سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ
Holy Qur'an
Al-Qur'an
Kids Qur'an
When you divorce women and they have reached the end of theirwaiting period ('Iddat) either allow them to stay with honor orlet them go with kindness; but you should not retain them to harmthem or to take undue advantage; if anyone does that he wrongshis own soul. Do not take Allah's revelations as a joke. Rememberthe favors of Allah upon you and the fact that He sent down theBook and Wisdom for your guidance. Fear Allah and know that Allahhas knowledge of everything.
We send the Rasools only to proclaim good news and to give warnings but with false arguments the unbelievers seek to defeat the Truth, through mocking at My revelations and My warnings.
Their hearts are preoccupied with worldly affairs; thesewrongdoers say to each other in private: "Is this man (Muhammad)not a human being like yourselves? Would you follow witchcraftwith your eyes open?"
Today when Our clear revelations are recited to them, they say:"This man only wants to turn you away from those gods to whomyour forefathers have been worshipping." Others say: "This Qur'anis nothing but an invented falsehood." While yet others, who denythe truth when it comes to them, say: "This is nothing but plainmagic."
In fact, neither had We given them books to study, nor had Wesent to them any Warner before you.
Those who have gone before them also denied - these Arabs havenot received one tenth of what We had granted them - yet whenthey denied My Rasools, see how terrible was My scourge.
Nay! I swear by all that you can see,
and all that you cannot see,
that this is the word of a noble Rasool.
is it not the word of a poet - little is it that you believe,
nor it is the word of a soothsayer - little admonition is thatyou take.
This is a revelation from the Rabb of the worlds.
Had he (Muhammad) invented false statement concerning Us,
We would certainly have seize him by his right hand
then cut off his main artery,
and none of you could prevent it!
Tell them: "This (The Qur'an) is revealed by Him Who knows thesecrets of the heavens and the earth; surely He isEver-Forgiving, Merciful."
Then, "O the mistaken rejecters,
you shall eat of the Zaqqum tree,
and fill your bellies with it;
and drink on top of it scalding water;
yet you shall drink it like a thirsty camel."
Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Reckoning.
And if he is one of the mistaken rejecters,
he is welcomed with scalding water,
and burning in hellfire.
Surely this is an absolute truth.
We send the Rasools only to proclaim good news and to give warnings but with false arguments the unbelievers seek to defeat the Truth, through mocking at My revelations and My warnings.
O believers! It is not lawful for you consider women as a part ofyour inheritance and retain them against their will in order thatyou may force them to give up a part of the dowry you have giventhem, unless they are guilty of proven fornication. Treat themwith kindness even if you dislike them; it is quite possible thatyou dislike something in which Allah has placed much good.
Except (this proclamation does not apply to) those mushrikin whohonored their treaties with you in every detail and aided noneagainst you. So fulfill your treaties with them to the end oftheir term; for Allah loves the righteous.
A declaration of immunity from Allah and His Rasool is herebymade to those of the mushrikin with whom you have made a treaty:
"You have four months to go around in the land unmolested; butyou should know that you cannot frustrate the will of Allah, andthat Allah will humiliate the unbelievers."
This is a public proclamation from Allah and His Rasool to thepeople on the day of the Great Hajj (Pilgrimage) that Allah andHis Rasool do hereby dissolve treaty obligations with themushrikin. Therefore, if you repent, it will be better for youbut if you turn away, then you should know that you cannotfrustrate the Will of Allah. O Prophet, proclaim a painfulpunishment to those who are unbelievers.
Except (this proclamation does not apply to) those mushrikin whohonored their treaties with you in every detail and aided noneagainst you. So fulfill your treaties with them to the end oftheir term; for Allah loves the righteous.
When the forbidden months (10,11,12 & 1 of the Islamic calendar) are over, then fight the mushrikïn wherever you find them, seize them, besiege them, and lie in ambush for them in every stratagem of war, but if they repent, establish Salah and pay Zakah, then let them go their way: surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
How can there be a treaty with the mushrikin on the part of Allahand His Rasool - except for those with whom you ratified a treatyat the Masjid-al-Haram? So long as they honor it, you also honor:for Allah loves the righteous.
How can you trust them? If they prevail against you, they respectneither treaty nor ties of relationship. They just flatter youwith their tongues, but their hearts reject you, and most of themare transgressors.
They have sold the revelations of Allah for paltry worldly gainand they have hindered others from His way; indeed evil are thedeeds that they have done.
They neither honor the ties of relationship nor observe theobligations of treaties with the believers; it is they who arethe transgressors.
However, if they repent, establish Salah and pay Zakah, then theyshall be your brethren in Deen (faith and way of life based onDivine guidance): thus do We spell out Our revelations for peopleof understanding.
But if they violate their treaty once they have sworn it andinsult your Deen, then fight with the ringleaders of the unbelief- for their oaths are nothing to them - so that they may bestopped.
Will you not fight against those people who have broken theiroaths, conspired to expel the Rasool and were the first to attackyou? Do you fear them? Nay, it is Allah Who is more deserving ofyour fear, if you are true believers.
Fight them; Allah will punish them by your hands and humiliatethem. He will grant you victory over them and soothe the heartsof a believing people.
A declaration of immunity from Allah and His Rasool is herebymade to those of the mushrikin with whom you have made a treaty:
"You have four months to go around in the land unmolested; butyou should know that you cannot frustrate the will of Allah, andthat Allah will humiliate the unbelievers."
This is a public proclamation from Allah and His Rasool to thepeople on the day of the Great Hajj (Pilgrimage) that Allah andHis Rasool do hereby dissolve treaty obligations with themushrikin. Therefore, if you repent, it will be better for youbut if you turn away, then you should know that you cannotfrustrate the Will of Allah. O Prophet, proclaim a painfulpunishment to those who are unbelievers.
Except (this proclamation does not apply to) those mushrikin whohonored their treaties with you in every detail and aided noneagainst you. So fulfill your treaties with them to the end oftheir term; for Allah loves the righteous.
When the forbidden months (10,11,12 & 1 of the Islamic calendar) are over, then fight the mushrikïn wherever you find them, seize them, besiege them, and lie in ambush for them in every stratagem of war, but if they repent, establish Salah and pay Zakah, then let them go their way: surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
O believers! Remember the favor of Allah, which he bestowed onyou, when you were attacked by your enemy's army (during thebattle of Trench/Confederates) and We unleashed against themviolent winds and invisible forces. Allah saw all that you weredoing.
When the enemy attacked you from above and from below; when youreyes were petrified due to fear and your hearts leaped up to yourthroats, and you began to entertain all sorts of doubts aboutAllah,
there, the believers were put to test; and were shaken withtremendous shaking.
Remember, when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts there wasa disease were openly saying: "Allah and His Rasool promised usnothing but delusion!"
And a party of them said: "O people of Yathrib (Madinah)! Youcannot stand the attack much longer. Go back to your city". Andyet another party of them sought leave of the Prophet saying: "Infact our houses are insecure," whereas they were not insecure.They intended nothing but to run away from the battlefront.
Had the city been entered from all sides, and had they beenincited to sedition, they would have little hesitation to becomepartners in it.
Ask them: "Who can protect you from Allah if He intends to harmyou or who can prevent Him if He intends to show you mercy?" Theywill find none besides Allah to protect or help them.
When the true believers saw the confederate forces they said:"This is what Allah and His Rasool had promised us: Allah and hisRasool were absolutely true." This increased them all the more intheir faith and their zeal in obedience.
Allah turned back the unbelievers; they retreated in their ragewithout gaining any advantage, and Allah was sufficient to fighton behalf of the believers; for Allah is All-Powerful,All-Mighty.
And brought down, from their fortresses, those people of the Book(The Jews of Bani Qurayzah) who supported the invaders, and castterror into their hearts. As a result, some of them you slew andsome you took as prisoners.
Thus He made you heirs of their lands, their houses and theirgoods, and also the land (Khayber) on which you had never setyour foot before. Truly, Allah has power over all things.
The One Who created death and life, so that He may put you totest, to find out which of you is best in deeds: He is theAll-Mighty, the All-Forgiving.
But when He tries him through restricting his subsistence, hesays: "My Rabb has humiliated me."
He makes Shaitan's interjections a temptation for those whosehearts suffer from the disease of hypocrisy and whose hearts arehardened - that's why the wrongdoers are in such an extremedissension
Do the people think that they will be left alone on saying "Webelieve," and that they will not be tested?
We did test those who have gone before them. Allah has to see(for the purpose of reward and punishment) who are the truthfuland who are the liars.
There are some among people, who say: "We believe in Allah;" yetwhen they suffer in the cause of Allah they confuse thepersecution of people with the punishment of Allah. But whenthere comes help in the shape of a victory from your Rabb, theyare sure to say: "We have always been with you." Is not Allahfully aware of what is in the hearts of the people of the world?
On the other hand, Allah is most surely forgiving andcompassionate towards those who had to leave their homes afterbeing persecuted because of their faith, struggled hard andremained steadfastly patient.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
He is the One Who has made you the inheritors of the earth andraised some of you in ranks over others so that He may test youin what He has given you. Surely your Rabb is swift inretribution; yet He is also very Forgiving, Merciful."
Every soul is bound to have the taste of death. We are puttingall of you to a test by passing you through bad and goodconditions, and finally you shall return to Us.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
In fact, it was not you who killed them, but it was Allah Whokilled them; it was not you who threw the handful of sand, but itwas Allah Who threw it so that He might pass the believerssuccessfully through this excellent trial; surely Allah isAll-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Among them there is someone (Jad-bin-Qais) who said: "Grant meexemption and do not expose me to temptation (of Roman women'sbeauty)." Have they not fallen into temptation (of telling lies,double dealings and hypocrisy) already? Surely hell has encircledthese disbelievers.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
Your wealth and your children are but a trial. It is Allah withWhom is the greatest reward.
Do you think that you will enter Paradise without any trialswhile you have known the examples of those who passed away beforeyou? They were afflicted with suffering and adversity and were soviolently shaken up that even the Rasool and the believers withhim cried out: "When will Allah's help come?" Then they werecomforted with the words, Be aware! Allah's help is ever close.
There are some people who worship Allah standing on the verge offaith (half faith and half disbelief). When such a person isblessed with good fortune he is content; but if he encounters atrial he turns back headlong; thus losing both this world and theHereafter, which is a clear-cut loss.
You shall certainly be tested with by means of your wealth andwith your persons; and you will certainly hear much that ishurtful from those who were given the Book before you, and fromthe mushrikin. But if you endure with patience and have fear ofAllah, this will surely be a proof of your firm determination.
He makes Shaitan's interjections a temptation for those whosehearts suffer from the disease of hypocrisy and whose hearts arehardened - that's why the wrongdoers are in such an extremedissension
Ask them, about the town which was situated on the sea shore,what happened when they transgressed in the matter of Sabbath. Onthe day of their Sabbath the fish appeared before them on thesurface of the water but on the days other than their Sabbaththey never came near them; thus did We tempt them because theytransgressed.
You shall certainly be tested with by means of your wealth andwith your persons; and you will certainly hear much that ishurtful from those who were given the Book before you, and fromthe mushrikin. But if you endure with patience and have fear ofAllah, this will surely be a proof of your firm determination.
Your wealth and your children are but a trial. It is Allah withWhom is the greatest reward.
Do you think that you will enter Paradise without any trialswhile you have known the examples of those who passed away beforeyou? They were afflicted with suffering and adversity and were soviolently shaken up that even the Rasool and the believers withhim cried out: "When will Allah's help come?" Then they werecomforted with the words, Be aware! Allah's help is ever close.
So they disbelieved him and We utterly destroyed them. Surely inthis story there is a great lesson, but most of these people donot learn a lesson and become believers.
There is also a sign in the story of 'Ad: when We let loose onthem a blighting wind
which made rotten everything that it blew on.
Saleh said: "Well, here is the she-camel (the sign that you askedfor). She shall have her share of water as you all have yours,each drinking on an alternate appointed day.
Do not touch her with evil, lest the punishment of a dreadful Daymay overtake you."
Yet they hamstrung her, then became full of regrets;
so the punishment overtook them. Surely in this story there is agreat lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson andbecome believers.
Likewise the story of Thamud, when it was said to them: "Enjoyyourselves for a while,"
but they disobeyed the commandment of their Rabb; consequentlythey were overtaken by the thunderbolt even while they werelooking on.
So neither they could stand up on their feet nor could theydefend themselves.
though they are doomed to seduce whoever takes them as theirfriends and lead him to the punishment of burning fire.
Before them the people of Nuh, `Ad and Fir'on, the man of spikes,denied their Rasools,
So did Thamud, the people of Lut and those of Aiykah (the peopleof Median) - all divided themselves into factions;
all charged their Rasools as liars, so just was my torment ofannihilating them.
The Thamud and the 'Ad people denied the striking calamity.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Thunderbolt.
As for 'Ad they were destroyed by a furious windstorm
- which He let loose on them for seven nights and eightsuccessive days. Had you been there, you would have seen themlying prostrate as though they were hollow trunks of thepalm-trees.
Now, do you see any of them alive?
Tell them the story of 'Ad's brethren, the Prophet Hud, when hewarned his people, the residents of Ahqaf - in fact Warners cameto them before him and after him - saying: "Worship none butAllah. Surely I fear for you the torment of a mighty Day."
They replied: "Have you come to turn us away from our gods? Bringus the torment that you threaten us with, if you are telling thetruth."
The Prophet Hud said: "The Knowledge of when it is going to comeis only with Allah. I am only conveying the Message with which Ihave been sent, however, I can see that you are ignorant people."
Then when they saw the torment in the shape of a cloud comingtowards their valleys, they said: "This cloud will bring usrain." - "Nay! It is what you were asking for, a fierce windbringing you a woeful torment.
It is going to destroy everything by the command of its Rabb.Consequently by the morning, there was nothing to be seen exceptthe ruins of their dwellings. Thus did We reward those guiltypeople.
We had established them much better than We have established you,O Qureysh of Makkah, and endowed them with the faculties ofhearing, seeing, and intellect. Yet their faculties of hearing,sight and intellect avail them nothing since they denied therevelations of Allah; and they were completely hemmed in by thesame thing that they used to mock at.
If they deny you O Muhammad, remember that before them the peopleof Nuh (Noah), 'Ad and Thamud;
So did Thamud, the people of Lut and those of Aiykah (the peopleof Median) - all divided themselves into factions;
all charged their Rasools as liars, so just was my torment ofannihilating them.
The Thamud and the 'Ad people denied the striking calamity.
As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the Thunderbolt.
As for 'Ad they were destroyed by a furious windstorm
- which He let loose on them for seven nights and eightsuccessive days. Had you been there, you would have seen themlying prostrate as though they were hollow trunks of thepalm-trees.
Now, do you see any of them alive?
Those people have not valued the attributes of Allah, the way Hisattributes should be valued, who say: "Allah has never revealedanything to a human being." Ask them: "Who then sent down theBook (Torah) which Musa brought, a light and guidance formankind? You have transcribed it on separate sheets, publishingsome and suppressing much of that given knowledge, which neitheryou nor your forefathers previously possessed." If they do notanswer, then just say: "Allah" and leave them alone with thediscourse of their useless arguments.
O People of the Book! Do not transgress the limits of yourreligion. Speak nothing but the Truth about Allah. The Messiah,Isa (Jesus) the son of Maryam (Mary) was no more than a Rasool ofAllah and His Word "Be" which He bestowed on Maryam and a Spiritfrom Him which took the shape of a child in her womb. So believein Allah and His Rasools and do not say: "Trinity"." Stop sayingthat, it is better for you. Allah is only One Deity. He is farabove from the need of having a son! To Him belongs all that isin the heavens and in the Earth. Allah Alone is sufficient forprotection.
Certainly they are unbelievers who say: "Allah is one of three ina Trinity." There is no god except One Allah. If they do not stopsaying what they say, a painful punishment will befall thedisbelievers among them.
Allah will say: "This is the day on which the truthful willprofit from their truth; they shall have gardens beneath whichrivers flow to live therein forever. Allah is well-pleased withthem and they are pleased with Him. This is the mightyachievement."
To Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth andall that is therein, and He has power over everything.
Have you not considered how your Rabb dealt with the Army of theElephant (reference is made to Abraha, a Christian king of Yaman,who attacked Makkah with the army of elephants in the year of theProphet Muhammad's birth)?
Did He not make their treacherous plan a flop?
And send against them flocks of birds,
which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
thus rendered them like the chewed-up chaff.
Do not follow anyone except the one who follows your ownreligion." O Muhammad, tell them: "The only true guidance is theguidance of Allah." These people of the Book do not believe thatrevelation could be sent to anyone besides themselves, like thatwhich has been sent to you; or that they will ever argue with youin the presence of your Rabb. Tell them: "For sure, grace is inthe hands of Allah: He bestows it on whom He pleases; Allah hasboundless knowledge."
O Prophet say: "I am but a man like yourselves. It is revealed tome that your God is One God, therefore take the Right Way towardsHim and implore His forgiveness. Woe to the mushrikin (those whoassociate other gods with Allah);
As for those who say: "Our God is Allah," and then stay firm onit, the angels will descend on them, saying: "Let nothing fear orgrieve you. Rejoice for the good news of paradise that has beenpromised to you.
We are your protectors in this life and in the hereafter. Thereyou shall find all that your souls desire and all that you canask for:
A hospitable gift from the All-Forgiving, All-Merciful."
- it is He Who has placed you in the earth and before Him youshall all be assembled on the Day of Judgement.
It is He Who gives life and cause you to die, and in His controlis the alternation of the night and the day: then why don't youunderstand?
On the contrary they just say what their forefathers said beforethem,
who said: "What! After death when our bodies become dust andbones, could we really be raised to life again?
We have heard many such threats and so did our forefathers beforeus. These are nothing but legends of primitive people."
Say: "To whom belong the earth and everything therein? Tell me ifyou know?"
They will promptly reply: "to Allah!" Ask them: "Then why youdon't use your common sense and believe in Him?"
Say: "Who is the Rabb of the seven heavens and the Rabb of theGlorious Throne?"
Right away they will say: "Allah." Ask them: "Then why you don'tfear Him?"
Say: "In whose hands is the sovereignty of all things, protectingall, while against Him there is no protection? Tell me if youknow."
Quickly they will reply: "Allah." Ask them: "Then how you can beso bewitched?"
The fact of the matter is that We have brought them the Truth,and undoubtedly these people are liars.
That is because Allah is the One Who is Real; and all thosedeities besides Him, whom they invoke, are false; indeed it isAllah Who is the Supreme, the Great.
We send the Rasools only to proclaim good news and to give warnings but with false arguments the unbelievers seek to defeat the Truth, through mocking at My revelations and My warnings.
Fight those people of the Book (Jews and Christians) who do notbelieve in Allah and the Last Day, do not refrain from what hasbeen prohibited by Allah and His Rasool and do not embrace thereligion of truth (Al-Islam), until they pay Jizya (protectiontax) with their own hands and feel themselves subdued.
Therefore, proclaim publicly what you are commanded and turn awayfrom the mushrikin.
The Trumpet shall be blown, and all that is in the heavens andthe earth shall swoon except those whom Allah will please toexempt. Then the Trumpet will be blown for the second time andbehold! They shall all stand up, looking around.
O believers! Do not betray the trust of Allah and His Rasool, norviolate your trusts knowingly.
If you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe to write downthe transaction, then transect your business by taking possessionof a pledge. If one of you entrust another with a pledge, let thetrustee deliver the pledged property to its owner, and let himfear Allah, his Rabb. Do not conceal testimony, and whoeverconceals it, his heart is surely sinful. Allah is aware of allyour actions.
Indeed successful are those believers
who are humble in their Salah (prayers),
who avoid vain talk,
who are punctual in the payment of Zakah (charity),
who guard their private parts
except with their spouses or those who are legally in theirpossession, for in that case they shall not be blamed
- however those who seek to go beyond that in lust are the oneswho shall be the transgressors
- who are true to their trust and covenants,
and who are diligent about their Salah (prayers).
These are the heirs
who will inherit paradise; and live therein forever.
It is not conceivable that any Prophet would hold back from thespoils of war; for anyone who holds back shall bring alongwhatever he has been withholding on the Day of Resurrection; thenevery soul shall be paid back in full what it has earned and theyshall not be dealt with unjustly.
O believers! Do not betray the trust of Allah and His Rasool, norviolate your trusts knowingly.
We have revealed to you the Book with the Truth so that you mayjudge between people in accordance with the Right Way which Allahhas shown you, so be not an advocate for those who betray trust;
Allah commands you to give back the trusts to their rightfulowners, and when you judge between people, judge with fairness.Surely, excellent is the counsel which Allah gives you. Allah isHe who hears and observes all.
If you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe to write downthe transaction, then transect your business by taking possessionof a pledge. If one of you entrust another with a pledge, let thetrustee deliver the pledged property to its owner, and let himfear Allah, his Rabb. Do not conceal testimony, and whoeverconceals it, his heart is surely sinful. Allah is aware of allyour actions.
At that time the hypocrites and all those who had malice in theirhearts were saying: "Their religion has deceived them." But youshould know that anyone who puts his trust in Allah will findAllah Mighty, Wise.
If you ask them: "who created the heavens and the earth?" Theywill surely say: "Allah." Ask them: "Do you think then, that ifAllah intends to harm me, can they (your goddesses) - to whom youinvoke besides Allah - save me from His harm or if He wants tobestow on me His blessings, can they withhold His blessings?"Tell them: "Allah is all-sufficient for me. On Him do the reliantrely."
O Prophet tell them: Whatever the subject of your dispute is, itsjudgement belongs to Allah: Such is Allah my Rabb, in Him I haveput my trust, and to Him I turn in repentance.
Whatever you are given is nothing but a provision for thetransitory life of this world, better and ever lasting is thereward which Allah has for those who believe, put their trust intheir Rabb,
Put your trust in Allah: for Allah is your all-sufficientprotector.
O believers! Do not betray the trust of Allah and His Rasool, norviolate your trusts knowingly.
O believers, if an evildoer comes to you with some news, verifyit (investigate to ascertain the truth), lest you should harmothers unwittingly and then regret what you have done.
And the one who comes with the truth and the one who confirms it- surely are the Godfearing.
They shall have from their Rabb all that they wish for. Thusshall the righteous be rewarded.
Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.
And the one who comes with the truth and the one who confirms it- surely are the Godfearing.
They shall have from their Rabb all that they wish for. Thusshall the righteous be rewarded.
Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.
Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.
Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.
Surely it is Allah Who causes the seed and the fruit-stone tosplit and sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead andthe dead from the living. It is Allah, Who does all this; thenwhy are you being misled?
Such is Allah your Rabb, the Creator of all things. There is nogod but Him. None has the right to be worshipped except Him, sohow are you being deluded?
Thus were deluded those who denied the revelations of Allah.
But now when the truth has came to them, they say: "This is magicand we do not believe it."
Tell them: "O people of the Book! Do not transgress the bounds oftruth in your religion, and do not yield to the fancies of thosepeople who went astray before you, They misled many others andhave themselves strayed away from The Right Way.
He sends down water from the skies and each channel startsflowing according to its measure, and then the torrent bears aswelling foam - like the scum which appears from metal which aremelted in the furnace for making ornaments and utensils. By suchexamples Allah depicts truth and falsehood. As for the scum, itis thrown away, being worthless, but that which is useful for themankind remains behind on the earth. In this way Allah citesexamples to make His message clear.
We cast a veil upon their hearts and make them hard of hearing,so they do not comprehend it. When in the Qur'an you mention HisOneness, they turn their backs in disgust.
Those who disbelieve and obstruct Allah's Way, He will rendertheir deeds fruitless.
As for those who believe and do good deeds and believe in what isrevealed to Muhammad - the truth from their Rabb - He will removefrom them their evils and improve their condition.
This is because the unbelievers follow falsehood, while thebelievers follow the truth from their Rabb. Thus, Allah citestheir similitudes for mankind.
Among those whom We have created, there are some people who guideothers with the truth and establish justice therewith.
Or are they really convinced that he is a madman? Nay! In fact hehas brought them the Truth and most of them dislike the Truth.
Those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance, after Wehave made it clear in the Book for mankind, will have Allah'scurse and that of those who are entitled to curse;
except those who repent, reform and let the truth be known; I'llaccept their repentance, for I am the Receiver of Repentance, theMerciful.
O People of the Book! Why do you confound the truth withfalsehood and knowingly conceal the truth?
Even if We had sent to them the angels, made the dead speak tothem, and presented all the different things of the world beforethem as proof, they would have not believed, unless Allah wantedotherwise (and forcing someone to believe is not what He wants):Yet most of them act out of ignorance.
Those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance, after Wehave made it clear in the Book for mankind, will have Allah'scurse and that of those who are entitled to curse;
except those who repent, reform and let the truth be known; I'llaccept their repentance, for I am the Receiver of Repentance, theMerciful.
And the one who comes with the truth and the one who confirms it- surely are the Godfearing.
They shall have from their Rabb all that they wish for. Thusshall the righteous be rewarded.
Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.
Ask them: "What is more difficult - their creation or the rest ofOur creation? - Them We have created out of a sticky clay.
Yet surely it is the absolute truth.
Now that the truth has come to them they have denied it. Soonthey will come to know the reality which they are ridiculing.
O Muhammad, say: "Travel through the earth and see what was theend of those who denied the truth."
Ask them: "To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and in theearth?" If they don't respond, tell them: "To Allah!" He hasdecreed mercy for Himself, that is why He does not punish you foryour misdeeds right away. He will certainly gather you alltogether on the Day of Resurrection; there is no doubt about it.Yet those who have lost their souls will not believe.
No doubt We raised in every nation a Rasool, saying: "Serve Allahand keep away from Taghut (Satanic forces)." After that, Allahguided some of them while deviation proved true against theothers. So travel through the earth and see what was the end ofthose who denied Our Message.
It will be fulfilled so that He may manifest to them the Truthabout which they differ, and so that the rejecters of Truth mayknow that they were indeed liars.
And who is more wicked than the one who forges a lie againstAllah or rejects the Truth when it reaches him? Is not the hell afitting abode for such disbelievers?
Today when Our clear revelations are recited to them, they say:"This man only wants to turn you away from those gods to whomyour forefathers have been worshipping." Others say: "This Qur'anis nothing but an invented falsehood." While yet others, who denythe truth when it comes to them, say: "This is nothing but plainmagic."
Those who have gone before them also denied - these Arabs havenot received one tenth of what We had granted them - yet whenthey denied My Rasools, see how terrible was My scourge.
Before them the people of Nuh denied the Message and so did othergroups after them. Every nation plotted against its Prophet,seized him and sought to refute the truth through falsearguments; but I smote them, and how terrible was My retribution!
Thus shall the Word of your Rabb be proved true against thedisbelievers; they are the inmates of hellfire.
How many gardens and springs they left behind!
Nay! But these people deny the truth when it comes to them, andthey are confused.
On that Day, woe be to the deniers of truth,
who are engaged in their useless sports.
On that Day they shall be driven to the fire of hell withviolence,
and it will be said to them: "This is the fire which you denied.
Is this a magic, or do you not see?
Now burn therein; it will be the same for you, whether you bearit patiently or do not bear it patiently. You are being rewardedaccording to your deeds."
Then, "O the mistaken rejecters,
you shall eat of the Zaqqum tree,
and fill your bellies with it;
and drink on top of it scalding water;
yet you shall drink it like a thirsty camel."
Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Reckoning.
And if he is one of the mistaken rejecters,
he is welcomed with scalding water,
and burning in hellfire.
Surely this is an absolute truth.
Let me deal with rejecters who are enjoying the comforts of thislife, so put up with them for a while.
We have in store for them heavy fetters and a blazing fire,
choking food and a painful punishment.
On the day when the earth with all it's mountains will be in aviolent commotion, and the mountains will crumble into heaps ofshifting sand.
but on the contrary he denied the truth and turned away.
Nay! The unbelievers will deny;
and Allah knows what they are hiding in their hearts.
Therefore, proclaim to them a painful punishment,
Therefore, I warn you of the blazing fire,
in which none shall burn except the wretched
who deny the truth and give no heed.
Have you considered, if he denies the truth and turns away, whatwill happen?
But those who transgress shall be cast into the fire. Wheneverthey try to escape from it, they shall be pushed back into it,and it will be said to them: "Taste the punishment of the firewhich you used to deny."
We shall certainly make them taste the lighter torment in thislife before the greater punishment of the hereafter, so that theymay return to the Right Way.
Those who conceal the clear proofs and the guidance, after Wehave made it clear in the Book for mankind, will have Allah'scurse and that of those who are entitled to curse;
except those who repent, reform and let the truth be known; I'llaccept their repentance, for I am the Receiver of Repentance, theMerciful.
Then the evil of their deeds will become manifest to them, andthey will be completely encircled by that which they used to mockat.
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.
Indeed in the story of Yusuf and his brothers, there are signsfor inquirers.
And the one who comes with the truth and the one who confirms it- surely are the Godfearing.
They shall have from their Rabb all that they wish for. Thusshall the righteous be rewarded.
Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.
But if they turn away from accepting this challenge, it will beclear proof of their mischief and Allah has the full knowledge ofmischief-makers.
Say: "O people of the Book! Let us get together on what is commonbetween us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah; that weshall not associate any partners with Him; that we shall not takefrom among ourselves any lords beside Allah." If they reject yourinvitation then tell them: "Bear witness that we are Muslims (whohave surrendered to Allah)."
Ask them: "Just think, if Allah takes away your hearing and yoursight and seals up your hearts, is there any deity other thanAllah who could restore them to you?" See how We present Ourrevelations over and over again and yet they turn away.
If you ask them Who created them, they will certainly say:"Allah." How then are they deluded away from the truth?
Surely in this there is a lesson for every person who has aheart, and can hear and witness.
When such people are called to Allah and His Rasool that He mayjudge between them, behold! A party of them decline to come.