Sura III (3)
The Family of Iman
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Elif.
Lam. Mim.
God!
there is no god but He, the Living, the Merciful!
In
truth hath He sent down to thee "the Book," which confirmeth those
which precede it: For He had sent down the
Law, and the Evangel aforetime, as man's Guidance; and now hath He sent down
the "Illumination." (Furkan.)
Verily
for those who believe not in the signs of God, is a severe chastisement! And
God is Mighty, the Avenger!
God!
nought that is in Earth or that is in Heaven, is hidden unto Him. He it is who
formeth you in your mothers' wombs. There is no god but He; the Mighty, the
Wise!
He it
is who hath sent down to thee "the Book." Some of its signs are of
themselves perspicuous; -- these are the basis of the Book -- and others are
figurative. But they whose hearts are given to err, follow its figures, craving
discord, craving an interpretation; yet none knoweth its interpretation but
God. And the stable in knowledge say, "We believe in it: it is all from our Lord." But none will bear
this in mind, save men endued with understanding.
O our
Lord! suffer not our hearts to go astray after that thou hast once guided us,
and give us mercy from before thee; for verily thou art He who giveth.
O our
Lord! For the day of whose coming there is not a doubt, thou wilt surely gather
mankind together. Verily, God will not fail the promise.
As for
the infidels, their wealth, and their children, shall avail them nothing
against God. They shall be fuel for the fire.
After
the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those who went before them, they
treated our signs as falsehoods. Therefore God laid hold of them in their sins;
and God is severe in punishing!
3:10 Say to the infidels: you shall be worsted, and to Hell shall you be
gathered together; and wretched the couch!
You
have already had a sign in the meeting of the two hosts. The one host fought in
the cause of God, and the other was infidel. To their own eyesight, the
infidels saw you twice as many as themselves:
And God aided with his succour whom He would:
And in this truly was a lesson for men endued with discernment.
Fair-seeming
to men is the love of pleasures from women and children, and the treasured
treasures of God and silver, and horses of mark, and flocks, and cornfields!
Such the enjoyment of this world's life. But God! goodly the home with Him.
Say: Shall I tell you of better things than these,
prepared for those who fear God, in His presence? Theirs shall be gardens,
beneath whose pavilions the rivers flow, and in which shall they abide for aye: and wives of stainless purity, and acceptance with
God: for God regardeth his servants --
Who
say, "O our Lord! we have indeed believed; pardon us our sins, and keep us
from the torment of the fire;" --
The
patient, and the truthful, the lowly, and the charitable, and they who seek
pardon at each daybreak.
God
witnesseth that there is no god but He: and
the angels, and mean endued with knowledge, stablished in righteousness,
proclaim "There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise!"
The
true religion with God is Islam: and they to
whom the Scriptures had been given, differed not till after "the
knowledge" had come to them, and through mutual jealousy. But as for him
who shall not believe in the signs of God -- God will be prompt to reckon with
him!
If
they shall dispute with thee, then Say: I have
surrendered myself to God, as have they who follow me.
Say to
those who have received the Book, and to the common folk, Do you surrender
yourselves unto God? If they become Muslims, then are they guided aright: but if they turn away -- thy duty is only
preaching; and God's eye is on His servants.
3:20 But to those who believe not in the
signs of God, and unjustly slay the prophets, and slay those men who enjoin
uprightness, -- announce an afflictive chastisement.
These
are they whose works come to nought in this world, and in the next; and none
shall they have to help them!
Hast
thou not marked those who have received a portion of the Scriptures, when they
are summoned to the Book of God, that it may settle their differences? Then did
a part of them turn back, and withdrew far off.
This
-- because they said, "The fire shall by no means touch us, but for
certain days:" -- Their own devices have
deceived them in their religion.
But
how, when we shall assemble them together for the day of (which) whose coming
there is no doubt, and when every soul shall be paid what it hath earned, and
they shall not be wronged?
Say: O God, possessor of all power, thou givest power
to whom thou wilt, and whom thou wilt thou dost abase! In thy hand is good; for
thou art over all thing potent.
Thou
causest the night to pass into the day, and thou causest the day to pass into
the night. Thou bringest the living out of the dead, and thou bringest the dead
out of the living; and thou givest sustenance to whom thou wilt, without
measure.
Let
not believers take infidels for their friends rather than believers: whoso shall do this hath nothing to hope from God
-- unless, indeed, you fear a fear from them:
But God would have you beware of Himself: for
to God you return. Say: Whether you hide what
is in your breasts, or whether you publish it abroad, God knoweth it: He knoweth what is in the heavens and what is in
the earth; and over all things is God potent.
On
that day shall every soul find present to it, whatever it hath wrought of good: and as to what it hath wrought of evil, it will
wish that wide were the space between itself and it! But God would have you
beware of Himself; for God is kind to His servants.
Say: If you love God, then follow me: God will love you, and forgive your sins, for God
is Forgiving, Merciful. Say: Obey God and the
Apostle; but if you turn away, then verily, God loveth not the unbelievers.
3:30 Verily above all human beings did God
choose Adam, and Noah, and the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran, the
one the posterity of the other: And God
Heareth, Knoweth.
Remember
when the wife of Imran said, "O my Lord! I vow to thee what is in my womb,
for thy special service. Accept it from me, for thou Hearest, Knowest!"
And when she had given birth to it, she said, "O my Lord! Verily I have
brought forth a female," -- God knew what she had brought forth; a male is
not as a female -- "and I have named her Mary, and I take refuge with thee
for her and for her offspring, from Satan the stoned."
So
with goodly acceptance did her Lord accept her, and with goodly growth did he
make her grow. Zacharias reared her. So oft as Zacharias went in to Mary at the
sanctuary, he found her supplied with food. "Oh, Mary!" said he,
"whence hast thou this?" She said, "It is from God; for God
supplieth whom He will, without reckoning!"
There
did Zacharias call upon his Lord: "O my
Lord!" said he, "vouchsafe me from thyself good descendants, for thou
art the hearer of prayer." Then did the angels call to him, as he stood
praying in the sanctuary.:
"God
announceth John (Yahia) to thee, who shall be a verifier of the word from God,
and a greater one, chaste, and a prophet of the number of the just."
He
said, "O my Lord! how shall I have a son, now that old age hath come upon
me, and my wife is barren?" He said, "Thus will God do His
pleasure."
He
said, "Lord! give me a token." He said, "Thy token shall be,
that for three days thou shalt speak to no man but by signs: But remember thy Lord often, and praise him at
even and at morn:"
And
remember when the angels said, "O Mary! verily hath God chosen thee, and
purified thee, and chosen thee above the women of the worlds!
O Mary!
be devout towards thy Lord, and prostrate thyself, and bow down with those who
bow."
This
is one of the announcements of things unseen by thee:
To thee, O Muhammad! do we reveal it; for thou wast not with them when they
cast lots with reeds which of them should rear Mary; nor wast thou with them
when they disputed about it.
3:40 Remember when the angel said, "O
Mary! Verily God announceth to thee the Word from Him:
His name shall be, Messiah Jesus the son of Mary, illustrious in this world,
and in the next, and one of those who have near access to God;
And He
shall speak to men alike when in the cradle and when grown up; And he shall be
one of the just."
She
said, "How, O my Lord! shall I have a son, when man hath not touched
me?" He said, "Thus: God will create
why He will; When He decreeth a thing, He only saith, 'Be,' and it is."
And he
will teach him the Book, and the Wisdom, and the Law, and the Evangel; and he
shall be an apostle to the children of
And I
have come to attest the law which was before me; and to allow you part of that
which had been forbidden you; and I come to you with a sign from your Lord: Fear God, then, and obey me; of a truth God is my
Lord, and your Lord; Therefore worship Him. This is a right way."
And
when Jesus perceived unbelief on their part, He said, "Who my helpers with
God?" The apostles said, "We will be God's helpers! We believe in
God, and bear thou witness that we are Muslims.
O our
Lord! we believe in what thou hast sent down, and we follow the apostle; write
us up, then, with those who bear witness to him."
And
the Jews plotted, and God plotted: But of
those who plot is God the best.
Remember
when God said, "O Jesus! verily I will cause thee to die, and will take
thee up to myself and deliver thee from those who believe not; and I will place
those who follow thee above those who believe not, until the day of
resurrection. Then, to me is your return, and wherein you differ will I decide
between you.
And as
to those who believe not, I will chastise them with a terrible chastisement in
this world and in the next; and none shall they have to help them."
3:50 But as to those who believe, and do
the things that are right, He will pay them their recompense. God loveth not
the doers of evil.
These
signs, and this wise warning do we rehearse to thee.
Verily,
Jesus is as Adam in the sight of God. He created him of dust: He then said to him, "Be" -- and he was.
The
truth from thy Lord! Be not thou, therefore, of those who doubt.
As for
those who dispute with thee about Him, after "the knowledge" hath
come to thee, Say: Come, let us summon our
sons and your sons, our wives and your wives, and ourselves and yourselves.
Then will we invoke and lay the malison of God on those that lie!
This
recital is very truth, and there is no god but God; and verily God is the
Mighty, the Wise.
But if
they turn away, then verily God hath knowledge of the corrupt doers.
Say: O people of the Book! come you to a just judgment
between us and you -- That we worship not aught but God, and that we join no
other god with Him, and that the one of us take not the other for lords, beside
God. Then if they turn their backs, Say: Bear
you witness that we are Muslims.
O
people of the Book! Why dispute about Abraham, when the Law and the Evangel
were not sent down till after him? Do you not then understand?
Lo!
you are they who dispute about that in which you have knowledge; but why
dispute about that of which you have no knowledge? God hath knowledge, but you
know nothing.
3:60 Abraham was neither Jew nor Christian;
but he was sound in the faith, a Muslim; and not of those who add gods to God.
They
among men, who are nearest of kin to Abraham, are surely those who follow him,
and this prophet Muhammad, and they who believe on him. And God is the
protector of the faithful.
A
party among the people of the Book would fain mislead you: but they only mislead themselves, and perceive it
not.
O
people of the Book! why clothe you the truth with falsehood? Why wittingly hide
the truth?
Others
of the people of the Book say: "Believe
in what hath been sent down to the believers, at daybreak, and deny it at its
close" -- Thus do they go back --
"And
believe in those only who follow your Religion" Say: True guidance is guidance from God -- that to others may be
imparted the like of what hath been imparted to you. Will they wrangle then
with you in the presence of their Lord? Say:
Plenteous gifts are in the hands of God: He
imparteth them unto whom He will, and God is Bounteous, Wise.
He
will vouchsafe His mercy to whom He will, for God is of great bounteousness.
Among
the people of the Book are some, to one of whom if thou entrust a thousand
dinars, he will restore them to thee: And
there is of them to whom if thou entrust a dinar, he will not restore it to
thee, unless thou be ever instant with him.
This
-- because they say, "We are not bound to keep faith with the ignorant
(Pagan) folk, and they utter a lie against God, and know they do so;"
3:70 But whoso is true to his engagement,
and feareth God, -- verily God loveth those that fear Him.
Verily
they who barter their engagement with God, and their oaths, for some paltry
price -- These! no portion for them in the world to come! and God will not
speak to them, and will not look on them, on the day of resurrection, and will
not assoil them! for them, a grievous chastisement!
And some
truly are there among them who torture the Scriptures with their tongues, in
order that you may suppose it to be from the Scripture, yet it is not from the
Scripture. And they say, "This is from God;" yet it is not from God: and they utter a lie against God, and they know
they do so.
It
beseemeth not a man, that God should give him the Scriptures and the Wisdom,
and the gift of prophecy, and that then he should say to his followers,
"Be you worshippers of me, as well as of God;" but rather, "Be
you perfect in things pertaining to God, since you know the Scriptures, and
have studied deep."
God
doth not command you to take the angels or the prophets as lord. What! would he
command you to become infidels after you have been Muslims?
When
God entered into covenant with the prophets, he said, "This is the Book
and the Wisdom which I give you. Hereafter shall a prophet come unto you to
confirm the Scriptures already with you. You shall surely believe on him, and
you shall surely aid him. Are you resolved?" said he, "and do you
accept the covenant on these terms?" They said, "We are
resolved;" "Be you then the witnesses," said he, "and I
will be a witness as well as you.
And
whoever turneth back after this, these are surely the perverse."
Other
religion than that of God desire they? To him doth everything that is in the
Heavens and in the Earth submit, in willing or forced obedience! and to Him do
they return.
Say: We believe in God, and in what hath been sent down
to us, and what hath been sent down to Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and
Jacob, and the tribes, and in what was given to Moses, and Jesus, and the
Prophets, from their Lord. We make no difference between them. And to Him are
we resigned (Muslims).
Whoso
desireth any other religion than Islam, that religion shall never be accepted
from him, and in the next world he shall be among the lost.
3:80 How shall God guide a people who,
after they had believed and bore witness that the apostle was true, and after
that clear proofs of his mission had reached them, disbelieved? God guideth not
the people who transgress.
These!
their recompense, that the curse of God, and of angels, and of all men, is on
them!
Under
it shall they abide for ever; their torment shall not be assuaged! nor shall
God even look upon them! --
Save
those who after this repent and amend; for verily God is Gracious, Merciful!
As for
those who become infidels, after having believed, and then increase their
infidelity -- their repentance shall never be accepted. These! they are the erring
ones.
As for
those who are infidels, and die infidels, from no one of them shall as much
gold as the earth could contain be accepted, though he should offer it in
ransom. These! a grievous punishment awaiteth them; and they shall have none to
help them.
You
shall never attain to goodness till you give alms of that which you love; and
whatever you give, of a truth God knoweth.
All
food was allowed to the children of Israel, except what Jacob forbad himself,
ere the law was sent down; Say: Bring you then
the law and read it, if you be men of truth.
And
whoso after this inventeth the lie about God:
-- These are evil doers.
Say: God speaketh truth. Follow, therefore, the
religion of Abraham, the sound in faith, who was not one of those who joined
other gods to God.
3:90 The first temple that was founded for
mankind, was that in Becca, -- Blessed, and guidance to human beings.
In it
are evident signs, even the standing-place of Abraham:
and he who entereth it is safe. And the pilgrimage to the temple, is a service
due to God from those who are able to journey thither.
And as
to them who believeth not -- verily God can afford to dispense with all
creatures!
Say: O people of the Book! why disbelieve you the signs
of God? But God is witness of your doings.
Say: O people of the Book! why repel believers from the
way of God? You fain would make it crooked, and yet you are its witnesses! But
God is not regardless of what you do.
O
believers! if you obey some amongst those who have received the Scripture, after
your very Faith will they make you infidels!
But
how can you become infidels, when the signs of God are recited to you, and his
prophet is among you? Whoever holdest fast by God, is already guided to a
straight path.
O you
believers! fear God as He deserveth to be feared! and die not till you have
become Muslims.
And
hold you fast by the cord of God, all of you, and break not loose from it; and
remember God's goodness towards you, how that when you were enemies, He united
your hearts, and by his favour you became brethren;
And
when you were on the brink of the pit of fire, he drew you back from it. Thus
God clearly sheweth you his signs that you may be guided;
3:100 And that there may be among you a
people who invite to the Good, and enjoin the Just, and forbid the Wrong. These
are they with whom it shall be well.
And be
you not like those who have formed divisions, and fallen to variance after the
clear proofs have come to them. These! a terrible chastisement doth await them,
On the
day when faces shall turn white, and faces shall turn black! And as to those
whose faces shall have turned black "....What! after your belief have you
become infidels? Taste then the chastisement, for that you have been
unbelievers."
And as
to those whose faces shall have become white, they shall be within the mercy of
God: therein shall they abide for ever.
These
are the signs of God: we recite them to thee
in truth: And God willeth not injustice to
mankind.
Whatever
is in the Heavens, and whatever is on the Earth, is God's. And to God shall all
things return.
You
are the best folk that hath been raised up unto mankind. You enjoin the Just,
and you forbid the Evil, and you believe in God:
And if the people of the Book had believed, it had surely been better for them!
Believers there are among them, but most of them are perverse.
They
will never inflict on you but a trifling damage; and if they do battle with
you, they shall turn their backs to you: then
they shall not be succoured.
Shame
shall be stamped upon them wherever found, unless they ally them with God and
men! And the wrath of God will they incur, and poverty shall be stamped upon
them! This -- for that they believed not in the signs of God, and slew the
prophets unjustly: This -- because they
rebelled, and became transgressors.
Yet
all are not alike: Among the people of the
Book is an upright folk, who recite the signs of God in the night-season, and
adore:
3:110 They believe in God and in the latter
day, and enjoin justice, and forbid evil, and speed on in good works. These are
of the righteous.
And of
whatever good you do, you shall not be denied the meed. God knoweth those who
fear Him.
But as
for the infidels, their wealth, and their children shall avail them nothing
against God. They shall be the inmates of the fire, to abide therein eternally.
The
alms which they bestow in this present life, are like a freezing wind, which
falleth upon and destroyeth the cornfields of a people who have been to
themselves unjust. God doeth them to injustice, to to themselves are they
unjust.
O you
who have believed! form not intimacies among others than yourselves. They will
not fail to corrupt you. They long for your ruin. Hatred hath already shewn
itself out of their mouths, but more grievous is what their breasts conceal.
The tokens thereof we have already made plain to you, if you will comprehend.
See
now! you love them, but they love not you. You believe the entire Book. And
when they meet you, they say, "We believe;" but when they are apart,
they bite their fingers' ends at you, out of wrath. Say:
"Die in your wrath!" God truly knoweth the very recesses of your
breasts.
If
good befalleth you it grieveth them, and when ill lighteth on you, they rejoice
in it. But if you be steadfast and fear God, their craft shall in no way harm
you. For God is round about their doings.
And
remember when thou didst leave thy household at early morn, that thou mightest
prepare the faithful a camp for the war; -- God heard, knew it --
When
two troops of you became full of anxious thoughts, and lost heart, and when God
became the protector of both! In God, then, let the faithful trust.
God
had already succoured you at Bedr, when you were the weaker! Fear God,. then,
that you may be thankful.
3:120 Then thou didst say to the faithful,
"is it not enough for you that your Lord aideth you with three thousand
angels sent down from on high?"
Aye: but if you be steadfast and fear God, and the foe
come upon you in hot haste, your Lord will help you with five thousand angels
in their cognisances!
This,
as pure good tidings for you, did God appoint, that your hearts might be
assured -- for only from God, the Mighty, the Wise, cometh the Victory - and
that He might cut off the uttermost part of those who believed not, or cast
them down so that they should be overthrown, defeated without resource.
It is
none of thy concern whether He be turned unto them in kindness or chastise them: for verily they are wrongful doers.
Whatever
is in the Heavens and the Earth is God's! He forgiveth whom He will, and whom
He will, chastiseth: for God is Forgiving,
Merciful.
O you
who believe! devour not usury, doubling it again and again! But fear God, that
you may prosper.
And
fear the fire which is prepared for them that believe not; and obey God and the
apostle, that you may find mercy:
And
vie in haste for pardon from your Lord, and a
Who
give alms, alike in prosperity and in success, and who master their anger, and
forgive others! God loveth the doers of good.
They
who, after they have done a base deed or committed a wrong against their own
selves, remember God and implore forgiveness of their sins -- and who will
forgive sins but God only? -- persevere not in what they have wittingly done
amiss.
3:130 As for these! Pardon from their Lord
shall be their recompense, and gardens 'neath which the rivers flow; for ever
shall they abide therein: And goodly the
reward of those who labour!
Already,
before your time, have examples been made! Traverse the earth, then, and see
what hath been the end of those who treat prophets as liars.
This
Koran is a manifest to man, and a guidance, and a warning to the God-fearing!
And be
not fainthearted, and be not sorrowful: For
you shall gain the upper hand if you be believers.
If a
wound hath befallen you, a wound like it hath already befallen others: we alternate these days of successes and reverses
among men, that God may know those who have believed, and that He may take
martyrs from among you, - but God loveth not the wrongful doers --
And
that God may test those who believe, and destroy the infidels.
Thought
you that you should enter
You
had desired death ere you met it. But you have now seen it -- and you have
beheld it -- and fled from it!
Muhammad
is no more than an apostle; other apostles have already passed away before him: if he die, therefore, or be slain, will you turn
on your heels? But he who turneth on his heels shall not injure God at all: And God will certainly reward the thankful!
No one
can die except by God's permission, according to the Book that fixeth the term
of life. He who desireth the recompense of this world, we will give him
thereof; And he who desireth the recompense of the next life, we will give him
thereof! And we will certainly reward the thankful.
3:140 How many a prophet hath combated those
who had with them many myriads! Yet were they not daunted at what befel them on
the path of God, nor were they weakened, nor did they basely submit! God loveth
those who endure with steadfastness.
Nor
said they more than this: "O our Lord!
forgive us our sins and our mistakes in this our work; and set our feet firm;
and help us against the unbelieving people." And God gave them the
recompense of this world, and the excellence of the recompense of the next. For
God loveth the doers of what is excellent.
O you
who have believed! if you obey the infidels, they will cause you to turn upon
your heels, and you will fall back into perdition:
But
God is your liege lord, and He is the best of helpers.
We
will cast a dread into hearts of the infidels because they have joined gods
with God without warranty sent down; their abode shall be the fire; and
wretched shall be the mansion of the evil doers.
Already
had God made good to you His promise, when by His permission you destroyed your
foes, until your courage failed you, and you disputed about the order, and
disobeyed, after that the Prophet had brought you within view of that for which
you longed.
Some
of you were for this world, and some for the next. Then, in order to make trial
of you, He turned you to flight from them, -- yet hath He now forgiven you; for
all-bounteous is God to the faithful --
When
you came up the height and took no heed of any one, while the Prophet in your
rear was calling you to the fight! God hath rewarded you with trouble upon
trouble, that you might learn not to be chagrined at your loss of booty, or at
what befel you! God is acquainted with your actions.
Then
after the trouble God sent down security upon you. Slumber fell upon a part of
you: as to the other part -- their own
passions stirred them up to think unjustly of God with thoughts of ignorance!
They said -- What gain we by this affair? Say:
Verily the affair resteth wholly with God. They hid in their minds what they
did not speak out to thee, saying, "Were we to have gained aught in this
affair, none of us had been slain at this place." Say: Had you remained in your homes, they who were
decreed to be slain would have gone forth to the places where they lie: -- in order that God might make trial of what was
in your breasts, and might discover what was in your hearts, for God knoweth the
very secrets of the breast.
Of a
truth it was Satan alone who caused those of you to fail in duty who turned
back on the day when the hosts met, for some of their doings! But now hath God
pardoned them; For God is Forgiving, Gracious.
3:150 O you who believe! be not like the
infidels, who said of their brethren when they had travelled by land or had
gone forth to war, "Had they kept with us, they had not died, and had not
been slain!"| God purposed that this affair should cause them heart sorrow!
God maketh alive and killeth; and God beholdeth your actions.
And if
you shall be slain or die on the path of God, then pardon from God and mercy is
better than all your amassings;
For if
you die or be slain, verily unto God shall you be gathered.
Of the
mercy of God thou hast spoken to them in gentle terms. Hadst thou been severe
and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from thee. Therefore, forgive
and ask for pardon for them, and consult them in the affair of warn, and when
thou art resolved, then put thou thy trust in God, for God loveth those who
trust in Him.
If God
help you, none shall overcome you; but if He abandon you, who is he that shall
help you when He is gone? In God, then, let the faithful trust.
It is
not the Prophet who will defraud you; -- But he who shall defraud, shall come
forth with his defraudings on the day of the resurrection: then shall every soul be paid what it hath
merited, and they shall not be treated with injustice.
Shall
he who hath followed the good pleasure of God be as he who hath brought on
himself wrath from God, and whose abode shall be Hell? and wretched the journey
thither!
There
are varying grades with God: and God beholdeth
what you do.
Now
hath God been gracious to the faithful, when he raised up among them an apostle
out of their own people, to rehearse unto them his signs, and to cleanse them,
and to give them knowledge of the Book and of Wisdom:
for before they were in manifest error.
When a
reverse hath befallen you, the like of which you had before inflicted, say you,
"Whence is this?" Say: It is from
yourselves. For God hath power over all things.
3:160 And that which befel you on the day
when the armies met, was certainly by the will of God, and that he might know
the faithful, and that he might know the hypocrites! And when the word was
"Advance, fight on the path of God, or drive back the foe," -- they
said "Had we known how to fight, we would have followed you." Nearer
were some of them on that day to unbelief than to faith:
They
said with their lips what was not in their hearts! But God knew what they
concealed,
Who
said of their brethren while themselves sat at home, "Had they obeyed us,
they had not been slain." Say: Keep back
death from yourselves if you speak truth.
And
repute not those slain on God's path to be dead. Nay, alive with their Lord,
are they richly sustained;
Rejoicing
in what God of his bounty hath vourchsafed them, filled with joy for those who
follow after them, but have not yet overtaken them, that on them nor fear shall
come, nor grief;
Filled
with joy at the favours of God, and at his bounty:
and that God suffereth not the reward of the faithful to perish.
As to
those who after the reverse which befel them, respond to God and the Apostle --
such of them as do good works and fear God, shall have a great reward:
Who,
when men said to them, "Now are the Meccans mustering against you;
therefore fear them!" it only increased their faith, and they said,
"Our sufficiency is God, and He is an excellent protector."
They
returned, therefore, with the favour of God, enriched by Him, and untouched by
harm; and they followed what was well pleasing to God. And God is of great
Munificence.
Only
would that Satan instill the fear of his adherents:
Fear them not, but fear me if you are believers.
3:170 Let not those who view in haste after
infidelity grieve thee: Verily not one whit
shall they injure God! God will refuse them all part in the life to come: a severe chastisement shall be their lot.
They
truly who purchase infidelity at the price of their faith, shall not injure God
on whit! and a grievous chastisement shall be their lot.
Let
not the infidels deem that the length of days we give them is good for them! We
only give them length of days that they may increase their sins! and a shameful
chastisement shall be their lot.
It is
not in God to leave the faithful in the state in which they are, until he sever
the bad from the good:
Nor is
God minded to lay open the secret things to you, but God chooseth whom he will
of his apostles to know them. Believe, therefore, in God and his apostles: and if you believe and fear God, a great reward
awaited you.
And
let not those who are niggard of what God hath vouchsafed them in his bounty,
think that this will be good for them -- Nay, it will be bad for them --
That
of which they have been niggard shall be their collar on the day of the
resurrection. God's, the heritage of the Heavens and of the Earth! And God is
well-informed of all you do.
Now
hath God heard the saying of those who said:
"Aye, God is poor and we are rich." We will surely write down their
sayings, and their unjust slaughter of the prophets; and we will say,
"Taste you the torment of the burning.
This,
for what your hands have sent before you; and because God will not inflict a
wrong upon his servants!:
To
those who say, "Verily, God hath enjoined us that we are not to credit an
apostle until he present us a sacrifice which fire out of Heaven shall
devour,"
3:180 Say:
Already have apostles before me come to you with miracles, and with that of
which you speak. Wherefore slew you them? Tell me, if you are men of truth.
And if
they treat thee as a liar, then verily apostles have been treated as liars
before thee, though they came with clear proofs of their mission, and with Scriptures,
and with the light-giving Book.
Every
soul shall taste of death: and you shall only
receive your recompenses on the day of resurrection. And whoso shall scape the
fire, and be brought into
You
shall assuredly be tried in your possessions and in yourselves. And many
hurtful things shall you assuredly hear from those to whom the Scriptures were
given before you, and from those who join other gods with God. But if you be
steadfast, and fear God -- this verily is needed in the affairs of life.
Moreover,
when God entered into a covenant with those to whom the Scriptures had been
given, and said, "You shall surely make it known to mankind and not hide
it," they cast it behind their backs, and sold it for a sorry price! But
vile is that for which they have sold it.
Suppose
not that they who rejoice in what they have brought to pass, and love to be
praised for what they have not done -- suppose not they shall escape the chastisement.
And afflictive chastisement doth await them,
For
the Kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth is God's, and God hath power over all
things.
Verily,
in the creation of the Heavens and of the Earth, and in the succession of the
night and of the day, are signs for men of understanding heart;
Who
standing, and sitting, and reclining, bear God in mind, and muse on the
creation of the Heavens and of the Earth. "O our Lord!" say they,
"thou hast not created this in vain. No. Glory be to Thee! Keep us, then,
from the torment of the fire.
O our
Lord! surely thou wilt put him to shame whom thou shalt cause to enter into the
Fire, and the wrong-doers shall have none to help them.
3:190 O our Lord! we have indeed heard the
voice of one that called. He called us to the faith -- 'Believe you on your
Lord' -- and we have believed.
O our
Lord! forgive us then our sin, and hide away from us our evil deeds, and cause
us to die with the righteous.
O our
Lord! and give us what thou has promised us by thine apostles, and put us not
to shame on the day of the resurrection. Verily, Thou wilt not fail thy
promise."
And
their Lord answereth them, "I will not suffer the work of him among you
that worketh, whether of male or female, to be lost. The one of you is the
issue of the other.
And
they who have fled their country and quitted their homes and suffered in my
cause, and have fought and fallen, I will blot out their sins from them, and I
will bring them into gardens beneath which the streams do flow."
A
recompense from God! and God! with Him is the perfection of recompense!
Let
not prosperity in the land on the part of those who believe not, deceive thee.
'Tis but a brief enjoyment! Then shall Hell be their abode; and wretched the
bed!
But as
to those who fear their Lord -- for them are the gardens 'neath which the
rivers flow: therein shall they abide for aye.
Such their reception with God -- and that which is with God is best for the
righteous.
Among
the people of the Book are those who believe in God, and in what He hath sent
down to you, and in what He hath sent down to them, humbling themselves before
God. they barter not the signs of God for a mean price.
These!
their recompense awaiteth them with their Lord:
aye! God is swift to take account.
3:200 O you who believe! be patient and vie
in patience, and be firm, and fear God, that it may be well with you.