Those who believe (embrace Islam), leave their homes (migrate),and make Jihad with their wealth and persons in the cause ofAllah, have higher rank in the sight of Allah. It is they whowill be truly successful.

Their Rabb gives them good news of His mercy, His good pleasure,and paradise with everlasting bliss.

They will live therein forever. Surely it is Allah with Whom isthe mighty reward.

Remember when We made the House (the Ka'bah) a center andsanctuary for mankind saying, "Take the station of Ibrahim as aplace of prayer;" We entrusted Ibrahim and Isma`il to cleanse OurHouse for those who walk around it, who meditate in it, and whokneel and prostrate in prayers.

The number of months ordained by Allah is twelve in the Book ofAllah since the day He created the heavens and the earth. Ofthese, four are sacred; that is the established principle ofDeen. Therefore, do not wrong yourselves by violating them. Butyou may fight against the mushrikin in all these months if theyfight against you in all of them. Know that Allah is with therighteous.

O believers! Do not violate the sanctity of the Symbols of Allah:the Sacred Month , the animals brought for sacrifice, thegarlands that mark such animals, and those people visiting theSacred House (Ka'bah) to seek the grace and good pleasure oftheir Rabb. When you put off your Ihram (pilgrimage is over) thenyou are allowed to hunt. Let not the hatred of some people - whoonce hindered you from the Sacred Mosque - incite you to committransgression. Cooperate with one another in righteousness andpiety, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression. Have fearof Allah. Allah is stern in punishment.

O believers! Do not violate the sanctity of the Symbols of Allah:the Sacred Month , the animals brought for sacrifice, thegarlands that mark such animals, and those people visiting theSacred House (Ka'bah) to seek the grace and good pleasure oftheir Rabb. When you put off your Ihram (pilgrimage is over) thenyou are allowed to hunt. Let not the hatred of some people - whoonce hindered you from the Sacred Mosque - incite you to committransgression. Cooperate with one another in righteousness andpiety, and do not cooperate in sin and transgression. Have fearof Allah. Allah is stern in punishment.

Do they not see that We have made for them a secure sanctuary inthe Ka'bah, while the people are being snatched away from allaround them? Do they still believe in falsehood and deny theblessings of Allah?

But Shaitan tempted them with the tree to disobey Allah'scommandment and caused them to be expelled from Paradise, and Wesaid: "Get out from here, some of you being enemies to others,and there is for you in the earth an abode and provisions for aspecified period."

The pagans call upon female deities beside Him; by doing so theycall nothing but the rebellious Shaitan

O believers! Do not follow the footsteps of Shaitan: becauseanyone who follows the footsteps of Shaitan is seduced by him tocommit acts of indecency and wickedness. If there had not beenthe grace and mercy of Allah upon you, none of you would haveever been purified from that sin, for it is Allah Alone Whopurifies whom He pleases, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

If Shaitan tempts you, seek refuge with Allah; for He is the oneWho is All Hearing, Knowing.

Once the matter has been decided, Shaitan will say: "In fact, thepromises which Allah made to you were all true; I too made somepromises to you but failed to keep any of them. However, I had nopower over you. I just invited you, and you accepted myinvitation. Now! Do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannothelp you, nor you can help me. I reject what you did before; thatyou associated me with Allah. Certainly such wrongdoers will havepainful punishment."

surely he has no authority over those who believe and put theirtrust in their Rabb.

Surely Shaitan (Satan) is your enemy: so take him as an enemy. Heis inviting his adherents towards his way so that they may becomecompanions of the blazing fire.

Did I not enjoin you, O children of Adam, not to worship Shaitan,who is your open enemy,

Once the matter has been decided, Shaitan will say: "In fact, thepromises which Allah made to you were all true; I too made somepromises to you but failed to keep any of them. However, I had nopower over you. I just invited you, and you accepted myinvitation. Now! Do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannothelp you, nor you can help me. I reject what you did before; thatyou associated me with Allah. Certainly such wrongdoers will havepainful punishment."

O mankind! Certainly the promise of Allah is true, therefore letnot the life of this world deceive you nor let the chief deceiver(Satan) deceive you about Allah.

Tell My servants that they should speak only what is the best.Surely shaitan stirs up trouble among them. The fact is thatshaitan is an open enemy to mankind.

Surely Shaitan (Satan) is your enemy: so take him as an enemy. Heis inviting his adherents towards his way so that they may becomecompanions of the blazing fire.

Surely Shaitan (Satan) is your enemy: so take him as an enemy. Heis inviting his adherents towards his way so that they may becomecompanions of the blazing fire.

If Shaitan tempts you, seek refuge with Allah; for He is the oneWho is All Hearing, Knowing.

Those who fear Allah, when they are tempted by Shaitan, they havebut to remember Allah and they shall see the light (right courseof action)!

As for Shaitan's brothers, they drag them deeper into error andnever relax their efforts.

and accepted what the shaitans falsely attributed to the kingdomof Sulaiman; not that Sulaiman was an unbeliever, it was theshaitans who were unbelievers: they taught witchcraft to thepeople and that which was revealed to the two angels, Harut andMarut in the city of Babylon. Yet these two angels never taughtmagic to anyone without saying: "We have been sent to tempt you;do not renounce your faith." Inspite of this warning those peoplekept on learning, from the angels, the magic which could causediscord between husband and wife; although they could harm nonewith it except with Allah's permission. They learned, indeed,what harmed them and did not profit them; even though they knewfully well that the buyers of magic would have no share in thehappiness of the Hereafter. Surely, they sold their souls for abad price, if they could understand it!

If they would have believed (accepted Islam) and kept themselvesaway from evil, there would have been a better reward from Allah,if they could understand it!

O Mankind! Eat of what is lawful and clean on the earth and donot follow the footsteps of Shaitan, surely he is your openenemy.

He enjoins you to commit evil and indecency and to say certainthings against Allah about which you have no knowledge.

O believers enter into Islam completely and do not follow thefootsteps of Shaitan, surely he is your clear-cut enemy.

The pagans call upon female deities beside Him; by doing so theycall nothing but the rebellious Shaitan

on whom Allah has laid His curse; and who has said: "I will takea good portion of Your servants and mislead them.

I will create in them false desires and order them to slit theears of cattle. I will order them to tamper with Allah'screation." Therefore, whoever takes Shaitan as a guardian insteadof Allah, has indeed become a clear-cut loser.

Shaitan makes promises to stir up in them false desires; butShaitan makes them promises only to deceive them.

The home of such people who follow him will be hell, from wherethey will find no way to escape.

Of the animals you have, some are for transportation and some forslaughter. Eat of that which Allah has provided for you and donot follow the footsteps of Shaitan; surely he is your openenemy.

- you will not have any authority over My devotees except thosemisguided ones who follow you.

They will be all destined for Hell,

Allah said: "Go away! Hell is your reward, and the reward ofthose who follow you, an ample reward it shall be.

Yet there are some among people, who in their ignorance, argueabout Allah and follow every rebellious devil,

though they are doomed to seduce whoever takes them as theirfriends and lead him to the punishment of burning fire.

O believers! Do not follow the footsteps of Shaitan: becauseanyone who follows the footsteps of Shaitan is seduced by him tocommit acts of indecency and wickedness. If there had not beenthe grace and mercy of Allah upon you, none of you would haveever been purified from that sin, for it is Allah Alone Whopurifies whom He pleases, and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Iblees said: "I swear by Your Honor, I will mislead them all

except your chosen sincere devotees among them."

Allah said: "Fair enough and now what I am going to say is alsofair:

that I will fill hell with you and all of those who follow youamong them."

Those who turn back to unbelief after the guidance has becomeclear are seduced by Shaitan who gives them false hopes.

That is why they said to those who showed an aversion to whatAllah has revealed: "We shall obey you in some matters," andAllah knows their secret talks.

Then what will they do when the angels carry off their souls,smiting their faces and their backs?

That will happen because they followed the way that called forthe wrath of Allah and hated to adopt the way of His pleasure,therefore He made all their deeds void.

Do those in whose hearts is a disease think that Allah will notreveal their malice?

Had We so pleased, We could have pointed them out to you and youwould have recognized them promptly by their faces. But you willsurely know them by the tone of their speech. Allah knows all ofyour actions.

The pagans call upon female deities beside Him; by doing so theycall nothing but the rebellious Shaitan

on whom Allah has laid His curse; and who has said: "I will takea good portion of Your servants and mislead them.

I will create in them false desires and order them to slit theears of cattle. I will order them to tamper with Allah'screation." Therefore, whoever takes Shaitan as a guardian insteadof Allah, has indeed become a clear-cut loser.

Shaitan makes promises to stir up in them false desires; butShaitan makes them promises only to deceive them.

The home of such people who follow him will be hell, from wherethey will find no way to escape.

To one group He has guided while the other group deserved to beleft in error due to their own choice; for they took the shaitansfor their protectors instead of Allah yet they think that theyare guided.

Is it not a guiding lesson to those who inherit the earth afterits former occupants, that if We please, We can punish them fortheir sins and seal their hearts so they would not hear?

When We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourself before Adam," all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan), who was one of the Jinns and chose to disobey the command of his Rabb. Would you then take him and his children as your protectors rather than Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad substitute the wrongdoers have chosen!

though they are doomed to seduce whoever takes them as theirfriends and lead him to the punishment of burning fire.

On that Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying: "Oh! Wouldthat I had only taken the pathway alongside the Rasool!

Oh! Would that I had never chosen so-and-so for my companion.

He was the one who led me astray from the admonition even afterit had reached me." Shaitan is ever treacherous to man.

Let not shaitan mislead you, for he is your open enemy.

Once the matter has been decided, Shaitan will say: "In fact, thepromises which Allah made to you were all true; I too made somepromises to you but failed to keep any of them. However, I had nopower over you. I just invited you, and you accepted myinvitation. Now! Do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannothelp you, nor you can help me. I reject what you did before; thatyou associated me with Allah. Certainly such wrongdoers will havepainful punishment."

Shaitan makes promises to stir up in them false desires; butShaitan makes them promises only to deceive them.

Once the matter has been decided, Shaitan will say: "In fact, thepromises which Allah made to you were all true; I too made somepromises to you but failed to keep any of them. However, I had nopower over you. I just invited you, and you accepted myinvitation. Now! Do not blame me, but blame yourselves. I cannothelp you, nor you can help me. I reject what you did before; thatyou associated me with Allah. Certainly such wrongdoers will havepainful punishment."

You may try to allure whomsoever you can with your seductivevoice, muster against them all your cavalry and infantry, betheir partner in their riches and their children, and promisethem what you will - the promises of shaitan are nothing butdeception

When you recite The Qur'an, seek Allah's protection from theaccursed Shaitan,

If any time you are tempted by Shaitan, seek refuge with Allah.It is He Who hears all and knows all.

Did I not enjoin you, O children of Adam, not to worship Shaitan,who is your open enemy,

and that you should worship Me which is the Right Way?

Yet, inspite of this, he (Shaitan) has led a great number of youastray. Had you no common sense?

This is the hell, of which you were repeatedly warned.

Now! Enter in it this Day because you persistently rejected thetruth."

The people of Ibrahim (Abraham) had no answer except to say:"Kill him!" Or "Burn him!" But Allah saved him from the fire whenthey tried to burn him. Surely in this incidence there are signsfor those who believe.

So We opened the gates of heaven with pouring rain

and caused the earth to burst with gushing springs, and thewaters met to fulfill the decreed end.

We carried him in an Ark built with planks and nails,

which drifted on under Our care: a reward for him (Noah) who wasdenied by the unbelievers.

We have left that Ark as a sign, so is there any who would takeadmonition?

How terrible was My scourge and how clear My warning!

Woe to every slanderer and defamer,

who amasses wealth and keeps on counting it.

He thinks that his wealth will insure his status forever!

By no means! He shall be thrown into Hotamah.

What will make you understand what Hotamah is?

It is the fire kindled to a blaze by Allah Himself.

The one which will rise right to the hearts,

closing in upon them from every side

in outstretched columns.

in the gardens of bliss.

And grain with husk and scented herbs.

Most of them will be from the former

So, O jinns and men, which of your Rabb’s favors will both of you deny?

Would you scorn a scripture such as this

and make it's denying a means of your livelihood?

Why is it not then that when you see a dying person's soul comeup to his throat

while you are helplessly watching

- and at that time We are nearer to him than you, although youcannot see Us.

Then why do you not - if you claim you are not subject toreckoning

- restore to the dying person his soul? Answer this, if what yousay be true!

It will be commanded: "Gather all the wrongdoers, their spousesand those whom they used to worship

besides Allah and show them the way to hell.

When they will all be gathered and angels will start pushing themtowards hell, Allah shall say: "Stop for a while, they have to bequestioned:

"What is the matter with you today that you do not help eachother?"

Nay! On that Day they shall all be submissive.

Some of them will step forward to question one another.

The followers will say to their leaders: "It was you who used tocome at us from the right hand (right hand is a symbol ofauthority) and forced us towards the wrong way."

They will reply: "Nay! But it was you who had no faith.

we had no power over you, the fact is that you were an inordinatepeople;

true is the verdict which Our Rabb has passed upon us, we shallindeed taste the punishment of our sins:

We misled you, for we ourselves were astray."

So on that Day they shall all be partners in the punishment.

Thus, shall We deal with the criminals;

for when they were told: "There is no god except Allah," theyused to puff themselves up with pride

and say: "What! Should we give up our gods for the sake of a madpoet?"

Whereas he had come with the truth and had confirmed the messageof prior Rasools.

Then it will be said: "You are surely going to taste the painfulpunishment:

and this reward is nothing except what you had done.

As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, He will paythem their due compensation and give them more on His own fromHis grace, but He will inflict painful punishment on those whoare disdainful and arrogant, and they will find none (of those onwhom they rely) to protect or help them besides Allah.

O believers! When you deal with each other in lending for a fixedperiod of time, put it in writing. Let a scribe write it downwith justice between the parties. The scribe, who is given thegift of literacy by Allah, should not refuse to write; he isunder obligation to write. Let him who incurs the liability(debtor) dictate, fearing Allah his Rabb and not diminishinganything from the settlement. If the borrower is mentally unsoundor weak or is unable to dictate himself, let the guardian of hisinterests dictate for him with justice. Let two witnesses fromamong you bear witness to all such documents, if two men cannotbe found, then one man and two women of your choice should bearwitness, so that if one of the women forgets anything the othermay remind her. The witnesses must not refuse when they arecalled upon to do so. You must not be averse to writing (yourcontract) for a future period, whether it is a small matter orbig. This action is more just for you in the sight of Allah,because it facilitates the establishment of evidence and is thebest way to remove all doubts; but if it is a common commercialtransaction concluded on the spot among yourselves, there is noblame on you if you do not put it in writing. You should havewitnesses when you make commercial transactions. Let no harm bedone to the scribe or witnesses; and if you do so, you shall beguilty of transgression. Fear Allah; it is Allah that teaches youand Allah has knowledge of everything.

This Book is revealed from Allah, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

This Book is revealed by Allah, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

Woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and thensay: "This is from Allah," so that they may sell it for a pettyprice! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe tothem for what they have earned.

The Jews say: "The fire shall not touch us except for a fewdays." O Muhammad, say: "Have you obtained such a promise fromAllah which He would not break ? Or do you assert against Allahwhat you do not know?"

Yea! Those who commit evil and become encircled in sin are theinmates of Hellfire; they shall live there forever.