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6:62 Then they are returned to God, their true Patron; to Him is the judgment and He is
the swiftest in reckoning.
6:63 Say, "Who rescues you from the darkness of the land and the sea?," you call
on Him openly and secretly: "If You save us from this, we will be of the thankful!"
6:64 Say, "God will save you from it and from all distresses, yet you still set up partners!"
6:65 Say, "He is able to send retribution from above you or from below your feet, or
He will make you belong to opposing factions, then He will let you taste the
might of each other." See how We cite the signs, perhaps they may comprehend.
6:66 Your people denied it, while it is the truth. Say, "I am not a guardian over
you!
6:67 For every news there is a time, and you will come to know."
6:68 If you encounter those who make fun of
Our signs, then turn away from them until
they move on to a different topic; and
if the devil lets you forget, then do not sit
after remembering with the wicked people.
6:69 Those who are aware are not held accountable for them, but a reminder may
help them to be aware.
6:70 Leave alone those who have taken their system as a game and diversion, and this worldly life has tempted them. Remind
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with it that a person will suffer for what
s/he has earned, s/he will not have besides God any supporter nor intercessor;
and even if s/he offers every ransom,
none will be accepted from it. These are
the ones who have suffered with what
they have earned; for them will be a boiling drink, and a painful retribution for
what they had rejected.
6:71 Say, "Shall we call upon other than God what cannot benefit us or harm us, and
we turn back on our heels after God has guided us?" This is like the one whom


the devils have managed to mislead on earth, he is confused, having friends who call him to the guidance: "Come to us!" Say, "The guidance is God's guidance, and we have been ordered to peacefully surrender to the Lord of the worlds." 6:72 Hold the prayer, and be aware;
and to Him you will be summoned.
6:73 He is the One who created the heavens and the earth with truth, and the day He says: "Be," then it is! His saying is truth; and to Him is the sovereignty, the day
the trumpet is blown. Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Wise, the Ever-aware.
6:74 Abraham said to his father, Azar: "Will you take idols as gods? I see you and
your people clearly misguided."
6:75 Thus We showed Abraham the kingdom of heavens and earth, so that he will be
of those who have certainty.
6:76 When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said, "This is my Lord."
But when it disappeared he said, "I do
not like those that disappear."
6:77 So when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my Lord." But when it disappeared
he said, "If my Lord will not
guide me, then I will be amongst the
wicked people!"
6:78 So when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my Lord, this is bigger." But
when it disappeared he said, "My people,
I am innocent of what you have set up."
6:79 "I shall turn my face to the One who created the heavens and the earth, as a monotheist, and I am not of those who
set up partners."
6:80 His people argued with him. He said,
"Do you argue with me regarding God,
when He has guided me? I do not fear
what you have set up except if my Lord
wishes it so; my Lord encompasses all
things with knowledge; will you not remember?" 6:81 "How can I possibly fear what you have
set up; yet you do not fear that you have
set up partners with God, for which He
has not sent down to you any authority!
So which of our two groups is more worthy


of security if you know?"
6:82 Those who acknowledge and do not
dress their acknowledgement with inequity; they will have security, and they are guided.
6:83 Such was Our argument that We gave Abraham over his people; We raise the degree of whom We please. Your Lord is Wise, Knowledgeable.
6:84 We granted him Isaac and Jacob, both of whom We guided; and Noah We guided
from before; and from his progeny is
David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses,
and Aaron. It is such that We reward the good doers.
6:85 And Zachariah and John, and Jesus, and Elias; all were of the reformed.
6:86 Also Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot; each We have distinguished over the
worlds.
6:87 From their fathers and their progeny and their brothers We have also chosen; and
We guided them to a straight path.
6:88 Such is the guidance of God, He guides with it whom He pleases of His servants.
If they set up partners, then all that they
had worked would fall away from
them.
6:89 Those to whom We have given the book, the law, and the prophethood, if they reject
it, then We will entrust it to a people
who will not reject it.
6:90 These are the ones guided by God; so let their guidance be an example. Say, "I do
not ask you for a wage; this is but a reminder for the worlds."
6:91 They did not value God as He deserves to be valued, for they said, "God has
never sent down anything to any human being." Say, "Who then has sent down
the book which Moses had come with, a light and guidance for the people? You treat it just as scrolls of paper; you show some of it and conceal much, though you


were taught what neither you nor your fathers knew." Say, "God has." Then
leave them playing in their folly.
6:92 This too is a book which We have sent down, blessed, authenticating what is before it, that you may warn the capital city
and those around it. Those who acknowledge the Hereafter, will acknowledge
this, and they are dedicated to their
prayer.
6:93 Who is more wicked than one who invents lies about God, or says: "It has
been inspired to me," when no such
thing inspired to him; or who says: "I
will bring down the same as what God has sent down." If you could only see the wicked at the moments of death when
the controllers have their arms opened: "Bring yourselves out, today you will be given the disgraceful punishment for what you used to say about God without truth, and you used to be arrogant towards His signs."
6:94 "You have come to Us individually, just as We had created you the first time; and
you have left behind you all that We
have provided for you. We do not see
your intercessors with you that you used to claim were with you in partnership; all is severed between you, and what you have claimed has abandoned you."
6:95 God is the splitter of the seeds and the grains; He brings the living out from the dead and He is the bringer of the dead
out from the living. Such is God; so why are you deluded?
6:96 Initiator of morning. He made the night to reside in, and the sun and the moon as
a calculation device. Such is the measure
of the Noble, the Knowledgeable.
6:97 He is the One who made for you the stars, to guide you by them in the darkness of the land and the sea. We have
explained the signs to a people who
know.
6:98 He is the One who initiated you from one person; a repository and a sojourn. We have explained the signs to a people who comprehend.


6:99 He is the One who sent down water from the sky, and We brought out with it
plants of every kind. We brought out
from it the green, from which We bring
out multiple seeds; and what is from the palm trees, from its sheaths hanging low and near; and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranates, similar and not similar. Look at its fruit when it blossoms
and its ripeness. In this are signs for a people that acknowledge.
6:100 Yet, they made partners with God from among the Jinn, while He had created
them. They invented for Him sons and daughters without having any knowledge!
Be He glorified and far above
what they describe.
6:101 Originator of the heavens and the earth, how can He have a son when He did not
take a wife? He created all things and He
is knowledgeable over all things.
6:102 Such is God, your Lord, there is no god but He; creator of all things, so serve
Him. He is caretaker over all things.
6:103 The eyesight cannot reach Him, yet He can reach all eyesight; and He is the Subtle,
the Ever-aware.
6:104 "Visible proofs have come to you from your Lord; so whoever can see, does so
for himself, and whoever is blinded, does
the same. I am not a guardian over you."
6:105 It is thus that We cite the signs and that they may say, "You have studied," and
We will make it clear for a people who
know.
6:106 Follow what is inspired to you from your Lord; there is no god but He, and turn
away from those who have set up partners. 6:107 If God had willed, they would not have set up partners. We did not place you
over them as a guardian, nor are you
their lawyer.
6:108 Do not insult those whom they invoke other than God, lest they insult God
without knowledge. We have similarly adorned for every nation their works;


then to their Lord is their return and He will inform them of what they had done.
6:109 They swore by God using their strongest oaths; that if a sign came to them they
would acknowledge it. Say, "The signs
are from God; and how do you know
that once it comes, that they would not reject?"
6:110 We divert their hearts and eyesight, as they did not acknowledge it the first
time; and We leave them wandering in their transgression.
6:111 If We had sent down to them the controllers, and the dead spoke to them, and We
had gathered before them everything,
they still would not acknowledge except
if God wills. But most of them are ignorant. 6:112 We have permitted the enemies of every prophet, human and Jinn devils, to inspire
in each other fancy words in order
to deceive. Had your Lord willed, they
would not have done it. You shall disregard
them and their fabrications.
6:113 That is so the hearts of those who do not acknowledge the Hereafter will listen to
it, and they will accept it, and they will
take of it what they will.
6:114 "Shall I seek other than God as a judge when He has sent down to you this book sufficiently detailed?" Those to whom
We have given the book know it is sent
down from your Lord with truth; so do
not be of those who have doubt.
6:115 The word of your Lord has been completed with truth and justice; there is no
changing His words. He is the Hearer,
the Knower.
6:116 If you obey the majority of those on
earth they will lead you away from
God's path; that is because they follow conjecture, and that is because they only
guess.
6:117 Your Lord is fully aware of who strays from His path, and He is fully aware of
the guided ones.
6:118 So eat from that on which God's name has been mentioned, if you indeed acknowledge


His signs.
6:119 Why should you not eat that on which God's name has been mentioned, when
He has sufficiently detailed to you what
has been made forbidden; except what
you are forced to? Many misguide by
their desires without knowledge; your
Lord is fully aware of the transgressors. 6:120 Leave what is openly a sin as well as what is discreet; those who earn sin will
be punished for what they have taken.
6:121 Do not eat from what God's name has not been mentioned, for it is vile. The
devils inspire their supporters to argue
with you; and if you obey them, then you have set up partners.
6:122 Is one who was dead and to whom We gave life, and We made for him a light to walk with amongst the people, as one
whose example is in darkness and he
will not exit from it? It is such that the
work of the ingrates has been adorned
for them.
6:123 As such, We have permitted in every town the influential from its criminals, to scheme in it. They only scheme their
own selves without perceiving.
6:124 If a sign comes to them they say, "We will not acknowledge until we are given
the same as what God's messengers were given!" God is fully aware of where He
makes His message; those criminals will
have debasement with God and a painful retribution for what they had schemed.
6:125 Whomever God wishes to guide, He will open his chest towards peacefully surrender; and whomever He wishes to
misguide, He will make his chest tight
and constricted, as one who is climbing towards the sky. It is such that God afflicts those who do not acknowledge.
6:126 This is your Lord's straight path. We have sufficiently detailed the signs to a people who take heed.
6:127 They will have the abode of peace with their Lord; He is their supporter because
of what they used to do.


6:128 The day He summons them all: "O tribes of Jinn, you have managed to take many humans." Their supporters from
the humans said, "Our Lord, we have indeed enjoyed one another, and we have
reached our destiny to which You delayed us." He said, "The fire is your
dwelling, in it you shall abide eternally, except as your Lord wishes." Your Lord is Wise, Knowledgeable.
6:129 It is such that We make the wicked as supporters to one another for what they
had earned.
6:130 "O you tribes of Jinn and humans, did not messengers come to you from
amongst you and relate to you My signs, and warn you of the meeting of this
day?" They said, "Yes, we bear witness
upon ourselves;" and the worldly life deceived them, and they bore witness on
themselves that they were ingrates.
6:131 That is because your Lord was not to destroy any town because of its wickedness while its people were unaware.
6:132 But there are degrees for what they had done; and your Lord is never unaware of
what they do.
6:133 Your Lord is Rich, full of Compassion. If He wished, He could remove you and
bring after you whom He pleases, just
like He established you from the seed of another people.
6:134 What you have been promised will come, you cannot escape it.
6:135 Say, "My people, do your best, and so will I. You will then know those who deserve the ultimate abode. The wicked
will not succeed."
6:136 Of crops and the livestock He provided, they set aside a portion for God, they
said, "This is for God," according to
their claim, "This is for our partners." However, what was for their partners did
not reach God, while what was for God reached their partners! Miserable is how
they judged.
6:137 Thus, for those who set up partners their


partners adorned the killing of born children, in order to turn them and to confuse
their system for them. Had God
willed they would not have done this, so ignore them and what they invent.
6:138 They said by asserting that: "These are livestock and crops that are restricted,
and none shall eat from them except as
we please." Even, livestock whose backs
are forbidden, and livestock over which
they do not mention God's name as invention against Him. He will recompense
them for what they invented.
6:139 They said, "What is in the bellies of these livestock is purely for our males
and forbidden for our spouses, and if it comes out dead, then they will be partners in it." God will recompense them
for what they describe. He is Wise, Knowledgeable.
6:140 Losers are those who have killed their born children foolishly, without knowledge, and they forbade what God had
provided for them by attributing lies to God. They have strayed and they were
not guided.
6:141 He is the One Who initiated gardens; both trellised and untrellised; palm trees, and plants, all with different tastes; and olives and pomegranates, similar and not similar. Eat from its fruit when it blossoms and give its due on the day of harvest;
and do not waste. He does not like
the wasteful.
6:142 From the livestock are those for burden, and also for clothing. Eat from what God
has provided you and do not follow the footsteps of the devil; he is to you a clear enemy.
6:143 Eight pairs: from the sheep two, and from the goats two; say, "Is it the two
males that He forbade or the two females,
or what the womb of the two females
bore? Inform me if you are truthful!"
6:144 From the camels two, and from the cattle two; say, "Is it the two males that He


forbade or the two females, or what the womb of the two females bore? Or were you witnesses when God ordered you with this?" Who is more wicked than one who invents lies about God to misguide the people without knowledge? God does not guide the wicked people.
6:145 Say, "I do not find in what is inspired to me forbidden except that it be already
dead, or blood poured forth, or the meat
of pig, for it is foul; or what is corruptly dedicated to other than God." Whoever
is forced without seeking disobedience
or transgression, then your Lord is Forgiving, Compassionate.
6:146 For those who are Jewish, We forbade all that have claws; and from the cattle
and the sheep We forbade their fat except what is attached to the back, or entrails,
or mixed with bone. That is a punishment
for their rebellion, and We are
truthful.
6:147 If they deny you, then say, "Your Lord has vast Compassion, but His Might will
not be turned away from the criminal people."
6:148 Those who set up partners will say, "If God wished, we would not have set up partners, nor would have our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything."
Those before them lied in the same way,
until they tasted Our might. Say, "Do
you have any knowledge to bring out to
us? You only follow conjecture, you
only guess."
6:149 Say, "God has the conclusive argument. If He wished He would have guided you
all."
6:150 Say, "Bring forth your witnesses who bear witness that God has forbidden
this." If they bear witness, then do not
bear witness with them, nor follow the desires of those who deny Our signs, and those who do not acknowledge the Hereafter; and they make equals with their
Lord!
6:151 Say, "Come let me recite to you what your Lord has forbidden for you: that
you should not set up anything with


Him; and be kind to your parents; and do not kill your born children for fear of poverty, We provide for you and for
them; and do not come near lewdness, what is plain of it or subtle; and do not kill the person which God has forbidden, except in justice. That is what He enjoined you that you may comprehend."
6:152 "Do not come near the money of the orphan, except for what is best, until he reached his maturity; and give honestly full measure and weight equitably. We
do not burden a person beyond its capacity. When you speak you must observe
justice, even if against a relative. You
shall also observe the pledges you made
to God. He has enjoined you this so that you may take heed."
6:153 This is My path, a Straight One. "So follow it, and do not follow the other paths lest they divert you from His path. That is what He has enjoined you so that you may be aware."
6:154 Then We gave Moses the book, complete with the best and sufficiently detailing
all things, and a guide and mercy
that they may acknowledge the meeting
of their Lord.
6:155 This too is a blessed book that We have sent down. So follow it and be aware,
that you may receive mercy.
6:156 Lest you say, "The book was only sent down to two groups before us, and we
were unaware of their study!"
6:157 Or you say, "If the book was sent to us we would have been more guided than
they!" Proof has come to you from your Lord, guidance and a mercy. Who is
more wicked than one who denies God's signs and turns away from them? We
will punish those who turn away from
Our signs with the pain of retribution for what they turned away.
6:158 Do they wait until the controllers will come to them, or your Lord comes, or
some signs from your Lord? The day
some signs come from your Lord, it will
do no good for any person to acknowledge


if s/he did not acknowledge before,
or s/he gained good through his/her acknowledgement. Say, "Wait, for we too are waiting."
6:159 Those who have divided their system
and become sects, you have nothing to
do with them. Their matter will be with
God, then, He will inform them of what
they had done.
6:160 Whoever comes with a good deed, he
will receive ten times its worth, and
whoever comes with a sin, he will only
be recompensed its like; they will not be
wronged.
6:161 Say, "My Lord has guided me to a
Straight Path. An upright system, the
creed of Abraham the monotheist; he
was not from those who set up partners."
6:162 Say, "My prayer, my devotion
and offerings, my life, and my death, are
all to God the Lord of the worlds."
6:163 "He has no partner, and this is what I
was commanded; I am the first of those
who have peacefully surrendered."
6:164 Say, "Shall I seek other than God as a
Lord when He is the Lord of everything?"
Every person earns what is for it,
and none will bear the burden of another.
Then to your Lord is your return and He
will inform you regarding your disputes.
6:165 He is the One who made you successors
on earth, and He raised some of you over
others in grades, to test you with what
He had given you. Your Lord is quick to punishment, and He is Forgiving, Compassionate.


Chapter 7
7:0 In the name of God, the Gracious, the Compassionate.
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7:2 A book that has been sent down to you, so let there not be any burden in your chest from it, that you may warn with it; and a reminder to those who acknowledge.
7:3 Follow what was sent down to you all from your Lord, and do not follow besides Him any supporters. Little do you remember!
7:4 How many a town have We destroyed;
for Our punishment came to them while sleeping, or while resting.
7:5 Then their only saying when Our punishment came to them was: "We were
wicked!"


7:6 We will ask those who received the message, and We will ask the messengers.
7:7 We will narrate to them with knowledge;
We were not absent.
7:8 The scales on that day will be the truth. Whoever has heavy scales, these are the successful ones.
7:9 Whoever has light scales, these are the ones who lost themselves for they wrongfully treated Our signs.
7:10 We granted you dominion on earth, and made for you in it a habitat; little do you give thanks!
7:11 We created you, We shaped you, and then We said to the controllers: "Submit
to Adam;" so they submitted except for
Satan, he was not of those who submitted.
7:12 He said, "What has prevented you from submitting when I have ordered you?"
He said, "I am better than him, You created
me from fire and created him from
clay!"
7:13 He said, "Descend from it, it is not for
you to be arrogant here; depart, for you
are disgraced."
7:14 He said, "Grant me respite until the day
they are resurrected?"
7:15 He said, "You are granted respite."
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7:16 He said, "For You having me sent astray,
I will stalk for them on Your Straight
Path."
7:17 "Then I will come to them from between their hands, and from behind them, and
from their right, and from their left; You
will not find most of them to be appreciative." 7:18 He said, "Get out from this, you are despised and banished. As for those among
them who follow you, I will fill hell with
you all!"
7:19 "Adam, reside with your mate in the paradise, and eat from wherever you please; but do not approach this tree or you will be of the wicked."
7:20 But the devil whispered to them, to reveal their bodies which was hidden from
them; and he said, "Your Lord did not
forbid you from this tree except that you


would become controllers, or you would be immortals."
7:21 He swore to them: "I am giving good advice."
7:22 So he misled them with deception; and when they tasted the tree, their bodies became apparent to them, and they
rushed to cover themselves with the
leaves of the paradise; and their Lord called to them: "Did I not forbid you from that tree, and tell you that the devil is your clear enemy?"
7:23 They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves and if You do not forgive us
and have mercy on us, then we will be of
the losers!"
7:24 He said, "Descend as enemies to one another; on earth you will have residence and provisions until the appointed time." 7:25 He said, "In it you will live and in it you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."
7:26 O Children of Adam, We have sent
down for you garments to cover your
bodies, as well as ornaments; and the
garment of awareness is the best. That is
from God's signs, perhaps they will remember. 7:27 O Children of Adam, do not let the devil afflict you as he evicted your parents
from the paradise; removing from them
their garments to show them their bodies.
He and his tribe see you from where
you do not see them. We have made the
devils as allies for those who do not acknowledge.
7:28 When they commit evil acts, they say, "We found our fathers doing such, and
God ordered us to it." Say, "God does
not order evil! Do you say about God
what you do not know?"
7:29 Say, "My Lord orders justice, and that you be devoted at every temple, and that you call on Him, while dedicating to
Him in the system; as He initiated you,
so you will return."
7:30 A group He has guided and a group has deserved misguidance; that is because
they have taken the devils as allies besides God; and they think they are
guided!


7:31 O Children of Adam, dress nicely at every temple, and eat and drink and do not indulge or waste; He does not like the indulgers and the prodigals.
7:32 Say, "Who has forbidden the nice things that God has brought forth for His servants and the good provisions?" Say,
"They are in this worldly life for those
who acknowledge, and they will be exclusive for them on the day of Resurrection"
We thus explain the signs for those
who know.
7:33 Say, "My Lord has forbidden all lewd action, what is obvious from them and what is subtle, and sin, aggression without cause, your setting up partners with
God that were never authorized by Him,
and saying about God what you do not know."
7:34 For every nation will be an allotted time; when their time is reached, they will not delay by one moment nor advance it.
7:35 O Children of Adam, when messengers come to you from amongst yourselves
and narrate My signs to you; then for
those who are aware, and reform, there
will be no fear over them nor will they grieve.
7:36 As for those who reject Our signs, and become arrogant towards them; then
these are the dwellers of the fire, in it they will abide"
7:37 Who is more wicked than one who invents lies about God, or denies His
signs? These will receive their recompense from the book; so that when Our
messengers come to take them, they will say, "Where are those whom you used to call on besides God?" they said, "They have abandoned us!" and they bore witness upon themselves that they were ingrates. 7:38 He said, "Enter with the multitude of nations before you from humans and
Jinn to the fire!" Every time a nation entered, it cursed its sister nation, until they
are all gathered inside it; then the last of


them says to the first: "Our Lord, these are the ones who have misguided us, so give them double the retribution of the fire!" He replied: "Each will receive double, but you do not know."
7:39 The first of them said to the last: "You have no preference over us, so taste the retribution for what you earned!"
7:40 Those who have denied Our signs, and reacted to them with arrogance, the gates
of the sky will not open for them, nor
will they enter paradise until the camel passes through the eye of a needle. It is such that We recompense the criminals. 7:41 They will have hell as an abode, and from above them will be barriers. It is
thus We recompense the wicked.
7:42 As for those who acknowledge and do good; We do not burden a person beyond
its capacity; those are the dwellers of paradise, in it they will abide.
7:43 We removed what was in their chests of jealousy and hidden enmity; rivers will
flow beneath them; and they will say, "Praise be to God who has guided us to
this, and we would not have been guided unless God guided us. The messengers
of our Lord had come with truth." It will
be announced to them: "This is paradise; you have inherited it for what you have done."
7:44 The companions of paradise called the dwellers of the fire: "We have found what our Lord promised us to be true; did you find what your Lord promised to be true?" They said, "Indeed!" Then a caller announced between them: "God's
curse is on the wicked."
7:45 "The ones who hinder from the path of
God, and seek to distort it, are the rejecters
of the Hereafter."
7:46 A barrier separates them. At the identification station there are people who recognize
others by their features. They


called out to the dwellers of paradise: "Peace be upon you!" They have not yet entered it, but they are hoping.
7:47 When their eyes are turned towards the dwellers of the fire, they say, "Our Lord,
do not make us with the wicked people!"
7:48 Those attending the identification station called on men they recognized by their
features, they said, "What good did your
large number do for you, or what you
were arrogant for?"
7:49 "Weren't these the ones whom you swore God would not grant them of His
mercy? "Enter paradise, there is no fear
for you nor will you grieve."
7:50 The dwellers of the fire called on the dwellers of paradise: "Give us some water,
or what God has provided for you?"
They said, "God has forbidden it for the ingrates."
7:51 The ones who took their system as diversion and games, and were preoccupied
with this worldly life. Today we ignore
them as they ignored their meeting on
this day, and they denied Our signs.
7:52 We have brought them a book which We have detailed with knowledge; a guide
and a mercy to those who acknowledge.
7:53 Are they waiting for its fulfillment? On the day which its fulfillment happens,
those who previously forgot it will say,
"Our Lord's messengers have come with
truth! Are there any intercessors to intercede for us? Or could we be returned so
that we may act differently than what we
did?" They have lost themselves and
what they have invented has abandoned
them.
7:54 Your Lord is God who created the heavens and earth in six days, and then He established the authority. The night covers
the day, which seeks it continually; and
the sun and the moon and the stars are all subjected to His law; to Him is the creation
and the law. Glory be to God, the
Lord of the worlds.
7:55 Call on your Lord openly and in secret. He does not like the aggressors.
7:56 Do not corrupt the earth after it has been


reformed; and call on Him out of fear
and want. God's mercy is near to the righteous.
7:57 He is the One who sends the winds to be dispersed between His hands of mercy;
so when it carries a heavy cloud, We
drive it to a dead town, and We send
down the water with it and We bring
forth fruits of all kind. Thus We will
bring out the dead, perhaps you may remember. 7:58 As for the good town, its plants are produced by its Lord's permission, while the
inferior land does not produce except very little. It is such that We cite the signs for a people who are thankful.
7:59 We have sent Noah to his people, so he said, "My people, serve God, you have
no god besides Him. I fear for you the retribution of a great day!"
7:60 The leaders from his people said, "We see that you are clearly misguided."
7:61 He said, "My people, I am not misguided, but I am a messenger from the
Lord of the worlds."
7:62 "I deliver to you my Lord's messages, I advise you, and I know from God what
you do not know."
7:63 "Are you surprised that a reminder has come to you from your Lord through a
man from amongst you to warn you so
that you become aware, and that you
may receive mercy?"
7:64 They denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship, and We
drowned those who denied Our signs;
they were a blind people.
7:65 To Aad We sent their brother Hud, he said, "My people, serve God, you have
no god besides Him. Will you not be aware?"
7:66 The leaders who rejected from among
his people said, "We see you in foolishness,
and we think you are one of the liars"
7:67 He said, "My people, there is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from
the Lord of the worlds."
7:68 "To deliver to you my Lord's messages, and to you I am a trustworthy advisor."
7:69 "Are you surprised that a reminder has


come to you from your Lord through a man from amongst you to warn you? Recall that he made you successors after the people of Noah, and He increased you in status. So recall God's blessings that you may succeed."
7:70 They said, "Have you come to us to serve God alone and abandon what our fathers had served? Bring us what you promise if you are of the truthful ones!" 7:71 He said, "An affliction and wrath shall befall you from your Lord. Do you argue with me over names which you and your fathers have created with no authority being sent down by God? Wait then, and
I will wait with you."
7:72 We saved him and those with him by a mercy from Us, and We destroyed the remnant of those who rejected Our signs and did not acknowledge.
7:73 To Thamud, We sent their brother Saleh, he said, "My people, serve God, you
have no god besides Him; proof has
come to you from your Lord. This is
God's camel, in her you have a sign, so leave her to eat in God's land, and do not harm her, else a painful retribution will take you."
7:74 "Recall that He made you successors after Aad, and He established you in the land so that you make palaces on its plains, and you carve homes in the mountains. So recall God's grace, and do not roam the earth as corrupters."
7:75 The leaders who were arrogant from among his people said to those who had acknowledged among the powerless:
"How do you know that Saleh was sent
from his Lord?" They said, "We acknowledge the message he has been sent
with."
7:76 Those who were arrogant said, "We reject what you acknowledge!"
7:77 They thus killed the camel and defied their Lord's command, and they said, "O Saleh, bring us what you promised us if
you are of the messengers!"
7:78 The earthquake took them, so they fell motionless in their homes.


7:79 Thus he turned away from them, and said, "My people, I had delivered to you 139
the message of my Lord and advised
you; but you do not like the advisers." 7:80 And Lot, when he said to his people:
"Do you commit lewdness to an extend
that none in the worlds had surpassed
you?"
7:81 "You come to men with desire instead of women; you are a transgressing people."
7:82 The only response of his people was, "Drive them out of your town; they are a people who wish to be pure!"
7:83 We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who lagged behind.
7:84 We showered them with a shower, so see what the punishment for the criminals
was.
7:85 To Midian, their brother Shuayb, he said, "My people, serve God, you have no god besides Him. Proof has come to you
from your Lord, so give full weight and measure, and do not hold back from the people what belongs to them, and do not
make mischief on the earth after it has
been reformed. That is better for you if
you acknowledge."
7:86 "Do not stand on every road to threaten and repel from the path of God those
who acknowledged Him, by attempting
to distort it. Recall that you were few
and He multiplied you; and see what the retribution of the troublemakers is."
7:87 "If a group of you acknowledges what I have been sent with, and another group rejects, then wait until God judges between us. He is the best of judges."
7:88 The leaders who became arrogant from among his people said, "We will evict
you Shuayb, along with those who acknowledged, or else you will return to
our creed!" He said, "Even though we
detest?"
7:89 "We would then be inventing lies about
God if we return to your creed after God
had saved us from it; and we would not
return to it except if God our Lord


wishes. Our Lord encompasses everything with knowledge. In God we put
our trust. Our Lord, separate between us and between our people with truth, you are the best separator."
7:90 The leaders who rejected from among his people said, "If you follow Shuayb, then you are losers."
7:91 The earthquake took them, thus they fell motionless in their homes.
7:92 Those who denied Shuayb, it is as if they never prospered therein. Those who denied Shuayb, they were the losers.
7:93 Thus he turned away from them, and said, "My people, I had delivered to you the messages of my Lord and advised you. How can I feel sorry over a rejecting people?"
7:94 Whenever We sent a prophet to any town, We would afflict its people with hardship and adversity so that they may implore.
7:95 Then We replaced the bad with the good until they had plenty and they said, "Our fathers were the ones afflicted by hardship, and adversity." We then take them
suddenly, while they do not perceive.
7:96 If the people of the towns had only acknowledged and been aware, then We
would have opened for them blessings
from the sky and the land; but they denied,
so We took them for what they
used to earn.
7:97 Are the people of the towns sure that Our punishment will not come to them at
night while they are sleeping?
7:98 Or are the people of the towns sure that
Our punishment will not come to them
during the late morning while they are
playing?
7:99 Have they become sure about God's
scheming? None feels secure about
God's scheming except the losing people.
7:100 Is it not clear for those who inherited the
land after them, that if We wished, We
could have punished them immediately
for their sins and We could have
stamped on their hearts, so they would


not hear.
7:101 These are the towns whose stories We relate to you; their messengers had come
to them with proofs, but they would not acknowledge what they had denied before.
It is such that God stamps on the
hearts of the ingrates.
7:102 We did not find most of them up to their pledge, rather, We found most of them corrupt.
7:103 Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his entourage. But they treated them with prejudice, so see what the end of the corrupters is.
7:104 Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds."
7:105 "It is not proper for me to say about God except the truth; I have come to you with proof from your Lord. So send with me
the Children of Israel."
7:106 He said, "If you have come with a sign then bring it, if you are of the truthful?"
7:107 He threw down his staff and there it was an obvious serpent.
7:108 He drew out his hand, and it became pure white for the spectators.
7:109 The commanders among the people of Pharaoh said, "This is a knowledgeable magician!"
7:110 "He wishes to drive you out of your land; what do you recommend?"
7:111 They said, "Delay him and his brother, and send gatherers to the cities."
7:112 "They will come to you with every knowledgeable magician."
7:113 The magicians came to Pharaoh and said, "There should be a reward for us if we are the victors."
7:114 He said, "Yes, and you will be made close to me."
7:115 They said, "O Moses, either you cast, or shall we cast?"
7:116 He said, "You cast." So when they cast, they deceived the people's eyes, intimidated them, and they produced a great
magic.


7:117 We inspired Moses: "Throw down your staff;" and soon it was swallowing what
they had invented.
7:118 Thus the truth was confirmed, and what they were doing was falsified.
7:119 They were thus defeated there, and they turned in disgrace.
7:120 The magicians fell down prostrating. 7:121 They said, "We acknowledge the Lord of the worlds."
7:122 "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
7:123 Pharaoh said, "Did you acknowledge
him before I have given you permission?
This is surely some scheme which you
have schemed in the city to drive its
people out; but soon you shall know."
7:124 "I will cut off your hands and feet from
alternate sides; then I will crucify you
all."
7:125 They said, "To our Lord shall we return."
7:126 "You are only seeking revenge on us
because we acknowledged our Lord's
signs when they came to us. Our Lord,
grant us patience and let us die having
peacefully surrendered."
7:127 The leaders among the people of Pharaoh
said, "Will you let Moses and his people corrupt the land, and abandon you and your gods?" He said,
"We will kill their children and shame their
women; we will be supreme over them."
7:128 Moses said to his people: "Seek help
with God, and be patient; for the land is
God's. He will inherit it to whom He
pleases of His servants; and the victory
belongs to the righteous."
7:129 They said, "We were being harmed before
you came to us and since you have
come to us." He said, "Perhaps your
Lord will destroy your enemy, and make
you successors in the land, so He sees
how you behave."
7:130 We then afflicted the people of Pharaoh with years of drought, a shortage in
crops, so that they might take heed.
7:131 When any good comes to them, they say, "This is ours," and when any bad afflicts
them, they blame it on Moses and those with him. Their blame is with God, but most of them do not know.


7:132 They said, "No matter what you bring us of a sign to bewitch us with, we will
never acknowledge you."
7:133 So We sent them the flood, the locust, the lice, the frogs, and the blood; all detailed signs; but they turned arrogant,
they were a criminal people.
7:134 When the plague befell them, they said, "O Moses, call on your Lord for what
pledge He gave you. If you remove this plague from us, then we will acknowledge you and we will send with you the
Children of Israel."
7:135 So when We removed from them the plague until a future time; they broke
their pledge.
7:136 For their denial and disregard of Our signs, We thus inflicted them with punishment by drowning them in the sea,
7:137 We let the people who were oppressed inherit the east and the west of the land
which We have blessed, and good word
of your Lord was completed towards the Children of Israel. For they were patient,
and We destroyed what Pharaoh and his people were doing, and what they contrived. 7:138 We let the Children of Israel cross the sea, then they passed by a people who
were devoted to idols they had. They
said, "O Moses, make for us a god like
the gods they have." He said, "You are
an ignorant people!"
7:139 "These people are ruined for what they are in, and worthless is what they do."
7:140 He said, "Shall I seek other than God as a god for you when He has preferred you
over the worlds?"
7:141 When We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with
the worst punishment, killing your children and shaming your women; and in
that was a great trial from your Lord.
7:142 We appointed for Moses thirty nights
and completed them with ten, so the appointed time of his Lord was completed


at forty nights. Moses said to his brother Aaron: "Be my successor with my people and reform, and do not follow the
path of the corrupters."
7:143 So when Moses came to Our appointed time, and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, let me look upon you." He
said, "You will not see Me, but look
upon the mountain, if it stays in its place then you will see Me." So, when his
Lord manifested Himself to the mountain, He caused it to crumble; thus Moses
fell unconscious. When he recovered, he
said, "Glory be to You, I repent to You
and I am the first of those who acknowledge." 7:144 He said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over people with My message and My
words; so take what I have given you
and be of the thankful."
7:145 We wrote for him on the tablets from everything a lesson, and detailing all
things. You shall uphold them firmly and order your people to take the best from
it. I will show you the abode of the corrupt.
7:146 I will divert from My signs those who are arrogant on earth unjustly, and if they see every sign they do not acknowledge
it, and if they see the path of guidance
they do not take it as a path; and if they
see the path of straying, they take it as a
path. That is because they have denied
Our signs and were heedless of them.
7:147 Those who deny Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter, their work has collapsed.
Will they not be rewarded except for what they used to do?
7:148 The people of Moses, in his absence, made from their ornaments the statue of
a calf which had a sound. Did they not
see that it could not speak to them, nor guide them to any way. They took it and turned wicked.
7:149 When they were smitten with remorse and they saw that they had gone astray,
they said, "If our Lord will not have
mercy on us and forgive us, then we will
be of the losers!"


7:150 When Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "Miserable is
what you have done after me; do you
wish to hasten the action of your Lord?"
He cast down the tablets, and took his brother by his head dragging him towards him. He said, "Son of my mother,
the people overpowered me and nearly killed me, so do not make the enemies rejoice over me, and do not make me with the wicked people."
7:151 He said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us in your mercy; you
are the most Compassionate of the compassionate." 7:152 Those who took up the calf will be dealt with a wrath from their Lord and a humiliation
in this worldly life. We thus
punish the fabricators.
7:153 As for those who commit sin but then
repent afterwards and acknowledge; your
Lord afterward is Forgiving, Compassionate.
7:154 When the anger subsided from Moses,
he took the tablets; and in its inscription
was a guidance and mercy for those who
revere their Lord.
7:155 Moses selected from his people seventy
men for Our appointed time; so when the
quake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if
You wished You could have destroyed
them before this, and me as well. Will
you destroy us for what the foolish
amongst us have done? It is all Your test,
You misguide with it whom You please
and You guide with it whom You please.
You are our supporter, so forgive us and
have mercy on us; You are the best forgiver."
7:156 "Decree for us good in this world, and in the Hereafter; we have been guided towards You." He said, "I will afflict with
My punishment whom I chose, but My
mercy encompasses all things. I will thus decree it for those who are aware and contribute towards betterment, and those who acknowledge Our signs."
7:157 "Those who follow the gentile prophet whom they find written for them in the


Torah and the Injeel; he orders them to goodness, deters them from evil, he
makes lawful for them the good things,
he forbids for them the evil, and he removes their burden and the shackles imposed
upon them. So those who acknowledged him, honored him, supported
him, and followed the light that
was sent down with him; these are the successful."
7:158 Say, "O people, I am God's messenger to you all. The One who has the sovereignty
of heavens and earth, there is no
god but He; He gives life and causes
death." So acknowledge God and His gentile prophet, who acknowledges God and His words; and follow him that you may be guided.
7:159 Among the people of Moses are a nation who guide with truth and with it they become just.
7:160 We separated them into twelve tribes as nations; and We inspired Moses when
his people wanted to drink: "Strike the rock with your staff," thus twelve springs burst forth. Every group knew where from to drink. We shaded them with clouds and We sent down to them manna and quail: "Eat from the good things that We have provided for you." They did not wrong Us, but it was themselves that they wronged.
7:161 When they were told: "Reside in this town and eat from it as you please, talk amicably and enter the passage by prostrating, We will then forgive for you
your wrong doings. We will increase for
the good doers."
7:162 Those who were wicked amongst them altered what was said to them with something different; so We sent to them
a pestilence from the sky because they
were wicked.
7:163 Ask them about the town which was by the sea, after they had transgressed the Sabbath;


their fish would come to them openly on the day of their Sabbath, and when they were not in Sabbath, they would not come to them! It is such that
We afflicted them for what they corrupted.
7:164 A nation from amongst them said, "Why do you preach to a people whom God
will destroy or punish a painful retribution?" They said, "To fulfill our duty to
your Lord, and perhaps they may become
aware."
7:165 So when they forgot what they were reminded of, We saved those who desisted
from evil, and We took those who transgressed
with a grievous retribution for what they were corrupting. 7:166 When they persisted in what they had
been forbidden from, We said to them:
"Be despicable apes!"
7:167 Furthermore, your Lord declared that He
will rise against them people who would
inflict severe persecution on them, until
the day of Resurrection. Your Lord is
quick to punish, and He is Forgiving,
Compassionate.
7:168 We divided them through the land as nations. From them are the reformed,
and from them are other than that. We tested them with good things and bad, perhaps they will return.
7:169 A generation came after them who inherited the book, but they indulged in the
petty materials of this world by saying,
"It will be forgiven for us." They continued choosing materials, whenever they
were given a chance. Did they not make
a covenant to uphold the book that they
would only say the truth about God?
They studied what was in it; but the
abode of the Hereafter is better for those
who are aware. Do you not reason?
7:170 As for those who adhere to the book, and they hold the prayer; We will not
waste the reward of the reformers.
7:171 When We raised the mountain above them as if it were a cloud, and they thought it would fall on them: "Take
what We have given you with strength
and remember what is in it that you may be aware."


7:172 When your Lord took from the children of Adam from their backs, their progeny;
and He made them witness over themselves: "Am I not your Lord?" They said,
"Yes, we bear witness." Thus you cannot
say on the day of Resurrection that you
were unaware of this.
7:173 Nor can you say, "It was our fathers who set up partners before and we were simply
a progeny who came after them.
Would You destroy us for what the innovators did?"
7:174 We thus explain the signs, perhaps they will return.
7:175 Relate to them the news of the person whom We gave him Our signs, but he withdrew from them, and thus the devil followed him, and He became of those
who went astray.
7:176 Had We willed, We could have elevated him by it, but he stuck to the earth and
he followed his wishful thinking. His example is like the dog; if you scold him
he pants, and if you leave him he pants;
such is the example of the people who
deny Our signs. Relate the stories, perhaps they will think.
7:177 Miserable is the example of the people who denied Our signs, and it was themselves that they had wronged.
7:178 Whoever God guides, then he is the guided one; and whoever He misguides,
then these are the losers.
7:179 We have committed to hell many Jinns and humans. They have hearts, yet they
do not comprehend; they have eyes yet
they do not see; they have ears yet they
do not hear. They are like cattle; no, they are even more astray. These are the heedless ones.
7:180 To God belong the beautiful names, so call Him by them; and disregard those
who blaspheme in His names. They will
be punished for what they used to do.
7:181 From among those We created is a community who guides with truth, and with it they establish justice.


7:182 As for those who deny Our signs, We will gradually lead them from where
they do not know.
7:183 I will respite them, for My scheming is formidable.
7:184 Do they not reflect that their companion is not crazy; but he is a clear warner.
7:185 Do they not look at the dominion of heavens and earth, and all that God has created, and perhaps their time is drawing near? Which hadith after this one
will they acknowledge?
7:186 Whoever God misguides, then there is none to guide him; and He leaves them blundering in their transgression.
7:187 They ask you regarding the moment: "When will be its time?" Say, "Its knowledge is with my Lord, none can reveal its time except Him. It is heavy through the heavens and the earth; it will not come to you except suddenly." They
ask you, as if you are too curious about
it! Say, "Its knowledge is with God, but most people do not know."
7:188 Say, "I do not possess for myself any benefit or harm, except what God wills.
If I could know the future, then I would have increased my good fortune, and no harm would have come to me. I am but a warner and a bearer of good news to a people who acknowledge."
7:189 He is the One who created you from one person, and He made from it its mate to
attain tranquility. When he covered her,
she became pregnant with a light load,
and she continued with it. When it became heavy, they called on God, their
Lord: "If You give us a healthy child,
then we will be among the thankful."
7:190 But when He gave them a healthy child, they made partners with Him in what He
had given them. God be exalted above what they set up as partners.
7:191 Do they set up those who do not create anything, while they are created?
7:192 They cannot help them, nor can they


help themselves?
7:193 If you invite them to the guidance they will not follow you. It is the same
whether you invite them or simply remain silent.
7:194 Those whom you call on besides God are servants like you; so let them answer
for you if you are truthful.
7:195 Do they have feet to walk with? Or do they have hands to strike with? Or do
they have eyes to see with? Or do they have ears to hear with? Say, "Call on your partners, then scheme against me with no respite."
7:196 "My supporter is God who sent down the book; and He takes care of the gooddoers." 7:197 As for those whom you call on beside Him, they cannot help you, nor can they
help themselves.
7:198 If you invite them to the guidance, they do not listen; you see them looking at
you, while they do not see.
7:199 You shall resort to pardoning, and advocate recognition, and turn away from the
ignorant ones.
7:200 If a provocation from the devil incites
you, then seek refuge with God. He is
the Hearer, the Knower.
7:201 Those who are aware, when a visit from the devil touches them, they remember;
soon they are seers.
7:202 But their brethren plunge them into error; they do not cease.
7:203 Since you do not bring them a sign, they say, "If only you had brought one." Say,
"I only follow what is inspired to me
from my Lord. These are enlightenments
from your Lord, a guide and a mercy to a people who acknowledge."
7:204 If the Quran is being recited, then listen to it and pay attention, so that you may receive mercy.
7:205 Remember your Lord in yourself out of humility and fear, and without being
loud during the morning and the evening. Do not be of the heedless ones.
7:206 Those who are at your Lord, they are never too proud to serve Him, and they glorify Him, and to Him they prostrate.


Chapter 8
8:0 In the name of God, the Gracious, the Compassionate.
8:1 They ask you regarding the spoils of war, say, "The spoils of war are for God and the messenger." So be aware of
God, and peacefully reform the matters between you; and obey God and His messenger if you are those who acknowledge. 8:2 The acknowledgers are those whom, when God is mentioned, their hearts
tremble; when His signs are recited to
them, it strengthens their acknowledgement; and they put their trust in their
Lord.
8:3 They hold the prayer, and from
Our provisions to them they spend.
8:4 These are the true acknowledgers; they will have ranks at their Lord, forgiveness, and a generous provision.
8:5 As your Lord made you go out from
your home with the truth, but a party
from among those who acknowledge opposed this.
8:6 They argue with you about the truth
when it has been made clear; as if they
were being herded towards death while
they are watching!
8:7 God promises you that one of the two parties will be defeated by you; yet you
wish that the one least armed be the one.
But God wishes that the truth be manifest with His words, and that He eliminates
the remnant of the ingrates.
8:8 So that truth will be manifest and the falsehood will be falsified; even if the criminals oppose it.
8:9 You implored your Lord and He answered you: "I will provide you with one
thousand controllers as defenders."


8:10 God did not do this except to give you good news, and that your hearts may be assured by it. Victory is only from God; God is Noble, Wise.
8:11 A peaceful sleep from Him overcame you, and He sent down to you water
from the sky to cleanse you with it. He caused the affliction of the devil to leave you so that He may fortify your hearts and set firm your feet.
8:12 Your Lord inspired to the controllers: "I
am with you so keep firm those who acknowledge. I will cast fear into the hearts
of those who have rejected; so strike
above the necks, and strike every finger."
8:13 That is because they have aggressed
against God and His messenger. Whoever aggresses against God and His messenger,
then God is severe in retribution.
8:14 This is for you to sample, and for the
ingrates will be retribution of fire.
8:15 O you who acknowledge; when you encounter those who have rejected on the
battlefield, do not flee from them.
8:16 Whoever on that day flees from them;
unless it is part of the battle strategy or if
he is retreating back to his group; then he
has drawn God's wrath upon him, and
his abode will be hell. What a miserable
destiny.
8:17 It was not you who killed them, but it
was God who killed them. It was not
you who launched when you did, but it
was God who launched. So that those
who acknowledge would be tested well
by Him. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
8:18 That, and God weakens the plots of the ingrates.
8:19 If you sought conquest, then conquest
has come to you. But if you cease, then it
is better for you. If you return again, then
We will also return, and your group will
avail you nothing even if it is many. God
is with those who acknowledge.
8:20 O you who acknowledge, obey God and
His messenger, and do not turn away
from him while you have heard.
8:21 Do not be like those who have said, "We hear," but they do not hear.


8:22 The worst creatures with God are the deaf and dumb who do not reason.
8:23 If God had found any good in them, then He would have made them listen. But if
He makes them listen, they would still
turn away, averse.
8:24 O you who acknowledge, answer the call of God and His messenger when he calls
you to what will grant you life. Know
that God comes between a person and
his heart, and that to Him you will be
gathered.
8:25 Be aware of a test that will not only afflict those of you who were wicked; and
know that God is severe in retribution.
8:26 Recall when you were but a few who were overpowered in the land, you were fearful that men might capture you. But
He sheltered you, and He supported you
with His victory, and He provided you
with good provisions, so that you may be thankful.
8:27 O you who acknowledge, do not betray God and the messenger, nor betray your
trusts, while you know.
8:28 You should know that your money and your children are a test, and that God has
the greatest reward.
8:29 O you who acknowledge, if you are aware of God, He will make for you a distinction, and He will cancel your sins and forgive you. God is possessor of great favor.
8:30 The ingrates plot against you to confine you, to kill you, or to expel you. They
plot, and God plots, and God is the best
of plotters.
8:31 When Our signs are recited to them, they say, "We have listened, and if we wish,
we could have said the same thing. This
is nothing but tales of the ancients!"
8:32 They said, "Our god, if this is the truth from You, then send down upon us a
rain of stones from the sky or bring on us
a painful retribution."
8:33 But God was not to punish them while you are with them, nor will God punish


them while they continue to seek forgiveness. 8:34 Why should God not punish them when they are turning others away from the Restricted Temple, and they were never
its protectors! Its protectors are the righteous. But most of them do not know.
8:35 Their prayer at the sanctuary was nothing but deception/noise and aversion. Taste the retribution for what you
have rejected.
8:36 Those who have rejected, they spend their money to turn others away from the path of God. They will spend it, then it will become a source of regret for them, then they are defeated. Those who rejected will be summoned to hell.
8:37 This is so that God will distinguish the bad from the good, and so that the bad
will be gathered together into one heap; then He will cast it all into hell. These
are the losers.
8:38 Say to the ingrates: "If they cease, then what has passed before will be forgiven
to them, and if they return to it, then the example of the previous generations has already been given."
8:39 You should fight them all until there is no more oppression, and so that the entire system is God's. But if they cease,
then God is seer of what they do.
8:40 If they turn away, then know that God is your Patron. What an excellent Patron,
and what an excellent Victor.
8:41 You should know: "Of anything you gain, that one-fifth shall go to God and
the messenger: to the relatives, the orphans,
the poor, and the wayfarer." You will do this if you acknowledge God and in what We revealed to Our servant on the day of distinction, the day the two armies clashed. God is able to do all
things.
8:42 When you were on the near side, and they were on the far side, then the supply line became directly beneath you. Had you planned for this meeting, you would have disagreed on its timing, but God
was to enforce a command that was already done. So that He would destroy
those to be destroyed with proof, and to


let those who will live be alive with
proof. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
8:43 God shows them to you as being few in your dream, and had He shown them to
be many, then you would have failed and
you would have disputed in the matter; it
was God who saved you. He is the
Knower of what is inside the chests.
8:44 He showed them to you when you met as being few to your eyes, and He made
you appear as being fewer to their eyes.
That was so God's decree would come to
be; and to God all matters are returned.
8:45 O you who acknowledge, when you
meet a force, stand firm and mention
God frequently, that you may succeed.
8:46 You should obey God and His messenger, and do not dispute; else you will fail
and your momentum will depart, and pa151 tiently persevere. God is with the ones
who patiently persevere.
8:47 Do not be like those who came out from their homes to boast and to be seen by
men, and they repel others away from
the path of God. God surrounds of what
they do.
8:48 The devil adorned their work for them,
and he said, "None from the people can
defeat you today, and I am by your side."
But when the two forces came together,
he turned on his heels to flee and he said,
"I am innocent from you! I see what you
do not see. I fear God, and God is severe
in punishment."
8:49 The hypocrites and those who have a disease in their hearts said, "These people
have been deceived by their system."
But whoever puts his trust in God, then
God is Noble, Wise.
8:50 If you could only see as the controllers take those who have rejected, they strike
their faces and their backs: "Taste the punishment of the blazing fire!"
8:51 "This is for what your hands have put forth, and God does not wrong the servants." 8:52 Like the behavior of the people of Pharaoh, and those before them; they rejected
God's signs, so God took them for their
sins. God is Strong, severe in punishment.


8:53 That is because God was not to change anything He bestowed to a people,
unless they change what is in themselves. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.
8:54 Like the behavior of Pharaoh's people and those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed
them by their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh; all of them were wicked.
8:55 The worst creatures to God are those who reject, for they do not acknowledge.
8:56 The ones whom you made a pledge with them, then they break their pledge every time, and they do not care.
8:57 So, when you encounter them in battle, set them as an example to those who
would come after them; perhaps they
may remember.
8:58 If you are being betrayed by a people, then you shall likewise move against
them. God does not like the betrayers.
8:59 Let not those who have rejected think that they have escaped; they will never
avail themselves.
8:60 Prepare for them all that you can of might, and from horse powers, that you
may instill fear with it towards God's
enemy and your enemy, and others beside them whom you do not know but
God knows them. Whatever you spend
in the cause of God will be returned to
you, and you will not be wronged.
8:61 If they seek peace, then you also seek it, and put your trust in God. He is the
Hearer, the Knowledgeable.
8:62 If they wish to deceive you, then God is sufficient for you. He is the One who supported you with His victory and with those who acknowledge.
8:63 He made unity between their hearts. Had you spent all that is on earth, you would
not have united between their hearts, but
God united between them. He is Noble,
Wise.
8:64 O prophet, God is sufficient for you and


those who acknowledged among your followers.
8:65 O prophet, urge those who acknowledge to battle. If there are twenty of you who
are patient, they will defeat two hundred.
If there are one hundred of you, they will defeat one thousand from amongst those who reject; that is because they are a
people who do not reason.
8:66 Now, God has lightened for you, for He knows that there is weakness in you. If
there are one hundred of you who are patient, they will defeat two hundred. If
there are one thousand of you, they will defeat two thousand by God's leave. God is with the patient.
8:67 It was not for any prophet to take prisoners unless it was in battle. You desire the
materials of this world, while God wants
the Hereafter for you. God is Noble,
Wise.
8:68 Had it not been previously ordained from God, then a severe punishment would
have afflicted you for what you took.
8:69 So consume what you have gained, lawful and good, and be aware of God. God
is Forgiving, Compassionate.
8:70 O prophet, say to those prisoners whom you hold: "If God finds in your hearts
any good, He will grant you better than
what He took from you, and He will forgive you. God is Forgiving, Compassionate."
8:71 If they want to betray you, they have already betrayed God before, and He overpowered them. God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
8:72 Those who have acknowledged and emigrated and strived with their money and
lives in the cause of God, and those who
sheltered and supported; these are the allies
of one another. Those who acknowledged but did not emigrate, you do not
owe them any allegiance until they emigrate. But if they seek your help in the


system, then you must support them, except if it is against a people with whom
there is a treaty between you. God is watcher over what you do.
8:73 As for those who reject, they are allies to one another. If you do not do this, then
there will be oppression on earth and
great corruption.
8:74 Those who have acknowledged and emigrated and strived in the cause of God,
and those who sheltered and supported,
these are truly those who acknowledge.
They will have forgiveness and a generous provision.
8:75 Those who acknowledged afterwards and emigrated and strived with you, then they are from you. The relatives by birth are also supportive of one another in God's book. God is aware of all things.


Chapter 9
9:1 This is an ultimatum from God and His messenger to those who set up partners
with whom you had entered a treaty.
9:2 Therefore, roam the land for four months and know that you will not escape God,
and that God will humiliate the ingrates.
9:3 A declaration from God and His messenger to the people, on this, the peak
day of the Pilgrimage: "That God and
His messenger are free from obligation
to those who set up partners." If you repent, then it is better for you, but if you


turn away, then know that you will not
escape God. Promise those who have rejected of a painful retribution;
9:4 Except for those with whom you had a treaty from among those who have set up partners if they did not reduce anything
from it nor did they plan to attack you;
you shall fulfill their terms until they expire. God loves the righteous.
9:5 So when the restricted months have
passed, then you may kill those who have set up partners wherever you find them, take them, surround them, and stand against them at every point. If they repent, hold the prayer, and contribute towards betterment, then you
shall leave them alone. God is Forgiving, Compassionate.
9:6 If any of those who have set up partners seeks your protection, then you may protect him so that he may hear the words of
God, then let him reach his sanctuary.
This is because they are a people who do not know.
9:7 How can those who have set up partners have a pledge with God and with His messenger? Except for those with whom you made a pledge near the Restricted Temple, as long as they are upright with you, then you are upright with them.
God loves the righteous.
9:8 How is it that when they come upon you they disregard all ties, either that of kinship
or of pledge. They seek to please
you with their words, but their hearts
deny, and most of them are wicked.
9:9 They purchased with God's signs a small price, so they turn others from His path.
Evil indeed is what they used to do.
9:10 They neither respect the ties of kinship nor a pledge for any those who acknowledge. These are the transgressors.
9:11 If they repent, and they hold the
prayer, and they contribute towards betterment, then they are your brothers in
the system. We explain the signs for a
people who know.
9:12 If they break their oaths after their pledge, and they taunt and attack your
system; then you may kill the chiefs of


rejection. Their oaths are nothing to
them, perhaps they will then cease.
9:13 Would you not fight a people who broke their oaths and intended to expel the
messenger, especially while they were
the ones who attacked you first? Do you
fear them? It is God who is more worthy
to be feared if you are those who acknowledge. 9:14 Fight them; perhaps God will punish
them by your hands, humiliate them,
grant you victory over them and heal the
chests of an acknowledging people,
9:15 To remove the anger from their hearts;
God pardons whom he pleases. God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
9:16 Or did you think that you would be left alone? God will come to know those of
you who strived and did not take other
than God and His messenger and those
who acknowledge as helpers. God is
Ever-aware in what you do.
9:17 It was not for those who have set up partners to maintain God's temples while
they bear witness over their own rejection.
For these, their works have fallen,
and in the fire they will abide.
9:18 Rather, the temples of God are maintained by the one who acknowledges
God and the Last day, holds the
prayer, contributes towards betterment,
and he does not fear except God. It is
these that will be of the guided ones.
9:19 Have you made serving drink to the pilgrims and the maintenance of the Restricted
Temple the same as one who acknowledges
God and the Last day, who
strives in the cause of God? They are not
the same with God. God does not guide
the wicked people.
9:20 Those who acknowledged, emigrated, strived in the cause of God with their
wealth and their lives are in a greater degree
with God. These are the winners.
9:21 Their Lord gives them good news of a Mercy from Him, acceptance, and gardens
that are for them in which there is
permanent bliss.
9:22 They will abide in it eternally. God has a great reward.


9:23 O you who acknowledge, do not take your fathers nor brothers as allies if they prefer rejection to acknowledgement. Whoever of you takes them as such, then these are the wicked.
9:24 Say, "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your clan, and money which you have gathered, a trade in which you fear a decline, and homes which you enjoy; if these are dearer to you than God and His messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until God brings His decision. God does not guide the wicked people."
9:25 God has granted you victory in many battlefields. On the day of Hunayn, when you were pleased with your great numbers but it did not help you at all, and the
land became tight around you for what it held, then you turned to flee.
9:26 Then God sent down tranquility upon His messenger and those who acknowledge, and He sent down soldiers which
you did not see. He thus punished those
who rejected. Such is the recompense of
the ingrates.
9:27 Then God will accept the repentance of whom He pleases after that. God is Forgiving, Compassionate.
9:28 O you who acknowledge, those who have set up partners are impure, so let them not approach the Restricted Temple after this calendar year of theirs. If you fear poverty, then God will enrich you from His blessings if He wills. God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
9:29 Fight those who do not acknowledge God nor the Last day among the people
who received the book; they do not forbid what God and His messenger have forbidden, and they do not uphold the system of truth; until they pay the reparation, in humility.
9:30 The Jews said, "Ezra is God's son," and the Nazarenes said, "The Messiah is
God's son." Such is their utterances with


their mouths; they imitate the sayings of those who rejected before them. God's curse be on them. How deviated are they!
9:31 They took their scholars and priests to be lords besides God, and the Messiah son
of Mary, while they were only commanded
to serve One god, there is no
god but He, be He glorified for what
they set up.
9:32 They want to extinguish God's light with their mouths, but God refuses such and
lets His light continue, even if the ingrates hate it.
9:33 He is the One who sent His messenger with guidance and the system of truth, to make it manifest above all other systems, even if those who set up partners hate it.
9:34 O you who acknowledge, many of the scholars and priests consume people's money in falsehood, and they turn away from the path of God. Those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the cause of God, give them news of a painful retribution.
9:35 On the day when they will be seared in the fires of hell, their foreheads, sides
and backs will be branded with it: "This
is what you have hoarded for yourselves,
so taste what you have hoarded!"
9:36 The count of the months with God is twelve months in God's book the day He created the heavens and the earth; four of them are restricted. This is the correct system; so do not wrong yourselves in
them. Fight those who set up partners collectively as they fight you collectively. Know that God is with the righteous.
9:37 Know that accelerating the intercalary is an addition in rejection; that those who
have rejected may misguide with it.
They make it lawful one calendar year,
and they forbid it one calendar year, so
as to circumvent the count that God has made restricted; thus they make lawful
what God made forbidden! Their evil
works have been adorned for them, and
God does not guide the rejecting people.


9:38 O you who acknowledge, what is wrong with you when you are told: "March
forth in the cause of God," you become
heavy on earth. Have you become content with this worldly life over the Hereafter?
The enjoyment of this worldly life compared to the Hereafter is nothing.
9:39 If you do not march forth, then He will punish you with a painful retribution, He will replace you with another people,
and you do not bother Him in the least.
God is capable of all things.
9:40 If you do not help him, then God has helped him. When those who rejected expelled him, he was one of only two,
and when both were in the cave, he said
to his friend: "Do not grieve, for God is with us." So God sent down tranquility
over him and He supported him with soldiers that you did not see, and He
made the word of those who rejected be
the lowest, and God's word be the highest. God is Noble, Wise.
9:41 March forth in light gear or heavy gear, and strive with your money and lives in
the cause of God. That is best if you
knew.
9:42 If it were a near gain, or an easy journey, they would have followed you; but the distance was too much for them. They
will swear by God: "If we could have,
we would have come with you." They destroy themselves, and God knows they are liars.
9:43 God pardons you; why did you grant them leave before it became clear to you who are truthful, and who are lying?
9:44 Those who acknowledge God and the Last day will not ask leave. They strive with their money and their lives. God is aware of the righteous.
9:45 Those who ask leave are the ones who do not acknowledge God and the Last
day, and their hearts are in doubt. In their doubts they are wavering.
9:46 If they had gone with you then they


would have taken all preparation for it, but God disliked their being sent forth, so He hindered them, and they were told: "Stay with those who have stayed."
9:47 Had they come out with you they would have added nothing but disorder, and
they would have hurried about seeking a
test among you. There are some amongst you who listen to them. God is aware of
the wicked.
9:48 They wanted to test from before, and
they turned matters upside down for you
until the truth came and God's command
was revealed, while they hated it.
9:49 Some of them say, "Grant me leave, and
do not test me." But it is in the test that
they have indeed fallen, and hell is surrounding the ingrates.
9:50 When any good befalls you, it upsets
them, and if any bad befalls you, they
say, "We have taken our precautions beforehand," and they turn away rejoicing.
9:51 Say, "Nothing will befall us except what God has decreed for us; He is our Patron."
In God those who acknowledge
shall put their trust.
9:52 Say, "While we wait for you to be afflicted by God with retribution from
Him, or at our hands you can only expect
for us one of two good things. So wait,
we are with you waiting."
9:53 Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly, it
will not be accepted from you. You are a
wicked people."
9:54 What prevented the acceptance of their spending was that they rejected God and
His messenger, and they do not attend to
the prayer except lazily, and they
do not spend except unwillingly.
9:55 So do not be impressed by their wealth or children; God only wishes to punish
them with it in the worldly life, and so
that their lives will end while they are ingrates.
9:56 They swear by God that they are with you, while they are not with you; but
they are timid and divisive people.


9:57 If they could find a refuge, a cave, or any place to enter, then they would have run
to it, rushing.
9:58 Some of them are those who criticize you regarding the charities. If they are
given from it, they are content; but if
they are not given from it, they become enraged!
9:59 If only they were content with what God and His messenger had given them, and
had said, "God suffices us; God will
give us from His bounty, and so His messenger; it is to God that we desire."
9:60 The charities are to go to the poor, the needy, those who work on their collection, those whose hearts are to be reconciled, free the slaves, those in debt, in the
cause of God, and to the wayfarer. A
duty from God; God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
9:61 Among them are those who hurt the prophet, and they say, "He only listens!" Say, "What he listens to is best for you. He acknowledges God, he trusts those who acknowledge, and he is a mercy to those who acknowledge among you." Those who hurt God's messenger will have a painful retribution.
9:62 They swear to you by God in order to please you; while God and His messenger is more worthy to be pleased if they
were those who acknowledge.
9:63 Did they not know that whoever is hostile towards God and His messenger, he
will have the fire of hell to abide in.
Such is the greatest humiliation.
9:64 The hypocrites fear that a chapter will be sent down against them exposing what is
in their hearts. Say, "Mock, for God will bring out what you fear."
9:65 If you ask them they say, "We were only jesting and playing." Say, "Is it in God
and His signs and His messenger you
were mocking?"
9:66 Do not apologize, for you have rejected after your acknowledgement. Even if We pardon one group from you, We will
punish another group, because they were criminals.


9:67 The hypocrite men and the hypocrite women, they are the same. They order
evil, deter from good, and they are tightfisted. They ignored God, so He ignored
them; the hypocrites are the wicked.
9:68 God has promised the hypocrite men and women and the ingrates a fire in hell, in
it they will abide; it suffices them. God
has cursed them and they will have a
lasting retribution.
9:69 Like those before you; they were more powerful than you, and had more wealth
and offspring. They enjoyed their lot,
and you enjoyed your lot as those before
you enjoyed their lives; and you indulged
as they indulged. These are those
whose works crumbled in this world and
the hereafter, and they were the losers.
9:70 Had not the news of those before them come to them, the people of Noah and
Aad and Thamud. The people of Abraham, and the dwellers of Midian, and
those overthrown. Their messengers
came to them with proofs; it was not
God who wronged them, but it was themselves that they wronged.
9:71 The acknowledging men and women, they are allies to one another. They order good and deter from evil, and they hold
the prayer, and they contribute
towards betterment, and they obey God
and His messenger. God will have
mercy on them; God is Noble, Wise.
9:72 God has promised the acknowledging men and women gardens with rivers
flowing beneath it, in which they will
abide, and pleasing homes in the everlasting gardens. The acceptance from
God is the most important; such is the greatest success.
9:73 O prophet, strive against the ingrates and the hypocrites and be firm against them. Their dwelling is hell, what a miserable destiny!
9:74 They swear by God that they did not say it, while they had said the word of rejection,


and they rejected after they had
peacefully surrendered, and they were
concerned with what they could not possess;
and they could not find any fault
except that God and His messenger had
enriched them from His bounty. If they
repent it is better for them, and if they
turn away, then God will punish them
severely in this world and the next. They
will not have on earth any ally or supporter.
9:75 Some of them pledged to God: "If He
gives us from His bounty, then we will acknowledge and we will be amongst the reformed."
9:76 Yet when He gave them of His bounty,
they became stingy with it, and they
turned away in aversion.
9:77 Thus, they ended up with hypocrisy in hearts until the day they meet Him; that
is for breaking what they promised to
God, and for what they were lying.
9:78 Did they not know that God knows their secrets, their conspiracies, and that God
is the knower of all the unseen?
9:79 God mocks those who criticize the generous acknowledgers for giving too
much; and disdain those who do not
have anything to give but their effort,
God disdains them, and they will have a
painful retribution.
9:80 Whether you seek forgiveness for them, or do not seek forgiveness for them. If
you seek forgiveness for them seventy
times, God will not forgive them. That is because they have rejected God and His messenger; and God does not guide the wicked people.
9:81 Those who were left behind rejoiced their staying behind God's messenger, and they disliked to strive with their wealth and lives in the cause of God. They said, "Do not march out in the heat." Say, "The fire of hell is far hotter." If they could only understand!
9:82 Let them laugh a little, and cry a lot, as a recompense for what they had earned.
9:83 If God returns you to a group of them, and they ask your permission to come
with you, then say, "You will not come