Part 1
1 The Opener -Al-Fatihah
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[1.1]
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[1.2] Praise be to Allah, Lord
of the Worlds,
[1.3] the Merciful, the Most Merciful,
[1.4] Owner of the Day
of Recompense.
[1.5] You (alone) we worship;
and You (alone) we rely for help.
[1.6] Guide us to the Straight Path,
[1.7] the Path of those upon whom You
have favored, not those upon whom is the anger, nor the astray. (Amen please
answer)
2 The Cow -Al Baqarah
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[2.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[2.2] That is the (Holy) Book,
where there is no doubt. It is a guidance for the cautious (of evil and Hell).
[2.3] Who believe in the
unseen and establish the (daily) prayer; who spend out of what We have provided
them.
[2.4] Who believe in that
which has been sent down to you (Prophet Muhammad) and what has been sent down
before you (to Prophets Jesus and Moses) and firmly believe in the Everlasting
Life.
[2.5] These are guided by
their Lord; these surely are the prosperous.
[2.6] Those who disbelieve,
whether you forewarn them or not, they will not believe.
[2.7] Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and ears;
their sight is dimmed and for them is a great punishment.
[2.8] There are some people
who say: 'We believe in Allah and the Last Day, ' yet they are not believers.
[2.9] They seek to deceive
Allah and those who believe, but they deceive none except themselves, though
they do not sense it.
[2.10] There is a sickness in
their hearts which Allah has increased. For them there is a painful punishment
because they lie.
[2.11] When it is said to
them, 'Do not corrupt in the land, ' they reply, 'We are only reformers. '
[2.12] But it is they who are the evildoers, though
they do not sense it.
[2.13] When it is said to
them: 'Believe as (other) people believe, ' they reply, 'Are we to believe as
fools believe? ' It is they who are the fools, if only
they knew!
[2.14] When they meet those
who believe, they say, 'We, too believe. ' But when
they are alone with their devils, they say to them: 'We follow none but you, we
were only mocking
[2.15] Allah will mock at them and prolong them in sin,
blundering blindly.
[2.16] Such are those who
barter away guidance for error, their trade did not profit (them), nor are they
guided.
[2.17] Their example is like
one who kindled a fire, and when it lit all around him, Allah took away their
light and left them in darkness. They could not see.
[2.18] Deaf, dumb, and blind, they shall never return.
[2.19] Or, like (those who,
under) a cloudburst from the sky with darkness, thunder and lightning, they
thrust their fingers in their ears at the sound of every thunderclap for fear
of death, and Allah encompasses the unbelievers.
[2.20] The lightning almost snatches away their sight,
whenever it flashes upon them they walk on, but as soon as it darkens they
stand still. Indeed, if Allah willed, He could take away their sight and
hearing. Allah has power over all things.
[2.21] O people, worship your Lord who has created you
and those who have gone before you, so that you will be cautious.
[2.22] Who has made the earth
a bed for you and the sky a dome, and has sent down water from the sky to bring
forth fruits for your provision. Do not knowingly set up rivals to Allah.
[2.23] If you are in doubt of
what We have sent down to Our worshiper (Prophet Muhammad), produce a chapter
comparable to it. Call upon your helpers, other than Allah, to assist you, if
you are true.
[2.24] But if you fail, as you are sure to fail, then
guard yourselves against the Fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for
the unbelievers.
[2.25] Bear glad tidings
to those who believe and do good works. They shall live in
Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are given fruit as
provision they will say: 'This is what we were given before, ' for they shall
be given in resemblance. Therein they shall have pure spouses, and shall live
there for ever.
[2.26] Allah is not shy to strike a parable whatsoever
a gnat or larger. Those who believe know that it is the truth from their Lord.
As for those who disbelieve they ask: 'What could Allah mean by this parable?
By it, Allah misleads many and guides many. ' But He
misleads none except the evildoers,
[2.27] who break the
covenant of Allah after accepting it and sever what Allah has bidden to be
joined and corrupt in the land. These are the losers.
[2.28] How can you disbelieve
Allah? Did He not give you life when you were dead, and He will cause you to
die and then restore you to life. Then you will return
to Him.
[2.29] He created for you all that is in the earth,
then, He willed to the heaven, and leveled them seven heavens. He has knowledge
of all things.
[2.30] When your Lord said to
the angels: 'I am placing on the earth a caliph, ' they replied: 'Will You put
there who corrupts and sheds blood, when we exalt Your praises and sanctify
You? ' He said: 'I know what you do not know. '
[2.31] He taught Adam (father of humans) the names all
of them and then presented them to the angels, saying: 'Tell Me the names of these,
if you are truthful. '
[2.32] 'Exaltations to You, ' they replied, 'we have no
knowledge except that which You have taught us. You
are indeed the Knowing, the Wise. '
[2.33] Then He said to Adam: 'Tell them their names. ' And when Adam had named them, He said: 'Did I not tell you
that I know the unseen of the heavens and earth, and all that you reveal and
all that you hide! '
[2.34] And when We said to the
angels: 'Prostrate (to Me) yourselves towards Adam, ' they all prostrated
themselves except iblis (satan, father of the jinn), who, in his pride refused
and became an unbeliever.
[2.35] To Adam We said: 'Dwell
with your wife in
[2.36] But satan made them slip therefrom and caused
them to depart from that in which they had been. 'Go down, ' We said, 'be
enemies to each other. The earth will provide your dwelling place an enjoyment for
a while. '
[2.37] Then Adam received Words from his Lord, and his
Lord relented towards him. He is the Receiver of Repentance, the Merciful.
[2.38] 'Go down, all together, ' We said, 'so if a
guidance shall come to you from Me, whosoever follows My guidance no fear shall
be on them, neither shall they be saddened.
[2.
39] But those who disbelieve and belie Our
verses shall be the companions of the Fire, and there they shall live for ever.
'
[2.40] 'Children of
[2.41] And believe in what I have sent down confirming
what is with you, and do not be the first to disbelieve it. Do not sell My
verses for a little price and fear Me.
[2.42] Do not confound truth with falsehood, nor
knowingly hide the truth while you know.
[2.43] Establish your prayers, pay the obligatory
charity, and bow with those who bow.
[2.44] Would you order righteousness on others and
forget it yourselves? Yet you recite the Book, have you no sense?
[2.45] And seek help in patience and prayer. For it is
heavy, except to the humble,
[2.46] who reckon that they will meet their Lord and
that to Him they will return.
[2.47] Children of
[2.48] Guard yourselves against the Day when no soul
can avail a thing to another, when neither intercession nor ransom shall be
accepted from it, nor will they be helped.
[2.49] (Remember) how We saved you from Pharaoh's
people who had oppressed you cruelly, slaying your sons and sparing your women.
Surely, that was a great trial from your Lord.
[2.50] We parted the sea for you, and, taking you to
safety, drowned the family of Pharaoh before your eyes.
[2.51] We appointed for Moses forty nights, but in his
absence you took the calf, thereby committing harm.
[2.52] Yet after that We pardoned you, so that you
might give thanks.
[2.53] And when We gave Moses the Book and the
Criterion, so that you might be guided;
[2.54] and when Moses said to his nation: 'My nation,
you have harmed yourselves by taking the calf (to worship). So turn in repentance
to your Creator and slay yourselves. That will be best for you with your
Creator. ' And He shall accept you. He is the Receiver of Repentance, the
Merciful.
[2.55] And when you said to Moses: 'We will not believe
in you until we see Allah openly, ' a thunderbolt struck you whilst you were
looking.
[2.56] Then We raised you from your death, so that you
might give thanks.
[2.57] We caused the clouds to cast their shadow over
you and sent down for you manna and quails, (saying:) 'Eat of the good things
We have provided you. ' Indeed, they did not harm Us, but they harmed
themselves.
[2.58] 'Enter this village, ' We said, 'and eat
wherever you will and as much as you wish. Make your way prostrating through
the gates, saying: "Unburdening." We shall forgive you your sins and
We will increase the gooddoers. '
[2.59] But the harmdoers tampered with Our Words,
different from that said to them, and We let loose on the harmdoers a scourge
from heaven as a punishment for their debauchery.
[2.60] (Remember) when Moses prayed for water for his
nation, We said to him: 'Strike the Rock with your staff. ' Thereupon twelve
springs gushed from it, and each tribe knew their drinking place. 'Eat and
drink of that which Allah has provided and do not act evilly in the land,
corrupting. '
[2.61] 'Moses, ' you said, 'we will no longer be
patient with one type of food. Call on your Lord to bring forth for us some of
the produce of the earth, green herbs and cucumbers, corn, lentils and onions.
' 'What! ' he answered, 'Would you exchange that which is lesser for what is
better? Go down into
[2.62] Those who believe, Jews, Nazarenes and Sabaeans
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds shall be
rewarded by their Lord; they have nothing to fear nor are they saddened.
[2.63] And when We made a covenant with you and raised
the Mount above you, (saying) 'Take what We have given you forcefully and
remember what is in it, so that you will be cautious, '
[2.64] yet after that you turned away, but for the
Grace of Allah and His Mercy you would have surely been among the losers.
[2.65] You have surely known of those amongst you who
transgressed the Sabbath. We said to them: 'Be apes, despised! '
[2.66] We made it a punishment for the former times and
for the latter, an exhortation to the cautious.
[2.67] When Moses said to his nation: 'Allah commands
you to slaughter a cow, ' they replied: 'Are you taking us in mockery? ' 'I
seek protection with Allah lest I should be one of the ignorant' he said.
[2.68] 'Call on your Lord, ' they said, 'to make known
to us what she shall be. ' He said: "He says she is a cow neither old, nor
virgin, middling between both." Therefore, do as you have been ordered. '
[2.69] 'Call on your Lord, ' they said, 'to make known
to us what her color shall be. ' 'Your Lord says: "The cow is yellow, a
rich yellow pleasing to the onlookers." '
[2.70] 'Call on your Lord, ' they said, 'to make known
to us which cow she shall be; to us cows look alike. If Allah wills, we shall
be guided. '
[2.71] He replied: 'He says: "She is a cow,
neither worn out plowing the earth nor watering the field, one kept secure free
from any blemish." ' 'Now you have brought us the truth, ' they answered.
And they slaughtered her, after they had been reluctant to do so.
[2.72] And when you slew a soul and then fell out with
one another concerning it, Allah made known what you concealed.
[2.73] We said: 'Strike him with a piece of it. ' Like
this, Allah restores the dead to life and shows you His signs in order that you
will understand.
[2.74] Yet after that your hearts became as hard as
rock or even harder. Indeed among the stones are those from which rivers burst.
And others split so that water issues from them; and others crash down through
fear of Allah. Allah is not inattentive of what you do.
[2.75] Do you then hope that they will believe in you,
when some of them have already heard the Word of Allah and knowingly tampered
with it, after they understood it!
[2.76] When they meet those who believe, they say: 'We
are believers. ' But when alone, they say to their other (chiefs). 'Do you tell
to them what Allah has revealed to you so that they will dispute with you
concerning it with your Lord? Have you no sense? '
[2.77] Do they not know that Allah has knowledge of all
they hide and all that they reveal!
[2.78] And some of them are common (people) and do not
know the Book, but only wishful thoughts, and they are only doubters.
[2.79] Woe to those who write the Book with their own
hands and then say: 'This is from Allah, ' in order to gain a small price for
it. So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for their
earnings.
[2.80] They say: 'The Fire will never touch us except
for a number of days. ' Say: 'Did Allah make you such a promise for Allah never
breaks His promise or do you say about Allah what you do not know? '
[2.81] Indeed, he who earns evil and becomes engrossed
in his sin, they are the people of the Fire; in it they shall remain for ever.
[2.82] But those who believe and do good works are the
people of Paradise; for ever they shall live in it.
[2.83] (Remember) when We made a covenant with the
Children of Israel, you shall worship none except Allah. Show kindness to your
parents, to kinsmen, to the orphans, and to the needy, and speak of goodness to
people. Establish your prayers and pay the obligatory charity. But, except for
a few, you all turned your backs and gave no heed.
[2.84] And when We made a covenant with you, that you
shall not shed your blood or turn yourselves out of your dwellings, to this you
consented and bore witness.
[2.85] Yet there you are, slaying your ownselves, and
turning a number of them out of their dwellings, and helping each other against
them with sin and aggression. Although, should they come to you as captives,
you would ransom them. Surely, their expulsion was unlawful. Do you then
believe in a part of the Book and disbelieve another! What shall be the
recompense of those of you who do that, but degradation in the worldly life,
and on the Day of Resurrection to be returned to the most terrible punishment.
Allah is not inattentive of what you do.
[2.86] Such are they who buy the worldly life at the
price of the Everlasting Life. Their punishment shall not be lightened, nor
shall they be helped.
[2.87] To Moses We gave the Book and after him We sent
other Messengers. We gave (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary, veritable signs,
and supported him with the Spirit of Purity (Gabriel). Will you then become
proud whenever any Messenger comes to you with that which does not suit your
fancies, and you belied some (Prophet Jesus) and killed others!
[2.88] They say: 'Our hearts are covered. ' But Allah
has cursed them for their disbelief. Little is that they believe.
[2.89] And when a Book came to them from Allah
confirming what was with them, while before that they used to pray for victory
over the unbelievers when there came to them what they knew, they disbelieved
him. Therefore, the curse of Allah be upon the unbelievers!
[2.90] Evil is that for which they have bartered away
their souls, that they disbelieve what Allah has sent down, grudging that Allah
should send down from His bounty to whom He chooses from His worshipers! They
have incurred wrath over wrath. For the unbelievers there is a humiliating
punishment.
[2.91] When it is said to them: 'Believe in what Allah
has sent down, ' they reply: 'We believe in what was sent down to us. ' But
they disbelieve in what is sent after it, although it is the truth, confirming
their own Book. Say: 'Why, before did you kill the Prophets of Allah, if you
are believers? '
[2.92] Moses came to you with clear signs, then you
took to yourselves the calf after him and you were harmdoers. '
[2.93] When We made a covenant with you and raised the
Mount above you (saying): 'Take what We have given you forcefully and hear, '
they replied: 'We hear, but disobey. ' For their disbelief, they were made to
drink the calf into their very hearts. Say: 'Evil is your belief that orders
you to (worship the calf), if you are indeed believers. '
[2.94] Say: 'If the abode of the Everlasting Life is
with Allah for you especially, to the exclusion of all other people, then long
for death if you are truthful. '
[2.95] But they will never long for it (death), because
of what their hands forwarded; and Allah knows the harmdoers.
[2.96] Indeed, you will find them more eager than other
people for this life. And (more than) those who disbelieve. Each one of them
wishes to live a thousand years. But his prolonged life will surely not remove
him from the punishment. Allah is the Seer of what they do.
[2.97] Say: 'Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel, indeed, he
has brought it down by the permission of Allah to your heart, confirming what
was before it and a guidance and glad tidings to the believers.
[2.98] Whoever is an enemy of Allah, His Angels, His
Messengers, Gabriel, and Michael indeed Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.
'
[2.99] We have sent down to you clear verses, none will
disbelieve them except the evildoers.
[2.100] Why, whenever they make a promise do some of
them cast it aside! Most of them do not believe.
[2.101] And now that a Messenger has come to them from
Allah confirming what was with them, some of those to whom the Book was given
reject the Book of Allah behind their backs, as though they knew nothing
[2.102] and follow what the devils recited over the
Kingdom of Solomon. Solomon did not disbelieve, it is the devils who
disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was sent down upon the angels
Harut and Marut in Babylon. They did not teach anyone, until both had said: 'We
have been sent as a trial; do not disbelieve. ' From them they learned how they
might separate a husband and his wife. However, they did not harm anyone with
it, except by the permission of Allah. Indeed, they learned what harms them and
does not profit them, yet they knew that anyone who buys it would have no share
in the Everlasting Life. Evil is that for which they have sold their souls, if
they but knew!
[2.103] Had they believed and were cautious, far better
for them would be the reward from Allah, if they but knew.
[2.104] 'Believers, do not say 'Observe us (Ra'ina, in
Hebrew means evil) ', but instead say: "Look after us (Undhurna), and
listen' for the unbelievers is a painful punishment.
[2.105] The unbelievers among the People of the Book
(Jews and Nazarenes) and the idolaters resent that any good should have been
sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah chooses whom He will for His Mercy.
And Allah is of great bounty.
[2.106] If We supersede any verse or cause it to be
forgotten, We bring a better one or one similar. Do you not know that Allah has
power over all things!
[2.107] Do you not know that it is to Allah that the
Kingdom of the heavens and the earth belong, and that there is none, other than
Him, to protect or help you!
[2.108] Would you rather demand of your Messenger that
which was once demanded of Moses! He who exchanges belief for disbelief has
surely strayed from the Right Path.
[2.109] Many of the People of the Book wish they might
turn you back as unbelievers after you have believed, in envy of their souls,
after the truth has been clarified to them. So pardon and forgive until Allah
brings His command. Allah is Powerful over everything.
[2.110] Establish your prayers and pay the obligatory
charity. Whatever good you shall forward for your soul you shall find it with
Allah. He is the Seer of what you do.
[2.111] They say: 'None but Jews and Nazarenes shall be
admitted to Paradise. ' Such are their wishful fancies. Say: 'Bring us your
proof, if what you say is true. '
[2.112] Indeed, whoever submits his face to Allah and
does good works shall be rewarded by his Lord; there they shall have nothing to
fear nor shall they be saddened.
[2.113] The Jews say the Nazarenes are not on anything,
and the Nazarenes say it is the Jews who are not on anything. Yet they both
read the Book. And those who do not know say like their saying. Allah will
judge between them their disputes on the Day of Resurrection.
[2.114] Who does greater harm than he who prevents His
Name to be remembered in the Mosques of Allah and strives to destroy them?
Those, they will not enter them except in fear. And for them shame in this
world and a great punishment in the next.
[2.115] To Allah belong the east and the west.
Whichever way you turn, there is the Face of Allah. He is the Embracer, the
Knower.
[2.116] They say: 'Allah has taken (to Himself) a son.
' Exaltations to Him (Allah). For Him is what is in the heavens and the earth,
all are obedient to Him.
[2.117] Creator of the heavens and the earth! When He
decrees a thing, He only says: 'Be, ' and it is.
[2.118] And those who do not know say: 'Why does not
Allah speak to us or a sign come to us? ' Likewise, those who were before them
said similar to their saying. Their hearts are alike. Indeed, We have clarified
the signs to a nation who are certain.
[2.119] We have sent you (Prophet Muhammad) forth with
the truth, a giver of glad tidings and a giver of warning. You shall not be
questioned about the companions of Hell.
[2.120] You will please neither the Jews nor the
Nazarenes unless you follow their creed. Say: 'The guidance of Allah is the
guidance. ' And if after all the knowledge you have been given you yield to
their desires, you shall not have, other than Allah, either a guide or a
helper.
[2.121] Those to whom We have given the Book, and who
recite it as it ought to be read, truly believe in it; those who disbelieve it
shall be the losers.
[2.122] Children of Israel, remember My favor which I
bestowed upon you and that I preferred your (prophets among you) above the
worlds.
[2.123] And fear a Day when no soul for another will
compensate a thing, and no equivalent will be accepted from it, neither
intercession will benefit it, nor shall they be helped.
[2.124] And when Abraham was tested by His Lord with
certain words and he fulfilled them, He said: 'I have appointed you as a leader
for the nation. ' (Abraham) asked: 'And of my descendants? ' 'My covenant, '
said He, 'the harmdoers shall not receive it. '
[2.125] And when We made the House (Ka'bah) a
visitation and a sanctuary for the people (saying:) 'Make the place where
Abraham stood a place of prayer. ' And We made a covenant with Abraham and
Ishmael: 'Purify My House for those who circumambulate around it, and those who
cleave to it, to those who bow and prostrate. '
[2.126] And when Abraham said: 'My Lord, make this
country safe and provide its inhabitants whosoever of them believes in Allah
and the Last Day with fruits. ' He said: 'And whosoever disbelieves, to him I
shall give enjoyment for a while. Then I shall compel him to the punishment of
the Fire, how evil an arrival. '
[2.127] And when Abraham and Ishmael raised the
foundations of the House (supplicating): 'O our Lord, accept this from us, You
are the Hearer, the Knower.
[2.128] Our Lord, make us both submissive to You, and
of our descendants a submissive nation to You. Show us our rites and accept us;
You are the Receiver of Repentance, the Merciful.
[2.129] Our Lord, send among them a Messenger from them
who shall recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom, and purify
them; You are the Mighty, the Wise. '
[2.130] And who has no desire for the religion of
Abraham, except he who fooled himself? We chose him in this world, and in the
Everlasting world, he shall be among the righteous.
[2.131] When his Lord said to him: 'Submit, ' he
answered: 'I have submitted to the Lord of the Worlds. '
[2.132] Abraham charged his children with this, and so
did Jacob, saying: 'My sons, Allah has chosen for you the religion. Do not die
except being submissive (Muslims). '
[2.133] Or, were you witnesses when death came to
Jacob! He said to his children: 'What will you worship after me? ' They
replied: 'We will worship your God and the God of your forefathers, Abraham,
Ishmael, and Isaac, the One God. To Him, we are submissive. '
[2.134] That was a nation that has passed away. Theirs
is what they earned, and yours what you have earned. You shall not be
questioned about what they did.
[2.135] They say: 'Be Jews or Nazarenes and you shall
be guided. ' Say: 'No, rather the Creed of Abraham, the upright one. He was not
among the idolaters. '
[2.136] Say: 'We believe in Allah and that which is
sent down to us, and in what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob,
and the tribes; to Moses and Jesus and the Prophets from their Lord. We do not
differentiate between any of them, and to Him we are submissive (Muslims). '
[2.137] If they believe as you have believed they shall
be guided; if they reject it, they shall surely be in clear dissension. Allah
will suffice you. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
[2.138] The (indelible) marking of Allah. And who marks
better than Allah! And for Him we are worshipers.
[2.139] Say: 'Would you dispute with us about Allah,
who is our Lord and your Lord? Our deeds belong to us and your deeds belong to
you. We are sincere to Him. '
[2.140] Or do you say that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac,
Jacob, and the tribes, were Jews or Nazarenes! Say: 'Who knows better, you or
Allah? Who is more unjust than he who hides a testimony received from Allah?
And Allah is not inattentive of what you do. '
[2.141] That nation has passed away. Theirs is what
they earned and yours what you have earned. You shall not be questioned about
what they did.