Part 7
5-82
Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou
find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt
thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst these
are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are
not arrogant.
5-83
And when they listen to the revelation received by the
Apostle, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognise
the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! we believe;
write us down among the witnesses.
5-84
"What cause can we have not to believe in God and the
truth which has come to us, seeing that we long for our Lord to admit us to the
company of the righteous?"
5-85
And for this their prayer hath God rewarded them with
gardens, with rivers flowing underneath,- their
eternal home. Such is the recompense of those who do good.
5-86
But those who reject Faith and belie our Signs,- they shall be companions of Hell-fire.
5-87
O ye who believe! make not unlawful
the good things which God hath made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for
God loveth not those given to excess.
5-88
Eat of the things which God hath provided for you, lawful
and good; but fear God, in Whom ye believe.
5-89
God will not call you to account for what is futile in your
oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for
expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of
your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond
your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye have
sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth God make clear to you His signs, that
ye may be grateful.
5-90
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of)
stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,-
of Satan's handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.
5-91
Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between
you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of God,
and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?
5-92
Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and beware (of evil): if ye
do turn back, know ye that it is Our Apostle's duty to proclaim (the message)
in the clearest manner.
5-93
On those who believe and do deeds of righteousness there is
no blame for what they ate (in the past), when they guard themselves from evil,
and believe, and do deeds of righteousness,- (or)
again, guard themselves from evil and believe,- (or) again, guard themselves
from evil and do good. For God loveth those who do good.
5-94
O ye who believe! God doth but make a trial of you in a
little matter of game well within reach of game well within reach of your hands
and your lances, that He may test who feareth him unseen: any who transgress
thereafter, will have a grievous penalty.
5-95
O ye who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred
precincts or in pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the
compensation is an offering, brought to the Ka'ba, of a domestic animal
equivalent to the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or by
way of atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts: that
he may taste of the penalty of his deed. God forgives what is past: for
repetition God will exact from him the penalty. For God is Exalted, and Lord of
Retribution.
5-96
Lawful to you is the pursuit of water-game and its use for
food,- for the benefit of yourselves and those who
travel; but forbidden is the pursuit of land-game;- as long as ye are in the
sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb. And fear God, to Whom
ye shall be gathered back.
5-97
God made the Ka'ba, the Sacred House, an asylum of security
for men, as also the Sacred Months, the animals for offerings, and the garlands
that mark them: That ye may know that God hath knowledge of what is in the
heavens and on earth and that God is well acquainted with all things.
5-98
Know ye that God is strict in punishment and that God is
Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
5-99
The Apostle's duty is but to proclaim (the message). But God
knoweth all that ye reveal and ye conceal.
5-100
Say: "Not equal are things that are bad and things that
are good, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee; so fear God, O
ye that understand; that (so) ye may prosper."
5-101
O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if
made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the
Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, God will forgive
those: for God is Oft- forgiving, Most Forbearing.
5-102
Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that
account lost their faith.
5-103
It was not God who instituted (superstitions like those of)
a slit-ear she- camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or idol
sacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels freed from work: It
is blasphemers who invent a lie against God; but most of them lack wisdom.
5-104
When it is said to them: "Come to what God hath
revealed; come to the Apostle": They say: "Enough for us are the ways
we found our fathers following." what! even
though their fathers were void of knowledge and guidance?
5-105
O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right)
guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. the
goal of you all is to God: it is He that will show you the truth of all that ye
do.
5-106
O ye who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take)
witnesses among yourselves when making bequests,- two
just men of your own (brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeying
through the earth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt
(their truth), detain them both after prayer, and let them both swear by God:
"We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even though the (beneficiary)
be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidence before God: if we do, then
behold! the sin be upon us!"
5-107
But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin
(of perjury), let two others stand forth in their places,-
nearest in kin from among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by
God: "We affirm that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that
we have not trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be upon us!"
5-108
That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in
its true nature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths would be
taken after their oaths. But fear God, and listen (to His counsel): for God
guideth not a rebellious people:
5-109
One day will God gather the apostles together, and ask:
"What was the response ye received (from men to your teaching)?" They
will say: "We have no knowledge: it is Thou Who knowest
in full all that is hidden."
5-110
Then will God say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened
thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to
the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and
Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were,
the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a
bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My
leave. And behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My
leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of
5-111
"And behold! I inspired the disciples to have faith in
Me and Mine Apostle: they said, 'We have faith, and do thou bear witness that
we bow to God as Muslims'".
5-112
Behold! the disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary!
can thy Lord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said
Jesus: "Fear God, if ye have faith."
5-113
They said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our
hearts, and to know that thou hast indeed told us the truth; and that we
ourselves may be witnesses to the miracle."
5-114
Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O God our Lord! Send us
from heaven a table set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first
and the last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide for
our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)."
5-115
God said: "I will send it down unto you: But if any of
you after that resisteth faith, I will punish him with a penalty such as I have
not inflicted on any one among all the peoples."
5-116
And behold! God will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary!
Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of
God'?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no
right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it.
Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou
knowest in full all that is hidden.
5-117
"Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst
command me to say, to wit, 'worship God, my Lord and your Lord'; and I was a
witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou
wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.
5-118
"If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If
Thou dost forgive them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise."
5-119
God will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will
profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-
their eternal Home: God well-pleased with them, and they with God: That is the
great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires).
5-120
To God doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the
earth, and all that is therein, and it is He Who hath power over all things.
AL AN'AAM
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
6-1
Praise be God, Who created the heavens and the earth, and
made the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as
equal, with their Guardian-Lord.
6-2
He it is created you from clay, and then decreed a stated
term (for you). And there is in His presence another determined term; yet ye
doubt within yourselves!
6-3
And He is God in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what
ye hide, and what ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) which ye earn (by
your deeds).
6-4
But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach
them, but they turned away therefrom.
6-5
And now they reject the truth when it reaches them: but soon
shall they learn the reality of what they used to mock at.
6-6
See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?-
generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not
given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and
gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We
destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them).
6-7
If We had sent unto thee a written (message) on parchment,
so that they could touch it with their hands, the Unbelievers would have been
sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"
6-8
They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?"
If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no
respite would be granted them.
6-9
If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a
man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which they
have already covered with confusion.
6-10
Mocked were (many) apostles before thee; but their scoffers
were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
6-11
Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end
of those who rejected Truth."
6-12
Say: "To whom belongeth all that is in the heavens and
on earth?" Say: "To God. He hath inscribed for Himself (the rule of)
Mercy. That He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, there is no
doubt whatever. It is they who have lost their own souls, that will not
believe.
6-13
To him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night
and the day. For he is the one who heareth and knoweth all things."
6-14
Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other than God,
the Maker of the heavens and the earth? And He it is that feedeth but is not
fed." Say: "Nay! but I am commanded to be the first of those who bow
to God (in Islam), and be not thou of the company of those who join gods with
God."
6-15
Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear
of the penalty of a Mighty Day.
6-16
"On that day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is
due to God's mercy; And that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfilment of
all desire.
6-17
"If God touch thee with affliction, none can remove it
but He; if He touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things.
6-18
"He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His
worshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things."
6-19
Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?"
Say: "God is witness between me and you; This Qur'an hath been revealed to
me by inspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye possibly
bear witness that besides God there is another God?" Say: "Nay! I
cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one God, and I
truly am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him."
6-20
Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know
their own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to
believe.
6-21
Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against God
or rejecteth His sings? But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper.
6-22
One day shall We gather them all together: We shall say to
those who ascribed partners (to Us): "Where are the partners whom ye
(invented and) talked about?"
6-23
There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say:
"By God our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with God."
6-24
Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie)
which they invented will leave them in the lurch.
6-25
Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but
We have thrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness
in their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they will believe in
them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (but) dispute with thee; the
Unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the ancients."
6-26
Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep
away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.
6-27
If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the
Fire! They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not
reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!"
6-28
Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before
they concealed. But if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to the
things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.
6-29
And they (sometimes) say: "There is nothing except our
life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again."
6-30
If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their
Lord! He will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea,
by our Lord!" He will say: "Taste ye then the penalty, because ye
rejected Faith."
6-31
Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they
must meet God,- until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: "Ah!
woe unto us that we took no thought of it"; for they bear their burdens on
their backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear?
6-32
What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But
best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not
then understand?
6-33
We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: It
is not thee they reject: it is the signs of God, which the wicked contemn.
6-34
Rejected were the apostles before thee: with patience and
constancy they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach
them: there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of God. Already hast
thou received some account of those apostles.
6-35
If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able
to seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a sign,-
(what good?). If it were God's will, He could gather them together unto true
guidance: so be not thou amongst those who are swayed by ignorance (and
impatience)!
6-36
Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the
dead, God will raise them up; then will they be turned unto Him.
6-37
They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his
Lord?" Say: "God hath certainly power to send down a sign: but most
of them understand not.
6-38
There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a
being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you.
Nothing have we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to
their Lord in the end.
6-39
Those who reject our sings are deaf and dumb,- in the midst
of darkness profound: whom God willeth, He leaveth to wander: whom He willeth,
He placeth on the way that is straight.
6-40
Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the
wrath of God, or the Hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon other than
God?- (reply) if ye are truthful!
6-41
"Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His will, He
would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would
forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!"
6-42
Before thee We sent (apostles) to many nations, and We
afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn
humility.
6-43
When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not
learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made
their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.
6-44
But when they forgot the warning they had received, We
opened to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their
enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo! they
were plunged in despair!
6-45
Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be
to God, the Cherisher of the worlds.
6-46
Say: "Think ye, if God took away your hearing and your
sight, and sealed up your hearts, who - a god other than God - could restore
them to you?" See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); yet they
turn aside.
6-47
Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of God comes to you,
whether suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?
6-48
We send the apostles only to give good news and to warn: so
those who believe and mend (their lives),- upon them shall be no fear, nor
shall they grieve.
6-49
But those who reject our signs,- them shall punishment
touch, for that they ceased not from transgressing.
6-50
Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of
God, nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but
follow what is revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held equal to
the seeing?" Will ye then consider not?
6-51
Give this warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear
that they will be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except for Him they
will have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard (against evil).
6-52
Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and
evening, seeking His face. In naught art thou accountable for them, and in
naught are they accountable for thee, that thou shouldst turn them away, and
thus be (one) of the unjust.
6-53
Thus did We try some of them by comparison with others, that
they should say: "Is it these then that God hath favoured from amongst
us?" Doth not God know best those who are grateful?
6-54
When those come to thee who believe in Our signs, Say:
"Peace be on you: Your Lord hath inscribed for Himself (the rule of)
mercy: verily, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented,
and amend (his conduct), lo! He is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful.
6-55
Thus do We explain the signs in detail: that the way of the
sinners may be shown up.
6-56
Say: "I am forbidden to worship those - others than God
- whom ye call upon." Say: "I will not follow your wain desires: If I
did, I would stray from the path, and be not of the company of those who
receive guidance."
6-57
Say: "For me, I (work) on a clear sign from my Lord,
but ye reject Him. What ye would see hastened, is not in my power. The command
rests with none but God: He declares the truth, and He is the best of
judges."
6-58
Say: "If what ye would see hastened were in my power,
the matter would be settled at once between you and me. But God knoweth best
those who do wrong."
6-59
With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none
knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a
leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or
depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is
(inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read).
6-60
It is He who doth take your souls by night, and hath
knowledge of all that ye have done by day: by day doth He raise you up again;
that a term appointed be fulfilled; In the end unto Him will be your return;
then will He show you the truth of all that ye did.
6-61
He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His
worshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when death approaches
one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in their duty.
6-62
Then are men returned unto God, their protector, the (only)
reality: Is not His the command? and He is the swiftest in taking account.
6-63
Say: "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark
recesses of land and sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent terror:
'If He only delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our
gratitude'.?"
6-64
Say "It is God that delivereth you from these and all
(other) distresses: and yet ye worship false gods!"
6-65
Say: "He hath power to send calamities on you, from
above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a
taste of mutual vengeance - each from the other." See how We explain the
signs by various (symbols); that they may understand.
6-66
But thy people reject this, though it is the truth. Say:
"Not mine is the responsibility for arranging your affairs;
6-67
For every message is a limit of time, and soon shall ye know
it."
6-68
When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about Our
signs, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme. If Satan ever
makes thee forget, then after recollection, sit not thou in the company of
those who do wrong.
6-69
On their account no responsibility falls on the righteous,
but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear God.
6-70
Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play
and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to
them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: it
will find for itself no protector or intercessor except God: if it offered
every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of)
those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for
drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous: for they
persisted in rejecting God.
6-71
Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides God,-
things that can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after
receiving guidance from God? - like one whom the evil ones have made into a
fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, come to us',
(vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "God's guidance is the (only)
guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the
worlds;-
6-72
"To establish regular prayers and to fear God: for it
is to Him that we shall be gathered together."
6-73
It is He who created the heavens and the earth in true
(proportions): the day He saith, "Be," behold! it is. His word is the
truth. His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. He knoweth
the unseen as well as that which is open. For He is the Wise, well acquainted
(with all things).
6-74
Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: "Takest thou idols
for gods? For I see thee and thy people in manifest error."
6-75
So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of the
heavens and the earth, that he might (with understanding) have certitude.
6-76
When the night covered him over, He saw a star: He said:
"This is my Lord." But when it set, He said: "I love not those
that set."
6-77
When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he said:
"This is my Lord." But when the moon set, He said: "unless my
Lord guide me, I shall surely be among those who go astray."
6-78
When he saw the sun rising in splendour, he said: "This
is my Lord; this is the greatest (of all)." But when the sun set, he said:
"O my people! I am indeed free from your (guilt) of giving partners to
God.
6-79
"For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards
Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to
God."
6-80
His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) ye to
dispute with me, about God, when He (Himself) hath guided me? I fear not (the
beings) ye associate with God: Unless my Lord willeth, (nothing can happen). My
Lord comprehendeth in His knowledge all things. Will ye not (yourselves) be
admonished?
6-81
"How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with God,
when ye fear not to give partners to God without any warrant having been given
to you? Which of (us) two parties hath more right to security? (tell me) if ye
know.
6-82
"It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs
with wrong - that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right)
guidance."
6-83
That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (to
use) against his people: We raise whom We will, degree after degree: for thy
Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
6-84
We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided: and before
him, We guided Noah, and among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses,
and Aaron: thus do We reward those who do good:
6-85
And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks
of the righteous:
6-86
And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonas, and
6-87
(To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and brethren: We
chose them, and we guided them to a straight way.
6-88
This is the guidance of God: He giveth that guidance to whom
He pleaseth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him, all
that they did would be vain for them.
6-89
These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and authority,
and prophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them, Behold! We shall
entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.
6-90
Those were the (prophets) who received God's guidance: Copy
the guidance they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask of you: This
is no less than a message for the nations."
6-91
No just estimate of God do they make when they say:
"Nothing doth God send down to man (by way of revelation)" Say:
"Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought?- a light and guidance to
man: But ye make it into (separate) sheets for show, while ye conceal much (of
its contents): therein were ye taught that which ye knew not- neither ye nor your
fathers." Say: "God (sent it down)": Then leave them to plunge
in vain discourse and trifling.
6-92
And this is a Book which We have sent down, bringing
blessings, and confirming (the revelations) which came before it: that thou
mayest warn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who believe in the
Hereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constant in guarding their
prayers.
6-93
Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against
God, or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he hath received
none, or (again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what God hath
revealed"? If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood
of confusion at death! - the angels stretch forth their hands,
(saying),"Yield up your souls: this day shall ye receive your reward,- a
penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against God, and scornfully to
reject of His signs!"
6-94
"And behold! ye come to us bare and alone as We created
you for the first time: ye have left behind you all (the favours) which We
bestowed on you: We see not with you your intercessors whom ye thought to be
partners in your affairs: so now all relations between you have been cut off,
and your (pet) fancies have left you in the lurch!"
6-95
It is God Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to
split and sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the
one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is God: then how are ye
deluded away from the truth?
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He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the dark): He
makes the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the
reckoning (of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in
Power, the Omniscient.
6-97
It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you, that ye
may guide yourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces of land and sea:
We detail Our signs for people who know.
6-98
It is He Who hath produced you from a single person: here is
a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people who
understand.
6-99
It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We
produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of
which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its
sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and (then
there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in
kind) yet different (in variety): when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes
with the fruit and the ripeness thereof. Behold! in these things there are
signs for people who believe.
6-100
Yet they make the Jinns equals with God, though God did
create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons
and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what they
attribute to Him!
6-101
To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the
earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things,
and He hath full knowledge of all things.
6-102
That is God, your Lord! there is no god but He, the Creator
of all things: then worship ye Him: and He hath power to dispose of all
affairs.
6-103
No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.
6-104
"Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs (to open
your eyes): if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any
will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your
doings."
6-105
Thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols): that they
may say, "Thou hast taught (us) diligently," and that We may make the
matter clear to those who know.
6-106
Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from thy Lord:
there is no god but He: and turn aside from those who join gods with God.
6-107
If it had been God's plan, they would not have taken false
gods: but We made thee not one to watch over their doings, nor art thou set
over them to dispose of their affairs.
6-108
Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides God, lest
they out of spite revile God in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to
each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and We
shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.
6-109
They swear their strongest oaths by God, that if a (special)
sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly (all) signs
are in the power of God: but what will make you (Muslims) realise that (even)
if (special) signs came, they will not believe."?
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We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts and their
eyes, even as they refused to believe in this in the first instance: We shall
leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.