alahaa qawmum min qablikum summa asbahoo bihaa kaafireen

Word by word
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
سَأَلَهَا
sa-alahā
asked them
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
a people
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلِكُمْ
qablikum
before you
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
أَصْبَحُوا۟
aṣbaḥū
they became
بِهَا
bihā
thereby
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
disbelievers
Interpretation

A nation before you had asked about things not initially revealed to them. When they were then commanded to do them, they did not carry out the order; and became disbelievers as a result.

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

103

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ ۙ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Allāh has not appointed [such innovations as] baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allāh, and most of them do not reason.

Maa ja'alal laahu mim baheeratinw wa laa saaa'ibatinw wa laa waseelatinw wa laa haaminw wa laakinnal lazeena kafaroo yaftaroona 'alallaahil kazib; wa aksaruhum laa ya'qiloon

Word by word
مَا
Not
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
has (been) made
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
مِنۢ
min
of
بَحِيرَةٍۢ
baḥīratin
a Bahirah
وَلَا
walā
and not
سَآئِبَةٍۢ
sāibatin
a Saibah
وَلَا
walā
and not
وَصِيلَةٍۢ
waṣīlatin
a Wasilah
وَلَا
walā
and not
حَامٍۢ ۙ
ḥāmin
a Hami
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
[And] but
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
they invent
عَلَى
ʿalā
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ
l-kadhiba
the lie
وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ
wa-aktharuhum
and most of them
لَا
(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
use reason
Interpretation

Allah has made livestock lawful for you to consume. He has not made unlawful what the idolaters declared unlawful for themselves when dedicating them to their idols, such as: baḥīrah, a she-camel whose ear is cut after it gives birth to a certain number; or sā’ibah, a she-camel that is left for the idols after it reaches a certain age; or waṣīlah, a she-camel that gives birth to one female after another; or ḥāmī, a male camel stud that mates with other camels and produces a given number of offspring. Allah did not make any of these; but the disbelievers falsely claimed that Allah had forbidden

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

104

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allāh has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

Wa izaa qeela lahum ta'aalaw ilaa maaa anzalallaahu wa ilar Rasooli qaaloo hasbunaa maa wajadnaa 'alaihi aabaaa'anaa; awa law kaana aabaaa'uhum laa ya'lamoona shai'anw wa laa yahtadoon

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
قِيلَ
qīla
it is said
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
تَعَالَوْا۟
taʿālaw
Come
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مَآ
what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has (been) revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
and to
ٱلرَّسُولِ
l-rasūli
the Messenger
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
حَسْبُنَا
ḥasbunā
Sufficient for us
مَا
(is) what
وَجَدْنَا
wajadnā
we found
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
upon it
ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ
ābāanā
our forefathers
أَوَلَوْ
awalaw
Even though
كَانَ
kāna
(that)
ءَابَآؤُهُمْ
ābāuhum
their forefathers
لَا
(were) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
knowing
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَهْتَدُونَ
yahtadūna
they (were) guided
Interpretation

When it is said to these people who make up lies about Allah, with respect to forbidding certain livestock: Come towards the Qur’ān that Allah revealed and to the path of the Messenger (peace be upon him), so that you can learn the lawful and the unlawful – they say: The beliefs, statements and actions we have taken and inherited from our predecessors is enough for us. How could this be enough for them when their predecessors did not know anything and were not guided to the truth? Only the person who is more ignorant and misguided than them follows them.

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

105

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا ٱهْتَدَيْتُمْ ۚ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To Allāh is your return all together; then He will inform you of what you used to do.

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo 'alaikum anfusakum laa yadurrukum man dalla izah tadaitum; ilal laahi marji'ukum jamee'an fayunabbi'ukum bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
Upon you
أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ
anfusakum
(is to guard) yourselves
لَا
Not
يَضُرُّكُم
yaḍurrukum
will harm you
مَّن
man
(those) who
ضَلَّ
ḍalla
(have gone) astray
إِذَا
idhā
when
ٱهْتَدَيْتُمْ ۚ
ih'tadaytum
you have been guided
إِلَى
ilā
To
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَرْجِعُكُمْ
marjiʿukum
(is) your return
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
فَيُنَبِّئُكُم
fayunabbi-ukum
then He will inform you
بِمَا
bimā
of what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

O you who faith in Allah, follow His Messenger and practise His laws, you are only responsible for your own souls, so only do that which benefits them. Those people who are misguided, and who do not respond to you, will not harm you if you are on the right path. Being on the right path includes encouraging good and forbidding evil. On the Day of Rising, all of you will return to Allah only and He will tell you about what you used to do in the world and repay your actions.

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

106

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ شَهَـٰدَةُ بَيْنِكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ حِينَ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ ٱثْنَانِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ أَوْ ءَاخَرَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ إِنْ أَنتُمْ ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصَـٰبَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ إِنِ ٱرْتَبْتُمْ لَا نَشْتَرِى بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰ ۙ وَلَا نَكْتُمُ شَهَـٰدَةَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَ

O you who have believed, testimony [should be taken] among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - [that of] two just men from among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you. Detain them after the prayer and let them both swear by Allāh if you doubt [their testimony, saying], "We will not exchange it [i.e., our oath] for a price [i.e., worldly gain], even if he should be a near relative, and we will not withhold the testimony of [i.e., ordained by] Allāh. Indeed, we would then be of the sinful."

Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanoo shahaadatu bainikum izaa hadara ahadakumul mawtu heenal wasiyyatis naani zawaa 'adlim minkum aw aakharaani min ghairikum in antum darabtum fil ardi fa asaabatkum museebatul mawt; tahbi soonahumaa mim ba'dis Salaati fa yuqsimaani billaahi inirtabtum laa nashtaree bihee samananw wa law kaana zaa qurbaa wa laa naktumu shahaadatal laahi innaaa izal laminal aasimeen

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
شَهَـٰدَةُ
shahādatu
(Take) testimony
بَيْنِكُمْ
baynikum
among you
إِذَا
idhā
when
حَضَرَ
ḥaḍara
approaches
أَحَدَكُمُ
aḥadakumu
one of you
ٱلْمَوْتُ
l-mawtu
[the] death
حِينَ
ḥīna
(at the) time (of making)
ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ
l-waṣiyati
[the] a will
ٱثْنَانِ
ith'nāni
two
ذَوَا
dhawā
men
عَدْلٍۢ
ʿadlin
just
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
أَوْ
aw
or
ءَاخَرَانِ
ākharāni
two others
مِنْ
min
from
غَيْرِكُمْ
ghayrikum
other than you
إِنْ
in
if
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
ضَرَبْتُمْ
ḍarabtum
(are) travel(ing)
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَأَصَـٰبَتْكُم
fa-aṣābatkum
then befalls you
مُّصِيبَةُ
muṣībatu
calamity
ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ
l-mawti
(of) [the] death
تَحْبِسُونَهُمَا
taḥbisūnahumā
Detain both of them
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
l-ṣalati
the prayer
فَيُقْسِمَانِ
fayuq'simāni
and let them both swear
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
by Allah
إِنِ
ini
if
ٱرْتَبْتُمْ
ir'tabtum
you doubt
لَا
Not
نَشْتَرِى
nashtarī
we will exchange
بِهِۦ
bihi
it for
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
a price
وَلَوْ
walaw
even if
كَانَ
kāna
he is
ذَا
dhā
(of)
قُرْبَىٰ ۙ
qur'bā
a near relative
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَكْتُمُ
naktumu
we will conceal
شَهَـٰدَةَ
shahādata
testimony
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed, we
إِذًۭا
idhan
then
لَّمِنَ
lamina
(will) surely (be) of
ٱلْـَٔاثِمِينَ
l-āthimīna
the sinners
Interpretation

O you who faith in Allah, follow His Messenger and practise His laws, when death approaches any of you, with the appearance its signs, then call to witness the bequest two upright Muslim men, or two men from the disbelievers (if the need arises due to there being no Muslims; for example, if you are travelling at that time). If there is any doubt regarding their testimony, keep them back after one of the prayers and let them both take an oath in Allah’s name saying, ‘We will not sell our share from Allah for any amount, such as by preferring a relative. Also, we will not conceal any testimony f

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

107

فَإِنْ عُثِرَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنَّهُمَا ٱسْتَحَقَّآ إِثْمًا فَـَٔاخَرَانِ يَقُومَانِ مَقَامَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِ فَيُقْسِمَانِ بِٱللَّهِ لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآ أَحَقُّ مِن شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا وَمَا ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

But if it is found that those two were guilty of sin [i.e., perjury], let two others stand in their place [who are] foremost [in claim] from those who have a lawful right. And let them swear by Allāh, "Our testimony is truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of the wrongdoers."

Fa in 'usira 'alaaa annahumas tahaqqaaa isman fa aakharaani yaqoomaani maqaamahumaa minal lazeenas tahaqqa 'alaihimul awlayaani fa yuqsimaani billaahi lashahaadatunaaa ahaqqu min shahaadatihimaaa wa ma'tadainaaa innaaa izal laminaz zaalimeen

Word by word
فَإِنْ
fa-in
Then if
عُثِرَ
ʿuthira
it is discovered
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
(on)
أَنَّهُمَا
annahumā
that the two
ٱسْتَحَقَّآ
is'taḥaqqā
(were) guilty
إِثْمًۭا
ith'man
(of) sin
فَـَٔاخَرَانِ
faākharāni
then (let) two others
يَقُومَانِ
yaqūmāni
stand
مَقَامَهُمَا
maqāmahumā
(in) their place
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱسْتَحَقَّ
is'taḥaqqa
have a lawful right
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
over them
ٱلْأَوْلَيَـٰنِ
l-awlayāni
the former two
فَيُقْسِمَانِ
fayuq'simāni
and let them both swear
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
by Allah
لَشَهَـٰدَتُنَآ
lashahādatunā
Surely our testimony
أَحَقُّ
aḥaqqu
(is) truer
مِن
min
than
شَهَـٰدَتِهِمَا
shahādatihimā
testimony of the other two
وَمَا
wamā
and not
ٱعْتَدَيْنَآ
iʿ'tadaynā
we have transgressed
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed, we
إِذًۭا
idhan
then
لَّمِنَ
lamina
(will be) of
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

If, after the oath is taken, it is established that the witnesses lied in their testimony or in the oath, then let two others who are closest to the deceased take an oath on the truth in their place. These new witnesses should take an oath by Allah saying, ‘Our testimony about their lying and deceit is closer to the truth than their testimony about their honesty and trustworthiness. We have not taken a false oath. If we do so, we will be from the wrongdoers who overstep Allah’s limits’.

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

108

ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهَآ أَوْ يَخَافُوٓا۟ أَن تُرَدَّ أَيْمَـٰنٌۢ بَعْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

That is more likely that they will give testimony according to its [true] objective, or [at least] they would fear that [other] oaths might be taken after their oaths. And fear Allāh and listen [i.e., obey Him]; and Allāh does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

Zaalika adnaaa ai yaatoo bishshahaadati 'alaa wajhihaaa aw yakhaafooo an turadda aimaanum ba'da aimaanihim; wattaqul laaha wasma'oo; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmal faasiqeen

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
أَدْنَىٰٓ
adnā
(is) closer
أَن
an
that
يَأْتُوا۟
yatū
they will give
بِٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ
bil-shahādati
the testimony
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
in
وَجْهِهَآ
wajhihā
its (true) form
أَوْ
aw
or
يَخَافُوٓا۟
yakhāfū
they would fear
أَن
an
that
تُرَدَّ
turadda
will be refuted
أَيْمَـٰنٌۢ
aymānun
their oaths
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۗ
aymānihim
their (others) oaths
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
And fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۗ
wa-is'maʿū
and listen
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
l-fāsiqīna
the defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

These various oaths to be taken by the witnesses after the prayer (when you doubt their testimony) and the rejection of their testimony increases the likelihood that they will testify in the way required by the sacred law, without them distorting the facts deceitfully. Witnesses are more likely to give true testimony for fear that they will be disgraced if the heirs give conflicting testimony. Be mindful of Allah by not lying or being deceitful in your testimony and oath. Listen to what you are instructed to do and obey. Allah does not guide those who go against Him.

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

109

۞ يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

[Be warned of] the Day when Allāh will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen" -

yawma yajma'ul laahur Rusula fa yaqoolu maazaaa ujibtum qaaloo laa 'ilma lanaa innaka Anta 'Allaamul Ghuyoob

Word by word
۞ يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) day
يَجْمَعُ
yajmaʿu
will (be) gathered
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
ٱلرُّسُلَ
l-rusula
the Messengers
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqūlu
and He will say
مَاذَآ
mādhā
What
أُجِبْتُمْ ۖ
ujib'tum
was (the) response you received
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
لَا
(There is) no
عِلْمَ
ʿil'ma
knowledge
لَنَآ ۖ
lanā
for us
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed You
أَنتَ
anta
You
عَلَّـٰمُ
ʿallāmu
(are the) Knower
ٱلْغُيُوبِ
l-ghuyūbi
(of) the unseen
Interpretation

Remember, O people, the Day of Rising when Allah will gather all the messengers and ask them how their communities had responded to them? They will assign the answer to that question to Allah and say, ‘I have no knowledge. You have all knowledge, our Lord. You are the only one Who knows all things that are present or absent’.

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

110

إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا ۖ وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ ۖ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِى فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَتُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِى ۖ وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

[The Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."

Iz qaalal laahu yaa 'Eesab-na-Maryamaz kur ni'matee 'alaika wa 'alaa waalidatik; iz aiyattuka bi Roohil Qudusi tukallimun naasa fil mahdi wa kahlanw wa iz 'allamtukal kitaaba wal Hikmata wa Tawraata wal Injeela wa iz Takhluqu minat teeni kahai 'atit tairi bi iznee fatanfukhu feeha fatakoonu tairam bi iznee wa tubri'ul akmaha wal abrasa bi iznee wa iz tukhrijul mawtaa bi iznee wa iz kafaftu Baneee Israaa'eela 'anka iz ji'tahum bil baiyinaati fa qaalal lazeena kafaroo minhum in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَ
qāla
said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَـٰعِيسَى
yāʿīsā
O Isa
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
ٱذْكُرْ
udh'kur
Remember
نِعْمَتِى
niʿ'matī
My Favor
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
upon you
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
and upon
وَٰلِدَتِكَ
wālidatika
your mother
إِذْ
idh
when
أَيَّدتُّكَ
ayyadttuka
I strengthened you
بِرُوحِ
birūḥi
with (the) Spirit
ٱلْقُدُسِ
l-qudusi
the Holy
تُكَلِّمُ
tukallimu
you spoke
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
(to) the people
فِى
in
ٱلْمَهْدِ
l-mahdi
the cradle
وَكَهْلًۭا ۖ
wakahlan
and (in) maturity
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
عَلَّمْتُكَ
ʿallamtuka
I taught you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ
wal-ḥik'mata
and the wisdom
وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ
wal-tawrāta
and the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ ۖ
wal-injīla
and the Injeel
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
and when
تَخْلُقُ
takhluqu
you make
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلطِّينِ
l-ṭīni
the clay
كَهَيْـَٔةِ
kahayati
like the shape
ٱلطَّيْرِ
l-ṭayri
(of) the bird
بِإِذْنِى
bi-idh'nī
by My permission
فَتَنفُخُ
fatanfukhu
then you breath
فِيهَا
fīhā
into it
فَتَكُونُ
fatakūnu
and it becomes
طَيْرًۢا
ṭayran
a bird
بِإِذْنِى ۖ
bi-idh'nī
by My permission
وَتُبْرِئُ
watub'ri-u
and you heal
ٱلْأَكْمَهَ
l-akmaha
the born blind
وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ
wal-abraṣa
and the leper
بِإِذْنِى ۖ
bi-idh'nī
by My permission
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
and when
تُخْرِجُ
tukh'riju
you bring forth
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
l-mawtā
the dead
بِإِذْنِى ۖ
bi-idh'nī
by My permission
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
كَفَفْتُ
kafaftu
I restrained
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
عَنكَ
ʿanka
from you
إِذْ
idh
when
جِئْتَهُم
ji'tahum
you came to them
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
bil-bayināti
with the clear proofs
فَقَالَ
faqāla
then said
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
إِنْ
in
Not
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
إِلَّا
illā
but
سِحْرٌۭ
siḥ'run
magic
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
clear
Interpretation

Remember when Allah addressed Jesus (peace be upon him) and told him to remember Allah’s favour to him when He created him without a father; to his mother, Mary (peace be upon her), when He chose her over all the women of her time; and upon him when He strengthened him with Gabriel (peace be upon him.). Allah told him that he used to speak to people as a baby, calling them to Allah; and that he used to speak to them in his adulthood, telling them what Allah had sent him with. Allah reminded him of the favour of being taught how to write; and that He taught him the Torah that He had revealed to

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

111

وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى ٱلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ أَنْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِى وَبِرَسُولِى قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَٱشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ

And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger [i.e., Jesus]." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allāh]."

Wa iz awhaitu ilal hawaariyyeena an aaminoo bee wa bi Rasoolee qaalooo aamannaa washhad bi annanaa muslimoon

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
أَوْحَيْتُ
awḥaytu
I inspired
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ
l-ḥawāriyīna
the disciples
أَنْ
an
to
ءَامِنُوا۟
āminū
believe
بِى
in Me
وَبِرَسُولِى
wabirasūlī
and in My Messenger
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
وَٱشْهَدْ
wa-ish'had
and bear witness
بِأَنَّنَا
bi-annanā
that indeed we
مُسْلِمُونَ
mus'limūna
(are) Muslims
Interpretation

Another favour that Allah reminded him about was that Allah created assistants for him when He inspired the disciples to have faith in Him and in Jesus. They submitted to that and responded saying, ‘I believe. Be a witness, O our Lord, that we submit to You in devotion’.

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

112

إِذْ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَـٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven?" [Jesus] said, "Fear Allāh, if you should be believers."

Iz qaalal hawaariyyoona yaa 'Eesab na Maryama hal yastatee'u Rabbuka ai yunaz zila 'alinaa maaa'idatam minas samaaa'i qaalat taqul laaha in kuntum mu'mineen

Word by word
إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَ
qāla
said
ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ
l-ḥawāriyūna
the disciples
يَـٰعِيسَى
yāʿīsā
O Isa
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
هَلْ
hal
Is
يَسْتَطِيعُ
yastaṭīʿu
able
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
أَن
an
to
يُنَزِّلَ
yunazzila
send down
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
to us
مَآئِدَةًۭ
māidatan
a table spread
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ
l-samāi
the heaven
قَالَ
qāla
He said
ٱتَّقُوا۟
ittaqū
Fear
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

Remember when the disciples said, ‘Can you call on your Lord to send down a table from the sky?’ Jesus (peace be upon him) responded to them by telling them to be mindful of Allah and not to ask for such a thing, as it may prove to be a trial for them. He said to them, ‘Place your trust in your Lord in seeking provision, if you are truly believers’.

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

113

قَالُوا۟ نُرِيدُ أَن نَّأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ صَدَقْتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ

They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses."

Qaaloo nureedu an naakula minhaa wa tatam'inna quloo bunaa wa na'lama an qad sadaqtana wa nakoona 'alaihaa minash shaahideen

Word by word
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
نُرِيدُ
nurīdu
We wish
أَن
an
that
نَّأْكُلَ
nakula
we eat
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
وَتَطْمَئِنَّ
wataṭma-inna
and satisfy
قُلُوبُنَا
qulūbunā
our hearts
وَنَعْلَمَ
wanaʿlama
and we know
أَن
an
that
قَدْ
qad
certainly
صَدَقْتَنَا
ṣadaqtanā
you have spoken the truth to us
وَنَكُونَ
wanakūna
and we be
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
over it
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ
l-shāhidīna
the witnesses
Interpretation

The disciples said to Jesus, ‘We want to eat from this table, so that our hearts are satisfied about Allah’s perfect power and that you are His Messenger: to know for certain that you have told us the truth about what you have brought from Allah and to be witnesses to it for those people who are not present’.

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

114

قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةً مِّنكَ ۖ وَٱرْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allāh, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers."

Qaala 'Eesab nu Maryamal laahumma Rabbanaaa anzil 'alainaa maaa'idatam minas samaaa'i takoonu lanaa 'eedal li awwalinaa wa aakirinaa wa Aayatam minka warzuqnaa wa Anta khairur raaziqeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
عِيسَى
ʿīsā
Isa
ٱبْنُ
ub'nu
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
ٱللَّهُمَّ
l-lahuma
O Allah
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
our Lord
أَنزِلْ
anzil
send down
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
to us
مَآئِدَةًۭ
māidatan
a table spread
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
تَكُونُ
takūnu
to be
لَنَا
lanā
for us
عِيدًۭا
ʿīdan
a festival
لِّأَوَّلِنَا
li-awwalinā
for first of us
وَءَاخِرِنَا
waākhirinā
and last of us
وَءَايَةًۭ
waāyatan
and a sign
مِّنكَ ۖ
minka
from You
وَٱرْزُقْنَا
wa-ur'zuq'nā
And provide us
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
خَيْرُ
khayru
(are) best
ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
l-rāziqīna
(of) the providers
Interpretation

Jesus gave in to their request and prayed to Allah saying, ‘Our Lord, send down to us a table of food, so that we can hold a festival on the day it comes down in order to honour You out of gratitude. It will also be a sign and proof of Your Oneness and of the truth of what I have been sent with. Give us such provision that will help us worship You. You, O our Lord, are the best provider’.

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

115

قَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بَعْدُ مِنكُمْ فَإِنِّىٓ أُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا لَّآ أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ أَحَدًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Allāh said, "Indeed, I will send it down to you, but whoever disbelieves afterwards from among you - then indeed will I punish him with a punishment by which I have not punished anyone among the worlds."

Waalal laahu innee munaz ziluhaa 'alaikum faman yakfur ba'du minkum fa inneee u'azzibuhoo 'azaabal laaa u'azzibuhooo ahadam minal 'aalameen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed I
مُنَزِّلُهَا
munazziluhā
(will) send it down
عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ
ʿalaykum
to you
فَمَن
faman
then whoever
يَكْفُرْ
yakfur
disbelieves
بَعْدُ
baʿdu
after (that)
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
فَإِنِّىٓ
fa-innī
then indeed I
أُعَذِّبُهُۥ
uʿadhibuhu
[I] will punish him
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment
لَّآ
not
أُعَذِّبُهُۥٓ
uʿadhibuhu
I have punished
أَحَدًۭا
aḥadan
anyone
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
Interpretation

Allah answered the prayer of Jesus (peace be upon him) and said that He would send down the table that they had requested. He also told him that if anyone disbelieves after the table is sent down then they should blame only themselves, and that Allah will punish them with a severe punishment, unlike any other: due to them seeing an overwhelming proof and any denial being the result of stubbornness. Allah fulfilled His promise and sent down the table to them.

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

116

وَإِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ءَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِىٓ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِحَقٍّ ۚ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

And [beware the Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allāh?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.

Wa iz qaalal laahu yaa 'Eesab na Maryama 'a-anta qulta linnaasit takhizoonee wa ummiya ilaahaini min doonil laahi qaala Subhaanaka maa yakoonu leee anaqoola maa yakkoonu leee an aqoola maa laisa lee bihaqq; in kuntu qultuhoo faqad 'alimtah; ta'lamu maa fee nafsee wa laaa a'almu maa fee nafsik; innaka Anta 'Allaamul Ghuyoob

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَـٰعِيسَى
yāʿīsā
O Isa
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
ءَأَنتَ
a-anta
Did you
قُلْتَ
qul'ta
say
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
to the people
ٱتَّخِذُونِى
ittakhidhūnī
Take me
وَأُمِّىَ
wa-ummiya
and my mother
إِلَـٰهَيْنِ
ilāhayni
(as) two gods
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
قَالَ
qāla
He said
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ
sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You
مَا
Not
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
was
لِىٓ
for me
أَنْ
an
that
أَقُولَ
aqūla
I say
مَا
what
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لِى
I
بِحَقٍّ ۚ
biḥaqqin
(had) right
إِن
in
If
كُنتُ
kuntu
I had
قُلْتُهُۥ
qul'tuhu
said it
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚ
ʿalim'tahu
You would have known it
تَعْلَمُ
taʿlamu
You know
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
نَفْسِى
nafsī
myself
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
I know
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
نَفْسِكَ ۚ
nafsika
Yourself
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
أَنتَ
anta
You
عَلَّـٰمُ
ʿallāmu
(are) All-Knower
ٱلْغُيُوبِ
l-ghuyūbi
(of) the unseen
Interpretation

Remember that Allah will address Jesus son of Mary (peace be with him) on the Day of Rising and ask him whether he told people to worship him and his mother besides Allah. Jesus will reply, declaring Allah’s purity, ‘It was not right for me to tell them anything but the truth. If I had said that You would know it, because nothing is hidden from You. You know what I keep hidden within myself, but I do not know what is with You. You are the only one who knows everything that is hidden and everything that is apparent’.

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

117

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

Maa qultu lahum illaa maaa amartanee bihee ani'budul laaha Rabbeee wa Rabbakum; wa kuntu 'alaihim shaheedam maa dumtu feehim falammaa tawaffaitanee kunta Antar Raqeeba 'alaihim; wa Anta 'alaa kulli shai'in Shaheed

Word by word
مَا
Not
قُلْتُ
qul'tu
I said
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَآ
what
أَمَرْتَنِى
amartanī
You commanded me
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
[with it]
أَنِ
ani
that
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
You worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
رَبِّى
rabbī
my Lord
وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ
warabbakum
and your Lord
وَكُنتُ
wakuntu
And I was
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
over them
شَهِيدًۭا
shahīdan
a witness
مَّا
that
دُمْتُ
dum'tu
as long as I
فِيهِمْ ۖ
fīhim
(was) among them
فَلَمَّا
falammā
then when
تَوَفَّيْتَنِى
tawaffaytanī
You raised me
كُنتَ
kunta
You were
أَنتَ
anta
[You]
ٱلرَّقِيبَ
l-raqība
the Watcher
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ
ʿalayhim
over them
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(are) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
شَهِيدٌ
shahīdun
a Witness
Interpretation

Jesus will say to His Lord, ‘I only told people what you instructed me to tell them: to worship You alone. For as long as I remained amongst them I watched over what they were saying. When my term ended and I was raised to the sky alive, You, O Lord, were watching their actions. You are a witness to everything and nothing is hidden from You; so You know what I said to them and what they said after me’.

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

118

إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

In tu'azzibhum fa innahum ibaaduka wa in taghfir lahum fa innaka Antal 'Azzezul Hakeem

Word by word
إِن
in
If
تُعَذِّبْهُمْ
tuʿadhib'hum
You punish them
فَإِنَّهُمْ
fa-innahum
then indeed they
عِبَادُكَ ۖ
ʿibāduka
(are) Your slaves
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
تَغْفِرْ
taghfir
You forgive
لَهُمْ
lahum
[for] them
فَإِنَّكَ
fa-innaka
then indeed You
أَنتَ
anta
You
ٱلْعَزِيزُ
l-ʿazīzu
(are) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُ
l-ḥakīmu
the All-Wise
Interpretation

If you punish them, O Lord, they are your servants and You can do with them as You wish. If You graciously forgive those of them who had faith, nothing can stop You from doing so because You are the Mighty, Who cannot be overpowered, and the Wise in Your handling of matters.

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

119

قَالَ ٱللَّهُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۚ رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Allāh will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allāh being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment.

Qaalal laahu haaza yawmu yanfa'us saadiqeena sidquhum; lahum janaatunn tajree min tahtihal anhaaru khaalideena feehaaa abadaa; radiyal laahu 'anhum wa radoo 'anh; zaalikal fawzul 'azeem

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Will say
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
يَوْمُ
yawmu
Day
يَنفَعُ
yanfaʿu
will profit
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
l-ṣādiqīna
the truthful
صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ
ṣid'quhum
their truthfulness
لَهُمْ
lahum
For them
جَنَّـٰتٌۭ
jannātun
(are) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
will abide
فِيهَآ
fīhā
in it
أَبَدًۭا ۚ
abadan
forever
رَّضِىَ
raḍiya
is pleased
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
with them
وَرَضُوا۟
waraḍū
and they are pleased
عَنْهُ ۚ
ʿanhu
with Him
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
ٱلْفَوْزُ
l-fawzu
(is) the success
ٱلْعَظِيمُ
l-ʿaẓīmu
(the) great
Interpretation

Allah will say to Jesus (peace be with him) that the Day of Rising is a day on which the truthfulness of those who were true in their intentions, statements and actions will be of benefit to them. They will receive gardens with palaces and trees overlooking flowing streams, in which they will live eternally, with death never coming to them. Allah will be pleased with them and will never become angry with them. They will pleased with Allah because of the everlasting delight they have received. Such reward and pleasure is the supreme success, which cannot be equalled by any other.

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

120

لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌۢ

To Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them. And He is over all things competent.

Lillaahi mulkus samaawaati wal ardi wa maa feehinn; wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shain'in Qadeer

Word by word
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
To Allah (belongs)
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
the dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
فِيهِنَّ ۚ
fīhinna
(is) in them
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۢ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

Allah alone controls the heavens and the earth, and everything within them. He is their Creator and the One Who handles their affairs. He has power over everything and nothing can overpower Him.

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