Quran with English TranslationSurah Al An'amTranslator Abdullah Yusuf Ali |
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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Praise be to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness and the light.
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He it is who created you from clay, and then decreed a stated term (for you).
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And He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what ye hide, and what ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) which ye earn (by your deeds). |
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But never did a single one of the Signs of their Lord reach them, but they turned away therefrom. |
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And now they reject the truth when it reaches them: but soon shall they learn the reality of what they used to mock at. |
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See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?
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If We had sent unto thee a written (Message) on parchment, so that they could touch it with their hands, the unbelievers would have been sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!" |
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They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?"
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If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they have already covered with confusion. |
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Mocked were (many) Messengers before thee; but the scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked. |
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Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those who rejected truth." |
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Say: "To whom belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth?"
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"To Him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night and the day. For He is the One Who heareth and knoweth all things. |
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Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth? And He is that feedeth but is not fed."
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Say: |
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"On that day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is due to Allah's Mercy; and that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfillment of all desire. |
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"If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He; if He touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things. |
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"He is the Irresistible, (watching) from above over His worshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things." |
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Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?"
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Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know their own sons.
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Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah or rejecteth His Signs?
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One day shall We gather them all together: We shall say to those who ascribed partners (to Us): "Where are the partners whom ye (invented and) talked about?" |
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There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "By Allah, Our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah." |
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Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch. |
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Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but We have thrown veils on their hearts, so they understand it not, and deafness in their ears;
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Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not. |
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If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the fire!
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Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before they concealed, but if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to the things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars. |
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And they (sometimes) say: "There is nothing except our life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again." |
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If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lord! He will say: "Is not this the truth?"
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Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they must meet Allah, until on a sudden the hour is on them,
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What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not then understand? |
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We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: it is not thee they reject: it is the Signs of Allah, which the wicked condemn. |
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Rejected were the Messengers before thee:
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If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a Sign, (what good?).
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Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dead, Allah will raise them up: then will they be turned unto Him. |
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They say: "Why is not a Sign sent down to him from his Lord?"
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There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you.
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Those who reject Our Signs are deaf and dumb, in the midst of darkness profound:
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Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of Allah, or the hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon other than Allah?
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"Nay, On Him would ye call, and if it be His Will, He would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!" |
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Before thee We sent (Messengers) to many nations and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility. |
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When the suffering reached them from Us, why then did they not learn humility?
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But when they forget the warning they had received, We opened to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo! they were plunged in despair! |
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Of the wrongdoers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds. |
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Say: "Think ye, if Allah took away your hearing and your sight, and sealed up your hearts, who -- a god other than Allah -- could restore them to you?"
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Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of Allah comes to you, whether suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?" |
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We send the Messengers only to give good news and to warn: so those who believe and mend (their lives), upon them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. |
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But those who reject Our Signs, them shall our punishment touch, for that they ceased not from transgressing. |
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Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me."
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Give the warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear that they will be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except from Him they will have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard (against evil). |
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Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His Face. Naught have they to gain from thee, and naught hast thou to gain from them, that thou shouldst turn them away, and thus be (one) of the unjust. |
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Thus did We try some of them by comparison with others, that they should say: "Is it these then that Allah hath favored from amongst us?"
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When those come to thee who believe in Our Signs, say:
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Thus do We explain the Signs in detail: that the way of the sinners may be shown up. |
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Say: "I am forbidden to worship those, other than Allah, whom ye call upon."
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Say: "For me, I (work) on a clear Sign from my Lord, but ye reject Him. What ye would see hastened is not in my power.
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Say: "If what ye would see hastened were in my power, the matter would be settled at once between you and me.
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With Him are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He.
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It is He Who doth take your souls by night, and hath knowledge of all that ye have done by day.
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He is the Irresistible, (watching) from above over his worshippers, and He sets guardians over you.
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Then are men returned unto Allah, their Protector, the (only) reality: is not His the Command? And He is the swiftest in taking account. |
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Say: "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of land and sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent terror:
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Say: "It is Allah that delivereth you from these and all (other) distresses: and yet ye worship false gods!" |
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Say: "He hath power to send calamities on you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife giving you a taste of mutual vengeance -- each from the other."
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But thy people reject this, though it is the truth.
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"For every Message is a limit of time, and soon shall ye know it." |
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When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about Our Signs, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme.
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On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous, but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear Allah. |
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Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except Allah: if it offered every ransom (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah. |
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Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah, things that can do us neither good nor harm, and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? -- like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling 'Come to us', (vainly) guiding him to the Path." Say: "Allah's guidance is the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds; |
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"To establish regular prayers and to fear Allah; for it is to him that we shall be gathered together." |
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It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): the day He saith, "Be," Behold! it is.
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Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: "Takest thou idols for gods? for I see thee and thy people in manifest error." |
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So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of the heavens and the earth, that he might (with understanding) have certitude. |
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When the night covered him over, he saw a star: he said: "This is my Lord."
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When he saw the moon rising in splendor, He said: "This is my Lord."
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When he saw the sun rising in splendor, he said: "This is my Lord; this is the greatest (of all)."
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"For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to Allah." |
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His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) ye to dispute with me, about Allah, when He (Himself) hath guided me?
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"How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with Allah, when ye fear not to give partners to Allah without any warrant having been given to you?
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"It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong -- that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance." |
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That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (to use) against his people:
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We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) We guided: and before him, We guided Noah,
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And Zakariyya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous: |
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And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonahs, and Lot: and to all We gave favor above the nations: |
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(To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and brethren: We chose them.
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This is the guidance of Allah: He giveth that guidance to whom He pleaseth, of His worshippers.
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These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and authority, and Prophethood:
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Those were the (prophets) who received Allah's guidance: copy the guidance they received;
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No just estimate of Allah do they make when they say: "Nothing doth Allah send down to man (by way of revelation)":
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And this is a Book which We have revealed, bringing blessings, and confirming (the revelations) which came before it: that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her.
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Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah,
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"And behold! ye come to Us bare and alone as We created you for the first time:
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It is Allah Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to split and sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the one to cause the dead to issue from the living.
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He it is that cleaveth the daybreak (from the dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckoning (of time):
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It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you, that ye may guide yourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces of land and sea:
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It is He who hath produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure:
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It is He who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds:
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Yet they make the Jinns equals with Allah, though Allah did create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons and daughters.
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To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: how can He have a son when He hath no consort?
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That is Allah your Lord! there is no god but He, the Creator of all things: then worship ye Him: and He hath power to dispose of all affairs. |
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No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. |
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"Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs to open your eyes: if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your doings." |
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Thus do We explain the Signs by various (symbols): that they may say "Thou hast taught us diligently,"
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Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from thy Lord: there is no god but He: and turn aside from those who join gods with Allah. |
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If it had been Allah's Plan, they would not have taken false gods:
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Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to each people its own doings.
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They swear their strongest oaths by Allah that if a (special) sign came to them, by it they would believe.
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We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in the first instance: We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction. |
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Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's Plan: but most of them ignore (the truth). |
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Likewise did We make for every Messenger an enemy, evil ones among men and Jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of deception.
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To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the Hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may. |
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Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? when He it is Who hath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail."
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The Word of thy Lord doth find its fulfillment in truth and in justice: none can change His Words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all. |
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Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead thee away from the Way of Allah.
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Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His Way. He knoweth best who they are that receive His guidance. |
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So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, if ye have faith in His Signs. |
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Why should ye not eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, when He hath explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you -- except under compulsion of necessity?
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Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin, will get due recompense for their "earnings." |
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Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced: that would be impiety.
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Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a Light whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of darkness, from which he can never come out?
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Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and they perceive it not. |
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When there comes to them a Sign (from Allah), they say: "We shall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those received by Allah's Prophets." Allah knoweth best where (and how) to carry out His mission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before Allah, and a severe punishment, for all their plots. |
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Those whom Allah (in His Plan) willeth to guide, He openeth their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying, He maketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe. |
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This is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We have detailed the Signs for those who receive admonition. |
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For them will be a Home of Peace in the presence of their Lord: He will be their Friend, because they practiced (righteousness). |
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One day will He gather them all together, (and say): "O ye assembly of Jinns! much (toll) did ye take of men."
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Thus do We make the wrongdoers turn to each other, because of what they earn. |
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"O ye assembly of Jinns and men! came there not unto you apostles from amongst you, setting forth unto you of the meeting of this day of yours?"
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(The apostles were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrongdoing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned. |
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To all are degrees (or ranks) according to their deeds: for thy Lord is not unmindful of anything that they do. |
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Thy Lord is Self-sufficient, full of Mercy: if it were His Will, He could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as your successors, even as he raised you up from the posterity of other people. |
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All that hath been promised unto you will come to pass: nor can ye frustrate it (in the least bit). |
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Say: "O my people! do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): soon will ye know who it is whose end will be (best) in the Hereafter: certain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper." |
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Out of what Allah hath produced in abundance in tilth and in cattle, they assigned Him a share: they say, according to their fancies: "This is for Allah, and this for our 'partners'"!
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Even so, in the eyes of most of the Pagans, their 'partners' made alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them to their own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion.
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And they say that such and such cattle and crops are taboo, and none should eat of them except those whom -- so they say -- We wish;
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They say: "What is in the wombs of such and such cattle is specially reserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to our women; but if it is still-born then all have shares therein.
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Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, without knowledge, and forbid food which Allah hath provided for them, inventing (lies) against Allah.
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It is He who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered.
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Of the cattle are some for burden and some for meat. Eat what Allah hath provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan: for he is to you an avowed enemy. |
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(Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs:
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Of camels a pair, and of oxen a pair; |
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Say: "I find not in the Message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless
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For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone: this in recompense for their wilful disobedience: for We are True (in Our ordinances). |
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If they accuse thee of falsehood, say: "Your Lord is full of Mercy All-embracing; but from people in guilt never will His wrath be turned back." |
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Those who give partners to Allah will say, "If Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to Him, nor would our father; nor should we have had any taboos."
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Say: "With Allah is the argument that reaches home: if it had been his will, he could indeed have guided you all." |
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Say: "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so and so."
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Say: "Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from":
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And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except to improve it, until he attain the age of full strength;
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Verily, this is My Way, leading straight: follow it: follow not (other) paths: they will scatter you about from His (great) path: thus doth He command you that ye may be righteous. |
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Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing (Our favor) to those who would do right, and explaining all things in detail, and a guide and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord. |
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And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy: |
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Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down to two peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study." |
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Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they."
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Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord!
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As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did. |
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He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit: he that doeth evil shall only be recompensed according to his evil. No wrong shall be done unto (any of) them. |
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Say: "Verily, my Lord hath guided me to a way that is straight, a religion of right, the path (trod) by Abraham the true in faith, and he (certainly) joined not gods with Allah." |
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No partner hath He: this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who bow to His Will. |
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Say: "Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher other than Allah, when He is the Cherisher of all things (that exist)?"
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It is He who hath made you (His) agents, inheritors of the earth:
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