# ayatafseer

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The path of those You have blessed, Not of those who have earned Your anger, nor those who have gone astray.


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This is The Book free of doubt and involution, a guidance for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path,


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Who believe in the Unknown and fulfil their devotional obligations, and spend in charity of what We have given them


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Who believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed to those before you, and are certain of the Hereafter.


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They (try to) deceive God and those who believe, yet deceive none but themselves although they do not know.


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But God will turn the joke against them and allow them to sink deeper into evil and wander perplexed in their wickedness.


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They are indeed those who bartered away good guidance for error and gained nothing from the deal, nor found the right way.


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They are like a man who kindles a fire, and when its glow has illumined the air God takes away their light leaving them in the dark where they will not be able to see.


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Or like rain pouring from the sky which hides within it darkness, thunder and lightning. They thrust their fingers into their ears for safety against noise and death. But God surrounds those who believe not from all sides.


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Verily the lightning could snatch away their eyes. When it flashes forth they walk in its flare. When darkness returns they stand still. And if the Lord wills so He could take away their hearing and sight


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So, O you people, adore your Lord who created you, as He did those before you, that you could take heed for yourselves and fear Him


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Who made the earth a bed for you, the sky a canopy, and sends forth rain from the skies that fruits may grow -- your food and sustenance. So, do not make another the equal of God knowingly.


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If you are in doubt of what We have revealed to Our votary, then bring a Surah like this, and call any witness, apart from God, you like, if you are truthful.


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But if you cannot, as indeed you cannot, then guard yourselves against the Fire whose fuel is men and rocks, which has been prepared for the infidels.


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Announce to those who believe and have done good deeds, glad tidings of gardens under which rivers flow, and where, when they eat the fruits that grow, they will say: &quot


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Then how can you disbelieve in God? He gave you life when you were dead. He will make you die again then bring you back to life: To Him then you will return.


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He made for you all that lies within the earth, then turning to the firmament He proportioned several skies: He has knowledge of everything.


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Then He gave Adam knowledge of the nature and reality of all things and everything, and set them before the angels and said: &quot


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Remember, when We asked the angels to bow in homage to Adam, they all bowed but Iblis, who disdained and turned insolent, and so became a disbeliever.


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But Satan tempted them and had them banished from the (happy) state they were in. And We said: &quot


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O children of Israel, remember the favours I bestowed on you. So keep your pledge to Me, and I will mine to you, and be fearful of Me,


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Will you enjoin good deeds on the others and forget your own selves? You also read the Scriptures, why do you then not understand?


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Find strength in fortitude and prayer, which is heavy and exacting but for those who are humble and meek,


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Remember, O children of Israel, the favours I bestowed on you, and made you exalted among the nations of the world.


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Take heed of the day when no man will be useful to man in the least, when no intercession matter nor ransom avail, nor help reach them.


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Remember, We saved you from the Pharaoh´s people who wronged and oppressed you and slew your sons but spared your women: In this was a great favour from your Lord.


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Yet, remember, as We communed with Moses for forty nights you took the calf in his absence (and worshipped it), and you did wrong.


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And made the cloud spread shade over you, and sent for you manna and quails that you may eat of the good things We have made for you. No harm was done to Us, they only harmed themselves.


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But the wicked changed and perverted the word We had spoken to a word distorted, and We sent from heaven retribution on the wicked, for they disobeyed.


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And remember, when Moses asked for water for his people, We told him to strike the rock with his staff, and behold, twelve springs of gushing water gushed forth so that each of the tribes came to know its place of drinking. Eat and drink, (enjoy) God´s gifts, and spread no discord in the land.


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Surely the believers and the Jews, Nazareans and the Sabians, whoever believes in God and the Last Day, and whosoever does right, shall have his reward with his Lord and will neither have fear nor regret.


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You know and have known already those among you who had broken the sanctity of the Sabbath, and to whom We had said: &quot


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And whom We made an example for the people (of the day) and those after them, and warning for those who fear God.


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Remember when you killed a man and blamed each other for the deed, God brought to light what you concealed.


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Yet, in spite of this, your hearts only hardened like rocks or even harder, but among rocks are those from which rivers flow


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How do you expect them to put their faith in you, when you know that some among them heard the word of God and, having understood, perverted it knowingly?


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Among them are heathens who know nothing of the Book but only what they wish to believe, and are only lost in fantasies.


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Why, they who have earned the wages of sin and are enclosed in error, are people of Hell, where they will abide for ever.


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And remember, when We made a covenant with you whereby you agreed you will neither shed blood among you nor turn your people out of their homes, you promised, and are witness to it too.


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But you still kill one another, and you turn a section of your people from their homes, assisting one another against them with guilt and oppression. Yet when they are brought to you as captives you ransom them, although forbidden it was to drive them away.


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Do you, then, believe a part of the Book and reject a part? There is no other award for them who so act but disgrace in the world, and on the Day of Judgement the severest of punishment


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And when the Book was sent to them by God verifying what had been revealed to them already even though before it they used to pray for victory over the unbelievers and even though they recognised it when it came to them, they renounced it. The curse of God be on those who deny!


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They bartered their lives ill denying the revelation of God out of spite that God should bestow His grace among His votaries on whomsoever He will, and thus earned wrath upon wrath. The punishment for disbelievers is ignominious.


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Although Moses had come to you with evidence of the truth, you chose the calf in his absence, and you transgressed.


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You will see they are covetous of life more than other men, even more than those who practise idolatry. Each one of them desires to live a thousand years, although longevity will never save them from punishment, for God sees all they do.


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Whosoever is the enemy of God and His angels and apostles, and of Gabriel and Michael, then God is the enemy of such unbelievers.&quot


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When a messenger was sent to them by God affirming the Books they had already received, some of them put (His message) behind their backs as if they had no knowledge of it.


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And they follow what devilish beings used to chant against the authority of Solomon, though Solomon never disbelieved and only the devils denied, who taught sorcery to men, which, they said, had been revealed to the angels of Babylon, Harut and Marut, who, however, never taught it without saying: &quot


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Had they come to believe instead, and taken heed for themselves, they would surely have earned from God a far better reward. If only they had sense!


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Those without faith among the people of the Book, and those who worship idols, do not wish that good should come to you from your Lord. But God chooses whom He likes for His grace


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When We cancel a message (sent to an earlier prophet) or throw it into oblivion, We replace it with one better or one similar. Do you not know that God has power over all things?


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Do you not know that God´s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and that there is none to save and protect you apart from God?


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Do you too, O believers, wish to question your Apostle as Moses was in the past? But he who takes unbelief in exchange for belief only strays from the right path.


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How many of the followers of the Books having once known the truth desire in their hearts, out of envy, to turn you into infidels again even after the truth has become clear to them! But you forbear and overlook till God fulfil His plan


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Fulfil your devotional obligations and pay the zakat. And what you send ahead of good you will find with God, for He sees all that you do ill.


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Only he who surrenders to God with all his heart and also does good, will find his reward with his Lord, and will have no fear or regret.


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And who is more unjust than he who prohibits the name of God being used in His mosques, who hurries to despoil them even though he has no right to enter them except in reverence? For them is ignominy in the world and severe punishment in the life to come.


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To God belong the East and the West. Wherever you turn the glory of God is everywhere: All-pervading is He and all-knowing.


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Yet they say that God has begotten a son. May He be praised! Indeed everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him, and all are obedient to God.


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Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, He has only to say when He wills a thing: &quot


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And We have sent you with the truth to give glad tidings and to warn. You will not be questioned about those and who are inmates of Hell.


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O children of Israel, remember the favours I bestowed on you, and made you exalted among the nations of the world.


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Fear the day when no man will stand up for man in the least, and no ransom avail nor intercession matter nor help reach.


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Remember, when his Lord tried Abraham by a number of commands which he fulfilled, God said to him: &quot


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And make us submit, O Lord, to Your will, and our progeny a people submissive to You. Teach us the way of worship and forgive our trespasses, for You are compassionate and merciful


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And send to them, O Lord, an apostle from among them to impart Your messages to them, and teach them the Book and the wisdom, and correct them in every way


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Who will turn away from the creed of Abraham but one dull of soul? We made him the chosen one here in the world, and one of the best in the world to come,


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Those were the people, and they have passed away. Theirs the reward for what they did, as yours will be for what you do. You will not be questioned about their deeds.


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If they come to believe as you did, they will find the right path. If they turn away then they will only oppose


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Or do you claim that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and their offspring were Jews or Christians? Say: &quot


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They were the people, and they have passed away. Theirs the reward for what they did, as yours will be for what you do. You will not be questioned about their deeds.


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We have made you a temperate people that you act as witness over man, and the Prophet as witness over you. We decreed the Qiblah which you faced before that We may know who follow the Apostle and who turn away in haste. And this was a hard (test) except for those who were guided by God. But God will not suffer your faith to go waste, for God is to men full of mercy and grace.


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We have seen you turn your face to the heavens. We shall turn you to a Qiblah that will please you. So turn towards the Holy Mosque, and turn towards it wherever you be. And those who are recipients of the Book surely know that this is the truth from their Lord


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Even though you bring all the proof to the people of the Book they will not face the direction you turn to, nor you theirs, nor will they follow each other´s direction. And if you follow their whims after all the knowledge that has reached you, then surely you will be among transgressors.


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Those to whom We have sent down the Book know this even as they know their sons. Yet a section among them conceals the truth knowingly.


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Each has a goal to which he turns. So strive towards piety and excel the others: God will bring you all together wheresoever you be. God has power over everything.


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Wherever you come from turn towards the Holy Mosque: This in truth is from your Lord. God is not negligent of all you do.


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Whichever place you come from turn towards the Holy Mosque, and wherever you are, turn your faces towards it so that people may have no cause for argument against you, except such among them as are wicked. But do not fear them, fear Me that I may accomplish My favours on you, and you may find the right way perchance.


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Even as We sent a messenger from among you to convey Our messages to you and cleanse you, and teach you the Book and the wisdom, and what you did not know


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O you who believe, seek courage in fortitude and prayer, for God is with those who are patient and persevere.


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Do not say that those who are killed in the way of God, are dead, for indeed they are alive, even though you are not aware.


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Be sure We shall try you with something of fear and hunger and loss of wealth and life and the fruits (of your labour)


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Truly Safa and Marwa are the symbols of God. Whoever goes on pilgrimage to the House (of God), or on a holy visit, is not guilty of wrong if he walk around them


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They who conceal Our signs and the guidance We have sent them and have made clear in the Book, are condemned of God and are condemned by those who are worthy of condemning.


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But those who repent and reform and proclaim (the truth), are forgiven, for I am forgiving and merciful.


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But those who deny, and die disbelieving, bear the condemnation of God and the angels and that of all men,


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Creation of the heavens and the earth, alternation of night and day, and sailing of ships across the ocean with what is useful to man, and the rain that God sends from the sky enlivening the earth that was dead, and the scattering of beasts of all kinds upon it, and the changing of the winds, and the clouds which remain obedient between earth and sky, are surely signs for the wise.


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When those who were followed will disclaim those who followed them, and see the torment all ties between them shall be severed,


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The semblance of the infidels is that of a man who shouts to one that cannot hear more than a call and a cry. They are deaf, dumb and blind, and they fail to understand.


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O believers, eat what is good of the food We have given you, and be grateful to God, if indeed you are obedient to Him.


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Forbidden to you are carrion and blood, and the flesh of the swine, and that which has been consecrated (or killed) in the name of any other than God. If one is obliged by necessity to eat it without intending to transgress, or reverting to it, he is not guilty of sin


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Those who conceal any part of the Scriptures that God has revealed, and thus make a little profit thereby, take nothing but fire as food


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They are those who bartered away good guidance for error, and pardon for punishment: How great is their striving for the Fire


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Piety does not lie in turning your face to East or West: Piety lies in believing in God, the Last Day and the angels, the Scriptures and the prophets, and disbursing your wealth out of love for God among your kin and the orphans, the wayfarers and mendicants, freeing the slaves, observing your devotional obligations, and in paying the zakat and fulfilling a pledge you have given, and being patient in hardship, adversity, and times of peril. These are the men who affirm the truth, and they are those who follow the straight path.


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O believers, ordained for you is retribution for the murdered, (whether) a free man (is guilty) of (the murder of) a free man, or a slave of a slave, or a woman of a woman. But he who is pardoned some of it by his brother should be dealt with equity, and recompense (for blood) paid with a grace. This is a concession from your Lord and a kindness. He who transgresses in spite of it shall suffer painful punishment.


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In retribution there is life (and preservation). O men of sense, you may haply take heed for yourselves.


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It is ordained that when any one of you nears death, and he owns goods and chattels, he should bequeath them equitably to his parents and next of kin. This is binding on those who are upright and fear God.


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He who suspects wrong or partiality on the part of the testator and brings about a settlement, does not incure any guilt, for God is verily forgiving and merciful.


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O believers, fasting is enjoined on you as it was on those before you, so that you might become righteous.


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Fast a (fixed) number of days, but if someone is ill or is travelling (he should complete) the number of days (he had missed)


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Ramadan is the month in which the Qur´an was revealed as guidance to man and clear proof of the guidance, and criterion (of falsehood and truth). So when you see the new moon you should fast the whole month


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When My devotees enquire of you about Me, I am near, and answer the call of every supplicant when he calls. It behoves them to hearken to Me and believe in Me that they may follow the right path.


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You are allowed to sleep with your wives on the nights of the fast: They are your dress as you are theirs. God is aware you were cheating yourselves, so He turned to you and pardoned you. So now you may have intercourse with them, and seek what God has ordained for you. Eat and drink until the white thread of dawn appears clear from the dark line, then fast until the night falls


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And do not consume each other´s wealth in vain, nor offer it to men in authority with intent of usurping unlawfully and knowingly a part of the wealth of others.


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Fight those in the way of God who fight you, but do not be aggressive: God does not like aggressors.


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And fight those (who fight you) wheresoever you find them, and expel them from the place they had turned you out from. Oppression is worse than killing. Do not fight them by the Holy Mosque unless they fight you there. If they do, then slay them: Such is the requital for unbelievers.


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Fight them till sedition comes to end, and the law of God (prevails). If they desist, then cease to be hostile, except against those who oppress.


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(Fighting during) the holy month (if the sanctity) of the holy month (is violated) is (just) retribution. So if you are oppressed, oppress those who oppress you to the same degree, and fear God, and know that God is with those who are pious and follow the right path.


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Spend in the way of God, and do not seek destruction at your own hands. So do good for God loves those who do good.


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Perform the pilgrimage and holy visit (´Umra, to Makkah) in the service of God. But if you are prevented, send an offering which you can afford as sacrifice, and do not shave your heads until the offering has reached the place of sacrifice. But if you are sick or have ailment of the scalp (preventing the shaving of hair), then offer expiation by fasting or else giving alms or a sacrificial offering. When you have security, then those of you who wish to perform the holy visit along with the pilgrimage, should make a sacrifice according to their means. But he who has nothing, should fast for three days during the pilgrimage and seven on return, completing ten. This applies to him whose family does not live near the Holy Mosque. Have fear of God, and remember that God is severe in punishment.


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Known are the months of pilgrimage. If one resolves to perform the pilgrimage in these months, let him not indulge in concupiscence, sin or quarrel. And the good you do shall be known to God. Provide for the journey, and the best of provisions is piety. O men of understanding, obey Me.


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It is no sin to seek the favours of your Lord (by trading). When you start from ´Arafat in a concourse, remember God at the monument that is sacred (al-Mash´ar al-haram), and remember Him as He has shown you the way, for in the olden days you we´re a people astray.


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Then move with the crowd impetuously, and pray God to forgive you your sins. God is surely forgiving and kind.


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When you have finished the rites and ceremonies, remember God as you do your fathers, in fact with a greater devotion. There are some who say: &quot


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There is a man who talks well of the world to your pleasing, and makes God witness to what is in his heart, yet he is the most contentious


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For when his back is turned he goes about spreading disorder in the land, destroying fields and flocks


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O believers, come to full submission to God. Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan your acknowledged foe.


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If you falter even after Our signs have reached you, then do not forget that God is all-powerful and all-wise.


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Are they waiting for God to appear in the balconies of clouds with a host of angels, and the matter to be settled? But all things rest with God in the end.


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Ask the children of Israel how many a clear sign We had given them. But if one changes the favour of God after having received it, then remember, God is severe in revenge.


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Enamoured are the unbelievers of the life of this world, and scoff at the faithful. But those who keep from evil and follow the straight path will have a higher place than they on the Day of Reckoning


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Men belonged to a single community, and God sent them messengers to give them happy tidings and warnings, and sent the Book with them containing the truth to judge between them in matters of dispute


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Do you think you will find your way to Paradise even though you have not known what the others before you have gone through? They had suffered affliction and loss, and were shaken and tossed about so that even the Apostle had to cry out with his followers: &quot


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Surely those who believe, and those who leave their homes and fight in the way of God, may hope for His benevolence, for God is forgiving and kind.


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Do not marry idolatrous women unless they join the faith. A maid servant who is a believer is better than an idolatress even though you may like her. And do not marry your daughters to idolaters until they accept the faith. A servant who is a believer is better than an idolater even though you may like him. They invite you to Hell, but God calls you to Paradise and pardon by His grace. And He makes His signs manifest that men may haply take heed.


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Do not implicate God in your oaths to avoid doing good and being pious and keeping peace among men, for God hears all and knows everything.


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God will not call you to account for that which is senseless in your oaths, but only for what is in your hearts


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Those who swear to keep away from their wives (with intent of divorcing them) have four months of grace


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Women who are divorced have to wait for three monthly periods, and if they believe in God and the Last Day they must not hide unlawfully what God has formed within their wombs. Their husbands would do well to take them back in that case, if they wish to be reconciled. Women also have recognised rights as men have, though men have an edge over them. But God is all-mighty and all-wise.


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Divorce is (revokable) two times (after pronouncement), after which (there are two ways open for husbands), either (to) keep (the wives) honourably, or part with them in a decent way. You are not allowed to take away the least of what you have given your wives, unless both of you fear that you would not be able to keep within the limits set by God. If you fear you cannot maintain the bounds fixed by God, there will be no blame on either if the woman redeems herself. Do not exceed the limits of God, for those who exceed the bounds set by God are transgressors.


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If a man divorces her again (a third time), she becomes unlawful for him (and he cannot remarry her) until she has married another man. Then if he divorces her there is no harm if the two unite again if they think they will keep within the bounds set by God and made clear for those who understand.


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When you have divorced your wives, and they have reached the end of the period of waiting, then keep them honourably (by revoking the divorce), or let them go with honour, and do not detain them with the intent of harassing lest you should transgress. He who does so will wrong himself. Do not mock the decrees of God, and remember the favours God has bestowed on you, and revealed to you the Book and the Law to warn you of the consequences of doing wrong. Have fear of God, and remember, God is cognisant of everything.


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When you have divorced your wives and they have completed the fixed term (of waiting), do not stop them from marrying other men if it is agreed between them honourably. This warning is for those among you who believe in God and the Last Day. This is both proper and right for you, for God knows and you do not know.


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The mothers should suckle their babies for a period of two years for those (fathers) who wish that they should complete the suckling, in which case they should feed them and clothe them in a befitting way


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Wives of men who die among you should wait (after their husbands death) for four months and ten days


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There is no harm in proposing in secret to (any of) these women, or keeping the intention to yourself: God is aware that you will keep them in mind. Yet do not make a promise in secret, unless you speak in a manner that is proper


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And if you divorce them before the consummation of marriage, but after settling the dowry, then half the settled dowry must be paid, unless the woman forgoes it, or the person who holds the bond of marriage pays the full amount. And if the man pays the whole, it is nearer to piety. But do not forget to be good to each other, and remember that God sees all that you do.


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Those among you about to die leaving wives behind, should bequeath a year´s maintenance and lodging for them, without expelling them from home. But if they leave (of their own accord), you will not be blamed for what they do with themselves in their own rights. God is all-mighty and all-wise.


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Making a fair provision for women who are divorced is the duty of those who are God-fearing and pious.


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Have you never thought of men who went out of their homes as a measure of safety against death, and they were thousands, to whom God said: &quot


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Who will give a goodly loan to God which He might double many times? For God withholds and enlarges, and to Him you will return.


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By the will of God they defeated them, and David killed Goliath, and God gave him kingship and wisdom, and taught him whatsoever He pleased. If God did not make men deter one another this earth would indeed be depraved. But gracious is God to the people of the world.


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These are the messages of God. We recite them to you in all truth, as indeed you are one of the apostles.


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Of all these apostles We have favoured some over the others. God has addressed some of them, and the stations of some have been exalted over the others. And to Jesus, son of Mary, We gave tokens, and reinforced him with divine grace. If God had so willed those who came after them would never have contended when clear signs had come to them. But dissensions arose, some believed, some denied. And if God had willed they would never have fought among themselves. But God does whatsoever He please.


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O believers, expend of what We have given you before the day arrives on which there will be no barter, and no friendship or intercession matter, and those who are disbelievers will be sinners.


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God: There is no god but He, the living, eternal, self-subsisting, ever sustaining. Neither does somnolence affect Him nor sleep. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth: and who can intercede with Him except by His leave? Known to Him is all that is present before men and what is hidden (in time past and time future), and not even a little of His knowledge can they grasp except what He will. His seat extends over heavens and the earth, and He tires not protecting them: He alone is all high and supreme.


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There is no compulsion in matter of faith. Distinct is the way of guidance now from error. He who turns away from the forces of evil and believes in God, will surely hold fast to a handle that is strong and unbreakable, for God hears all and knows everything.


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Have you thought of the man who argued with Abraham about his Lord because God had given him a kingdom? When Abraham said: &quot


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The semblance of those who expend their wealth in the way of God is that of a grain of corn from which grow seven ears, each ear containing a hundred grains. Truly God increases for whomsoever He will, for God is infinite and all-wise.


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Those who spend in the way of God, and having spent do not boast or give pain (by word or deed), will get their reward from their Lord, and will neither have fear nor regret.


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Saying a word that is kind, and forgiving is better than charity that hurts. (Do not forget that) God is affluent and kind.


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O believers, do not nullify your charity by giving to oblige and flaunting (your favours) like a man who spends of his wealth only to show off, but does not believe in God and the Last Day. His semblance is that of a rock covered with earth which is washed away by rain exposing the hard rock bare. So they gain nothing from their earnings. God does not guide a people who do not believe.


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But the semblance of those who expend their wealth to please God with firm and resolute hearts, is like a garden on a height on which the rain falls and it yields its fruits twice as much


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Does any of you wish to have an orchard full of date-palm trees and vines, and streams of running water and fruits of all kinds, and then old age should overtake him while his children are small, and a scorching whirlwind should smite and burn it down? Thus God makes His signs clear to you that you may reflect.


tafseer:
O believers, give in charity what is good of the things you have earned, and of what you produce from the earth


tafseer:
Satan threatens you with want, and orders you (to commit) shameful acts. But God promises His pardon and grace, for God is bounteous and all-knowing.


tafseer:
It is not for you to guide them: God guides whom He will. Whatever you spend you will do so for yourself, for you will do so to seek the way that leads to God


tafseer:
(Give to) the needy who are engaged in the service of God who are not able to move about in the land, whom the ignorant consider to be affluent as they refrain from asking. You can know them from their faces for they do not ask of men importunately. God is surely cognisant of good things that you spend.


tafseer:
Those who spend of their wealth in the way of God, day and night, in secret or openly, have their reward with their Lord, and have nothing to fear or regret.


tafseer:
Those who live on usury will not rise (on Doomsday) but like a man possessed of the devil and demented. This because they say that trading is like usury. But trade has been sanctioned and usury forbidden by God. Those who are warned by their Lord and desist will keep (what they have taken of interest) already, and the matter will rest with God. But those who revert to it again are the residents of Hell where they will abide for ever.


tafseer:
Those who believe and do good deeds, and fulfil their devotional obligations and pay the zakat, have their reward with their Lord, and will have neither fear nor regret.


tafseer:
If you do not, beware of war on the part of God and His Apostle. But if you repent, you shall keep your principal. Oppress none and no one will oppress you.


tafseer:
Have fear of the day when you go back to God. Then each will be paid back in full his reward, and no one will be wronged.


tafseer:
O believers, when you negotiate a debt for a fixed term , draw up an agreement in writing, though better it would be to have a scribe write it faithfully down


tafseer:
The Prophet believes in what has been revealed to him by his Lord, and so do the faithful. Each one believes in God and His angels, His Books and the prophets, and We make no distinction between the apostles. For they say: &quot


tafseer:
God does not burden a soul beyond capacity. Each will enjoy what (good) he earns, as indeed each will suffer from (the wrong) he does. Punish us not, O Lord, if we fail to remember or lapse into error. Burden us not, O Lord, with a burden as You did those before us. Impose not upon us a burden, O Lord, we cannot carry. Overlook our trespasses and forgive us, and have mercy upon us


tafseer:
He has verily revealed to you this Book, in truth and confirmation of the Books revealed before, as indeed He had revealed the Torah and the Gospel


tafseer:
Before this as guidance for men, and has sent the criterion (of falsehood and truth). As for those who deny the signs of God, the punishment is severe


tafseer:
He shapes you in the womb of the mother as He wills. There is no god but He, the all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
He has sent down this Book which contains some verses that are categorical and basic to the Book, and others allegorical. But those who are twisted of mind look for verses metaphorical, seeking deviation and giving to them interpretations of their own


tafseer:
You will gather mankind together, O Lord, on a day that is certain to come, and God does not fail in His promise.


tafseer:
As for those who deny, neither their wealth nor their children will help them in the least against God. They shall be but faggots for (the fire of) Hell,


tafseer:
Like the people of the Pharaoh, and those before them, who rejected Our signs, and were punished for their sins by God


tafseer:
There was a token for you in the two armies which clashed (in the battle of Badr), one fighting for God, the other of unbelievers who saw with their own eyes the faithful to be two times as many as they, for God reinforces with His help whomsoever He will. In this is a lesson for those who have eyes.


tafseer:
Enamoured are the people of the lust of (earthly) pleasures, of women and of children and hoarded heaps of gold and silver, well-bred horses, and tilled land and cattle, all (vain) goods and chattels of the life of this world, while the best of abodes is with God.


tafseer:
They are the patient, the sincere and devout, full of charity, who pray for forgiveness in the hours of dawn.


tafseer:
God is witness there is no god but He, and so are the angels and men full of learning. He is the upholder of justice. There is no god but He, the mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
To those who deny the signs of God, and slay the apostles unjustly, and slay the upholders of justice, give news of painful punishment.


tafseer:
Their good deeds will be wasted in this world and in the next, and none will they have to help them.


tafseer:
Have you not seen the people who have received a part of Revelation who are called to the Book of God that it may judge (in their disputes) between them? But some, being averse turn away,


tafseer:
How shall it be when We gather them together on a day that is certain to come, when each will receive his reward without (favour or) wrong?


tafseer:
You make the night succeed the day, the day succeed the night, raise the living from the dead, the dead from the living, and give whomsoever You please, and in measure without number.&quot


tafseer:
Those who believe should not take unbelievers as their friends in preference to those who believe -- and whoever does so should have no (expectations) of God -- unless to safeguard yourselves against them. But God commands you to beware of Him, for to God you will journey in the end.


tafseer:
On the day when every man will find whatever of good he has earned and of evil, and is confronted with it, he shall wish that a distance appeared between him and that day -- (that it were far away). God bids you beware of Him, though compassionate is God to His votaries.


tafseer:
Her Lord accepted her graciously, and she grew up with excellence, and was given into the care of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah came to see her in the chamber, he found her provided with food, and he asked: &quot


tafseer:
This is news of the Unknown that We send you, for you were not there when they cast lots with quills (to determine) who should take care of Mary, nor when they disputed it.


tafseer:
Who will speak to the people when in the cradle and when in the prime of life, and will be among the upright and doers of good.&quot


tafseer:
And he will be Apostle to the children of Israel, (saying:) ´I have come to you with a prodigy from your Lord that I will fashion the state of destiny out of mire for you, and breathe (a new spirit) into it, and (you) will rise by the will of God. I will heal the blind and the leper , and infuse life into the dead, by the leave of God. I will tell you what you devour and what you hoard in your homes. In this will be a portent for you if you do believe.


tafseer:
I (have come to) confirm the truth of the Torah which was sent down before me, and make certain things lawful which have been forbidden until now


tafseer:
O people of the Book, why dispute about Abraham? The Torah and the Gospel were sent down after him: Do you not understand?


tafseer:
Some among the people of the Book wish to lead you astray, yet they lead none astray but themselves, though they do not realise.


tafseer:
But certainly whoever keeps his promise and follows the right path (will be blessed), for God loves those who shun evil and follow the right course.


tafseer:
Those who trade on the promises of God, and who purchase a little gain from their oaths, will have no share in the life to come. God will not address or even regard them on the Day of Resurrection, nor perfect them, and their suffering will be painful.


tafseer:
Among them is a section which distorts in reading the Scripture in a way that though it sounds like the Scripture, in fact it is not


tafseer:
It is not for a mortal to whom God reveals the Book and the judgement and the prophethood to say to the people: &quot


tafseer:
He will surely not bid you make the angels and the prophets your lords. Would he order you disbelief after you have submitted (and accepted the law of God)?


tafseer:
Do they seek another way than God´s? But whosoever is in the heavens and the earth is submissive to God and obedient (to Him), by choice or constraint, and will be returned to Him.


tafseer:
And whoever seeks a way other than submission to God, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the world to come.


tafseer:
How can God show the way to those who, having come to faith, turned away, even though they had borne witness that the Messenger was true, and the clear signs had reached them? God does not show the unrighteous the way.


tafseer:
Those who deny, having once come to faith, and persist in denial, will not have their repentance accepted, for they have gone astray.


tafseer:
From those who deny and die disbelieving will never be accepted an earthful of gold if proferred by them as ransom. For them is grievous punishment, and none will help them.


tafseer:
To the children of Israel was lawful all food except what Israel forbade himself before the Torah was revealed. Say: &quot


tafseer:
The first House of God to be set up for men was at Bakkah the blessed, a guidance for the people of the world.


tafseer:
It contains clear signs, and the spot where Abraham had stood. And anyone who enters it will find security. And whosoever can afford should visit the House on a pilgrimage as duty to God. Whosoever denies, should remember that God is independent of the peoples of the world.


tafseer:
O believers, if you follow what some of the people of the Book say, it will turn you into unbelievers even after you have come to belief.


tafseer:
And how can you disbelieve? To you are being recited the messages of God, and His prophet is among you. And whosoever holds fast to God shall verily be guided to the path that is straight.


tafseer:
Hold on firmly together to the rope of God, and be not divided among yourselves, and remember the favours God bestowed on you when you were one another´s foe and He reconciled your hearts, and you turned into brethren through His grace. You had stood on the edge of a pit of fire and He saved you from it, thus revealing to you His clear signs that you may find the right way perchance.


tafseer:
So let there be a body among you who may call to the good, enjoin what is esteemed and forbid what is odious. They are those who will be successful.


tafseer:
So be not like those who became disunited and differed among themselves after clear proofs had come to them. For them is great suffering.


tafseer:
On the Day when some faces would be bright, and some others will be black (with despair), those with black faces (will be told): &quot


tafseer:
Of all the communities raised among men you are the best, enjoining the good, forbidding the wrong, and believing in God. If the people of the Book had come to believe it was best for them


tafseer:
Degraded they shall live wheresoever they be unless they make an alliance with God and alliance with men, for they have incurred the anger of God, and misery overhangs them. That is because they denied the signs of God and killed the prophets unjustly, and rebelled, and went beyond the limit.


tafseer:
Yet all of them are not alike. Among the people of the Book is a section upright, who recite the scriptures in the hours of the night and bow in adoration and pray,


tafseer:
And believe in God and the Last Day, and enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong, and who hasten to give in charity: they are among the upright and the doers of good.


tafseer:
As for those who disbelieve, neither wealth nor children will avail them in the least against God. They are the residents of Hell where they will live for ever.


tafseer:
What they spend in the life of this world is like a frosty wind which smites and destroys the crops of a people who had wronged themselves. God did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.


tafseer:
O believers, do not make others except your own people your confidants. They will spare no effort to ruin you: They surely desire your annihilation. Hate is on their tongues, and what they hide in their hearts is worse. We have shown you the signs if you have sense.


tafseer:
Just think! You hold them as your friends but they do not, even though you believe in all the Scriptures. When they meet you they say: &quot


tafseer:
Remember when you set forth in the morning from your house assigning the faithful positions for the battle, God heard everything and knew all.


tafseer:
For God had helped you during the Battle of Badr at a time when you were helpless. So act in compliance with the laws of God


tafseer:
Indeed if you are patient and take heed for yourselves, and the (enemy) come rushing at you suddenly your Lord will send even five thousand angels on chargers sweeping down.&quot


tafseer:
And God did not do so but as good tidings for you, and to reassure your hearts for victory comes from God alone, the all-mighty and all-wise --


tafseer:
In order that He may cut off a part of unbelievers or overthrow them, and they turn back in frustration.


tafseer:
To God belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth: He may pardon whom He please and punish whom He will. Yet God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
And hasten for the pardon of your Lord, and for Paradise extending over the heavens and the earth, laid out for those who take heed for themselves and fear God,


tafseer:
And those who, if they commit a shameful act or some wrong against themselves, remember God and seek forgiveness for their sins: For who can forgive except God? They should not be perverse about their doings, knowingly.


tafseer:
Their recompense is pardon by their Lord, and gardens with streams of running water where they will abide for ever. How fair is the recompense of those who act!


tafseer:
This is a clear declaration for mankind, and a guidance and a warning for those who preserve themselves from evil.


tafseer:
If you have been wounded they too have suffered a wound. We cause this alternation of night and day in the affairs of men so that God may know those who believe, taking some as witness (of truth) from your ranks, for God does not like those who are unjust.


tafseer:
No one can die before his appointed term except in accordance with the law of God. And to him who desires a reward in this world, We shall give it


tafseer:
Many a seeker after God has fought in the way of God by the side of many an apostle, undaunted (by disaster), and did not disgrace themselves


tafseer:
O believers, if you listen to the infidels they will make you turn your backs, and you will be the losers.


tafseer:
We shall strike terror into the hearts of unbelievers for ascribing compeers to God for which He has sent down no sanction. Hell is their residence, the evil abode of the unjust.


tafseer:
The promise made to you by God was verified when you destroyed (the foe) by His leave, until you were unmanned and disputed the order, and thus disobeyed (the Apostle) even after He had brought you in sight of (victory) you longed for. Some of you desired this world, and some of you the next. Then He put you to flight before (them) in order to try you. But (now) He has forgiven you, for surely God is kind to the faithful.


tafseer:
Remember, as you were rushing up (the hill) without turning back to look, though the Prophet was calling you from the rear, He requited you with anguish for an anguish that you do not fret for missed opportunity and what befell you, for God is aware of all that you do,


tafseer:
Then after affliction He Sent you a drowsiness as comes after security, overwhelming some among you, and making some anxious for themselves, and made them think thoughts of pagan ignorance


tafseer:
All those among you who turned their backs on the day the two armies clashed (at ´Uhud) were surely induced by Satan to fail in their duty because of their sinful deeds. But God has already forgiven them, for God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not be like those who deny, and say of their brethren (who died) travelling in the land or fighting: &quot


tafseer:
If you are killed in the cause of God or you die, the forgiveness and mercy of God are better than all that you amass.


tafseer:
Is a man who has followed the pleasure of God the same as he who has incurred His wrath, whose abode is surely Hell, a dreadful place?


tafseer:
God has favoured the faithful by sending an apostle to them from among themselves, who recites to them His messages, and reforms and teaches them the Law and the judgement, for they were clearly in error before.


tafseer:
What you suffered on the day the two armies had met was by God´s dispensation, so that He may distinguish the faithful,


tafseer:
Never think that those who are killed in the way of God are dead. They are alive, getting succour from their Lord,


tafseer:
Rejoicing at what God has given them of His grace, and happy for those who are trying to overtake them but have not joined them yet, and who will have no fear or regret.


tafseer:
Those who obeyed the call of God and His Messenger, even after they were wounded, and took heed for themselves, shall indeed have an ample reward,


tafseer:
It is no one but Satan who frightens you with his allies. But do not fear him, fear Me, if indeed you are believers.


tafseer:
Those who barter unbelief for faith, will not harm God in the least, and the punishment for them will be painful.


tafseer:
The unbelievers must not think that the respite We give them augurs well. We do so that they sink deeper into sin, and suffer an ignominious doom.


tafseer:
Let not those who are niggardly of things that God has given them of His largesse think that this is good for them. In fact, it is worse


tafseer:
If they call you a liar (remember) so had other apostles been called before you, who had come with clear signs and Scriptures and the Book enlightening.


tafseer:
Every soul will know the taste of death. You will get your recompense in full on the Day of Resurrection


tafseer:
You will, nonetheless, be tried with your wealth and life, and will hear many untoward things from the followers of former Books and the infidels. But if you endure with patience and follow the straight path, it will surely (accord) with God´s fixed resolve about human affairs.


tafseer:
And remember when God took a promise from the people of the Book to make its (truth) known to mankind, and not keep back any part of it, they set aside (the pledge), and sold it away for a little gain but how wretched the bargain that they made!


tafseer:
Think not that those who exult at what they have done, and who love to be praised for what they have not done, shall escape the punishment, for grievous indeed will be their doom.


tafseer:
In the creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of night and day, are signs for the wise.


tafseer:
Those who honour God in meditation, standing or sitting or lying on their sides, who reflect and contemplate on the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say) &quot


tafseer:
We have heard, O our Lord, the crier call inviting us to faith (and announcing): ´Believe in your Lord.´ O our Lord, to faith we have come, so forgive our trespasses, deliver us from sin, and grant us (the glory of) death with the just.


tafseer:
But those who are pious and obedient to their Lord, will have gardens with streams of running water where they will abide as guests of God


tafseer:
Certainly among the people of the Book are some who believe in God and in what has been revealed to you and had been revealed to them


tafseer:
So you who believe, have endurance in suffering, be patient and persevere, strengthen each other and be firm, and be pious and fear God that you may find success.


tafseer:
O MEN, FEAR your Lord who created you from a single cell, and from it created its mate, and from the two of them dispersed men and women (male and female) in multitudes. So fear God in whose name you ask of one another (the bond of) relationships. God surely keeps watch over you.


tafseer:
Give to the orphans their possessions, and do not replace things of your own which are bad with things which are good among theirs, and do not intermix their goods with your own and make use of them, for this is a grievous crime.


tafseer:
If you fear you cannot be equitable to orphan girls (in your charge, or misuse their persons), then marry women who are lawful for you, two, three, or four


tafseer:
Give to women their dowers willingly, but if they forego part of it themselves, then use it to your advantage.


tafseer:
And test (and try) the orphans until they are of marriageable age. If you find they have acquired sound judgement, then hand over their property to them


tafseer:
And when the relatives and orphans and the needy collect at the time of the division (of property) provide for them too, and talk kindly to them.


tafseer:
Let people fear the day when they leave small children behind them unprovided, and how concerned they would be for them. So fear God and say the right things to them.


tafseer:
Those who devour the possessions of the orphans unjustly devour only fire, and will surely burn in Hell.


tafseer:
As for the children, God decrees that the share of the male is equivalent to that of two females. If they consist of women only, and of them more than two, they will get two-thirds of the inheritance


tafseer:
Your share in the property the wives leave behind is half if they die without an issue, but in case they have left children, then your share is one-fourth after the payment of legacies and debts


tafseer:
These are the limits set by God, and those who follow the commandments of God and the Prophet, will indeed be admitted to gardens with streams of water running by, where they will for ever abide


tafseer:
Those who disobey God and the Prophet and exceed the bounds of law, will be taken to Hell and abide there for ever and shall suffer despicable punishment.


tafseer:
If two (men) among you are guilty of such acts then punish both of them. But if they repent and reform, let them be, for God accepts repentance and is merciful.


tafseer:
God does accept repentance, but only of those who are guilty of an evil out of ignorance yet quickly repent, and God turns to them again, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
But (He does not accept) the repentance of those who continue indulging in evil until death draws near and they say: &quot


tafseer:
O believers, you are not allowed to take perforce the women (of dead relatives) into your heritage, or tyrannise over them in order to deprive them of what you have given them, unless they are guilty of open adultery. Live with them with tolerance and justice even if you do not care for them. For it may well be you may not like a thing, yet God may have endued it with much goodness.


tafseer:
If you want to take another wife in place of the one you are married to, then even if you have given her a talent of gold, do not take back a thing. Would you take it away by slandering and using unjust means?


tafseer:
How could you do that having slept with one another, and when they had taken a solemn pledge from you?


tafseer:
And do not wed the women your fathers had wed. What happened in the past is now past: It was lewd and abhorrent, and only the way of evil.


tafseer:
Unlawful are your mothers and daughters and your sisters to you, and the sisters of your fathers and your mothers, and the daughters of your brothers and sisters, and foster mothers, foster sisters, and the mothers of your wives, and the daughters of the wives you have slept with who are under your charge


tafseer:
Also forbidden are married women unless they are captives (of war). Such is the decree of God. Lawful for you are women besides these if you seek them with your wealth for wedlock and not for debauchery. Then give those of these women you have enjoyed, the agreed dower. It will not be sinful if you agree to something (else) by mutual consent after having settled the dowry. God is certainly all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
If one of you cannot afford to marry a believing gentlewoman (let him marry) a maid who is a believer. God is aware of your faith: The one of you is of the other


tafseer:
God wishes to make it clear to you and guide you through the example of earlier people, and to forgive you, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
God likes to turn to you, but those who are lost in the pleasures of the flesh wish to turn you astray, far away.


tafseer:
If someone does so through oppression or injustice, We shall cast him into Hell: This is how (the Law of) God works inevitably.


tafseer:
If you keep away from the deadly sins that have been forbidden, We shall efface your faults, and lead you to a place of honour.


tafseer:
Do not covet what God has favoured some with more than He has some others. Men have a share in what they earn, and women have theirs in what they earn. Ask God for His favours. Surely God has knowledge of everything.


tafseer:
For each We have appointed heirs to what parents and relatives leave behind. And to those you have given your pledge in marriage give their share, for God is witness to everything.


tafseer:
Men are the support of women as God gives some more means than others, and because they spend of their wealth (to provide for them). So women who are virtuous are obedient to God and guard the hidden as God has guarded it. As for women you feel are averse, talk to them suasively


tafseer:
If you fear a breach between them, appoint one arbiter from the people of the man and one from the people of the woman. If they wish to have a settlement then God will reconcile them, for God is all-knowing and cognisant.


tafseer:
Pay homage to God, and make none His compeer, and be good to your parents and relatives, the orphans and the needy and the neighbours who are your relatives, and the neighbours who are strangers, and the friend by your side, the traveller and your servants and subordinates. God does not surely love those who are arrogant and boastful,


tafseer:
Who are miserly and bid others to be so, and hide what God has given them in His largesse. We have prepared for unbelievers a shameful punishment.


tafseer:
Those who spend of their wealth to show off and do not believe in God and the Last Day, take Satan as companion, and how evil a companion (have they)!


tafseer:
Would something have befallen them if they had believed in God and the Last Day, and spent of what has been given them by God? God is fully aware of all they do.


tafseer:
How shall it be when We call witnesses from each and every people and call you as witness over them?


tafseer:
On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Prophet, shall wish they were levelled with the dust, and shall not be able to conceal a thing from God.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not perform your service of prayer when you are intoxicated until you are sure of what you are saying, nor when in a state of seminal pollution, until you have taken a bath, except when you are travelling. But in case you are ill or are travelling, or you have relieved yourself of nature´s call, or cohabited with a woman, and cannot find water, then take wholesome dust and pass it over your face and hands: God is benign and forgiving.


tafseer:
Have you not seen the people who were given a share of the Book, but who purchased only error, and wish that you also go astray?


tafseer:
But God knows your enemies well: and sufficient is God to protect you, and sufficient is God for all help.


tafseer:
O people of the Book, believe in what We have revealed, which confirms what is already with you before We disfigure your visages and turn your faces about and curse you, as We did with those who had broken the Sabbath


tafseer:
God does not forgive that compeers be ascribed to Him, though He may forgive aught else if He please. And he who ascribes compeers to God is guilty of the gravest sin.


tafseer:
Have you not seen the people who call themselves pure? Yet God purifies whom He pleases, and none shall be wronged even the breadth of a thread.


tafseer:
Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Book, who believe in false deities and evil powers, and say of unbelievers: &quot


tafseer:
Are they so envious of others for what God has given them of His bounty? So We had given the Book and the Law to Abraham´s family, and given them great dominion.


tafseer:
But those who believe and do good deeds We shall admit into gardens with streams of running water, where they will abide for ever, with fairest of companions and coolest of shades.


tafseer:
God enjoins that you render to the owners what is held in trust with you, and that when you judge among the people do so equitably. Noble are the counsels of God, and God hears all and sees everything.


tafseer:
Have you never seen those who aver they believe in what has been revealed to you and had been to others before you, yet desire to turn for judgement to evil powers, even though they have been commanded to disbelieve in them? Satan only wishes to lead them astray, far away.


tafseer:
How shall it be when they suffer misfortunes for their own misdeeds? Then they will come to you swearing by God and saying: &quot


tafseer:
The secrets of the hearts of these people are well known to God. So leave them alone, and counsel them and speak to them eloquent words that would touch their very souls.


tafseer:
We have sent no apostle but that he should be obeyed by the will of God. If they had come to you after wronging themselves and asked forgiveness of God, and you had also asked forgiveness for them, they would surely have found God forgiving and merciful.


tafseer:
Indeed, by your Lord, they will not believe till they make you adjudge in their disputes and find no constraint in their minds about your decisions and accept them with full acquiescence.


tafseer:
If We had commanded them to lay down their lives and to go forth from their homes, only a few would have obeyed


tafseer:
Those who obey God and the Prophet are with those who are blessed by God, the prophets, the sincere and the trustful, the martyrs and the upright


tafseer:
But if success comes to you from God he will say, as though no love existed between you and him: &quot


tafseer:
Those who barter the life of this world for the next should fight in the way of God. And We shall bestow on him who fights in the way of God, whether he is killed or is victorious, a glorious reward.


tafseer:
What has come upon you that you fight not in the cause of God and for the oppressed, men, women and children, who pray: &quot


tafseer:
Death will overtake you wheresoever you be, even in the mightiest of towers. Yet if some good comes their way they say: &quot


tafseer:
Do they not ponder over the Qur´an? Had it been the word of any other but God they would surely have found a good deal of variation in it.


tafseer:
And when any tidings of peace or war come to them they spread the news around. Had they gone to the Prophet or those in authority among them, then those who check and scrutinize would have known it, And but for the favour of God and His mercy you would certainly have followed Satan, except a few.


tafseer:
So fight on in the way of God (irrespective of the others). You cannot compel any one except your own self


tafseer:
When you are greeted with a greeting, then greet with one fairer, or repeat the same greeting. For God takes account of all things.


tafseer:
God: There is no god but He. He will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection which is certain to come


tafseer:
How is it that you are divided in two factions about the hypocrites? God has routed them for what they were doing. Do you wish to guide him to the path whom God has allowed to go astray? As for him whom God allows to go astray you will not find a way.


tafseer:
They wish you to become disbelievers as they are, so that you should become like them. Therefore hold them not as friends until they go out of their homes in the way of God. If they do not, seize them wherever they are and do away with them. Do not make them your friends or allies,


tafseer:
Except those who take refuge with a people allied to you, or those who, weary of fighting you or their people, come over to you. If God had so willed He would surely have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. If they keep aloof and do not fight, and offer peace, God has left you no reason to fight them.


tafseer:
You will also find persons who, while wishing to live in peace with you as well as with their own people, turn to civil war the moment they are called to it. If they do not keep away from you, nor offer you peace nor restrain their hands, seize them and kill them wherever they are. We have given you a clear sanction against them.


tafseer:
Any one who kills a believer intentionally will be cast into Hell to abide there for ever, and suffer God´s anger and damnation. For him a greater punishment awaits.


tafseer:
O believers, when you go out on a journey in the way of God, be discreet and do not say to anyone who greets you in peace: &quot


tafseer:
The faithful who sit idle, other than those who are disabled, are not equal to those who fight in the way of God with their wealth and lives. God has exalted those in rank who fight for the faith with their wealth and souls over those who sit idle. Though God´s promise of good is for all, He has granted His favour of the highest reward to those who struggle in preference to those who sit at home.


tafseer:
As for those whose souls are taken by the angels (at death) while in a state of unbelief, they will be asked by the angels: &quot


tafseer:
But those who are helpless, men, women and children, who can neither contrive a plan nor do they know the way,


tafseer:
Whosoever leaves his country in duty to God will find many places of refuge, and abundance on the earth. And he who leaves his home and becomes an emigre in the way of God and His Messenger, and death overtake him, is sure to receive his reward from God


tafseer:
When you travel in the land there is no sin if you curtail your service of prayer if you fear the unbelievers may harass you, for indeed your open enemies are the infidels.


tafseer:
When you are among them, and have to lead the service of prayer, let one group stand up with you, but let them keep their arms. After they have paid their homage they should go to the rear, and let the group which has not done so yet offer their service of prayer with you, remaining cautious and armed, The infidels wish to find you neglectful of your arms and provisions, to attack you unawares. It will not be a sin if you put aside your arms when you are troubled by rain, or you are ill


tafseer:
If you are late in performing your service of prayer honour God by remembering Him, standing or sitting or lying on your sides. And when you have security perform your act of prayer befittingly


tafseer:
And do not be chary of pursuing them. If you suffer, they shall also suffer like you. But while you have hope (of success) from God, they have none. Surely God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
We have sent down to you the Book containing the truth, in whose light you should judge among the people as God has shown you, and do not be a contender for deceivers.


tafseer:
Do not argue for those who harbour deceit in their hearts, for God does not love the treacherous and the iniquitous.


tafseer:
They try to hide from (men), but they cannot hide from God who is with them at night when they discuss such matters as He does not approve


tafseer:
He who does evil or acts against his own interests (by disbelieving), then prays for God´s forgiveness, will find God compassionate and merciful.


tafseer:
He who commits a mistake or iniquity and ascribes it to one who is innocent, is guilty of calumny and brazen sin.


tafseer:
Their confidential counsels are seldom for the good, save of those who talk of charity or goodness or peace among men. Whosoever does so for the pleasure of God, We shall give him an ample reward.


tafseer:
And he who opposes the Prophet even after the way has become clear to him, and follows a path other than the way of believers, We shall lead him to what he has chosen for himself, and shall take him to Hell: How evil a journey´s end.


tafseer:
God does not forgive that compeers be ascribed to Him, and absolves all else whatsoever He will. And he who associates compeers with God has indeed wandered far astray.


tafseer:
Whatever the promises he makes, whatever the desires he enkindles, and whatever the hopes Satan rouses in them, are no more than delusion.


tafseer:
But those who believe and do good deeds We shall admit into gardens with streams of running water where they will abide for ever. True is the promise of God


tafseer:
It is neither dependent on your wishes, nor the wishes of the people of the Book, (but) whosoever does ill will be punished for it, and will find no protector or friend apart from God


tafseer:
But he who performs good deeds, whether man or a woman, and is a believer, will surely enter Paradise, and none shall be deprived even of an iota of his reward.


tafseer:
Whose way is better than that of the man who has submitted to God, and does good, and who follows the creed of Abraham the upright? And God chose Abraham as friend.


tafseer:
If a woman fears aversion from her husband, or ill treatment, there is no harm if they make a peaceful settlement


tafseer:
Howsoever you may try you will never be able to treat your wives equally. But do not incline (to one) exclusively and leave (the other) suspended (as it were). Yet if you do the right thing and are just, God is verily forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
All that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to God. We had commanded those who received the Book before you, and have commanded you too, to obey the laws of God. Even if you deny, surely all that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to God


tafseer:
Whosoever desires a reward of this world (should remember) that with God are rewards of this world and the next


tafseer:
O you who believe, be custodians of justice (and) witnesses for God, even though against yourselves or your parents or your relatives. Whether a man be rich or poor, God is his greater well-wisher than you. So follow not the behests of lust lest you swerve from justice


tafseer:
O believers, believe in God and His Messenger and the Book He has revealed to His Apostle, and the Books revealed before. But he who believes not in God and His angels and the Books and the prophets and the Last Day, has wandered far away.


tafseer:
Those who accept the faith, then disbelieve, then return to it, and deny once again and increase in disbelief, will not be forgiven by God or be guided by Him.


tafseer:
Do those who take unbelievers as their friends in preference to the faithful seek power from them? But all power belongs to God.


tafseer:
You have been commanded in the Book that whensoever you hear God´s messages denied or derided, do not sit in that company until they begin talking of other things, or you will be no different from them. Indeed God will put the hypocrites and infidels together in Hell.


tafseer:
The hypocrites try to deceive God, but He (leads them to) deceive themselves. When they stand up for performing the service of prayer they do so indolently, only for show, and remember God but little,


tafseer:
Wavering between the two, neither with these nor with those. For them who are not given the guidance by God, you will never find a way.


tafseer:
O believers, do not hold unbelievers as friends in preference to the faithful. Do you want to proffer a clear proof of your own guilt before God?


tafseer:
But those who repent and amend, and hold firmly to God, and are sincere and wholly obedient to God, are surely with the faithful


tafseer:
Why should God punish you if you acknowledge the truth and believe? God is responsive to gratitude and is cognisant.


tafseer:
God does not like ill (of others) spoken about, except by him who has been wronged. For God hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
Whether you do some good openly or in secret, or forgive an ill done to you, (know) that God is forgiving and all-powerful.


tafseer:
Those who believe not in God and His apostles, and desire to differentiate between God and His messengers, and say: &quot


tafseer:
But those who believe in God and His apostles and make no distinction among any of them, will be given by Him their recompense


tafseer:
The people of the Book demand of you to bring for them a book from heaven. But of Moses they had asked a bigger thing, and demanded: &quot


tafseer:
So (they were punished) for breaking the covenant and disbelieving the signs of God, and for killing the prophets unjustly, and saying: &quot


tafseer:
Because of the wickedness of some among the Jews, and because they obstructed people from the way of God, We forbade them many things which were lawful for them


tafseer:
But to the learned among them, and the believers who affirm what has been revealed to you and was revealed to those before you, and to those who fulfil their devotional obligations, who pay the zakat and believe in God and the Last Day, We shall give a great reward.


tafseer:
We have sent revelations to you as We sent revelations to Noah and the prophets (who came) after him


tafseer:
And to many an apostle We have mentioned before, and to many other apostles We have not mentioned to you


tafseer:
All these apostles of good news and admonition were sent so that after the apostles men may have no argument against God. God is all-powerful and all-wise.


tafseer:
God is Himself witness to what has been revealed to you, and revealed with His knowledge, and the angels are witness


tafseer:
O people of the Book, do not be fanatical in your faith, and say nothing but the truth about God. The Messiah who is Jesus, son of Mary, was only an apostle of God, and a command of His which He sent to Mary, as a mercy from Him. So believe in God and His apostles, and do not call Him ´Trinity´. Abstain from this for your own good


tafseer:
The Christ will never disdain to be a votary of God, nor will the angels close to Him. And those who disdain to serve Him and are proud (should remember) that they will all go back to Him in the end.


tafseer:
Then those who believed and earned good deeds will be given their recompense in full, and even more out of grace. But those who disdain and who boast will receive a painful punishment. They will find none except God to help them or save them.


tafseer:
O men, you have received infallible proof from your Lord, and We have sent down a beacon light to you.


tafseer:
So those who believe in God and hold fast to Him shall indeed be received into His mercy and His grace, and be guided to Him the straight path.


tafseer:
O YOU WHO believe, fulfil your obligations. Made lawful (as food) for you are animals except those mentioned (here)


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not violate the (sanctity of) offerings to God, nor the rites of the holy month, nor sacrificial cattle with garlands (that are brought to the Ka´bah), nor of the people who flock to the Holy House seeking the bounties of their Lord, and His pleasure. Hunt when you have laid aside the robe of the pilgrim. And do not let your hatred of a people who had barred you from the Holy Mosque lead you to aggression. But help one another in goodness and piety, and do not assist in crime and rebellion, and fear God. Surely God is severe in punishment.


tafseer:
Forbidden you is carrion and blood, and the flesh of the swine, and whatsoever has been killed in the name of some other than God, and whatever has been strangled, or killed by a blow or a fall, or by goring, or that which has been mauled by wild beasts unless slaughtered while still alive


tafseer:
O believers, when you stand up for the service of prayer wash your faces and hands up to elbows, and also wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles. If you are in a state of seminal pollution, then bathe and purify yourself well. But in case you are ill or are travelling, or you have satisfied the call of nature, or have slept with a woman, and you cannot find water, then take wholesome dust and pass it over your face and your hands, for God does not wish to impose any hardship on you. He wishes to purify you, and grace you with His favours in full so that you may be grateful.


tafseer:
Remember the favours He bestowed on you, and the covenant He cemented with you, when you said: &quot


tafseer:
O you who believe, stand up as witnesses for God in all fairness, and do not let the hatred of a people deviate you from justice. Be just: This is closest to piety


tafseer:
God has made a promise of forgiveness and the highest reward to those who believe and perform good deeds.


tafseer:
O believers, remember the favours God bestowed on you when a people raised their hands against you and He restrained their hands. So fear God


tafseer:
When they dishonoured their pledge We condemned them, and hardened their hearts. So they distort the words of the Scripture out of context, and have forgotten some of what they were warned against. You will always hear of treachery on their part except that of a few. But forbear and forgive them, for God loves those who do good.


tafseer:
We had taken the pledge of those also who call themselves Christians. But they too forgot to take advantage of the warning they were given. So We have caused enmity and hatred among them to last till the Day of Resurrection, when God will inform them of what they were doing.


tafseer:
O people of the Book, Our Apostle has come to you, announcing many things of the Scriptures that you have suppressed, passing over some others. To you has come light and a clear Book from God


tafseer:
Through which God will lead those who follow His pleasure to the path of peace, and guide them out of darkness into light by His will, and to the path that is straight.


tafseer:
O you people of the Book, Our Apostle has come to you when apostles had ceased to come long ago, lest you said: &quot


tafseer:
Enter then, my people, the Holy Land that God has ordained for you, and do not turn back, or you will suffer.&quot


tafseer:
Narrate to them exactly the tale of the two sons of Adam. When each of them offered a sacrifice (to God), that of one was accepted, and that of the other was not. Said (the one): &quot


tafseer:
If you raise your hand to kill me, I will raise not mine to kill you, for I fear God, the Lord of all the worlds


tafseer:
I would rather you suffered the punishment for sinning against me, and for your own sin, and became an inmate of Hell. And that is the requital for the unjust.&quot


tafseer:
Then the other was induced by his passion to murder his brother, and he killed him, and became one of the damned.


tafseer:
Then God sent a raven which scratched the ground in order to show him how to hide the nakedness of his brother. &quot


tafseer:
That is why We decreed for the children of Israel that whosoever kills a human being, except (as punishment) for murder or for spreading corruption in the land, it shall be like killing all humanity


tafseer:
The punishment for those who wage war against God and His Prophet, and perpetrate disorders in the land, is to kill or hang them, or have a hand on one side and a foot on the other cut off, or banish them from the land. Such is their disgrace in the world, and in the Hereafter their doom shall be dreadful.


tafseer:
O you who believe, follow the path shown to you by God, and seek the way of proximity to Him, and struggle in His way: you may have success.


tafseer:
As for unbelievers, if they possess the riches of the whole earth, and two times more, and offer it as ransom for release from the torments of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them, and their punishment will surely be painful.


tafseer:
They would like to escape from the Fire, but will never succeed, and their suffering will be constant


tafseer:
But those who repent after a crime and reform, shall be forgiven by God, for God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
Do you not know that God´s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth? He punishes whom He will, and pardons whom He please, for God has the power over all things.


tafseer:
Be not grieved, O Apostle, by those who hasten to outrace others in denial, and say with their tongues: &quot


tafseer:
Eavesdropping for telling lies, earning through unlawful means! So, if they come to you, judge between them or decline. And if you decline, they can do you no harm


tafseer:
But why should they make you a judge when the Torah is with them which contains the Law of God? Even then they turn away. They are those who will never believe.


tafseer:
We sent down the Torah which contains guidance and light, in accordance with which the prophets who were obedient (to God) gave instructions to the Jews, as did the rabbis and priests, for they were the custodians and witnesses of God´s writ. So, therefore, do not fear men, fear Me, and barter not My messages away for a paltry gain. Those who do not judge by God´s revelations are infidels indeed.


tafseer:
And there (in the Torah) We had ordained for them a life for a life, and an eye for an eye, and a nose for a nose, and an ear for an ear, and a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds retribution, though he who forgoes it out of charity, atones for his sins. And those who do not judge by God´s revelations are unjust.


tafseer:
Later, in the train (of the prophets), We sent Jesus, son of Mary, confirming the Torah which had been (Sent down) before him, and gave him the Gospel containing guidance and light, which corroborated the earlier Torah, a guidance and warning for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path.


tafseer:
Let the people of the Gospel judge by what has been revealed in it by God. And those who do not judge in accordance with what God has revealed are transgressors.


tafseer:
And to you We have revealed the Book containing the truth, confirming the earlier revelations, and preserving them (from change and corruption). So judge between them by what has been revealed by God, and do not follow their whims, side-stepping the truth that has reached you. To each of you We have given a law and a way and a pattern of life. If God had pleased He could surely have made you one people (professing one faith). But He wished to try and test you by that which He gave you. So try to excel in good deeds. To Him will you all return in the end, when He will tell you of what you were at variance.


tafseer:
Judge between them in the light of what has been revealed by God, and do not follow their whims, and beware of them lest they lead you away from the guidance sent down to you by God. If they turn away, then know that God is sure to punish them for some of their sins


tafseer:
Do they seek a judgement of the days of pagan ignorance? But who could be a better judge than God for those who are firm in their faith?


tafseer:
You will notice that those whose hearts are afflicted with sickness (of doubt) only hasten to join them and say: &quot


tafseer:
O believers, any one of you who turns back on his faith (should remember) that God could verily bring (in your place) another people whom He would love as they would love Him, gentle with believers, unbending with infidels, who would strive in the way of God, unafraid of blame by any slanderer. Such is the favour of God which He bestows on whomsoever He will. God is infinite and all-knowing.


tafseer:
Your only friends are God and His Messenger, and those who believe and are steadfast in devotion, who pay the zakat and bow in homage (before God).


tafseer:
And those who take God and His Prophet and the faithful as their friends are indeed men of God, who will surely be victorious.


tafseer:
O believers, do not make friends with those who mock and make a sport of your faith, who were given the Book before you, and with unbelievers


tafseer:
(Nor make friends with) those who, when you call (the faithful) to prayer, make mock of it and jest, because they do not understand.


tafseer:
You will see among them many who rush into sin and wickedness, and devour unlawful gain. How evil are the things they do!


tafseer:
Why do not their rabbis and priests prohibit them from talking of sinful things and from devouring unlawful gain? Evil are the acts they commit!


tafseer:
If the people of the Book had believed and feared, We would surely have absolved them of their sins, and admitted them to gardens of delight.


tafseer:
And if they had followed the teachings of the Torah and the Gospel, and what has been sent down to them by their Lord, they would surely have enjoyed (blessings) from the heavens above and the earth below their feet.


tafseer:
Some among them are moderate, but evil is what most of them do! O Prophet, announce what has reached you from your Lord, for if you do not, you will not have delivered His message. God will preserve you from (the mischief of) men


tafseer:
All those who believe, and the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians, in fact any one who believes in God and the Last Day, and performs good deeds, will have nothing to fear or regret.


tafseer:
Cursed were disbelievers among the children of Israel by David and Jesus, son of Mary, because they rebelled and transgressed the bounds.


tafseer:
You can see among them many allying themselves with the infidels. Vile it was what they sent ahead of them, so that God´s indignation came upon them


tafseer:
If they had believed in God and the Prophet and what had been revealed to him, they would never have held them as allies


tafseer:
For when they listen to what has been revealed to this Apostle, you can see their eyes brim over with tears at the truth which they recognise, and say: &quot


tafseer:
And why should we not believe in God and what has come down to us of the truth? And we hope to be admitted by our Lord among those who are upright and do good?&quot


tafseer:
God will reward them for saying so with gardens where streams flow by, where they will live for ever. This is the recompense of those who do good.


tafseer:
Eat what is lawful and good of the provisions God has bestowed on you, and fear God in whom you believe.


tafseer:
God does not punish you but for what you swear in earnest. The expiation (for breaking an oath) is feeding ten persons who are poor, with food that you give your own families, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. But he who cannot do so should fast for three days. This is the expiation for an oath when you have sworn it. So abide by your oaths. Thus God makes His commandments clear to you: You may perhaps be grateful.


tafseer:
O believers, this wine and gambling, these idols, and these arrows you use for divination, are all acts of Satan


tafseer:
Satan only wishes to create among you enmity and hatred through wine and gambling, and to divert you from the remembrance of God and prayer. Will you therefore not desist?


tafseer:
Obey God and the Prophet, and beware. If you turn away, remember, that the duty of Our Apostle is to give you a clear warning.


tafseer:
Those who believe and perform good deeds will not be held guilty for what they have eaten (in the past) if they fear God and believe, and do good things and are conscious (of God) and believe, and still fear and do good, for God loves those who do good.


tafseer:
O you who believe, God will surely try you with the game that you take with your hands or your lances, in order to know who fear Him unseen. Whosoever transgress after this will suffer grievous punishment.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not kill game when you are on pilgrimage. And anyone among you who does so on purpose should offer livestock of equivalent value, determined by two honourable persons among you, (as atonement), to be brought to the Ka´bah as an offering


tafseer:
Lawful is all game of the water for you, and eating of it as food, so that you and the travellers may benefit by it. But unlawful is game of the jungle when you are on pilgrimage. Fear God before whom you have to gather in the end.


tafseer:
God has made the Ka´bah, the Sacred House, a means of support for mankind, as also the holy month, the sacrificial offerings, and consecrated cattle, so that you may understand that known to God is all that is in the heavens and the earth, and God has knowledge of everything.


tafseer:
O believers, do not ask about things which, if made known to you, may vex you. But if you ask about them when the Qur´an is being revealed they will be unfolded to you. God has overlooked (your failings) in this (respect), for God is forgiving and forbearing.


tafseer:
God has not sanctioned Baheerah or Sa´ibah, Waseelah or Ham. The unbelievers fabricate lies of God, for many of them are devoid of sense.


tafseer:
O you who believe, on you rests (the responsibility) for your own selves. If you follow the right path those who have gone astray will not be able to do you harm. To God have all of you to return, when He will tell you what you were doing.


tafseer:
O you who believe, let two honest men among you be witness when you dictate your last will and testament as (the hour of) death draws near


tafseer:
If it transpires they have concealed the truth, two of those who are immediately concerned should take their place and swear by God: &quot


tafseer:
It is thus likely that men will bear witness rightly, or else fear that their oaths may be disproved by oaths given after them. So fear God, and do not forget that God does not guide the iniquitous.


tafseer:
I said nought to them but what You commanded me: Worship God, my Lord and your Lord. And so long as I dwelt with them I was witness over their actions. And after my life had been done, You were their keeper


tafseer:
God will say: ´This is the day when the truthful shall profit by their truthfulness. For them will be gardens with streams running by, where they will for ever abide.&quot


tafseer:
ALL PRAISE BE to God who created the heavens and the earth, and ordained darkness and light. Yet the unbelievers make the others equal of their Lord.


tafseer:
It is He who created you from clay then determined a term (of life) for you, and a term (is fixed) with Him. Even then you doubt.


tafseer:
He is God in the heavens and the earth. He knows what you hide and bring out into the open, and knows what you earn (of good and evil).


tafseer:
Do they not see how many generations We laid low before them, whom We had firmly established in the land as We have not established you, and showered abundant rain on them, and made rivers lap at their feet, yet whom We destroyed for their sins, and raised new generations after them?


tafseer:
Even if We had sent you a transcript on paper which they could feel with their hands, the unbelievers would have said: &quot


tafseer:
Even if We had sent down an angel as messenger he would have appeared in the garb of a man and filled them with confusion, like the one they are filled with.


tafseer:
And who is more wicked than he who invents lies about God or denies His revelations? Surely the wicked will not succeed.


tafseer:
And they forbid others from (believing in) it, and themselves keep away from it. But they ruin none but themselves, and do not understand.


tafseer:
But no. What they were hiding has now become clear to them. If they were sent back they would surely return to what had been forbidden them, for surely they are liars.


tafseer:
They are surely lost who call the meeting with God a lie. When the Hour comes upon them unawares, they will say: &quot


tafseer:
As for the life of this world, it is nothing but a frolic and frivolity. The final abode is the best for those who are pious and fear God. Do you not comprehend?


tafseer:
We know what they say distresses you. It is not you in fact they accuse of lies, but the wicked deny the revelations of God!


tafseer:
Many an apostle has been accused of lies before you. Yet they bore with fortitude the falsehoods and the hurt until our help arrived. There is no changing the word of God: The news of (past) apostles has come to you already.


tafseer:
If their aversion still weighs upon you, seek out a tunnel (going deep) into the earth, or a ladder reaching out to the skies, and bring them a sign: (Even then they will not believe). If God had willed He would have brought them all to the right path. So be not like the pagans.


tafseer:
Only they will respond who can hear. As for the dead, raised they will be by God, then to Him they will be returned.


tafseer:
There is not a thing that moves on the earth, no bird that flies on its wings, but has a community of its own like yours. There is nothing that We have left out from recording. Then they will all be gathered before their Lord.


tafseer:
Those who deny Our revelations are deaf, dumb, and lost in the dark. God sends whosoever He wills astray, and leads whom He will to the straight path.


tafseer:
We have indeed sent (apostles) to many a people before you, and inflicted upon them hardships and afflictions so that they might submit.


tafseer:
Then why did they not submit when Our punishment came upon them? But their hearts were hardened, and Satan made things they were doing look attractive to them.


tafseer:
When they had become oblivious of what they were warned, We opened wide the gates of everything to them


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Thus were the wicked people rooted out of existence to the last. All praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds.


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We do not send apostles but to give good tidings and to warn. Then those who believe or reform will have neither fear nor regret.


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Warn those who fear, through this (Qur´an), that they will be gathered before their Lord, and they will have none to protect or intercede for them apart from Him. They may haply take heed for themselves.


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Do not turn away those who supplicate their Lord morning and evening, seeking His magnificence. You are not accountable for them in the least, nor they for you at all. If you drive them away you will only be unjust.


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It is He indeed who sends you to death at night, and knows what you do in the day, then makes you rise with it again in order that the fixed term of life be fulfilled. Then to Him you will be returned when He will tell you what you did.


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He has power over His creatures, and appoints guardians to watch over them. When death comes to one of you, Our messengers take away his soul, and do not falter.


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When you see them argue about Our messages, withdraw from their company until they begin to talk of other things. In case the Devil makes you forget, leave the company of these unjust people the moment you remember this.


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As for the heedful and devout, they are not accountable for them, but should give advice: They may haply come to fear God.


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Leave those alone who have made a sport and frolic of their faith, and have been seduced by the life of this world. Remind them hereby lest a man is doomed for what he has done. He will have none to help him, or intercede for him, other than God


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Say: ´Should we call in place of God one who can neither help nor do us harm, and turn back after having been guided by God, like a man beguiled by the devils who wanders perplexed in the wilderness while his friends call him back to the right path, saying: ´Come to us, this way?´ Say: &quot


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Observe (your) devotional obligations and fear (God), for it is He before whom you will be gathered (in the end).&quot


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Thus We showed to Abraham the visible and invisible world of the heavens and the earth, that he could be among those who believe.


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I have truly turned my face towards Him who created the heavens and the earth: I have chosen one way and am not an idolater.&quot


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And why should I fear those you associate with Him when you fear not associating others with God for which He has sent down no sanction? Tell me, whose way is the way of peace, if you have the knowledge?


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They alone have peace who believe and do not intermix belief with denial, and are guided on the right path.&quot


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This is the argument We gave to Abraham against his people. We exalt whosoever We please in rank by degrees. Your Lord is wise and all-knowing.


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And We gave him Isaac and Jacob and guided them, as We had guided Noah before them, and of his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus We reward those who are upright and do good.


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As We did some of their fathers and progeny and brethren, and chose them, and showed them the right path.


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This is God´s guidance: He gives among His creatures whom He will. If they had associated others with Him, surely vain would have been all they did.


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Those were the people to whom We gave the Book and the Law and the Prophethood. But if they reject these things We shall entrust them to a people who will not deny.


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And this (Qur´an) is another Book that We have revealed, blessed, affirming the earlier (revelations), so that you may warn the people of (Makkah) the town of towns, and those who live around it. Those who believe in the life to come shall believe in it and be watchful of their moral obligations.


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Indeed it is God who splits up the seed and the kernel, and brings forth the living from the dead, the dead from the living. This is God: So whither do you stray?


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He ushers in the dawn, and made the night for rest, the sun and moon a computation. Such is the measure appointed by Him, the omnipotent and all-wise.


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It is He who made the stars by which you reckon your way through the darkness of the desert and the sea. Distinct have We made Our signs for those who recognise.


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It is He who produced you from a single cell, and appointed a place of sojourning, (the womb of the mother), and a place of depositing, (the grave). How clear have We made Our signs for those who understand.


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It is He who sends down water from the skies, and brings out of it everything that grows, the green foliage, the grain lying close, the date palm trees with clusters of dates, and the gardens of grapes, and of olives and pomegranates, so similar yet so unlike. Look at the fruits, how they appear on the trees, and they ripen. In all these are signs for those who believe.


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Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, how could He have a son when He has no mate? He created all things, and has knowledge of all things.


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No eyes can penetrate Him, but He penetrates all eyes, and He knows all the mysteries, for He is all-knowing.


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To you have come signs from your Lord, (and the light of understanding). So any one who sees (and understands) does so for himself, and any one who turns blind shall suffer the consequences alone. (Say:) &quot


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So follow what is sent down to you by your Lord, for homage is due to no one but God, and turn away from idolaters.


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Had He willed they would not have been idolaters. We have not appointed you their guardian, nor are you their pleader.


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Do not revile those who invoke others apart from God, lest they begin to revile God out of malice and ignorance. We have made attractive their deeds to every people. They have to go back to their Lord, when He will tell them what they used to do.


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We shall turn their hearts and their eyes, for they did not believe them at the very first, and leave them to wander perplexed in bewilderment.


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Even if We send down the angels to them, and the dead should speak to them, and We gather all things before their eyes, they will not believe, unless God should will, for most of them are ignorant.


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That is how We have made for each apostle opponents, the satans among men and jinns, who inspire one another with deceitful talk. But if your Lord had willed they would not have done so. Pay no attention to them and to what they fabricate.


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Let those who do not believe in the life to come, listen to it and be pleased with it, and let them gain what they may gain.


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Perfected are the laws of your Lord in truth and justice, and there is no changing His laws. He is all-hearing and all-knowing.


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If you follow the majority of people on the earth, they will lead you astray from the path of God, for they follow only conjecture and surmise.


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Your Lord surely knows those who have strayed from his path, and knows those who are rightly guided.


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And why should you not eat of that over which the name of God has been pronounced, when He has made it distinctly clear what is forbidden, unless you are constrained to do so. Surely many (men) mislead others into following their vain desires through lack of knowledge. Your Lord certainly knows the transgressors.


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Discard both the visible and invisible sin. For those who sin will be punished for what they have done.


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Do not eat of that over which God´s name has not been pronounced, for that would amount to exceeding the limits of law. Certainly the devils inspire their proteges to dispute with you: If you obey them, you will surely become an idolater.


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Can he who was lifeless, to whom We gave life, and gave him a light in whose glow he walks among men, be like him who is used to darkness from which he can never emerge? Thus have been their doings made attractive to unbelievers.


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For them is an abode of peace with their Lord. He will be their defender as reward for what they did.


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O you assembly of jinns and men, did not apostles come to you from among you, communicating My signs to you, bringing warnings of this your day (of Doom)?&quot


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And this (so that it may be clear) that your Lord does not destroy towns and cities arbitrarily while the citizens remain unaware.


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Your Lord is all-sufficient and full of benevolence. He can take you away if He please, and make whom He will succeed you, as He had raised you from the progeny of others.


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In the same way have their companions shown many unbelievers the killing of their children as desirable in order to ruin them and falsify their faith. If God had so willed they would never have done so. Leave them to their falsehoods.


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They will surely perish who kill their offspring in ignorance foolhardily, and forbid the food that God has given them by fabricating lies against God. Misguided are they surely, and will never come to guidance.


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It is He who grew the gardens, trellised and bowered, and palm trees and land sown with corn and many other seeds, and olives and pomegranates, alike and yet unlike. So eat of their fruit when they are in fruit, and give on the day of harvesting His due, and do not be extravagant, for God does not love those who are prodigal.


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He has created beasts of burden and cattle for slaughter. So eat of what God has given you for food, and do not walk in the footsteps of Satan who is surely your declared enemy.


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There are eight pairs, two of the species of sheep and two of goats. Ask them which has He forbidden, the two males or the two females, or what the females carry in their wombs? Produce the sanction if you are truthful.


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We made unlawful for the Jews all animals with claws or nails, and the fat of the oxen and sheep, except that on their backs or their intestines, or which remains attached to their bones. This was the punishment for their insubordination


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(He has further commanded:) ´This is My straight path, so walk along it, and do not follow other ways, lest you should turn away from the right one.´ All this has He commanded. You may perhaps take heed for yourselves.&quot


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To that end We gave the Book to Moses, a perfect law, distinctly explaining all things, and a guidance and grace, so that they should believe in the meeting with their Lord.


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What are the people waiting for? For the angels to come down, or your Lord to appear, or some signs from your Lord? The day when certain signs appear from your Lord, the embracing of faith shall not be of any avail to one who did not come to belief at first, or who did not perform good deeds by virtue of his faith. Tell them: &quot


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As for those who have created schisms in their order, and formed different sects, you have no concern with them. Their affair is with God. He will tell them the truth of what they were doing.


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It is He who made you trustees on the earth, and exalted some in rank over others in order to try you by what He has given you. Indeed your Lord´s retribution is swift, yet He is forgiving and kind.


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Follow what has been revealed to you by your Lord, and do not follow any other lord apart from Him. Yet little do you care to remember.


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Many a habitation have We laid low before: Our retribution came upon them in the night or in the midst of siesta at noon.


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(On the Day of Reckoning) We shall question the people to whom We had sent Our apostles, (if they followed their teachings), and will question the apostles.


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We shall recount (their deeds) to them with knowledge, for We were never absent (and saw all they did).


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And the weighing will be just on that Day. Then those whose (deeds) are heavier in the balance will find fulfilment,


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Verily We created you and gave you form and shape, and ordered the angels to bow before Adam in homage


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And you, O Adam, and your spouse, live in the Garden and eat your fill wheresoever you like, but do not approach this tree, or you will become iniquitous.&quot


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But Satan suggested (evil) to them, in order to reveal their hidden parts of which they were not aware (till then), and said: &quot


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And led them (to the tree) by deceit. When they tasted (the fruit) of the tree their disgrace became exposed to them


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O sons of Adam, We have revealed to you a dress that would both hide your nakedness and be an adornment, but the raiment of piety is best. This is one of the tokens of God: You may haply reflect.


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O sons of Adam, let not Satan beguile you as he did your parents out of Eden, and made them disrobe to expose their disgrace to them. For he and his host can see you from where you cannot see them. We have made the devils the friends of those who do not believe,


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A Section (among them) were guided, a section were bound to go astray, (for) instead of God they took the devils as their friends


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O sons of Adam, when apostles come to you from among you, who convey My messages, then those who take heed and amend will have neither fear nor regret.


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But those who deny Our signs and disdain them, shall belong to Hell, where they will abide for ever.


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Who could be more wicked than he who imputes lies to God or denies His revelations? Such as these will receive what is declared in the Book, and when Our angels come to draw out their souls and ask: &quot


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Verily for those who deny Our signs and turn away in haughtiness from them, the gates of heaven shall not be opened, nor will they enter Paradise, not till the camel passes through the needle´s eye. That is how We requite the transgressors:


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As for those who believe and do good, We never burden a soul beyond capacity. They are men of Paradise where they will abide for ever.


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Whatever the rancour they may have in their hearts We shall (cleanse and) remove. Streams of running water shall ripple at their feet, and they will say: &quot


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There will be a veil between them, and on the wall will be the men (of al-A´raf) who will recognise everyone by their distinguishing marks, and will call to the inmates of Paradise: &quot


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Indeed We had brought to them a Book distinct, replete with knowledge, and guidance and grace for men who believe.


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Are they waiting for the exposition of what it speaks of? The day that (Reality) is unravelled, the people who had lost sight of it will say: &quot


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Surely your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six spans of time, then assumed all power. He covers up the day with night which comes chasing it fast


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Indeed it is He who sends the winds as harbingers of auspicious news announcing His beneficence, bringing heavy clouds which We drive towards a region lying dead, and send down rain, and raise all kinds of fruits. So shall We raise the dead that you may think and reflect.


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The soil that is good produces (rich) crops by the will of its Lord, and that which is had yields only what is poor. So do We explain Our signs in different ways to people who give thanks.


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I bring to you the messages of my Lord, and give you sincere advice, for I know from God what you do not know.


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Do you wonder that a warning has come to you from your Lord through a man who is one of you, and warns you to take heed for yourselves and fear God? You might be treated with mercy.&quot


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But they called him a liar, and We saved him and those with him in the Ark, and drowned the others who rejected Our signs, for they were a people purblind.


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Do you wonder that a warning has come to you from your Lord through a man who is one of you and warns you? Remember, He made you leaders after the people of Noah, and gave you a greater increase in your stature. So think of the favours of God


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Then We saved him and those on his side by Our grace, and destroyed to the very last those who rejected Our signs and denied the truth.


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Remember, how you were made leaders after the people of ´Ad, and were settled on the land so that you could construct on the plains palaces, and carve dwellings out of mountains. So think of the favours of God, and do not act with corruption in the land.&quot


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The chiefs among the people who were arrogant towards the weaker ones among them who believed, asked: &quot


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Then they were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned on the ground in their homes in the morning.


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In preference to women you satisfy your lust with men. Indeed you are a people who are guilty of excess.&quot


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Do not lie in ambush to intimidate and divert from the path of God those who believe in Him, nor seek obliquity in it. Remember the day when you were few and He increased your numbers. So consider the fate of those who were evil.


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If some of you believe what has been sent through me, and some of you do not, have patience until God decide between us, for He is the best of all judges.&quot


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We shall only be guilty of blaspheming God if we accept your way after the people of Noah, and gave you a greater increase in your stature. So think of the favours of God


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There is not a region to which We sent a prophet and did not inflict upon its people adversity and hardship so that they may submit.


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But when We changed hardship to ease, and they rose and prospered, (they forgot Our favours) and said: &quot


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But if the people of these regions had believed and feared God, We would surely have showered on them blessings of the heavens and the earth


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Are the people of the region so secure that they lie asleep unaware as Our punishment overtakes them?


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Or, are the people of the towns so unafraid that (even when) Our retribution comes upon them in the hours of the morning they remain engrossed in sport and play?


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Can they remain secure against the plan of God? Only they feel secure against the plan of God who are certain of being ruined.


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Do not the people who inherited the earth from the (earlier) inhabitants perceive that We could afflict them too for their sins if We pleased, and put seals on their hearts that they may not hear (the voice of truth)?


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These were the (earlier) habitations whose accounts We have given to you. Their apostles came with clear proofs, but they did not believe what they once denied. That is how God seals the hearts of those who do not believe.


tafseer:
So We sent Moses with miracles after (these apostles) to the Pharaoh and his nobles, but they behaved with them high-handedly. See then the end of the authors of evil.


tafseer:
So We let loose on them floods and locusts, and vermin, frogs and blood -- how many different signs. But they still remained arrogant, for they were a people full of sin.


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But no sooner was the punishment withdrawn for a time to enable them to make good their promise than they broke it.


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So We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea for rejecting Our signs and not heeding them.


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We then made the people who were weak (and oppressed) successors of the land to the East and the West which We had blessed. Thus the fair promise of your Lord to the children of Israel was fulfilled, for they were patient in adversity


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When We brought the children of Israel across the sea, and they came to a people who were devoted to their idols, they said: &quot


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And We wrote down on tablets admonitions and clear explanations of all things for Moses, and ordered him: &quot


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I will turn those away from My signs who behave unjustly with arrogance in the land so that even though they see all the signs they will not believe in them


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Vain are the acts of those who deny Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter. Can they ever be rewarded for anything but what they did?


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In the absence of Moses his people prepared the image of a calf from their ornaments, which gave out the mooing of a cow. Yet they did not see it could neither speak to them nor guide them to the right path. Even then they took it (for a deity) and did wrong.


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Surely those who have taken the calf (as a god) will suffer the anger of their Lord, and disgrace in the world. That is how We requite those who fabricate lies.


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When his anger subsided Moses picked up the tablets. Inscribed on them was guidance and grace for those who fear their Lord.


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Moses chose seventy of his people for the appointment (on Mount Sinai). When they arrived they were seized by a tremor. (Moses) said: &quot


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Who follow the messenger, the gentile Prophet, described in the Torah and the Gospel, who bids things noble and forbids things vile, makes lawful what is clean, and prohibits what is foul, who relieves them of their burdens, and the yoke that lies upon them. Those who believe and honour and help him, and follow the light sent with him, are those who will attain their goal.&quot


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Among the people of Moses is a section that shows the way to the truth, and deals justly in accordance with it.


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We divided them into twelve (different) tribes. When his people asked for water, We said to Moses: &quot


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Enquire of them about the town situated by the sea where, when they did not keep the Sabbath, the fish came up to the surface of the water for them


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But when they forgot to remember the warning, We saved those who prohibited evil, but inflicted on the wicked a dreadful punishment -- requital for their disobedience.


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And your Lord declared He would send men against them who would inflict dreadful suffering on them till the Day of Doom, for your Lord is swift in retribution, though He is certainly forgiving and kind.


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Then after them a new generation inherited the Book. They took to the things of this base world, and said: &quot


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As for those who adhere to the Book and are firm in devotion, We shall certainly not let the wages of those who are upright to go waste.


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The day We shook the mountain above them like an awning, and they feared it would fall over them, (We said): &quot


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When your Lord brings forth from their loins the offspring of the children of Adam, He makes them witnesses over themselves, (and asks): &quot


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Relate to them the plight of the man whom We gave Our signs, but he passed them by, so that Satan came after him, and he went astray.


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We wished to exalt him, but he loved baseness and followed his lust. His likeness is that of a dog who hangs out his tongue if you drive him away, and still hangs it out if you leave him alone. Such is the case of the people who deny Our signs. Narrate this history to them


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Many of the jinns and human beings have We destined for Hell, who possess hearts but do not feel, have eyes but do not see, have ears but do not hear, like cattle, even worse than them. They are people unconcerned.


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Yet there are among those We have created people who lead (others) to the truth, and act justly in its light


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Have they not contemplated the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything created by God, (to educe) that perhaps their own term is drawing to a close? In what lore after this would they then believe?


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Whosoever God allows to go astray has none to show him the way, for He leaves them to wander perplexed in their wickedness.


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It is He who created you from a single cell, and from it created its mate, that you may live as companions. When the man covered the woman she conceived a light burden and carried it about. And when she was heavy (with child) they prayed together to their Lord: &quot


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But when they were given a healthy son, they started ascribing to other powers a share in what God had bestowed on them. But God is above what they ascribe to Him.


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If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It is all the same if you call them or hold your tongue.


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Those whom you invoke besides God are created beings like you. So call on them and let them answer your call, if what you say is true.


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Do they have feet to walk on, or hands to hold with, or eyes to see and ears to hear with? Say to them: &quot


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When you call upon them for guidance, they do not hear. When you think they are looking at you, (in fact) they cannot see.&quot


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If you are instigated by the Devil to evil seek refuge in God, for God hears all and knows everything.


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Verily those who fear God think of Him when assailed by the instigations of Satan, and lo! they begin to understand,


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Meditate on your Lord inwardly with humility and trepidation, reciting His Book softly, morning and evening, and be not negligent.


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Verily those who are in the presence of your Lord are never too proud to worship and celebrate His praises, and bow in homage to Him´.


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Are true believers. There are for them (high) ranks with their Lord, and pardon and noble provision.


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As your Lord sent you from your home (to fight) for the true cause, a section of the faithful were averse,


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Who argued with you about the matter even after it had become quite clear, as if they were being pushed into (the arms of) death as they waited.


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Though God promised that one of two columns (would fall to you), you desired the one that was not armed. But God wished to confirm the truth by His words, and wipe the unbelievers out to the last,


tafseer:
He gave you the good news only to reassure your hearts, for victory comes from God alone, and certainly God is all-mighty and all-wise.


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A blanketing sleep came over you as a (measure of) security from Him, and He sent down rain from the skies to cleanse you, and to remove the plague of Satan, and to strengthen your hearts and steady your steps.


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For any one who turns his back on that day, except to manoeuvre or rally to his side, will bring the wrath of God on himself, and have Hell as abode


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It was not you who killed them, but God did so. You did not throw what you threw, (sand into the eyes of the enemy at Badr), but God, to bring out the best in the faithful by doing them a favour of His own. God is all-hearing and all-knowing.


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You had asked for a judgement, so the judgement has come to you (In the form of victory for the faithful). So, if you desist it will be better for you. If you come back to it, We shall do the same, and your forces, however large, will not be of the least avail, for God is with those who believe.


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If God had seen any good in them He would surely have made them hear. Now even if He makes them hear they will turn away (in obduracy).


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O believers, respond to the call of God and His Prophet when he calls you to what will give you life (and preservation). Remember that God intervenes between man and his heart, and that you will be gathered before Him.


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Beware of sedition, which does not affect the oppressors alone among you, and know that the punishment of God is severe.


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Remember, when you were few and powerless in the land, afraid of despoliation at the hands of men. But then God sheltered and helped you to strength, and provided for you good things that you may perhaps be grateful.


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Know that your worldly possessions and your children are just a temptation, and that God has greater rewards with Him.


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O believers, if you follow the path shown by God, He will give you a standard (of right and wrong), and overlook your sins, and forgive you. God is abounding in benevolence.


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Remember, when the infidels contrived to make you a prisoner or to murder or expel you, they plotted, but God also planned


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But God would not choose to punish them while you are in their midst, nor afflict them when they are seeking forgiveness.


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But what is there so special they have that God should not punish them when they obstruct people from the Holy Mosque, though they are not its (appointed) guardians? Its guardians could be only those who are pious and devout. But most of them do not know.


tafseer:
Their worship in the House of God has been no more than whistling and clapping. So they have to taste the punishment for disbelief.


tafseer:
Those who disbelieve spend their possessions on turning men away from God. They will go on spending and rue it in the end, and will be subdued. But those who remain disbelievers shall be gathered into Hell


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That God may separate the bad from the good, and link the wicked together and cast them into Hell. These are verily the people who will lose.


tafseer:
You tell the unbelievers in case they desist whatever has happened will be forgiven them. If they persist, they should remember the fate of those who have gone before them.


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So, fight them till all opposition ends, and obedience is wholly God´s. If they desist then verily God sees all they do.


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But if they are obstinate, know that God is your helper and protector: How excellent a helper, and how excellent a protector is He!


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Know that one-fifth of what you acquire as booty (of war) is for God and His Apostle, and for relatives and orphans, the poor and wayfarers, if you truly believe in God and what We revealed to Our votary on the day of victory over the infidels when the two armies clashed (at Badr). For God has the power to do any thing.


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(That day) when you were at one end of the valley, (the unbelievers) at the other, and the caravan below you (on the lowland by the coast), you would surely have declined to fight if (the Makkans) had offered you battle. (But the battle did take place) that God may end the matter which had been accomplished, so that he who had to die may perish after a clear demonstration, and he who had to live may survive in the light of positive proof, for God hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
God showed (the Makkans) to be few in your dream, for if He had shown them to be many you would surely have lost courage and disagreed about the (wisdom) of the battle. But God spared you this, for He surely knows what is in the hearts of men.


tafseer:
When you faced them He made (the enemy) seem few to you in numbers, and made you appear fewer in their eyes, (it was) so that God could accomplish what had been decreed


tafseer:
O believers, when you meet an army, stand firm, and think of God a great deal that you may be blessed with success.


tafseer:
Obey God and His Apostle, and do not disagree among yourselves or you will be unmanned and lose courage. Persevere, for God is with those who endure.


tafseer:
Do not be like those who went out of their homes full of their own importance, ostentatiously, trying to hinder others from the way of God. But God encompasses all they do.


tafseer:
If you could only see the infidels as the angels draw away their souls and strike their faces and their backs, (saying): &quot


tafseer:
Their case is like that of Pharaoh´s people, and of those before them, who denied the revelations of God, and were punished for their sins by God, and God is all powerful and Severe His punishment.


tafseer:
God does not withdraw a favour bestowed upon a people unless they change themselves, for God hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
This was the case with the people of Pharaoh and those before them, who rejected the signs of their Lord and were destroyed for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh as they were oppressors.


tafseer:
Verily the worst of creatures in the sight of God are those who deny (the truth), and will not believe.


tafseer:
If you meet them in battle, inflict on them such a defeat as would be a lesson for those who come after them, and that they may be warned.


tafseer:
If you apprehend treachery from a people (with whom you have a treaty), retaliate by breaking off (relations) with them, for God does not like those who are treacherous.


tafseer:
Prepare against them whatever arms and cavalry you can muster, that you may strike terror in (the hearts of) the enemies of God and your own, and others besides them not known to you, but known to God. Whatever you spend in the way of God will be paid back to you in full, and no wrong will be done to you.


tafseer:
But if they are inclined to peace, make peace with them, and have trust in God, for He hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
If they try to cheat you, God is surely sufficient for you. It is He who has strengthened you with His help and with believers


tafseer:
Whose hearts He cemented with love. You could never have united their hearts even if you had spent whatever (wealth) is in the earth


tafseer:
O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred


tafseer:
God has lightened your burden as He knows you are weak: So, if there are a hundred men of firm determination among you, they will vanquish two hundred


tafseer:
No apostle should take captives until he has battled and subdued the country. You desire the vanities of this world, but God wills (for you the reward) of the world to come


tafseer:
Had this not been decreed by God in advance, you would have suffered a grievous punishment for what you took (as booty).


tafseer:
If they try to deceive you, remember they have deceived God before. So He gave you mastery over them, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
Those who accepted the faith and set out of their homes, and fought in the way of God wealth and soul, and those who gave them shelter and helped them, are friends of one another. You are not responsible for protecting those who embraced the faith but did not leave their homes, until they do so. In ease they ask for your help in the name of faith, you are duty bound to help them, except against a people with whom you have a treaty


tafseer:
Those who are infidels aid one another. Unless you do the same there will be discord in the land and anarchy.


tafseer:
Those who accepted the faith and abandoned their homes, and struggled in the cause of God, and those who gave them shelter and helped them, are veritably true believers. For them is forgiveness and noble sustenance.


tafseer:
(They can) move about for four months freely in the land, but should know they cannot escape (the law of) God, and that God can put the unbelievers to shame.


tafseer:
A general proclamation is (made) this day of the Greater Pilgrimage on the part of God and His Apostle, that God is not bound (by any contract) to idolaters, nor is His Apostle. It is, therefore, better for you to repent. If you do not, remember that you cannot elude (the grip of) God. So announce to those who deny the truth the news of painful punishment,


tafseer:
Except those idolaters with whom you have a treaty, who have not failed you in the least, nor helped anyone against you. Fulfil your obligations to them during the term (of the treaty). God loves those who take heed for themselves.


tafseer:
But when these months, prohibited (for fighting), are over, slay the idolaters wheresoever you find them, and take them captive or besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every likely place. But if they repent and fulfil their devotional obligations and pay the zakat, then let them go their way, for God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
If an idolater seeks protection, then give him asylum that he may hear the word of God. Then escort him to a place of safety, for they are people who do not know.


tafseer:
How could there be a treaty between idolaters and God and His Apostle, except those you covenanted by the Sacred Mosque? Therefore as long as they are honest with you be correct with them, for God loves those who are godly.


tafseer:
How (can they be trusted)? If they prevail against you they will neither observe pacts nor good faith with you. They flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts are averse to you, for most of them are iniquitous.


tafseer:
They barter away the words of God for a petty price, and obstruct (others) from His path. How evil indeed are the things they do!


tafseer:
But if they repent and are firm in devotion and pay the zakat, then they are your brothers in faith. We explain Our commands distinctly for those who understand.


tafseer:
If they break their pledge after giving their word and revile your faith, fight these specimens of faithlessness, for surely their oaths have no sanctity: They may haply desist.


tafseer:
Will you not fight those who broke their pledge and plotted to banish the Apostle, and who were the first to attack you? Are you afraid of them? If you are believers you should fear God more.


tafseer:
Fight them so that God may punish them at your hands, and put them to shame, and help you against them, and heal the wounds of the hearts of believers,


tafseer:
Do you think you will get away before God knows who among you fought and did not take anyone but God, His Apostle and the faithful, as their friends? God is cognisant of all that you do.


tafseer:
The idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of God while bearing testimony to their disbelief. Meaningless will be their acts, and in Hell they will bide for ever,


tafseer:
Only those who believe in God and the Last Day, who fulfil their devotional obligations, pay the zakat, and fear no one but God, can visit the mosques of God. They may hope to be among the guided.


tafseer:
Do you think that giving a drink of water to the pilgrims and going on a visit to the Sacred Mosque, is the same as believing in God and the Last Day, and striving in the cause of God? In the eyes of God it is not the same


tafseer:
Those who accepted the faith and left their homes and fought in the way of God, wealth and soul, have a greater reward with God, and will be successful.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not hold your fathers and brothers as friends if they hold disbelief more dear than faith


tafseer:
Indeed God has helped you on many occasions, even during the battle of Hunain, when you were elated with joy at your numbers which did not prove of the least avail, so that the earth and its vast expanse became too narrow for you, and you turned back and retreated.


tafseer:
O believers, the idolaters are unclean. So they should not approach the Holy Mosque after this year. In case you fear indigence (from the stoppage of business with them), then God will enrich you of His bounty if He will, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
Fight those people of the Book who do not believe in God and the Last Day, who do not prohibit what God and His Apostle have forbidden, nor accept divine law, until all of them pay protective tax in submission.


tafseer:
They consider their rabbis and monks and the Christ, son of Mary, to be gods apart from God, even though they had been enjoined to worship only one God, for there is no god but He. Too holy is He for what they ascribe to Him!


tafseer:
It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the true faith in order to make it superior to other systems of belief, even though the idolaters may not like it.


tafseer:
O believers, many rabbis and priests devour the possessions of others wrongfully, and keep men away from the path of God. To those who accumulate gold and silver, and do not spend in the way of God, announce the news of painful punishment.


tafseer:
On the day We shall heat up (their gold) on the fire of Hell and brand their foreheads, sides and backs (and say to them): &quot


tafseer:
The number of months with God is twelve in accordance with God´s law since the day He created the heavens and the earth. Of these four are holy. This is the straight reckoning. So do not exceed yourselves during them


tafseer:
Intercalating a month is adding to unbelief. The unbelievers are misguided by this, for they take the same month to be sacred one year and sacrilegious the next, thus making the number of months sanctified by God accord with theirs in order to make what God has forbidden, lawful. Attractive seem to them their evil deeds


tafseer:
What has happened to you, O believers, that when you are asked to set out in the cause of God your feet begin to drag? Do you find the life of the world so pleasing that you forget the life to come? Yet the profit of the life of this world is but meagre as compared to the life to come.


tafseer:
Unless you go out (to strive), God will inflict grievous punishment on you, and bring other people in your place, and you will not be able to harm Him in the least, for God has the power over all things.


tafseer:
If you do not help (the Prophet, remember) God had helped him when the infidels had forced him to leave (and he was) one of two. When both of them were in the cave, he said to his companion: &quot


tafseer:
O believers, go out in the cause of God, (whether) light or heavy, and strive in the service of God, wealth and soul. This is better for you if you understand.


tafseer:
(O Prophet), had the gain been close at hand, and easy the journey, they would surely have followed you


tafseer:
May God forgive you. Why did you allow them (to stay behind) without ascertaining who spoke the truth and who were liars?


tafseer:
Those who believe in God and the Last Day, do not ask your leave to be excused from fighting wealth and soul (in the cause of God), for God knows the pious and devout.


tafseer:
Only they ask (for leave) who do not believe in God and the Last Day, whose hearts are full of doubt


tafseer:
If they had intended to go out (to fight) they would surely have made preparations. But God did not like their setting forth, and they were held back and told: &quot


tafseer:
Had they gone out with you, they would only have been a hindrance and let loose confusion among you to create discord


tafseer:
They had tried to create disorder before and intrigued against you, but truth came out in the end and God´s will prevailed, even though they did not like it.


tafseer:
Nothing prevents the acceptance of what they spend except that they do not believe in God and His Apostle, and come to worship but languidly and spend only grudgingly.


tafseer:
There are some among them who blame you (of partiality) in distributing the offerings made in the name of God. In case they receive some of these they are pleased, if not, they are incensed.


tafseer:
Charities are meant for the indigent and needy, and those who collect and distribute them, and those whom you wish to win over, and for redeeming slaves (and captives) and those who are burdened with debt, and in the cause of God, and the wayfarers: So does God ordain. God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
Have they not realised that anyone who opposes God and His Prophet, will abide in Hell for ever? And that is the worst disgrace.


tafseer:
The hypocrites fear lest a Surah is revealed concerning them, exposing what is in their hearts. Say to them: &quot


tafseer:
Do not make excuses: You turned unbelievers after having come to faith. If We pardon a section of you (for being frivolous), We shall punish the other for being guilty (of deliberate sin).


tafseer:
The hypocrites (are the same) whether men or women, the one of them being of the other. They encourage what is bad and dissuade from the good, and tighten their purses (when it comes to spending in the way of God). Of God they are oblivious


tafseer:
God has reserved for hypocrites, whether men or women, and for unbelievers, the fire of Hell, where they will abide for ever. This is sufficient for them: They have God´s condemnation and lasting torment,


tafseer:
Like those before you who were greater in strength, had more wealth and children than you, who enjoyed their lot in this world, as you have enjoyed your share like them. You indulge in idle talk, as they had indulged in vain discourse. Yet nothing of what they did remains in this world or will in the next, and they are the losers.


tafseer:
Has not the account of those before them come to them, -- of the people of Noah and ´Ad and Thamud, of Abraham and Midian, and all the habitations that were destroyed? Their apostles had come to them with clear proofs


tafseer:
Those who believe, men and women, befriend one another, and enjoin what is right and prohibit what is wrong. They observe their devotional obligations, pay the zakat, and obey God and His Apostle. God will be merciful to them, for God is all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
God has promised men and women who believe gardens with streams of running water where they will abide for ever, and beautiful mansions in the Garden of Eden, and the blessings of God above all. That will be happiness supreme.


tafseer:
Strive, O Prophet, against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and deal with them firmly. Their final abode is Hell: And what a wretched destination!


tafseer:
As a consequence of breaking their promise made to God, and telling lies, he filled their hearts with hypocrisy which will last till the day they come before Him.


tafseer:
Have they not realised that God knows their secrets and their confidential talk, and that God has the knowledge of unknown things?


tafseer:
They who defame those of the believers who give alms willingly, and deride those who have nothing besides what they earn by their labour (to give in charity), will be derided by God, and will suffer painful punishment.


tafseer:
Whether you plead forgiveness for them or not, God will not forgive them, even though you plead seventy times, for they disbelieved in God and His Apostle


tafseer:
Those who were left behind rejoiced that they stayed at home against the wishes of God´s Apostle, being averse to fighting in the way of God with their wealth and lives, and said: &quot


tafseer:
If you come back to them by (the grace of) God, and they seek your permission to go (to fight), you should tell them: &quot


tafseer:
Do not invoke blessings on any of them who die, nor stand to pray at their graves, for they disbelieved in God and His Prophet, and died transgressors.


tafseer:
And let not their wealth and children astonish you. God wishes to punish them through these in the world, and their souls will depart in a state of disbelief.


tafseer:
They prefer to be with women who (are allowed to) stay at home during war, and their hearts are sealed


tafseer:
But the Prophet and those who have embraced the faith with him, and have fought wealth and soul (in the way of God), are blessed and will be successful.


tafseer:
God has provision for them of gardens with Streams of running water, where they will abide for ever. This will be the supreme triumph.


tafseer:
Some Arabs of the desert came with ready excuses, asking for leave to stay behind. But those who had lied to God and His Prophet stayed at home doing nothing. So the punishment for those who disbelieve among them will be painful.


tafseer:
No blame will attach to the old and the sick, or those without means to spend on good acts, if they stay behind provided they are sincere to God and His Apostle


tafseer:
Blame will lie on those who are rich yet ask your leave to stay behind. They prefer to stay with women who stay at home, and God seals their hearts


tafseer:
They will plead on oath that you accept them. Even if you accept them, remember God does not accept people who are disobedient.


tafseer:
The village Arabs are more obstinate in disbelief and hypocrisy, and impervious to ordinances revealed to His Apostle by God


tafseer:
Some of these rustics take whatever they spend in the way of God as a penalty, and wait for an adverse turn in your fortune. For them will be the adverse change, as God hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
Yet some Arabs of the desert believe in God and the Last Day, and consider what they spend to be a means of bringing them nearer to God and the blessings of the Prophet. This is certainly a means of achieving nearness (to God), and God will admit them to His mercy, for God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
Those among the migrants (from Makkah) and helpers (in Madina) who were the first to believe, and those who followed them in goodness, have been accepted by God and they follow His way. For them He has gardens with streams of running water where they will abide for ever


tafseer:
Some of the Arabs of the desert around you are hypocrites, and some of the people of Madina are stubborn in hypocrisy. You are not aware of them


tafseer:
But there are others who admit their sins of mixing good deeds with evil. It may be that God will accept their repentance, for God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
Accept the offerings they make from their wealth in order to cleanse and purify them for progress, and invoke blessings upon them. Your blessings will surely bring them peace, for God hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
Do they not know that God accepts the repentance of His creatures and receives what they offer in charity, and that He is forgiving and kind?


tafseer:
There are still some others whose affairs await the dispensation of God. He may punish or pardon them, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
There are those who built a mosque on opposition and disbelief, and to cause rifts among the faithful, and to serve as an outpost for those who have warred against God and His Apostle before this. Yet they will surely swear: &quot


tafseer:
Never set foot in that place. Only a mosque whose foundations have been laid from the very first on godliness is worthy of your visiting it. There you will find men who wish to be purified


tafseer:
Is the man who lays the foundations of his sanctum on his allegiance to God and the wish to seek His favour, better, or he who lays the foundations of his building on the edge of a bank eroded by water, which will collapse with him into the fire of Hell? But God does not guide the people who are wilfully unjust.


tafseer:
The edifice they have built will always fill their minds with perturbation (which will not cease) till their hearts are rent to pieces, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


tafseer:
God has verily bought the souls and possessions of the faithful in exchange for a promise of Paradise. They fight in the cause of God, and kill and are killed. This is a promise incumbent on Him, as in the Torah, so the Gospel and the Qur´an. And who is more true to his promise than God? So rejoice at the bargain you have made with Him


tafseer:
To those who repent and pay homage, give praise and are devout, who kneel in prayer and bow in supplication, who enjoin good deeds and prohibit the bad, and keep to the limits set by God, announce the news of rejoicing to the faithful.


tafseer:
It is not worthy of the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for those who are idolaters, even though they may be their relatives, after they have come to know that they are destined for Hell.


tafseer:
As for Abraham´s prayer for his father, he was fulfilling a promise he had made to him. Yet when it became evident to him that (his father) was an enemy of God, he broke away from him, though Abraham was soft hearted and kind.


tafseer:
God never leads men astray after guiding them, until He makes quite clear to them what they should avoid, for God indeed knows each and everything.


tafseer:
God was kind to the Prophet, the emigrants, and the helpers of the faithful who followed him in the hour of distress. When a section of them were about to lose courage He turned to them in His mercy, for He is compassionate and kind.


tafseer:
He has relented towards the three also (who had refused to go to the battle of the Ditch) whose case was left undecided, and even the earth with all its expanse had become narrow for them, and their lives were confined, and they came to realise there was no refuge for them except in God. So He softened towards them that they may repent


tafseer:
It was not worthy of the people of Madina, and the Arabs of the desert around them, to abandon the Prophet of God, and to care more for themselves than for him


tafseer:
There is not a sum, large or small, that they spend, not a piece of land that they traverse (in the service of God) which is not put down in their favour, so that God could reward them for what they had done.


tafseer:
It is not possible for all believers to go out (to fight). So a part of each section (of the population) should go (to fight) in order that the others may acquire understanding of law and divinity, and warn their companions on return so that they may take heed for themselves.


tafseer:
O believers, fight the unbelievers around you, and let them realise that you are firm: Remember, God is with those who are pious and obedient to Him.


tafseer:
But it adds disbelief to disbelief for those whose hearts are filled with doubt, and they die disbelieving.


tafseer:
Do they not know that they are tried every year once or twice? Even then they do not repent and take heed.


tafseer:
Are the people astonished that a man who is one of them was commanded by Us to warn them and to bring glad tidings to those who believe that they have a true precedence with their Lord? (Yet) the unbelievers say: &quot


tafseer:
Your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six spans, then assumed His power, dispensing all affairs. None can intercede with Him except by His leave. He is God, your Lord, so worship Him. Will you not be warned?


tafseer:
To Him will you all return: God´s promise is true. It is He who originates creation, then will revert it, so that He may reward those who believe and do good things in all justice. But those who deny the truth will receive boiling water to drink and grievous punishment, for they disbelieved.


tafseer:
It is He who gave the sun its radiance, the moon its lustre, and appointed its stations so that you may compute years and numbers. God did not create them but with deliberation. He distinctly explains His signs for those who can understand.


tafseer:
In the alternation of night and day, and all that He has created in the heavens and the earth, are certainly signs for people who fear God.


tafseer:
As for those who do not hope to meet Us (after death), and are content with the life of this world, who are oblivious of Our signs,


tafseer:
But those who believe and act for a beneficial end will be guided by their Lord for their good faith. At their feet shall flow streams of running water in gardens of delight.


tafseer:
If God were to hasten the evil, as men try to hasten the good, their term would come to end. So We leave those who do not expect to meet Us to wander perplexed in transgression.


tafseer:
When man is afflicted with adversity he calls to Us, whether lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We take away his troubles, he moves away, as though he had never called to Us in affliction. In the same way, attractive have been made their deeds to the prodigals.


tafseer:
How many generations did We lay low before you when they became wilfully unjust. Their apostles had brought clear proofs to them, yet they never believed. So We punished the sinful people.


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who imputes lies to God or denies His revelations? The sinners will surely not be reprieved.


tafseer:
It is He who enables you to travel over land and sea. When you sail in ships in a favourable breeze, you rejoice. But when a gale begins to blow and the waves dash against them from every side they realise that they have been caught in it, (and) they call on God in all faith: &quot


tafseer:
But when He rescues them, they commit excesses in the land unjustly again. Your rebellion, O people, shall recoil back on your own selves. The joys of the world (are only ephemeral): You have to come back to Us in the end. We shall then inform you what you were doing.


tafseer:
The life of the world is like the rain that waters the crops of the earth which are used as food by men and cattle. But when the earth is embellished and adorned with gold, and its tillers begin to feel that (the crops) are under control, Our command descends suddenly at night or in the day, and We mow them down as though there was nothing there yesterday. This is how We distinctly explain Our signs to those who think.


tafseer:
For those who do good there is goodness and more, and no blot or disgrace will cover their faces. They are people of Paradise, where they will abide for ever.


tafseer:
But those who earn evil shall be punished to an equal degree as their evil, and they will be covered with shame, and will have none to protect them against God: Their faces shall be blackened as though with patches of the night. They are the people of Hell, where they will abide for ever,


tafseer:
This Qur´an is not such (a writ) as could be composed by anyone but God. It confirms what has been revealed before, and is an exposition of (Heaven´s) law. Without any doubt it´s from the Lord of all the worlds.


tafseer:
In fact, they deny what is beyond the reach of their knowledge, whose explanation has not reached them yet. So had those who have gone before them denied


tafseer:
The day He will gather them together it will appear to them that they had lived (in the world) but an hour of a day to make each other´s acquaintance. Verily those who deny the meeting with God will be lost, and not find the way.


tafseer:
Whether We show you some of the promise (of punishment in wait) for them, or take you to Ourself, their returning is to Us in the end


tafseer:
Will you believe it when it comes to pass? Indeed, you will believe it then. How impatient you were to hasten it!


tafseer:
Even if every soul that has sinned possessed whatever is on the earth, it would surely offer it to ransom itself, and feel repentant on seeing the punishment. Yet the sentence would be passed with justice, and not one will be wronged.


tafseer:
For all that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to God. Remember, the promise of God is true. But most of them do not know.


tafseer:
O men, a warning has come to you from your Lord, a remedy for the (doubts) of the heart, and a guidance and grace for those who believe.


tafseer:
What do those who invent lies of God think about the Day of Reckoning? (Will they escape the judgement?) In fact God is gracious to men


tafseer:
There is no state you are in, whether reading from the Qur´an, or doing something else, but We are watching you as you are engaged in it. There is not the weight of an atom on the earth and in the heavens that is hidden from your Lord, nor is there anything smaller or greater than this but is recorded in the perspicuous Book.


tafseer:
For them is good news in the life of the world and in the life to come. There is no changing the words of God. That will be the great triumph.


tafseer:
You should not be grieved by what they say. All glory is wholly for God: He is the one who hears and knows everything.


tafseer:
Remember, whosoever is in the heavens and the earth belongs to God. Those who call on others they associate with God, follow nothing but conjecture, and only guess.


tafseer:
It is He who made the night for you to rest, and made the day enlightening. Indeed there are signs in this for those who listen.


tafseer:
Let them profit by the world (while they may): In the end they will come back to Us. Then We shall make them taste severe punishment for having denied (the truth).


tafseer:
Afterwards We sent many messengers who brought clear proofs to their peoples. But they were not prepared to believe what they had once denied. That is how We seal the hearts of the iniquitous.


tafseer:
But none of them put faith in Moses except some youths among his people who were nonetheless afraid lest the Pharaoh and his nobles should persecute them


tafseer:
And We brought the people of Israel across the sea, but the Pharaoh and his army pursued them wickedly and maliciously till he was on the point of drowning, and he said: &quot


tafseer:
We gave the people of Israel a settled abode, and bestowed good things on them to eat and use. So they did not differ until they came to have knowledge. Your Lord will assuredly settle their differences on the Day of Resurrection.


tafseer:
If you are in doubt of what We have sent down to you, then ask those who have been reading the Book (for a long time) before you. The truth has indeed come to you from your Lord, so do not be one of those who doubt,


tafseer:
Why has there been no habitation that believed and profited by their faith, except the people of Jonah? When they came to believe, We removed from them the affliction of shame in the world, and made them prosperous for a time.


tafseer:
Are you going to compel the people to believe except by God´s dispensation? He puts doubt in (the minds of) those who do not think.


tafseer:
And to set my face toward the way, as one upright, and not be one of those who associate others with God.


tafseer:
Should God bring you harm there is none but He who could deliver you from it, and if He wish you good there is none who could take away His blessings: He showers them on those of His creatures as He please, and He is forgiving and kind.&quot


tafseer:
ALIF LAM RA. This is a Book whose verses are indeclinable and distinct, which comes from One who is most wise and all-knowing,


tafseer:
(Proclaiming) that you should worship none but God. Verily I bring to you from Him a message of warning and rejoicing,


tafseer:
And that you should seek His forgiveness and turn towards Him. He will bestow the best things of life on you for a time ordained, and favour those with blessings who are worthy of grace. But if you turn away, I fear the punishment of a terrible Day for you.


tafseer:
Look, how they double up their breasts in order to hide from Him. But when they cover themselves up with their garments, He knows what they hide and what they expose. Indeed, He knows the secrets of the hearts.


tafseer:
There is not a creature that moves on the earth whose nourishment is not provided by God, whose place of sojourning and depositing is not known to Him. All things conform to a manifest law.


tafseer:
It is He who created the heavens and the earth In six spans, and has control over the waters (of life) so that he may bring out the best that everyone of you could do. Yet if you said to them: &quot


tafseer:
If We allow man to enjoy Our favours, and then take them away from him, he becomes despondent and ungrateful.


tafseer:
You may haply omit some of what has been revealed to you, and may be disheartened because they say: &quot


tafseer:
If they do not answer you, then know it has been revealed with the knowledge of God, and that there is no god but He. (And say:) &quot


tafseer:
To those who desire the life of this world and its many allures, We shall pay them in full for their acts herein and will not withold any thing.


tafseer:
Yet these are the people for whom there is nothing but Fire in the world to come. Fruitless will be what they have fashioned, and whatever they have done will perish.


tafseer:
Will he who has a clear proof from his Lord, which acts as evidence from Him, before which the Book of Moses was a way-giver and a grace, (not believe in it)? Whoever among the partisans does not believe in it shall have Hell as the promised award. So have no doubt about it, for surely it´s the truth from your Lord, though most men may not believe.


tafseer:
Who is more wicked than he who invents lies about God? Such men shall be arraigned before their Lord, and the witnesses will testify: &quot


tafseer:
Who obstruct others from the way of God and seek obliquity in it, and do not believe in the life to come.


tafseer:
They shall not weaken (the power of) God on earth, nor find any other protector but God. Their punishment will be doubled, for they could neither hear nor see.


tafseer:
But those who believe and do things good, and are humble before their Lord, are men of Paradise where they will abide for ever.


tafseer:
The semblance of these two groups is that of a man who is deaf and blind, and the other who can hear and see. Can they be equal? Why do you not reflect?


tafseer:
I do not demand for it any wealth from you, O my people. My reward is with God. And I will not drive those away who believe. They have also to meet their Lord. But I see you are an ignorant people.


tafseer:
I say not that I have the treasures of God, or that I possess the knowledge of the unknown. I do not claim to be an angel, nor can I say that God will not bestow any good on those you disdain, for God is cognisant of what is in their hearts. If I say this, I will surely be unjust.&quot


tafseer:
Even if I wish to advise you aright, my counsel will not profit you if God intend that you go astray, for He is your Lord and to Him you will return.&quot


tafseer:
Build an ark under Our eye and as We instruct. Do not plead for those who have been wicked, for they shall certainly be drowned.&quot


tafseer:
You will soon come to know who suffers the punishment that would put him to shame, and who suffers lasting torment.&quot


tafseer:
It sailed on waves like mountains (high), and Noah called to his son who was separated from him: &quot


tafseer:
This is news of the Unknown We reveal to you, which neither you nor your people knew before. So endure with patience. The future is for those who keep away from evil and follow the straight path.


tafseer:
O my people, I ask no recompense of you for it: My reward is with Him who created me. Will you not, therefore, understand?


tafseer:
O my people, beg your Lord to forgive you, and turn to Him in repentance. He will send down rain in torrents for you from the shies, and give you added strength. So do not turn away from Him as sinners.&quot


tafseer:
I place my trust in God who is my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature that moves on the earth who is not held by the forelock firmly by Him. Verily the way of my Lord is straight.


tafseer:
If you turn away, then (remember) I have delivered to you the message I was sent with. My Lord will put other people in your place, and you will not be able to prevail against Him. Indeed my Lord keeps a watch over all things.&quot


tafseer:
So, when Our command was issued We rescued Hud by Our grace, and those who believed, with him, and saved them from a dreadful doom.


tafseer:
These were the people of ´Ad who denied the word of their Lord and rebelled against His apostles, and followed the bidding of every perverse tyrant.


tafseer:
So they were accursed in the world, and they will be damned on the Day of Doom. Beware! The ´Ad turned away from their Lord.


tafseer:
Be warned! Accursed are the people of ´Ad who were Hud´s. To Thamud We Sent their brother Saleh. &quot


tafseer:
O my people, this she-camel of God is a token for you. So leave her alone to graze on God´s earth, and do not molest her, otherwise the swiftest punishment would befall you.&quot


tafseer:
So, when Our command (of punishment) came We delivered Saleh by Our grace, and those who believed, with him, from the disgrace of that day. Verily your Lord is mighty and powerful.


tafseer:
As though they had never lived there at all. Beware! The people of Thamud turned away from their Lord. Beware! Accursed are the people of Thamud.


tafseer:
When they did not stretch their hands towards it he became suspicious and afraid of them. They said: &quot


tafseer:
When Abraham´s fear was dispelled, and the good news had come to him, he pleaded for the people of Lot with Us.


tafseer:
So when Our angels came to Lot, he grieved for them, and felt powerless to help them, and said: &quot


tafseer:
So when the decreed moment arrived, We turned the habitations upside down, and rained upon them stones of hardened lava in quick succession,


tafseer:
Impressed with (the signs) of your Lord. And such (punishment) is not far for the (other) transgressers.


tafseer:
So, O my people, weigh and measure with justness, and do not withhold things due to men, and do not spread corruption in the land, despoiling it.


tafseer:
Do on your part what you can, O people, I will do what I will. You will come to know who suffers the punishment that would put him to shame, and who is the liar. So watch


tafseer:
And when Our word came to pass, We rescued Shu´aib and those who believed, with him, by Our grace, but those who were wicked were seized by a punishment from heaven, and lay overturned in their homes in the morning.


tafseer:
As though they had not dwelt there at all. Beware! Condemmed were the people of Midian as those of Thamud had been before them!


tafseer:
To the Pharaoh and his nobles, but they followed the bidding of Pharaoh, though the bidding of Pharaoh was unrightful.


tafseer:
He shall be at the head of his people on the Day of Resurrection, and drive them into Hell like cattle driven to water -- what an evil watering-place to reach!


tafseer:
These are a few accounts of settlements that We narrate to you. Some still survive, and some have been mowed down.


tafseer:
Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes human settlements in the acts of wickedness. Surely His hold is grievous and terrible.


tafseer:
In this surely is a sign for him who fears the torment of the Hereafter, the day when mankind will be assembled together, which will be a day when all things would become evident.


tafseer:
Where they will dwell so long as heaven and earth endure, unless your Lord will otherwise. Verily your Lord does as He wills.


tafseer:
Those who are blessed will be in Paradise, where they will dwell so long as heaven and earth survive, unless your Lord wills otherwise: This will be a gift uninterrupted.


tafseer:
So, you should not entertain any doubt about those whom they worship: They only worship what their fathers had worshipped before them. We shall verily give them their meed without diminution.


tafseer:
Verily We gave to Moses the Book, but there was disagreement about it. Had the decree of your Lord (delaying it) not been issued the matter would have been settled between them. They are still suspicious of it and in doubt.


tafseer:
Surely your Lord will reward everyone in accordance with his deeds. He is certainly aware of all they do.


tafseer:
So, you and those who turned to God with you, should walk along the straight path as you have been commanded, and do not transgress, for He verily sees whatsoever you do.


tafseer:
Do not lean towards the wicked, or you will be caught in the flames of Hell, and have none to befriend you other than God, nor will you be given help.


tafseer:
Stand up for the service of prayer at the two ends of day and the first watch of night. Remember that good deeds nullify the bad. This is a reminder for those who are observant.


tafseer:
Be steadfast, for verily God does not let the reward of those who are upright and do good to go waste.


tafseer:
If only there had been men endued with virtue in the ages before you, who could preserve men from doing evil in the world, other than the few We saved from among them. Those who were wicked followed that which made them dissolute, and became sinners.


tafseer:
But if your Lord had pleased He could have made all human beings into one community of belief. But they would still have differed from one another,


tafseer:
Except those on whom your Lord had mercy for which He has created them. But fulfilled shall be the word of your Lord. &quot


tafseer:
The histories of apostles that We relate to you are (meant) to strengthen your heart. Through them has the truth come to you, and guidance, and reminder to those who believe.


tafseer:
To God belong the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and all things will go back to Him. So worship Him and put your trust in Him


tafseer:
Through the revelation of this Qur´an We narrate the best of histories of which you were unaware before.


tafseer:
Your Lord will choose you and teach you to interpret events, and confer His favours on you and the house of Jacob, as He had done in the case of two ancestors of yours, Abraham and Isaac, before you. Indeed your Lord is all-knowing and all-wise.&quot


tafseer:
Let us kill Joseph or cast him in some distant land so that we may get our father´s exclusive affection


tafseer:
So, when they took him out they planned to throw him into an unused well. We revealed to Joseph: &quot


tafseer:
A caravan happened to pass, and sent the water-carrier to bring water from the well. He let down his bucket (and pulled Joseph up with it). &quot


tafseer:
When he reached the prime of life We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus We reward those who are good.


tafseer:
But the woman desired him, and he would have desired her but for the indication he received from his Lord. This was so that We may avert both evil and lechery from him, for he was one of Our chosen devotees.


tafseer:
Both of them raced to the door, and she (grabbed and) rent his shirt from behind. They met her lord outside the door. &quot


tafseer:
When she heard their slanderings, she sent for them and prepared a banquet, and gave each of them a knife (for paring fruit), and called (to Joseph): &quot


tafseer:
His Lord heard his prayer, and averted the women´s wiles from him. He verily hears and knows everything.


tafseer:
And yet in spite of having seen these clear proofs they found it proper to incarcerate him for a time.


tafseer:
I follow the faith of my fathers, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. We cannot associate anyone with God. This is among God´s favours to us and to all mankind


tafseer:
(What) you worship besides Him are nothing but names that you and your fathers have assigned, for which no sanction has been sent down by God. Authority belongs to God alone. He commands that you worship none but Him. This is the right way


tafseer:
O fellow-prisoners, one of you will serve wine to your master, the other will be crucified and the birds will peck at his brain. Determined is the matter of your inquiry.&quot


tafseer:
Then there will come seven years of hardship which will consume the grain you had laid up against them, except a little you may have stored away.


tafseer:
But I do not wish to absolve myself, for the soul is prone to evil, unless my Lord have mercy. Indeed my Lord is forgiving and kind.&quot


tafseer:
Thus We gave Joseph authority in the land so that he lived wherever he liked. We bestow Our favours on whomsoever We please, and do not allow the reward of those who are good to go waste.


tafseer:
And certainly the recompense of the life to come is better for those who believe and follow the right path.


tafseer:
The brothers of Joseph came (to Egypt) and visited him. He recognised them, though they did not recognise him.


tafseer:
But if you do not bring him with you, then I shall have no grain for you, nor should you come back to me.&quot


tafseer:
When they entered as their father had advised them, nothing could avail them against (the will of) God, yet it confirmed a premonition Jacob had, for verily he had knowledge as We had taught him, though most men do not know.


tafseer:
When he had given them their provisions he put his goblet in his brother´s saddle-bag. Then a crier announced: &quot


tafseer:
So he searched their saddle-bags before his brother´s, then produced the cup from his brother´s bag. That is how We planned an excuse for Joseph, for under the law of the king he could not detain his brother unless God so willed. We raise the status of whom We please. Over every man of knowledge there is one more knowing.


tafseer:
So, go to your father and tell him: ´O father, your son has committed a theft. We bear witness to only what we know


tafseer:
Enquire from the people of that city, or ask the men of the caravan with whom we have come. We are verily speaking the truth.´&quot


tafseer:
O sons, go in search of Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of the mercy of God. Only they despair of God´s mercy who do not believe.&quot


tafseer:
Then, as the harbinger of happy news arrived and put the garment over his face his eyesight was restored. He said: &quot


tafseer:
This is news of the unknown We reveal to you, for you were not present when Joseph´s brothers agreed on their course of action, and devised their plot.


tafseer:
Do they really believe that an all-embracing punishment of God will not come upon them, or the Day of Doom overtake them suddenly while they remain unaware?


tafseer:
All the apostles We had sent before you were men of those regions, to whom We sent Our revelations. Have they not travelled on the earth and seen what befell the people before them? Surely the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who fear straying from the right path. Do you not understand?


tafseer:
When the apostles despaired and thought they were made false promises, Our help arrived, and We delivered whom We pleased


tafseer:
Verily in their accounts is a lesson for men of wisdom. This is not a fictitious tale, but a verification of earlier Books, and a clear exposition of everything, and a guidance and grace for those who believe.


tafseer:
ALIF LAM MIM RA. These are the verses of the Scripture. Whatsoever is sent down to you from your Lord is the truth


tafseer:
It is God who raised the skies without support, as you can see, then assumed His throne, and enthralled the sun and the moon (so that) each runs to a predetermined course. He disposes all affairs, distinctly explaining every sign that you may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.


tafseer:
On the earth are tracts adjoining one another, and vineyards, fields of corn and date-palm trees, some forked, some with single trunks, yet all irrigated by the self-same water, though We make some more excellent than the others in fruit. There are surely signs in them for those who understand.


tafseer:
They want you to hasten the evil before the good, even when there have been examples of retribution before them. Though certainly your Lord forgives human beings for their iniquities, your Lord is severe of retribution.


tafseer:
God is cognisant of what every female carries in her womb, or what the wombs want or exceed (of their disburdening time). With Him all things are in determined measure.


tafseer:
He who keeps his secret among you is the same to Him as he who speaks out publicly, and he who hides himself in the night and walks freely in the day.


tafseer:
His angels keep watch over him in succession (night and day), in front and behind, by God´s command. Verily God does not change the state of a people till they change themselves. When God intends misfortune for a people no one can avert it, and no saviour will they have apart from Him.


tafseer:
The thunder sings His praises, and the angels too, for awe of Him. He sends thunder-bolts and strikes whosoever He will with them: Even then it is God they contend about! But mighty is He in (His) power.


tafseer:
To call on Him is true (supplication). For those they invoke other than Him do not answer them at all, except like a man who stretches his hands towards the water that it reach his mouth, but it will never reach it. Not more than error are the prayers of infidels.


tafseer:
Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth bows to God in submission with a will or perforce, as do their shadows in the morning and evening.


tafseer:
He sends down water from the skies, which flows in channels according to their capacity, with the scum borne on the surface of the torrent, as rises the scum when metals are heated on the fire for making ornaments and household utensils. This is how God determines truth and falsehood. The scum disappears like the foam on the bank, and that which is useful to man remains on the earth. That is how God sets forth precepts of wisdom.


tafseer:
For those who obey their Lord is excellence. For those who fail to obey, the reckoning will be hard, even if they possess and give as ransom all that there is on the earth, and as much more


tafseer:
Can a man who knows what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, and one who cannot see, be the same? They alone take warning who are wise,


tafseer:
Who keep together what God has ordained held together, and fear their Lord and dread the hardship of the Reckoning,


tafseer:
Who persevere in seeking the way of their Lord, who fulfil their devotional obligations, and spend of what We have given them, secretly or openly, who repel evil with good: For them is the recompense of Paradise:


tafseer:
Perpetual gardens which they will enter with those of their fathers, spouses and children who were virtuous and at peace, with angels coming in through every door


tafseer:
As for those who break God´s covenant after validating it, and sever relations which God ordained cohered, and spread corruption in the land, there is condemnation for them and an evil abode.


tafseer:
God increases or decreases the fortunes of whosoever He will, and they rejoice in the life of this world. Yet the life of this world is nothing but a merchandise as compared to the life of the next.


tafseer:
Those who believe and find peace in their hearts from the contemplation of God: Surely there is peace of heart in the contemplation of God!&quot


tafseer:
That is how We have sent you to a people before whom many a people have come and gone, so that you may announce to them whatever We have revealed to you. But they do not believe in Ar-Rahman. Tell them: &quot


tafseer:
Had there been a Qur´an which could have made the mountains move, or the earth to cleave asunder, or the dead to speak, yet all authority belongs to God. Have the believers not learnt that if God had so willed He could have guided all mankind? As for unbelievers, they will be visited by misfortune endlessly for what they have done


tafseer:
Who is it who stands (watch) over every soul for what it does? Yet they ascribe compeers to God. Say: &quot


tafseer:
The likeness of Paradise promised the pious and devout is (of a garden) with streams of rippling water, everlasting fruits and shade. This is the recompense of those who keep away from evil


tafseer:
That is how We have sent down this (Qur´an) as a code of clear judgement. But if you follow their caprices, now that you have been given knowledge, you will have no friend or protector against God.


tafseer:
We sent many apostles before you, and bestowed on them wives and children, but it was not for any apostle to come up with a miracle unless by the leave of God. For every age there is a law.


tafseer:
Whether We allow you to see (the punishment) We have promised them, or end your life before (its execution), it is certainly for you to convey the message


tafseer:
Do they not see Us advancing from all sides into their land and reducing its frontiers? It is for God to judge


tafseer:
ALIF LAM RA. A Book We have sent down to you that you may lead men out of darkness into light, by their Lord´s command, to the path of the mighty, the worthy of praise.


tafseer:
God, to whom belongs all there is in the heavens and the earth. Woe to the unbelievers for the terrible punishment (that awaits).


tafseer:
Those who hold the life of this world dearer than that of the next, who obstruct the path of God and seek obliquity in it, have wandered far into error.


tafseer:
We never sent a messenger who did not speak the tongue of his people, that he may explain to them distinctly. God leads whosoever He wills astray, and shows whoever He wills the way: He is all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
Has not the news of those before you, the people of Noah and ´Ad and Thamud, and those who came after them, come to you? None knows (about) them except God. Their apostles came to them with clear proofs, but they tried to silence them and said: &quot


tafseer:
And why should we not repose our trust in God when He has shown us our paths of duty to Him? We shall bear with fortitude the hardships you inflict upon us. The trusting place their trust in God.&quot


tafseer:
And establish you in their place. This is for him who fears My station, and dreads My commination.&quot


tafseer:
He will sip it, yet will not be able to gulp it down. Death will crowd in upon him from every side, but die he will not. A terrible torment trails him.


tafseer:
Like ashes are the deeds of those who deny their Lord, which the wind blows away on a windy day. They shall have no power over what they earned. This is the farthest limit of going astray.


tafseer:
Do you not see that God has created the heavens and the earth with ultimate reason? If He so wills He could take you away from the earth and raise a new creation (in your place).


tafseer:
Those who believed and did the right, will be admitted to gardens with rivers flowing by, where they will abide by the leave of their Lord, with ´Peace´ as their salutation.


tafseer:
Do you not see how God compares a noble act to a healthy tree whose roots are firm and branches in the sky, which yields


tafseer:
By the leave of its Lord its fruit in all seasons, God presents words of wisdom to men that they might reflect.


tafseer:
With immutuble words God makes the faithful dauntless in the life of the world and the life to come, but leads the unjust into error, for God does as He pleases.


tafseer:
It is God who created the heavens and the earth, and sent down rain from the sky producing fruits for your food thereby, and made you master of the ships that ply in the oceans by His command, subjected the rivers to your control,


tafseer:
He gave you whatsoever you asked. If you try to count the favours of God you will not be able to calculate. Man is most unjust indeed, full of ingratitude.


tafseer:
I have settled some of my children, O Lord, in a barren valley near Your sacred House, so that, O our Lord, they may be constant in devotion. So put in the hearts of men some kindness for them, and provide fruits for them: They may haply be grateful.


tafseer:
O Lord, You have knowledge of what we hide and what we reveal, for nothing on the earth or in the skies is hidden from God.


tafseer:
All praise be to God who bestowed on me Ishmael and Isaac in old age. Verily my Lord listens to prayer.


tafseer:
Grant, O Lord, that I and my offspring may remain constant in devotion. Grant, O Lord, my supplication.


tafseer:
Think not God is oblivious of the deeds of the wicked. He has only allowed them respite till the Day on which all eyes would stare aghast,


tafseer:
Warn the people of that Day when the punishment would be inflicted upon them. Then will the wicked say: &quot


tafseer:
Yet you dwelt in the dwellings of those who had exceeded themselves, and it was evident to you how We had dealt with them


tafseer:
Still they are plotting their plots, but evident are their plots to God, even though they are so adroit as to make the mountains move.


tafseer:
Think not that God would go back on His promise (made) to the apostles. Indeed God is mighty, the Lord of retribution.


tafseer:
The day when the earth will he replaced by some other than the earth, as will be the skies, and every one will appear before God the one and omnipotent,


tafseer:
This is a message for mankind that they may take a warning from it, and may know that He is the one and only God, and that men of wisdom may reflect.


tafseer:
But then We never send the angels down save with the purpose (of enforcing their doom), after which they will not be given more respite.


tafseer:
We stretched the earth and placed upon it firm stabilisers, and made all things grow upon it balanced evenly.


tafseer:
We send rain-impregnated winds, and water from the sky which you drink, but you are not the keepers of its store.


tafseer:
Verily those who keep away from evil and follow the straight path shall be in the midst of gardens and springs of water.


tafseer:
We shall cast out any grudge they may have in their hearts. (There) they will sit on couches face to face like brothers together.


tafseer:
We have not created but with reason the heavens and the earth and all that lies within them. The Hour (of the great change) is certain to come. So turn away (from them) with a grace.


tafseer:
So covet not things We have bestowed on a portion of them to enjoy, and do not grieve for them, and protect those who believe


tafseer:
He sends the angels with revelation by His command, to any of His creatures as He please, (saying): &quot


tafseer:
He created the heavens and the earth with reason. Too glorious and high is He for what they associate with Him.


tafseer:
There is life and cheer for you as you drive them home in the evening, and lead them out in the morning to graze.


tafseer:
They carry your burdens to lands so distant you could not have reached without much hardship. Indeed your Lord is compassionate and kind.


tafseer:
He created horses, mules and donkeys for riding and for splendour. He created other things too which you do not know.


tafseer:
To God leads the right path, though some deviate. If He willed He could guide you all to the right way.


tafseer:
It is He who sends down water from the sky of which you drink, and which nourishes the plants you feed your cattle,


tafseer:
With which He makes crops grow, and olives, dates and grapes and fruits of every kind for you. In this is a sign for those who think.


tafseer:
He harnessed the day and night for you, as also the sun, the moon and the stars, by His command. In this are signs for men who understand.


tafseer:
And other things of different shades has He produced on the earth for you. In this are signs for those who reflect.


tafseer:
It is He who has subdued the sea that you may eat fresh meat from it, and obtain ornaments to wear. You see the ships plough through it that you may seek of His bounties and, perhaps, be grateful.


tafseer:
He placed stablisers in the earth so that while it revolves you live undisturbed, and rivers and tracks so that you may find your way


tafseer:
If you count the favours of God you will not be able to calculate. Assuredly God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
Your God is one God. But the hearts of those who believe not in the life to come are filled with denial, and they are puffed up with pride.


tafseer:
On the Day of Resurrection they will carry their own burden and some of the load of those they have led astray without any knowledge. Oh, how evil a burden they will carry!


tafseer:
They will enter perennial gardens with streams of water and all they wish. Thus will the pious and devout be rewarded.


tafseer:
What! Do the (unbelievers) expect that the angels should descend, or the sentence of your Lord come to pass? So had the people done before them


tafseer:
Even if you are eager to guide them, God does not surely guide those who have gone astray: They will have no one to help them.


tafseer:
They swear emphatically in the name of God that God will not raise the dead. On the contrary, it is a promise incumbent on Him, though most men do not understand,


tafseer:
For (they fear) He might make what they differed about plain to them, and that the infidels may realise that they were liars.


tafseer:
Those who left their homes in the cause of God after having been oppressed, will be given by Us a better place in the world, and if they knew, the guerdon of the next would be greater


tafseer:
We sent before you none (as apostles) but men, to whom We sent revelations. In case you are unaware, enquire of those who are keepers of the Oracles of God.


tafseer:
Have the plotters of mischief become unafraid that God will not split the earth to swallow them, or that punishment will not fall upon them from somewhere they do not (even) suspect?


tafseer:
Do they not see the shadows of all things God has created incline to the right and the left, bowing in obeisance to God?


tafseer:
All things that move on the earth and in the heavens, and the angels, bow in homage to God, and do not behave with pride.


tafseer:
Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him, and His the judgement for ever. So will you fear any other than God?


tafseer:
Whatsoever the blessings you enjoy are surely from God, and when in trouble you turn to Him in supplication.


tafseer:
They set aside a portion of the food We have given them for those they do not know. By God, you will surely have to answer for all you contrive!


tafseer:
Yet when news of the birth of a daughter reaches one of them, his face is darkened, and he is overwhelmed with silent grief,


tafseer:
And hides from people for shame at the news, (at a loss) whether he should keep her with shame, or bury her in the ground. How bad is the judgement that they make!


tafseer:
If God were to punish men for their inequity He would not leave a single moving thing on earth. Yet He gives them latitude for a time ordained. When that time is come, there will not be a moment´s delay nor a moment´s haste.


tafseer:
By God, We sent apostles to many a people before you, but Satan made their acts seem attractive to them, and he is their friend this day, and a painful torment awaits them.


tafseer:
We have sent down this Book to you that you may explain to them what it is that they are differing about, and as guidance and a grace for those who believe.


tafseer:
God sends down water from the skies and quickens the dead earth to a new birth. Here is a sign for those who listen.


tafseer:
And surely in cattle there is a lesson for you: We give you a drink from the extract of food in their bellies and blood-purest milk so delicious to drink


tafseer:
And in fruits of the date-palm and the vine, from which you obtain inebriating drinks and excellent food. In this indeed are signs for those who understand.


tafseer:
And suck from all fruits and flit about the unrestricted paths of their Lord. A drink of various hues comes out of their bellies which contains medicine for men. In this is a sign for those who reflect.


tafseer:
God has favoured some of you over others in the means of subsistence. But those who have been favoured with more do not give of their means to their dependents so that they may become equal with them. Do they then deny God´s beneficence?


tafseer:
God has provided mates for you of your own kind, and has bestowed on you sons and daughters from your mates, and has given you good things for food. Will they even then believe in the false and deny God´s grace?


tafseer:
Yet they worship those apart from God who cannot provide for them any sustenance from the heavens or the earth, nor will they have power to do so.


tafseer:
God presents the example of a man who is a hired servant with no power over anything, and another on whom We have bestowed a handsome fortune, who spends from it in private and in public: Can they be equal? Praised be God! But most men do not understand.


tafseer:
God presents another example of two men, one dumb and unable to do a thing and is a burden on his master. Wherever he is sent he returns without any good (result). Could he be equal to one who enjoins what is just, and follows the right path?


tafseer:
To God belong the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and the Hour of Doom is a matter of the winking of an eye, even less, for God has certainly power over all things.


tafseer:
God produced you from your mothers´ wombs knowing nothing, but gave you ears and eyes and hearts so that you may be grateful.


tafseer:
Do you not see the birds held high between the heavens and the earth? Nothing holds them (aloft) but God. There are verily signs in this for those who believe.


tafseer:
God has given you homes to live in, and tents (made) from the hides of cattle convenient for days of travelling and halting


tafseer:
God has given you of things created, shade, and places of shelter in the mountains, and clothes for protection against the heat, and coats (of mail) for defence during war. He thus bestows His favours on you so that you may be grateful to Him.


tafseer:
The day We shall call a witness from every people, the unbelievers will not be allowed to make excuses.


tafseer:
They will offer submission to God that Day, and the lies they fabricated will not be of the least avail.


tafseer:
For those who deny the truth and obstruct (others) from the way of God, We shall add torment to torment as they were perpetrating corruption.


tafseer:
Remind them of the Day when We shall call from every people a witness against them, and make you a witness over them, for We have revealed to you the Book as an exposition of everything, and as guidance and grace and happy tidings for those who submit.


tafseer:
Fulfil your covenant with God, having made the covenant, and do not break your oaths once you have sworn them, as you have made God a witness over you. Indeed God knows what you do.


tafseer:
And do not be like her who untwists her yarn having spun it into durable thread. Do not use your oaths deceitfully because one party has ascendency over you. God surely tries you in this way: He will make it clear to you on the Day of Resurrection what you were differing about.


tafseer:
So do not make your oaths a means of deceiving one another, lest your foot should slip after having found its hold, and you taste of evil for having hindered (others) from the way of God, and suffer a grievous punishment.


tafseer:
And do not trade God´s covenant for a paltry price. Remember, what is with God is better for you, if only you knew!


tafseer:
For what you possess will pass, but what is with God will abide. We shall certainly award those who persevere a recompense in keeping with their deeds.


tafseer:
We shall invest whosoever works for good, whether man or woman, with a pleasant life, and reward them in accordance with the best of what they have done.


tafseer:
Those who do not believe in the words of God are verily not guided by God. For them is severe punishment.


tafseer:
Whosoever denies having once believed -- unless he is forced to do so while his heart enjoys the peace of faith -- and opens his mind to disbelief will suffer the wrath of God. Their punishment will be great,


tafseer:
But (to) those who were victimised and left their homes and then fought and endured patiently, your Lord will surely be forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
On the day when every soul will come pleading for itself, and every soul will be recompensed for what it had done, no one will be wronged.


tafseer:
God presents the example of a town which enjoyed peace and security, its provisions coming from everywhere in abundance, but it denied the favours of God


tafseer:
An apostle came to them who was one of them, but they called him a liar. Then they were seized by torment for they were sinners.


tafseer:
Eat the good and lawful of things that God has given you, and be grateful for the bounty of God, if you really worship Him.


tafseer:
He has forbidden carrion and blood and the flesh of the swine, and what has been killed in the name of any other but God


tafseer:
We have already told you what We have forbidden the Jews. We did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.


tafseer:
To those who do wrong out of ignorance, then repent and correct themselves, your Lord is indeed forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
And gave him what is good in the world, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous and the good.


tafseer:
Endure with patience, for your endurance is not without the help of God. Do not grieve for them, and do not be distressed by their plots.


tafseer:
GLORY TO HIM who took His votary to a wide and open land from the Sacred Mosque (at Makkah) to the distant Mosque whose precincts We have blessed, that We may show him some of Our signs. Verily He is all-hearing and all-seeing.


tafseer:
We gave Moses the Book, and made it a guidance for the children of Israel that they should not take another protector apart from Me.


tafseer:
So, when the time of the first prediction came, We sent against you Our creatures full of martial might, who ransacked your cities


tafseer:
Then We gave you a chance against them, and strengthened you with wealth and children, and increased your numbers (and said):


tafseer:
Your Lord may haply be merciful to you. But if you repeat it, We shall do the same. We have constituted Hell as prison for unbelievers.


tafseer:
Verily this Qur´an directs you to the path that is straight, and gives happy tidings to those who believe and do the right: For them is a great reward.


tafseer:
We have created night and day as two signs, then We efface the sign of the night, and make the sign of the day resplendent that you may seek the bounty of your Lord, and know the computation of years and numbers. We have expounded most distinctly everything.


tafseer:
Round each man´s neck We have hung his ledger of deeds, and on the Day of Resurrection will present it as a book spread out (and say):


tafseer:
Your Lord knows what is in your heart. If you are righteous, then He is indeed forgiving to those who turn (to Him) in repentance.


tafseer:
Those who dissipate (their wealth) are the brethren of the devils, and the Devil was ungrateful to his Lord.


tafseer:
If you neglect (your parents) while seeking the bounty of your Lord, of which you are hopeful, speak to them softly.


tafseer:
Certainly your Lord provides with open hands whosoever He will, but according to capacity, for He knows and watches His creatures.


tafseer:
Do not abandon your children out of fear of poverty. We will provide for them and for you. Killing them is certainly a great wrong.


tafseer:
And do not take a life, which God has forbidden, except in a just cause. We have given the right (of redress) to the heir of the person who is killed, but he should not exceed the limits (of justice) by slaying (the killer), for he will be judged (by the same law).


tafseer:
Give full measure when you are measuring, and weigh on a balanced scale. This is better, and excellent its consequence.


tafseer:
Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge. Verily the ear, the eye, the heart, each will be questioned.


tafseer:
And do not strut about the land with insolence: Surely you cannot cleave the earth, nor attain the height of mountains in stature.


tafseer:
This is some of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. So do not take another god apart from God, or you will be cast into Hell, reproved, ostracised.


tafseer:
Has God chosen to give you sons, and taken for Himself daughters from among the angels? You utter grievous things indeed!


tafseer:
The seven skies, the earth, and all that lies within them, sing hallelujas to Him. There is nothing that does not chant His praises, but you do not understand their hymns of praise. He is verily clement and forgiving.


tafseer:
When you recite the Qur´an, We place a hidden veil between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter


tafseer:
And We put covers over their hearts and deafness in their ears that they should not understand it. So when you invoke your Lord alone in the Qur´an they turn their backs and walk away.


tafseer:
Tell My creatures only to speak words that are good. Verily Satan sows dissensions: Satan is indeed the acknowledged enemy of mankind.


tafseer:
Your Lord knows you better: He may have mercy on you if He please, or punish you if He will. Yet We have not sent you as warden over them.


tafseer:
Your Lord knows whoever is in the heavens and the earth. We exalted some of the prophets over the others


tafseer:
Those they invoke themselves seek the way to their Lord, (striving) which one of them shall be nearest (to Him)


tafseer:
There is not a habitation We shall not destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or not inflict severe punishment upon it. This is in accordance with the law (of God).


tafseer:
Nothing could stop Us from sending signs except that the earlier people had rejected them as lies. We sent to Thamud the she-camel as a token to make it clear to them, but they treated her cruelly


tafseer:
Mislead any of them you may with your voice, attack them with your cavalry and soldiers on foot, share their wealth and children with them, and make promises to them.&quot


tafseer:
It is your Lord who drives your ships across the seas that you may seek of His bounty. He is verily kind to you.


tafseer:
When a calamity befalls you on the sea, all those you invoke fail you except Him. But when He brings you safely to the shore, you turn away, for man is most ungrateful.


tafseer:
Have you then become so sure that He will not cleave the earth and sink you in it by the shore, or send a gale against you, when you will not find any protector.


tafseer:
Or you feel so secure that He will not send you back (to sea) again or send a gravel-hurtling storm against you, and drown you for your ingratitude? Then you will not find any avenger against Us.


tafseer:
Indeed We have honoured the children of Adam, and carried them over land and sea, provided them with good things for their sustenance, and exalted them over many of Our creatures.


tafseer:
The day We shall summon all men with their leaders, whosoever is given his record in his right hand will be able to read his account, and none will be wronged the breadth of a thread.


tafseer:
But whoso has been blind in this world shall be blind in the world to come, even farther astray from the path.


tafseer:
They had almost led you away from what has been revealed to you, that you may invent things about Us besides those revealed, when they would have taken you as friend.


tafseer:
In that case We would have made you taste a double anguish of life and a double anguish of death, and then you would not have been able to find a helper against Us for yourself.


tafseer:
They had nearly expelled you from the land and driven you away from it. But then, they too would have stayed but a little after you.


tafseer:
This has been Our way with the apostles whom We sent before you. You will not find any variation in Our line of action.


tafseer:
Observe the service of prayer from the sun´s declining from the meridian to the darkening of the night, and the recitation at dawn. Indeed the Recitation at dawn is palpably evident.


tafseer:
Say a supererogatory prayer at the hour of the first watch: Your Lord may raise you to a most exalted station.


tafseer:
What We have sent down of the Qur´an is a healing and a grace for the faithful, and adds only loss for the sinners.


tafseer:
They ask you about revelation. Say, revelation is by the command of your Lord, and that you have been given but little knowledge.


tafseer:
If We pleased We could take away what We have revealed to you. Then you will not find any one to plead for it with Us,


tafseer:
We have given examples of every kind to men in this Qur´an in various ways, and even then most men disdain everything but unbelief,


tafseer:
Or, until you acquire an orchard of date-palm trees and grapes, and produce rivers flowing through it


tafseer:
He is guided whom God guides. As for him He allows to go astray, you will not find a protector other than Him. We shall raise them on the Day of Resurrection in their own image, blind and dumb and deaf: Their habitation will be Hell. Every time (its fire) subsides We will intensify its flame.


tafseer:
Do they not perceive that God, who created the heavens and the earth, has the power to create the like of them? There is no doubt that. He has fixed a term for them. Even then the wicked disdain everything but unbelief.


tafseer:
We have sent it down with truth, and with truth has (the Qur´an) come down. And We have sent you only to give good news and to warn.


tafseer:
We have divided the Qur´an into parts that you may recite it to men slowly, with deliberation. That is why We sent it down by degrees.


tafseer:
They have no knowledge of this, as their fathers did not have. How terrible are the words they utter! They speak nothing but lies.


tafseer:
We have made whatever exists on the earth its adornment to test and try them (and) know who acts better


tafseer:
As for these our people here, they have taken to other gods apart from Him. Then why do they not bring a clear authority for them? Who is more wicked than he who fabricates a lie against God?&quot


tafseer:
You may well have seen when the sun came up it moved away to the right of the cave, and when it went down it turned away to the left, and they stayed in its open space. This was among the signs of God. Whoever is guided by God follows the right path


tafseer:
You may have thought that they were awake, yet they were asleep. We made them turn right and left, while their dog lay with his forelegs stretched across the threshold. If you had looked at them you would have surely turned away and fled with horror at the sight.


tafseer:
Thus did We inform the people about them that they may know the promise of God is true, and there is no doubt that the Hour will come. As they were arguing among themselves as to what should be done with them, (some) said: &quot


tafseer:
Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no one who can change the word of God


tafseer:
Persevere with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His magnificence. Do not turn your eyes away from them, seeking the splendours of this world, and do not follow him whose heart We have made oblivious to Our remembrance, who follows his own lust and exceeds the bound.


tafseer:
There will be gardens of Eden for them, with rivers flowing by, where they will be decked in bracelets of gold, with silken robes of green and of brocades to wear, reclining on couches. How excellent the guerdon, and excellent the resting-place!


tafseer:
Tell them the parable of two men. We gave one two gardens of grapes surrounded by date-palm trees, with corn fields in between.


tafseer:
Nor can I think that the Hour (of Doom) will come, And even if I am brought back to my Lord, I will surely find a better place there than this.&quot


tafseer:
Yet, my Lord may haply give me a garden better than yours, and He may send a thunder-bolt, from the skies and in the morning it will be a barren plain


tafseer:
And his vines were overtaken (with disaster), and he began to wring his hands (at the loss) of what he had spent on them, for the vines had fallen upon their trellises


tafseer:
The jurisdiction in this province belongs to God. His is the best reward, and His the best requital.


tafseer:
Present to them the example of the life of this world so like the water We send down from the skies that mingles with the earth to nourish its vegetation, which then on the morrow turns to stubble and is blown away by the wind. God has power over everything.


tafseer:
Wealth and children are only the gloss of this world, but good deeds that abide are better with your Lord for recompense, and better for expectation.


tafseer:
The day We shall move the mountains, and you see the earth an open plain, We shall gather them together, leaving none behind.


tafseer:
The ledger (of their deeds) would be placed before them. Then you will see the sinners terrified at its contents, and say: &quot


tafseer:
I did not call them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation. I would not take as helpers those who lead (men) astray.


tafseer:
The sinners will see the Fire and know that they will be thrown into it and will not find a way of escape from it.


tafseer:
There is nothing to prevent men from believing when the guidance has come to them, and asking for their Lord´s forgiveness, unless they want the example of earlier people visited upon them, or the punishment to appear right before their eyes.


tafseer:
We never send apostles but to convey happy tidings, and to warn. But those who disbelieve contend with false arguments to nullify the truth. They make a mockery of My revelations and of what they had been warned.


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who, on being reminded of his Lord´s revelations, turns away from them, and forgets the evil deeds he had committed in the past. Verily We have placed a covering on their hearts so that they do not understand, and a deafness in their ears so that however you may call them to guidance they will never be guided aright.


tafseer:
But your Lord is forgiving, full of benevolence. If He had pleased to punish them for their doings He would have punished them immediately. But a term is fixed for them from which they will find no escape.


tafseer:
When they reached the confluence they forgot the fish (they had brought as food) which swiftly made its way into the sea.


tafseer:
So they set out till they (came to the quay) and went on board a ship in which he made a hole, (and Moses said:) &quot


tafseer:
The two went on till they came upon some villagers, and asked the people for food, but they refused to entertain them. There they found a wall that was crumbling, which he repaired. Moses remarked: &quot


tafseer:
That boat belonged to poor people who used to toil on the sea. I damaged it because there was a king after them who used to seize every ship by force.


tafseer:
As for the boy, his parents were believers, but we feared that he would harass them with defiance and disbelief.


tafseer:
As for that wall, it belonged to two orphan boys of the city, and their treasure was buried under it. Their father was an upright man. So your Lord willed that on reaching the age of maturity they should dig out their treasure as a favour from their Lord. So, I did not do that of my own accord. This is the explanation of things you could not bear with patience.&quot


tafseer:
Till he reached the point of the setting sun, and saw it set behind a muddy lake, and near it found a people. We said: &quot


tafseer:
But he who believes and does the right will have an excellent reward, and we shall make things easy for him.&quot


tafseer:
Till he reached the point of the rising sun, and saw it rise over a people for whom We had provided no shelter against it.


tafseer:
Till he reached a place between two mountains, and found this side of it a people who understood but little of what was spoken.


tafseer:
They said: ´O Dhu´l-Qarnain, Gog and Magog are oppressing the land. May we pay you some tribute so that you could build a rampart between us and them?&quot


tafseer:
We shall leave them on that day surging like waves pressing one against the other, and the trumpet blast will be sounded, when We shall gather them all together.


tafseer:
Do the unbelievers think they can make My own creatures their protectors against Me? We have prepared Hell for the hospitality of infidels.


tafseer:
Theirs whose effort is misspent in pursuit of the pleasures of the world, even though they think they are doing good things.&quot


tafseer:
They are those who reject the signs of their Lord, and the meeting with Him. So their good deeds will be fruitless, and on the Day of Judgement We shall not appoint any weighing for them.


tafseer:
So he came from the chamber to his people, and suggested to them (by signs) to sing the praises of the Lord morning and evening.


tafseer:
So peace on him the day he was born, the day he will die, and the day that he will be raised from the dead.


tafseer:
And took cover from them, We sent a spirit of Ours to her who appeared before her in the concrete form of a man.


tafseer:
Eat and drink, and be at peace. If you see any man, tell him: ´I have verily vowed a fast to Ar-Rahman and cannot speak to any one this day.´


tafseer:
There was peace on me the day I was born, and will be the day I die, and on the day I will be raised from the dead.&quot


tafseer:
It does not behove God to have a son. Too immaculate is He! When He decrees a thing He has only to say: &quot


tafseer:
Yet the sectarians differed among themselves. Alas for the unbelievers when they see the Terrible Day!


tafseer:
How keenly would they hear and see when they come before Us then, even though today the evil-doers are lost in palpable error.


tafseer:
Warn them of that day of pining when all matters will have been settled, though they would still be unaware and unbelieving (of the truth).


tafseer:
O my father, to me has come such knowledge as never came to you. So follow me that I may show you the right path.


tafseer:
O my father, I fear lest a punishment from Ar-Rahman should befall you, and you should become a friend of the Devil.&quot


tafseer:
I will leave you and those you invoke apart from God, and pray to my Lord. Haply in praying to my Lord I will not be deprived.&quot


tafseer:
Thus, when he left them and the (idols) they worshipped, We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and made each of them a prophet,


tafseer:
These are (some of) those who were favoured by God among the prophets of the progeny of Adam, and of those We bore in the ark with Noah, and the offspring of Abraham and Israel, and of those We guided and We chose, for they bowed weeping in adoration when the revelations of Ar-Rahman were recited to them.


tafseer:
But they are succeeded by a generation who neglect their devotional obligations and follow only earthly pleasures


tafseer:
Except those who repent and come to believe and do the right. These will enter Paradise and will not be wronged the least


tafseer:
In the gardens of Eden promised by Ar-Rahman to His creatures in the unknown (future). Verily His promise will come to pass.


tafseer:
They will hear no vain talk there, but only salutations of peace, and they will have their sustenance morning and evening.&quot


tafseer:
This is the Paradise those of Our creatures will inherit who take heed and fear the displeasure of God.


tafseer:
Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them. Therefore worship Him, and be constant in His worship. Do you know any namesake of His?


tafseer:
By your Lord, We shall gather them and the devils together, then bring them crawling on their knees around Hell.


tafseer:
So We have made this (Qur´an) easy in your tongue that you may give good news to those who take heed, and warn the people who are contentious.


tafseer:
How many generations have We laid low before them. Do you see any sign of them, or hear the least whisper of them?


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and the earth and in between them, belongs to Him, as whatever lies under the earth.


tafseer:
Verily the Hour (of the great change) is about to come. I keep it secret that every soul may be rewarded for its endeavour.


tafseer:
´Put him in a wooden box and cast it in the river. The river will cast it on the bank. An enemy of Ours, and his, will retrieve it.´ We bestowed Our love on you that you may be reared under Our eyes.


tafseer:
Then your sister followed you, and said (to the people who had retrieved the child): ´Should I guide you to a person who can nurse him?´ We thus brought you back to your mother that her heart may be cheered, and she may not grieve. (Remember) when you killed a man We saved you from anguish


tafseer:
So go to him and say: ´The two of us have indeed been sent by your Lord. So let the children of Israel come with us, and do not oppress them. We have come to you with a token from your Lord. Peace on him who follows the way of guidance.


tafseer:
It is He who made the earth a bed for you, and traced for you paths upon it, and sends down water from the sky, and brings out through it every kind of vegetation


tafseer:
We shall certainly meet you with like magic. So make an appointment when we and you could meet on common ground, which neither we nor you should fail to keep.&quot


tafseer:
Throw down what is in your right hand: It will swallow up what they have conjured. For what they have fashioned is only a trick of the sorcerer


tafseer:
We have certainly come to believe in our Lord that He may forgive our trespasses and the magic you have forced us to perform, for God is nobler and abiding.&quot


tafseer:
Surely for him who comes before his Lord a sinner shall be Hell, where he will neither die nor live.


tafseer:
But whoever comes before Him a believer having done good deeds, will be raised to higher stations --


tafseer:
Gardens of Eden with rippling streams, where he will live for ever. This is the recompense of those who achieve integrity.


tafseer:
O children of Israel, We delivered you from your enemy, and made a covenant with you on the right side of the Mount, and sent down for you manna and quails,


tafseer:
Yet I am gracious to him who repents and believes, and does the right, and follows the straight path.


tafseer:
Then he produced the image of a calf which mooed like a cow. And they said: ´This is your god and the god of Moses (whom) he has neglected.&quot


tafseer:
Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?


tafseer:
Thus do We narrate some account to you of what has gone before, and We have truly given you a Reminder of Our own.


tafseer:
On that day no intercession will matter other than his whom Ar-Rahman grants permission and accepts.


tafseer:
But he who has done good things and believes, will have no fear of either being wronged or deprived.


tafseer:
That is why We have sent it down as an eloquent Qur´an, and explained in different ways the intimidations through it that they may haply take heed, or perhaps it may lead them to contemplate.


tafseer:
And both ate of (its fruit), and their hidden parts were exposed to one another, and they patched the leaves of the garden (to hide them). Adam disobeyed his Lord, and went astray.


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Did they not learn from the many generations that We destroyed before them, whose habitations they now frequent? Verily there are signs in this for men of understanding.


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If the decree (of respite) had not been pronounced by your Lord, (the inevitable judgement would have ensued)


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So you bear with patience what they say, and sing the praises of your Lord before the rising and setting of the sun, and honour Him in the watches of the night, and then at the two ends of day, that you may find acceptance.


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Do not covet what We have granted myriads of people of the pomp and glitter of this world to tempt them. The means your Lord has given you are better far and more enduring.


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Enjoin on your people service to God, and be yourself constant in it. We do not ask you to provide: It is We who provide for you. The reward is for piety and fear of God.


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Never did We send a message before you but through a man, whom We inspired. If you do not know, then ask the keepers of the oracles of God.


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Then We made Our promise good to them and delivered whomsoever We pleased, and destroyed the transgressors.


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How many habitations that were sinful have We demolished utterly, and raised other people after them.


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In fact We strike the truth against the false, which shatters it, and it disappears. Woe to you for what you attribute (to Him)!


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Had there been gods apart from God, both (the heavens and the earth) would have been despoiled. Much too glorious is God, the Lord of the mighty throne, for things they assert!


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We have not sent an apostle before you without instructing him that there is no god but I, so worship Me.


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Do not these unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were an integrated mass, then We split them and made every living thing from water? Will they not believe even then?


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Man is made of inordinate haste. We will show you Our signs, then you will not desire to hasten (the punishment).


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If only the unbelievers could apprehend the moment when they would neither be able to ward off the fire from their faces and their backs, nor help reach them!


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It will come upon them unawares confounding them, and they will not be able to keep it back, nor will they be given respite.


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Or do they have lords of their own besides Us who can defend them? But they are not able to help themselves, nor can they find protection against Us.


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We allowed them and their fathers time to enjoy till the very end of their lives. Do they not see Us advancing into the land, reducing its frontiers? Would they still prevail?


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We shall fix the scales of justice on the Day of Resurrection, so that none will be wronged in the least


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We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion, and a light and reminder for those who take heed for themselves,


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To Lot We gave wisdom and knowledge, and saved him from a people who acted villainously and were certainly wicked and disobedient.


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Remember Noah when he called to Us before this. We heard him and saved him and those with him from great distress


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And We helped him against the people who rejected Our signs as lies. They were a wicked people indeed, so We drowned them one and all.


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(Remember) David and Solomon, when they pronounced judgement about the field which was eaten up at night by sheep belonging to certain people. We were witness to their judgement.


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We made Solomon understand the case, and bestowed on each wisdom and knowledge, We subdued the al-jibal (mountains) with David to sing Our praises, and at-tair (birds). It is We who did it.


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And We taught him the art of making coats of mail to shield you from each other´s violence. Will you not be grateful even then?


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We made tempestuous winds obedient to Solomon which blew swiftly to sail at his bidding (with his ships) to the land We had blessed. We are cognisant of everything.


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So We heard his cry and relieved him of the misery he was in. We restored his family to him, and along with them gave him others similar to them as a grace from Us and reminder for those who are obedient.


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And (remember) Dhu´n-Noon (Jonah of the fish), when he went away in anger and imagined We will not test him (with distress). Then he called out from the darkness: &quot


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So We heard him and gave him John, and cured his wife (of barrenness). These were men who vied in good deeds with one another, and prayed to Us with love and awe, and were meek before Us.


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(Remember) her who preserved her chastity, into whom We breathed a new life from Us, and made her and her son a token for mankind.


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So he who does the right and is a believer, will not have his labour denied, for We are congnisant of it.


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And the certain promise (of Doom) comes near. Then the eyes of unbelievers will be fixed in horror, (and they will cry:) &quot


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The day We shall roll up the heavens like a written scroll, We shall revert it (to nothing) as it was before We first created it. This is a promise incumbent on Us


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We had prescribed in the Book of Psalms after the reminder and admonition, that those of Our creatures who are good will in the end rule the earth.


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The day you see it every suckling female will forget her suckling, and every pregnant female will discharge her burden. You will see men drunk, yet it will not be intoxication. The torment of God will be severe.


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If you have any doubt, O men, about being raised to life again, (remember) that We created you from dust, then a drop of semen, then an embryo, then a chewed up lump of flesh shaped and shapeless, that We may reveal (the various steps) to you. We keep what We please in the womb for a certain time, then you come out as a child, then reach the prime of age. Some of you die, some reach the age of dotage when they forget what they knew, having known it once. You see the earth all withered, then We send down rain upon it, and it bestirs itself, swells, and brings forth every kind of beauteous verdure.


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That is so for God is the undeniable Reality. It is He who brings the dead to life, for He has power over everything.


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Turning their backs that they may lead away from the path of God. For such there is disgrace in the world, and on the Day of Judgement We shall make them taste the torment of burning.


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They pray to him whose bane is more imminent than his boon: How bad the protector and how bad the associate!


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God will admit those who believe and do the right to gardens full of rippling streams. Verily God does as He pleases.


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He who thinks that God will not help him in this world and the next should stretch a rope to the sky then cut it off and see if his mind is relieved (of doubts) by this stratagem.


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God will judge between those who believe and the Jews, the Sabians, Christians and the Magians and the idolaters, on the Day of Judgement. Verily God is witness to everything.


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Do you see how all things in heavens and the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, trees and beasts, and men in abundance, pay homage to God? Yet there are many who deserve the punishment. And whosoever God disgraces will have none to raise him up in honour. God does verily as He will.


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These two (believers and unbelievers) are disputants, who contend about their Lord. But they who disbelieve will be fitted out with garments of flames. Boiling water will be poured down over their heads


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As often as they try to escape from its anguish they would be put back into (the fire), and taste the torment of burning.


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God will surely admit those who believe and do the right to gardens with rivers running by, where they will be decked in bracelets of gold and of pearls


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As for those who disbelieve, and obstruct the way of God and the holy Mosque which We have set down for all men, the native and the visitor alike. Whoever puts obstructions in this mischievously will taste of painful punishment.


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Announce the Pilgrimage to the people. They will come to you on foot and riding along distant roads on lean and slender beasts,


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In order to reach the place of advantage for them, and to pronounce the name of God on appointed days over cattle He has given them for food


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Let them then attend to their persons and complete the rites of pilgrimage, fulfil their vows and circuit round the ancient House.


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Apart from this, whoever respects the sacred ordinances of God, will find a better reward for him with his Lord. You are allowed to eat all cattle except those already mentioned to you. Avoid the repugnance of idols, and false and frivolous talk.


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, There are advantages for you in these (cattle) up to a time, then their place is the ancient House for sacrifice.


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For every community We have ordained certain rites that they may commemorate the name of God by reading it over the cattle We have given them for sacrifice. Your God is one God, so be obedient to Him. Give good tidings to those who bow in obedience to God,


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Whose hearts are filled with awe when the name of God is mentioned before them, who endure with fortitude what befalls them, and fulfil their moral obligations, and expend of what We have given them.


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We have made the camels signs of God for you. There is good for you in this. So pronounce the name of God over them as they stand with their forefeet in a line. When they have fallen (slaughtered) on their sides, eat of (their meat) and feed those who are content with little, and those who supplicate. That is why We have brought them under your subjugation so that you may be grateful.


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It is not their meat or blood that reaches God: It is the fealty of your heart that reaches him. That is why He has subjugated them to you that you may glorify God for having shown you the way. So give glad tidings to those who are doers of good.


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Permission is granted those (to take up arms) who fight because they were oppressed. God is certainly able to give help to those


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Those who would be firm in devotion, give zakat, and enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong, if We gave them authority in the land. But the resultance of things rests with God.


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If they accuse you of falsehood, (remember that) the people of Noah, ´Ad and Thamud had accused (their apostles) before,


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And the people of Midian too. Moses was also accused of lies. So I allowed the infidels respite and then seized them. How was My reprobation then!


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How many a habitation given to wickedness have We destroyed, whose roofs tumbled down, which fell into ruins. How many a well and fortress reinforced lie abandoned!


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Have they not travelled in the land that they could have the heart to understand, and ears to hear? It is not the eyes alone that do not see, oblivious are the hearts within their breasts.


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To how many habitations did We give respite, though given to wickedness, and then seized them. To Me they had to come back in the end.


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We have sent no messenger or apostle before you with whose recitations Satan did not tamper. Yet God abrogates what Satan interpolates


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This is in order to make the interpolations of Satan a test for those whose hearts are diseased and hardened: Surely the sinners have gone far in dissent.


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At the same time those who have been given knowledge may know that this is the truth from your Lord, and come to believe in it, and their hearts become submissive to Him. Verily God guides those who believe, to the even path.


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The infidels will remain in doubt about it till the Hour overtakes them unawares, or the punishment of the barren day destructive should come upon them.


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But those who did not believe and called Our revelations lies, will be given disgraceful punishment.


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Those who left their homes in the way of God, and then were killed or died, will surely be given a better provision by God, for God is surely the best of providers.


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God will surely lead them to a place with which they will be gratified. Verily God is all-knowing and forbearing.


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Whosoever retaliates to the extent of injury suffered by him, and is wronged again, will certainly be helped by God. Verily God is forgiving and kind.


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Do you not see how God sends down water from the sky and in the morning the earth turns green? Truly God is benign and well-informed.


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Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Surely God is all-sufficing, worthy of praise.


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Do you not see God has harnessed all that is in the earth, to your service? And the boats ply in the ocean by His command. He holds the sky in position lest it should fall upon the earth save by His dispensation. Verily God is compassionate and kind to men.


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We have determined for each community a way of worship which they follow. So they should not contend with you in this matter


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Do you not know that God knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth? This is surely in accordance with the law. This is certainly how (the law of) God works inevitably.


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Yet they worship in place of God that for which no authority has been sent to them, and of which they have no knowledge. The wicked will have none to help them.


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When Our clear messages are read out to them you can see denial on the faces of unbelievers. They can hardly restrain themselves from attacking those who recite Our revelations. Tell them: &quot


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O men, give ear to this parable: Those you worship other than God can never create as much as a fly, even if they get together to do so


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O you who believe, bow in adoration, Worship your Lord and do what is good that you may find success.


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Strive in the way of God with a service worthy of Him. He has chosen you and laid no hardship on you in the way of faith, the faith of your forbear Abraham. He named you Muslim earlier, and in this (Qur´an), in order that the Prophet be witness over you, and you be witness over mankind. So be firm in devotion, pay the zakat, and hold on firmly to God. He is your friend: How excellent a friend is He, how excellent a helper!


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Then We fashioned the sperm into an embryo, then fashioned the embryo into a shapeless lump of flesh


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There are lessons for you in the cattle from whose bellies We give you milk to drink, and there are other advantages that you derive from them, and some of them you eat


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When you and those with you have boarded the ark, say: ´All praise be to God who has delivered us from the people who were sinful.´


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The chiefs of the people who did not believe and denied the life to come, though We had given them good things of this life to enjoy, (said): &quot


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Does he give you a promise that when you are dead and turned to dust and bones, you will be raised to life again?


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Then We sent Our apostles one after the other. Every time an apostle came to a people they denied him. So We made one follow the other (to its doom), and turned them into bygone tales. Cursed be the people who do not believe!


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And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and gave them shelter on an elevated ground, sequestered, watered by a spring.


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O you apostles, eat things that are clean, and do things that are good. We are surely cognisant of what you do.


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But then they divided up their order into different creeds, each section rejoicing in what it had come to have.


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Who give whatsoever they give (in His way), and their hearts tremble with fear that they have to go back to their Lord,


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We do not burden a soul beyond capacity, for We have a record that tells the truth. No wrong will be done to any one.


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Why did they not think over the message? Or has something come to them which had not come to their fathers?


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Or do they say that he is possessed? In fact, he has brought the truth to them, but most of them abhor the truth.


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Had truth been subject to their whims the heavens and the earth and all those within them would have been depraved. In fact We had sent them their reminder, but they turned away from good advice.


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Or do you ask of them any tribute? In that case the tribute of your Lord is better, for He is the best of providers.


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If We took compassion on them and removed the affliction they are in, they would only wander lost in confusion.


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We had seized them with the punishment, but they did not bow before their Lord nor turned to Him in humility,


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So that when at last We open up the gate of severe punishment on them they will be overwhelmed with despair.


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It is He who gives you life and death, and His the alternation of night and day. Even then you do not understand,


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God has not begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Had this been so, each god would have taken away what he had created with him, and some would have risen over the others. God is much too glorious for what they attribute (to Him)!


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When the trumpet blast is sounded no ties of lineage will hold among them, nor will they ask after one another.


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There was a section among My creatures that said: ´O Lord, we believe. Forgive us and have mercy upon us, for You are the best of the merciful.´


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But you ridiculed them. So much so that out of (spite) for them you forgot to remember Me and laughed at them.


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Whoever worships another god apart from God, for which he holds no proof, will have to account for it before his Lord. Verily the unbelievers will not prosper.


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WE HAVE REVEALED this Surah and made it obligatory as We have sent down clear injunctions in it that you may be warned.


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The adulteress and adulterer should be flogged a hundred lashes each, and no pity for them should deter you from the law of God, if you believe in God and the Last Day


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The adulterer can marry no one but an adulteress or his partner (in the act) , and the adulteress cannot marry any but an adulterer or her partner (in the act). This is forbidden the believers,


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Those who defame chaste women and do not bring four witnesses should be punished with eighty lashes, and their testimony should not be accepted afterwards, for they are profligates,


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Those who accuse their wives and do not have any witnesses except themselves, should swear four times in the name of God, the testimony of each such person being that he is speaking the truth,


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The woman´s punishment can be averted if she swears four times by God as testimony that her husband is a liar,


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Those who spread lies were a clique among you. Do not think that it was bad for you: In fact it has been good for you. Each of them will pay for the sin he has committed, and he who had greater share (of guilt) will suffer grievous punishment.


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Why did the faithful men and women not think well of their people when they heard this, and said: &quot


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Why did they not bring four witnesses (in support of their charge)? And since they did not bring the four witnesses they are themselves liars in the sight of God.


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Were it not for the grace of God and His mercy upon you in this world and the next, you would have suffered a great affliction for the false accusation.


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When you talked about it and said what you did not know, and took it lightly -- though in the sight of God it was serious --


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There is painful punishment in this world and the next for those who like that immorality should spread among the believers, for God knows and you do not know.


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O you who believe, do not follow in the footsteps of Satan, for he who follows in the footsteps of Satan will be induced by him to what is shameful and forbidden. But for the grace of God and His mercy upon you none of you would have escaped undefiled


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Let not those who are men of plenty and means among you swear that they will not give to their relatives and the poor and those who leave their homes in the service of God. They should forgive and overlook (their failings). Would you not like God to forgive you? And God is forgiving and kind.


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Verily those who blaspheme unsuspecting chaste believing women will be cursed in this world and the next


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God will pay them on that day their just due in full, and they will come to know that God is the tangible Reality.


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O you who believe, do not enter other houses except yours without first asking permission and saluting the inmates. This is better for you: You may haply take heed.


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If you find that no one is in, then do not enter unless you have received permission. If you are asked to go away, turn back. That is proper for you. God is aware of what you do.


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There is no harm in going into uninhabited houses where there is some convenience for you, as God has knowledge of what you hide and what you disclose.


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Tell the believing men to lower their eyes and guard their private parts. There is for them goodness in this. God is aware of what they do.


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Tell the believing women to lower their eyes, guard their private parts, and not display their charms except what is apparent outwardly, and cover their bosoms with their veils and not to show their finery except to their husbands or their fathers or fathers-in-law, their sons or step-sons, brothers, or their brothers´ and sisters´ sons, or their women attendants or captives, or male attendants who do not have any need (for women), or boys not yet aware of sex. They should not walk stamping their feet lest they make known what they hide of their Ornaments. O believers, turn to God, every one of you, so that you may be successful.


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Marry off those who are single among you, and those of your male and female servants who are righteous. If they are poor, God will enrich them of His grace, for God is bounteous and all-knowing.


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Those who cannot afford to marry should abstain from what is unlawful until God enriches them by His grace. And free those slaves you possess who wish to buy their freedom after a written undertaking, if you know they have some goodness, and give them out of the riches God has given you. Do not force your maids to prostitution if they wish to lead married lives, in order to get the benefits of this world. But if someone forces them, surely God (will forgive them) after their forced helplessness, for He is forgiving and kind.


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We have sent down clear instructions to you, and illustrations from (the accounts) of those who have gone before you, and a warning for those who take heed for themselves.


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God is the light of the heavens and the earth. The semblance of His light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the flame within a glass, the glass a glittering star as it were, lit with the oil of a blessed tree, the olive, neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil appears to light up even though fire touches it not, -- light upon light. God guides to His light whom He will. So does God advance precepts of wisdom for men, for God has knowledge of everything.


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(The light is lit) in houses of worship which God has allowed to be raised, and His name remembered in them. His praises are sung there morning and evening,


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By men not distracted from the remembrance of God either by trade and commerce or buying and selling, who stand by their devotional obligations and pay the zakat, who fear the day when hearts and eyes would flutter with trepidation


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That God may reward them for the best of their deeds, and bestow more on them of His bounty, for God gives whom He please without measure.


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As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in the desert which the thirsty takes for water till he reaches it to find that there was nothing, and finds God with him who settles his account, for God is swift at the reckoning.


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Or like darkness in a wide, wide sea, waves surging upon waves, with clouds overhanging, darkness on darkness. If you stretch your hand, you could hardly see it. For him whom God does not give any light, there is no light.


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Have you not seen that all those who are in the heavens and the earth, and the birds on the wing, sing the praises of God. Each one knows its obligations and its duties, and God knows whatever they do.


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Have you not seen that God drives the clouds, then joins them together and puts them fold on fold. Then you see the rain fall through them


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God created every moving thing from water: One crawls on its belly, one walks on two legs, another moves on four. God creates whatsoever He will. Indeed God has power over everything.


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We have surely sent down clear signs. It is God who guides whom He will to the path that is straight.


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They say they believe in God and the Prophet, and have come to believe, yet a section of them turns back even after this


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When they are called to God and His Prophet, that he may judge between them, a section of them turns away.


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Is there a malady in their hearts, or they are deluded, or afraid that God and His Prophet would be unjust in dealing with them? Not so


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The answer of the believers when they are called to God and His Apostle that he may judge between them, is: &quot


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God has promised to make those of you who believe and do the right, leaders in the land, as He had made those before them, and will establish their faith which He has chosen for them and change their fear into security. They will worship Me and not associate any one with Me. But those who disbelieve after this will be reprobates.


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So observe your devotional obligations, pay the zakat, and obey the Apostle so that you may be shown mercy.


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O you who believe, let your dependants and those who have not yet reached the age of puberty, ask permission (to enter your presence) on three occasions: Before the early morning prayer


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When your children have reached the age of puberty, they should similarly ask your leave (for entering) as others did before them. God thus clearly explains His commands to you, for God is all-knowing and all-wise.


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As for your women past the age of bearing children, who have no hope of marriage, there is no harm if they take off their outer garments, but in such a way that they do not display their charms


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There is no harm if the blind, the lame, the sick, or you yourselves, eat in your own houses or the houses of your fathers, mothers, or your brothers´ houses, or those of your sisters, or your fathers´ brothers´ or sisters´, or your mothers´ brothers´ or sisters´, or in the houses whose care is entrusted to you, or the houses of your friends.


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There is no harm in your eating together or separately. But when you enter the houses, salute the inmates with a greeting in the name of God, invoking blessings and good health. That is how God explains things to you clearly so that you may understand. They alone are true believers who believe in God and His Apostle, and when they are with him on a matter of common concern, do not depart without obtaining his leave. Surely those who ask leave of you are the ones who believe in God and His Apostle. Therefore when they ask leave of you for personal business give leave to those you please, and seek God´s forgiveness for them. Surely God is forgiving and kind.


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Do not consider your being summoned by the Apostle to be like your summoning one another. God knows those of you who go away surreptitiously. So let those who act in contravention of his command take heed lest a trial should befall them or a grievous punishment come upon them.


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Does not everything in the heavens and the earth belong to God? He surely knows what state you are in


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BLESSED IS HE who revealed the Criterion (of right and wrong) to His votary that it may be a warning for the world, --


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He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, who has neither begotten a son nor has He a partner in His kingdom, (who) created everything and determined its exact measure.


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Yet they choose apart from Him gods who have not created any thing and have themselves been created, who possess no power over their loss or gain, or their death or life or being raised to life again.


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Or a treasure should have been given to him, or he should have had an orchard from which he could eat.&quot


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Blessed be He who, if He pleased, could give you better than that, -- gardens with rivers flowing by


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The day He will gather them together along with those they worshipped other than God, He will ask them: &quot


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We never sent before you apostles who did not eat food and walk the market places. We make some of you the means of trying the others. So will you persevere? Your Lord is always watching.


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The day the heavens splits asunder with a dazzling white cloud gathering and the angels descend in a continuous stream,


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There is not an example they advance to which We do not give you a right answer and a better explanation.


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Those who will be pushed faces forward into Hell will be in a worse position, farther away from the path.


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We had drowned the people of Noah when they had accused the apostles of lies, and turned them into an example for men. We have prepared a painful punishment for the wicked.


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They must have surely passed by the town on which We had rained the terrible rain of ruin. How could they not have seen it? Still they do not dread the Resurrection.


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Have you not seen how your Lord lengthens out the shadow? He could have kept it motionless if He liked. Yet We make the sun its pilot to show the way.


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To quicken a region that was dead, and to give it as drink to animals We have created and to men in plenty.


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It is He who made two bodies of water flow side by side, one fresh (and) sweet, the other brine (and) bitter, and has placed an interstice, a barrier between them.


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It is He who created man from water, then gave him consanguinity and affinity. Your Lord is omnipotent.


tafseer:
And yet they worship besides God what cannot bring them gain or do them harm. The unbeliever has always been an auxiliary against his Lord.


tafseer:
He created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them in six spans then assumed His authority. He is the benevolent: Ask those who are well-informed.


tafseer:
Blessed is He who placed in the heavens constellations of stars, and placed a burning lamp in it and the luminous moon.


tafseer:
Devotees of Ar-Rahman are those who walk with humility on the earth, and when they are addressed by the ignorant, say: ´Peace


tafseer:
Who do not invoke any god apart from God, who do not take a life which God has forbidden except for a cause that is just, and do not fornicate -- and any one who does so will be punished for the crime,


tafseer:
Except those who repent and come to believe and do the right, for whom God will turn evil into goodness, for God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
And those who do not give false evidence, and if they come across unbecoming talk ignore it and pass by in a sedate way


tafseer:
They will be rewarded for their perseverance with lofty mansions in empyrean where they will be received with greetings of peace and salutations,


tafseer:
We could send down from the heavens a sign to them if We pleased, before which their heads would remain bowed.


tafseer:
I do not ask any recompense of you for this. My reward is due from none but the Lord of all the worlds.


tafseer:
For they were seized by the torment. Verily there was a sign in this, but most of them did not believe.


tafseer:
And rained on them a shower (of Stones). How terrible was the rain (that fell) on those who had been warned!


tafseer:
But they denied him, and We seized them with the torment of the Day of Shadowing (when the cloud had rained down fire). It was indeed the torment of a terrible day!


tafseer:
Except those who believe and do the right, and remember God a great deal, who retaliate only when they have been wronged. Yet the oppressors will now come to know through what reversals they will be overthrown!


tafseer:
Who fulfil their devotional obligations, pay the zakat, and believe with certainty in the life to come.


tafseer:
We make their deeds attractive to those who do not believe in the Hereafter, so that they may wander in perplexity.


tafseer:
They are those who will suffer the worst chastisement in this life, and will be the greatest losers in the life to come.


tafseer:
Except those who do some wrong but afterwards do good to make up for the wrong. And I am forgiving and merciful.


tafseer:
And they denied them out of malice and pride, though in their hearts they believed that they were true. So see how was the end of evil-doers!


tafseer:
I found that she and her people worship the sun in place of God, for Satan has made their deeds look attractive to them and has turned them away from the Path, so they do not find the way


tafseer:
To worship God who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and is cognisant of what you hide and what you disclose.


tafseer:
Take this letter from me, and deliver it to them and withdraw, then see what reply they give in return.&quot


tafseer:
Go back to them. We shall soon come with our armies which they will not be able to face. We shall drive them out of (the land) with ignominy, and they will be humbled.&quot


tafseer:
She was (in fact) turned away by what she worshipped other than God, for she came of an unbelieving people.


tafseer:
She was invited to enter the court. When she saw it, she took it for a sheet of water, and (pulling up her skirts) uncovered her legs. (Solomon) told her: &quot


tafseer:
So these their habitations lie deserted now because of their iniquities. Verily there is a sign in this for those who understand.


tafseer:
And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!


tafseer:
Who created the heavens and the earth, who sends down water from the sky for you, with which He causes graceful gardens to grow? It was not in your power to make trees germinate. Is there any other god along with God. In fact they are a people who turn away (from the truth).


tafseer:
Who then made the earth a habitable place, and made the rivers (flow) in its valleys and dales, and placed upon it firm stabilisers, and kept a barrier between two bodies of water? Is there any other god along with God? In reality most of them do not know.


tafseer:
Who hears the cry of the anguished (soul) when it calls to Him, and relieves its suffering? And who made you trustees on the earth? Is there any other god along with God? How little it is that you reflect!


tafseer:
Who then really shows you the way in the darkness of the desert and the sea? And who sends breezes bringing news of His benevolence? Is there any other god along with God? He is far too exalted for what they associate with Him!


tafseer:
Who creates first then reverts it? And who gives you provision from the heavens and the earth? Is there any other god along with God? Tell them: &quot


tafseer:
Still less do they comprehend the life to come. In fact they are in doubt about it. Still more, they are blind to it.&quot


tafseer:
Indeed we and our fathers had been promised this before. It is nothing but the earlier people´s lore.&quot


tafseer:
There is nothing of the hidden in the heavens and the earth that is not recorded in the luminous Book.


tafseer:
You cannot make the dead to listen, or the deaf to hear the call, when they have turned their backs,


tafseer:
Nor can you lead the blind when they have gone astray. You can make none hear except those who believe in Our signs and have come to peace and submission.


tafseer:
When the sentence will have been passed against them, We shall bring forth beastly brutes from the earth who will torment them, for men certainly do not believe Our signs.


tafseer:
The day We shall gather from every community a section of those who denied Our signs, and they will be brought (in separate groups),


tafseer:
When the sentence will have been passed upon them for their wickedness, they will not be able to say a word.


tafseer:
Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest, the day to make things clear? Indeed there are signs in this for people who believe.


tafseer:
The day the trumpet blast is sounded whoever is in the heavens and the earth will be terrified, save those whom God please, and all will appear before Him in abjectness.


tafseer:
You will see the mountains and think they are firmly planted, but they will pass away like flying clouds: Artistry of God who perfected everything. He is indeed fully aware of what you do.


tafseer:
Whoever comes with good (deeds) will receive better than (what he had done), and be safe that day from terror.


tafseer:
But whosoever comes with evil will be flung face forward into the Fire. Can you expect reward for any thing but what you do?


tafseer:
The Pharaoh had become high and mighty in the land, and divided the people into different classes, and impoverished one class, slaying its males and sparing its women, for he was indeed a tyrant.


tafseer:
Then he was picked up by the family of Pharaoh (unaware) that he would become their enemy and a cause for regret. Surely the Pharaoh, Haman and their hordes were habitual sinners.


tafseer:
The mother of Moses was perturbed in the morning. Had We not strengthened her heart to remain a believer she had almost given him away.


tafseer:
Thus We restored him to his mother that she may be tranquil and not grieve, and know that the promise of God is true, though most men do not know.


tafseer:
When he had grown up to full maturity, We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus do We recompense the doers of good.


tafseer:
He came to the city when the people were in a care-free mood, and saw two men quarrelling, one belonging to his community, the other to his enemies. The man who belonged to his community appealed for help against the one who belonged to the enemies. Moses struck him a blow with his fist and finished him off. &quot


tafseer:
In the morning he came to the city, fearful and hesitant. Just then he who had asked him for help the day before called out for help (again). &quot


tafseer:
And when he came to the waters of Midian he found a crowd of people watering (their flocks), and saw two maidens holding back (their cattle). He asked: &quot


tafseer:
When Moses had fulfilled the term and was journeying with his family, he noticed a fire on the side of the mountain. &quot


tafseer:
When he drew near, a voice called out to him from the tree on the blessed spot on the right side of the valley: &quot


tafseer:
So send my brother Aaron with me as helper for he is more fluent than I with words, that he should affirm me, for I fear that they would call me a liar.&quot


tafseer:
He and his soldiers had become arrogant in the land for no reason, and did not think that they have to come back to Us in the end.


tafseer:
So We seized him and his hordes and threw them into the sea. Behold then how was the end of the wicked!


tafseer:
After We had destroyed the earlier generations We gave Moses the Book as evidence for mankind, and a guidance and grace, so that they may remember.


tafseer:
You were not there on the western side (of Mount Sinai) when We gave the commandments to Moses, nor were you witness (to the event).


tafseer:
We raised (many more) generations and prolonged their lives. You did not live with the people of Midian, nor recited to them Our revelations


tafseer:
You were not present on the side of Mount Sinai when We called. And all this (knowledge that you are given) is by the grace of your Lord so that you may warn a people to whom no admonisher had come before you, that they may take heed


tafseer:
Then, if they cannot give you an answer, know that they are only following their lusts. And who can be farther astray than he who follows his lust without any guidance from God? And certainly God does not guide an unjust people.


tafseer:
These will be given their recompense twice, for they persevered and repelled evil with good, and spent of what We had given them.


tafseer:
You cannot guide any one you like: God guides whosoever He please. He knows best who will come to guidance.


tafseer:
How many habitations that had come to boast of their resources have We destroyed? These their dwellings were never inhabited except rarely after them


tafseer:
But your Lord does not destroy habitations without having sent an apostle to their metropolis to read out Our commandments to them. We would never have destroyed cities if their inhabitants were not given to wickedness.


tafseer:
Whatsoever has been given you is the stuff this life is made of, and only its embellishment. What is with your Lord is better and abiding. Will you not understand?


tafseer:
Can one who was given a better promise, which he will find come true, be like him who was given a little enjoyment of this life, but who will afterwards be brought (to judgement) on the Day of Resurrection?


tafseer:
Your Lord creates what He wills and chooses. The good is not for them to choose. Too holy and high is God for what they associate with Him.


tafseer:
He is God. There is no god but He. His alone is praise first and last, and His the judgement, and to Him will you be brought back in the end.


tafseer:
Yet in His benevolence He made you night and day that you may rest and seek His bounty during them, and haply maybe grateful.&quot


tafseer:
Verily Qarun was of Moses´ people, but he began to oppress them. We had given him treasures, so many that a team of wrestlers could hardly lift their keys. His people said to him: &quot


tafseer:
So seek the abode of the Hereafter through what God has given you, and do not forget your part in this world. Do good to others as God has done good to you, and do not try to spread corruption in the land. Surely God does not like corrupters.&quot


tafseer:
So We opened up the earth and sunk him and his mansion. There was not a body that could help him against (the will) of God, nor was he able to save himself.


tafseer:
We shall give the mansion of the Hereafter to those who do not want to be haughty in the land and spread corruption. The future belongs to those who take heed for themselves and follow the straight path.


tafseer:
He who has assigned (the propagation) of the Qur´an to you will bring you back to the destination. Say: &quot


tafseer:
You did not expect that the Book would be given to you except by the favour of your Lord. So do not be the helper of unbelievers,


tafseer:
Nor should you let them turn you away from the commandments of God once they have been delivered to you


tafseer:
And do not call on any other god apart from God. There is no god but He. All things will perish save His magnificence. His is the judgement, and to Him will you be brought back in the end.


tafseer:
Do those who do evil think that they will get the better of Us? How bad is the judgement that they make!


tafseer:
He who hopes to meet God (should know) that God´s appointed time will surely come. He is all-hearing and all-knowing.


tafseer:
We shall pardon the sinful deeds of those who believe and do the right, and give them a reward better than their deeds.


tafseer:
We sent Noah to his people, and he lived with them a thousand years minus fifty. Then they were caught by the deluge for they were evil.


tafseer:
You worship idols in place of God and invent lies. Surely those you worship other than God have no power over your means of livelihood. So seek your sustenance from God, and worship Him and give Him thanks. To Him will you be brought back in the end.


tafseer:
But if you deny, then many a people have denied before you. The duty of the apostle is to convey the message clearly.&quot


tafseer:
Do they not see how God originates creation, then reverts it back? This is indeed how inevitably the law of God works


tafseer:
Punish whom He will, and have mercy on whom He please. And to Him will you be brought back in the end.


tafseer:
Those who deny the signs of God and the meeting with Him, cannot have hope of My mercy. There is a painful punishment for them.


tafseer:
So We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob and gave his progeny prophethood and scripture, and rewarded him in this world, and in the next he will be among the upright.


tafseer:
You commit unnatural acts with men and cut off the way (of procreation), and commit obscenities in your gatherings.&quot


tafseer:
So, when Our messengers came to Lot, he was worried on their account as he was unable to protect them. They said: &quot


tafseer:
But they denied him and were seized by an earthquake, and lay overturned in their homes in the morning.


tafseer:
And (remember) ´Ad and Thamud. It will be clear to you from their habitations (how they were destroyed), for Satan had made their deeds look attractive to them, and turned them away from the path


tafseer:
And We seized all of them for their crimes. Against some We sent a violent wind hurling stones, and some We seized with a mighty blast, and some We submerged under the earth, and some We drowned. It was not for God to wrong them, they wronged themselves.


tafseer:
The semblance of those who take protectors besides God is that of the spider. She arranges a house for herself, but the flimsiest of houses is the spider´s. If only they had sense!


tafseer:
God has created the heavens and the earth with reason. Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.


tafseer:
Recite what has been revealed to you of this Book, and be constant in devotion. Surely prayer keeps you away from the obscene and detestable, but the remembrance of God is greater far


tafseer:
Do not argue with the people of the Book unless in a fair way, apart from those who act wrongly, and say to them: &quot


tafseer:
That is how We have revealed this Book to you and those to whom We have sent down the Book will believe in it. Only those who are infidels will deny it.


tafseer:
You did not read any Scripture before this, nor wrote one with your right hand, or else these dissemblers would have found a cause to doubt it.


tafseer:
In fact, in the minds of those who have intelligence these are clear signs. No one denies Our revelations except those who are unjust.


tafseer:
Is it not sufficient for them that We have revealed the Book to you which is read out to them? It is indeed a grace and reminder for people who believe.


tafseer:
They want you to hasten the punishment: But for a time already determined the punishment would have come upon them. It will come upon them all too suddenly, and they will be caught unawares.


tafseer:
We shall admit those who believe and do the right to empyreal gardens with rivers rippling by, where they will abide for ever. How excellent the guerdon of those who toil,


tafseer:
God increases the means of those of His creatures as He please, or limits them for whomsoever He will. He is certainly cognisant of everything.


tafseer:
The life of this world is only a sport and play. It is surely the home of the Hereafter that will indeed be life extended and new, if only they knew!


tafseer:
When they board a ship they call on God, placing their faith wholly in Him. But when He brings them safely back to shore, they begin to associate others with Him,


tafseer:
And deny what We had given them, in order to go on enjoying themselves. They will come to know soon.


tafseer:
Do they not see that We have given them a safe sanctuary, while all around them men are being despoiled? Do they then believe what is false, and deny the bounty of God?


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who fabricates a lie about God, or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not an abode for unbelievers in Hell?


tafseer:
We shall guide those who strive in Our cause to the paths leading straight to Us. Surely God is with those who do good.


tafseer:
In a few years (less than ten). God´s is the imperative first and last. On that day the believers will rejoice


tafseer:
Do they not think for themselves that God did not create the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them without reason and a determined purpose? But many men reject the meeting with their Lord.


tafseer:
Have they not travelled on the earth and seen how the others before them had met their end? They were far more powerful than them, furrowed the earth and colonised it far more than they


tafseer:
Therefore evil was the end of those who did evil, for they denied the signs of God and made fun of them.


tafseer:
No intercessor will they have among those they associated (with God), and will reject their partners.


tafseer:
Those who did not believe and rejected Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter, will be given over to punishment.


tafseer:
He brings the living from the dead, the dead from the living, and quickens the earth after it had died. So will you be brought forth (from the dead).


tafseer:
Among His signs is that He created you from the earth, and you are now human beings dispersed everywhere.


tafseer:
Another of His signs is that He created mates of your own kind of yourselves so that you may get peace of mind from them, and has put love and compassion between you. Verily there are signs in this for those who reflect.


tafseer:
Among other signs of His is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variety of your tongues and complexions. Surely there are signs in this for those who understand.


tafseer:
Another of His signs is the night, a time for you to sleep, and the day to seek His bounty. Verily there are signs in this for those who pay heed.


tafseer:
Another of His signs is the lightning He shows to fill you both with dread and hope, and the water He sends down from the sky which reawakens the earth that was dead. There are indeed signs in this for those who have sense.


tafseer:
It is He who first creates and then reverts it. This is how His law works inevitably. His semblance is of the most sublime in the heavens and the earth. He is all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
He gives you an example from your own life: Do you possess among your dependants any partners in what We have bestowed on you, so that you and they have equal (share) in it, and that you fear them as you fear each other? That is how We explain Our signs clearly for those who comprehend.


tafseer:
And yet the wicked follow their own lusts without understanding. Who can show the way to those whom God allows to go astray? None will they have to help them.


tafseer:
So keep yourself exclusively on the true way, the creational law of God according to which He created man with the quality of choosing right or wrong. There is no altering of God´s creation. This is the supreme law. But most men do not understand.


tafseer:
(Or) one of those who created rifts in their order and are divided into sects, with each group exulting in what it has (carved out for itself) --


tafseer:
When We give men a taste of Our benevolence they start rejoicing in it. When misfortune befalls them as a result of what they have done themselves, they begin to despair.


tafseer:
Do they not see God increases or decreases the means of whosoever He please? Verily there are signs in this for those who believe.


tafseer:
So, give their share to the relatives, the needy, and the wayfarers. This is best for those who seek the way that leads to God, and they will be successful.


tafseer:
What you give on interest to increase (your capital) through others´ wealth, does not find increase with God


tafseer:
It is God who created you, then gave you sustenance, then He will make you die, and bring you back to life. Is there one among those you associate with Him who can do the least of these things? Too high and exalted is He for what they associate with Him!


tafseer:
Corruption has spread over land and sea from what men have done themselves that they may taste a little of what they have done: They may haply come back (to the right path).


tafseer:
So set your face towards the straight path before the day arrives from God which is irreversible. Men will be segregated on that day.


tafseer:
So that God may reward those who believed and did what was good, by His grace. Surely He does not love unbelievers.


tafseer:
Among His signs are the breezes He sends as harbingers of happy news, so that He may allow you to taste of His mercy, and that ships may sail by His command, and you may seek of His bounty, and may haply be grateful.


tafseer:
Verily We sent many apostles before you to their people, who brought clear signs with them. Then We retributed those who were sinful. It is a duty incumbent on Us to help the believers.


tafseer:
It is God who sends the breezes that raise clouds, then spreads them over the sky as He please, fold on fold, then you see the drops of rain issue from between them. When He sends it down to those of His creatures as He will, they are filled with joy,


tafseer:
So consider the signs of His benevolence: How He quickens the earth after it had become waste. He is verily the one who will raise the dead. He has power over everything.


tafseer:
If We send a (blighting) wind and they see (the earth) seared autumnal, they would surely become ungrateful.


tafseer:
You cannot make the dead to listen nor the deaf hear the call when they have turned back and retreated,


tafseer:
Nor can you make the blind see the way when they have gone astray. You can make none hear except those who believe Our signs and have come to submission.


tafseer:
It is God who created you of weakness, then after weakness gave you strength, then after strength will give you weakness and grey hair. Surely He makes whatever He wills. He is all-knowing and all-powerful.


tafseer:
Their excuses will be of no avail to the sinners on that day, and they will not be allowed to beg for favour.


tafseer:
We have offered every kind of example here in this Qur´an to men. Even then if you bring a verse to them, those who disbelieve say: &quot


tafseer:
But among men are also those who spread frivolous stories to mislead (others) from the way of God, without any knowledge, and take it lightly. For such as these the nemesis will be shameful.


tafseer:
When Our verses are recited before them they turn away haughtily as though they did not hear them, as if a deafness had come into their ears. So give them tidings of a shameful punishment.


tafseer:
He created the skies without a support, as you can see, and placed stabilisers in the earth that you may dwell at ease as it revolves


tafseer:
Such is God´s creation. Show me now what those (they worship) beside Him have created. Surely the evil-doers are in clear error.


tafseer:
We bestowed wisdom on Luqman that he may be grateful to God. Whosoever is grateful is so for his own good, and whoever is ungrateful (should remember) that God is above all concern, worthy of praise.


tafseer:
We have committed man about his parents. His mother carries him in her womb in weakness and debility, weaning him in two years. So he should be grateful to Me and his parents. To Me is the journeying back.


tafseer:
If they try to force you to associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. Live with them honourably in the world, but follow the way of him who turns to Me. Your returning is to Me in the end, when I will tell you what you did.


tafseer:
O my son, fulfil your moral obligations, bid what is known to be right and forbid what is wrong, and bear with patience what befalls you. These are indeed acts of courage and resolve.


tafseer:
Do not hold men in contempt, and do not walk with hauteur on the earth. Verily God does not like the proud and boastful.


tafseer:
Be moderate in your bearing, and keep your voice low. Surely the most repulsive voice is the donkey´s.&quot


tafseer:
Have you not seen that God has subjugated what is in the heavens and the earth to you, and bestowed His favours, external and esoteric, in abundance on you? And yet there are men who contend about God without any knowledge or guidance or the Book enlightening.


tafseer:
So do not let the unbelief of disbelievers grieve you. They will be brought back to Us, when We shall tell them what they used to do. Whatever is in their hearts is known to God.


tafseer:
If all the trees of the earth were pens and the oceans ink, with many more oceans for replenishing them, the colloquy of God would never come to end. He is indeed all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
Your creation and resurrection is but like that of a single cell. Verily He is all-hearing and all-seeing.


tafseer:
Do you not see that God makes the night succeed the day, the day succeed the night? And He has harnessed the sun and the moon so that each runs its appointed course. Surely God is aware of all you do.


tafseer:
That is so for God is the Reality, and what they invoke other than Him is illusion. Indeed God is all-high and supreme.


tafseer:
Do you not see that the ships sail in the ocean by the grace of God, that He may show you some of His glories. Verily there are signs in this for those who are constant and give thanks.


tafseer:
When the waves overshadow them like a canopy, they pray to God with all-exclusive faith in Him. But after He has safely brought them to the shore, there are some who vacillate between doubt and belief, but no one rejects Our signs except those who are perverse and disbelieve.


tafseer:
O people, fear your Lord and dread the day when no father will avail a son, nor son his father. Truly the promise of God is true. Do not be deluded by the life of this world, and do not let the deceiver draw you away from God.


tafseer:
Only God has the knowledge of the Hour. He sends rain from the heavens, and knows what is in the mothers´ wombs. No one knows what he will do on the morrow


tafseer:
Or do they say he has fabricated it? In fact, it is the truth from your Lord so that you may warn the people to whom no admonisher was sent before you. They may haply come to guidance.


tafseer:
It is God who created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, in six spans, then assumed all authority. You have no protector other than Him, nor any intercessor. Will you not be warned even then?


tafseer:
He regulates all affairs from high to low, then they rise to perfection step by step in a (heavenly) day whose measure is a thousand years of your reckoning.


tafseer:
Then proportioned and breathed into him of His spirit, and gave you the senses of hearing, sight and feeling. And yet how little are the thanks you offer!


tafseer:
If only you could see when the sinners will stand before their Lord, heads hung low, (and say:) &quot


tafseer:
So now suffer. As you forgot the meeting of this your Day of Doom, so have We forgotten you. Now taste the everlasting punishment for your deeds.


tafseer:
Only they believe in Our revelations who, when they are reminded, bow in adoration, and give praise to their Lord, and do not become arrogant.


tafseer:
Their backs do not rest on their beds, and they pray to their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of what We have given them (in charity).


tafseer:
As for those who believe and do the right, there are gardens for abode as welcome for what they had done.


tafseer:
As for those who disobey, their abode is Hell. Whensoever they wish to escape from it they would be dragged back into it, and told: &quot


tafseer:
But We shall make them taste the affliction of this world before the greater torment, so that they may retract.


tafseer:
When they persevered and firmly believed Our revelations We appointed learned men among them who guided them by Our command.


tafseer:
Surely your Lord will decide between them about what they were at variance, on the Day of Resurrection.


tafseer:
Did they not find guidance in the many generations We had destroyed before them, over whose dwellings they (now) walk? There were indeed signs in this. Will they even then not listen?


tafseer:
Do they not see that We drive the rain towards a land that is dry, then grow grain from it which their cattle and they themselves eat? Will they not see even then?


tafseer:
God has not provided two hearts in the breast of a man, nor made your wives, whom you pronounce &quot


tafseer:
Call them by the names of their fathers. This is the right course in the sight of God. If you do not know their fathers, they are then your brothers in religion and your friends. It will not be a sin if you make a mistake, unless you do so intentionally


tafseer:
When We made the covenant with the prophets, and with you, as with Noah and Abraham, Moses and Jesus son of Mary, a binding covenant,


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(It was) so that God may ask the truthful of their sincerity. As for the infidels, He has prepared a painful punishment for them.


tafseer:
O you who believe, remember the favours of God to you when an army came against you and We sent a wind against them and forces that you did not see. But God sees all that you do.


tafseer:
When they came upon you from above and below you, when the eyes were stupefied with horror, and hearts jumped to the throats, and you made wild suppositions about God.


tafseer:
If the (enemy) had entered the city from every side and asked them to rise in revolt, they would have done so, and not hesitated but a little


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Being chary of helping you. But when danger appears you will find them looking at you with eyes turning like a man´s in the swoon of death. Yet when the danger is past they lash you with sharp tongues, covetous of the best (of booty). Such as these have not come to belief. So God nullifies whatever they have done. This is how (the innate law of) God works inevitably.


tafseer:
You have indeed a noble paradigm in the Apostle of God for him who fears God and the Day of Resurrection, and remembers God frequently.


tafseer:
That God may recompense the truthful for their truthfulness, and punish the hypocrites or relent towards them, as He will. God is surely forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
God drove the unbelievers back in their fury, and they gained no advantage. God was sufficient (to help) the believers in the battle. God is all-powerful and all-mighty.


tafseer:
He made those of the people of the Book who had helped (the tribes) descend from their forts, and filled their hearts with dread, so that you killed some and made many captive


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And He made you inherit their lands and mansions and wealth, and a country you had not traversed before, for God has power over everything.


tafseer:
But if you desire God, His Apostle, and the joys of life to come, then God has verily set apart for those of you who are good, a great reward.&quot


tafseer:
O wives of the Prophet, whosoever of you commits an act of clear shamelessness, her punishment will be doubled. This is how (the innate law of) God works inevitably.


tafseer:
But whoever of you is obedient to God and His Apostle, and does the right, will be given a two-fold reward by Us


tafseer:
O wives of the Prophet, you are not like other women. If you are mindful of God, do not be too obliging in your speech, lest some one sick of heart should covet your person


tafseer:
Remember God´s revelations and the wisdom that are recited in your homes. God is indeed all perceiving, well-informed.


tafseer:
Verily men and women who have come to submission, men and women who are believers, men and women who are devout, truthful men and truthful women, men and women with endurance, men and women who are modest, men and women who give alms, men and women who observe fasting, men and women who guard their private parts, and those men and women who remember God a great deal, for them God has forgiveness and a great reward.


tafseer:
No believing men and women have any choice in a matter after God and His Apostle have decided it. Whoever disobeys God and His Apostle has clearly lost the way and gone astray.


tafseer:
There is no constraint on the Prophet in what God has decreed for him. This has been the way of God with (apostles) who have gone before you, and God´s command is a determined act.


tafseer:
(For) those who convey the messages of God, and fear Him and no one else, God is sufficient to keep account.


tafseer:
Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but a messenger of God, and the seal of the prophets. God has knowledge of everything.


tafseer:
It is He who sends His blessings on you, as (do) His angels, that He may lead you out of darkness into light, for He is benevolent to the believers.


tafseer:
Do not listen to the unbelievers and the hypocrites. Ignore what they do to hurt you, and put your trust in God. God is sufficient as protector.


tafseer:
O you who believe, when you marry believing women then divorce them before having (sexual) contact with them, you have no right to demand observance of the ´waiting period´ of them. But provide suitably for them, and let them go with honour.


tafseer:
We have made lawful for you, O Prophet, wives to whom you have given their dower, and God-given maids and captives you have married, and the daughters of your father´s brothers and daughters of your father´s sisters, and daughters of your mother´s brothers and sisters, who migrated with you


tafseer:
You may defer the turn of any of your wives you like, and may take any other you desire. There is no harm if you take any of those (whose turn) you had deferred. This would be better as it would gladden their hearts and they will not grieve, and each will be happy with what you have given her. God knows what is in your heart, for He is all-wise and benign.


tafseer:
No other women are lawful for you after this except those you have married, nor to change your present wives for other women even though their beauty should appeal to you. God is watchful of everything.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not enter the houses of the Prophet for a meal without awaiting the proper time, unless asked, and enter when you are invited, and depart when you have eaten, and do not stay on talking. This puts the Prophet to inconvenience, and he feels embarrassed before you


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There is no harm if they come before their fathers or their sons, or their brothers and their brothers´ and sisters´ sons, or their women folk or captive maids they possess. Follow the commands of God. Verily God is witness to everything.


tafseer:
God and His angels shower their blessings on the Prophet. O believers, you should also send your blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy greeting.


tafseer:
Those who offend God and His Prophet will be damned in this world and the next. There is a shameful punishment ready for them.


tafseer:
Those who slander believing men and women for what they have not done, will bear the burden of calumny and clear iniquity.


tafseer:
O Prophet, tell your wives and daughters, and the women of the faithful, to draw their wraps a little over them. They will thus be recognised and no harm will come to them. God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
If the hypocrites and perverts, and the rumour-mongers of Madinah, do not desist even now, We shall rouse you against them, so they would not be able to live but a short time in the city with you.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not be like those who maligned Moses, whilst God cleared him of what they alleged


tafseer:
We had offered the Trust (of divine responsibilities) to the heavens, the earth, the mountains, but they refrained from bearing the burden and were frightened of it


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So that God punishes men and women hypocrites, the idolaters and idolatrous women, but He turns to faithful men and women in forgiveness, for God is forgiving and kind.


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ALL PRAISE BE to God to whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth, and His the praise in the world to come. He is all-wise and all-knowing.


tafseer:
He knows whatever goes into the earth and whatsoever issues from it, whatsoever comes down from the sky, and whatsoever goes up to it. He is all-merciful, all-forgiving.


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In order that He may recompense those who have believed and done the right. For them will be forgiveness and worthy sustenance.


tafseer:
Those who have been given knowledge realise what has been revealed by the Lord is the truth, and leads to the path of the mighty and praiseworthy (God).


tafseer:
Do they not see what is before them and what is behind them of the heavens and the earth? We could cleave the earth and sink them, if We pleased, or drop a fragment of the sky upon them. There is surely a sign in this for every penitent creature.


tafseer:
We (subjugated) the wind to Solomon. Its morning´s journey took one month, and the evening´s one month. We made a spring of molten brass to flow for him


tafseer:
They made for him whatever he wished, synagogues and statues, dishes large as water-troughs, and cauldrons firmly fixed (on ovens


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When We ordained (Solomon´s) death, none but the weevil, that was eating away his staff (on which he rested), pointed out to them that he was dead. When he fell down (dead) the jinns realised that if they had knowledge of the Unknown they would never have suffered demeaning labour.


tafseer:
There was a sign for the people of Saba in their habitations: Two gardens, on the right and left. (And they were told:) &quot


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But they turned away. So We let loose on them the inundation of (the dyke of) al-´Arim, replacing their gardens with two other gardens which bore only bitter gourd, and tamarisks and a few sparse lote-trees.


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Between them and the cities We had blessed We placed towns along the highway, and made them stages on their journey, (saying): &quot


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He had no authority over them save for the purpose of Our knowing who believed in the world to come, and who doubted it. For your Lord keeps a watch over everything.


tafseer:
No intercession avails with Him except his He allows, so that when their hearts are freed of fear, they ask (one another): &quot


tafseer:
It is not your wealth and children that will bring you closer to Us, except those who believe and do the right. These will be given a two-fold reward for their deeds, and will dwell in peace in the high empyrean.


tafseer:
Those before them had also denied, and they could not reach a tenth of (the possibilities) We had given them, and still they called My apostles liars. How great was the change that I wrought in their condition then!


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If you could see when they are gripped by terror without any escape, and are seized from close at hand


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A barrier shall be raised between them and what they desired, as was done with their partisans before. They too were filled with disquieting doubt.


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ALL PRAISE BE to God, the originator of the heavens and the earth, who appointed angels as His messengers, with wings, two, three and four. He adds what He pleases to His creation. He has certainly power over everything.


tafseer:
O you people, remember the favours of God to you. Is there any creator other than God who gives you food from the heavens and the earth? There is no god but He: How then can you turn aside?


tafseer:
If they call you a liar, so have other messengers been denied before you. But all things will be brought back to God.


tafseer:
O you people, the promise of God is true. So do not let the life of this world delude you, nor let that (arch) deceiver deceive you about God.


tafseer:
Satan is certainly your enemy, so hold him as a foe. He only calls his faction to be the residents of Hell.


tafseer:
Can he, the evil of whose deed is made to look attractive to him so that he considers it good, (be like him who is guided)? God leads whosoever He please astray and guides whosoever He will. So do not waste away your self with grief for them. God is indeed cognisant of things they do.


tafseer:
It is God who sends the winds that raise the clouds. Then We drive the clouds towards the land that was dead, and restore the earth to life after it had died. So will be the Resurrection.


tafseer:
Whosoever desires honour (should remember) that all honour is with God. All good words ascend to Him, and all good deeds He exalts. As for those who are plotting evil, there is severe punishment for them, and their plots will be fruitless.


tafseer:
It is God who created you from dust, then from a sperm, then formed you into pairs. Neither does a female conceive nor gives birth without His knowledge


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Alike are not two bodies of water: This one is sweet and fresh and pleasant to drink, and this one brine and bitter


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He makes night run into day, the day run into night, and has harnessed the sun and the moon so that each runs to its determined course. This is God your Lord


tafseer:
We have sent you with the truth, to give glad tidings and to warn. Never has there been a community to which an admonisher was not sent.


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If they call you a liar, so had those before them called their apostles liars, who had come to them with clear proofs, scriptures and the splendent Book.


tafseer:
Do you not see how God sends water from the sky, then We produce fruits from it variegated in colour


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And so are among men, beasts and cattle, different shades. Only those of His creatures fear God who have knowledge. Verily He is all-mighty and forgiving.


tafseer:
Surely those who read the Book of God, are firm in devotion, and spend of what We have given them in secret or openly, can hope for a commerce that will not decline,


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So that He may reward them in full, and give them a greater increase by His grace. He is verily forgiving and rewarding.


tafseer:
What We have revealed to you of the Book is the truth, and proves (what has been sent) before it to be true. Verily God is informed of His creatures and sees everything.


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They will enter the gardens of Eden, where they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and of silk will be their garments.


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Who has settled us by His grace in the mansions of eternal rest, where there is no labour for us, nor does weariness come upon us.&quot


tafseer:
As for the unbelievers, there is the fire of Hell. It will neither consume them wholly that they should die, nor will its torment be lessened for them. That is how We requite the ungrateful.


tafseer:
Verily God knows the unknown of the heavens and the earth. Indeed He knows what lies in the hearts of men.


tafseer:
He is the one who made you trustees on the earth. So he who disbelieves, will bear the consequence of his unbelief. but their unbelief will only increase disgust for unbelievers in the sight of their Lord


tafseer:
The unbelievers swore on oath emphatically that if an admonisher came to them they would be guided better than the other communities. But when the admonisher came to them their aversion for the truth increased,


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As did their arrogance in the land, and their plotting of evil. But their evil plots will turn back on the plotters themselves. So can they expect any thing but what befell the earlier people? You will not find any change in the law of God, nor will you find divine law mutable.


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Have they not journeyed in the land and seen how the end of those before them, who were far more powerful, came about? There is nothing in the heavens and the earth that can defeat (the law of) God. He is all-knowing and all-powerful.


tafseer:
If God were to seize men for their doings, not a living being would be left upon the earth. But He gives them respite for a time ordained. When their time is come, surely God will keep (the interest of) His creatures in view.


tafseer:
We will certainly put iron collars on their heel´s which will come up to their chins, so that they will not be able to raise their heads.


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And We shall raise a barrier in front of them and a barrier behind them, and cover them over so that they will not be able to see.


tafseer:
You can only warn him who listens to the warning and fears Ar-Rahman secretly. So give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward.


tafseer:
It is We indeed who bring back the dead to life, and write down what they send ahead (of their deeds), and traces that they leave behind. We keep an account of all things in a lucid register.


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Why should I not worship Him who brought me into being, to whom you will be brought back in the end?


tafseer:
Should I take other gods apart from Him, who would neither be able to intercede for me nor save me if Ar-Rahman brings me harm?


tafseer:
There is a sign in the dead earth for them which We quicken, and produce from it grain which they eat.


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All glory to Him who created pairs of everything that grows from the earth, and out of themselves, and other things they do not know.


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And there is a sign in the night for them. We strip off the day from it and they are left in darkness,


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While the sun keeps revolving in its orbit. This is the dispensation of the mighty, all-knowing (God).


tafseer:
We have determined the stations of the moon, so that (after its wanderings) it returns as a dried up inflorescent spike of dates.


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Neither can the sun overtake the moon, nor the night outpace the day: Each of them keeps coursing in its orbit.


tafseer:
We could have drowned them if We pleased, and none would have answered their cry for help, nor would they have been saved,


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And if We pleased We could paralyse them in their tracks, and they would not be able to move forward or turn back.


tafseer:
We have not taught (Muhammad) to versify, nor is it worthy of him. This is nothing but a reminder and illuminating discourse,


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So that he may warn him who is alive and feels, and justify the word against those who do not believe.


tafseer:
How can He who created the heavens and the earth not be able to create others like them? Why not? He is the real creator all-knowing.


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So that they are not able to listen to the angels of higher (echelons), and are pelted from all sides


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So ask them if they are more difficult to create, or the rest We have created? Indeed (man) We created from fermented clay.


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And We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants are some who do good, but some who wrong themselves.


tafseer:
How many generations have We destroyed before them who cried (for mercy) when it was too late for escape.


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Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, theirs? Then let them climb up the ladders (to the heavens).


tafseer:
And the Thamud, the people of Lot, as well as the dwellers of the Wood, had denied. These were the hordes.


tafseer:
Bear with patience what they say, and remember Our votary David, man of strength. He surely turned to Us in penitence.


tafseer:
This man here is my brother. He has ninety and nine ewes while I have only one. He demands that I should give him my ewe, and wants to get the better of me in argument.&quot


tafseer:
We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, all for nothing. Only those who deny imagine so. So for the unbelievers there is woe from the fire.


tafseer:
Should We equate those who do the right with those who spread corruption in the land? Should We make those who are morally integrated equal to those who seek disintegration?


tafseer:
We have sent down a Book to you which is blessed, so that people may apply their minds to its revelations, and the men of wisdom may reflect.


tafseer:
We restored his family to him with others similar to them, as a blessing from Us and a reminder for men of wisdom. --


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This is a commemoration. Surely for those who take heed for themselves is an excellent place of return --


tafseer:
Here is a multitude rushing headlong with you. There is no welcome for them. They will roast in the fire.


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And when I have made him and have breathed into him of My spirit. Fall down in homage before him.&quot


tafseer:
Remember that devotion is exclusively for God. Those who have taken protectors other than Him, say: &quot


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Had God pleased to take a son, He could have chosen whom He liked from among those He has created. Glory be to Him. He is God, the one, the omnipotent.


tafseer:
He has created the heavens and the earth with precision. He folds the day up over the night, and folds the night up over the day. He has subjugated the sun and moon, (so that) each runs its appointed course. Is He not all-mighty and forgiving?


tafseer:
If you are ungrateful, then remember! God is independent of you, and He does not favour ingratitude on the part of His creatures. If you are grateful He will be pleased with you. For no one who carries a burden bears another´s load


tafseer:
When man is afflicted with adversity he turns to his Lord, and prays to Him. But when He bestows His favour on him, he forgets what he prayed for before, and sets up others as compeers of God to mislead (people) from His way. Say: &quot


tafseer:
Can one who prays in the watches of the night, bowing in homage or standing attentive, fearful of the life to come, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (be like one who does not)? Say: &quot


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Above them will be a covering of fire, below them a cloud (of flames). With this does God warn His creatures: &quot


tafseer:
There are happy tidings for those who keep away from the worship of false gods and turn to God in repentance. Give glad tidings to My creatures.


tafseer:
Those who listen to the Word and then follow the best it contains, are the ones who have been guided by God, and are men of wisdom.


tafseer:
Can he against whom the sentence of punishment has been justified (be rescued)? Can you save him who is in the Fire?


tafseer:
But for those who fear displeasing their Lord there are lofty mansions built above mansions, with rivers rippling past below them: A promise of God


tafseer:
Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, then makes it flow in rills on the earth, and brings forth corn from it which, having passed through changes of shade and colour, comes to ripen, and you see it autumnal yellow


tafseer:
Will he whose breast has been opened up to peace (not be) in luminescence from his Lord? Alas for those whose hearts have been hardened to God´s remembrance! They wander (astray) in clear error.


tafseer:
God has sent down the very best discourse, the Book conformable in its juxtapositions, which makes all of those who fear their Lord, shudder. So their hearts and bodies become receptive to the remembrance of God. This is the guidance of God with which He guides whosoever He will


tafseer:
Can he who will have to shield himself against the torment of the Day of Resurrection (be the same as one at peace)? The evil-doers will be told: &quot


tafseer:
Those before them had denied, then punishment had overtaken them is from a quarter they did not suspect.


tafseer:
A clear discourse which expounds all things without any obliquity, so that they may take heed for themselves.


tafseer:
God advances the example of a man who is owned (as slave in common) by a number of men at loggerheads, and another man who is owned by only one. Are these two alike in attribute? God be praised


tafseer:
Who does greater wrong than he who tells a lie against God, and denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there no place for unbelievers in Hell?


tafseer:
Is not God sufficient for His devotee? Still they frighten you with others apart from Him. Whoever God allows to go astray has none to show him the way.


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And none can lead him astray who has been guided by God. Is not God all-mighty, the lord of retribution?


tafseer:
We have Sent down this Book to you with the truth for all mankind. So, he who comes to guidance does so for himself, and he who goes astray does so for his own loss


tafseer:
When God alone is mentioned the hearts of those who do not believe in the life to come, are filled with resentment. But when others are mentioned apart from God, they begin to rejoice.


tafseer:
Even if the sinners possessed whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and as much more, they would offer it to ransom themselves from the torment of the Day of Resurrection


tafseer:
Then the worst of what they had done overtook them. So will the evil deeds of those who are sinners among them recoil back on them. They cannot get the better (of Us).


tafseer:
Do they not know that God enhances or restricts the provision of any one He will. Surely there are signs in this for people who believe.


tafseer:
Turn towards your Lord and obey Him before the punishment comes upon you when you will not be helped.


tafseer:
Follow the best of what has been revealed to you by your Lord before the punishment overtakes you suddenly and you are caught unawares,


tafseer:
Why, My revelations had come to you, but you denied them and were filled with pride, and were among the disbelievers.


tafseer:
If you see those who had imputed lies to God on the Day of Resurrection, black would be their faces (with disgrace). Is there not a place in Hell for the arrogant?


tafseer:
God would rescue those who fear Him (and guide them) to places of safety. Neither will evil touch them nor regret.


tafseer:
They do not esteem God as is rightly due to Him. The whole earth would be a fistful of His on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens would be rolled up in His right hand. Too immaculate is He and too high for what they associate with Him!


tafseer:
When the trumpet blast is sounded whoever is in the heavens and the earth will swoon away, except those God please. When the blast is sounded the second time, they will stand up all expectant.


tafseer:
The unbelievers will be driven into Hell in groups till, when they reach it and its doors are opened up, its keepers will say to them: &quot


tafseer:
Those who were mindful of their duty to their Lord will be driven in groups to Paradise, till they reach it and its gates are opened, and its keepers say to them: &quot


tafseer:
Forgiver of trespasses, acceptor of repentance, severe of retribution, lord of power. There is no god but He. Towards Him is your destination.


tafseer:
Only the unbelievers dispute the revelations of God. So do not let their activities in the land deceive you.


tafseer:
The people of Noah had denied before them, and many factions after them. Every nation has intrigued against its apostle and afflicted him, and argued with false arguments to condemn the truth. Then I seized them. How was then My retribution!


tafseer:
In this way the sentence of your Lord against the infidels that they would be the inmates of Hell, was justified.


tafseer:
The bearers of the Throne, and those around it, sing the praises of their Lord and believe in Him, and seek forgiveness for those who believe: &quot


tafseer:
Admit them, O Lord, to the garden of Eden which You promised them, and those of their fathers, spouses and progeny who are upright. You are truly all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
It is He who shows you His signs, and sends you food from the heavens. Yet none takes a warning except him who turns to Him.


tafseer:
Most exalted of position, Lord of power, He directs inspiration by His command to any of His creatures as He will, to warn (men) of the Day of Meeting,


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The day when they will come out (of their graves), with nothing of them hidden from God. Whose then will be the kingdom? -- God´s, the one, the omnipotent.


tafseer:
Each soul will be recompensed that Day for what it had earned. There will be no depriving on that Day. Surely God is swift at reckoning.


tafseer:
Warn them of the coming day inevitable, when hearts would jump to the throats, filling them with anguish. The sinners will have neither friend nor intercessor whose (word) will be heeded.


tafseer:
God decides with justice. But those they call apart from Him can not adjudge in the least. Verily God is all-hearing, all-perceiving.


tafseer:
Have they not travelled on the earth that they could see what happened to those before them? They were greater in strength than they, and have left behind them traces on the earth. Yet they were seized by God for their sins, and had none to protect them against God.


tafseer:
This was so because their apostles came with clear proofs to them, but they refused to believe. So they were seized by God. Surely God is powerful, unrelenting in retribution.


tafseer:
Like the people of Noah, ´Ad and Thamud, and those that came after them. God does not want to be unjust to His creatures.


tafseer:
The day you will turn your backs and flee, with none to defend you against God. Whoever God allows to go astray has none to show him the way.


tafseer:
Joseph had indeed come to you before with clear proofs, but you did not cease to doubt what he had brought until he died, when you said: ´God will not send a prophet after him.´ That is how God leads the waster, the sceptic astray.


tafseer:
Those who dispute God´s revelations, with no authority having come to them, (are) greatly odious in the sight of God, and the sight of those who believe. That is how God seals every proud and perverse heart.&quot


tafseer:
Of reaching the tracts of heaven and look at the god of Moses, though I think that he is a liar.&quot


tafseer:
O my people, what is wrong with me that I am calling you to preservation, while you invite me to the Fire!


tafseer:
You are asking me to disbelieve in God, and to associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, yet I invite you to the all-mighty, all-forgiving.


tafseer:
What you are calling me to is surely not worth the calling in this world or in the next, because our returning is to God


tafseer:
Fire, to which they are exposed morning and evening. The day the Hour is proclaimed (it will be said:) &quot


tafseer:
We will certainly help Our messengers and those who believe, in this world, and on the day the witnesses take their stand,


tafseer:
The day upon which their excuses will not benefit the evil-doers, and the condemnation and evil abode will be theirs.


tafseer:
Verily those who argue in the matter of God´s revelations, without authority having reached them, have nothing but pride in their hearts, and they will not achieve their end. So take refuge in God: Surely He is all-hearing and all-seeing.


tafseer:
The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed of greater magnitude than the creation of mankind


tafseer:
The blind and the seeing are surely not alike, nor those who believe and act rightly and those who do evil. Little do you reflect!


tafseer:
It is God who made the night for you to rest, the day to make things visible. Indeed God is gracious to men, but most men are not grateful.


tafseer:
He is God your Lord, creator of everything. There is no god but He. How then do you turn away (from Him)?


tafseer:
It is God who made the earth a dwelling for you, and the sky a vaulted roof, who fashioned you and gave you excellent form and provided you with clean and wholesome things. He is God, your Lord. So blessed be God, the Lord of all the worlds.


tafseer:
He is the living. There is no god but He. Therefore pray to Him with obedience all-exclusive. Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds.


tafseer:
So you persevere with patience (in your mission). The promise of God is true. Whether We show you some of the punishment We have promised them, or gather you up in death, they have to come back to Us.


tafseer:
Surely We have sent apostles before you, some of whose account We have related to you, and that of some We have not told you. But no apostle was given a miracle unless God dispensed. But when the decree of God comes the sentence is passed with justice


tafseer:
There are advantages for you in them, so that you may satisfy your needs through them, and may be borne upon them and on ships.


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the end of those before them who were far more numerous than they and more strong, and have left behind them traces on the earth. And yet nothing of what they did profited them.


tafseer:
For when Our apostles came to them with clear proofs, they boasted and exulted at the knowledge they possessed


tafseer:
But then their affirming served them nothing after they had seen Our torment. This is the law of God that has prevailed among His creatures, Then the unbelievers went to rack and ruin.


tafseer:
A Book whose verses have been distinguished and explained, a lucid discourse for people who understand,


tafseer:
Who do not give a due share of their wealth for the welfare of others, and do not believe in the Hereafter.


tafseer:
He placed firm stabilisers rising above its surface, blessed it with plenty and growth, and ingrained the means of growing its food within it, sufficient for all seekers, in four spans.


tafseer:
Then He created several skies in two spans, and ingrained in each sky its function, decking the nearest heaven with lamps, and guarded it. This has been determined by the mighty and all-knowing.


tafseer:
So We let loose on them a violent wind for several days of distress to make them taste a most disgraceful punishment here in this world, and far more shameful will be the punishment in the Hereafter, and there will be no succour for them.


tafseer:
The day the enemies of God will be gathered at the Fire and the records of their deeds will be distributed,


tafseer:
You did not hide your (doings) so that your ears or eyes or persons should not testify against you. In fact you thought that God did not know the things you used to do.


tafseer:
We shall make the disbelievers taste the severest punishment, and retribute them for the worst that they had done.


tafseer:
This is the requital for God´s enemies: Hell, where they will have their lasting home, as punishment for denying Our revelations.


tafseer:
Surely the angels will come down to those who say, ´Our Lord is God´ and then remain steadfast, saying: &quot


tafseer:
We are your friends in this life and in the Hereafter where you will get whatever your hearts desire, and have whatsoever you ask for,


tafseer:
Good and evil are not alike. Repel evil with what is good. Then you will find your erstwhile enemy like a close. affectionate friend.


tafseer:
The night and day and the sun and moon are (only) some of His signs. So do not bow before the sun and the moon, but bow in homage to God who created them, if you truly worship Him.


tafseer:
But if they become haughty (then remember) that those who are close to your Lord sing His praises night and day and do not grow weary of (doing so).


tafseer:
It is among His signs that the earth you see all barren and desolate begins to stir and sprout when We send down rain upon it. Surely He who gives it life will also give life to the dead. Indeed He has power over everything.


tafseer:
Surely those who slander Our signs are not hidden from Us. Then, is he better who will be cast into Hell, or he who will come out safe on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will, He sees whatsoever you do.


tafseer:
Falsehood cannot enter it from any side: It´s a revelation from the all-wise and praiseworthy (God).


tafseer:
Nothing is said to you which had not been said to other apostles before you. Surely your Lord is the lord of forgiveness, but also the lord of severe retribution.


tafseer:
Whoever does good does so for himself, and whoever does wrong bears the guilt thereof. Your Lord does no wrong to His creatures.


tafseer:
He alone has knowledge of the Hour (of change): No fruit comes Out of its spathe, no female conceives or gives birth, but He has knowledge of it. The day He will call them (and ask): &quot


tafseer:
And those they used to worship will leave them in the lurch, and they will realise there is no escape for them.


tafseer:
We will show Our signs to them in the horizons of the external world and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it´s the truth. Is your Lord not sufficient? He is a witness over all things.


tafseer:
In truth they are in doubt that they will ever face their Lord. Do they not know that He surrounds all things?


tafseer:
The skies are near to bursting asunder above them (for awe of Him), and the angels sing the praises of their Lord, imploring forgiveness for the dwellers of the earth. Is it not that God is forgiving and merciful?


tafseer:
Those who have taken protectors other than Him, are watched over by God. It is not for you to be their guardian.


tafseer:
We have, therefore, revealed to you the eloquent Qur´an that you may warn the people of the Metropolis, and those who live around it, of the Day of Gathering, of which there is no doubt, (when mankind would be assembled) some in Heaven, some in Hell.


tafseer:
Originator of the heavens and the earth, He has made your consorts from among you, and made pairs of cattle. He multiplies you in this way. There is no other like Him. He is all-hearing and all-seeing.


tafseer:
He holds the keys of the heavens and the earth. He increases or decreases the provision of any one He will. He has knowledge of everything.


tafseer:
He has laid down for you the (same) way of life and belief which He had commended to Noah, and which We have enjoined on you, and which We had bequeathed to Abraham, Moses and Jesus, so that they should maintain the order and not be divided among themselves. Heavy is to idolaters what you invite them to. God chooses whom He please for Himself, and guides to Himself whoever turns to Him.


tafseer:
Yet they did not differ about it until knowledge came to them, through rivalries among themselves. If the Word of your Lord, (staying) it for a time ordained, had not preceded it, the matter would have been settled among them. But those who came to inherit the Book after them are also in doubt and disturbed about it.


tafseer:
Yet to that (law) you should call them, and be constant as commanded. Do not follow their passing whims, but say: &quot


tafseer:
As for those who argue in the matter of God after He has been fully acknowledged, their disputing has no force with their Lord. Upon them is (God´s) anger, and the punishment for them will be severe.


tafseer:
It is God who has sent down the Book with the truth, and the Balance. How do you know the Hour is not near?


tafseer:
God is gracious to His creatures, and bestows favours on whosoever He will. He is all-powerful and all-mighty.


tafseer:
Whoever desires the fruits of the Hereafter, We shall add to his fruit. As for him who desires the fruits of this world, We shall give to him of these, but he will have no share in the Hereafter.


tafseer:
Have they other associates who have prescribed another law for them which has not been dispensed by God? But for the decisive Word (of God) a sentence would have been passed amongst them. Surely there is a grievous punishment for the ungodly.


tafseer:
You will see the evil-doers full of fear of what they deserve, yet it will come to pass. But those who believe and do the right will be in gardens of Paradise. They will receive what they wish from their Lord


tafseer:
It is He who accepts repentance from His creatures and forgives their trespasses, for He knows what you do.


tafseer:
He answers (the prayers) of those who believe and do good, and gives them more of His bounty. But for the unbelievers there is severe punishment.


tafseer:
If God were to give in abundance to His creatures they would fill the earth with oppression. So He gives according to measure as He will. He knows (what is good for) His creatures. He is all-aware and all-seeing.


tafseer:
It is He who sends down rain when they had despaired of it, and showers His benevolence. He is the protector worthy of praise.


tafseer:
The creation of the heavens and the earth and all the living things dispersed in them, are a sign of His. He has the power to gather them together when He will.


tafseer:
He could stop the wind if He pleased, then they would be stranded on its surface. Surely there are signs in this for every one who perseveres and is grateful.


tafseer:
Who obey the commands of their Lord and fulfil their devotional obligations, whose affairs are settled by mutual consultation, who spend of what We have given them,


tafseer:
Blame lies on those who oppress, and terrorise the land unjustly. For them there is painful punishment.


tafseer:
He whom God leads astray has no one except God to protect him. You should see the sinners when they face the punishment. They will say: &quot


tafseer:
You should see them brought before the Fire, abject in disgrace, looking stealthily. And those who believe will say: &quot


tafseer:
They will have no protector to help them other than God. He whom God allows to go astray has no way.


tafseer:
Hearken to your Lord before the Day arrives from God that will not be averted. You will have no place of refuge then nor time for denying.


tafseer:
To God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatsoever He wills, bestows daughters on whosoever He will, and gives sons to whom He choose.


tafseer:
On some He bestows both sons and daughters, and some He leaves issueless. He is all-knowing and all-powerful.


tafseer:
It is not given to man that God should speak to him except by suggestion or indirectly, or send a messenger to convey by His command whatsoever He please. He is all-high and all-wise.


tafseer:
So have We revealed to you the Qur´an by Our command. You did not know what the Scripture was before, nor (the laws of) faith. And We made it a light by which We show the way to those of Our creatures as We please


tafseer:
The path of God to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And will not all things go back to God?


tafseer:
Who sent down water in due measure from the sky, then quickened a region that was dead -- So shall We bring you forth --


tafseer:
Yet when news of (a daughter) they had reserved for Ar-Rahman comes to one of them, his face is blackened (with shame), and he grieves in silence inwardly.


tafseer:
Can one who has been raised on ornaments and cannot present her case coolly in a dispute (be associated with God?)


tafseer:
Yet they have made the angels, who are creatures of Ar-Rahman, females. Did they witness their creation? We shall record their testimony, and they will be interrogated.


tafseer:
Thus, We never sent an admonisher to a settlement before you but the decadent among them said. &quot


tafseer:
In fact, I allowed them and their fathers to enjoy this life till the truth, and the apostle preaching it lucidly, came to them.


tafseer:
Are they the ones who dispense the favour of your Lord? It is He who apportions the means of livelihood among them in this world, and raises some in position over the others to make some others submissive. The favours of your Lord are better than what they amass.


tafseer:
Had it not been that all people would become one community (of unbelievers), We might have given those who disbelieve in Ar-Rahman roofs of silver for their dwellings and (silver) stairs for mounting,


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And ornaments of gold. But all this would have been nothing but the vanity of this world. The Hereafter with your Lord is for those who take heed for themselves and follow the straight path.


tafseer:
But nothing will avail you on that day, for you were unjust, and you will be partners in the punishment.


tafseer:
Inquire of apostles We had sent before you if We appointed gods to be worshipped other than Ar-Rahman.


tafseer:
(Even though) each miracle that We showed them was greater than the other. So We seized them with chastisement so that they may turn back.


tafseer:
Why were then no bracelets of gold shed upon him from above, or angels sent down as a retinue with him?&quot


tafseer:
He is certainly the sign of the Hour (of change). So have no doubt about it, and listen to me. This is the straight path.


tafseer:
But the factions differed among themselves. Woe alas to the sinners for the torment of the grievous Day!


tafseer:
Are they waiting (for any thing) but the Hour (of Doom) which would descend upon them suddenly, and catch them unawares?


tafseer:
Golden platters and goblets will be passed around, and everything the heart desires and pleases the eye will be there, where you will abide for ever.


tafseer:
Or do they think We do not hear their secrecies and stealthy consultations? In fact, Our messengers who attend them record everything.


tafseer:
All too glorious is He, Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of all power, for what they ascribe to Him


tafseer:
Leave them to their vain discoursing and horse-play till they come to meet their promised day (of reckoning).


tafseer:
Blessed be He, who holds the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them. He alone has knowledge of the Hour, and to Him will you return.


tafseer:
Those they invoke apart from Him have no power of intercession, except those who testify to the truth and have knowledge.


tafseer:
There is no god other than He, who gives you life and death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.


tafseer:
Are they better than the people of Tubba, and those who had lived before them, whom We destroyed as they were sinners?


tafseer:
There they will not know any death apart from the first death they had died, and will be kept safe from the torment of Hell


tafseer:
As there are signs in the alternation of night and day, and in rain that God sends with which He revives the earth once dead, as there are in the changing of the winds, for people who can understand.


tafseer:
These are revelations of God which we recite to you correctly: In what other lore but God and His manifestations would they then believe?


tafseer:
Who hears the revelations of God being recited to him, yet persists in denying with arrogance as though he had never heard them! So warn him of a painful punishment.


tafseer:
When he comes to know something of Our messages he makes fun of them: For them is shameful punishment.


tafseer:
It is God who subjugated the ocean for you so that ships may ply through it by His command, and you may seek His bounty, and may haply be grateful.


tafseer:
He subjugated for you whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth, each and everything. Verily there are signs in this for those who reflect.


tafseer:
Tell the believers to forgive those who do not fear the visitations of God, so that He may requite the people for their deeds.


tafseer:
We gave the children of Israel the Book, and the judgement and the prophethood, provided them with good things, favoured them over other people,


tafseer:
And gave them a clear exposition of Our laws. And they did not differ until after knowledge came to them, through mutual jealousies. Verily your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgement in what they differed about.


tafseer:
We have put you on the right way in the matter (of divine law). So follow it, and do not follow the wishes of those who are ignorant.


tafseer:
They will not avail you in the least against God. Surely the wicked are each other´s friends, but God befriends those who fear and follow the right path.


tafseer:
Do those who seek evil think that We shall make them equal in life and death to those who believe and do good? How bad is the judgement that they make!


tafseer:
God has created the heavens and the earth with reason, so that He may reward each soul in accordance with what it has done


tafseer:
Just think: Who apart from God can show the way to him who deifies his ego into his god, whom God allows to go astray knowingly, and seals his ears and heart, and covers over his eyes with a veil? Why then do you not contemplate?


tafseer:
God´s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. The day the Hour is proclaimed the liars will be losers.


tafseer:
So, those who believed and did good things will be admitted to His favour by their Lord. This will be a clear triumph.


tafseer:
Whenever it was said: ´God´s promise is certainly true, and there is no doubt about the Hour,´ you replied: ´We know not what the Hour is. We have only a vague idea, but are not certain.´


tafseer:
The evil of what they had done will become clear to them, and they will be seized by what they had scorned.


tafseer:
We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them but with a purpose for an appointed time. Yet the unbelievers turn away from the warning.


tafseer:
Who is more astray than he who calls on those, apart from God, who cannot answer their prayers till the Day of Resurrection, and are even unaware of being called.


tafseer:
When all men are gathered together (on that Day) they will become their enemies and deny their worship.


tafseer:
When Our clear revelations are read out to them, the infidels say of the truth, when it has come to them: &quot


tafseer:
We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents: His mother carries him in her womb with hardship, and gives birth to him in pain. Thirty months is the period of her carrying and weaning him. When he attains to manhood and the age of forty, he says: &quot


tafseer:
They are those from whom We accept the very best of what they have done, and overlook their faults. They will be among the inmates of Paradise: A true promise they have been made.


tafseer:
They are those on whom the sentence of God would be justified as on communities of jinns and men before them. They will surely perish.


tafseer:
Remember (Hud) the brother of ´Ad. When he warned his people in Ahqaf -- though many a warner had come and gone before and after him: &quot


tafseer:
We have destroyed habitations all around you, having explained Our signs in different ways to them that they may turn back.


tafseer:
Why then did the gods they had taken apart from God as propitiators, not come to their aid? In fact they strayed away from them. It was all a lie what they had contrived!


tafseer:
And (remember), when We turned a company of jinns towards you to listen to the Qur´an, they arrived when it was being recited, and they said: &quot


tafseer:
O our people, hearken to the summoner of God, and believe in him, so that He may forgive you your sins and save you from a painful doom.


tafseer:
He who does not listen to the summoner of God cannot weaken (the power of) God on earth, nor will he have protectors other than Him. They are clearly in the wrong.&quot


tafseer:
Do they not realise that God who created the heavens and the earth, and did not tire creating them, is able to bring the dead to life? And why not? He has the power over everything.


tafseer:
But those who believe and do the right, and believe what has been revealed to Muhammad, which is the truth from their Lord, will have their faults condoned by Him and their state improved.


tafseer:
So, when you clash with the unbelievers, smite their necks until you overpower them, then hold them in bondage. Then either free them graciously or after taking a ransom, until war shall have come to end. If God had pleased He could have punished them (Himself), but He wills to test some of you through some others. He will not allow the deeds of those who are killed in the cause of God to go waste.


tafseer:
O you who believe, if you help (in the cause of) God He will surely come to your aid, and firmly plant your feet.


tafseer:
That is so as they were averse to what has been revealed by God, and their actions will be nullified.


tafseer:
Have they not journeyed in the land and seen the fate of those before them? Destroyed they were utterly by God


tafseer:
Verily God will admit those who believe and do the right into gardens with streams of water running by. But the unbelievers revel and carouse and subsist like beasts, and Hell will be their residence.


tafseer:
Can one who stands on a clear proof from his Lord, be like one enamoured of his evil deeds and follows his inane desires?


tafseer:
The semblance of Paradise promised the pious and devout (is that of a garden) with streams of water that will not go rank, and rivers of milk whose taste will not undergo a change, and rivers of wine delectable to drinkers, and streams of purified honey, and fruits of every kind in them, and forgiveness of their Lord. Are these like those who will live for ever in the Fire and be given boiling water to drink which will cut their intestines to shreds?


tafseer:
But those who are rightly guided will be given greater guidance by Him, and they will have their intrinsic piety.


tafseer:
Do they wait for any thing but the Hour (of change), that it may come upon them suddenly? Its signs have already appeared. How then will they be warned when it has come upon them?


tafseer:
Know then, therefore, there is no god but He, and ask forgiveness for your sins and those of believing men and women. God knows your wanderings and your destination.


tafseer:
Obedience and modest speech (would have been more becoming). And when the matter has been determined it is best for them to be true to God.


tafseer:
Is it possible that if placed in authority you will create disorder in the land and sever your bonds of relationship?


tafseer:
Those who turn their backs after the way of guidance has been opened to them, have been surely tempted by Satan and beguiled by illusory hopes.


tafseer:
Because they followed what displeases God, and they were averse to pleasing Him. So We nullified their deeds.


tafseer:
Had We pleased We could have shown them to you that you could know them by their marks, and recognise them from the way they twist their words. Yet God knows all your deeds.


tafseer:
We shall try you in order to know who are the fighters among you, and who are men of fortitude, and verify your histories.


tafseer:
Surely those who do not believe, and obstruct others from the path of God, and oppose the Prophet after the way of guidance has been opened to them, will not hurt God in the least, and He will nullify all that they have done.


tafseer:
Those who do not believe and obstruct others from the way of God, and die disbelieving, will not be pardoned by God.


tafseer:
So do not become weak-kneed and sue for peace, for you will have the upper hand as God is with you and will not overlook your deeds.


tafseer:
Verily the life of this world is no more than a sport and frivolity. If you believe and fear God, he will give you your reward, and will not ask for your possessions.


tafseer:
If He asks for all you possess and insist upon it, you will become niggardly, and it will bring out your malevolence.


tafseer:
Beware! You are called to spend in the way of God, yet some among you close their fists. But he who is niggardly is so for his own self: God is above need, and it is you who are needy. If you turn away then God will bring other people in your place who, moreover, will not be like you.


tafseer:
That God may save you from earlier and subsequent blames, and complete His favours on you, and guide you on the straight path,


tafseer:
It is He who sent down the sense of security into the hearts of believers so that their faith may increase with belief, -- God´s are the armies of the heavens and the earth


tafseer:
And that He may admit men and women who believe into gardens with rivers running by, to live for ever there, and absolve their evil, -- This, in the sight of God, will be the great fulfilment --


tafseer:
And that He may punish men and women (who are) hypocrites, and idolaters and idolatresses who entertain evil notions of God: It is against them that the wheel of misfortune will turn, and God will be wroth with them, and condemn them. For them He has prepared Hell, an evil destination!


tafseer:
So that (men) may believe in God and His Apostle, and honour Him and revere Him, and sing His praises morning and evening.


tafseer:
He who does not believe in God and His Apostle (should know) We have prepared for unbelievers a blazing fire.&quot


tafseer:
God was pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance to you under the tree, for He knew well what was in their hearts, and sent down tranquility on them, and rewarded them with an expeditious victory


tafseer:
And other (benefits) which you have not yet obtained, are within the compass of God, for God has power over everything.


tafseer:
Had the unbelievers fought you they would have turned their backs and not found a protector or helper.


tafseer:
It was He who restrained their hands from you in the heart of Makkah, and your hands from them, after He had given you victory over them, as God sees all that you do.


tafseer:
It were those who disbelieved who hindered you from (going to) the Holy Mosque, preventing your offerings from arriving at the place of sacrifice. Had it not been for (the presence of) believers, men and women, (among the unbelievers) of whom you were unaware, and whom you might have trampled and thus incurred guilt unknowingly on account of them, (the matter would have been settled). (But this was not done) so that God may admit into His favour whom He willed. If these (believers) had been separated from them, He would have inflicted a grievous punishment on the unbelievers.


tafseer:
When the unbelievers fostered a sense of honour in their hearts, a sense of pagan honour, God sent down a sense of tranquility on His Apostle and the believers, and obliged them to an act of self-restraint, for they were deserving and worthy of it. God is cognisant of everything.


tafseer:
God has truly made the vision of His Apostle come true: You will surely enter the Holy Mosque in security if God please, without any fear, having shaved your heads and cut your hair. He knew what you did not know, and has vouchsafed you, apart from this, a victory near at hand.


tafseer:
It is He who has sent His Apostle with the guidance and the true faith, so that He may exalt it over every other creed. God is sufficient as a witness.


tafseer:
O YOU WHO believe, do not forestall the judgements of God and His Apostle, and have fear of God. Verily God hears all and knows everything.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loudly to him as you do with one another lest your deeds are nullified unconsciously.


tafseer:
They who speak in a low voice in the presence of God´s Apostle, have had their hearts tried by God for reverence. There is forgiveness for them and a great reward.


tafseer:
If they had waited for you to come out it would have been better for them. But God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
O you who believe, if a dissolute person brings some news, verify it first lest you attack a people ignorantly and later regret what you had done.


tafseer:
Know that the Apostle of God is among you: If he agreed with you in most matters you would surely come to grief. But God has made faith more desirable to you, and attractive to your hearts, and rendered disbelief and sin and disobedience repugnant. They are those who are well directed


tafseer:
If two groups of believers come to fight one another, promote peace between them. Then if one of them turns aggressive against the other, fight against the aggressive party till it returns to God´s authority. If it does so, make peace among them equitably and be impartial. Verily God loves those who are just.


tafseer:
O you who believe, avoid most suspicions: Some suspicions are indeed sins. So do not pry into others´ secrets and do not backbite. Would any of you like to eat a dead brother´s flesh? You would surely be revolted by it Then fear God. He is certainly forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
O men, We created you from a male and female, and formed you into nations and tribes that you may recognise each other. He who has more integrity has indeed greater honour with God. Surely God is all-knowing and well-informed.


tafseer:
They alone are believers who come to believe in God and His Apostle, then never doubt again, and struggle wealth and soul in the way of God. They are the truthful and sincere.


tafseer:
They are rather surprised that a warner from among themselves has come to them. So the unbelievers say: &quot


tafseer:
Have they not looked at the sky above them, how We have fashioned and adorned it, and it has no flaw?


tafseer:
We stretched the earth and placed upon it firm stabilisers and We made every kind of splendid thing to grow upon it


tafseer:
And We send down water as a blessing from the sky, and grow gardens with it and the grain for harvest,


tafseer:
As a provision for men, and enlivened a region that was dead. Even thus will be the life after death.


tafseer:
And the dwellers of the Wood and people of Tubba´. Each of them denied the apostles. So My threat became a reality.


tafseer:
When the two (angels) who keep the account, one sitting on the right, one on the left, take it down,


tafseer:
How many generations have We destroyed before them who were mightier in power than they. Then they searched throughout the land to see if there was a way of escape.


tafseer:
We created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, in six spans, and no weariness came upon Us.


tafseer:
So you bear with patience what they say, and sing the praises of your Lord before the rising of the sun and its setting,


tafseer:
The day the earth will split asunder they will come out hurriedly. This gathering together is easy for Us.


tafseer:
Surely those who fear God and follow the straight path will be amidst gardens and fresh springs of water,


tafseer:
Is this the legacy they have passed down from one to the other? In fact, they are a rebellious people.


tafseer:
Those who do wrong will indeed come to the same end as their fellows (of old). So let them not ask Me to hasten (the punishment).


tafseer:
Roast in it. Bear it with patience or impatience, it will be the same for you. You will be requited for what you had done.&quot


tafseer:
They would recline on couches set in rows, paired with fair companions (clean of thought and) bright of eye.


tafseer:
And those who believed, and whose progeny also followed them in their faith, will be united with their offspring. We will not deprive them of their labour in the least. Every man is bound to what he does.


tafseer:
Or do they have a ladder (climbing which) they can hear (the secrets of heaven)? Let one who has heard then bring a clear proof.


tafseer:
Or do they want to stage a deception? -- Then only those who do not believe will be the ones who will be tricked.


tafseer:
Surely there are other torments besides this for those who are wicked, though most of them do not know.


tafseer:
Await the judgement of your Lord, for you are always before Our eyes, and glorify your Lord with praises when you rise,


tafseer:
These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord.


tafseer:
Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God´s permission for whomsoever He please and approve.


tafseer:
Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth.


tafseer:
So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world:


tafseer:
This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance.


tafseer:
To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, that He may requite those who do evil, in accordance with their deeds, and those who do good with good.


tafseer:
As for those who avoid the greater sins and shameful acts, except minor trespasses, your Lord´s forgiveness surely has great amplitude. He is fully knowledgeable of you as He produced you from the earth, and since you were a foetus in your mother´s womb. So do not assert your goodness


tafseer:
We sent a stone-hurtling storm against them, except the family of Lot whom We saved in the early hours of the morning


tafseer:
Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.


tafseer:
All those there are in the heavens and the earth turn to Him with solicitation, intent on His purpose all the time.


tafseer:
O society of jinns and men, cross the bounds of the heavens and the earth if you have the ability, then pass beyond them


tafseer:
Let loose at you will be smokeless flames of fire so that you will not be able to defend yourselves.


tafseer:
His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, He is the giver of life and death, and He has power over everything.


tafseer:
It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six stages, then assumed the throne. He knows whatsoever enters the earth, and whatsoever comes out of it, and what comes down from the sky and what goes up to it


tafseer:
Believe in God and His Apostle, and spend of what He has given you as His trustee. And those of you who believe and spend in charity will have a great reward.


tafseer:
What has come upon you that you believe not in God, though the Prophet is calling you to believe in your Lord? And He has already taken your pledge, if you are believers.


tafseer:
It is He who sends down splendent revelations to His votary that he may take you out of darkness into light


tafseer:
What has come upon you that you do not spend in the way of God, when the heritage of the heavens and the earth belongs to God? Those of you who spent before the victory and fought, are not equal (to those who did not). They are higher in position than those who spent after (the victory) and fought. To each one God has made the promise of excellence, for God is aware of all you do.


tafseer:
The day you see the believers, men and women, with their light advancing ahead and to the right of them, (they will be told:) &quot


tafseer:
So no ransom will be accepted of you on this day, or of those who refused to believe. Hell will be your refuge and the only friend -- and how evil a destination!&quot


tafseer:
Has the moment not yet come when the hearts of believers should be moved by the thought of God and the truth that has been sent down, so that they should not be like those who received the Book before them but whose hearts were hardened after a lapse of time, and many of them turned disobedient?


tafseer:
Know that God enlivens the earth even after it has died. We have explained to you clearly Our signs that you may understand.


tafseer:
Surely the men and women who spend in charity and give a goodly loan to God, will have it doubled for them and will receive a generous reward.


tafseer:
Know that the life of this world is only a frolic and mummery, an ornamentation, boasting and bragging among yourselves, and lust for multiplying wealth and children. It is like rain so pleasing to the cultivator for his vegetation which sprouts and swells, and then begins to wither, and you see it turn to yellow and reduced to chaff. There is severe punishment in the Hereafter, but also forgiveness from God, and acceptance. As for the life of this world, it is no more than merchandise of vanity.


tafseer:
Hasten for the forgiveness of your Lord and Paradise whose expanse is as wide as that of the heavens and the earth, which has been prepared for those who believe in God and His apostles. This is the bounty of God which He bestows on whosoever He please


tafseer:
There is no calamity that befalls the earth or your own selves but in accordance with the law (of causation) before We make it evident. This is indeed how the law of God works inevitably.


tafseer:
Lest you grieve for what you missed, or rejoice at what you received. God does not love the egoist and the braggart,


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Who hold back what they possess and enjoin stinginess on others. Whoever turns away (from God, should remember) that God is self-sufficient, worthy of praise.


tafseer:
We have surely sent apostles with clear signs, and sent with them the Book and the Balance, so that men may stand by justice


tafseer:
We sent Noah and Abraham, and gave prophethood to their progeny and the Book, and some of them are well-directed, but many of them are disobedient.


tafseer:
Then in their train We sent Our apostles, and succeeding them Jesus, son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel, and put into the hearts of his followers compassion and kindness. But they created monasticism which had not been prescribed for them by Us except for seeking the pleasure of God


tafseer:
O you who believe, have fear of displeasing God, and believe in His Prophet. He will give you twice as much of His bounty and place a light for you to walk in, and forgive you, for God is forgiving and kind


tafseer:
So that the people of the Book may know that they have not the least power over the bounty of God, and that the bounty is wholly in the hands of God to give whosoever He please, for God is the master of infinite bounty.


tafseer:
GOD CERTAINLY HEARD what the woman who argued with you about her husband, said, and complained to God


tafseer:
Those of you who divorce your wives by calling them ´mothers,´ cannot (make them) their mothers. Their mothers are only those who gave birth to them. They surely utter what is unseemly and a lie. But God is forbearing and forgiving.


tafseer:
Those who call their wives their mothers then revoke what they had said, should free a slave before having physical contact (with them). This is to warn you, as God is aware of what you do.


tafseer:
If one does not have the means (of doing so) then he should fast for two months continuously before he has physical contact


tafseer:
Those who oppose God will be disgraced, as those before them were. We have sent down very clear signs. For unbelievers there is a shameful punishment.


tafseer:
On the day when God will raise them up together, He will tell them what they did. God takes account of it although they forget, for all things are evident to God.


tafseer:
Have you not considered that God knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth? No three persons confer secretly but He is the fourth among them, and no five but He is the sixth


tafseer:
Have you not considered those who were forbidden to conspire, but reverted after a time to what was forbidden them, and conspired evil, rebellion and disobedience to the Prophet? Yet when they come to you they greet you with a greeting even God does not greet you with


tafseer:
O you who believe, when you converse privately, do not talk of iniquity, rebellion, and disobedience to the Prophet, but talk of goodness and piety, and fear God before whom you will be gathered.


tafseer:
O you who believe, if you confer with the Prophet in private, give alms in the name of God before you go to confer. This is better for you and becoming. If you do not have the means, then surely God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
Are you afraid of giving alms before confering? Then, if you cannot do this, and God forgives you, be constant in your devotional obligations and pay the due share of your wealth for the welfare of others, and obey God and His Prophet. God is aware of all you do.


tafseer:
Have you not seen those who have taken a people who have roused the wrath of God, as friends? They are neither of you nor of them, and swear to a lie, and knowingly.


tafseer:
They have made their oaths a shield, and obstruct people from the way of God. There is shameful punishment for them.


tafseer:
Neither their wealth nor children will avail them against God. They are the people of Hell, and there will abide for ever.


tafseer:
On the day that God will raise them together, they will swear before Him as they swear before you, and imagine they are on the right path. Is it not they who are liars?


tafseer:
Satan has got the better of them. and made them forget to remember God. Indeed they belong to Satan´s faction. Will not Satan´s faction perish?


tafseer:
You will not find those who believe in God and the Day of Resurrection, loving those who oppose God and His Prophet, even though they be their fathers, sons, or brothers or their kin. God has inscribed on their hearts belief, and has succoured them with His own grace, and will admit them to gardens with rivers flowing by, where they will abide for ever, God accepting them, and they, happy in the pleasure of God. They are verily the army of God. Will not the army of God be victorious?


tafseer:
It is He who drove those among the people of the Book who refused to believe, from their homes for the first confrontation. You did not think that they would go away, and they imagined that their forts would protect them against God. But God came upon them from where they did not suspect, and filled their hearts with terror, so that they destroyed their homes with their own hands (or were destroyed) by the hands of believers. So take heed, O men of sight!


tafseer:
Had God not decreed the expulsion for them He would have punished them in this world, and in the next the punishment of Hell would have been theirs.


tafseer:
The palm trees that you cut down or left standing intact was by God´s dispensation, so that He might disgrace the transgressors.


tafseer:
You did not charge with horse or camel for whatever (spoils) God gave His Apostle from them. In any case, God gives authority to His Apostle over whomsoever He please. God has power over everything.


tafseer:
Whatever booty God gives to His Apostle from the people of the cities, is for God and His Apostle, the near relations, the orphans, the needy and wayfarers, so that it does not concentrate in the hands of those who are rich among you. Accept what the Apostle gives you, and refrain from what he forbids, and take heed for yourself and fear God. Surely God is severe of retribution.


tafseer:
The spoils are also for the poor emigrants who were deprived of their homes and possessions and are seeking the bounty and protection of God, and are helping God and His Apostle. They are the ones who are true of word and deed.


tafseer:
Those who came to the city and to faith before them, love those who take refuge with them, and do not feel for themselves any need for what is given them, and give them preference over themselves even if they are indigent. Whoever preserves himself from his own greed will be prosperous.


tafseer:
Have you never considered the hypocrites? They say to their brethren among the people of the Book who do not believe: &quot


tafseer:
They will not fight you in a body except in fortified cities, or from behind the walls. Their enmity among themselves is great. You think they are united, but divided are their hearts. That is because these people are devoid of sense,


tafseer:
Like those who had tasted the gravity of their actions a little before them. There is a grievous punishment for them.


tafseer:
Both of them will end up in Hell, where they will abide for ever. This is the punishment for the wicked.


tafseer:
O you who believe, be fearful of God. Let each soul consider what it has sent (of good deeds) in advance for the morrow, and fear God. Surely God is aware of what you do.


tafseer:
And be not like those who have forgotten God, so that God has made them forget themselves. Such are the reprobates.


tafseer:
Alike are not the inmates of Hell and the residents of Paradise. The men of Paradise will be felicitous.


tafseer:
If We had sent down this Qur´an to a mountain you would have seen it turn desolate and split into two for fear of God. We offer these examples to men that they may think and reflect.


tafseer:
He is God, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are all the names beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth sings His praises. He is all-mighty and all-wise.


tafseer:
O YOU WHO BELIEVE, do not take My enemies and your enemies as friends. You show kindness to them, but they reject the true way that has come to you. They expelled the Prophet and you, for you believe in God your Lord. If you have come out to struggle in My cause having sought My acceptance, (do not be) friendly with them in secret. I know what you hide and what you disclose. Whoever of you does this will have gone astray from the right path.


tafseer:
If they gain ascendancy over you, they will become your enemies, and employ their hands and tongues with evil designs, and wish that you also became disbelievers.


tafseer:
Neither your blood relations nor your children will be of any avail to you on the Day of Resurrection. He will judge between you, for God sees what you do.


tafseer:
You have an excellent model in Abraham and those who were with him, when he said to his people: &quot


tafseer:
O Lord, make us not an example of punishment for infidels, and forgive us, O Lord. You are all-mighty and all-wise.&quot


tafseer:
Those of you who have hope in God and the Last Day have certainly a good example in them. But whosoever turns away, then surely God is above concern, worthy of praise.


tafseer:
It maybe that God will create love between you and your enemies. God is all-powerful, and God is forgiving, ever-merciful.


tafseer:
God does not forbid you from being kind and acting justly towards those who did not fight over faith with you, nor expelled you from your homes. God indeed loves those who are just.


tafseer:
He only forbids you from making friends with those who fought over faith with you and banished you from your homes, and aided in your exile. Whoever makes friends with them is a transgressor.


tafseer:
O believers, when believing women come over to you as refugees, then examine them. God alone is cognisant of their faith. If you find that they are believers, do not send them back to unbelievers. They are not lawful for them, nor are infidels lawful for believing women. Give the unbelievers what they have spent on them. There is no sin if you marry them provided you give their dowers to them. Do not retain your (marriage) ties with unbelieving women. Ask for the return of what you have spent (on them)


tafseer:
If any of your women go away to the unbelievers, and you succeed in your turn (and have a chance of getting spoils), then give to those whose wives have so gone away as much as they had spent on them


tafseer:
O Prophet, when believing women come to you and swear on oath that they will not associate anything with God, nor steal, nor fornicate, nor kill their children, nor accuse others for what they have fabricated themselves, nor disobey you in any rightful thing, then you should accept their allegiance, and ask forgiveness of God for them. Certainly God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
O you who believe, do not make friends with those who have suffered the anger of God by having become despondent of the life to come like those unbelievers who are despondent of those who are in the graves.


tafseer:
Surely God loves those who fight in His cause in full formations as though they were a compact wall.


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who invents a lie against God when he is called to submit? God does not show the evil-doers the way.


tafseer:
They want to extinguish the light of God by uttering blasphemies. But God wills to perfect His light, however the unbelievers may dislike it.


tafseer:
It is He who sent His Apostle with the guidance and the true way to raise it above all faiths, however the idolaters may dislike it.


tafseer:
Come to believe in God and His Apostle, and struggle in the cause of God, wealth and soul. This will be good for you, if you can understand.


tafseer:
He will forgive you your sins and admit you to gardens with rivers flowing by, and excellent mansions in the garden of Eden. This will be a great fulfilment.


tafseer:
And (He will give you) what is dearest to you -- help from God and early victory. So give good tidings to those who believe.


tafseer:
ALL THAT IS in the heavens and the earth sings the praises of God the King, the Holy, Omnipotent, the Wise.


tafseer:
It is He who raised among the gentiles an apostle from amongst them, who recites His revelations to them, reforms them and teaches them the Scripture and the Law, for before him they were clearly in error.


tafseer:
The likeness of those who were charged with (the law of) the Torah which they did not observe, is that of a donkey who carries a load of books (oblivious of what they contain). How wretched the semblance of the people who deny the words of God! God does not show an unjust people the way.


tafseer:
But they will never wish for death because of what they had done in the past, and God knows the sinners well.


tafseer:
O you who believe, when the call to prayer is made on the day of congregation, hasten to remember God, putting aside your business. This is better for you if you can understand.


tafseer:
And when the service of prayer is over spread out in the land, and look for the bounty of God. and remember God a great deal that you may prosper.


tafseer:
Yet when they see some buying and selling, or some sport, they go for it, leaving you standing. Tell them: &quot


tafseer:
They have made their oaths a shield in order to obstruct others from the way of God. It is certainly evil what they do.


tafseer:
O you who believe, let not your wealth and children make you negligent of the remembrance of God. Those who do so will be losers.


tafseer:
But God does not grant a soul respite once its term has come to end. And God is aware of what you do.


tafseer:
ALL THAT THERE is in the heavens and the earth sings the praises of God. His the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He has power over everything.


tafseer:
Has not the account of those who disbelieved before come to you, who tasted the torment of their action, and for whom is grievous punishment?


tafseer:
The day He will gather you together on the Day of Gathering, will be the day of Judgement. He who believed and did the right, will have his evil deeds expunged by God and admitted to gardens with rivers flowing by, and abide there perpetually. This will be the great achievement of success.


tafseer:
Those who did not believe and denied Our revelations will be inmates of Hell, where they will abide for ever, and how evil a journey´s end!


tafseer:
Obey God and obey His Apostle. If you turn away, the duty of the Apostle is to convey the message clearly.


tafseer:
O believers, some of your spouses and children are your enemies, so beware of them! Yet if you forbear, overlook, and forgive, God is indeed forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
So fear God as much as you can, and listen and obey, and spend in charity for your own good. He who is saved from his own avarice will be successful.


tafseer:
If you lend a goodly loan to God, He will double it for you, and forgive you. God knows the worth of good deeds and is clement,


tafseer:
O PROPHET WHEN you divorce women, divorce them at their appointed period, and calculate that period, and fear God, your Lord. Do not expel them from their houses, nor should they go away themselves, unless they are openly guilty of adultery. These are the limits set by God. Any one who exceeds the limits set by God sins against his own self. You never know that God may perchance lead to a new situation after this.


tafseer:
When they have reached their appointed time, then either keep them lawfully or let them go honourably


tafseer:
And provide for him from where he does not reckon. God is sufficient for him who places his trust in Him. Certainly God fulfills His purpose. God has indeed fixed a measure of everything.


tafseer:
As for your women who have lost hope of menstruation, and in case you have a doubt, the prescribed period (of waiting) for them is three months, as also for those who have not menstruated yet. As for those who are pregnant, their prescribed period is until the delivery of the child. God will make things easy for him who is mindful of God.


tafseer:
This is the commandment of God that is sent down to you. God will forgive the ills of those who fear Him, and increase their reward.


tafseer:
Let the man of means spend according to his means, and he whose means are limited, should spend of what God has given him. God does not burden a soul beyond what He has given him. God will bring ease after hardship.


tafseer:
God has prepared for them severe punishment. So, you men of wisdom, and those who believe, take heed for yourselves and fear God. God has indeed sent down a Reminder for you,


tafseer:
An Apostle who recites before you the explicating revelations of God that He may bring those who believe and do the right out of darkness into light. Whosoever believes in God and does the right, He will admit into gardens with rivers flowing by, where they will abide for ever. How excellent a provision has God made for him


tafseer:
It is God who created several skies, and as many earths. The commandment is sent down among them so that you may know that God has power over everything, and everything is held within the knowledge of God.


tafseer:
O PROPHET, WHY should you forbid (yourself) what God has made lawful for you, in order to please your wives? Yet God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
Surely God has sanctioned the dissolution of your vows. God is your Lord: He is all-knowing, and all-wise.


tafseer:
When the Prophet told one of his wives something in confidence and she disclosed it, God revealed this to him. So he made some of it known to her, and held back some. When, however, he informed her about it, she asked: &quot


tafseer:
If both of you two (women) turn to God in penitence (it would be better). Your hearts have been impaired


tafseer:
In case he divorces you, his Lord will give him better wives in return, who will be modest, true believers, obedient to God, repentant, observant of prayer and fasting, both widows and virgins.


tafseer:
O you who believe, save yourselves and your families from the Fire whose fuel is men and rocks, over which are appointed angels stern and severe as wardens who never disobey what God commands them, and do what they are commanded


tafseer:
O you who believe, turn to God truly in repentance. Perhaps your Lord may forgive your ills and admit you to gardens with rivers flowing by on the day when God will not humiliate the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will move in front of them and to their right, and they will say: &quot


tafseer:
O Prophet, fight the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe with them. Their abode is Hell, an evil destination?


tafseer:
God advances the example of Noah´s wife and the wife of Lot for those who do not believe. They were married to Our two pious devotees, but they were unfaithful to them, and even (the apostles) could not avail them in the least against God


tafseer:
And of Mary, daughter of ´Imran, who guarded her chastity, so that We breathed into her a new life from Us, and she believed the words of her Lord and His Books, and was among the obedient.


tafseer:
Who created death and life in order to try you to see who of you are best of deed. He is all-mighty and forgiving,


tafseer:
Who created the seven skies one above the other. Do you see any disproportion in the creations of Ar-Rahman? Turn your eyes again. Do you see any fissures?


tafseer:
We have adorned the lowest sky with lamps, and made them missiles against the devils, for whom We have prepared a torment of most intense fire.


tafseer:
As though it would burst with fury. Every time a crowd is thrown into it, its wardens will ask: &quot


tafseer:
It is lie who made the earth subservient to you that you may travel all around it, and eat of things He has provided


tafseer:
Are you so unafraid that He who is in Heaven will not open up the earth to swallow you, when it will begin to tremble?


tafseer:
Or have you become so unafraid that He who is in Heaven will not send a violent wind to shower stones at you? Then you will know the import of My commination!


tafseer:
Do they not see the birds above them flying wings spread out or folded? Nothing holds them aloft but God. All things are within His purview.


tafseer:
What other army do you have to help you apart from Ar-Rahman? The unbelievers are surely lost in delusion.


tafseer:
Who is there to give you food in case He withholds His bounty? Yet they persist in rebellion and aversion.


tafseer:
When they realise it has come upon them, distraught will be the faces of unbelievers. They will be told: &quot


tafseer:
Verily your Lord knows those who have gone astray from His path, and He knows those who are guided on the way.


tafseer:
We have tried you as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed to gather the fruits in the morning


tafseer:
Or have you taken a binding promise from Us which would hold till the Day of Judgement, that you will get whatever you demand?


tafseer:
On the day the great calamity befalls, and they are called to bow in homage, they will not be able to do so.


tafseer:
Lowered will be their eyes, disgrace overwhelming them. They had indeed been called to bow in homage when they were free of blame.


tafseer:
So leave those who deny this Discourse to Me. We shall lead them step by step to (ruin) in a way they will not know.


tafseer:
So wait with patience for the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like (onah) of the fish who called (to his Lord) when he was choked with anger.


tafseer:
But the unbelievers would like to stare you out of balance when they hear the warning, and say: &quot


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Which He sent to assail them for seven nights and eight days running. You should have seen the people prostrate like the decayed trunks of date-palm trees.


tafseer:
Then came the Pharaoh, and those before him whose habitations were overthrown while they were committing crimes.


tafseer:
Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,


tafseer:
So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,


tafseer:
That He may forgive some of your sins and prolong your term till an appointed time. Surely when God´s appointed time is come it will not be put off, if only you knew!


tafseer:
And every time I called them that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves with their garments, and became wayward, and behaved with downright insolence.


tafseer:
They were drowned because of their habitual sinfulness, and sent to Hell, and did not find any helper other than God.


tafseer:
If you leave them, they will lead Your creatures astray, and beget but iniquitous and ungrateful offspring.


tafseer:
O Lord, forgive me, my parents, and any one who enters my house as a believer, and all believing men and women, and do not give the evil-doers increase save in ruin.


tafseer:
We sought to pry into the secrets of the heavens, but found it full of fierce guards and shooting flames.


tafseer:
We do not know if this means ill for the dwellers of the earth, or their Lord wishes guidance for them.


tafseer:
In order to try them through it. But whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, will be given increasing torment by Him.&quot


tafseer:
Until they see what they are promised, when they will understand who is weaker in aid and poorer in numbers.


tafseer:
Other than an apostle He has chosen, when He makes a sentinel walk in front of him and a sentinel behind,


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So that He may know if they have delivered their Lord´s messages. He comprehends all that has been given them, and keeps count of everything.


tafseer:
But recite the name of your Lord withdrawing yourself from everything, devoting yourself exclusively to Him.


tafseer:
He is the Lord of the East and the West. There is no god but He. So take Him alone as your protector.


tafseer:
On the day the earth and mountains will rock violently, and the mountains turn to a heap of poured-out sand.


tafseer:
How then, if you disbelieve, will you preserve yourselves on the day which will even turn the children hoary?


tafseer:
Your Lord surely knows that you are occupied with your devotions for nearly two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or one-third of it, as do many others with you. Yet God prescribes the measure of night and day. He knows you cannot calculate it, and so turns to you in benevolence. So recite as much of the Qur´an as you can easily. He knows some among you will be sick, and some will be travelling over the earth in search of the bounty of God, and some fighting in the way of God. So read as much from it as you can easily, and be firm in devotion, pay the zakat, and lend a goodly loan to God. And what you send for yourself of the good, you will find it with God better and greater in reward. So ask for God´s forgiveness. Indeed God is forgiving and kind.


tafseer:
We have not appointed any one but angels as keepers of Hell, and their number that We have fixed is to make it a means of contention for disbelievers, so that those who were given the Book may be certain, and the faith of the believers may have greater increase, and the people of the Book and believers may not be deceived, and the sceptics and infidels may say: &quot


tafseer:
But they will not remember except as God wills: He is worthy to be feared, and He is worthy of forgiving


tafseer:
Verily We created man from a sperm yoked (to the ovum) to bring out his real substance, then gave him hearing and sight.


tafseer:
And boys of everlasting youth will go about attending them. Looking at them you would think that they were pearls dispersed.


tafseer:
On their bodies will be garments of the finest green silk and brocade, and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver


tafseer:
He admits whosoever He will to His benevolence. But for the evil-doers He has prepared a painful punishment.


tafseer:
As for those who preserve themselves from evil and follow the straight path, there is attainment for them:


tafseer:
The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all that lies between them, most benevolent, to whom none may dare address a word.


tafseer:
The day the Spirit takes its stand, with the angels ranged in rows. None will speak except who is permitted by Ar-Rahman and says what is right.


tafseer:
We have indeed warned you of a calamity near at hand, a day when man will see what he had sent (of his deeds) ahead, and the unbeliever will say: &quot


tafseer:
The day they see it, it will seem they had stayed in the world but only an evening or its turning into dawn.


tafseer:
It is the day when no soul will have power to do the least for a soul, and God´s alone will be done.


tafseer:
They had no other reason for hating them except that they believed in God the mighty, worthy of praise,


tafseer:
Surely for those who persecute believers, men and women, and do not repent afterwards, is the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of burning.


tafseer:
Surely for those who believe and do the right are gardens with rivers running by. That is the greatest success.


tafseer:
As for man, whenever his Lord tries him and then is gracious and provides good things for him, he says: &quot


tafseer:
And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind.


tafseer:
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.


tafseer:
On (this night) the angels and grace descend by the dispensation of their Lord, for settling all affairs.


tafseer:
THOSE AMONG THE people of the Book who disbelieve, and the idolaters, would not have been freed (from false beliefs) until the clear proof came to them --


tafseer:
The people of the Book were not divided among themselves till after the clear proof had come to them.


tafseer:
They were commanded only to serve God with all-exclusive faith in Him, to be upright, and to fulfil their devotional obligations, and to give zakat


tafseer:
Surely the unbelievers among the people of the Book and the idolaters, will abide in the fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.


tafseer:
Whose reward is with their Lord -- gardens of Eden with rivers flowing by, where they will abide for ever, God pleased with their service, they with obedience to Him. This (awaits) him who stands in awe of his Lord.


tafseer:
Except those who believe, and do good and enjoin truth on one another, and enjoin one another to bear with fortitude (the trials that befall).


