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Al-Anaam
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Praise be to Allah, Who hath created the
heavens and the earth, and hath appointed darkness and
light. Yet those who disbelieve ascribe rivals unto their
Lord. (1)
He it is Who hath created you from clay,
and hath decreed a term for you. A term is fixed with Him.
Yet still ye doubt! (2)
He is Allah in the heavens and in the
earth. He knoweth both your secret and your utterance, and
He knoweth what ye earn. (3)
Never came there unto them a revelation of
the revelations of Allah but they did turn away from it. (4)
And they denied the truth when it came
unto them. But there will come unto them the tidings of that
which they used to deride. (5)
See they not how many a generation We
destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth
more firmly than We have established you, and We shed on
them abundant showers from the sky, and made the rivers flow
beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and
created after them another generation. (6)
Had we sent down unto thee (Muhammad) (actual)
writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with
their hands, those who disbelieve would have said: This is
naught else than mere magic. (7)
They say: Why hath not an angel been sent
down unto him? If We sent down an angel, then the matter
would be judged; no further time would be allowed them (for
reflection). (8)
Had we appointed him an angel (Our
messenger), We assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he
might speak to men); and (thus) obscured for them (the truth)
they (now) obscure. (9)
Messengers (of Allah) have been derided
before thee, but that whereat they scoffed surrounded such
of them as did deride. (10)
Say (unto the disbelievers): Travel in
the land, and see the nature of the consequence for the
rejecters! (11)
Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in
the heavens and the earth? Say: Unto Allah. He hath
prescribed for Himself mercy, that He may bring you all
together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no
doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe. (12)
Unto Him belongeth whatsoever resteth in
the night and the day. He is the Hearer, the Knower. (13)
Say: Shall I choose for a protecting
friend other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and
the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered
to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And be not thou (O
Muhammad) of the idolaters. (14)
Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord,
the retribution of an Awful Day. (15)
He from whom (such retribution) is
averted on that day, (Allah) hath in truth had mercy on him.
That will be the signal triumph. (16)
If Allah touch thee with affliction,
there is none that can relieve therefrom save Him, and if He
touch thee with good fortune (there is none that can impair
it); for He is Able to do all things. (17)
He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and
He is the Wise, the Knower. (18)
Say (O Muhammad): What thing is of most
weight in testimony? Say: Allah is Witness between you and
me. And this Qur'an hath been inspired in me, that I may
warn therewith you and whomsoever it may reach. Do ye in
sooth bear witness that there are gods beside Allah? Say: I
bear no such witness. Say: He is only One Allah. Lo! I am
innocent of that which ye associate (with Him). (19)
Those unto whom We gave the Scripture
recognise (this revelation) as they recognise their sons.
Those who ruin their own souls will not believe. (20)
Who doth greater wrong than he who
inventeth a lie against Allah or denieth His revelations? Lo!
the wrongdoers will not be successful. (21)
And on the day We gather them together We
shall say unto those who ascribed partners (unto Allah):
Where are (now) those partners of your make-believe? (22)
Then will they have no contention save
that they will say: By Allah, our Lord, we never were
idolaters. (23)
See how they lie against themselves, and
(how) the thing which they devised hath failed them! (24)
Of them are some who listen unto thee,
but We have placed upon their hearts veils, lest they should
understand, and in their ears a deafness. If they saw every
token they would not believe therein; to the point that,
when they come unto thee to argue with thee, the
disbelievers say: This is naught else than fables of the men
of old. (25)
And they forbid (men) from it and avoid
it, and they ruin none save themselves, though they perceive
not. (26)
If thou couldst see when they are set
before the Fire and say: Oh, would that we might return!
Then would we not deny the revelations of our Lord but we
would be of the believers! (27)
Nay, but that hath become clear unto them
which before they used to hide. And if they were sent back
they would return unto that which they are forbidden. Lo!
they are liars. (28)
And they say: There is naught save our
life of the world, and we shall not be raised (again). (29)
If thou couldst see when they are set
before their Lord! He will say: Is not this real? They will
say: Yea, verily, by our Lord! He will say: Taste now the
retribution for that ye used to disbelieve. (30)
They indeed are losers who deny their
meeting with Allah until, when the Hour cometh on them
suddenly, they cry: Alas for us, that we neglected it! They
bear upon their backs their burdens. Ah, evil is that which
they bear! (31)
Naught is the life of the world save a
pastime and a spot. Better far is the abode of the Hereafter
for those who keep their duty (to Allah). Have ye then no
sense? (32)
We know well how their talk grieveth thee,
though in truth they deny not thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers
flout the revelations of Allah. (33)
Messengers indeed have been denied before
thee, and they were patient under the denial and the
persecution till Our succour reached them. There is none to
alter the decisions of Allah. Already there hath reached
thee (somewhat) of the tidings of the messengers (We sent
before). (34)
And if their aversion is grievous unto
thee, then, if thou canst, seek a way down into the earth or
a ladder unto the sky that thou mayst bring unto them a
portent (to convince them all)! - If Allah willed, He could
have brought them all together to the guidance - So be not
thou among the foolish ones. (35)
Only those can accept who hear. As for
the dead, Allah will raise them up; then unto Him they will
be returned. (36)
They say: Why hath no portent been sent
down upon him from his Lord? Say: Lo! Allah is Able to send
down a portent. But most of them know not. (37)
There is not an animal in the earth, nor
a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples
like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the Book (of Our
decrees). Then unto their Lord they will be gathered. (38)
Those who deny Our revelations are deaf
and dumb in darkness. Whom Allah will He sendeth astray, and
whom He will He placeth on a straight path. (39)
Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the
punishment of Allah come upon you or the Hour come upon you,
(calling upon other than Allah)? Do ye then call (for help)
to any other than Allah? (Answer that) if ye are truthful.
(40)
Nay, but unto Him ye call, and He
removeth that because of which ye call unto Him, if He will,
and ye forget whatever partners ye ascribed unto Him. (41)
We have sent already unto peoples that
were before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and
adversity, in order that they might grow humble. (42)
If only, when Our disaster came on them,
they had been humble! But their hearts were hardened and the
devil made all that they used to do seem fair unto them!
(43)
Then, when they forgot that whereof they
had been reminded, We opened unto them the gates of all
things till, even as they were rejoicing in that which they
were given, We seized them unawares, and lo! they were
dumbfounded. (44)
So of the people who did wrong the last
remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
(45)
Say: Have ye imagined, if Allah should
take away your hearing and your sight and seal your hearts,
Who is the God Who could restore it to you save Allah? See
how We display the revelations unto them! Yet still they
turn away. (46)
Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the
punishment of Allah come upon you unawares or openly? Would
any perish save wrongdoing folk? (47)
We send not the messengers save as
bearers of good news and warners. Whoso believeth and doeth
right, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they
grieve. (48)
But as for those who deny Our revelations,
torment will afflict them for that they used to disobey.
(49)
Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): I
say not unto you (that) I possess the treasures of Allah,
nor that I have knowledge of the Unseen; and I say not unto
you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that which is inspired
in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal? Will ye
not then take thought? (50)
Warn hereby those who fear (because they
know) that they will be gathered unto their Lord, for whom
there is no protecting friend nor intercessor beside Him,
that they may ward off (evil). (51)
Repel not those who call upon their Lord
at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance. Thou art not
accountable for them in aught, nor are they accountable for
thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel them and be of the
wrong-doers. (52)
And even so do We try some of them by
others, that they say: Are these they whom Allah favoureth
among us? Is not Allah best Aware of the thanksgivers? (53)
And when those who believe in Our
revelations come unto thee, say: Peace be unto you! Your
Lord hath prescribed for Himself mercy, that whoso of you
doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth afterward thereof
and doeth right, (for him) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
(54)
Thus do We expound the revelations that
the way of the unrighteous may be manifest. (55)
Say: I am forbidden to worship those on
whom ye call instead of Allah. Say: I will not follow your
desires, for then should I go astray and I should not be of
the rightly guided. (56)
Say: I am (relying) on clear proof from
my Lord, while ye deny Him. I have not that for which ye are
impatient. The decision is for Allah only. He telleth the
truth and He is the Best of Deciders. (57)
Say: If I had that for which ye are
impatient, then would the case (ere this) have been decided
between me and you. Allah is Best Aware of the wrong-doers.
(58)
And with Him are the keys of the
Invisible. None but He knoweth them. And He knoweth what is
in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He knoweth
it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of
wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear record. (59)
He it is Who gathereth you at night and
knoweth that which ye commit by day. Then He raiseth you
again to life therein, that the term appointed (for you) may
be accomplished. And afterward unto Him is your return. Then
He will proclaim unto you what ye used to do. (60)
He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He
sendeth guardians over you until, when death cometh unto one
of you, Our messengers receive him, and they neglect not.
(61)
Then are they restored unto Allah, their
Lord, the Just. Surely His is the judgment. And He is the
most swift of reckoners. (62)
Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness
of the land and the sea? Ye call upon Him humbly and in
secret, (saying): If we are delivered from this (fear) we
truly will be of the thankful. (63)
Say: Allah delivereth you from this and
from all affliction. Yet ye attribute partners unto Him.
(64)
Say: He is able to send punishment upon
you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to bewilder
you with dissension and make you taste the tyranny one of
another. See how We display the revelations so that they may
understand. (65)
Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it,
though it is the Truth. Say: I am not put in charge of you.
(66)
For every announcement there is a term,
and ye will come to know. (67)
And when thou seest those who meddle with
Our revelations, withdraw from them until they meddle with
another topic. And if the devil cause thee to forget, sit
not, after the remembrance, with the congregation of
wrong-doers. (68)
Those who ward off (evil) are not
accountable for them in aught, but the Reminder (must be
given them) that haply they (too) may ward off (evil). (69)
And forsake those who take their religion
for a pastime and a jest, and whom the life of the world
beguileth. Remind (mankind) hereby lest a soul be destroyed
by what it earneth. It hath beside Allah no friend nor
intercessor, and though it offer every compensation it will
not be accepted from it. Those are they who perish by their
own deserts. For them is drink of boiling water and a
painful doom, because they disbelieved. (70)
Say: Shall we cry, instead of unto Allah,
unto that which neither profiteth us nor hurteth us, and
shall we turn back after Allah hath guided us, like one
bewildered whom the devils have infatuated in the earth, who
hath companions who invite him to the guidance (saying):
Come unto us? Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah is Guidance,
and we are ordered to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds,
(71)
And to establish worship and ward off (evil),
and He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered. (72)
He it is Who created the heavens and the
earth in truth. In the day when He saith: Be! it is. His
Word is the Truth, and His will be the Sovereignty on the
day when the trumpet is blown. Knower of the Invisible and
the Visible, He is the Wise, the Aware. (73)
(Remember) when Abraham said unto his
father Azar: Takest thou idols for gods? Lo! I see thee and
thy folk in error manifest. (74)
Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of
the heavens and the earth that he might be of those
possessing certainty: (75)
When the night grew dark upon him he
beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he
said: I love not things that set. (76)
And when he saw the moon uprising, he
exclaimed: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless
my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who
are astray. (77)
And when he saw the sun uprising, he
cried: This is my Lord! This is greater! And when it set he
exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free from all that ye
associate (with Him). (78)
Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who
created the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright,
and I am not of the idolaters. (79)
His people argued with him. He said:
Dispute ye with me concerning Allah when He hath guided me?
I fear not at all that which ye set up beside Him unless my
Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth all things in His
knowledge. Will ye not then remember? (80)
How should I fear that which ye set up
beside Him, when ye fear not to set up beside Allah that for
which He hath revealed unto you no warrant? Which of the two
factions hath more right to safety? (Answer me that) if ye
have knowledge. (81)
Those who believe and obscure not their
belief by wrongdoing, theirs is safety; and they are rightly
guided. (82)
That is Our argument. We gave it unto
Abraham against his folk. We raise unto degrees of wisdom
whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware. (83)
And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob;
each of them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime; and
of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Job and Joseph
and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the good. (84)
And Zachariah and John and Jesus and
Elias. Each one (of them) was of the righteous. (85)
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot.
Each one of them did We prefer above (Our) creatures, (86)
With some of their forefathers and their
offspring and their brethren; and We chose them and guided
them unto a straight path. (87)
Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith
He guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set
up (for worship) aught beside Him, (all) that they did would
have been vain. (88)
Those are they unto whom We gave the
Scripture and command and prophethood. But if these
disbelieve therein, then indeed We shall entrust it to a
people who will not be disbelievers therein. (89)
Those are they whom Allah guideth, so
follow their guidance. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask
of you no fee for it. Lo! it is naught but a Reminder to
(His) creatures. (90)
And they measure not the power of Allah
its true measure when they say: Allah hath naught revealed
unto a human being. Say (unto the Jews who speak thus): Who
revealed the Book which Moses brought, a light and guidance
for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye show,
but ye hide much (thereof), and by which ye were taught that
which ye knew not yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it)?
Say: Allah. Then leave them to their play of cavilling. (91)
And this is a blessed Scripture which We
have revealed, confirming that which (was revealed) before
it, that thou mayst warn the Mother of Villages and those
around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe
herein, and they are careful of their worship. (92)
Who is guilty of more wrong than he who
forgeth a lie against Allah, or saith: I am inspired, when
he is not inspired in aught; and who saith: I will reveal
the like of that which Allah hath revealed? If thou couldst
see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the
angels stretch their hands out saying: Deliver up your souls.
This day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye
spake concerning Allah other than the truth, and scorned His
portents. (93)
Now have ye come unto Us solitary as We
did create you at the first, and ye have left behind you all
that We bestowed upon you, and We behold not with you those
your intercessors, of whom ye claimed that they possessed a
share in you. Now is the bond between you severed, and that
which ye presumed hath failed you. (94)
Lo! Allah (it is) Who splitteth the grain
of corn and the date-stone (for sprouting). He bringeth
forth the living from the dead, and is the bringer-forth of
the dead from the living. Such is Allah. How then are ye
perverted? (95)
He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He
hath appointed the night for stillness, and the sun and the
moon for reckoning. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the
Wise. (96)
And He it is Who hath set for you the
stars that ye may guide your course by them amid the
darkness of the land and the sea. We have detailed Our
revelations for a people who have knowledge. (97)
And He it is Who hath produced you from a
single being, and (hath given you) a habitation and a
repository. We have detailed Our revelations for a people
who have understanding. (98)
He it is Who sendeth down water from the
sky, and therewith We bring forth buds of every kind; We
bring forth the green blade from which We bring forth the
thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm, from the
pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (We bring forth)
gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike
and unlike. Look upon the fruit thereof, when they bear
fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo! herein verily are portents
for a people who believe. (99)
Yet they ascribe as partners unto Him
the jinn, although He did create them, and impute falsely,
without knowledge, sons and daughters unto Him. Glorified be
He and high exalted above (all) that they ascribe (unto Him).
(100)
The Originator of the heavens and the
earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no
consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all
things? (101)
Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no
God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And
He taketh care of all things. (102)
Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He
comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware.
(103)
Proofs have come unto you from your
Lord, so whoso seeth, it is for his own good, and whoso is
blind is blind to his own hurt. And I am not a keeper over
you. (104)
Thus do We display Our revelations that
they may say (unto thee, Muhammad): "Thou hast studied," and
that We may make (it) clear for people who have knowledge.
(105)
Follow that which is inspired in thee
from thy Lord; there is no God save Him; and turn away from
the idolaters. (106)
Had Allah willed, they had not been
idolatrous. We have not set thee as a keeper over them, nor
art thou responsible for them. (107)
Revile not those unto whom they pray
beside Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through
ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made their deed
seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and He will
tell them what they used to do. (108)
And they swear a solemn oath by Allah
that if there come unto them a portent they will believe
therein. Say; Portents are with Allah and (so is) that which
telleth you that if such came unto them they would not
believe. (109)
We confound their hearts and their eyes.
As they believed not therein at the first, We let them
wander blindly on in their contumacy. (110)
And though We should send down the
angels unto them, and the dead should speak unto them, and
We should gather against them all things in array, they
would not believe unless Allah so willed. Howbeit, most of
them are ignorant. (111)
Thus have We appointed unto every
prophet an adversary - devils of humankind and jinn who
inspire in one another plausible discourse through guile. If
thy Lord willed, they would not do so; so leave them alone
with their devising; (112)
That the hearts of those who believe not
in the Hereafter may incline thereto, and that they may take
pleasure therein, and that they may earn what they are
earning. (113)
Shall I seek other than Allah for judge,
when He it is Who hath revealed unto you (this) Scripture,
fully explained? Those unto whom We gave the Scripture (aforetime)
know that it is revealed from thy Lord in truth. So be not
thou (O Muhammad) of the waverers. (114)
Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in
truth and justice. There is naught that can change His words.
He is the Hearer, the Knower. (115)
If thou obeyedst most of those on earth
they would mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow
naught but an opinion, and they do but guess. (116)
Lo! thy Lord, He knoweth best who erreth
from His way; and He knoweth best (who are) the rightly
guided. (117)
Eat of that over which the name of Allah
hath been mentioned, if ye are believers in His revelations.
(118)
How should ye not eat of that over which
the name of Allah hath been mentioned, when He hath
explained unto you that which is forbidden unto you unless
ye are compelled thereto. But lo! many are led astray by
their own lusts through ignorance. Lo! thy Lord, He is Best
Aware of the transgressors. (119)
Forsake the outwardness of sin and the
inwardness thereof. Lo! those who garner sin will be awarded
that which they have earned. (120)
And eat not of that whereon Allah's name
hath not been mentioned, for lo! it is abomination. Lo! the
devils do inspire their minions to dispute with you. But if
ye obey them, ye will be in truth idolaters. (121)
Is he who was dead and We have raised
him unto life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh
among men, as him whose similitude is in utter darkness
whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made
fairseeming for the disbelievers. (122)
And thus have We made in every city
great ones of its wicked ones, that they should plot therein.
They do but plot against themselves, though they perceive
not. (123)
And when a token cometh unto them, they
say: We will not believe till we are given that which
Allah's messengers are given. Allah knoweth best with whom
to place His message. Humiliation from Allah and heavy
punishment will smite the guilty for their scheming. (124)
And whomsoever it is Allah's will to
guide, He expandeth his bosom unto the Surrender, and
whomsoever it is His Will to send astray, He maketh his
bosom close and narrow as if he were engaged in sheer ascent.
Thus Allah layeth ignominy upon those who believe not. (125)
This is the path of thy Lord, a straight
path. We have detailed Our revelations for a people who take
heed. (126)
For them is the abode of peace with
their Lord. He will be their Protecting Friend because of
what they used to do. (127)
In the day when He will gather them
together (He will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of
humankind did ye seduce. And their adherents among humankind
will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have
arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us.
He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save
him whom Allah willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise,
Aware. (128)
Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have
power over others because of what they are wont to earn.
(129)
O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind!
Came there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted
unto you My tokens and warned you of the meeting of this
your Day? They will say: We testify against ourselves. And
the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify
against themselves that they were disbelievers. (130)
This is because thy Lord destroyeth not
the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious
(of the wrong they do). (131)
For all there will be ranks from what
they did. Thy Lord is not unaware of what they do. (132)
Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of
Mercy. If He will, He can remove you and can cause what He
will to follow after you, even as He raised you from the
seed of other folk. (133)
Lo! that which ye are promised will
surely come to pass, and ye cannot escape. (134)
Say (O Muhammad): O my people! Work
according to your power. Lo! I too am working. Thus ye will
come to know for which of us will be the happy sequel. Lo!
the wrong-doers will not be successful. (135)
They assign unto Allah, of the crops and
cattle which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is
Allah's" - in their make-believe - "and this is for (His)
partners in regard to us." Thus that which (they assign)
unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that which
(they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners.
Evil is their ordinance. (136)
Thus have their (so-called) partners (of
Allah) made the killing of their children to seem fair unto
many of the idolaters, that they may ruin them and make
their faith obscure for them. Had Allah willed (it otherwise),
they had not done so. So leave them alone with their devices.
(137)
And they say: Such cattle and crops are
forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in
their make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden,
cattle over which they mention not the name of Allah. (All
that is) a lie against Him. He will repay them for that
which they invent. (138)
And they say: That which is in the
bellies of such cattle is reserved for our males and is
forbidden to our wives; but if it be born dead, then they
(all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward them for
their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is
Wise, Aware. (139)
They are losers who besottedly have
slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden
that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against
Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.
(140)
He it is Who produceth gardens trellised
and untrellised, and the date-palm, and crops of divers
flavour, and the olive and the pomegranate, like and unlike.
Eat ye of the fruit thereof when it fruiteth, and pay the
due thereof upon the harvest day, and be not prodigal. Lo!
Allah loveth not the prodigals. (141)
And of the cattle (He produceth) some
for burdens, some for food. Eat of that which Allah hath
bestowed upon you, and follow not the footsteps of the devil,
for lo! he is an open foe to you. (142)
Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of
the goats twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the
two females, or that which the wombs of the two females
contain? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye are
truthful. (143)
And of the camels twain and of the oxen
twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two
females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain;
or were ye by to witness when Allah commanded you (all) this?
Then who doth greater wrong than he who deviseth a lie
concerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray without
knowledge. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. (144)
Say: I find not in that which is
revealed unto me aught prohibited to an eater that he eat
thereof, except it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or
swineflesh - for that verily is foul - or the abomination
which was immolated to the name of other than Allah. But
whoso is compelled (thereto), neither craving nor
transgressing, (for him) lo! thy Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
(145)
Unto those who are Jews We forbade every
animal with claws. And of the oxen and the sheep forbade We
unto them the fat thereof save that upon the backs or the
entrails, or that which is mixed with the bone. That we
awarded them for their rebellion. And lo! we verily are
truthful. (146)
So if they give the lie to thee
(Muhammad), say: Your Lord is a Lord of All-Embracing mercy,
and His wrath will never be withdrawn from guilty folk.
(147)
They who are idolaters will say: Had
Allah willed, we had not ascribed (unto Him) partners
neither had our fathers, nor had we forbidden aught. Thus
did those who were before them give the lie (to Allah's
messengers) till they tasted of the fear of Us. Say: Have ye
any knowledge that ye can adduce for Us? Lo! ye follow
naught but an opinion, Lo! ye do but guess. (148)
Say - For Allah's is the final argument
- Had He willed He could indeed have guided all of you.
(149)
Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can
bear witness that Allah forbade (all) this. And if they bear
witness, do not thou bear witness with them. Follow thou not
the whims of those who deny Our revelations, those who
believe not in the Hereafter and deem (others) equal with
their Lord. (150)
Say: Come, I will recite unto you that
which your Lord hath forbidden to you: that ye ascribe no
thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents,
and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We
provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to
lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not
the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of
justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may
discern. (151)
And approach not the wealth of the
orphan save with that which is better, till he reach
maturity. Give full measure and full weight, in justice. We
task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye give your word,
do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman;
and fulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you
that haply ye may remember. (152)
And (He commandeth you, saying): This is
My straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest
ye be parted from His way. This hath He ordained for you,
that ye may ward off (evil). (153)
Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses,
complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all
things, a guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in
the meeting with their Lord. (154)
And this is a blessed Scripture which We
have revealed. So follow it and ward off (evil), that ye may
find mercy. (155)
Lest ye should say: The Scripture was
revealed only to two sects before us, and we in sooth were
unaware of what they read; (156)
Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture
had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided
than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof
from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater
wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and
turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away
from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion.
(157)
Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than
that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should
come, or there should come one of the portents from thy
Lord? In the day when one of the portents from thy Lord
cometh, its belief availeth naught a soul which theretofore
believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say:
Wait ye! Lo! We (too) are waiting. (158)
Lo! As for those who sunder their
religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou
with them. Their case will go to Allah, Who then will tell
them what they used to do. (159)
Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive
tenfold the like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill-deed
will be awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be
wronged. (160)
Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided
me unto a straight path, a right religion, the community of
Abraham, the upright, who was no idolater. (161)
Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and
my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
(162)
He hath no partner. This am I commanded,
and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him). (163)
Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for
Lord, when He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only
on its own account, nor doth any laden bear another's load.
Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that
wherein ye differed. (164)
He it is Who hath placed you as viceroys
of the earth and hath exalted some of you in rank above
others, that He may try you by (the test of) that which He
hath given you. Lo! Thy Lord is swift in prosecution, and Lo!
He verily is Forgiving, Merciful. (165)
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