# ayatafseer

tafseer:
Who believe in what is revealed to you  (Muhammad), and what was revealed before you, and are sure of the Hereafter.


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them if you warn them or if you warn them not, they will not believe.


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In their heart is a sickness, and Allah has made them still more sick, and for them is grievous woe because they lied.


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And if you are in doubt of what we have revealed unto Our servant, then bring a chapter like it, and call your witnesses other than Allah if you tell truth.


tafseer:
But if you do it not - and you surely cannot - then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for disbelievers.


tafseer:
But bear the glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that for them are Gardens beneath which rivers flow


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Behold! Allah does not disdain to set forth a similitude even of a gnat, or anything lower or higher


tafseer:
Those who break Allah´s covenant after the fixing thereof, and cut asunder what Allah has ordered to be joined, and do evil in the earth, these it is who are losers.


tafseer:
How can you disbelieve in Allah, when you were dead and He made you alive, and then He will cause you to die, and then make you alive again, and then to Him will you return?


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It is He who created for you all that is in the earth, and He designed the heavens also and fashioned (ordered) them as seven heavens


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But Satan made them backslide there from and drove them out from what they were in, and We said, &quot


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And Adam obtained certain words (revelations) from his Lord, and He relented towards him, for He is the Relenting, the Compassionate.


tafseer:
But those who disbelieve, and call Our signs lies, they are the fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein for ever.&quot


tafseer:
Believe in what I have revealed, verifying what you have got, and be not the first to disbelieve in it, and do not barter My signs for a little price, and keep your duty to Me.


tafseer:
Will you order men to piety and forget it yourselves? You read the Book, do you not then understand?


tafseer:
O you children of Israel! Remember My favours which I have favoured you with, and that I have preferred you above all others in the world.


tafseer:
Fear the day wherein no soul shall pay any recompense for another soul, nor shall intercession be accepted for it, nor shall compensation be taken from it, nor shall they be helped.


tafseer:
When We saved you from Pharaoh´s people who sought to wreak evil and woe on you, slaughtering your sons and letting your women live


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When We treated with Moses forty nights, then you chose the calf after he had gone and you did wrong.


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But those who did wrong changed it for another word than that which was said to them: and We sent down upon those who did wrong, wrath from heaven for that they had so sinned.


tafseer:
Verily, whether it be of those who believe, or those who are Jews or Christians or Sabaeans, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and acts aright, they have their reward with their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.


tafseer:
Then even after that did you turn aside, and were it not for Allah´s grace towards you and His mercy, you would have been of those who lose.


tafseer:
You know also of those among you who transgressed upon the Sabbath, and how We said to them, “Be you (as) apes, despised and spurned.&quot


tafseer:
Thus We made them an example unto those who stood before them, and those who should come after them, and a warning unto those who fear Allah.


tafseer:
Remember when you slew a soul and disputed thereupon, and Allah brought forth that which you had hidden,


tafseer:
Yet were your heart hardened even after that, till they were as rocks or harder still, for verily, there are some rocks from which streams burst forth, and others burst asunder and water issues out, and others there are that sink down for fear of Allah


tafseer:
Do you hope that they should believe you when already a sect of them have heard the word of Allah and then perverted it knowingly after they had understood it?


tafseer:
And some of them there are, illiterate folk, that know not the Book, but their own fancies, conjectures and idle tales.


tafseer:
Nay, whoever gains an evil gain, and is encompassed by his sins, those are the fellows of the Fire, and they shall dwell therein for ever.


tafseer:
Yet you were those who slay your kinsmen and turn a party out of their homes, and back each other up against them with sin and enmity. But if they come to you as captives you ransom them! - and yet it is as unlawful for you to turn them out. Do you then believe in part of the Book and reject the rest? But the reward of such among you as do that shall be naught else but disgrace in this worldly life, and on the day of Judgment shall they be driven to the most grievous torment, for Allah is not unmindful of what you do.


tafseer:
Those who have bought this worldly life with the price of the Hereafter, the torment shall not be lightened from them nor shall they be helped.


tafseer:
We gave Moses the Book and We followed him up with other apostles, and We gave Jesus the son of Mary manifest signs and aided him with the Holy Spirit. Do you then, every time an apostle comes to you with what your souls love not, scorn him with pride, and charge some with lying and slay others?


tafseer:
And when a Book came down from Allah confirming what they had with them, though they had before prayed for victory over the faithless, yet when that came to them, which they recognised, then they refused to believe it. Allah´s curse is on the faithless.


tafseer:
For a miserable price have they sold their souls, in not believing what Allah has revealed, grudging because Allah sends down of His grace on whomsoever of His servants He will


tafseer:
Moses came to you with manifest signs, then you took up with the calf when he had gone and did wrong.


tafseer:
Who is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His apostles and Gabriel and Michael? - Verily, Allah is an enemy to the unbelievers.


tafseer:
Or every time they make a covenant, will a part of them repudiate it? Nay, most of them are faithless.


tafseer:
And when there comes to them an apostle confirming what they have, a party of those who have received the Book repudiate Allah´s book, casting it behind their backs as though they did not know.


tafseer:
If they had kept their faith and protected themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew.


tafseer:
They who disbelieve, whether of those who have the Book or of the idolaters, would fain that no good were sent down to you from your Lord


tafseer:
Whatever verse We may annul or cause you  to forget, We will bring a better one than it, or one like it


tafseer:
Do you not know that Allah´s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth? Nor have you besides Allah a patron or a helper.


tafseer:
Do you wish to question your Messenger, as Moses was questioned in the past? But whoever takes disbelief in exchange for faith has erred from the Level Way (sawaa = even, smooth, symmetrical, proportionate, righteous, balanced, appropriate, relevant).


tafseer:
Many of those who have the Book would fain turn you back into infidelity after you have once believed, through selfish envy, after the truth has been made manifest to them


tafseer:
Nay, whoever surrenders his face (his countenance, nature, honour, glory, cause, will, his whole self) to Allah, and does good, he shall have his reward from his Lord, and no fear shall be on them, and they shall not grieve.


tafseer:
But who is more unjust than he who forbids that His name should not be mentioned in the places for the worship of Allah, and who strives to ruin them? It is not fitting for such to enter into them except in fear. For them is disgrace in this world, and in the world to come, mighty woe.


tafseer:
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, when He decrees a matter He does but say unto it, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, We have sent you with the truth, a bearer of good tidings and of warning, and you shall not be questioned as to the fellows of hell.


tafseer:
The Jews will not be satisfied with you, nor yet the Christians, until you follow their creed. Say, &quot


tafseer:
They to whom We have brought the Book and who read it as it should be studied, they are the ones that believe therein


tafseer:
O children of Israel! Remember My favours which I bestowed on you, and that I have preferred you over the (other people of the) worlds.


tafseer:
And fear the day when no soul shall pay a recompense for another soul, nor shall an equivalent be received there from, nor any intercession avail


tafseer:
And when We made the House (Kaaba) a place of assembly unto men, and a sanctuary, and (said to them) &quot


tafseer:
Lord! Make us Muslims (submissive) unto Thee, and of our seed also a nation of Muslims (resigned), bowing to Thy will, and show us our rites, and turn towards us, verily, Thou art the Oft-Relenting, the Most Merciful.


tafseer:
Who is averse from the religion of Abraham save one who is foolish of soul? For We have chosen him in this world, and in the Hereafter he is surely in the ranks of the righteous.


tafseer:
(We take our) dye of Allah (Our Religion is the Baptism of Allah)! And who is better than Allah at dyeing? And we are worshippers of Him.


tafseer:
Do you say that Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes were Jews or Christians? Say, &quot


tafseer:
That was a nation that has passed away. Theirs is what they earned, and your s shall be what you have earned


tafseer:
Thus have We made you a middle (or justly balanced) nation, to be witnesses against men, and that the Apostle may be a witness against you. We have not appointed the Qiblah (direction, focus, goal) which you were used to, save that We might know (test) who follows the Apostle from him who turns upon his heels, although it is a great thing save for those whom Allah does guide. But Allah will not waste your faith, for verily, Allah is to all people full of Kindness, Most Merciful.


tafseer:
We see you often turn your face towards the heavens, but We will surely turn you to a Qiblah you shall like. Turn then your face towards the Sacred Mosque (Kaaba in Mecca)


tafseer:
And even if you should bring to the People of the Book every sign, they would not follow your Qiblah (direction, focus, goal)


tafseer:
Those whom We have given the Book know this as they know their own sons, although a sect of them does surely hide the truth which they themselves know.


tafseer:
From wherever you come forth, there turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque, for it is surely truth from your Lord


tafseer:
And from wherever you come forth, there turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque, and wherever you are, turn your faces towards it, that men may have no argument against you, save only those of them who are bent on wickedness


tafseer:
Thus (similarly) have We sent amongst you an apostle from yourselves, to recite to you Our signs, to purify you and teach you the Book and wisdom, and to teach you what you did not know


tafseer:
O you who do believe! Seek aid from sabr (patience, perseverance, self-restraint and constancy) and from prayer, verily, Allah is with the patient.


tafseer:
And say not of those who are slain in Allah´s Way (the Way of striving, sacrifice and restraint) (that they are) dead. Nay, they are living


tafseer:
We will try you with something of fear, and hunger and loss of wealth, and lives and fruits (of toil)


tafseer:
These are they on whom are blessings from their Lord and Mercy, and they it is who receive Guidance.


tafseer:
Verily, Zafa and Merwah (mountains near the Kaaba) are of the beacons (symbols) of Allah, and he who makes the pilgrimage unto the House, or visits it at other times, it is no crime for him to compass them both about


tafseer:
Verily, those who hide what We have revealed of manifest Signs and of Guidance after We have manifested it to men in the Book, them Allah shall curse, and those entitled to curse shall curse them too.


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve (or reject faith) and die while still in disbelief, on them is the curse of Allah, and of the angels, and of all mankind


tafseer:
Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, and in the ship that sail the seas with that which profits mankind, and in the rain which Allah sends down from heaven and quickens therewith the earth after its death, and spreads abroad therein all kinds of animals, and in the shifting of the winds, and in the clouds that are pressed into service betwixt heaven and earth, are signs for people who can understand.


tafseer:
When those who are Followed clear themselves of those who Follow them, they would see the Penalty, and the cords between them would be cut asunder.


tafseer:
O you folk! Eat of what is in the earth, things lawful and things good, and follow not the footsteps of Satan, verily, to you he is an open foe.


tafseer:
He does but bid you what is evil and shameful, and that you should speak against Allah what you do not know.


tafseer:
The likeness of those who disbelieve (or reject faith) is as the likeness of him who shouts like a goat-herd, to that which hears him not, save only a call and a cry


tafseer:
O you who do believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and give thanks unto Allah if it be Him you serve.


tafseer:
He has only forbidden for you what is dead, and blood, and flesh of swine, and whatsoever has been consecrated to other than Allah


tafseer:
Verily, those who hide what Allah has revealed of the Book, and sell it for a miserable profit, they swallow nothing save fire


tafseer:
That (is), because Allah has revealed the Book with truth, but verily those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism far (from the goal).


tafseer:
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces towards the East or the West, but it is righteousness to believe in Allah, and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers, and to spend of your wealth for love of Him, for your kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, for those who ask, and to ransom those in captivity


tafseer:
O you who believe! Retaliation (or the Law of Equivalence) is prescribed for you. In cases of murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female


tafseer:
In retaliation (or the law of Equivalence) there is life for you, O you possessors of understanding! That you may ward of evil.


tafseer:
It is prescribed for you that when any of you is facing death, if he leaves any goods, that he makes reasonable bequests to his parents, and to his kinsmen. It is a duty upon all those that are God-fearing.


tafseer:
And he who fears from the testator a wrong intention, or a crime, and does make peace between the parties, it is no sin to him


tafseer:
(Fasting) A certain number of days, but he amongst you who is ill or on a journey, then (let him fast) another number of days. And those who can do it with hardship may redeem it by feeding a poor man


tafseer:
The month of Ramadan, wherein was revealed the Quran as a Guidance to mankind, and as manifest Sign, and as a Discrimination. So he amongst you who is at his home during this month then let him fast through it


tafseer:
Devour not your wealth among yourselves vainly, nor present it to the judges that you may devour a part of the wealth of other men sinfully and knowingly.


tafseer:
Fight in the Cause of Allah with those who fight you, but transgress not the limits (or begin not hostilities)


tafseer:
But fight them until there be no more oppression (persecution or sedition) and that the Din (religion, faith, justice, the attitude and way of life) may be Allah´s


tafseer:
The pilgrimage is (in) well-known months: whoever then makes it incumbent on himself (let him have neither) commerce with women, nor fornication, nor a quarrel on the pilgrimage


tafseer:
Then quickly pass you forth from whence it is usual for multitudes to pour forth and ask pardon of Allah


tafseer:
And when you have performed your rites, remember Allah as you remember your fathers, or with a keener memory still. There is among men such as says, &quot


tafseer:
There is among men a type whose speech about the life of this world pleases you, and he calls on Allah to witness what is in his heart


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And when he turns away, he strives upon the earth to do evil therein, and to destroy the tilth and the stock


tafseer:
And there is among men a type who sells his soul, craving, those things that are pleasing unto Allah, and Allah is kind unto His servants.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Come, one and all (or wholeheartedly), into surrender (Islam), and follow not the footsteps of Satan


tafseer:
And if you slip after the manifest signs have come to you, then know that Allah is the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
Do they expect that Allah should come unto them in the shadow of a cloud with angels? (Would this settle the question? Or is this the excuse?) But then their case would have been judged already. Unto Allah do all cases return.


tafseer:
Mankind were one nation once, and Allah sent them prophets with good tidings and with warnings, and sent down with them the Book in truth, to judge between men in that wherein they disagreed


tafseer:
Did you count on entering Paradise, while there had nothing come to you like that which came to those who passed away before you


tafseer:
Prescribed for you is Warfare, though it is hateful to you. But it is possible that you hate a thing while it is good for you, and it is possible that you love a thing while it is bad for you


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe, and those who flee, and those who fight (strive and struggle) in Allah´s way


tafseer:
They will ask you about wine and el maisar (getting something too easily, i.e. gambling, usury etc.), say, &quot


tafseer:
Wed not with idolatrous women until they believe, for surely a believing handmaid is better than an idolatrous woman, even though she please you. And wed not (your girls) to idolatrous men until they believe, for a believing slave is better than an idolater, even though he please you. These invite you to the fire, but Allah invites you to paradise and to pardon by His Grace, and makes clear His signs to mankind


tafseer:
Make not Allah an excuse in your oaths against doing good and observing your duty to Him, and make peace amongst men, for Allah is both Hearer  and Knower.


tafseer:
He will not call you to account for the unintentional word in your oaths, but He will call you to account for the intentions of your heart


tafseer:
But if he divorce her (a third time) she shall not be lawful to him after that, until she marry another husband


tafseer:
When you divorce women, and they have reached the prescribed time, then keep them in kindness (or equity), or release them in kindness (or equity). but do not keep them by force to transgress


tafseer:
When you divorce women, and they have reached their prescribed term, do not put difficulties in their marrying their husbands, if it is agreed between them in kindness (or equity). This instruction is for all amongst you who believe in Allah and in the Last Day. That is more pure for you and cleaner. But Allah knows, and you know not.


tafseer:
Mothers shall suckle their children two whole years for those who wish to complete the time of suckling


tafseer:
Those of you who die and leave wives behind, let these wait by themselves for four months and ten days


tafseer:
Nor is there any crime in you if you make them an offer of marriage, or that you keep it secret in your minds. Allah knows that you will remember them


tafseer:
It is no crime in you if you divorce your women ere you have yet touched them, or settled for them a settlement. But provide fair maintenance for them


tafseer:
And if you divorce them before you have touched them, but have already settled for them a settlement


tafseer:
Observe prayers, especially the middle (afternoon) prayer, and stand you before Allah with full attention and devotion.


tafseer:
Those of you who die and leave wives, should bequeath to their wives maintenance for a year, without expulsion (from their home)


tafseer:
Do you not look at the chiefs of the children of Israel after Moses´ time, when they said to a prophet of theirs (Samuel), &quot


tafseer:
These are the signs of Allah, which We recite unto you in truth, for, verily, you are of those who are sent (Our Messengers).


tafseer:
O you who believe! Expend in alms of what We have bestowed upon you, before the day comes in which is no barter, and no friendship, and no intercession. The faithless, they are the miscreants.


tafseer:
Allah, there is no God but He, the Living, the Eternal. Slumber takes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Who is it that intercedes with Him save by His permission? He knows what is before them and what behind them, and they comprehend nothing of His Knowledge but of what He pleases. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and it tires Him not to preserve them both, for He is Sublime, the Grand.


tafseer:
Allah is the patron of those who believe, He brings them forth from darkness into light. But those who disbelieve, their patrons are false deities


tafseer:
Have you not seen him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, that Allah had given him the kingdom? When Abraham said, &quot


tafseer:
The likeness of those who expend their wealth in Allah´s way is as the likeness of a grain that grows to seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains, for Allah will give many fold unto whom He pleases


tafseer:
Those who expend their wealth in Allah´s way, then do not follow it up by taunting and by annoyance, these have their reward with their Lord, and no fear is on them, neither shall they grieve.


tafseer:
Kind speech and pardon are better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute and Clement.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Make not your almsgiving vain by reproach (or reminders of your generosity) and injury, like him who expends what he has for the sake of appearances before men, and believes not in Allah and the Last Day


tafseer:
But the likeness of those who expend their wealth craving the goodwill of Allah, and to strengthen their souls, are as the likeness of a fertile garden on a hill. A heavy shower falls on it, and it brings forth its yield twofold


tafseer:
Would one of you like to have a garden of date-palms and vines, with rivers flowing beneath it, in which is every fruit


tafseer:
O you who believe! Spend of the good things that you have earned, and of what We have brought forth for you out of the earth, and do not take the vile (or worst) thereof to spend in alms, that you would not take for yourselves save with closed eyes (or disdain)


tafseer:
The devil promises you destitution and bids you sin, but Allah promises you pardon from Him and grace, for Allah is both All-Embracing and All-Knowing.


tafseer:
(Alms are for) the poor who are straitened in Allah´s way, and cannot travel about in the earth. The ignorant think them to be rich because of their modesty


tafseer:
Those who expend their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, they shall have their reward with their Lord. No fear shall come on them, nor shall they grieve.


tafseer:
Those who devour usury shall not rise again, save as he rises whom Satan hath paralyzed with a touch


tafseer:
Allah has cursed usury, but made charity fruitful, for Allah loves not the ungrateful and faithless.


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe, and act righteously, and are steadfast in prayer, and pay the poor due, their reward is with their Lord


tafseer:
O you who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and remit the balance of usury, if you be, in truth, believers


tafseer:
O you who believe! If you contract a debt for a stated time, then write it down, and let a scribe faithfully record it in writing between you in equity


tafseer:
But if you are upon a journey, and you cannot find a scribe, then let a pledge be taken. But if one of you trust another, then let him who is trusted surrender his trust, and let him fear Allah his Lord, and conceal not testimony, for he who conceals it, verily, sinful is his heart: Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
Allah´s is what is in heaven and in the earth, and if you show what is in your souls, or hide it, Allah will call you to account


tafseer:
The Messenger believes in what is sent down to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. Each believes in Allah, and His angels, and His Scriptures, and His Messengers, - We make no distinction between any of His Messengers - and they say, &quot


tafseer:
Allah will not require of the soul beyond its capacity. It shall have what it has earned, and it shall owe what it deserves. &quot


tafseer:
It is He who has sent down to you  the Scripture with truth, confirming what was revealed before it, and has revealed the Torah and the Gospel before this for the guidance of mankind, and has revealed the Discrimination (Criterion).


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah, for them is a severe penalty, for Allah is Mighty and Avenging.


tafseer:
He it is who has revealed to you the Book, in which there are some verses that are Basic (decisive, or of established meaning) they are the mother (foundation) of the Book


tafseer:
O Lord! It is Thou Who gathers together mankind unto the Day wherein is no doubt. Verily, Allah will not depart from His promise.&quot


tafseer:
As was the case with Pharaoh´s people and their predecessors: they said Our signs were lies, and Allah seized them for their sins, for Allah is severe in punishment.


tafseer:
Beautiful unto men is the life of lust for women, and children, and heaps of hoarded gold and silver, and of horses well bred, and cattle, and well tilled land


tafseer:
Those who show patient, firmness and self-control, the truthful in word and deed, the devout in worship, and those who spend, and pray for forgiveness at dawn.


tafseer:
Allah, Himself, bears witness that there is no God but He, and so do the angels, and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His creation in justice. There is no God but He, the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
Verily, (the true) religion in Allah´s sight is The Surrender (to His will, i.e. Islam), and those to whom the Book was given formerly disagreed not until after knowledge came to them, through mutual envy. But whoever disbelieves in Allah´s revelations, (find that) truly Allah is quick at reckoning.


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve in Allah´s revelations, and kill the prophets wrongfully, and kill those from among mankind who bid what is just, promise them a grievous woe!


tafseer:
Did you not see those who have been given a portion of the Book? They called on the Book of Allah to decide disputes between them


tafseer:
How will it be when we have gathered them together on a Day whereof there is no doubt, when each soul shall be paid what it has earned in full, and they shall not be wronged?


tafseer:
Thou dost turn night to day, and do turn day to night, and do bring forth the living from the dead, and Thou brings forth the dead from the living. Thou dost give sustenance for whom Thou chooses without stint.&quot


tafseer:
Let not those who believe take disbelievers for their friends rather than believers. He who does this has no part with Allah at all, unless, indeed, you guard yourselves against them. But Allah bids you beware of only Himself, for unto Allah is your journeying.


tafseer:
On the day when every soul shall find itself presented with what it has done of good and what it has done of evil, then it will long that there were between itself and that evil a wide distance. Allah bids you beware of Himself, but Allah is gentle with His servants.


tafseer:
Verily, Allah has preferred Adam, and Noah, and Abraham´s family, and Imran´s family above all people,


tafseer:
And her Lord accepted fully, and gave her a goodly growth, and assigned her to Zachariah´s care. Whenever Zachariah entered her chamber he found beside her a provision, and he said, &quot


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O Mary! Be obedient unto your Lord, and adore and bow down with those who bow.” This is (one) of the declarations of the unseen world which we reveal to you  (Muhammad), though you were not by them when they threw their lots as to which of them should take care of Mary, nor were you by them when they did dispute.


tafseer:
And he shall speak to people in his cradle and in his manhood, and shall be among the righteous.&quot


tafseer:
And I come confirming what was before you of the Torah, and to make lawful for you some of that which was forbidden unto you. I come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allah and follow me,


tafseer:
Lord, we believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow him whom Thou hast sent, so write us down with those who bear witness.&quot


tafseer:
And as for those who disbelieve, I will punish them with grievous punishment in this world and the next, and they shall have none to help them.&quot


tafseer:
But as for those who believe and do good works, He will pay them their wages in full, for Allah loves not the wrongdoers (or unjust).


tafseer:
This which We recite unto you is of the Signs (revelations) and of the Wise Reminder (the Message of Wisdom, the Quran).


tafseer:
Verily the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam. He created him from earth, then He said to him: BE! And he was


tafseer:
Verily, those are the true stories, and there is no God but Allah, and, verily, Allah He is the Mighty, the Wise


tafseer:
O people of the Book, why do you dispute about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? What! Do you not understand?


tafseer:
Verily, the people who have most claim to (or are nearest of kin to) Abraham are those who follow him, and this prophet, and those who believe: - Allah is the patron of the believers.


tafseer:
A sect of the people of the Book long to lead you astray, but they only lead themselves astray, and they perceive not.


tafseer:
O people of the Book! Why disbelieve you the revelations of Allah, when you yourselves witness them?


tafseer:
And among the people of the Book, there are some who, if you entrust them with a hoard of gold, will readily return it to you


tafseer:
Nay, whoever fulfils his covenant and acts righteously, - verily, Allah loves those who act righteously.


tafseer:
Verily, those who sell Allah´s covenant and their oaths for a small price, these have no portion in the Hereafter. Allah will not speak to them, and will not look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow (spiritually)


tafseer:
And, verily, amongst them is a sect who twist the Scriptures with their tongues, that you may suppose it to be from the Book, but it is not from the Book. They say, &quot


tafseer:
It is not possible for a man to whom Allah has given the Scripture and the Wisdom and the Prophethood, that then he should say to men, &quot


tafseer:
Seek they other than Allah´s religion? When to Him surrenders whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and unto Him shall they return!


tafseer:
Whoever craves a religion other than the Surrender (Islam), it shall surely not be accepted from him, and he shall be a loser in the Hereafter.&quot


tafseer:
How shall Allah guide people who have disbelieved after believing and bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and after there come to them manifest signs? Allah guides not the unjust folk.


tafseer:
As for such their reward is that on them is the curse of Allah, and of the angels, and of all mankind (collectively)


tafseer:
They shall dwell therein - the torment shall not be lightened from them, nor shall they have respite


tafseer:
Save those who repent after that, and do right (or make amends), for verily, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve after believing, and then increase in disbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve (or reject faith) and die in disbelief, there shall not be accepted from any one of them the earth-full of gold, though he should give it as a ransom. For them is grievous woe, and no helpers have they.


tafseer:
You cannot attain to righteousness until you spend freely of what you love. But what you spend, of that Allah is aware.


tafseer:
All food was lawful to the children of Israel save what Israel made unlawful to itself before the Torah was revealed. Say, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, the first House founded for men was surely that at Bekkah (Mecca), a blessed place and a guidance to the worlds.


tafseer:
Therein are manifest signs - Abraham´s station, and whoever enters it is safe. It is a duty to Allah for man to make the pilgrimage unto the House, for whoever can find his way there (or can afford it). But whoever disbelieves - Allah is Independent (not needful) of all creatures (or worlds).


tafseer:
O you who believe! If you obey the sect of those to whom the Book was brought, they will turn you from believers to unbelievers again.


tafseer:
How can you disbelieve while unto you are recited the revelations of Allah, and among you is His Messenger? But whoever takes tight hold on Allah, he is guided into the Straight Way.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Observe your duty to (or fear or respect) Allah with the right observance (or with the fear or respect that He deserves), and die not save as those who have surrendered (in a state of Islam).


tafseer:
And that there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and bid right conduct, and forbid what is wrong (or indecent)


tafseer:
On the day when faces shall be whitened and faces shall be blackened. As for those whose faces are blackened, - &quot


tafseer:
These are the revelations of Allah. We recite them to you in truth, for Allah desires not injustice unto the worlds (or His creatures).


tafseer:
You were the best of nations brought forth unto man. You bid what is reasonable, and forbid what is inappropriate (indecent, wrong), believing in Allah. Had the people of the Book believed, it would have been better for them. There are believers among them, though most of them are sinners.


tafseer:
They are smitten with abasement wherever they be found, save for the rope of Allah and the rope of man (the ties of the covenant)


tafseer:
They are not all alike. Of the people of the Book there is an upright community, reciting the revelations of Allah throughout the night, falling prostrate (in Surrender).


tafseer:
They believe in Allah, and in the last day, and bid intelligent (or right) conduct, and forbid what is stupid (or wrong), and vie with one another in good works


tafseer:
What good they do, surely Allah will not deny its merit, for Allah is Aware of those who fear (or repel) evil.


tafseer:
The likeness of what they spend in this life of the world is as the likeness of wind wherein is a cold blast that falls upon the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves and destroys it. It is not Allah who wrongs them, but it is themselves they wrong.


tafseer:
When you did set forth early from your household to settle for the believers the positions for battle, Allah was Hearer and Knower.


tafseer:
When two companies of you almost fell away in cowardice but Allah was their Guardian (or Protecting Friend), for on Allah surely do believers put their trust.


tafseer:
Yea, if you persevere and avoid evil, and the enemy attacks you suddenly, your Lord will assist you with five thousand of His angels with force.


tafseer:
Allah ordained this only as glad tidings to comfort your heart withal, for victory comes but from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise -


tafseer:
That He may cut off some of the faithless, or overwhelm them that they may retire frustrated (from their purpose).


tafseer:
It (the concern, responsibility or decision) is not for you whether He turns towards them again or punish them


tafseer:
To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and in the earth. He forgives whom He will, and punishes whom He will. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Devour not usury doubling and redoubling, but do your duty to Allah that you may be successful.


tafseer:
And vie with one another for pardon from your Lord, and for Paradise, the breadth of which is as the heaven and the earth, prepared for those who fear (or avoid) evil.


tafseer:
Those who give charity, both in prosperity and in adversity, for those who control their rage, and those who are forgiving towards mankind. Allah loves the good.


tafseer:
Those who when they do an evil, or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and ask forgiveness for their sins - and who forgives sins save Allah alone? - And do not knowingly repeat the wrong they did.


tafseer:
The reward for such is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens beneath which rivers flow, dwelling therein for ever - an excellent reward for those who strive.


tafseer:
Systems have passed away before your time. Do travel in the earth, and see what was the consequence of those who denied (the prophets or Allah’s guidance).


tafseer:
If a wound touches you, a similar wound has touched the others: these are only the vicissitudes of varying fortune which we bring in turn to mankind that Allah may know those who it is that believe, and may choose from you witnesses, for Allah loves not the unjust.


tafseer:
Did you think that you can enter Paradise without Allah testing those of you who fight (or strive) hard, and remain steadfast?


tafseer:
Mohammed is but a Messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before his time. What if he die or is killed, will you retreat upon your heels? He who retreats does no harm to Allah at all


tafseer:
How many prophets, with them large numbers of devoted men, fought (in the cause of Allah)! They did not lose heart at what befell them in Allah´s way, nor did they weaken, nor did they demean themselves - Allah loves the steadfast.


tafseer:
So Allah gave them the reward of this world, and also good reward in the Hereafter. Allah does love those whose deeds are good.


tafseer:
O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back upon your heels, and you will retreat as losers.


tafseer:
We will throw dread into the heart of those who disbelieve, for that they associate partners unto Allah, for which He has revealed no authority


tafseer:
Allah has truly kept His promise, when you routed them by His permission, until you showed cowardice, and wrangled, and rebelled, after He had shown you what you loved (booty). Amongst you are those who love this world, and amongst you are those who love the Hereafter. Therefore He made you flee from them to try you


tafseer:
And when you climbed (the hill) and looked not round upon any one, although the Messenger was calling you from your rear. Therefore did Allah reward you with trouble on trouble that you should not grieve after what you had missed, nor for what befell you, for Allah is well aware of what you do.


tafseer:
Then, after grief, He sent down upon you security, as drowsiness crept over one company of you, while another company became anxious about themselves, wrongly suspicious of Allah, with the suspicion of ignorance, and saying, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, those of you who turned your backs on that day when the two armies met, it was but Satan who made them slip because of something they had earned. But Allah has now pardoned them


tafseer:
O you who believe! Be not like those who disbelieve, and say unto their brethren who went about in the earth, or are fighting in the field, &quot


tafseer:
And if, indeed, you be killed in Allah´s way or die therein, surely forgiveness from Allah and mercy is better than what you gather.


tafseer:
It was by the mercy of Allah that you did deal gently with them (O Muhammad), for had you been rough and fierce of heart they would have dispersed from around you. But pardon them, and ask forgiveness for them, and consult with them on the conduct of affair. As when you have resolved, then put your trust in Allah


tafseer:
Is he who follows the pleasure of Allah, like him who has drawn on himself anger from Allah, whose resort is the Fire? An evil journey´s end!


tafseer:
Allah was surely very gracious to the believers, when He sent amongst them a Messenger from among themselves (or of their own), who recite to them His revelations, and causes them to grow (or be purified), and teaches them the Scripture and wisdom, although they surely were before his time in manifest error.


tafseer:
What! When a small disaster befalls you, though you have smitten them with twice as much, do you say, &quot


tafseer:
Rejoicing in what Allah has brought them of His Bounty, glad for those who have not reached them yet, those left behind


tafseer:
They rejoice at the favour from Allah and grace, and that Allah wastes not the wages of the believers.


tafseer:
Whoever answered to the call of Allah and of His Prophet after sorrow had befallen them, for those, if they do good and fear evil, there is a great reward.


tafseer:
Let not their conduct grieve you, those who vie with each other in disbelief. Verily, they cannot hurt Allah at all. Allah wills not to give them a portion in the Hereafter


tafseer:
Verily, those who purchase disbelief for faith, they do not hurt Allah at all, and for them is grievous woe.


tafseer:
Let not those who disbelieve imagine that the respite they have is good for themselves. We only let them have their rein that they may increase in sin. And for them is shameful woe.


tafseer:
Allah will not leave the faithful in your present state until He separates the vile from the good. And Allah will not inform you of the unseen, but Allah chooses of His Apostles whom He pleases. So believe you in Allah and His Messenger


tafseer:
This shall they suffer for what their hands have sent on before: - for verily, Allah is no oppressor to His servants,


tafseer:
And if they deny you, even so did they deny Messengers before you, who came with manifest signs, and with the Psalms, and with the illuminating Scriptures.


tafseer:
You shall surely be tried in your wealth, and in your persons, and you shall surely hear much wrong from those who have had the Scripture before you, and from the idolaters. But if you be patient and fear evil, verily, that is the determining heart of affairs.


tafseer:
Think not that those who rejoice in what they have given, and love to be praised for what they have not done, - think not that they are in safety from woe - for them is painful woe!


tafseer:
Verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the succession of night and day, are signs for those who possess understanding


tafseer:
Such as remember Allah standing and sitting or reclining, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say) &quot


tafseer:
But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are gardens beneath which rivers flow, and they shall dwell therein for ever - a welcoming gift from Allah. That which Allah has is best for the righteous.


tafseer:
Verily, of the people of the Book are some who do believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to you, and what was revealed to them, humbling themselves before Allah. They purchase not a small gain for the revelations of Allah. These shall have their reward with their Lord


tafseer:
O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord, who created you from one soul, and created there from its mate, and scattered from the twain a multitude of men and women. Be careful of your duty towards Allah, in whose name you claim rights of one another, and the wombs that bore you


tafseer:
And give unto the orphans their property, and give them not the vile in exchange for the good, and devour not their property into your own property


tafseer:
But if you fear that you cannot do justice by orphans, then marry women who seem good to you, two, three, or four


tafseer:
Prove orphans until they reach a marriageable age, then, if you perceive in them good judgment, hand over to them their property, and do not consume it wastefully and in haste lest they grow up. And the guardian who is rich, let him abstain from remuneration


tafseer:
Men should have a portion of what their parents and kindred leave, and women should have a portion of what their parents and kindred leave, whether it be little or much, a determinate (legal) portion.


tafseer:
If at the time of division, other relatives, orphans or the poor are present, then bestow on them out of it, and speak to them in words of reason and kindness.


tafseer:
And let those disposing of the property have the same fear as they would have had they left behind offsprings of their own. Let them fear Allah, and speak appropriately (with consideration).


tafseer:
Verily, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly, only devour fire into their bellies, and they shall broil in flames.


tafseer:
These are the limits of Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger He will make him enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and they shall dwell therein for ever


tafseer:
But whoever rebels against Allah and His Messenger, and transgresses His bounds, He will make him enter into fire, and dwell therein for ever


tafseer:
Allah is only bound to forgive those who do evil through ignorance and then repent. Surely, these are the ones to whom Allah is relenting. Allah is Knower Wise.


tafseer:
But if you wish to exchange one wife for another, and have given one of them a dower (money, gold), then take nothing back from it. What! Would you take it by slander and manifest wrong?


tafseer:
How can you take it when one of you has gone in unto the other, and they have taken from you a solemn contract?


tafseer:
And do not marry women your fathers married - except what has already happened - for it is an abominable and hateful practice, and an evil way.


tafseer:
Unlawful for you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your paternal aunts and maternal aunts, and your brother´s daughters, and your sister´s daughters, and your foster mothers, and your foster sisters, and your wive´s mothers, and your step daughters who are your wards, born of your wives to whom you have gone in - but if you have not gone in unto them, then it is no crime in you - and the lawful spouses of your sons of your own loins, and that you have two sisters together - except what has already happened. Verily, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful


tafseer:
And all married women (are forbidden unto you), save such as your right hands possess (captives of war) - It is a decree of Allah for you. But lawful for you are all beyond these. So seek them with your wealth in honest marriage and not lust. But such of them from whom you seek comfort, give them their portions as a duty


tafseer:
But whoever of you cannot marry free women who believe, then marry from what your right hands possess, believing maids


tafseer:
Allah wishes to explain to you and to guide you into the ordinances of those who were before you, and would turn towards you in mercy, for Allah is Knowing, Wise.


tafseer:
Allah wishes to turn towards you in mercy, but those who follow their own lusts (desires, prejudices, addictions, superstitions) wish that you should go far astray!


tafseer:
O you who believe! Squander not your property amongst yourselves vainly, but use it in trade by mutual consent. And do not destroy yourselves (or kill one another)


tafseer:
If you avoid great sins from which you are forbidden, We will remit (or expel) your lesser offences (or all evil in you) and make you enter a noble gate.


tafseer:
And do not covet that by which Allah has preferred one of you over another. The men shall have what they earn, and the women what they earn


tafseer:
To every one have we appointed sharers (heirs, kinfolk, partners) to property left by parents and relatives. And to those with whom you have joined right hands (made pledges, contracts, marriages), give them also their portion. For, verily, Allah is Witness over all things.


tafseer:
Men are qawwam (have charge of, are protectors, maintainers) of women in that Allah hath made them superior in strength (or advantages), and in that they expend of their wealth (in support of women). So virtuous women are devoted (or obedient), careful (in their husband´s) absence, as Allah has cared for them. But those whose perverseness you fear, admonish them (first) and (then) remove them from your bedchambers, and (lastly) chastise them lightly (or punish by showing disapproval, withdrawing affection, separating)


tafseer:
And if you fear a breach between the two (husband and wife), then appoint an arbiter from his people and an arbiter from her people. If they wish for reconciliation, Allah will arrange between them


tafseer:
Who hoard their wealth and bid men to (or promote) avarice, and who hide what Allah has given them of His Bounty. We have prepared for the disbelievers a shameful woe.


tafseer:
And for those who expend their wealth in alms for appearance sake before men, and who believe not in Allah nor in the last day. Whoever takes Satan for his mate, an evil mate has he.


tafseer:
What harm would it do them if they believed in Allah and in the Last Day, and expended in alms of what Allah has provided them? But Allah has full Knowledge about them.


tafseer:
On the day when those who disbelieve and rebel against the Messenger would wish that they were levelled with the earth, but they cannot hide the facts from Allah.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Approach not prayer while you are drunk (or mentally dull), until you know (can understand) what you are saying


tafseer:
Do you not see those who have been given a portion of the Book? They buy error, and they wish that you may stray from the way!


tafseer:
But Allah knows best who your enemies are, and Allah suffices as a Patron (or protecting friend), and sufficient is Allah as a Helper.


tafseer:
O you who have been given the Book! Believe in what We have revealed, confirming what you had before


tafseer:
Verily, Allah pardons not associating anything with Him, but He pardons anything short of that, to whomsoever He pleases


tafseer:
Do you not see those who pride themselves for sanctity? Nay, Allah sanctifies whom He will, and they shall not be wronged a straw.


tafseer:
Do you not see those to whom a portion of the Book has been given? They believe in Gibt and Taghut (Idols and False Deities, vain things, sorcery, superstition), and they say of those who disbelieve, &quot


tafseer:
Do they envy man for what Allah has given of His grace? We have given to the House of Abraham the Scripture and Wisdom, and we have given them a mighty kingdom.


tafseer:
And of them are some who believe therein, and of them are some who turn from it, but Hell is flaming enough for them.


tafseer:
But those who believe and do right, We will make them enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, and they shall dwell therein for ever. For them therein are pure companions


tafseer:
Verily, Allah bids you repay your trusts to their owners, and when you judge between men to judge with justice. Verily, excellent is what He admonishes you


tafseer:
Do you not see those who pretend that they believe in what has been revealed to them, and what was revealed before you


tafseer:
How then when there befalls them a misfortune through their own actions? Then will they come to you, and swear by Allah, &quot


tafseer:
These people - Allah knows the secrets of their heart. Turn you away from them and admonish them, and speak to them words to reach their souls (or about their souls).


tafseer:
Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, these are in the company of those unto whom Allah has shown favour, of the prophets and saints and martyrs and the righteous


tafseer:
But if a fortune from Allah befalls you, they would surely say - as though there were no friendship between you and them - &quot


tafseer:
What ails you that you do not fight in Allah´s way, and for the weak (oppressed) men, women and children, who cry, &quot


tafseer:
Do they not meditate on the Quran? If it were from other than Allah they would find in it many a discrepancy (inconsistencies, contradictions).


tafseer:
Whoever intercedes (recommends, promotes, encourages) well in a good cause shall have the reward there from


tafseer:
And when you are greeted with a good (courteous, friendly, beneficial) salutation, salute with a better one, or return it


tafseer:
Allah! There is no god but He! He will surely assemble you on the Day (of Judgment or Resurrection), about which there is no doubt


tafseer:
What ails you that you have become two parties regarding the hypocrites, when Allah hath cast them back for what they earned? Do you wish to guide those whom Allah hath led astray? Whoever Allah hath led astray you shall surely find for him no path.


tafseer:
Save those who join (or take refuge among) a people betwixt whom and you is an alliance, or those who come to you because their heart forbid them from fighting you or fighting their own people. But had Allah pleased He could have given them power over you, and they would surely have fought you. So if they withdraw from you and do not fight you, and offer you peace, then Allah allows you no way against them.


tafseer:
And whoever kills a believer purposely, his reward is hell for ever. Allah will be wrath with him, and curse him, and prepare for him a mighty woe.


tafseer:
O you who believe! When you go forth in the way of Allah be discriminate, and do not say to him who offers you a salutation, &quot


tafseer:
Not alike are those of the believers who sit at home, except those have a disability, and those who strive in Allah´s way with their wealth and their lives. Allah hath preferred those who strive with their wealth and their lives to those who sit still, by many degrees. To each hath Allah promised good, but Allah hath bestowed on those who strive a greater reward than those who sit still,


tafseer:
And when you travel about in the earth, it is no crime to you that you shorten your prayer for fear that unbelievers will set upon you. Verily, the unbelievers are your obvious foes.


tafseer:
When you (Muhammad) are amongst them, and stand up to pray with them, then let a party of them stand up with you, and let them take their arms


tafseer:
Verily, We have revealed to you  the Book in truth that you may judge between men by what Allah has shown you


tafseer:
Here are ye, wrangling for them about this world´s life: - but who shall wrangle with Allah for them on the Day of Judgment, or who shall be their defender?


tafseer:
Yet whoever does evil and wrongs his own soul, and then asks pardon of Allah, shall find Allah Forgiving and Merciful


tafseer:
Whoever commits (or reaps, earns the wages or consequences of) a wrong (sin, crime), he only commits it against his own soul, for Allah is Knowing, Wise.


tafseer:
And whoever commits a fault or a wrong and throws it on the innocent, he has burdened himself with a falsehood and a manifest crime (sin).


tafseer:
Were it not for Allah´s grace upon you, and His mercy, a party of them would have tried to lead you astray


tafseer:
But he who severs himself from the prophet after the guidance has been made manifest to him, and follows other than the way of the believers, We will turn on him as he hath turned (appointing for him the path to which he himself has turned)


tafseer:
Verily, Allah forgives not associating anything with Him, but He pardons anything short of that, to whomsoever He will


tafseer:
But those who believe, and do what is right, We will make them enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever - It is Allah´s promise in truth


tafseer:
Not in accordance with your vain desires, nor the vain desires of the people of the Book. He who does evil shall be recompensed therewith, and shall not find for him beside Allah a patron, or a help.


tafseer:
But he who does good works, be it male or female, and believes, they shall enter into Paradise, and they shall not be wronged a jot.


tafseer:
Who has a better religion than he who surrenders himself to Allah, and does good, and follows the faith of Abraham, the upright? Allah took Abraham as a friend.


tafseer:
And if a woman fears from her husband perverseness or aversion (ill-treatment or desertion), it is no crime in them both that they should make terms of amicable settlement, for peace (agreement) is best. But souls are prone to avarice


tafseer:
It may be that you will not be able to act equitably to your wives, even though you ardently desire to. But do not turn away from her, leaving her in suspense. If you come to a friendly understanding and avoid evil, then Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.


tafseer:
To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and that is in the earth! We have charged those who have been given the Book before you, and you too, that you fear (respect and do your duty to) Allah. But if you disbelieve, verily, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and that is in the earth, and Allah is Absolute (free of all wants) and Worthy of all Praise!


tafseer:
He who wishes for a reward in this world, (know that) with Allah is the reward of this world and also of the Hereafter, and Allah is both Hearer and Seer.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Be you steadfast in justice, witnesses for Allah, though it is against yourselves, or your parents, or your kindred, be it rich or poor, for Allah is nearer both than either. Follow not, then, lusts (prejudices, superstitions, passions), so as to act unjustly (or with bias)


tafseer:
O you who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messengers, and the Book (Scripture) which He hath revealed to His Messenger, and the Book (Scripture) which He sent down before you


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe and then disbelieve, and then again believe and then disbelieve, and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never pardon them, nor will He guide them in the Way.


tafseer:
Yea, to those who take the disbelievers for their patron rather than believers. Do they crave honour from them? Verily, all honour is with Allah!


tafseer:
He hath revealed this to you in the Book, that when you hear the signs of Allah rejected and mocked, then sit you not down with them until they turn to another topic, for verily, then you would be like them. Verily, Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers into hell together.


tafseer:
Wavering (in distraction) between this and that, (belonging) neither to these nor yet to those! But whomsoever Allah causes to go astray you shall not find for him a Way.


tafseer:
Verily, the hypocrites are in the lowest depths of hell-fire, and you will not find for them a help.


tafseer:
Save those who repent, and do right, and take tight hold on Allah, and are sincere in religion for (or purify religion for) Allah


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve in Allah and His Messengers and desire to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers, and say, &quot


tafseer:
But those who believe in Allah and His messengers, and who do not make a distinction between any one of them, to these Allah will give their wages, for Allah is Forgiving and Merciful!


tafseer:
But then because they broke their covenant, and for their disbelief in Allah´s revelations, and for their killing the prophets undeservedly, and for their saying in defiance, &quot


tafseer:
And because of the iniquity (or injustice) of the Jews, We have forbidden them the good things which We had made lawful for them, and for their much obstructing the way of Allah,


tafseer:
And for their taking usury when We had forbidden it, and for their vain devouring of the wealth of people by false pretences, We have prepared for those of them who disbelieve a grievous woe.


tafseer:
But those amongst them who are firm in knowledge, and the faithful who believe in what is revealed to you , and what was revealed before you, and especially the steadfast in prayer, the givers of alms, the believers in Allah and the Last Day, unto these We will give a mighty reward.


tafseer:
Verily, We have inspired you (Muhammad) as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him, and as We inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Jacob, and the tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon


tafseer:
Messengers giving glad tidings and warning, that men should have no argument against Allah, after the coming of messengers, for Allah is Mighty, Wise!


tafseer:
But Allah bears witness to what He has revealed to you: He revealed it from His own knowledge, and the angels bear witness too


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve and do wrong (are unjust), Allah will not pardon them, nor will He guide them on the Way


tafseer:
O you people! The Messenger has come to you with truth from your Lord: believe, then, in him, for it is better for you. But if you disbelieve, then (know) that to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Knower, Wise


tafseer:
O you people of the Book! Do not commit excesses in your religion, nor say against Allah anything save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, was but the messenger of Allah and His Word, which He cast into Mary and a Spirit from Him


tafseer:
But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their due reward and will give increase to them from His Bounty. But as for those who are disdainful and arrogant, He will punish them with a grievous woe,


tafseer:
O you people! Convincing Proof has come to you from your Lord, for We have sent down to you manifest light.


tafseer:
Then those who believe in Allah, and take tight hold of Him, He will admit them into His mercy and Grace


tafseer:
O you who believe! Fulfil all your undertakings (and obligations). Lawful for you are beasts, save what is here announced. Forbidden you is the chase while you are on pilgrimage. Verily, Allah ordains according to His Will and Plan.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Profane not the Symbols of Allah (things connected with the pilgrimage), nor the sacred month (of pilgrimage), nor the sacrificial offering, nor the garlands (decorating these animals), nor those who sojourn at the sacred house (Kaaba), craving the grace and pleasure of their Lord. But when you are clear of the sacred precincts and the pilgrim´s garb then you may hunt again. And let not hatred against the people who once turned you from the Sacred Mosque tempt you to transgress


tafseer:
Forbidden to you (for food) is that which dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is devoted to other than Allah, and that which has died by strangling, or by violence, or by a fall, or by goring, and which has been eaten by wild animals - except what you slaughter correctly - and what is sacrificed to idols. And (forbidden) is the dividing (raffling) of carcasses by arrows (i.e. by games of chance). This is an abomination. This day are the disbelievers in despair of harming your religion


tafseer:
This day all things good and pure are made lawful for you. The food of those to whom the Book has been given is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them


tafseer:
O you who believe! When you rise up to prayer wash your faces, and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet down to the ankles. And if you are polluted, then purify yourselves (bathe). But if you are sick, or on a journey, or if you come from the toilet, or if you have touched women and cannot find water, then take from high ground (clean) sand or earth and wipe your faces and your hands therewith. Allah does not wish to make a burden for you


tafseer:
Allah has promised to those who believe and work righteousness, that for them is forgiveness and a mighty reward.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Remember Allah´s favour towards you, when a people intended to stretch their hands against you, but He withheld their hands from you. Keep your duty to Allah, and in Allah let believers trust.


tafseer:
Allah did in the past make a covenant with the children of Israel, and raised up among them twelve chiefs


tafseer:
And because they broke their covenant, We cursed them, and placed hardness in their heart. They perverted the words from their contexts, and forgot a portion of what they were admonished. you will not cease to find treachery from all, save a few of them


tafseer:
O you people of the Book! Now has Our Messenger come to you to expound unto you much of what you used to hide in the Book, and forgiving (or abolishing) much. Now has come unto you light from Allah, and a perspicuous Book -


tafseer:
Allah guides thereby those who seek His pleasure, to the way of peace, and leads them out of darkness into light by His decree, and guides them unto a Straight Way.


tafseer:
O people of the Book! Now Our Messenger has come to you to make things plain, after an interval in the succession of Messengers, lest you say, &quot


tafseer:
But the other´s soul compelled him to slay his brother, and so he slew him, and became one of the losers.


tafseer:
Then Allah sent a crow to scratch in the earth and show him how he might hide his brother´s naked corpse. He said, &quot


tafseer:
For this cause have We prescribed to the children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless it be for murder or for mischief (or corruption) in the land, it would be as though he had killed all mankind


tafseer:
The reward of those who make war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive after corruption (or disruption) in the earth, is only that they shall be slaughtered or crucified, or their hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or that they shall be banished from the land. That is a disgrace for them in this world, and in the Hereafter is mighty woe


tafseer:
O you who believe! Fear (be dutiful to) Allah and crave the means to approach Him, and strive in His way in order that you may succeed (or prosper).


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve, even though they had all that is in the earth, and the like thereof with it, to offer as a ransom from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them


tafseer:
They may wish to go forth from the Fire, but they shall not go forth there from. For them is lasting woe.


tafseer:
The thief, man or woman, cut off their hands (or ability to do evil or means of livelihood). It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah (or one making an example). Allah is Mighty, Wise.


tafseer:
But whoever repents after his wrongdoing (injustice) and makes amends, verily, Allah will relent towards him, for, verily, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
O you Messenger! Let not those grieve you who vie with each other in disbelief, be they of those who say with their mouths &quot


tafseer:
They are listeners to falsehood, eaters of unlawful things! But if they come to you, then judge between them or ignore them. If you turn aside from them they shall not harm you at all, but if you judge, then judge between them with justice, for verily, Allah loves the just.


tafseer:
But why should they make you their judge, when they have their own Law, wherein is Allah´s judgment? Yet they turn back even after that, for they do not really believe.


tafseer:
And We followed up the footsteps of these (prophets) with Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which was before him, and We bestowed upon him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, verifying what was before it of the Torah (Hebrew Scripture), a guidance and an admonition unto those who fear (or ward off evil).


tafseer:
Then let the people of the gospel judge by that which is revealed therein, for whoever will not judge by what Allah has revealed, these are the evil doers.


tafseer:
And unto you (Muhammad) have We revealed the Book in truth, verifying what was before it, and preserving it. Judge then between them by what Allah has revealed, and follow not their lusts (prejudices, fantasies), turning away from what is given to you of the truth. For each of you have We appointed a Law and a traced out Path. Had Allah pleased He would have made you one nation, but that He may try you by that which He has given you. Therefore, vie with one another in virtue. Unto Allah will you all return, and He will then inform you concerning that wherein you dispute.


tafseer:
Wherefore judge you between them by what Allah has revealed, and follow not their lusts (prejudices, fantasies, superstitions)


tafseer:
Is it the judgment of the Time of Ignorance (i.e. before the Revelation) for which they crave? But who is better than Allah as judge for people who are certain?


tafseer:
O you who believe! Take not the Jews and Christians for your friends (or patrons): they are friends (or patrons) to each other. Whoever amongst you takes them for friend (or patron), verily, he is of them, and, verily, Allah guides not an unjust people.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Whoever of you turns away from his religion, Allah will bring (instead) a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble to believers, stern to unbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, fearing not the blame (or reproach) of any blamer (or critic). That is Allah´s Grace! He gives it unto whom He pleases, for Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.


tafseer:
Only Allah is your friend, and His Messenger and those who believe, who are steadfast in prayer and give alms, bowing down (in prayer).


tafseer:
Whoever takes as friend Allah and His Messenger and those who believe - verily, the Fellowship of Allah will be victorious!


tafseer:
O you who believe! Take not for friends and patrons those who take your religion for a jest or a sport, from either amongst those who have been given the Book before or the disbelievers


tafseer:
Thee will see many of them vying in sin and enmity, and in devouring unlawful things, - evil is it that they have done.


tafseer:
Why do not their rabbis and their doctors forbid them from speaking sin and eating unlawful things - verily, evil is what they have performed.


tafseer:
But if only the people of the Book would believe and fear (avoid evil), We would remit their offences, and We would make them enter into Gardens of Delight.


tafseer:
And if they had been steadfast in the Torah and the Gospel, and what has been sent down to them from their Lord, they would surely have nourishment from above them and below them. Amongst them are a people who are moderate, but many of them are of evil conduct.


tafseer:
O Messenger! Make known what has been revealed to you from your Lord. If you do it not then you have not conveyed His message, and Allah will not protect you from (mischief making) men for Allah guides not people who disbelieve.


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews, and the Sabaeans, and the Christians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, and does what is right, they shall not fear, nor shall they grieve.


tafseer:
Those of the children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary


tafseer:
Thee will see many of them taking those who disbelieve for their friends. Surely, evil is that which their souls have sent before them, for Allah´s wrath is on them, and in the torment shall they dwell.


tafseer:
But had they believed in Allah and the Prophet, and what was revealed to him, they would not have taken these for friends. But many of them are evildoers.


tafseer:
Thee will surely find that the strongest in enmity against those who believe are the Jews and the idolaters (Pagans)


tafseer:
And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you will see their eyes overflow with tears at what they recognize as Truth


tafseer:
Why should we not believe in Allah and the Truth that is given to us, nor desire that our Lord should make us enter the company of the righteous?&quot


tafseer:
Therefore has Allah rewarded them, for what they said, with Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever


tafseer:
O you who believe! Forbid not the good things which Allah has made lawful for you, nor transgress (or commit excess)


tafseer:
Allah will not take you to task for the unintentional (or futile) word in your oaths (or promises), but He will take you task for oaths you swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is to feed ten poor men with the average food you feed your families with, or to clothe them, or to free a slave


tafseer:
O you who believe! Verily, strong drinks (intoxicants, fermented or alcoholic drinks), and el maisar (gambling, trying to get something for nothing), and statues (idols), and divining arrows (superstitions and games of chance)) are only an abomination of Satan´s work


tafseer:
Satan only desires to place enmity and hatred between you by wine and maisar, and to turn you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer


tafseer:
Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and beware, for if you turn back then know that the duty of Our Messenger is only to deliver the message clearly?


tafseer:
There is no crime in those who believe and do right, for having tasted forbidden food, when they fear (guard themselves from evil) and believe. So fear (do your duty to) Allah, and believe, and do what is right


tafseer:
O you who believe! Allah will try you with something of the game (by hunting) that your hands and your lances take, that Allah may know who fears Him in secret


tafseer:
O you who believe! Kill not game while you are on pilgrimage. But he amongst you who kills it purposely, he shall compensate the equivalent of that which he has killed, in domestic animals - of which two just persons amongst you shall judge - an offering brought to the Kaaba


tafseer:
Allah has made the Kaaba, the Sacred House, to be a standard (or an Asylum of Security) for men, and also the Sacred Month, and the Offering (sacrifices) and its Garland (which mark them)


tafseer:
The Messenger has only the duty to proclaim the message, but Allah knows what you show and what you hide.


tafseer:
People before you have asked such questions, yet on the morrow they disbelieved therein (or lost their faith).


tafseer:
And Allah has not instituted (superstitions like those of) Bahirah or Saibah, nor Wazilah nor Hami, (classes of cattle revered and liberated in honour of idols) but those who disbelieve invent a lie against Allah, for most of them have no sense.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Let there be a witnesses among you when any of you is on the point of death at the time he makes his will - two equitable persons from amongst your family or two others from some other folk, in case you are journeying away in the land, and the calamity of death befall you. If you doubt them, then shut them both up after prayer, and they shall both swear by Allah, &quot


tafseer:
But if it later found that they too have deserved the imputation of sin, then let two others stand up in their place with those who think them deserving of the imputation, the nearest two in kin, and they shall both swear by Allah, &quot


tafseer:
Unto Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens, and the earth, and all that is therein, and He has Power to do all things.


tafseer:
Praise belongs to Allah who created the heavens and the earth, and hath brought into being the darkness and the light. Yet do those who disbelieve ascribe partners to Him.


tafseer:
He is Allah in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret (or hidden) conduct and your public (or manifest) ones, and He knows what you earn.


tafseer:
6:5.And now they reject the truth that has come to them, but soon shall come to them a message (They shall learn the truth) about that at which they mocked.


tafseer:
Do not they see how many a generation We have destroyed before them, whom We had established more firmly than you, and sent them abundant rain from heaven, and made the rivers flow beneath them? Yet We destroyed them for their sins, and raised up other generations after them.


tafseer:
Had We sent down to you a book on paper, and they had touched it with their hands, still those who disbelieve would have said, &quot


tafseer:
And had We appointed an angel, We would have had to send him in the form of a man too (that he may speak to men) and this would have made perplexing for them that which they deem perplexing now.


tafseer:
There have been Messengers before you who were mocked at, but that at which they mocked surrounded (mocked, turned the tables on) the mockers.


tafseer:
Those to whom We have brought the Book know this (revelation) as they know their own sons - those who ruin their souls do not believe.


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who forges against Allah a lie, or denies His revelations? Verily, the unjust shall not prosper.


tafseer:
On the day when We shall gather them all together, then shall We say to those who have associated others with Ourself, &quot


tafseer:
And among them are some who listen unto you, but We have placed a veil upon their heart lest they should understand it, and in their ears is deafness


tafseer:
Losers, indeed, are they who disbelieved in meeting Allah, until, when the hour comes suddenly upon them, they say, &quot


tafseer:
Naught is the life of this world but a game (or pastime) and a sport (or amusement). Surely, better by far is the abode of the Hereafter for those who fear (and do their duty). Will you not understand?


tafseer:
And if their aversion be hard for you, and if you can, seek for a shaft down into the earth, or a ladder up into the sky, to bring them a sign - if Allah pleased He could have brought them all to guidance - be you not then of the ignorant.


tafseer:
Only those can accept who hear. As for the dead, Allah will raise them up, then unto Him shall they return.


tafseer:
There is not a beast upon the earth nor a bird that flies with both its wings, but is a people like to you


tafseer:
Those who rejected Our signs are deaf and dumb, in darkness! Whom He pleases does Allah sends astray, and whom He pleases He places on the Straight Way.


tafseer:
Nay, it is on Him that you would call, and He will remove that because of which you call upon Him, if He will


tafseer:
Ere this We sent unto nations before you, and We sent them distress and adversity that per chance (or possibly) they might humble themselves.


tafseer:
If only, when Our violence falls upon them, they had been humble, but their heart was hard, and Satan made seemly to them all that they used to do.


tafseer:
And when they forgot what they were reminded of, We opened for them the gates of all things, until when they rejoiced at what they had, We caught them up suddenly (or unawares, unexpectedly), and Lo! They were plunged into despair.


tafseer:
And the uttermost part of the people who did wrong were cut off. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds!


tafseer:
We do not send our messengers save as heralds of glad tidings and of warning, and whoever believes and acts aright, there is no fear for them, and they shall not be grieved.


tafseer:
Repel not those who call upon their Lord in the morning and in the evening, seeking His Countenance (Face, Presence)


tafseer:
Then are they returned to Allah, their true and just Sovereign. Is not His the judgment (or rule)? But He is the most swift at reckoning.


tafseer:
For every Announcement (Message, prophecy) there is a set term, and you will soon come to know it.&quot


tafseer:
When you see those who plunge deeply into vain discussion of Our Signs (revelations), turn away from them until they discuss another topic. It may be that Satan makes you forget, but sit not, after you have remembered, with the congregation of the faithless (or unjust or wrong-doers).


tafseer:
Those who fear (or avoid evil, the righteous) are not accountable for them at all, but remind them (or give them the Reminder, i.e. the teachings of the Quran) that per chance (or possibly) they may learn to fear (Allah).


tafseer:
Leave alone (forsake, abandon) those who have taken their religion for a play (pastime) and a sport (jest, amusement), whom the life of the world has deceived, and remind them hereby lest a soul be destroyed by what it has earned. It has, beside Allah, no patron or intercessor


tafseer:
Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of heaven and of the earth, that he should be of those who possess certainty.


tafseer:
Verily, I have turned my face to Him who originated the heaven and the earth, as a ´Hanif´ (as one who is by nature upright), and I am not of the idolaters.&quot


tafseer:
How should I fear that which you associate with Him, when you yourselves fear not to associate with Allah that for which you have no warrant (proof or power to do)? Which then of us two parties is worthier of certainty (of belief), tell me if you know?&quot


tafseer:
It is those who believe and confuse not their faith with wrong, they are those who shall have security, and they are the rightly guided.


tafseer:
These are our arguments which We gave to Abraham against his people. We raise whom We will by degrees of wisdom. Verily, your Lord is wise and Aware.


tafseer:
And We gave to him Isaac and Jacob, each did We guide - And before him We guided Noah - and among his seed, David and Solomon and Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron, - for thus do We reward those who do good.


tafseer:
It is to these We gave the Book and the Judgment and Prophethood. But if they disbelieve therein, then, indeed, We shall entrust it to a people who will not disbelieve. (See Matthew 8:11-12, Galatians 3:7-16)


tafseer:
This is the Book which We have revealed, bringing blessing and confirming those which came before it, and to warn the Mother of Cities (Mecca) and those around her. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe therein, and they are steadfast in their worship.


tafseer:
And you come now alone as We created you at first, and you have left behind you that which We granted you


tafseer:
He it is who cleaves out the morning, and makes night a repose, and the sun and the moon two reckonings (of Time). That is the decree of the Mighty, the Wise!


tafseer:
He it is who made for you stars that you might be guided thereby in the darkness of the land and of the sea. Now have We detailed the signs unto a people who have knowledge.


tafseer:
He it is who made you spring from one soul, and gave you a settlement and a depository (or a temporary and a permanent residence). Now have We detailed the signs unto a people who have discerning.


tafseer:
Yet they made the Jinn equal with Allah, though He did create them! And they ascribed to Him sons and daughters, though they have no knowledge


tafseer:
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son, when He has no female companion, and when He has created everything, and He is Aware of all things?


tafseer:
Now has insight (or proof) come unto you from your Lord, and he who sees therewith it is for his own good


tafseer:
But had Allah pleased, they would not have associated aught with Him. We have not made you a keeper over them, nor are you for them a warder (or responsible for them).


tafseer:
Revile (or abuse) not those who call on other than Allah, for then they may abuse Allah openly in their ignorance. Thus We make seemly to every nation their deeds. But unto their Lord is their return, and He will inform them of the truth of what they used to do.


tafseer:
They swore by Allah with their strongest oaths, that if there come to them a Sign they will indeed believe therein. Say, ´Signs are only in Allah´s hands - but understand that even when one has come, they will not believe (or understanding is in Allah´s hand).&quot


tafseer:
We confound their heart and their eyesight, even as they believed not at first, We will leave them, in their rebellion, blindly wandering on.


tafseer:
And had We sent down unto them angels, or the dead had spoken to them, or We had gathered together the hosts before their very eyes, they would not have believed unless Allah so willed - but most of them are ignorant.


tafseer:
Shall I seek for Judge other than Allah, when it is He who has sent down to you this Book in detail? Those to whom We gave the Book know that it is sent down from your Lord, in truth. So, be not you of those who doubt.


tafseer:
The words of your Lord are perfected (or fulfiled) in truth and justice. There is none to change His words, for He is Hearer and Knower.


tafseer:
But if you follow most of those who are in the land, they will lead you astray from the Way of Allah. They follow naught but opinion (conjecture or suspicion) and they only guess.


tafseer:
Consume then of that over which Allah´s name has been pronounced, if you believe in His signs (or revelations).


tafseer:
Why should you not eat from that over which Allah´s name has been pronounced, when He has detailed unto you what is unlawful for you, unless you are compelled (or under necessity). But, verily, many are lead astray (or will lead you astray) by their lusts (or fancies, prejudices) through ignorance. Verily, your Lord knows best the transgressors.


tafseer:
Forsake the outer and inner (and the open and secret) sin, verily, those who earn sin shall be recompensed for what they have earned.


tafseer:
But consume not of that over which the name of Allah has not been pronounced, for, verily, it is an abomination. Verily, the devils inspire their friends to dispute with you. But if you obey them, then you will be, indeed, idolaters.


tafseer:
Is he who was dead and We have quickened (given him life) him, and made for him a light, wherein walks amongst men, like him whose likeness is one walking in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made seemly to the disbelievers.


tafseer:
And thus have We placed great ones (leaders) in every town, its wicked ones, that they may plot therein. But they do but plot against themselves, though they perceive not.


tafseer:
This is the way of your Lord, a Straight Way. We have detailed the revelations unto a mindful people.


tafseer:
For them is an abode of peace with their Lord. He will be their patron because of what they used to do.


tafseer:
O assembly of jinn and men! Did there not come to you Messengers of your own (or from amongst you), relating to you Our Signs, and warning you of the meeting of this Day? They will say, &quot


tafseer:
That is because your Lord would never destroy a township arbitrarily, while their people are unaware (of what is wrong).


tafseer:
They set apart a portion for Allah, from that which He raises in abundance, of tilth and of cattle, and they say, according to their fancies &quot


tafseer:
Losers are they who slay their children, from folly, without knowledge, and who forbid what Allah has bestowed upon them, inventing lies against Allah. They have, indeed erred and heeded not guidance.


tafseer:
He it is who brought forth gardens with trailing and untrailing vines, and the palms and corn land, with various food, and olives, and pomegranates, alike and unlike. Eat from the fruit thereof whenever it fruits, and bring the dues thereof on the harvest day, and be not wasters (greedy or extravagant). Verily, He loves not the wasters.


tafseer:
And cattle (He produces) some to carry burdens and some to eat. Eat of what Allah has bestowed upon you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan


tafseer:
Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing for him who would do right, and an explanation and a guidance and a mercy, that per chance (or possibly) they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.


tafseer:
Do they wait, expecting that the angels should come for them, or that your Lord (Himself) should come, or that one of the Signs of your Lord should come? On the day when the Sign does come, its faith shall profit no soul which did not believe before, nor earned, by its faith, from good works. Say, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, those who divided their religion and became sectarians, you have no concern with them. Their affair is in the hands of Allah, He will then inform them of that which they used to do.


tafseer:
He who brings a good work shall receive tenfold the like thereof, but he who brings a bad work shall be recompensed only with the like thereof, for they shall not be wronged.


tafseer:
He it is who made you Vicegerents (Agents, Successors, Inheritors) of the earth, and raised some of you above others in degree (or rank, virtue, power, wealth, ability etc.), to try you by that which he has given you


tafseer:
7:2.This is a Book revealed to you (O Muhammad) - so let there be no heaviness in your breast, that you may warn the erring thereby, and remind the believers.


tafseer:
Yet how many a town have We destroyed, and Our wrath came upon it by night, or while they slept at noon


tafseer:
But those whose scales are light, they it is who lose their souls, for that they did act unjustly by Our Signs (revelations, creatures).


tafseer:
We have given you power (authority) in the earth, and provided for you therein the means of self-fulfilment (livelihood, opportunities, resources, faculties)


tafseer:
Then Satan whispered to them (planted suggestions in their minds) to display to them what was kept back from them of their shame (they felt shame or guilt for the first time), and he said, &quot


tafseer:
And so he beguiled them by deceit. And when the twain had tasted of the Tree, their shame was manifested unto them, and they began to sew upon themselves the leaves of the Garden (to hide their shame, nakedness. rebelliousness or sinfulness) And their Lord called unto them, &quot


tafseer:
O children of Adam! We have revealed to you garments wherewith to cover your shame, and adornments (ornaments, embellishments, enhancements)


tafseer:
O children of Adam! Let not Satan infatuate you as he drove your parents out of Paradise, stripping from them their garments, and exposing for them their shame


tafseer:
A section is led by His guidance, while error has just hold on another, for, verily, they did take the devils for their patrons instead of Allah, and deemed that they were guided.&quot


tafseer:
O children of Adam! Take your adornments (clothes, grooming, manners, etiquette etc.) to every place of worship and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant (wasteful), for He loves not the extravagant (wasteful).


tafseer:
Every nation (or community) has its appointed term, and when their appointed term is completed they cannot delay it an hour, nor can they advance it.


tafseer:
O children of Adam! Verily, there will come to you Messengers from amongst you, narrating unto you My Signs


tafseer:
But those who reject Our Signs, and who are arrogant, these are the Fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein.


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who devises a lie against Allah, and scorns His Signs (or revelations)? For such, their portion of the Book (of Destiny) shall reach them, until, when Our Messengers come to take their souls away, and say, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, those who deny and scorn Our Signs in arrogance, for these the doors of heaven shall not be opened, nor shall they enter into the Garden, until a camel can pass through the eye of a needle. Such is Our reward for the guilty. (Compare with MatthewMark 10:25)


tafseer:
But those who believe and do what is right - We will not oblige a soul with more than it´s capacity - they are the companions of the Garden


tafseer:
We will strip away what rancour (ill feeling) is in their breasts. There shall flow beneath them Rivers, and they shall say, &quot


tafseer:
And betwixt the two (Hell and Paradise) there is a veil, and on the Heights are men (exalted or able men) who know each by their marks


tafseer:
And the Companions of the Height will call out to the men whom they know by their marks, and say, &quot


tafseer:
Behold, are these others not those of whom you swore, that Allah would not extend mercy? But it is said to them &quot


tafseer:
Now We have brought them a Book explaining it with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe.


tafseer:
Do they just wait now for its fulfilment (or interpretation)? On the day when its fulfilment shall come, those who forgot it before will say, &quot


tafseer:
Call on your Lord humbly and secretly, verily, He loves not the aggressors (the arrogant, the transgressors).


tafseer:
Work not confusion (chaos, mischief or evil) in the earth after it has been rightly ordered, and call upon Him with fear and hope (longing and earnestness)


tafseer:
Marvel you that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by a man from amongst you, to warn you, that you may fear evil, and that per chance (or possibly) you may receive mercy?&quot


tafseer:
Marvel you then that there comes to you a Reminder from your Lord by a man from amongst you, to warn you? Remember when He made you vicegerents (or inheritors) after Noah´s people, and gave you growth of stature (prosperity, honour, excellence). Remember, then, the bounties of your Lord, that per chance (or possibly) you may be successful!&quot


tafseer:
But We rescued him and those with him, by Our Mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe.&quot


tafseer:
And remember how he made you vicegerents (agents, inheritors) after Ad and established you in the earth so that you took for yourselves castles on its plains and hewed out mountains into houses. So remember the bounties of Allah, and waste not the land, despoiling it.&quot


tafseer:
The chiefs from amongst his people, those who were inflated with pride, said to those whom they despised, those amongst them who believed, &quot


tafseer:
Then they did hamstring the she-camel, and rebelled against the commandment of their Lord and said, &quot


tafseer:
Those who denied Shu´eyb, became as though they had not dwelt there! - Those who had denied Shu´eyb, they were the losers!


tafseer:
We have not sent unto a community any prophet but We inflicted the people thereof with tribulation (suffering, distress) and adversity, that per chance (or possibly) they might humble themselves.


tafseer:
And then did We exchanged good for evil (suffering for prosperity), until they grew (in strength and prosperity) and said, &quot


tafseer:
Had the people of the town but believed and feared, We would have opened up for them blessings from the heavens and from the earth


tafseer:
Were, then, the people of these cities secure that Our Wrath would not come on them by night, while they slept?


tafseer:
Were the people of these cities secure that Our Wrath would not come on them in the morning whilst they played carefree?


tafseer:
Were they secure from the Plan of Allah? None deems himself secure from the Plan of Allah except a people that are doomed to perish.


tafseer:
Is it not a guidance (lesson) shown to those who inherit the earth after its (former) people, that, did We please, We would smite them in their sins, and would set a stamp upon their heart that they should not hear?


tafseer:
Such were these cities. We do relate to you their stories. There came to them Our Messengers with manifest Signs


tafseer:
One, for whom it is not right to speak against Allah aught but the truth. I have come to you with a manifest sign from my Lord. Send, then, the children of Israel with me.&quot


tafseer:
I will cut off your hands and your feet from opposite sides, then I will crucify you every one!&quot


tafseer:
Do you take vengeance on us because we believe in the signs of our Lord, when they come to us. Our Lord! Pour out upon us patience and constancy, and take us to Thyself as men who have surrendered (become Muslims).&quot


tafseer:
We punished Pharaoh´s people with the years (of drought) and scarcity of fruit or crops), that per chance (or possibly) they might remember.


tafseer:
So We sent upon them the flood and the locusts and the vermin and the frogs and the blood, - a succession of clear Signs. But they were inflated with arrogance, a guilty people.


tafseer:
But when We removed the penalty from them, according to an appointed term which they had to fulfil, lo! then they broke their promise.


tafseer:
But We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they rejected Our Signs, and were careless thereof.


tafseer:
And We gave unto a people, despised and weak, an inheritance, lands in both east and west, lands which We had blessed. And the good promise of your Lord was fulfiled on the children of Israel, because they were patient and constant. And We utterly destroyed all the works which Pharaoh and his people had done and that which they had devised.


tafseer:
And We passed the children of Israel safely across the sea. They came upon a people devoted to their idols, and said, &quot


tafseer:
And (remember) when We saved you from Pharaoh´s people who wrought you evil woe, slaying your sons, and sparing your women. In that was a mighty trial from your Lord.


tafseer:
And We appointed for Moses thirty nights (of solitude), and added ten (more), and he completed the time appointed by his Lord for forty nights. And Moses said unto his brother Aaron, &quot


tafseer:
And We wrote for him upon Tablets, admonitions, commanding and explaining everything, and said, &quot


tafseer:
But those who deny Our revelations (or Signs) and the meeting of the Hereafter, in vain are their works. Shall they be rewarded save for that which they have done?


tafseer:
And the people of Moses, after he had left them, chose (for worship) an image of a lowing calf (or one that seemed to low) made out of their ornaments. Did they not see that it could not speak to them or guide them in the path? They chose it and became wrongdoers (or unjust, unreasonable, irrational, superstitious people).


tafseer:
But when they bit their hands (in realization and fear) and saw that they had gone astray, they said, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, those who have taken to themselves a calf, there shall reach them wrath from their Lord, and abasement in the life of this world


tafseer:
But those who have done bad works, and then turn again after them and believe - verily, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.&quot


tafseer:
And when Moses´ wrath calmed down he took up the Tables, in the inscription of which was guidance and mercy for those who fear their Lord.


tafseer:
Those who follow the Messenger - the unlettered Prophet - whom they find mentioned in their own Law and Gospel. (Deuteronomy18 and Johnbidding them what is just (reasonable) and forbidding them what is wrong (evil, unreasonable, stupid)


tafseer:
But when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We saved those who forbade evil, and We overtook those who did wrong with grievous punishment because they transgressed.


tafseer:
And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed that He would surely raise against them till the Day of Resurrection, those who would lay on them grievous torment. Verily, your Lord is quick in retribution, but verily, He is also Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
We broke them up into sections in the earth. Among them are some who are righteous, and among them are those who are the opposite. We have tried them with good things and with bad things, that per chance (or possibly) they may return (to Us).


tafseer:
But after them a generation succeeded them who inherited the Book (Scriptures)! They chose the vanities of this lower world, saying, &quot


tafseer:
But those who hold fast by the Book and are steadfast in prayer - verily, We will not waste the wages of those who do right.


tafseer:
And when We shook the mountain over them, as though it were a covering, and they thought it would fall upon them, We said, &quot


tafseer:
And when your Lord drew forth from the children of Adam, out of their loins, their seed (or descendants), and made them testify about themselves, &quot


tafseer:
Read to them the declaration of him to whom We brought our Signs, and who stepped away there from, and Satan followed him, and he became one of those who lead (tempt or are tempted to go) astray.


tafseer:
Had We pleased We would have exalted him thereby (with Our Signs), but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust, and his likeness was as the likeness of a dog, whom if you should attack he hangs out his tongue, or if you should leave him, hangs out his tongue too. Such is the likeness of the people who say our Signs (revelations) are lies. Tell them then these tales - per chance (or possibly) they may reflect.


tafseer:
He whom Allah leads, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sends astray, they are indeed losers.


tafseer:
And of those whom We have created is a people who are guided with the truth and establish justice therewith.


tafseer:
Do they not behold the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth, and what things Allah has created, and (see that), it may well be that their term is already drawing to its end? In what after this then will they believe?


tafseer:
He whom Allah leads astray there is no guide for him! He leaves them blindly wandering in their rebellion.


tafseer:
He it is who created you from a single soul, and made there from its mate to dwell with her (in comfort and love)


tafseer:
But when He gave them both a well-formed child, they joined partners with Him with respect to that which He had given them. But Allah is exalted above that which they associate with Him.


tafseer:
But if you call them unto guidance they follow you not. It is all the same to them if you call them or if you hold your tongue.


tafseer:
Those whom you call on other than Allah are servants like yourselves. Call on them then, and let them answer you, if you are truthful.


tafseer:
Have they feet to walk with? Or have they hands to hold with? Or have they eyes to see with? Or have they ears to hear with? Say, Call upon your (supposed) partners (of Allah)


tafseer:
But if you call them unto the guidance, they hear not. You will see them looking at you, yet they see not.


tafseer:
And if an incitement from the devil wound you, then seek refuge in Allah: verily, He is Hearer and Knower.


tafseer:
Verily, those who fear Allah, if a temptation (suggestion, whisper) from the devil touches (assaults, troubles) them, they do but remember (or mention) Him, and lo! They see (realise).


tafseer:
And when the Quran is read, then listen thereto with attention, and keep silence, that per chance (or possibly) you may obtain mercy.


tafseer:
And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and with awe, below your breath, in the morning and in the evening


tafseer:
Verily, they who are with your Lord are not too big with pride (arrogant) for His service, but they praise and bow before Him in adoration.


tafseer:
These are in truth believers. For them are degrees of honour with their Lord, and forgiveness, and a generous provision.


tafseer:
Even as your Lord caused you to go forth from your house with the Truth, a sect of the believers were averse to it.


tafseer:
They disputed with you about the Truth after it was made plain, as though they were being driven on to visible death.


tafseer:
And when Allah promised you that one of the two troops (the army or the caravan) should be your s, and you yearned to have the unarmed one (the caravan). Allah wished to justify Truth by His words, and to cut off the root of the unbelievers.


tafseer:
Allah made it glad tidings only to reassure your heart therewith, for victory comes only from Allah! Verily, Allah is Mighty and Wise.


tafseer:
Remember when drowsiness covered you as a reassurance from Him, and He sent down upon you rain from heaven to purify you, to remove from you the plague of Satan, and to make strong your heart and firm your footsteps.


tafseer:
For he who turns his back that day, save as a stratagem of war, or to retreat to his own troop, brings down upon himself the wrath of Allah, and his resort is Hell, an evil refuge.


tafseer:
(O unbelievers!) If you sought a judgment, a decision has now come to you. But if you desist, it will be better for you


tafseer:
O you who believe! Respond unto Allah and His Messenger when He calls you to that which quickens you


tafseer:
And fear temptation (or trial, chastisement, oppression, discord, chaos) which falls not exclusively on those of you who have done wrong


tafseer:
Remember when you were few in number and weak in the land, fearing lest people should despoil and snatch you away


tafseer:
O you who believe! If you fear (does your duty to) Allah He will give you discrimination (or a Criterion) and will rid you of your evil thoughts and deeds, and will forgive you


tafseer:
And when those who disbelieved plotted against you to detain you in bonds, or slay you, or drive you forth - they plotted, but Allah also plotted, for Allah is best of Plotters.


tafseer:
But what plea have they that Allah should not punish them when they turn folk away from the Sacred Mosque (The Kaaba), though they are not its fitting guardians? Its fitting guardians are only the righteous (those who keep their duty to Allah), but most of them know not.


tafseer:
Their prayer at the House was naught but whistling and hand clapping! Therefore, (it is said to them) Taste of the doom because you disbelieved!


tafseer:
That Allah may separate the vile from the good, and may stack the vile on top of each others, and heap them together in hell! Such are the losers!


tafseer:
Fight them then until there be no more oppression, and that religion may be wholly Allah´s. But if they desist, then Allah is Seer of what they do.


tafseer:
But if they turn their backs, then know that Allah is your patron, the Supreme Patron, the Supreme Helper.


tafseer:
And know that whenever you seize anything as a spoil of war, to Allah belongs a fifth thereof, and to His Apostle, and to kindred and orphans, and the needy and the wayfarer


tafseer:
When you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the far side, and the camel caravan was below you, had you made an appointment then to meet, you would have failed to keep it. But it was otherwise, so that Allah might accomplish a thing that must be done (or was already decreed)


tafseer:
Allah showed them unto you (Muhammad) in your dream as few in number. But had He shown them to you as many, you (Muslims) would have been timid (afraid), and you would have quarrelled about the matter. But Allah saved you from this. Verily, He knows well the secret of men´s heart!


tafseer:
O you who believe! When you encounter a force, then stand firm and remember Allah much, that you may be successful (or may prosper)!


tafseer:
And obey Allah and His Messenger, and dispute not with one another, lest you falter (or lose heart) and your strength (or powers or luck) depart, but be steadfast (patient and persevering), for verily, Allah is with the steadfast.


tafseer:
And be not like those who went forth from their homes with insolence, and for appearance sake before men, and to turn away people from the way of Allah, for Allah surrounds all things.


tafseer:
If you could see how the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve, smiting them on their faces and hinder parts, saying, &quot


tafseer:
Their deeds are like those of Pharaoh´s people and those before them! They rejected the Signs (revelations) of Allah, and Allah overtook them in their sins. Verily, Allah is strong and severe in punishment.


tafseer:
That is because Allah is not one to change the favour He has bestowed on a people, until they first change what they have in themselves (in their own souls), and because Allah is Hearer and Knower.


tafseer:
Their way is like those of Pharaoh´s people and those before them! They denied Our Signs (or revelations), and We destroyed them in their sins, and drowned Pharaoh´s people. All were evildoers.


tafseer:
Those with whom if you make a treaty, they break their treaty at each opportunity, for they fear not (or keep not their duty to) Allah


tafseer:
Should you come to war with them, then deal with them so as to strike fear into those who come after them (as an example), that per chance (or possibly) they may remember.


tafseer:
And should you ever fear treachery from any people, then throw back to them their treaty in like manner (or in fairness)


tafseer:
Prepare you against them what strength of forces and horses you have to the utmost of your power, that thereby you may dismay the enemies of Allah, and your enemies, and others beside them whom you know not. You do not know them, but Allah knows them! Whatever you spend in the Way of Allah, it will be repaid you in full


tafseer:
But if they wish to betray (or deceive) you, then, verily, Allah is sufficient for you! He it is who supports you with His help and with the believers.


tafseer:
And attunes (or reconciles) their heart! If you had spent all that is in the earth you could not have attuned their heart, but Allah reconciled them, verily, He is Mighty and Wise!


tafseer:
O you Prophet! Urge on the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty steadfast men, they shall overcome two hundred


tafseer:
Now has Allah made light your burden, for He knows that there is a weakness in you: but if there be amongst you but a steadfast hundred, they will vanquish two hundred


tafseer:
It has not been for any Prophet to take captives until he hath subdued the land! You desire the lure of this world, but Allah desires the Hereafter, for Allah is Mighty, Wise!


tafseer:
Were it not for an ordinance from Allah that had gone before, there would have touched you a mighty punishment for that which you took (prisoners for ransom),


tafseer:
But if they desire to betray you - they have betrayed Allah before! - but He hath given you power over them


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe and have fled into exile (left their homes), and fought strenuously with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allah, and those who have given them refuge and help, these shall be kin (or friends and protectors) to each other. But those who believe, but have not fled into exile (left their homes)


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve, some of them are kin (or protectors) of one another - unless you act the same there will be confusion (or oppression) in the land, and great corruption (or mischief).


tafseer:
Those who believe and have left their homes and striven strenuously in the cause of Allah, and those who have given them a refuge and a help, these are the believers. For them is forgiveness and generous provision.


tafseer:
Those who accept faith later and leave their homes and strive strenuously with you, these are of you. But blood relations are nearer to one another in the Book of Allah (also called the Eternal Decree, the Preserved Tablet or it can be called the Universal Plan or Blue Print). Verily, Allah is Knower of all things.


tafseer:
An immunity from Allah and His Messenger to those idolaters with whom you have made a treaty (or alliance).


tafseer:
Travel freely in the land for four months, but know that you cannot make Allah helpless, and that Allah will confound (or humiliate) the disbelievers.


tafseer:
And a proclamation from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage, that Allah is free of obligations to the idolaters, as is His Messenger! If then you repent it is better for you


tafseer:
Except to those of the idolaters with whom you have made a treaty, and who then have not failed you, and have not supported any one against you. Fulfil for them then your treaty until its full term. Verily, Allah loves those who fear (the righteous, those who keep their duty to Him).


tafseer:
9:5 But when the sacred months are past, then fight and slay the idolaters (those who plot against you) wherever you may find them


tafseer:
And if any one of the idolaters ask you for protection (or asylum), then aid him, in order that he may hear the word of Allah


tafseer:
How can there be for the idolaters a treaty with Allah and with His Messenger, save those with whom you have made a treaty at the Sacred Mosque! Then while they stand by you, stand you by them


tafseer:
How (can there be any treaty)! - for if they prevail against you, they respect neither ties of blood nor of agreements. They please you with their mouths while their heart refuse


tafseer:
But if they repent and establish regular prayer and practice regular charity, then they are your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations unto a people that have knowledge.


tafseer:
But if they break faith with you after their treaty, and assail (taunt or attack) your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief - verily, they have no faith - in order that they may desist.


tafseer:
Will you not fight a people who broke their solemn pledges, and intended to expel the Messenger and attacked you first? What! Fear you them? Allah is more deserving that you should fear Him if you be believers.


tafseer:
Fight them! Allah will chastise them by your hands, and disgrace them, and give you victory against them, and He will heal the breasts of a people who believe.


tafseer:
Did you suppose that you would be left in peace, when Allah has not yet determined (tested) those of you who will strive, and who take none other than Allah and His Messenger, and the believers for protectors and friends? But Allah is well aware of what you do.


tafseer:
It is not for idolaters to tend the mosques of Allah, while bearing witness against the infidelity of their own souls


tafseer:
Only he shall tend the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the Last Day, and is steadfast in prayer, and practices regular charity, and fears none but Allah. Only these can be expected to be among those who are rightly guided.


tafseer:
Have you supposed that giving drink to the pilgrims and tending the Sacred Mosque are equal to believing in Allah and in the Last Day, and striving in the way of Allah? They are not equal in the sight of Allah, and Allah guides not a wrongdoing people.


tafseer:
Those who believe and who have left their homes (migrated) and striven with their wealth and with their lives in the way of Allah, are highest in rank in the sight of Allah. These are the triumphant.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Choose not your fathers, nor your brothers for patrons if they love disbelief rather than faith


tafseer:
Allah has helped you in many fields, and on the day of Huneyn (where a Muslim army was ambushed) when you were pleased with your great numbers


tafseer:
Then Allah sent down His shechina (inner calm, peace, tranquillity, security reassurance) upon His Messenger and upon the believers


tafseer:
Fight those from amongst those to whom the Book has been brought, but who believe not in Allah and in the Last Day, and who forbid not what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and who do not practice the Religion of Truth, until they are brought low and pay the Jizya (tribute, compensation, tax) readily.


tafseer:
They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah disdains all but that He should perfect His light, however averse to this the disbelievers may be!


tafseer:
He it is who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to make it prevail over every other religion, however averse to this the disbelievers may be!


tafseer:
O you who believe! Verily, many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks devour the wealth of mankind openly, and turn away folk from the way of Allah


tafseer:
On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, and their brows and their sides and their backs shall be branded therewith. &quot


tafseer:
Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months in Allah´s Book, ordained on the day when He created the heavens and the earth. Of these four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves in them. But fight the idolaters one and all, as (or when) they fight you one and all, and know that Allah is with those who fear (restrain themselves).


tafseer:
Verily, postponement (of the sacred months) is but an addition of disbelief to lead astray therewith those who disbelieve. They make it lawful one year, but they make it unlawful in another, that they may make up the number of months which Allah has made sacred, to allow that which Allah has prohibited. Seemly to them are their evil works, but Allah guides not a misbelieving people.


tafseer:
O you who believe! What ailed you when you were told to march forth in Allah´s way, that you were bowed down to the ground with heaviness? Were you content with the life of this world instead of the Hereafter? But the comforts of the life of this world is but a little compared to the Hereafter.


tafseer:
Unless you march forth He will afflict you with grievous doom, and will choose instead of you a people different from you! You cannot harm Him at all, for Allah has Power to do all things.


tafseer:
If you do not help him (Muhammad), Allah will. (Remember) Allah did help him when those who disbelieved drove him forth, along with another (Abu Bakr). When the two were in the cave, he said to his comrade, &quot


tafseer:
March you then, lightly or heavily equipped, and strive with your wealth and persons in the cause of Allah. That is best for you if you did but know!


tafseer:
Those who believe in Allah and in the Last Day ask no leave of you from striving with their wealth and their lives


tafseer:
It is only those who believe not in Allah and in the Last Day who beg leave from you, and those whose heart have doubts, and in their doubt do waver.


tafseer:
Had they gone forth with you they would have made you naught but more trouble, and they would have hurried about amongst you creating a sedition


tafseer:
They used to crave sedition before and upset your affairs, until the Truth came, and Allah´s decree was made manifest, much to their aversion (disgust, consternation).


tafseer:
But naught hinders their contributions from being accepted save that they disbelieve in Allah and His Messenger, and perform not prayer save lazily (unmindfully), and spend not in charity save reluctantly.


tafseer:
Let not their wealth nor their children please you. Allah only wishes to punish them therewith in the life of this world, and that their souls may pass away while still they disbelieve.


tafseer:
Could they but have found a refuge, or some caves, or a hiding place in which to creep, thither would they have rushed (jamaha = hastened with uncontrollable urgency, madly, obstinately).


tafseer:
Would that they were content with what Allah and His Messenger had brought them, and would say, &quot


tafseer:
Alms are only for the poor and needy, and those who work for them, and those whose heart are to be reconciled (to be converted to Islam), and those in captivity, and those in debt, and those who are on Allah´s path, and for the wayfarer. This is an ordinance from Allah, for Allah is Knower, Wise.


tafseer:
Know they not that whoever sets himself against Allah and His Messenger, for him is the Fire of Hell, to dwell therein? That is the mighty shame!


tafseer:
The hypocrites fear lest there be revealed against them a verse, exposing what is in their heart. Say, &quot


tafseer:
The hypocrites, men and women, are of each other (influence, and agree with, each other, are tied together), bidding what is wrong and forbidding what is right, and they clench their hands (in anger to withhold charity, assistance, or power in the cause of Allah). They forget Allah, so He has forgotten (ignored) them! Verily, the hypocrites are the doers of abomination (rebellious and perverse).


tafseer:
Allah has promised unto the hypocrites, men and women, and unto the disbelievers, hell-fire to dwell therein. It is enough for them! Allah shall curse them, and theirs shall be an enduring woe.


tafseer:
You are like those who were before you. They were stronger than you and more abundant in wealth and children. They enjoyed their portion awhile, and you will enjoy your portion awhile just as they enjoyed their portion before you. And you indulge in idle chatter as they indulged in idle chatter. Such are they whose works are vain in this world and the Hereafter. Such are the losers.


tafseer:
Did there not come to them the story of those who were before them? Of the people of Noah and A´ad and Thamud, and of the people of Abraham, and the people of Midian? And of their overthrown cities? Their messengers came to them with manifest signs


tafseer:
O you Prophet! Strive strenuously against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern against them


tafseer:
So He caused hypocrisy to pursue them in their heart unto the day when they shall meet Him, for they did break their promises to Allah and because they lied.


tafseer:
Do they not know that Allah knows their secrets and their whisperings, and that Allah knows the Unseen?


tafseer:
Those who defame such of the believers as willingly give their alms, and such as can find nothing to give but their exertions and who mock at them - Allah Himself mocks them. Theirs is a grievous woe!


tafseer:
Those who were left behind rejoiced in staying behind the Messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their persons in the way of Allah, and said, &quot


tafseer:
But if Allah brings you back (from a campaign) to a party of them, and they ask you then for permission to come out with you, say, &quot


tafseer:
Let not their wealth and their children please you. Allah only wishes to punish them therewith in this world, and that their souls may pass away while they disbelieve.


tafseer:
They are content to be with those who are useless, and a seal is set upon their heart that they understand not.


tafseer:
But the Messenger and those who believe with him strive with their wealth and with their lives. Such are they who shall have good things. Such are they who are successful (or prosper).


tafseer:
There were among the desert Arabs some who had excuses and came to claim exemption, and those who lied to Allah and His Messenger sat at home inactive. There shall befall those of them who disbelieved, a mighty woe.


tafseer:
For the weak, and the sick, and those who cannot find wherewith to spend in alms, no blame is there for them, so long as they be sincere towards Allah and His Messenger. There is no blame against those who do good


tafseer:
Nor against those to whom, when they came to you that you should provide mount for them, you did say, &quot


tafseer:
They will swear by Allah unto you when you have returned to them, that you may leave them alone. Let them be, for verily, they are polluted (unclean), and their resort is hell, a recompense for that which they have earned!


tafseer:
The wandering Arabs of the desert are keener in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be ignorant of the limits that Allah has revealed unto His Messenger. Allah is Knower and Wise.


tafseer:
And of the wandering Arabs of the desert are some who take what they spend (in the cause of Allah) to be a loss (or a fine, punishment), and they wait for a turn of fortune against you


tafseer:
And of the wandering Arabs of the desert are some who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and who take what they spends to be a means of bringing them nearer to Allah and obtaining the Messenger´s prayers. Verily it is an acceptable offering for them. Allah will bring them into His mercy. Verily, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.


tafseer:
As for the Foremost in the way, the first of the Muhajirin (those who migrated into exile from Mecca to Medina), and the Ansar (those in Medina who helped them), and those who followed them in their kindness, Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him


tafseer:
And of those of the wandering Arabs of the desert who are round about you, some are hypocrites, and some of the people of Medina persist in hypocrisy


tafseer:
And there are others who have acknowledged their sins. They have mixed a righteous action with another that was evil. It may be that Allah will relent towards them. Verily, Allah is Relenting and Merciful.


tafseer:
And there are those who have chosen a place of worship (or mosque) for mischief and infidelity, in order to cause dissent amongst the believers, and for an outpost for those who made war against Allah and His Messenger in the past


tafseer:
Never stand up (to pray) therein. The place of worship (or mosque) founded on piety (or duty to Allah) from the first day, is more worthy that you should stand (to pray) therein, wherein are men who love to purify themselves. Allah does love those who purify.


tafseer:
Is he who has laid his foundation upon the fear of (duty to) Allah and of His good pleasure better, or he who has laid his foundation upon a crumbling undermined sand cliff, which crumbles away with him into the fire of hell? Allah guides not a people who do wrong.


tafseer:
The building which they have built will not cease to be a source of doubt in their heart until their heart are cut asunder


tafseer:
Verily, Allah hath bought of the believers their lives and their wealth, because the Garden will be theirs


tafseer:
Triumphant are those who repent, those who serve Him, those who praise, those who fast, those who bow down, those who fall down prostrate (in awe or surrender), those who bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and those who keep the limits (ordained) of Allah - glad tidings to those who believe.


tafseer:
It is not for the prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they are their kindred, after it has been made manifest to them that they are the fellows of hell.


tafseer:
Nor will Allah lead astray a people after He has guided them until that is made clear to them that which they have to fear (avoid). Verily, Allah is aware of all things.


tafseer:
Verily, Allah, To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth! He quickens and He slays. And you have beside Allah no protecting friend or helper.


tafseer:
Allah has now turned in mercy towards the Prophet and to the Muhajirin (those who migrated with him into exile), and towards the Ansar (helpers) who followed him in the hour of difficulty. After the heart of a party of them had well-nigh swerved aside, then He turned unto them in mercy. Verily, to them He is full of compassion and mercy.


tafseer:
And also unto the three who were left behind. When the earth, vast as it is, seemed too small for them, and their souls were constricted for them until they perceived that there was no refuge for them from Allah save towards Him (they felt imprisoned in their guilt and remorse). Then He turned again towards them that they might also repent. Verily, Allah, He is the Relenting, the Merciful.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Fear (do your duty to) Allah and be with those who are True (in word, thought, motivation and deed).


tafseer:
It was not fitting for the people of Medina and for those around them of the wandering Arabs of the desert, to stay behind the Messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his. That is because neither thirst, nor toil, nor heat, nor hunger befell them on Allah´s way, nor do their acts anger the disbelievers, or they receive injury from the enemy, but a good deed is recorded for them. Verily, Allah wastes not the wages of those who do good.


tafseer:
Nor do they spend in alms a small or great amount, nor do they cross a valley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah may repay them with better than that which they have done.


tafseer:
The believers should not march forth altogether. If a section from every troop remain behind, then they could devote themselves to gaining sound knowledge of their religion and teach their people when they return to them, that per chance (or possibly) they may beware of evil.


tafseer:
But as for those in whose heart is a disease, it only adds wickedness to their wickedness, and they die disbelievers.


tafseer:
Do they not see that they are tried once or twice in every year? Yet they do not turn in repentance, nor do they heed.


tafseer:
Verily, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six Days (or Periods, Ages, Cycles)


tafseer:
Unto Him is your return, all of you. It is the promise of Allah in truth. Verily, He produces creation, then He reproduces it, that He may recompense with justice those who believe and do what is right


tafseer:
He it is who made the sun a glorious brightness (splendour), and the moon for a light, and decreed for it measured stages, that you may know the number of the years and the reckoning. Allah created not all this but in truth. He details the signs (or revelations) unto a people who understand.


tafseer:
Verily, in the alternation of night and day, and in all that Allah has created in the heavens and the earth, are signs unto a people who fear Him (are in awe or ward off evil).


tafseer:
Verily, those who expect not for the meeting with Us, and are content with the life of this world, and are comforted (or secure) therein, and those who are neglectful of our Signs (or revelations),


tafseer:
And if Allah should hasten for men the evil they earn, as they would fain hasten on the good, their respite would surely have expired. But We suffer those who look not for (or expect not) the meeting with Us to wander blindly on in their rebellion.


tafseer:
We have already destroyed generations before you when they did wrong, and there came to them their Messengers with manifest signs, but they would not believe. Thus do We reward the guilty people.


tafseer:
Then We made you Vicegerents (or their successors) in the earth after them, that We may see how you will act.


tafseer:
But when Our evident Signs (revelations) are recited to them, those who expect not the meeting with Us say, &quot


tafseer:
Who does greater wrong than he who forges a lie concerning Allah, or denies His revelations? Verily, the guilty are never successful.


tafseer:
When We have let men taste of mercy after some adversity which has afflicted them, behold! They use a plot against Our revelations! Say, &quot


tafseer:
He it is who makes you travel in the land and sea, until when you are in the ships, and these carry them afloat with a favourable wind, and they rejoice therein, there comes to them a violent wind, and there comes to them a wave from every side, and they deem that they are overwhelmed, then they call on Allah, sincere in religion towards Him, praying, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, the likeness of the life of this world is like water which We send down from the sky, and the plants of the earth, from which men and cattle eat, are mingled therewith, until when the earth puts on its ornament and is adorned, and her people think that they are her masters, Our commandment comes to it by night or day, and We make it as it were mown down corn, as though it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We detail the signs unto a people who reflect.


tafseer:
Allah calls unto the abode of peace, and guides whom He will into the Straight Way (i.e. True Religion or The Surrender, Islam).


tafseer:
To those who do what is good, (is granted) goodness and increase! Neither does darkness nor abasement cover their faces! Such are Companions of the Garden (Paradise)


tafseer:
And on the day when We gather them all together, then We will say to those who associated other gods (with Us), &quot


tafseer:
Such, then, is Allah, your true Lord! What is there after the truth but error? How then can you turn away?


tafseer:
Thus is the Word of your Lord justified against those who commit abomination (or rebel) - verily, they believe not.


tafseer:
Yet they call that a lie the knowledge of which they cannot compass, even before its Taawil (interpretation, elucidation, explanation, fulfilment, effects) has reached them. Thus did those before them make charges of falsehood. But see what was the consequence for the unjust!


tafseer:
There are some of them who listen to you. But can you make the deaf to hear, when they have no understanding (or sense)?


tafseer:
And on the day when We will gather them together, it will be as though they had not stayed save an hour of the day. They shall know each other. Lost will be those who denied the meeting with Allah, and were not guided!


tafseer:
Whether We show you something of that which We promised them, or whether We will take you to Ourself, still unto Us is their return


tafseer:
And when it has fallen on you, will you believe in it. What! Believe now, when you wished to hasten it through unbelief.


tafseer:
Every soul that has done wrong, if it had whatever is in the earth, would seek to ransom itself therewith. They will utter their repentance when they see the torment


tafseer:
Is it not the case that to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth? Is it not the case that the promise of Allah is certainly true? But most of them understand not.


tafseer:
O mankind! There has come to you a direction (guidance, exhortation) from your Lord, and a healing for the disease in your breasts, and a guidance and a mercy for believers.


tafseer:
What will those who invent lies concerning Allah think on the Day of Resurrection? Verily, Allah is truly Bountiful towards mankind, but most of them give no thanks!


tafseer:
Thee (Muhammad) are not occupied with any business, nor recite you a lecture from this Scripture, and you (mankind) perform no act, but We are Witness when you are engaged therein: nor does the weight of an atom escape your Lord in the earth or in heaven


tafseer:
For them are good tidings in the life of this world, and in the Hereafter - There is no changing the words of Allah! - That is the Supreme Triumph!


tafseer:
Lo! Is it not unto Allah that belongs whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth? What then do they follow who call on associates other than Allah? Verily, they follow nothing but fantasy, and verily, they do naught but lie (or guess).


tafseer:
A brief provision in this world, then unto Us is their return! Then will We make them taste a dreadful doom because they disbelieved.


tafseer:
Then We raised up after him messengers unto their people, and they also came to them with manifest signs


tafseer:
But Allah verifies (or proves and establishes) the Truth by His Words, however much the guilty are averse.


tafseer:
But none believed in Moses, save a section of his own people, through fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest he should afflict them. Verily, Pharaoh was a tyrant in the land, and verily, he was wanton.


tafseer:
And if you are in doubt of that which We have revealed unto you, ask those who read the Book before you


tafseer:
If only there were a community that had believed and profited from its faith. But none did except the people of Jonah. When they believed We removed from them the Torment of Disgrace in this world, and We gave them provision for a while.


tafseer:
But had your Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have believed together. Would you force men to become believers?


tafseer:
Then will We save Our Messengers and those who believe, as is fitting to Us, in like manner as before.


tafseer:
ALIF LAM RA. This is a Book whose signs (verses) are perfected (confirmed, fundamental and well-established) and then expounded (explained in detail), from the Wise One, the Aware:


tafseer:
Do they not, verily, fold up their breasts, that they may hide (their thoughts) from Him? But when they cover themselves with their garments, does He not know what they conceal and what they display? Verily, He knows the nature of men´s heart.


tafseer:
There is no creature that walks upon the earth but its provision is from Allah. He knows its permanent settlement and its temporary resting-place. All is in the Perspicuous Book (or in a Clear Record).


tafseer:
He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and His Throne (or authority, control) was (first) upon the Water that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. But should you say, &quot


tafseer:
And if We make man taste of mercy from Us and then strip it off from him, verily, he is despairing, ungrateful


tafseer:
Perchance you forsake part of what is revealed to you, and your breast is straitened thereby, lest they should say, &quot


tafseer:
Whoever shall desire the life of this world and its pomp (or ornaments), We will pay them their works therein, and they shall not be cheated.


tafseer:
Is he (like them) who relies upon a manifest Sign from his Lord and a witness from Him recites it, and of which the book of Moses came as a model and a mercy before it? These believe in it


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who invents a lie concerning Allah? Such shall be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses shall say, &quot


tafseer:
Who turn men away from the path of Allah, and crave to make it crooked, and disbelieve in the Hereafter.


tafseer:
Such will not escape in the earth, nor have they patrons other than Allah. Doubled for them is the torment. They could not bear to hear, nor did they see.


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe and do what is right, and humble themselves before their Lord, they are the Fellows of the Garden


tafseer:
The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf (on the one hand), and the seeing and the hearing (on the other)


tafseer:
That you should not worship any save Allah. Verily, I fear for you the torment of the grievous Day.&quot


tafseer:
Nor will my advice profit you were I minded to advise you, if Allah wills to keep you astray. He is your Lord, and unto Him shall you return.&quot


tafseer:
And you shall surely soon know who it is to whom the punishment that confounds and shames shall come, and upon whom shall fall the lasting doom.&quot


tafseer:
These are some of the stories of the Unseen that We reveal unto you. You did not know them before this, you and your people. So persevere patiently


tafseer:
Verily, I trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is no beast that walks but He grasps it by its forelock (has complete power over it). Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Way!


tafseer:
Such were (the tribe of) A´ad. They denied the signs of their Lord, and rebelled against His Messengers, and followed the bidding of every headstrong tyrant.


tafseer:
They were followed in this world by a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection. Behold! A´ad disbelieved in their Lord! Aye! Removed were A´ad the people of Hud!


tafseer:
And when Our commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and those who believed with him, by Our mercy, from the ignominy of that day. Verily, your Lord He is Powerful and Mighty.


tafseer:
As though they had never dwelt therein. Behold, Thamud indeed disbelieved in their Lord. Aye! Removed were the Thamud!


tafseer:
But when he saw that their hands reached not to it, he felt mistrust, and conceived a fear of them. They said, &quot


tafseer:
And when his terror left Abraham, and the glad tidings reached him, he pleaded with Us on behalf of the people of Lot.


tafseer:
And when Our messengers (angels) came to Lot, he was grieved for them (the people), and his arm was powerless to aid them. He said, &quot


tafseer:
And his people came unto him, rushing, for they were long used to committing abomination (homosexuality). He said, &quot


tafseer:
And when Our commandment came, We overthrew (their town), making their high parts into low parts (turned them upside down). And We rained down upon them stones and baked clay one after another,


tafseer:
He shall approach his people on the Day of Resurrection, and take them to the Fire (as cattle are led to the watering-place) - ah, a woeful watering-place is that wither they are led!


tafseer:
A curse follows them in this world and on the Day of Resurrection - ah, woeful is the gift that will be given them!


tafseer:
That is one of the stories of the communities that We recite to you  - Some of them are standing now and some already mown down!


tafseer:
We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. Their gods on whom they called instead of Allah availed them naught when once the command of your Lord had come


tafseer:
Verily, in this is a sign to him who fears the torment of the Hereafter - that is a Day unto which mankind shall be gathered, and that is a Day of Witness (a Day pointed to by events, a Day when testimony is given about the deeds of men, a Day which will be seen by all, a Day when the consequences of action come home.)


tafseer:
The Day when it comes, no soul shall speak save by His permission, and some shall be wretched and some glad.


tafseer:
And as for those who are glad, they will be in the Garden, abiding therein so long as the heavens and the earth endure


tafseer:
When We gave Moses the Book before, they disagreed (or disputed) concerning it. Had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from your Lord, the matter would have been decided between them


tafseer:
So stand you firm in the Straight Path, as you are commanded - you and those who turn unto Allah with you, and transgress you not. Verily, He is Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
And be you steadfast in prayer at the two ends of the day, and the (three) watches of the night. Verily, good things annul evil things. This is a reminder for the mindful.


tafseer:
If only there had been, among the generations before you, men endowed with a remnant of virtue (balance, sobriety, righteousness, good sense) forbidding (warning, preventing) men from corruption in the earth, as did the few whom We saved from them. But the evildoers followed that by which they made (or were made) sapless (they enjoyed, drained and became drained), and were guilty.


tafseer:
In truth your Lord did not destroy the communities unjustly while they were doing right. (Or for a few or minor wrong-doings, or while there were few wrong-doers, or while they had the potentiality to mend).


tafseer:
Save those on whom your Lord has had mercy. For this did He create them. And the Word of your Lord is fulfiled, &quot


tafseer:
And all that We relate to you of the stories of the Messengers in order that thereby We might make firm your heart. And herein has the truth come to you, an admonition and a reminder to the believers.


tafseer:
We tell you the best (the most beautiful, appealing, enlightening) of narratives in that We inspired in you this Quran, though you were before it among the heedless.


tafseer:
Thus your Lord will prefer you, and teach you the interpretation of events, and fulfil His favour upon you, and upon the family of Jacob, as He fulfiled it upon your two forefathers, Abraham and Isaac, before you. Verily, your Lord is Knowing, Wise!


tafseer:
And when they had gone off with him and agreed to put him in the depths of a pit, We inspired him, &quot


tafseer:
And a caravan of travellers came and sent their water-drawer. He let down his bucket into the pit. Said he, &quot


tafseer:
And they sold him for a mean price, a few dirham counted out- in such low estimation did they hold him.


tafseer:
And when he had reached maturity We gave him judgment (or wisdom or power) and knowledge, for thus do We reward those who do good and right.


tafseer:
And she, in whose house he was, desired to seduce him for his person (or body, or away from his true self)


tafseer:
And she desired (lusted after) him, and he would have desired her, had it not been that he saw the argument (or evidence) of his Lord


tafseer:
And when she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them, and prepared for them a banquet, and gave each of them a knife


tafseer:
Then it appeared good to them, even after they had seen the signs (of his innocence), to imprison him for a time.


tafseer:
And I have followed the faith of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. It never was for us to associate aught as partners with Allah. This is of the Bounty (or Grace) from Allah upon us and upon mankind: but most men give not thanks.


tafseer:
What you worship beside Him are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. Judgment rests with Allah only, who commands you to worship none but Him. That is the right religion, but most men know not.


tafseer:
O you two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he shall pour out wine for his lord to drink: and as for the other, he shall be crucified, and the birds shall eat from his head. Thus is the matter decreed whereof you did inquire.&quot


tafseer:
Then there shall come after that seven severe years which shall devour what you have put by before for them, save a little which you shall preserve.


tafseer:
Then there will come after that a year in which the people shall have abundant rain and in which they shall press (wine and oil).


tafseer:
Thus did We establish Joseph in the land that he might possess (settle or control) what part (in the manner, time and place) he pleases. We reach with Our mercy whom We will. We waste not the wages of those who do right.


tafseer:
Surely the reward of the Hereafter is better for those who believe and fears (ward off evil or are constant in righteousness).


tafseer:
And his brethren came to Joseph, and they presented themselves unto him and he knew them, but they recognised him not.


tafseer:
And when they had entered as their father bade them, it availed them nothing against (the plan of) Allah. It fulfiled but a want in Jacob´s soul


tafseer:
And when they entered into the presence of Joseph, he took his brother to stay with him, and said, &quot


tafseer:
And when they despaired of (moving) him they retired to consult privately. Said the eldest of them, &quot


tafseer:
And when the herald of glad tidings (Judah) came he threw it on his face, and he was restored to clear sight (became a seer). Said he, &quot


tafseer:
And he raised his parents upon the throne (of dignity), and they fell down before him prostrate. And he said, &quot


tafseer:
That is one of the stories of the unseen that We inspire in you (Muhammad). You were not with them when they agreed in their affair when they were scheming.


tafseer:
Think they themselves secure, then, from overwhelming punishment coming on them from Allah, or from the Hour coming upon them suddenly while they are unaware?


tafseer:
We never sent before you any, save men whom We inspired, from among the people of the townships (or communities). Have they not journeyed in the earth and beheld the consequences for those who were before them? Verily, the abode of Hereafter is surely better for those who believe


tafseer:
Until when the Messenger despaired and they thought that they were proved liars, then came Our help unto them, and whoever We pleased was saved


tafseer:
In their histories, surely, there are lessons for people endowed with understanding. It is not an invented tale, but a confirmation of the scriptures before it, and a detailed explanation of everything, and a guide and a mercy to a people who believe.


tafseer:
And He it is who has stretched out the earth and placed therein firm mountains and flowing rivers, and of every fruit has He placed therein in pairs. He makes the night cover the day. Lo! Herein are signs unto a people who reflect.


tafseer:
And on the earth are diverse but neighbouring tracts, gardens of vines and ploughed fields of corn, and palms growing together (from one root) alike or not


tafseer:
Allah knows what each female (womb) bears, by how much the wombs fall short of or exceed (in time or number)


tafseer:
Each of them has a succession (of angels) before him and behind him, to keep guard over him at the command of Allah


tafseer:
And unto Allah do prostrate whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning and the evening.


tafseer:
He sends down from the sky water, and the channels flow according to their measure, and the torrent bears away the foam that mounts to the surface. Even so from that which they heat in the fire (metal ore etc.), craving to make ornaments or utensils, comes a scum like that. Thus does Allah show (by similitudes and parables) the truth and the falsehood (or vanity) - as for the scum it is thrown off, and as for what profits man it stays on the earth. Thus does Allah coin Similitudes (or parables)!


tafseer:
Is he who knows that what is revealed unto you from your Lord is the Truth like him who is blind? But only men of understanding heed.


tafseer:
And those who join (attain) what Allah has commanded to be joined (attained), and dread their Lord and fear the woeful reckoning


tafseer:
And those who patiently persevere, craving their Lord´s Countenance, and are steadfast in prayer, and spend, secretly and openly, in charity from what We have bestowed upon them, and overcome evil with good - these shall have the sequel of the final (heavenly) Home -


tafseer:
Gardens of perpetual bliss, into which they shall enter with the righteous amongst their fathers and their wives and their seed


tafseer:
And those who break the Covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and who sever what Allah hath commanded to be joined, and who do mischief in the earth - upon these is the curse of Allah, and for them is an ill abode.


tafseer:
Thus have We sent you to a nation before which other nations have passed away, to recite unto them that which We have inspired in you, while they are disbelievers in the Beneficent. Say, &quot


tafseer:
And if there were a Quran by which the mountains were moved, or by which the earth was torn asunder, or the dead made to speak (this would be the one, but what would be the point) - Nay, Allah´s is the whole command! Did not those who believe know that if Allah had pleased He would have guided all mankind? As for those who disbelieve calamity (disaster) does not cease to overtake them for what they do, or it dwells close by their homes until Allah´s promise comes to pass. Verily, Allah fails not in His promise.


tafseer:
Is He who stands over every soul, aware of what it has earned (like others)? And yet they join partners with Allah! Say, &quot


tafseer:
A similitude of the Garden which is promised unto those who fear Allah, beneath it rivers flow, its food is enduring, and likewise its shade (shelter, security)! That is the reward of those who fear (keep their duty)


tafseer:
Thus have We revealed it, a decisive judgment in Arabic, but had you followed their lusts (prejudices, fantasies, superstitions), after the knowledge that has come to you, then truly, would you have against Allah no protecting friend nor defender.


tafseer:
Whether We will let you see a part of what We have promised them, or take you to Ourself (before this), your duty is only to deliver the message, Ours is the reckoning.


tafseer:
See they not how We visit the land and reduce its borders (through conquest)? Allah judges (or commands), and there is none to reverse His judgment (or command), and He is swift at reckoning!


tafseer:
ALIF LAM MIM. A book which We have revealed unto you , to bring men forth from darkness into light, - by permission of their Lord - unto the Way of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.


tafseer:
Allah is He unto Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Alas for the disbelievers, for a terrible doom


tafseer:
Those who love the life of this world better than the Hereafter, and turn folks from the path of Allah, and crave to make it crooked


tafseer:
We never sent a Messenger save with the language of his people, that he might clarify the message to them. Then Allah leads whom He will astray, and guides whom He will


tafseer:
Has not the history come to you of those who were before you, of the people of Noah, and A´ad, and Thamud, and those who came after them? None knows them save Allah. Their Messengers came unto them with manifest signs


tafseer:
What ails us that we should not put our trust in Allah when He has guided us in our paths? We will surely endure the hurt you do us. In Allah let the trusting put their trust.


tafseer:
And We will make you to dwell in the land after them. That is for him who fears (keeps in mind) My Time (of Judgment or Majesty) and fears (keeps in mind) My punishment (or threat).&quot


tafseer:
Behind such a one is hell, and he is given to drink boiling fetid liquid (unwholesome products of disease like pus).


tafseer:
This is the likeness (parable, similitude) of those who disbelieve in their Lord - their works are as ashes whereon the wind blows fiercely on a stormy day. They have no control of aught that they have earned - That is the extreme failure (or far straying).


tafseer:
Do not you see that Allah created the heavens and the earth in Truth? If He please He can remove you (take you off) and bring (replace you with) a new creation


tafseer:
But those who believe and do right will enter Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever by the permission of their Lord


tafseer:
Do you not see how Allah strikes out a parable? A goodly Saying is like a goodly tree whose root is set firm, and whose branches reach into the heavens


tafseer:
It gives its fruit at every season by the permission of its Lord - Allah strikes out parables for men that per chance (or possibly) they may reflect (or be mindful).


tafseer:
And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, which is felled from above the earth, possessing no stability.


tafseer:
Allah answers (confirms, establishes) those who believe with the firm (sure) word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter


tafseer:
Do not you see those who have exchanged Allah´s favours for disbelief, and have led their people to the House of Perdition?


tafseer:
Say to my servants who believe, that they be steadfast in prayer and expend in charity of what We have bestowed upon them, in secret and in public, before there comes the Day when there shall be no bargaining (buying and selling, barter) and no befriending.


tafseer:
And He gives you of everything you asked of Him: and if you try to number Allah´s favours, you cannot count them


tafseer:
Praise be to Allah Who hath bestowed on me in my old age, Ishmael and Isaac! - Verily, my Lord is Hearer of Prayer.


tafseer:
And warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath shall reach them: then those who have done wrong shall say, &quot


tafseer:
But they plotted mighty stratagems, but their stratagem were within Allah´s sight, although their stratagem were mountain-shaking.


tafseer:
So think not that Allah fails in his promise to His Messengers. Verily, Allah is Mighty, the Lord of Retribution.


tafseer:
That Allah may reward each soul according to what it has earned. Verily, Allah is swift at reckoning!


tafseer:
This is a clear message to be delivered to mankind that they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that only He is Allah, the One, and that men of understanding may take heed.


tafseer:
ALIF LAM RA. Those are the ayats (signs or verses) of Revelation and of a clear Reading (Quran) (or that clarifies).


tafseer:
Leave them to eat and enjoy the good things of life and let hope beguile them, but they shall come to know!


tafseer:
And We have placed in the sky the Signs of the Zodiac (or mansions or constellations of stars), and have made them beautiful to the beholders


tafseer:
And the earth have We spread out and placed on it firm mountains, and have caused to grow upon it of everything in balanced measure.


tafseer:
And We have made for you means of livelihood therein, and for those for whom you provide not (or for whom you are not responsible).


tafseer:
Nor is there aught but the treasuries (storehouses) of it are with Us, and We do not send it down save in a noted quantity (ascertainable measure).


tafseer:
And We send forth the impregnating (fertilizing, invigorating, fecundating) winds, and We send down water from the sky, and We give it to you to drink. It is not you who hold the store thereof.


tafseer:
So when I have fashioned it, and breathed into it of My Spirit, then fall you down before him, prostrating yourselves before him (in obeisance).&quot


tafseer:
Verily, over My servants you have no authority, save such of the misguided (or rebellious) as follow you.


tafseer:
And We made plain for him the decree that the uttermost one of these people should be cut off on the morrow.


tafseer:
By your life (O Muhammad)! In their frenzy of intoxication (passion) they went blindly (distractedly) to and fro.


tafseer:
We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them both, save with truth. And, verily, the Hour is surely coming


tafseer:
We have already given you the Seven Oft-Repeated (the verses of the first chapter of the Quran), and the mighty Quran.


tafseer:
Let not your eyes strain after what We have allowed certain classes among them to enjoy, nor grieve for them


tafseer:
He sends down the angels with the Spirit at His command upon whom He will of His servants, saying, &quot


tafseer:
He created the heavens and the earth with truth! Exalted is He above all that which they join with Him!


tafseer:
In them there is beauty for you when you drive them home to rest, and when you drive them forth to pasture.


tafseer:
And they bear your heavy burdens to lands which you could not otherwise reach, except with souls distressed


tafseer:
And horses too, and mules, and asses, for you to ride upon and for an ornament. He has creates also that which you know not.


tafseer:
He it is who sends down water from the sky, whence you have drink, and whence the trees grow whereby you feed your flocks.


tafseer:
He makes the corn to grow, and the olives, and the palms, and the grapes, and all kinds of other fruit


tafseer:
And He subjected to you the night and the day, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars are subjected to His command. Verily, in these are signs to a people who have sense (sensibility or wisdom).


tafseer:
And what He has produced for you in the earth varying in hue (colours and qualities), verily, in that is a sign for a people who are mindful (aware. remembering, grateful).


tafseer:
But if you would number the favours of Allah, you cannot count them. Verily, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
Your God is one God, and those who believe not in the Hereafter their heart are given to denial, and they are inflated with pride!


tafseer:
Without a doubt Allah knows what you keep secret and what you disclose. Verily, He loves not those inflated with pride.


tafseer:
Let them bear the burden of their sins in full on the Day of Resurrection, and also some of the burdens of those whom they led astray without knowledge. Alas! How grievous is the burden they shall bear!


tafseer:
Those who were before them plotted, but Allah struck at the foundations of their building, and the roof fell on them from above, and the torment came to them, from whence they could not perceive.


tafseer:
To those whom the angels take away in a goodly state (those who die righteous) they shall say, &quot


tafseer:
Do they expect other than that the angels should come to take them away, or that your Lord´s command should come to pass? Even so did those before them


tafseer:
So that the evil which they had done smote them, and that which they mocked surrounded (imprisoned, restricted, hemmed them in).


tafseer:
If you are eager for their guidance, verily, Allah guides not those who go astray (or mislead), nor have they any helpers.


tafseer:
(It is) To explain to them that which they disputed about, and that those who disbelieved may know that they are liars.


tafseer:
But those who fled their homes for Allah´s sake, after they were wronged (oppressed), We will surely establish them in this world with good things


tafseer:
And We have not sent before you any but men, whom We inspired - Ask you those who possess the Reminder (or the Message), if you know not yourselves,


tafseer:
Are those, who devise evil plots, secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up, or that His Wrath will not seize them from whence they cannot perceive.


tafseer:
Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of their going to and fro, without the possibility of frustrating Him?


tafseer:
Do they not look at Allah´s creations, even among (inanimate things) - how their shadows turn to the right or the left, in prostration (obeisance or submission) to Allah and they are humble (or shrinking)?


tafseer:
And unto Allah does prostration (obeisance) whatever is in the heavens and in the earth, whether living creature or angel


tafseer:
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and in the earth, and to Him is duty (obedience) due unceasingly (or religion is for Him fundamentally and forever). Will you then fear other than Allah?


tafseer:
That they may deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy life while you may, for at length you shall come to know the truth.


tafseer:
And they set aside a portion of what We have bestowed upon them for what they know not. By Allah! You shall certainly be questioned concerning that which you have devised.


tafseer:
They assign for Allah daughters - Glory be to Him - and for themselves they desire them not (or desire sons).


tafseer:
When any one of them receives tidings of a female child, his face is over clouded and black, and he is filled with inner wrath.


tafseer:
For those who believe not in the Hereafter is there is an evil similitude: but Allah´s is the Sublime Similitude


tafseer:
If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing He would not leave upon the earth a single living creature


tafseer:
By Allah! We verily sent messengers unto the nations before you, but Satan made their works fair-seeming unto them. So he is their patron this day, and for them is grievous doom!


tafseer:
We have revealed the Book unto you only that you may explain unto them that wherein they differ, and as a guidance and a mercy to a people who have faith.


tafseer:
And Allah has made for you mates of your own nature, and has made for you from them sons and daughters and grandchildren


tafseer:
And they serve beside Allah what cannot control for them any provision from the heavens or the earth, nor have they any power.


tafseer:
And Allah coins another similitude (parable): two men, one of them dumb, able to do nothing, a burden to his lord


tafseer:
To Allah belongs the Mystery of the heavens and the earth. And the Decision of the Hour (of Judgment) is but as the twinkling of an eye, or even quicker. Verily, Allah has power over all things.


tafseer:
Do they not see the birds subservient in the vault of the sky? None holds them in but Allah: verily, in that is a sign unto a people who believe.


tafseer:
And when those who did wrong see the Penalty, it will not be mitigated, nor will they receive respite.


tafseer:
Those who disbelieve and turn folks from the path of Allah, We will add doom to their doom, for that they worked corruption.


tafseer:
And on the day when We will raise up in every nation a witness against them from among themselves, and We will bring you (Muhammad) as a witness against these (your people or the other witnesses)


tafseer:
Verily, Allah commands justice, the doing of good (kindness, benevolence), and liberality to kindred, and He forbids all shameful deeds (lewdness, abomination, perversity) and wickedness (wrong, injustice, oppression, rebellion)


tafseer:
Fulfil the Covenant of Allah when you have entered into it, and break not your oaths after confirming them, for you thereby make Allah your surety


tafseer:
And be not like her who unravels her yarn, fraying it out after she hath spun it close, by taking your oaths for mutual intrigue, because one nation is more numerous than another


tafseer:
Take not therefore your oaths for mutual deceit, lest a foot slip after being planted firmly, and you taste of evil in that you turned folks off the path of Allah, and your s should be a mighty doom.


tafseer:
When you do read the Quran ask refuge with Allah from Satan the outcast (the rejected or pelted one).


tafseer:
And whenever We change one revelation for another - Allah knows best what He reveals (sends down) - They say, &quot


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe not in Allah´s signs, Allah will not guide them, and for them is grievous woe.


tafseer:
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after having believed - unless it be one who is forced and whose heart is still content in the faith - but whoever expands his breast to (easing) disbelieve - on them is wrath from Allah, and theirs is a mighty doom.


tafseer:
That is because they preferred the love of the life of this world to the Hereafter, and because Allah guides not unbelieving people.


tafseer:
These are they whose heart, and hearing, and sight, Allah has sealed, and these, they are the heedless.


tafseer:
Then, verily, your Lord - to those who fled after they had been tried, and then fought strenuously and were patient, - verily, your Lord after that will be Forgiving and Merciful.


tafseer:
On the Day when every soul will come to plead for itself, every soul shall be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged.


tafseer:
Allah coins a similitude (parable): a city which was safe and content, its provision came to it in plenty from every place, and then it denied (was ungrateful for) Allah´s favours, and Allah made it feel the garb of dearth and fear, because of that which the used to do.


tafseer:
And there came to them a messenger from amongst themselves, but they called him a liar, so the torment seized them, while yet they were unjust.


tafseer:
Eat, then, from what Allah has provided you, things lawful and good, and give thanks for the favours of Allah, if it be Him you serve.


tafseer:
He has only forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is devoted to other than Allah


tafseer:
For those who are Jews We have forbidden what We have already narrated to you. We wronged them not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.


tafseer:
Then, verily, your Lord - for those who do evil in ignorance and afterwards repent and amend - verily, your Lord is indeed Forgiving and Merciful.


tafseer:
Verily, Abraham was indeed, a model, devoutly obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the idolaters:


tafseer:
Call unto the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and reason with them in the best (kindest, most gracious, elegant, persuasive) way


tafseer:
But if you punish (or catch them out), punish (or catch them out) only with the like of that with which you were afflicted


tafseer:
Glorified be He Who carried His servant on a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Remote Mosque, the neighbourhood of which We have blessed, to show him of Our Signs. Verily, He is the Hearer and the Seer.


tafseer:
And We gave Moses the Book (Scripture) and made it a guidance to the Children of Israel, saying: &quot


tafseer:
And when the first of the two came, We sent against you Our servants given to great violence. They entered the inner most parts of your homes


tafseer:
Then We rallied you once more against them, and aided you with resources and sons, and made you a numerous band.


tafseer:
It may be that your Lord will yet have mercy on you. But if you revert to wrongdoing We will revert to punishment, and We have made Hell a prison for the faithless.


tafseer:
Verily, this Quran does guide to the Straight Way, and gives glad tidings to the believers who do work righteousness, that for them is a great reward.


tafseer:
Man prays for evil as (or when) he prays for good (or he makes his prayer evil or prays for evil when it should be for good)


tafseer:
He who accepts guidance (or does right), accepts it only for his own soul: and he who errs, errs only against it


tafseer:
And when We desire to destroy a people We send commands to the opulent ones thereof who yet work abomination therein


tafseer:
How many generations have We destroyed after Noah. Your Lord is sufficient as Knower and Beholder of the sins of his servant.


tafseer:
Whoever is desirous of this life that soon passes away, We will hasten on for him therein what We please for whom We please. Then We will make hell for him to broil in - despised and outcast (or condemned, disgraced and rejected).


tafseer:
But whoever desires the Hereafter, and strives for it with the necessary effort, for such, their striving shall find favour.


tafseer:
See how We have preferred some of them over others, and verily, the Hereafter will be greater in degree and greater in preference.


tafseer:
Your Lord is best aware of what is in your souls. If you be righteous, lo! He was ever Forgiving unto those who turn back penitent.


tafseer:
But if you do turn away from them to seek after mercy from your Lord, which you hope for, then speak to them in easy words (kindly and reasonably).


tafseer:
Let not your hand be fettered to your neck (i.e. selfish and tight fisted), nor yet spread it out quite open, lest you should have to sit down blamed and destitute.


tafseer:
Verily, your Lord spreads out provision to whomsoever He will or He restricts it. Verily, He is ever Knower and Seer of his servants.


tafseer:
And draw not near to the wealth of the orphan, save to improve it, until he reaches the age of puberty, and fulfil your covenants (or agreements, contracts etc.). Verily, every covenant will be inquired into (on the Day of Judgment).


tafseer:
These are among the things of wisdom which your Lord has inspired you with. Take not then with Allah other gods (objects of worship), lest you should be thrown into Hell reproached and outcast (rejected).


tafseer:
What! Has your Lord preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself daughters from among the angels? Truly, you are uttering a dreadful saying.


tafseer:
Now have We explained in various ways in this Quran in order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases them in naught but aversion (or flight from truth).


tafseer:
The seven heavens and the earth, and all that is therein praises Him (declares His Glory), and there is naught but hymns (celebrates, expresses) His praise: but you understand not their praise. Verily, He is Clement and Forgiving.


tafseer:
And when you read the Quran We place between you and those who believe not in the Hereafter an invisible veil (or hidden barrier).


tafseer:
And We place covers upon their heart, lest they should understand it, and deafness in their ears. And when you do mention your Lord alone in the Quran they turn their backs in aversion.


tafseer:
Behold, what similitudes they strike out for you, but they err (or have gone astray), and cannot find the way.


tafseer:
The day when He shall call on you and you shall answer with praise to Him, they will think that they have tarried but a little while.


tafseer:
And tell My servants to speak only that which is best (kindly, reasonably, truthfully, beautifully, usefully to enemy, friend and relative). Truly, Satan does sow dissension (or ill will) among them, for Satan is ever unto man an open foe.


tafseer:
And your Lord is best aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. We preferred (or bestowed on) some of the prophets more (and different gifts) than on others, and to David did We give the Psalms.


tafseer:
Those on whom they call, themselves seek for a means of approaching to their Lord, to see which of them is nearest: and they hope for His mercy and they fear His doom


tafseer:
There is no community but We will destroy it before the Day of Judgment, or punish it with dire penalty. That is inscribed in the Eternal Book.


tafseer:
It is your Lord who drives the ships for you upon the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Verily, He is ever Merciful towards you.


tafseer:
And when distress touches you in the sea, all those whom you call on fail you, except Him, but when He has brought you safe to shore, you turn away


tafseer:
Are ye, then sure (do you feel secure) that He will not cause a slope of the land to swallow you, or set upon you a heavy sand-storm, and then you will find no protector?


tafseer:
Or are you sure that He will not send you back therein another time, and send against you a violent wind, and drown you for your thanklessness, and then you will find no helper against Us therein.


tafseer:
But We have been gracious to the children of Adam, and We have borne them by land and sea, and have provided them with good things, and have preferred them over many that We have created.


tafseer:
They strove hard to beguile you from what We inspired you with, that you should invent against Us something else, and then they would have taken you for a friend


tafseer:
And had it not been that We made you firm, you would have almost inclined towards them a little (made concessions, compromises).


tafseer:
Then would We have made you taste of punishment of both of life and death, and you would not have found a helper against Us.


tafseer:
Be you steadfast in prayer from the declining of the sun until the dark of the night, and the recital of the Quran at dawn


tafseer:
And for some part of the night, watch you therein as an extra service (or for spiritual profit). It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praised (or glorious) station.


tafseer:
And We will send down of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers, though it only increases the wrong-doers in ruin.


tafseer:
Could they not see that Allah who created the heavens and the earth is able to create the like of them, and to set for them an appointed time


tafseer:
And it is a Quran which We have divided, that you may read it to mankind at intervals, and We have revealed it by successive revelations.&quot


tafseer:
That they have no knowledge thereof, nor had their fathers. Dreadful is the word that comes forth from their mouths. Verily, they speak naught but a lie.


tafseer:
Yet it may be that you (Muhammad) will torment your soul with grief (or fret thyself to death) if they believe not in this new revelation.


tafseer:
Verily, We have placed all that which is on the earth as an ornament thereof, that We may try them, which of them is best in conduct.


tafseer:
Have you considered that the Fellows of the Cave and of the Inscription are a wonder amongst Our Signs?


tafseer:
Then We raised them up again, that We might know which of the two parties could best calculate the time of their tarrying.


tafseer:
We narrate to you their story in truth. Verily, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We added to their guidance,


tafseer:
And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, decline from their cave towards the right hand, and when it set leave them on the left hand, while they were in the spacious part thereof. That is one of the Signs of Allah. Whom Allah guides he is guided indeed, and whom He leads astray you shall surely find for him no patron to the Right Way.


tafseer:
You  would have deemed them waking though they were asleep, as We turned them towards the right and towards the left


tafseer:
Had you come suddenly upon them you would surely have turned and fled away from them, and would surely have been filled by them with terror.


tafseer:
Thus did We raise them up that they might question each other. A speaker from amongst them said, &quot


tafseer:
Thus did We make their people acquainted with their story, that they might know that Allah´s promise is true


tafseer:
So, recite that which has been revealed (or inspired) unto you of the Book from your Lord. There is no changing (or none can change) His words


tafseer:
Restrain thyself with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, desiring His countenance (or nearness and intimacy), and let not your eyes be turned from them, desiring the adornment (and pomp) of the life of this world


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe and act righteously - verily, We suffer not the reward of him whose work is goodly to be wasted.


tafseer:
Strike out for them a Similitude: Two men, unto one of whom We have assigned two gardens of grapes, and surrounded them both with date-palms, and put corn-fields (or tilled fields) between the two.


tafseer:
Each of the two gardens brought forth its fruit and withheld naught thereof. And We caused a river to gush forth therein.


tafseer:
And he had abundant fruit, and he said unto his neighbour (or companion) in the course of mutual discussion (or argument), &quot


tafseer:
And his fruits were beset (with ruin). Then began he to wring his hands for all that he had spent thereon, for now it had crumbled down to its foundations. And he said, &quot


tafseer:
And (think about) the Day when We will remove the mountains, and you shall see the whole earth emerging (or laid level)


tafseer:
Then shall they be presented to your Lord in ranks - Now have you come to Us (bare) as We created you at first! Aye, but you thought that We would never fulfil Our appointment (with you)!


tafseer:
And the Book (of Deeds) shall be placed, and you shall see the sinners in fear of what is recorded therein


tafseer:
I made them not witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor of the creation of themselves, nor did I take for My helpers those who lead astray.


tafseer:
And the guilty shall see the Fire, and shall know that they are about to fall therein, and shall find no escape there from.


tafseer:
Naught prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them, or from asking pardon of their Lord, except the coming on them of the judgment of the people of olden days, or the coming of the doom before their own eyes.


tafseer:
Who is more unjust than he who, being reminded of the revelations of his Lord, turns away there from, and forgets what his hands have sent forward? Verily, We have placed veils upon their heart lest they should understand, and deafness in their ears! And if you should call them to the guidance, they can never be guided.


tafseer:
But when they reached the confluence of the two they forgot their Fish, and it took its way in the sea with a free course.


tafseer:
Then they found a servant of Ours, to whom We had given mercy from Ourselves, and had taught him knowledge from Our Presence.


tafseer:
So they set out until when they were in the boat, he made a hole therein and scuttled it. (Moses) Said, &quot


tafseer:
As for the boat, it belonged to poor people, who toiled on the sea (or river), and I wished to damage it, for behind it was a king who seized on every boat by force.


tafseer:
And as for the youth, his parents were believers, and we feared lest he should oppress them with rebellion and disbelief.


tafseer:
So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange a better one than him in purity, and nearer in filial affection.


tafseer:
And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan youths in the city, and beneath it was a treasure belonging to them both, and their father was a righteous man, and their Lord desired that they should reach maturity, and then take out their treasure as a mercy from their Lord


tafseer:
And they will ask you about Zul´qarneyn (The Two-horned one, perhaps an ancient Persian Emperor). Say, &quot


tafseer:
Until when he reached the setting of the sun (furthest West), he found it setting in a black muddy spring and he found thereat a people. We said, &quot


tafseer:
But as for him who believes and acts aright, for him is an excellent reward, and we will give him our easy command.&quot


tafseer:
Until when he reached the rising of the sun (furthest East), he found it rising upon a people to whom We had given no shelter there from.


tafseer:
Until when he reached the point between the two mountains, he found below them a people who could scarcely under-stand speech.


tafseer:
What! Did those who disbelieve reckon that they could take My servants for patrons beside Me? Verily, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers for their entertainment!


tafseer:
Those who erred in their endeavours in the life of this world, and who thought they were acquiring good by their deeds.&quot


tafseer:
That is their reward - Hell! Because that they disbelieved and took My revelations and My Messengers as a jest.


tafseer:
To be my heir (or true representative) and the heir (or true representative) of the family of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, one with whom you are well-pleased.&quot


tafseer:
So peace upon him the day he was born, and the day he died, and the day he shall be raised up to life again.


tafseer:
And peace upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised up alive.&quot


tafseer:
Such was Jesus, the son of Mary. This is the statement of truth concerning which they doubt (or dispute).


tafseer:
It befits not the Majesty of Allah that he should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He decrees a matter He only says to it, &quot


tafseer:
And the sects among them disagree, but woe to those who disbelieve from the meeting of the mighty Day.


tafseer:
And warn them of the Day of Sighs (Anguish, Regret, Distress) when the matter is determined. Now they are heedless, and believe not.


tafseer:
And when he had parted from them and what they served beside Allah, We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and each of them We made a prophet.


tafseer:
And We bestowed on them of Our Mercy, and We granted them lofty honour on (or from) the tongue of truth.


tafseer:
He used to enjoin on his people prayers and charity, and was most acceptable (sacrifice) in the sight of his Lord.


tafseer:
These are those to whom Allah has been gracious, of the prophets of the seed of Adam, and of those whom We carried with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and of those We guided and elected. When the revelations of the Beneficent were recited unto them, they fall down adoring and weeping.


tafseer:
But there succeeded after them a later generation who have ruined worship and have followed lusts (prejudices, fantasies, greed, self-interest, superstition), but they shall at length face deception (or failure, destruction),


tafseer:
Then shall We certainly drag, out from every sect, whichever of them has been most obstinately rebellious against the Beneficent.


tafseer:
And when Our clear revelations are recited to them, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, &quot


tafseer:
And how many generations before them have We destroyed who were better off in property and outward appearance?


tafseer:
And those who seek guidance, Allah will increase their guidance. And enduring good works are best with your Lord for a reward, and best for restoration (or eventual returns).


tafseer:
Do you not see that We have sent the devils against the disbelievers, to confound them with confusion.


tafseer:
Whereby the heavens are almost torn asunder, and the earth is riven, and the mountains fall in ruin.


tafseer:
We have made the Scripture easy on your tongue, only that you may thereby give glad tidings unto those who ward of evil, and warn thereby a contentious people.


tafseer:
How many a generation before them have We destroyed? Can you find any one of them, or hear a whisper of them?


tafseer:
To Him belongs what is in the heavens, and what is in the earth, and all that which is between the two, and all that which is beneath the ground!


tafseer:
And if you pronounce the words loudly (or publicly), yet, verily, he knows the secret and the even more hidden.


tafseer:
Eat and pasture your cattle there from. Verily, in this are signs to those endowed with intelligence (minds or understanding).


tafseer:
From it have We created you and into it will We return you, and from it will We bring you forth again.&quot


tafseer:
Gardens of Eden beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever. That is the reward for him who grows (or purifies himself).


tafseer:
Then Pharaoh followed them with his armies, and the sea overwhelmed them and covered them up completely.


tafseer:
Then he brought forth for the people (out of the fire) a corporeal (a statue of a) calf. It seemed to low, and they said, &quot


tafseer:
What! Do they not see that it does not answer them in speech, and cannot control for them harm or profit?


tafseer:
Thus do We narrate to you the history of what has gone before, and We have brought you from Our Presence a reminder.


tafseer:
On the day when the Trumpet shall be blown, and We will gather the guilty on that day white-eyed (with terror).


tafseer:
On that day shall no intercession be of any avail, save from such as the Beneficent permits, and who is acceptable to Him.


tafseer:
Exalted then be Allah, the King, the Truth (or the True King)! Hasten not the Quran before its inspiration is completed for you


tafseer:
Is it not guidance for them to know how many generations We have destroyed before them, amidst whose dwelling-places they walk? Verily, in that are signs to men of thought (or intelligence).


tafseer:
But for the decree already passed from your Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have come to them now.


tafseer:
Therefore, bear patiently with what they say, and celebrate the praises of your Lord ere the rising of the sun, and ere its setting, and glorify Him at times in the night and at the two ends of the day, that you may find acceptance.


tafseer:
And do not strain after what We have provided a few of them - the splendours of the life of this world, through which We test them


tafseer:
No new reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it as in (or while they play (or as a jest),


tafseer:
Their heart trifling with it (or pre-occupied elsewhere). And those who do wrong discourse secretly, saying, &quot


tafseer:
Of those before them not one of the communities which We destroyed believed, how will these believe?


tafseer:
Nor did We send before them any but men whom We inspired? Ask you the people of the Scriptures if you do not know.


tafseer:
And that ceased not to be their cry until We made them like mown down fields, extinct (or as smouldering ashes).


tafseer:
Had We wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in (or nearer) Our Presence, if We would do such a thing.


tafseer:
Nay, We hurl the True against the False and it does break its head, and lo! It vanishes. But woe to you for what you attribute (to Allah).


tafseer:
Unto Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth, and those who dwell in His Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor do they weary.


tafseer:
Were there in both (heaven and earth) gods beside Allah, both would surely have been disordered. Glorified is Allah, the Lord of the Throne, above all they ascribe unto Him.


tafseer:
He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they can not intercede except for him whom He accepts


tafseer:
Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, and We parted them


tafseer:
And We placed on the earth firm mountains lest it should move with them, and He made therein open roads for paths, per chance (or possibly) they may be guided.


tafseer:
He it is who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, they float each in their orbit.


tafseer:
If those who disbelieve but knew the time when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped!


tafseer:
Nay, it shall come on them unawares, and shall dumbfound them, and they shall not be able to repel it, nor shall they be reprieved.


tafseer:
Have they gods to defend them against Us? These cannot help themselves, nor can they be defended against Us.


tafseer:
Nay, but We have granted enjoyment to these men and to their fathers until the period grew long for them. Do they not see that We come to the land and shorten its borders? Shall they then prevail?


tafseer:
We will place a just balance on the Day of Resurrection, and no soul shall be wronged in anything. Even though it is the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We will bring it


tafseer:
In the past We did give to Moses and Aaron the Criterion (or Discrimination), and a Light and a Reminder to those who fear (evil)


tafseer:
And We brought him and Lot safely to the land (Aram or Syria) which We have blessed for all nations (or peoples),


tafseer:
And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and as an additional gift (a grandson), Jacob and each of them We made righteous.


tafseer:
And We made them Leaders to guide men by Our command, and We sent inspiration to them to do good works, and to be steadfast in prayer, and to practice charity


tafseer:
And Lot, to him We gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him safely from the community which practiced abominations


tafseer:
And Noah, of old times, when he called We answered him and saved him and his people from the great affliction,


tafseer:
And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when some people´s sheep had strayed therein at night


tafseer:
And We gave Solomon right understanding of matters (or cases). To each of them We gave judgment and knowledge


tafseer:
And to Solomon We subjected the violent wind, to flow tamely at his bidding to the land which We have blessed - for We are aware of all things.


tafseer:
And some devils (evil ones), who dived for him, and did other works beside, it was We who kept guard over them.


tafseer:
And (remember) Ishmael, and Idris (Enoch?), and Zul-Kifl (Ezekiel?), all men of constancy and patient:


tafseer:
And remember Zun-nun (the man of the Whale, Jonah), when he went away in wrath and thought that We had no power over him


tafseer:
And (remember) her who guarded her chastity, and We breathed into her of Our Spirit, and We made her and her son a sign unto the worlds (or all peoples, or all creatures).


tafseer:
But they cut up their affairs (religion, politics etc. into fragments) amongst themselves, yet they all shall return unto Us


tafseer:
And he who acts right and he who is a believer (or has faith), there is no denial of his efforts, for, verily, We record it for him.


tafseer:
Until Yagug and Magug (Gog and Magog, Lawless tribes or Lawlessness itself) are let loose (through every barrier), and they hasten out of every mound (rock, nook and cranny).


tafseer:
And the True Promise draws nigh, and lo! They are staring, wide-eyed are those who disbelieve, saying, &quot


tafseer:
The Day when We will roll up the heavens as a recorder rolls up the scroll. As We produced it at its first creation, We shall repeat it - a promise binding upon Us


tafseer:
O mankind! Fear your Lord. Verily, the convulsions of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible.


tafseer:
On the day you shall see it, every suckling woman shall be scared away from that to which she gave suck


tafseer:
And yet amongst men are such who wrangles about Allah without knowledge, and follows every rebellious devil


tafseer:
Against whom it is written down that whoever turns to him for friendship, verily, He will lead him astray, and will guide him towards the penalty of the blaze!


tafseer:
O Mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, consider that We created you from earth, then from a seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh, shaped or shapeless, that We may explain to you. And We make what We please to remain in the womb for an appointed time


tafseer:
That is because Allah, He is the Truth. Lo! He quickens the dead, and lo! He is Able to do all things.


tafseer:
And yet amongst men are those who wrangles about Allah without knowledge, without guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment


tafseer:
This is for what your two hands have sent before you, and in this Allah is not an oppressor unto His servants.


tafseer:
He who thinks that Allah will not help him (Muhammad) in this world or in the Hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the ceiling (or heaven) and put an end to himself


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe this Revelation, and those who are Jews, and the Sabaeans, and the Christians, and the Magians, and those who join other gods with Allah, verily, Allah will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection


tafseer:
Do you not see that unto Allah bow down in worship (or submit in service and adoration) whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the beasts, and many among mankind, though there are many unto whom the doom is justly due? Whomsoever Allah abases there is none to honour him


tafseer:
These twain are two opponents who dispute about their Lord. But those who disbelieve, garments (or coverings) of fire will be cut out for them, and on their heads boiling water will be poured down,


tafseer:
Whenever they desire to come forth there from through pain, they will be sent back into it: and (it is said unto them) &quot


tafseer:
For they are guided to goodly speech, and they shall be guided to the path of Him who is worthy of all praise (the All-laudable or Glorious One).


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve and bar men from Allah´s path and from the Sacred Place of Worship, which We have appointed for all mankind alike, the dweller therein and the stranger - and he who desires therein profanity or injustice, We will make him taste a grievous woe.


tafseer:
That they may witness things of benefit for them, and that they may mention the name of Allah for (or on) appointed days over the cattle Allah has provided them with (for sacrifice), then eat thereof and feed the distressed ones in want.


tafseer:
Then let them make an end of their self-neglect, and let them pay their vows and go around the ancient House.


tafseer:
That do. And whoever magnifies the sacred things of Allah it is better for him with his Lord. Cattle are lawful for you, except that which has been recited to you. So shun the abomination of idols, and shun lying speech.


tafseer:
That is his State. And he who honours the Symbols of Allah (and sacrificial animals), they come (or ought to come) from the piety of heart.


tafseer:
Therein have you benefits for an appointed term. In the end the place for sacrificing them is near the Ancient House (Mina near the Kaaba).


tafseer:
To every nation have We appointed rites, that they may mention the name of Allah over the sustenance He has provided them from animals fit for food


tafseer:
To those whose heart, when Allah is mentioned, are filled with awe, and to those who endure patiently all that befalls them, and to those who are steadfast in prayer and who spend of what We have given them.


tafseer:
The camels! We have appointed them for you as one of the symbols of Allah. Therein have you much good


tafseer:
Their meat will never reach to Allah, nor yet their blood, but the piety from you will reach Him. Thus hath He subjected them to you that you may magnify Allah for guiding you: and give you glad tidings to those who do right.


tafseer:
Permission is given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and, indeed, Allah has power to give them victory


tafseer:
Those who, if We establish them in the land, are steadfast in prayer, and give regular charity, and bid what is right, and forbid what is wrong - with Allah rests the end (final outcome) of affairs.


tafseer:
But if they call you liar, even so did the people of Noah, and the tribes of A´ad and Thamud, they denied (My messengers) before you.


tafseer:
And how many a city (community) have We destroyed while it was guilty (did wrong), and it tumbled down on its roof, lying ruined to this day, and how many a deserted well and lofty palace!


tafseer:
Have they not travelled through the land? And have they not heart wherewith to feel (understand), and ears wherewith to hear? For, indeed, it is not their eyes that are blind, but it is the hearts which are within their breasts that grow blind.


tafseer:
And to how many a city have I given full range while it yet did wrong! Then I seized it, and unto Me was the return.


tafseer:
We have not sent before you any messenger or prophet, but that when he formed a desire (or recited the message), Satan introduced not something (evil or vain) into it


tafseer:
That He may make that which Satan introduces a trial unto those in whose heart is a disease, and those whose heart are hardened - verily, the wrongdoers are in a wide schism -


tafseer:
And that those who have been given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord, and may believe therein, and that their heart may surrender humbly unto Him. Verily, Allah surely will guide those who believe into the Straight Way.


tafseer:
But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt thereof until the Hour (of Judgment) comes on them suddenly, or there comes on them the torment of the Day of Disaster.


tafseer:
And those who flee their homes in the cause of Allah, and then are slain or die, Allah will surely provide them with a goodly provision


tafseer:
Assuredly, He shall make them enter by an entrance that they will love. For, verily, Allah is Knower, Most-forbearing.


tafseer:
That is so. Whoever retaliates with the like of what He has been made to suffer, and shall then be wronged again, Allah shall surely succour him


tafseer:
That is because Allah causes the night to pass into day, and causes the day to pass into night, and because Allah is Hearer, Seer.


tafseer:
That is because Allah, He is the Truth (or Reality), and that whereon they call instead of Him is the False, and because Allah, He is the High, the Great.


tafseer:
See you not how Allah sends down water from the sky, and on the morrow the earth is green? Verily, Allah is Subtile, Aware.


tafseer:
Have you not seen that Allah has subjected for you all that is in the earth, and the ship that runs on in the sea at His bidding, and He holds back the sky from falling on the earth save at His bidding? Verily, Allah to mankind is Gracious, Merciful.


tafseer:
And they serve beside Allah that for which He has sent down (revealed) no warrant, and that whereof they have no knowledge. For wrongdoers there is no helper.


tafseer:
When Our clear revelations are read to them, you may recognize disdain in the faces of those who disbelieve


tafseer:
O mankind! A similitude is coined for you, so pay heed to it. Verily, those on whom you call beside Allah could never create a fly even if they combine together to do it. And if the fly should snatch something from them they could not rescue it from it. So weak are both the seeker and the sought.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves (in obeisance), and serve your Lord, and do good, that per chance (or possibly) you may prosper


tafseer:
And strive in the cause of Allah, with the effort which is His due. He has chosen you, and has not laid upon you any hardship (or hindrance) in religion - the faith of your father Abraham. He has named you Muslims of old and in this (Scripture), that the Messenger may be a witness against you, and that you may be witnesses against mankind. So establish regular (and correct) prayer, give regular (and correct) charity, and hold fast to Allah


tafseer:
Except for with those joined with them in marriage or the captive whom their right hand possesses, for then, verily, they are free from blame.


tafseer:
Then We produce for you thereby gardens of date-palms and grapes wherein you have much fruits, and whereof you eat.


tafseer:
Said the chiefs of the people who disbelieved, and denied the meeting in the Hereafter, and to whom We gave enjoyment in the life of this world, &quot


tafseer:
Then We sent Our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto any nation they denied him


tafseer:
And, verily, this your religion (or brotherhood) is one religion (or brotherhood), and I am your Lord


tafseer:
But they (mankind) have broken their religion (or affair) between them into sects, each sect rejoicing in its own tenets.


tafseer:
And those who give what they give with heart afraid because they are about to return unto their Lord,


tafseer:
Until, when We catch the affluent ones amongst them with the punishment, then lo! They cry in supplication.


tafseer:
Have they not pondered over the words, or has something new come unto them which came not to their forefathers?


tafseer:
But if the truth were to conform to their desires, verily, the heavens and the earth and whoever is therein would be corrupted. Nay, We brought them their Reminder (The Quran), but from their Reminder they now turn away.


tafseer:
Or do you ask them for a tribute? But the bounty of your Lord is better, for He is the best of those who provide.


tafseer:
But if We had mercy on them, and relieved their distress, they still would persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering on.


tafseer:
And We caught them with the punishment, but they humble not themselves before their Lord, nor do they pray,


tafseer:
He it is who produced for you hearing and sight, and heart (or feelings, understanding, mind). Little thanks give you.


tafseer:
And when the trumpet shall be blown, and there shall be no kinship between them on that day, nor will they ask about each other then!


tafseer:
This is a chapter which We have revealed and ordained. In it We have revealed manifest signs in order that you may take heed.


tafseer:
The man and the woman guilty of adultery (fornication, whoring), scourge each of them with a hundred stripes, and let not compassion for them withhold you from obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day


tafseer:
Let no adulterer marry any but an adulteress or an idolatress (or unbeliever), nor let any but such a man or an idolater (or unbeliever) marry such a woman. All this is forbidden to believers.


tafseer:
And those who launch a charge (accusations, imputations) on chaste women, but bring not four witnesses, scourge them with eighty stripes, and never afterwards accept their testimony, for these are, indeed, evil-doers (workers of abomination),


tafseer:
And those who cast charges (accusations, imputations) against their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify four times that, by Allah, he is of those who speak the truth


tafseer:
And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bears testimony four times that, by Allah, he is of those who lie


tafseer:
And were it not for the grace of Allah upon you and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Relenting, Wise (he would have been ruined).


tafseer:
Verily, those who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not as an evil for you. Nay, it is good for you. Every man of them shall have what he has earned of sin


tafseer:
Why did not, when you heard it, the believers, men and women, think good of their own folk, and say, &quot


tafseer:
Why did they not bring four witnesses to it? But since they did not bring witnesses, then verily they stand forth as liars in the sight of Allah.


tafseer:
And but for the grace of Allah upon you, and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, an awful doom would have seized you, for that which you glibly and hastily spread abroad.


tafseer:
Behold, you received it with your tongues, and spoke with your mouths what you had no knowledge of, and deemed it a light thing, while it was most grave in the sight of Allah.


tafseer:
Verily, those who love to see slander (or scandal) broadcast amongst the believers, for them is grievous woe in this world and the Hereafter


tafseer:
And but for the grace of Allah upon you, and His mercy, and that Allah is kind and compassionate....


tafseer:
O you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Satan, for he who follows the footsteps of Satan, verily, he bids you filth (the shameful) and wrong. Had it not been for the grace of Allah upon you and His mercy unto you, not one of you would have grown pure


tafseer:
And let not those amongst you who have plenty (dignity and ease and ample means) swear that they will not give aught to their kinsman and the needy and those who are fugitives from their homes in the cause of Allah, but let them forgive and show indulgence. Do you not yearn that Allah should forgive you? Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
Verily, those who slander (cast aspersions) on virtuous (or chaste) women who have been careless (indiscreet) but believing, shall be cursed in this world and the Hereafter


tafseer:
On the day when their tongues and hands and feet shall testify against them as to what they used to do,


tafseer:
Vile (impure) women are for vile (impure) men, and vile men for vile women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women, such are innocent of what people they say


tafseer:
O you who believe! Enter not into houses which are not your own, until you have asked permission (announced your presence) and saluted (invoked peace on) the people thereof. That is better for you


tafseer:
And if you find no one therein, then enter not until permission is given you, and if it be said unto you, &quot


tafseer:
And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their modesty, and display not their ornaments, except those which are obvious from the outside


tafseer:
And marry the single amongst you, and the righteous among your slaves and your handmaidens. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them of His grace, for Allah encompasses all and knows all.


tafseer:
And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste until Allah gives them means from His grace. And if any of your slaves asks for a Deed in writing (an agreement to purchase their freedom), write it for them if you know any good in them


tafseer:
Now have We sent down to you clear revelations, and the example of those who have passed away before you, and as an admonition to those who fear (avoid) evil.


tafseer:
(This lamp is found, or the light is lit) In the houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered (or mentioned) therein. His praises are celebrated therein mornings and evenings.


tafseer:
By men whom neither merchandise nor selling (commerce) divert from the remembrance of Allah and steadfastness in prayer and charity, who are in awe of the day when heart and eyes shall be transformed,


tafseer:
That Allah may reward them for the best of that which they have done, and give them increase of His bounty


tafseer:
But those who disbelieve, their works are like the mirage in a desert, the thirsty suppose it to be water till when he comes to it he finds nothing, but he finds, instead, Allah is with him


tafseer:
Or like darkness on a deep sea. There covers it a wave above which is another wave, above which is a cloud, layers of darkness upon darkness


tafseer:
Have you not seen that Allah, He it is whom praise all who are in the heavens and the earth, and the birds in their flight? Each one knows its worship and its praise, and Allah is aware of what they do?


tafseer:
And unto Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah is the journeying.


tafseer:
Have you not seen how Allah drives the clouds gently, and then gathers them together, then heaps them up (or layers them)? Then you may see the rain coming forth from their midst


tafseer:
Allah alternates the night and the day. Verily, in all these things is a lesson to those endowed with vision.


tafseer:
And Allah created every beast from water, and of them are some that creep upon their bellies, and some that walk upon two legs, and some walk upon four. Allah creates what He wills


tafseer:
We have, indeed, sent down revelations which make things (hidden) manifest, and Allah guides whom He pleases unto the Straight Way.


tafseer:
And when they appeal to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, lo! A section of them is averse.


tafseer:
Is there in their heart a disease, or do they doubt, or do they fear lest Allah and His Messenger should deal unjustly by them?- Nay, it is they who do wrong (or are unjust).


tafseer:
The speech of the believers, when they appeal unto Allah and His Messenger to judge between them, is only to say, &quot


tafseer:
He who obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, such indeed are the victorious.


tafseer:
They swear by Allah with their most solemn oath that had you ordered them they would surely go forth. Say, &quot


tafseer:
Allah promises those of you who believe and do right that He will give them the succession (or make them inheritors to the present rulers), in the earth even as He gave the succession to those before them


tafseer:
Establish regular worship and regularly pay the Zakah (the poor-tax) and obey the Messenger, in order that you may obtain mercy.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Let those whom your right hands possess (slaves), and the children amongst you who have not reached puberty, ask leave of you on three occasions (before coming into your presence) - before the prayer of dawn, and when you put off your clothes because of the heat at noon, and after the evening prayer - three occasions of privacy (or undress) for you. It is no sin on either you or them at other times, to go about attending to each other (without express permission). Thus does Allah explain to you His revelations, for Allah is Knower, Wise.


tafseer:
And when your children reach puberty let them ask leave as those before them asked leave. Thus does Allah explain to you His revelations, for Allah is Knower, Wise.


tafseer:
And women past childbearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is no crime for them if they discard their outer garments in such a way as not to display their adornments. But to refrain is better for them, for Allah is Hearer, Knower.


tafseer:
There is no blame upon the blind, nor blame upon the lame, nor blame upon the sick nor on yourselves if you eat from your houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your paternal uncles, or the houses of your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles, or the houses of your maternal aunts, or those whereof you possess the keys, or of your friend. There is no crime upon you that you eat all together or separately. But when you enter houses, then greet each other with a salutation from Allah, blessed and pure. Thus does Allah explain to you His revelations in order that you may understand.


tafseer:
Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Messenger, and when they are with him (the Messenger) upon some common business, go not away until they have asked leave of him. Verily, those who ask your leave they it is who believe in Allah and His Messenger. So, if they ask your leave for any of their own concerns, then give leave to whomever you will of them, and ask for them forgiveness of Allah


tafseer:
Make not the calling (or summons) of the Messenger among you like your calling (or summons) one to the other. Allah knows those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade his orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.


tafseer:
Verily, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. He knows their condition, and the Day when they shall be returned unto Him so that He may inform them of what they did. Allah is Knower of all things.


tafseer:
Blessed is He Who has revealed unto His servants the Discrimination (or Criterion) that it may be an admonition to all peoples.


tafseer:
He unto Whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He has chosen no son nor has He any partner in the sovereignty. He has created everything, and then given it its measure (proportions).


tafseer:
Yet they take beside Him other gods who create not aught, but are themselves created, and cannot control harm or profit for themselves, and can control neither death, nor life, nor resurrection.


tafseer:
Blessed is He Who, if He will, can make for you better than all that - Gardens beneath which rivers flow - and can make for you castles (mansions, palaces).


tafseer:
Nay, but they deny the coming of the Hour, and for those who deny the Hour We have prepared a blaze:


tafseer:
And when they are thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they shall pray for destruction there.


tafseer:
Therein abiding, they shall have all that they desire. It is for your Lord a promise that must be fulfiled.


tafseer:
And thus have they proved you liars for what you say, and you cannot avert or obtain help. And he among you who does wrong, We will make him taste great torment.


tafseer:
The companions of the Garden on that day shall be in a better abiding-place and a better noonday rest.


tafseer:
The day the heavens shall be cleft asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down, descending in ranks.


tafseer:
The true kingdom (sovereignty, dominion) on that day shall belong to the Beneficent, and it shall be a hard day for the disbelievers.


tafseer:
And they bring you no similitude but We reveal the truth and the best interpretation thereof (or a better argument).


tafseer:
They who shall be gathered upon their faces into hell, such are worse in plight and further from the path.


tafseer:
And We did give to Moses the Book, and placed with him his brother, Aaron, as a minister (or Priest)


tafseer:
And the people of Noah, when they denied the messenger, We drowned them, and made them a sign for mankind. We prepared for the wrongdoers a grievous woe.


tafseer:
Have you considered him who takes for his god his own lusts (prejudices, fantasies, superstitions)? Would you then be guardian over him?


tafseer:
Or do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are but like the cattle, nay, they are further astray in the path.


tafseer:
Have you not seen how your Lord spreads the shadow? Had He willed He could have made it still - We make the sun its guide,


tafseer:
That We may quicken therewith the dead land, and slake the thirst of the things We have created - beasts and men in great numbers.


tafseer:
So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith (with the Quran) with great endeavour.


tafseer:
He it is who has set free the two bodies of water (rivers and seas), one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter, and has set a barrier between them, forbidding passage.


tafseer:
And He it is who has created man from water, and has appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage for your Lord is ever Powerful.


tafseer:
He who created the heavens and the earth, and what is between them, in six days, and then mounted the Throne


tafseer:
Blessed be He who placed in the heavens mansions (constellations) of stars, and has placed therein a great lamp and an illuminating moon!


tafseer:
And He it is who made the night and the day alternating, for him who desires to remember or who desires thankfulness.


tafseer:
And the faithful servants of the Beneficent are those who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the ignorant (or foolish) address them, answer, &quot


tafseer:
And those who when they spend are neither extravagant nor miserly, but who always take their stand between the two


tafseer:
The penalty will be doubled for him on the Day of Judgment, and he will abide therein despised forever,


tafseer:
And those who will not witness vanity (frivolous, foolish, ignorant, futile and useless things, falsehood)


tafseer:
And those who when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat


tafseer:
These shall be rewarded with a high place for that they were steadfast: and they will meet therein with welcome and peace,


tafseer:
They have indeed rejected the message, but soon enough will come to them the truth of that at which they mocked.


tafseer:
But they rejected him, so the torment of the day of gloom (Ashes from a volcanic eruption?) seized them. Lo! It was the retribution of an awful day.


tafseer:
And lower your wing (in kindness and protection as the hen does over its chicks) to those of the believers who follow you


tafseer:
Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after they are wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know with what a turn they shall be turned.


tafseer:
Lo!, As for those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made for them their works fair-seeming, and they shall wander blindly on.


tafseer:
These are they who shall have grievous torment, and theirs in the Hereafter shall be the greatest loss.


tafseer:
And assembled for Solomon were his hosts of the Jinn and of mankind, and birds, and they were marshalled in battle order


tafseer:
Behold, what was the nature of the consequences of their plotting, for lo! We destroyed them and their people, everyone.


tafseer:
Nay, but does their knowledge reach to the Hereafter? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning it. Nay, but they are blind thereto.


tafseer:
Verily, you can not make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn to flee


tafseer:
Nor can you guide the blind out of their error. You can make none to hear, save those who believe Our revelations and have Surrendered.


tafseer:
And when the word is fulfiled against them We will bring forth a beast out of the earth (gross materialism?) that shall speak to (or wound) them, because mankind had not faith in Our revelations.


tafseer:
And the Day when We will gather from every nation a troop of those who denied our revelations, and they shall be marshalled


tafseer:
And the Word shall be fulfiled concerning them because they did wrong, and they will not be able to speak.


tafseer:
Did they not see that how We have made the night for them to rest in, and the day to see by? Verily, in that are signs to people who believe.


tafseer:
And the Day when the trumpet shall be blown and all who are in the heavens and the earth shall be startled in fear (or horrified), save whom Allah wills. And all shall come unto Him, humbled.


tafseer:
And you see the mountains (things seemingly firm and reliable) which you do deem firm, drifting away like the passing of the clouds - the work of Allah who orders all things. Verily, He is well aware of what you do!


tafseer:
But those who bring an evil deed shall be thrown down upon their faces in the Fire. Shall you be rewarded save for what you did?


tafseer:
(Say) I (Muhammad) am commanded to serve the Lord of this land (Mecca) which He has made sacred, and unto Whom belong all things. And I am commanded to be of those who Surrender (unto Him),


tafseer:
We narrate unto you something from the history of Moses and Pharaoh with truth unto a people who believe.


tafseer:
And We wished to be gracious to those who were weakened by oppression in the earth, and to make them models, and to make them the inheritors


tafseer:
So We restored him to his mother that her eye might be cheered, and that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the promise of Allah is true. But most of them understand not.


tafseer:
And he entered into the city at a time when the people thereof were heedless, and he found therein two men fighting


tafseer:
And on the morrow he was in the city, fearing, vigilant. And behold, he whom he had helped the day before, cried again to him for help. Moses said unto him, &quot


tafseer:
And when he came unto the water of Midian he found thereat a group of people watering their flocks. And he found apart from them two women keeping back their flocks. Said he, &quot


tafseer:
And when Moses had fulfiled the appointed time, and was travelling with his people, he perceived in the mountain a fire and said to his family, &quot


tafseer:
And when he came to it he was called by a voice, from the right side of the valley, in the blessed field, out of a tree, &quot


tafseer:
And We gave Moses the Book, after that We had destroyed the former generations, to give insight to mankind, and a guidance and a mercy


tafseer:
You (Muhammad) were not upon the Western side when We expounded unto Moses his mission, nor were you of the witnesses (of those events)


tafseer:
Otherwise, if a disaster should befall them for what their hands have sent before, they should say, &quot


tafseer:
And if they cannot answer you, then know that they follow their own lusts (prejudices, fantasies, superstitions)


tafseer:
These shall be given their reward twice over, because they were steadfast, and repelled evil with good, and spend of what We have bestowed upon them.


tafseer:
How many a community have We destroyed that exulted in its means of subsistence? Yonder are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them, except for a while. And We, even We, are the inheritors.


tafseer:
But your Lord would never destroy a community until He has sent to its centre a messenger to recite to them Our signs


tafseer:
Whatever thing you may be given, it is a provision for the life of this world and the adornment thereof


tafseer:
Is He to whom We have promised a goodly promise, which he shall meet with, like him to whom We have given the enjoyment in the life of this world, and who on the Day of Resurrection shall be of the arraigned (brought up to deserve punishment )?


tafseer:
But, as for him who repents and believes and does right, it may be that he will be among the successful.


tafseer:
Have you considered, if Allah were to make for you the night endless until the Day of Resurrection, who is the god, but Allah, to bring you light? Will you not then hear?


tafseer:
But of His mercy He has made for you the night and the day, that you may rest therein, and crave of His grace, per chance (or possibly) you may give thanks.


tafseer:
And he went out amongst the people in his pomp. Those who desired the life of this world said, &quot


tafseer:
That Home of the Hereafter, We assign it unto those who seek not arrogant oppression in the earth, nor yet corruption, and the end is for the righteous.


tafseer:
Verily, He who hath ordained the Quran for you will surely bring you back to the Place of Return (Mecca or Home in Heaven). Say, &quot


tafseer:
You  had no hope that the Book (Scripture) would be inspired in you, but it is a mercy from your Lord! Be not, therefore, a helper of those who disbelieve,


tafseer:
We did try those who were before you, and Allah will surely know those who are sincere, and He will surely know those who feign.


tafseer:
He who looks forward to the meeting with Allah, - verily, the appointed time is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer and Knower.


tafseer:
But We saved him and the company of the ark, and made it a sign unto the worlds (all peoples or creatures).


tafseer:
But if you deny this, then know that nations before you have denied it. The messenger has only to convey the message plainly.&quot


tafseer:
And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was troubled on account of them, and felt powerless to protect them. But they said, &quot


tafseer:
And A´ad and Thamud! But their fate is plain to you from their ruined habitations. Satan made their deeds fair seeming unto them, and turned them from the Way, gifted with intelligence and skill though they were.


tafseer:
And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses did come to them with clear signs, but they were inflated with pride in the earth. Yet they could not outstrip Us!


tafseer:
The similitude of those who choose other patrons than Allah, is as the likeness of a spider, that takes to himself a house


tafseer:
As for these similitudes (parables), We have coined for mankind, but none will understand them, save the wise.


tafseer:
You  (Muhammad) could not recite before this any Book (or Scripture), nor write it with your right hand, for then, indeed, might those who deal (or talk) in vanities (trivialities, falsehoods, irrelevancies) have doubted.


tafseer:
Nay, but it is a clear revelation in the heart of those who are endowed with knowledge, and none deny Our revelations save the wrongdoers (or unjust).


tafseer:
Is it not enough for them that We have sent down to you the Book which you do recite to them? Verily, in that is a mercy and a reminder to a people who believe.


tafseer:
On the Day when the Doom (or Wrath) shall overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say, &quot


tafseer:
Those who believe and act right, We will surely house them in lofty (or upper) chambers of the Garden beneath which rivers flow


tafseer:
Have they not seen that We have made a Safe Sanctuary whilst people are being snatched away around them? Is it then that they believe in falsehood, and disbelieve the bounty of Allah?


tafseer:
But who is more unjust than he who devises against Allah a lie, or rejects the truth when it comes to him? Is there not in hell a home for the disbelievers?


tafseer:
But those who strive in Our cause, We will surely guide them into Our Way, for, verily, Allah is with those who do right.


tafseer:
They know only the outward (appearance) in the life of this world, but of the Hereafter they are heedless.


tafseer:
Do they not reflect within themselves: Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them but with Truth, and for an appointed term (or destined end)? But truly most of the people are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord.


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these were in power and prowess, and they dug up the earth, and built on it in greater abundance than these have built. There came to them their messengers with clear arguments


tafseer:
Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because they rejected the revelations of Allah and used to mock them.


tafseer:
And they shall not have any intercessors from among their gods they have joined with Allah, and they shall be deniers of their associate-gods.


tafseer:
And as to those who disbelieved and rejected Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter, these shall be brought to the chastisement.


tafseer:
He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and He revives the earth after its death, and even so shall you be brought forth.


tafseer:
And one of His signs is this, that He created you from dust, then lo! You are mortals, scattered widely.


tafseer:
And one of His signs is this that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion


tafseer:
And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colours


tafseer:
And one of His signs is your sleeping by night and your seeking of His Bounty (livelihood, benefits and treasures) by day


tafseer:
And one of His signs is this, that He shows you the lightning for fear and for hope, and sends down water from the clouds thereby quickens the earth after its death


tafseer:
And one of His signs is this that the heaven and the earth subsist by His command, then when He calls you with a single call, lo! From out of the earth, you emerge.


tafseer:
He sets forth to you a similitude (parable) relating to yourselves (and your own experience): Have you among those whom your right hands possess (slaves) partners in what We have given you for sustenance, to share as equals


tafseer:
Then set your purpose for religion as a man upright by nature - the nature made by Allah in which He has made men


tafseer:
Turning to Him only, and be careful of your duty to Him and keep up prayer and be not of those who ascribe partners to Him (polytheists),


tafseer:
And when harm afflicts men, they call upon their Lord, turning to Him, then when He makes them taste of mercy from Him, lo! Some of them begin to associate (others) with their Lord,


tafseer:
Or, have We sent down upon them an authority so that it speaks of that which they associate with Him?


tafseer:
And when We make people taste of mercy they rejoice in it, and if an evil befall them for what their hands have already wrought, lo! They are in despair.


tafseer:
Do they not see that Allah makes ample provision for whom He pleases, or restricts it? Herein, indeed, are signs for a people who believe.


tafseer:
And whatever you lay out as usury, so that it may increase in the property of men, it has no increase with Allah


tafseer:
Allah is He Who created you, then gave you sustenance, then He causes you to die, then brings you to life. Is there any of your associate-gods who does aught of it? Glory be to Him, and exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).


tafseer:
Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return.


tafseer:
So set your purpose resolutely to the right religion, before there come from Allah the day which cannot be averted (or is inevitable). On that day they will be sundered.


tafseer:
Whoever disbelieves, must bear the consequences for his disbelief, and whoever does good makes provision for his own soul,


tafseer:
And one of His signs is this, that He sends forth the winds bearing good news, and that He may make you taste of His mercy, and that the ships may run by His command, and that you may seek of His favour, and that you may be grateful.


tafseer:
Verily We sent before you messengers to their own people. They came to them with clear arguments. Then We gave the punishment to those who were guilty


tafseer:
Allah is he Who sends forth the winds so they raise a cloud, then He spreads it forth in the sky as He pleases, and He breaks it up so that you see the rain coming forth from within it


tafseer:
And if We send a wind and they see it to yellow (scorch the crop), they would after that certainly continue in their disbelief.


tafseer:
For surely you can not make the dead to hear and you can not make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned away (or their backs to flee).


tafseer:
Nor can you lead away the blind out of their error. you can not make to hear any but those who believe in Our revelations so that they Surrender (in Islam).


tafseer:
Allah is He Who created you from a state of weakness then He gave strength after weakness, then ordained weakness and grey hair after strength. He creates what He will, and He is the Knower, the Mighty.


tafseer:
And on the day when the Hour shall come, the guilty shall swear that they did not tarry but an hour - thus are they ever deceived.


tafseer:
But on that day their excuse shall not profit those who were unjust, nor shall they be allowed to make amends.


tafseer:
But amongst men are those who purchase (pay for) idle tales without knowledge (or meaning), to lead astray men from the path of Allah, and to make a jest of it


tafseer:
And when Our signs are recited to such a one, he turns away in arrogance as though he heard them not, as if there was deafness in both his ears. Announce to him a grievous penalty.


tafseer:
He created the heavens without supports that you can see, and He placed upon the earth firm mountains lest it should shake with you


tafseer:
Have you not seen that Allah has subjected to you what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and has poured down upon you His favours, outwardly and inwardly? But amongst men are those who wrangle about Allah, without knowledge, and without guidance, and without an illuminating book (Scriptures that gives light and enlightens).


tafseer:
But he who Surrenders his purpose unto Allah (i.e. becomes a Muslim), and does good, he has grasped the firm handle


tafseer:
And were the trees that are in the earth pens, and the sea ink with seven more seas to swell it, the Words of Allah would not be exhausted


tafseer:
Have you not seen that Allah joins the night to the day, and joins the day to the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running unto an appointed time? And that Allah is well informed of what you do?


tafseer:
That is because Allah, He is Truth (or the only Reality), and because what you call on beside Him is the False, and because Allah, He is the Sublime, the Great.


tafseer:
Do you not see that the ship rides on in the sea by the favour of Allah, that He may show you of His wonders? Verily, in that are signs to every grateful heart.


tafseer:
O mankind! Fear (keep your duty to) your Lord and dread the Day when the parent shall not be able to avail the child in aught, nor shall the child avail aught for its parent. Lo! the promise of Allah is true! Say, &quot


tafseer:
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six Days (periods), and He mounted the Throne (of authority)


tafseer:
Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His spirit, and made for you the faculties of hearing, and sight and heart


tafseer:
And they say: What! When we have become lost in the earth, shall we then certainly be a new creation? Nay! They are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord.


tafseer:
Say: The angel of death who is given charge of you shall cause you to die, then to your Lord you shall be returned.


tafseer:
And if We had pleased We would certainly have given to every soul its guidance, but the word (which had gone forth about evil-doers) from Me was just this: &quot


tafseer:
Only they believe in Our revelations who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate (in obeisance) and celebrate the praise of their Lord, and they are not proud.


tafseer:
Their sides draw away from their beds, they call upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and they spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them.


tafseer:
Is he then who is a believer like him who is an evil-liver (transgressor)? They are not alike (equal).


tafseer:
As for those who believe and do good, the Gardens are their homes - a hospitable welcome for what they did.


tafseer:
And most certainly We will make them taste of the Lesser (or Nearer) Chastisement (i.e. in this life) before the Greater Chastisement (in the Hereafter) that per chance (or possibly) they may turn.


tafseer:
And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the revelations of his Lord, then he turns away from them? Surely We will requite the guilty.


tafseer:
And certainly We gave the Book to Moses, so be not in doubt concerning the receiving of it, and We made it a guide for the children of Israel.


tafseer:
And We made of them Imams (religious or spiritual leaders) to guide by Our command when they were patient, and they were certain of Our revelations.


tafseer:
Surely your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differ.


tafseer:
Does it not point out to them the right way, how many of the generations, in whose abodes they go about, did We destroy before them? Most surely there are signs in this


tafseer:
Do they not see that We drive the water to a land having no herbage, then We bring forth thereby crops of which their cattle and they themselves eat


tafseer:
O Prophet! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and do not comply with the wishes of the disbelievers and the hypocrites


tafseer:
The Prophet is closer to (has a greater claim on) the faithful than they have on themselves, and his wives are (as) their mothers


tafseer:
And when We made a covenant with the prophets and with you (Muhammad), and with Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, son of Mary, We made with them a strong (solemn) covenant,


tafseer:
That He may question the Custodians of Truth about the truth (or the Loyal about loyalty), and He has prepared for the unfaithful a painful doom.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Call to mind the favour of Allah to you when there came down upon you hosts, so We sent against them a strong wind and hosts that you saw not, and Allah is Seer what you do.


tafseer:
When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes turned dull, and the heart rose up to the throats, and you began to think vain thoughts of Allah.


tafseer:
And if the enemy had entered upon them from the outlying parts of it, and they had been exhorted to treachery, they would certainly have done it, and they would have hesitated but little.


tafseer:
They think the confederates (enemy clans) have not gone, and if the confederates should come (again) they would fain be in the deserts with the wandering Arabs (Bedouins) asking for news about you, and if they were among you they would not fight save a little.


tafseer:
Verily, you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example for him who hopes in Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much.


tafseer:
Of the believers are men who are true to the covenant which they made with Allah: so of them is he who accomplished his vow, and of them is he who yet waits, and they have not changed in the least.


tafseer:
That Allah may reward the truthful for their truth, and punish the hypocrites if He please or relent towards them (mercifully)


tafseer:
And He brought down those of the People of the Book (Jews) who supported them, from their fortresses and He cast panic into their heart


tafseer:
And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and their property, and to a land which you have not yet trodden, and Allah has power over all things.


tafseer:
O wives of the prophet! Whoever of you commits an open indecency, the punishment shall be increased to her doubly


tafseer:
And whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger and does good, We will give to her a double reward, and We have prepared for her an honourable sustenance.


tafseer:
And keep in mind what is recited in your houses of the revelations of Allah and the wisdom. Verily, Allah is Subtile, Aware.


tafseer:
Verily, men who surrender and the women who surrender, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the charitable men and the charitable women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their modesty and the women who guard (their modesty), and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember - Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward.


tafseer:
And it behoves not a believing man and a believing woman that they should have any choice in their matter when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter


tafseer:
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Last of the prophets


tafseer:
He it is Who sends His blessings on you, and so do His angels, that He may bring you forth out of utter darkness into the light


tafseer:
And incline not to the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their annoying talk, and rely on Allah


tafseer:
O you who believe! When you marry the believing women, and then divorce them before you touch them, then you have in their case no term (of waiting) to reckon


tafseer:
O Prophet! Surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you


tafseer:
You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom you please, and whom you desire of those whom you had separated provisionally


tafseer:
It is not lawful to you to marry more women afterwards, nor that you should change them for other wives, though their beauty be pleasing to you, except what your right hand possesses and Allah is Watchful over all things.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Enter not the dwellings of the Prophet for a meal without waiting for the proper time, unless permission is given to you. But if you are invited, enter, and when the meal is ended, then disperse. Linger not for vain conversation


tafseer:
There is no blame on them in respect of their fathers, nor their brothers, nor their brothers´ sons, nor their sisters´ sons nor their own women, nor of what their right hands possess


tafseer:
Surely, those who speak evil things of Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter, and He has prepared for them a humiliating chastisement.


tafseer:
And those who speak evil things of the believing men and the believing women undeservedly, they are guilty indeed of a false accusation and a manifest sin.


tafseer:
O Prophet! Say to your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers that they let down upon them their over-garments (cloaks)


tafseer:
If the hypocrites and those in whose heart is a disease and the agitators in the city do not desist, We shall most certainly set you over them, then they shall not be your neighbours in it but for a little while


tafseer:
O you who believe! Be not like those who spoke evil things of Moses, but Allah cleared him of what they said, and he was worthy of regard with Allah.


tafseer:
He will put your deeds into a right state (correctly adjust, harmonise, make whole) for you, and forgive you your faults


tafseer:
Verily, We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to undertake it, being afraid of it


tafseer:
So Allah will chastise the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, and Allah will turn to (forgive and help) the believing men and women, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
All praise is due to Allah, unto Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and His is the praise in the Hereafter


tafseer:
He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up to it


tafseer:
And those who strive hard in opposing Our revelations, these it is for whom is a painful and humiliating chastisement.


tafseer:
And those to whom knowledge has been given see that which has been revealed unto you from your Lord, that it is the truth, and it guides into the path of the Mighty, the Owner of Praise.


tafseer:
Do they not then consider what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and the earth? If We will We can make them disappear in the land or bring down upon them a portion from the heaven


tafseer:
And We made the wind (subservient) unto Solomon, which made a month´s journey in the morning and a month´s journey in the evening, and We made a fountain of molten copper to flow out for him, and of the Jinn (foreigners or ingenious skilled workers?) there were those who worked before him by the command of his Lord


tafseer:
They made for him what he pleased of temples and images, and bowls (large) as watering-troughs and cooking-pots that will not move from their place


tafseer:
But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them his death but a creature of the earth that ate away his staff


tafseer:
But they turned away, so We sent upon them a flood from Dams, and We converted their two gardens into two gardens yielding bitter fruit and tamarisk and a few lote-trees.


tafseer:
And We set between them and the towns which We had blessed, other towns to be easily seen (in prominent positions), and for the journey between then We appointed proportional stages, (saying) &quot


tafseer:
And certainly Satan found true his calculations concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the believers.


tafseer:
And he has no authority over them, but that We may distinguish him who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it


tafseer:
And We have not sent you (Muhammad) but to all mankind (or as a Universal Messenger) as a bearer of good news and as a Warner, but most men know not.


tafseer:
It is not your wealth nor your children which bring you near Us in station, but whoever believes and does good, these it is for whom is a double reward for what they do, and they shall be secure in the highest places.


tafseer:
So on that day one of you shall not control profit or harm for another, and We will say to those who were unjust, &quot


tafseer:
And We have not given them (Arabs) any Books (Scripture) which they read, nor did We send to them before you a Warner.


tafseer:
And those before them rejected the truth, and these have not yet attained a tenth of what We gave them, yet they rejected My messenger, how terrible, then, was My rejection (abhorrence of them)!


tafseer:
(Seeing) they disbelieved in it before. And they aim at the unseen from afar off (with far out conjectures)


tafseer:
And a barrier shall be placed between them and that which they desire, as was done with the likes of them before: surely they are in hopeless (disquieting, distressing) doubt.


tafseer:
All praise is due to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and three, and four (pairs)


tafseer:
Whatever Allah grants to men of His mercy, there is none to withhold it, and what He withholds there is none to send it forth after that, and He is the Mighty, the Wise


tafseer:
And if they call you a liar, truly messengers before you were called liars, and to Allah are all affairs returned.


tafseer:
O men! Surely the promise of Allah is true, therefore let not the life of this world deceive you, and let not the arch deceiver deceive you respecting Allah.


tafseer:
35:7 As for those who disbelieve, they shall have a severe punishment, and as for those who believe and do good, they shall have forgiveness and a great reward.


tafseer:
What! Is he whose evil deed is made fair-seeming to him so that he considers it good (other than Satan´s dupe)? Now surely Allah sends astray whom He will and guides aright whom He will, so let not your soul waste away in grief (expire in sighing) for them


tafseer:
And Allah is He Who sends the winds so they raise a cloud, then We drive it on to a dead country, and therewith We give life to the earth after its death


tafseer:
Whoever desires power (or honour), then to Allah belongs the power (or honour) wholly. Unto Him do ascend good words, and good deeds does He exalt


tafseer:
He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and He causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He has made subservient the sun and the moon


tafseer:
If you call on them they shall not hear your call, and even if they could hear they shall not answer you


tafseer:
O men! You are they who are poor (stand in need of Allah), and Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient (Absolute), the Owner of Praise.


tafseer:
And no burdened soul can bear the burden of another and if one weighed down by burden should cry (for help) to another, not aught of it shall be lifted, even though he be near of kin. You warn only those who fear their Lord in secret and keep up prayer


tafseer:
Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and you cannot make those hear who are in the graves.


tafseer:
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud, then We bring forth therewith fruits of various colours


tafseer:
And of men and beasts and cattle are likewise of various hues (or species). Only those of His servants who are possessed of knowledge fear Allah alone


tafseer:
Surely they who recite the Book of Allah and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have given them secretly and openly, hope for a gain which will not perish.


tafseer:
That He may pay them back fully their rewards and give them more out of His grace: surely He is Forgiving, Responsive (or Appreciative).


tafseer:
And that which We have revealed to you of the Book, that is the Truth, confirming (verifying) that which was revealed before it


tafseer:
And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths that if there came to them a Warner they would be better guided than any other nations


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the end of those before them while they were stronger than these in power? And Allah is not such that any thing in the heavens or in the earth should escape Him


tafseer:
And were Allah to punish men for what they deserve, He would not leave any creature on the surface of the earth, but He reprieves them till an appointed term


tafseer:
Surely We have placed chains on their necks, and these reach up to their chins, so they are stiff-necked.


tafseer:
And We have made before them a barrier and a barrier behind them, then We have covered them over so that they see not.


tafseer:
Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down what they have sent before and their footprints, and We have recorded everything in a Clear Record.


tafseer:
When We sent to them two, they rejected both of them, then We strengthened (them) with a third, and they said, &quot


tafseer:
Do they not consider how many of the generations have We destroyed before them, because they do not turn to them (the messengers) (or which return not unto the people)?


tafseer:
And a sign to them is the dead earth: We give life to it and bring forth from it grain so they eat of it.


tafseer:
And We make therein orchards of palms and grapevines and We make springs to flow forth in it, that they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands did not make it


tafseer:
Glory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they know not.


tafseer:
Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day


tafseer:
And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the laden vessels (or their race in an ark through the flood).


tafseer:
And if We please, We can drown them, then there shall be no helper for them, nor shall they be rescued.


tafseer:
They wait not for aught but a single Shout (or Blast) which will surprise them while they yet dispute with one another.


tafseer:
On that Day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned.


tafseer:
And if We please We would certainly put out their eyes, then they would run about groping for the way, but how should they see?


tafseer:
And if We please We would surely transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, nor will they return (after error).


tafseer:
That it may warn him who would have life, and that the word may prove true against the disbelievers.


tafseer:
Do they not see that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters?


tafseer:
And We have subjected them to them, so some of them they have to ride upon, and some of them they have for food.


tafseer:
Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! And He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.


tafseer:
Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.


tafseer:
Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of plastic (malleable) clay.


tafseer:
Sad. (I swear) By the Quran, full of Zikr (remembrance in reverence and praising Allah, admonition, reciting, teaching, giving the message).


tafseer:
How many generations did We destroy before them, then they cried when there was no longer time to escape.


tafseer:
And they marvel that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say: &quot


tafseer:
Or is it that theirs is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend by ropes


tafseer:
The people of Noah before them denied the messengers and so did the people of A´ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes (of stability).


tafseer:
And has there come to you the story of the Disputants (litigants), when they made an entry into the private chamber by ascending over the walls?


tafseer:
Therefore, We rectified for him this lapse, and most surely he had nearness to Us and an excellent journey´s end (return).


tafseer:
Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth? Or shall We make those who guard (against evil) like the wicked?


tafseer:
(It is) a Book We have revealed to you abounding in good that they may ponder over its verses, and that those endowed with understanding may reflect.


tafseer:
And We bestowed on David, Solomon, a most excellent servant! Surely he was frequent in turning (to Allah).


tafseer:
And We gave him back his people and doubled their number, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder to those possessed of understanding.


tafseer:
So when I have fashioned him in due proportions and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down making obeisance unto him.


tafseer:
Surely We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, therefore serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience (or making religion pure for Him only).


tafseer:
Now, surely, sincere obedience (or pure religion) is due to Allah alone and those who take guardians besides Him, say, &quot


tafseer:
If Allah desire to take a son to Himself, He will surely choose those He pleases from what He has created. Glory be to Him: He is Allah, the One, the Absolute.


tafseer:
He has created you from a single being, then made its mate of the same (kind), and He has made for you eight of the cattle in pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, a creation after a creation, in triple darkness


tafseer:
What! Is he who is obedient during hours of the night, prostrating himself and standing, takes heed of the Hereafter and hopes for the mercy of his Lord (like one who does not)! Say: Are those who know and those who do not know alike? But only the men of understanding are mindful.


tafseer:
And as for those who put away false gods, lest they should worship them and turn to Allah, they shall have good news. Therefore give good news to My servants,


tafseer:
What! Is he against whom the sentence of chastisement is justly due (equal to one who avoids evil): What! Can you save him who is in the Fire?


tafseer:
But those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord, they shall have high places, above them are built higher places, beneath which rivers flow - (this is) the promise of Allah: Allah will not fail in (His) promise.


tafseer:
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud, then makes it go along in the earth in springs, then brings forth therewith herbage of various colours, then it withers so that you see it becoming yellow, then He makes it dry up and crumble? Most surely there is a reminder in this for the men of understanding.


tafseer:
What! Is he whose heart Allah has opened to the Surrender (Islam) so that he is in a light from his Lord (like him who is hard-hearted)? Nay, woe to those whose heart are hard against the remembrance of Allah


tafseer:
Allah has revealed the best of announcements (messages), a Scripture self-consistent in its various parts, repeating, whereat do shudder (or thrill) the skins of those who fear their Lord, so that their skins and their heart soften (or become pliant) to the remembrance of Allah. Such is Allah´s guidance, wherewith He guides whom He wills


tafseer:
Is then he who has to face the awful doom on the Day of Resurrection (as he who does right)? And it will be said to the unjust, &quot


tafseer:
Those before them (also) denied (the prophets or the revelation, the message), therefore there came to them the chastisement from whence they perceived not.


tafseer:
So Allah made them taste disgrace (or humiliation) in the life of this world, and certainly the punishment of the Hereafter is greater


tafseer:
And certainly We have set forth to men in this Quran similitudes of every sort that they may reflect.


tafseer:
Allah sets forth a similitude: There is a slave who belongs to several partners, differing (or quarrelling) with one another, and there is another slave wholly owned by one man. Are the two alike in condition? (All) praise is due to Allah. Nay! most of them do not know.


tafseer:
Who is then more unjust than he who utters a lie against Allah and he who gives the lie to the truth when it comes to him


tafseer:
And he who brings the truth and he who accepts it as the truth, these are they that guard (against evil).


tafseer:
So that Allah will do away with the worst of what they did and give them their reward for the best of what they do.


tafseer:
Say: O my people! Work in your manner (or work as and how you can), surely I too am working. But soon you will come to know


tafseer:
Who it is to whom there shall come a punishment which will disgrace him and to whom will be due an enduring punishment.


tafseer:
And when Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the heart of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink, and when those besides Him are mentioned, lo! They are joyful.


tafseer:
And had those who are unjust all that is in the earth and the like of it with it, they would certainly offer it as ransom (to be saved) from the pain of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection


tafseer:
And the evil (consequences) of what they wrought shall become plain to them, and the very thing they mocked at shall beset them.


tafseer:
And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there come unto you the punishment when you cannot be helped.


tafseer:
And follow the best of that which has been revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes suddenly while you do not even perceive


tafseer:
And the trumpet shall be blown, and all those that are in the heavens and all those that are in the earth shall swoon away (or become unconscious), except such as Allah wills


tafseer:
And the earth shall beam with the light of its Lord, and the Book (Record) shall be laid open, and the prophets and the witnesses shall be brought up, and judgment shall be given between them with justice, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.


tafseer:
And those who are careful of (their duty to) their Lord shall be conveyed to the Garden in companies


tafseer:
The Forgiver of the faults and the Acceptor of repentance, Severe in punishment, Who has a Long Reach


tafseer:
None dispute concerning the revelations (or Signs) of Allah but those who disbelieve, therefore, let not their strutting in the cities deceive you.


tafseer:
The people of Noah and the parties after them rejected (Prophets) before them, and every nation purposed against their Messengers to destroy him, and they disputed by means of falsehoods that they might thereby render null the truth, therefore I destroyed them


tafseer:
And thus did the word of your Lord prove true against those who disbelieved that they are the inmates of the Fire.


tafseer:
Those who bear the Throne and those around Him celebrate the praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask protection for those who believe, saying, &quot


tafseer:
He it is Who shows you His signs and sends down for you sustenance from heaven. None pays heed but he who turns (to Him).


tafseer:
Therefore call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience (or making Religion pure for Him), however much the unbelievers are averse:


tafseer:
The Exalter of Ranks (or Exalted above all Ranks and degrees), Lord of the Throne (of Power and Authority): He casts (or sends) the Spirit by His command upon whom He wills of His servants, that he may warn (men) of the Day of Meeting.


tafseer:
The Day when they shall come forth, nothing concerning them being hidden from Allah, to whom belongs the kingdom this day? To Allah, the One, the Almighty (or the Irresistible).


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the earth and seen the nature of the consequences for those who disbelieved before them? Mightier than these were they in strength, and in the traces they made in the earth. Yet Allah destroyed them for their sins


tafseer:
That was because there came to them their messengers with clear arguments, but they rejected (them), therefore Allah destroyed them


tafseer:
And he who believed said, “O my people! Surely I fear for you the like of what befell the parties of old.


tafseer:
And verily Joseph came to you before with clear arguments, yet you ceased not to be in doubt as to what he brought


tafseer:
Those who dispute concerning the revelation (signs or communications) of Allah without any authority that He has given them


tafseer:
The ways and means of access to the heavens that I might look upon the God of Moses, and I surely think him to be a liar. And thus the evil of his deed was made fair-seeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the Way. The plot of Pharaoh was not to end in aught but destruction.


tafseer:
So Allah protected him from the evil of what they planned, and the most evil punishment overtook Pharaoh´s people:


tafseer:
The Fire, they shall be brought before it morning and evening and on the Day when the Hour (of Judgment) shall come to pass, (it will be said,) &quot


tafseer:
And when they shall contend one with another in the Fire, then the weak shall say to those who were proud, &quot


tafseer:
Most surely We help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses arise,


tafseer:
The day on which their excuse shall not benefit the unjust, and for them is a curse and for them is the abode of misery.


tafseer:
Surely those who dispute about the revelations (signs, communications) of Allah without any authority that has come to them, there is naught in their breasts but (a desire) to become great which they shall never attain. Therefore, seek refuge in Allah, surely He, only He is the Hearer, the Seer.


tafseer:
Certainly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of the men, but most of mankind know not.


tafseer:
Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven a canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He provided you with goodly things


tafseer:
He is the Living One. There is no God but He, therefore call on (pray to) Him, being sincere to Him in obedience (or making Religion pure for Him or Surrendering to Him in Islam)


tafseer:
He it is Who created you from dust, then from a small germ-cell, then from a clot, then He brings you forth as a child, then that you may attain your maturity, then that you may be old - though some of you are caused to die before - and that you may reach an appointed term, and that you may understand.


tafseer:
Have you not seen those who dispute with respect to the Signs (or revelations) of Allah: how are they turned away?


tafseer:
So be patient (O Muhammad), verily the promise of Allah is true. Whether We let you see part of what We promise them, or whether We cause you to die, to Us shall they be returned.


tafseer:
And certainly We sent messengers before you: there are some of them that We have mentioned to you and there are others whom We have not mentioned to you


tafseer:
Allah is He Who made the cattle for you that you may ride on some of them, and some of them you eat.


tafseer:
And there are many benefits for you in them, and that you may attain through them a want which is in your breasts, and are borne upon them as upon the ships.


tafseer:
Have they not then journeyed in the land and seen how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than these and greater in strength and in the traces they made in the earth, but what they earned availed them not.


tafseer:
Then when their messengers came to them with clear arguments, they exulted in what they had with them of knowledge, and there beset them that which they used to mock.


tafseer:
A Book (Scripture) whereof the verses are expounded, an Arabic Quran (Lecture) for a people who understand


tafseer:
And He made in it firm mountains rising above its surface, and He blessed the earth and measured therein the sustenance for all things in four Days (periods), alike (or in accordance with their needs) for all seekers.


tafseer:
He directed Himself to the heaven when it was smoke (or gas), so He said unto it and unto the earth, &quot


tafseer:
So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and revealed in every heaven its affairs (duties and functions)


tafseer:
So We sent on them a furious wind in disastrous days, that We may make them taste the torment of abasement in the life of the world. But verily, the chastisement of the Hereafter is much more shameful, and they shall not be helped.


tafseer:
And as to Thamud, We showed them the right way, but they chose blindness (of heart) above guidance, so there overtook them the stunning (like a bolt of lightening) punishment of humiliation for what they earned.


tafseer:
And on the day that the enemies of Allah shall be gathered into the fire, they will be marched in ranks,


tafseer:
Until when they come to it, their ears and their eyes and their skins shall bear witness against them as to what they did.


tafseer:
Then though they are resigned, still the fire is their abode, and if they ask for favour, yet are they not of those unto whom favour can be shown.


tafseer:
And We have appointed for them comrades (in the world) who made fair-seeming to them what is before them and what is behind them (in their future and their past). And the sentence concerning the nations of jinn and men that have passed away before them is proved true against them


tafseer:
Therefore, We will certainly make those who disbelieve taste a severe punishment, and We will certainly requite them for the evil deeds they used to do.


tafseer:
And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel evil with what is best, when lo! He between whom and you was enmity would be as if he were an intimate friend.


tafseer:
And none are granted this power but those who possess patience and self-restraint, and none are granted it but the owners of great happiness.


tafseer:
And if a whisper (incitement or interference) of the Satan should cause you mischief, then seek refuge in Allah


tafseer:
And among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Make not obeisance to the sun nor to the moon


tafseer:
But if they are too proud, yet those who are with your Lord glorify Him night and the day, and tire not.


tafseer:
And among His signs is this, that you see the earth barren and desolate, but when We send down on it the rain, it stirs to life and swells into growth: verily He Who gives it life is the Quickener of the dead


tafseer:
Surely they who distort Our revelations are not hidden from Us. What! Is he, then, who is cast into the Fire better, or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what you like, surely He is Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
Surely those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it comes to them (are losers, for most surely it is a Book of exalted power.


tafseer:
Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it, a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.


tafseer:
And certainly We gave the Book to Moses, but dispute arose therein. Had not a word already gone forth from your Lord, judgment would certainly have been given ere now between them (the disputers)


tafseer:
To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour (of Judgment), and no fruits comes forth from their coverings, nor does a female bear or give birth, but with His knowledge. And on the Day when He shall call unto them, &quot


tafseer:
And away from them shall go what they called upon before, and they shall know for certain that there is no escape for them.


tafseer:
And verily, if We make him taste mercy from Us after distress that has touched him, he would say, &quot


tafseer:
We will soon show them Our signs on the horizons (in the Universe) and within themselves (or their own souls), until it become manifest unto them that it is the truth. Is not your Lord sufficient , since He is Witness over all things?


tafseer:
What! Are they still in doubt about the meeting with their Lord? What! Does He not encompass (surround and penetrate) all things?


tafseer:
To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and that is in the earth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great (or the Sublime, the Tremendous).


tafseer:
The heavens may almost be rent asunder from above them (by His Glory) while the angels sing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth


tafseer:
And as for those who take guardians besides Him, Allah watches over them, and you are not in charge over them.


tafseer:
And thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Lecture (Quran), that you may warn the Mother City (Mecca) and those around it, and that you may give warning of the Day of Gathering wherein is no doubt


tafseer:
And if Allah had willed He would surely have made them a single community, but He makes whom He wills enter into His mercy, and the unjust it is that shall have no guardian or helper.


tafseer:
Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah, He is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.


tafseer:
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, He made pairs for you from among yourselves, and pairs of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby. There is no thing like unto Him


tafseer:
He has ordained for you the religion which He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you (Muhammad) and that which We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying, &quot


tafseer:
And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them out of rivalry among themselves


tafseer:
Therefore, unto this (scripture) then go on inviting, and be you upright and steadfast as you are commanded, and follow not their vain desires, and say, &quot


tafseer:
And as for those who dispute about Allah after that obedience has been rendered to Him, their dispute is futile with their Lord, and upon them is wrath, and for them is a terrible penalty.


tafseer:
Allah it is Who revealed the Book with truth, and the Balance, and what shall make you realise that perhaps the Hour be nigh?


tafseer:
Those who do not believe in it would hasten it on, and those who believe are in awe of it, and they know that it is the truth. Now most surely those who dispute obstinately concerning the Hour are in a great error.


tafseer:
Whoever desires the tilth (means of harvest, gain) of the Hereafter, We will give him increase in it


tafseer:
Or have they partners for Allah who have prescribed for them a religion that Allah permits not? Had it not been for the Word of Decision judgment would have certainly been given between them


tafseer:
you see  the wrong-doers fearful on account of what they have earned, and it must necessarily befall them


tafseer:
That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, those who believe and do good deeds. Say (O Muhammad), &quot


tafseer:
And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons the evil deeds and He knows all that you do.


tafseer:
And if Allah were to enlarge (increase, improve, enrich) the provision for His servants they would certainly transgress beyond bounds through the earth


tafseer:
And He it is Who sends down the saving rain after they have despaired, and He unfolds (scatters) His mercy


tafseer:
And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the living creatures He has spread forth through them


tafseer:
And whatever affliction befalls you, it is on account of what your hands have wrought, and yet He pardons much.


tafseer:
So whatever thing you are given, that is only a provision of the life of this world, and that which is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.


tafseer:
And those who respond to their Lord and establish prayer, and whose conduct their affairs by mutual consultation, and who spend out of what We have given them.


tafseer:
And the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah


tafseer:
And whoever defends himself after he has been wronged (or been oppressed), for such there is no blame against them.


tafseer:
The blame is only against those who oppress men and revolt (insolently exceed all bounds) in the earth unjustly


tafseer:
And you shall see them brought before it (the Fire) humbled by disgrace, looking with veiled eyes (or furtively). And those who believe shall say, &quot


tafseer:
And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them unless it be by revelation or from behind a veil, or He sends a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo, He is Exalted, Wise.


tafseer:
And thus did We reveal to you (Muhammad) an inspired Book by Our command. You did not know what the Book was, nor what the faith was, but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We will of Our servants


tafseer:
What! Shall We, then, turn away the Reminder (Quran) from you altogether because you are a wanton (transgressing) people?


tafseer:
Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before them,


tafseer:
Yea, He Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and made in it ways for you that you may go aright


tafseer:
And Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead land, even thus shall you be brought forth


tafseer:
And He Who created pairs of all things, and made for you of the ships and the cattle that you ride on,


tafseer:
That you may firmly sit on their backs, then remember the favour of your Lord when you are firmly seated thereon, and say, &quot


tafseer:
And when one of them is given news (of the birth) of that of which he sets up as a likeness for the Beneficent Allah (i.e. daughters), his face becomes black and he is full of rage.


tafseer:
What! (Liken they Allah to) that which is bred among ornaments and which in disputes cannot make itself plain (or give an account of itself)!


tafseer:
And they make the angels, who are the servants of the Beneficent Allah, female (divinities). What! Did they witness their creation? Their evidence shall be recorded and they shall be questioned.


tafseer:
And even so, We did not send before you  (Muhammad) any Warner into any town, but those who led easy lives in it (the wealthy or leisured) said, &quot


tafseer:
Nay! I let them and their fathers enjoy life until there came to them the Truth and a Messenger making things clear.


tafseer:
Will they distribute (portion out, administer) the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We have exalted some of them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in subjection (or take labour from others or command and direct others)


tafseer:
And were it not that all mankind might have become of a single (evil) community (or way of life), We might well have assigned to those who blaspheme against the Beneficent silver for the roofs of their houses and the stairs by which they ascend.


tafseer:
And also ornaments of gold. But all this is naught but provision of the life of this world, and the Hereafter with your Lord is only for the righteous (or those who guard against evil).


tafseer:
And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent (Allah), We appoint for him a devil (or a Satan), who becomes his comrade.


tafseer:
And since you were wrong-doers, it will not profit you this day that you are sharers in the chastisement.


tafseer:
And most surely it (the Quran) is a Reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned.


tafseer:
And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent?


tafseer:
And every sign that We showed them was greater than its predecessor, and We overtook them with chastisement that they may turn (to Us).


tafseer:
And when the example of the son of Mary (Jesus) is given, lo! Your people raise a clamour (of ridicule) there at.


tafseer:
He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.


tafseer:
And most surely it is (the above events or the Quran or he, Jesus) is a sign of the knowledge of coming of the Hour (of Resurrection and Judgment), therefore have no doubt about it and follow Me: this is the Straight Way.


tafseer:
But parties from among them differed, so woe to those who do wrong because of the chastisement of a painful day.


tafseer:
Do they wait for aught but the Hour, that it should come upon them all of a sudden while they perceive not?


tafseer:
There shall be sent round to them golden plates and cups and therein shall be all that their souls desire, and delights the eyes, and you shall abide therein.


tafseer:
Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal and their secret discourses? Indeed We do, and Our messengers are with them, recording.


tafseer:
Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne (of Authority), from what they describe.


tafseer:
So leave them flounder in false discourses and sporting until they meet their Day which they are promised.


tafseer:
And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him shall you be returned.


tafseer:
And those whom they call upon besides Him have no power of intercession, except he who bears witness unto the Truth with sure knowledge (or they know him -i.e. Muhammad).


tafseer:
Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning (against evil and its consequences) -


tafseer:
How can they remember (or understand Allah or the message), when a Messenger making clear (the truth) had already come to them,


tafseer:
What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.


tafseer:
Thus shall it be, and We will join them with Houris (pure and beautiful companions) with wide, lovely eyes.


tafseer:
They taste not death therein except the first death (i.e. in this physical life), and He will have saved them from the doom of hell,


tafseer:
And in your own creation and in what He spreads abroad of animals there are signs for a people that have faith


tafseer:
And in the variation of the night and the day, and in the sustenance Allah sends down from the clouds, then gives life thereby to the earth after its death, and in the changing of the winds, there are signs for a people who understand.


tafseer:
Before them is Hell, and there shall not avail them aught of what they earned, nor those whom they took for guardians besides Allah, and they shall have an awful doom.


tafseer:
It is Allah Who has made subservient to you the sea that the ships may run therein by His command, and that you may seek of His grace, and that you may give thanks.


tafseer:
And He has subjected to you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, all from Himself


tafseer:
Tell those who believe that they should forgive those who fear (or hope) not the days of Allah, that He may reward a people for what they earn.


tafseer:
And certainly We gave the Book and the Wisdom and the Prophecy to the children of Israel, and We gave them of the goodly things, and We made them excel over other nations.


tafseer:
And We gave them clear commandments in (religious) affairs, but they did not differ until after knowledge had come to them, through rivalry among themselves


tafseer:
And now have We set you on a clear course in (religious) affairs, therefore follow it, and do not follow the low desires of those who know not.


tafseer:
What! Do those who have wrought evil deeds think that We will make them like those who believe and do good - that their life and their death shall be equal? Ill is their judgment!


tafseer:
And Allah created the heavens and the earth with Truth and that every soul may be rewarded for what it has earned and they shall not be wronged.


tafseer:
Have you then considered him who takes his vain desire for his God, and Allah has made him err purposely (or knowingly) and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart (understanding) and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?


tafseer:
And when Our clear revelations are recited to them, their argument is no other than that they say, &quot


tafseer:
And the evil consequences of what they did shall become manifest to them and that which they mocked shall encompass them.


tafseer:
That is because you took the Signs of Allah for a jest and the life of this world deceived you.&quot


tafseer:
Therefore to Allah is due all praise, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of all worlds.


tafseer:
We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them two save with Truth and for an appointed term


tafseer:
And who is in greater error than he who calls besides Allah upon those that will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection and they are heedless of their call?


tafseer:
And when mankind are gathered together they shall be their enemies, and shall be deniers of having been worshipped.


tafseer:
And when Our clear revelations are recited to them, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it comes to them, &quot


tafseer:
And before it the Book of Moses was a guide and a mercy: and this is a Book verifying it in the Arabic language that it may warn those who are unjust and as good news for the doers of good.


tafseer:
These are they against whom the word has proved true among nations of the jinn and mankind that have already passed away before them


tafseer:
And for all are degrees according to what they did, and that He may pay them back fully their deeds and they shall not be wronged.


tafseer:
So when they saw it (the threat) as a cloud in the sky advancing towards their valleys, they said, &quot


tafseer:
And certainly We had established (empowered, blessed) them in what We have not established (empowered, blessed) you (the Arabs) in, and We had given them (the faculties of) hearing and seeing and feeling, but neither their hearing, nor their seeing, nor their heart availed them aught, since they denied the revelations of Allah, and that which they mocked encompassed them.


tafseer:
And certainly We destroyed the towns which are around you, and We repeat the revelations that they might turn (towards Allah).


tafseer:
Why did not then those help them whom they took for gods besides Allah to draw them nigh (to Him)? Nay! They were lost to them


tafseer:
And whoever does not accept the Divine Caller, he shall not escape in the earth and he shall not have guardians besides Him, these wander in manifest error.&quot


tafseer:
See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Aye! He has surely power over all things.


tafseer:
And on the day when those who disbelieve shall be brought before the Fire, (they will be asked,) &quot


tafseer:
Therefore persevere patiently (O Muhammad) as did the messengers endowed with constancy, and do not seek to hasten for them (their doom). On the day that they shall see what they are promised they shall be as if they had not waited save an hour of the day. A sufficient exposition! Shall then any be destroyed save the transgressing people?


tafseer:
And as for those who believe and do good, and believe in what has been revealed to Muhammad - and it is the very truth from their Lord - He will remove their evil from them and improve their condition.


tafseer:
That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and because those who believe follow truth from their Lord. Thus Allah makes their similitudes for mankind.


tafseer:
So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite their necks until when you have overcome them, make them prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a favour or let them ransom themselves until the war terminates. That is the command. And if Allah had pleased He could certainly have exacted what is due from them (without you), but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. As for those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will by no means allow their deeds to perish.


tafseer:
Have they not then journeyed in the land and seen what was the end of those before them? Allah brought down destruction upon them, and the disbelievers shall have the like of it.


tafseer:
That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe, and because the rejecters (unbelievers) have no protector.


tafseer:
And how many a town which was far more powerful than your town (Mecca) which has driven you out, did We destroy, so there was no helper for them.


tafseer:
What! Is he who has a clear argument (or relies on clear proof) from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work is made fair-seeming when they follow their own lusts (or low desires)?


tafseer:
A similitude of the Garden which those guarding their duty (to Allah against evil) are promised: therein are rivers of water unpolluted (or incorruptible), and rivers of milk the taste whereof never changes, and rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey clarified, and for them therein are all kinds of fruits and Grace from their Lord. (Are these) like those who abide in the Fire and who are made to drink boiling water so it rends their bowels asunder.


tafseer:
And there are those of them who seek to listen to you, until when they go forth from you, they say to those who have been given the knowledge, &quot


tafseer:
And as for those who follow the right direction, He increases them in guidance and bestows on them their piety and restraint (against evil).


tafseer:
Do they then wait for aught but the Hour that it should come to them of a sudden? But already have come some tokens of it, but how can they take warning when it comes on them?


tafseer:
So know that there is no God but Allah, and, ask protection for your fault and for the believing men and the believing women


tafseer:
Surely those who turn their backs after guidance has become manifest to them, Satan has seduced them, and He gives them reign (or Satan gives them false hopes).


tafseer:
That is because they follow what is displeasing to Allah and are averse to His pleasure, therefore, He has made null their deeds.


tafseer:
And if We willed We could have made you  (Muhammad) know them so that you would certainly have recognised them by their marks. And you shall certainly recognize them by the intent (tone) of their speech


tafseer:
And most certainly We will try you until We have tested those among you who strive hard, and the steadfast, and made your case manifest.


tafseer:
Surely those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah´s way and oppose the Messenger after that guidance has become clear to them cannot harm Allah in any way, and He will make null their deeds.


tafseer:
Surely those who disbelieve and turn away from Allah´s way, then they die while they are disbelievers, Allah will by no means forgive them.


tafseer:
And be not faint-hearted, crying for peace, when you should be uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not bring your deeds to naught.


tafseer:
The life of this world is only idle sport and pastime, and if you believe and guard (against evil) He will give you your wages, and will not ask of you your possessions.


tafseer:
If He should ask you for it and urge you, you will be niggardly, and He will bring forth your ill feelings.


tafseer:
Behold! You are those who are called upon to spend in Allah´s way, but among you are those who are niggardly (or hoard), and whoever is niggardly is niggardly against his own soul


tafseer:
That Allah may forgive your community their past faults and those to come, and complete His favour to you and keep you on a Straight Way,


tafseer:
He it is Who sent down tranquillity into the heart of the believers that they might have more of faith added to their faith - for Allah´s are the hosts (forces) of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is Knowing, Wise -


tafseer:
That He may cause the believing men and the believing women to enter Gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein, and remove from them their evil


tafseer:
And that He may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who entertain evil thoughts about Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared Hell for them, an evil destination.


tafseer:
And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger - Lo! We have prepared a blazing Fire for the disbelievers.


tafseer:
There is no blame for the blind, nor is there any blame for the lame, nor is there any blame for the sick if they do not go forth to war


tafseer:
Certainly Allah´s Good Pleasure was on the believers when they swore allegiance unto you  under the tree, and He knew what was in their heart, so He sent down peace (or tranquillity) on them and rewarded them with a near victory,


tafseer:
Allah promised you many gains which you will acquire, then He has given you this one as a foretaste and restrained the hands of men from you, that it may be a sign for the believers and that He may guide you on a Straight Way.


tafseer:
And other gains which are not yet within your power (or have not been able to achieve), Allah will encompassed them, and Allah has power over all things.


tafseer:
And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they would certainly turn their backs, then they would not find any protector or helper.


tafseer:
Such has been the course (or practice or law) of Allah that has indeed run also in the past, and you shall find no power to change this course (or law) of Allah.


tafseer:
And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Mecca after He had given you victory over them


tafseer:
It is they who disbelieved and turned you away from the Sacred Mosque and prevented the offering from reaching its destined place. Were it not for the believing men and the believing women (in Mecca), whom you knew not that you were trampling, thereby incurring guilt for yourselves on their account unknowingly (He would have allowed the war). (But he held you back) so that Allah may bring into His mercy whom He will. Had they been clearly separated one from another, We would surely have punished those who disbelieved from among them with a painful doom.


tafseer:
When those who disbelieved harboured in their heart feelings of agitation and disdain - the agitation and disdain of the Days of Ignorance - Allah sent down His tranquillity on His Messenger and on the believers, and made them adhere to the Word (or command) of self-restraint, and they were entitled to it and worthy of it


tafseer:
Truly Allah had shown to His Messenger the vision: you shall most certainly enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, in security, some with shaved heads and others with cut hair, fearless. But He knows what you do not know, and He has given you a near victory beforehand.


tafseer:
He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true religion that He may make it prevail over all the religions


tafseer:
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves


tafseer:
O you who believe! Be not forward in the presence of Allah and His Apostle, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah


tafseer:
O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loud to him as you speak loud to one another, lest your deeds became null while you do not perceive.


tafseer:
Surely those who lower their voices before Allah´s Messenger are they whose heart Allah has proved for righteousness (or guarding against evil)


tafseer:
As for those who call out to you from behind the private apartments, surely most of them understand not.


tafseer:
And if they wait patiently until you come out to them, it would certainly be better for them, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
O you who believe! If an evil-doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it (do not ignore it because he is evil), lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done.


tafseer:
The believers are naught else but brethren, therefore make peace between your brethren and be careful of your duty to Allah that mercy may be had on you.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Let not one people deride (or ridicule) another people perchance they may be better than they, nor let women deride other women, perchance they may be better than they


tafseer:
O you who believe! Avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? But you abhor it


tafseer:
O mankind! Surely We have created you male and female (or from a single pair), and made you tribes and families that you may know each other


tafseer:
Only they are the believers who believe in Allah and His Messenger, then afterwards they doubt not and struggle hard with their wealth and their lives in the way of Allah


tafseer:
They think that they do you (Muhammad) a favour by their Surrender (by becoming Muslims). Say, &quot


tafseer:
Nay! They wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves, so the unbelievers say, &quot


tafseer:
We know indeed what the earth diminishes (or takes) from them (excreta or dead bodies), and with Us is a Preserved Record (or the record is preserved).


tafseer:
Do they not then look up to heaven above them how We have made it and adorned it and it has no gaps (rifts or flaws)?


tafseer:
And the earth, We have made it plain and cast in it mountains and We have made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds,


tafseer:
As a vision (observation or spectacle) and a reminder to every penitent servant (for his delight or awe and instruction).


tafseer:
And We send down from the cloud water abounding in good (or blessings), then We cause to grow therewith gardens and the grain that is reaped,


tafseer:
Others before them rejected (these ideas or the Prophets): the people of Noah and the dwellers of Ar-Rass and Thamud,


tafseer:
Were We then fatigued with (did We need rest after) the first creation? Yet are they in doubt with regard to a new creation.


tafseer:
And certainly We created man, and We know what his soul suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his life-vein (Jugular and Carotid).


tafseer:
Certainly you were heedless of it, but now We have removed from you your veil, and piercing is your sight this day.


tafseer:
This is what you were promised, (it is) for every one who turned (to Allah or was repentant), and kept His limits (or Law)


tafseer:
Who fears the Beneficent One in secret (or unseen or inwardly) and comes with a penitent (or devoted) heart:


tafseer:
And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they. Then they wander through (or overrun) the land


tafseer:
Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness (or understands intelligently).


tafseer:
And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods and there touched Us not any fatigue (Allah required no rest).


tafseer:
Therefore be patient of what they say, and sing the praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting.


tafseer:
Most surely you are in doctrines (opinions, teachings, ideologies) discordant (or inconsistent or contradictory),


tafseer:
And in their wealth a portion was allotted for him who asked (the needy) and to him who was denied (the outcast, the deprived person or the one who could not ask).


tafseer:
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling (thunderbolt or stunning noise of an earthquake) overtook them while they looked.


tafseer:
And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and it is We that expand the vastness of space (or We are the expanders of it).


tafseer:
Is this the legacy (or tradition) they have transmitted to each other? Nay! They are a people extravagant (transgressing beyond bounds).


tafseer:
And lo! Those who do wrong shall have a portion like the portion of those of earlier generations, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten.


tafseer:
Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning Fire.


tafseer:
And as for those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not deprive them of naught of their work


tafseer:
And round them shall serve youth devoted to them, handsome as well-guarded (preserved or hidden) pearls.


tafseer:
Therefore continue you (O Muhammad) to remind (or warn), for by the grace of your Lord, you are not a soothsayer, or a madman.


tafseer:
Or have they a ladder (unto heaven) the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.


tafseer:
Or do they desire to plot (or ensnare)? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished in their plot.


tafseer:
Leave them then till they meet that Day of theirs wherein they shall be made to swoon (with terror):


tafseer:
And surely those who are unjust shall have a punishment besides that (in the world), but most of them understand not.


tafseer:
And how many so ever angels are in the heavens, their intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He wills and chooses to accept.


tafseer:
Therefore, turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder (or remembrance) and does not desire anything but the life of this world.


tafseer:
And to Allah belongs that which is in the heavens and that which is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and that He may reward those who do good with goodness.


tafseer:
Those who keep aloof from the great sins and the indecencies, except the passing idea (or the unwilling or small offence)


tafseer:
Before them the people of Noah rejected, yea they reject Our servant and called him mad, and he was driven away.


tafseer:
Surely We sent upon them a single Shout (or Blast), so they became like the dry stubble which the maker of an enclosure collects.


tafseer:
And certainly he (Lot) warned them of Our violent punishment, but they obstinately disputed the warning.


tafseer:
They rejected all Our Signs, so We overtook them with such a penalty as comes from One Mighty, Powerful.


tafseer:
Are the unbelievers of yours (O Quraish) better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the Sacred Books?


tafseer:
But keep the measure strictly (with justice or equity) nor fall short of it (or be deficient in measuring).


tafseer:
He has made the two seas (streams or bodies of water, salt and sweet) to flow freely so that they meet together:


tafseer:
And there remains naught but the Countenance of your Lord of Might and Glory (or of Majesty and Nobility (Bounty and Honour)).


tafseer:
Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two worlds (men and jinn or outer and inner, manifest and hidden).


tafseer:
O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through


tafseer:
The flames of fire (to burn) and smoke (to choke) will be sent on you two, then you will have no defence.


tafseer:
The guilty shall be recognized by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet.


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
He is the First and the Last and the Evident (or Outer) and the Imminent (or Hidden or Inner), and He is Aware of all things.


tafseer:
He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then He firmly established Himself on the Throne (of authority)


tafseer:
He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Aware of what is in the heart.


tafseer:
And what reasons have you that you should not believe in Allah? And the Messenger calls on you that you may believe in your Lord, and indeed He has made a covenant with you if you are believers.


tafseer:
He it is who sends down clear revelations upon His servant, that he may bring you forth from darkness into light


tafseer:
And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah´s way? For Allah´s is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. Not alike among you are those who spent and fought before the victory (and those who did not): they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. But to all has Allah promised good


tafseer:
Who is there that will offer to Allah a goodly loan that He may double it (or increase it many fold) for him, and he shall have an excellent reward?


tafseer:
On that day you will see the faithful men and the faithful women, their light shining forth before them and on their right hand, (and it will be said,) &quot


tafseer:
On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to those who believe, &quot


tafseer:
Has not the time ripe for those who believe that their heart should submit to the remembrance (or the Reminder) of Allah and to what has been revealed of the truth? And that they should not become like those who were given the Book before, but the term was prolonged for them, and so their heart hardened, and most of them are rebellious transgressors.


tafseer:
Surely the charitable men and the charitable women and those who set apart for Allah a goodly portion, it shall be doubled for them and they shall have a noble reward.


tafseer:
And those who believe in Allah and His Messengers, these it is that are the truthful and the faithful ones in the sight of their Lord: they shall have their reward and their light, and as for those who disbelieve and reject Our revelations, these are the inmates of Hell.


tafseer:
Know that the life of this world is only sport and play and idle talk and boasting among yourselves, and a rivalry in the multiplication of wealth and children


tafseer:
Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to a Garden the extensiveness of which is as the extensiveness of the heaven and the earth


tafseer:
No evil (or disaster) befalls on the earth nor in your own souls, but it is in a Book before We bring it into existence


tafseer:
Certainly We sent Our messengers with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the Balance that men may conduct themselves with equity


tafseer:
And certainly We sent Noah and Abraham and We gave to their offspring the gift of prophecy and the Book


tafseer:
Then We made Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Jesus, son of Mary afterwards, and We bestowed on him the Gospel, and We put in the heart of those who followed him kindness and mercy


tafseer:
O you who believe! Be careful of your duty to Allah and believe in His Messengers: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and provide for you a Light with which you will walk, and forgive you, for Allah is Forgiving, Merciful


tafseer:
So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that Grace is in Allah´s hand. He gives it to whom He pleases


tafseer:
Allah indeed knows the plea of her who pleads with you (Muhammad) about her husband and carries her complaint to Allah, and Allah knows the contentions of both sides


tafseer:
Those of you who divorce their wives by Zihar (likening them to the backs of their mothers), they are not their mothers


tafseer:
But if those who divorce their wives by Zihar and then wish to recall what they said, they should free a captive (slave) before they touch each other


tafseer:
But whoever has not the means, let him fast for two successive months before they touch each other. And as for him who is unable to do so, let him feed sixty needy ones. This is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His Messenger. These are the limits imposed by Allah, and the disbelievers shall have a painful punishment.


tafseer:
Surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger shall be abased even as those before them were abased


tafseer:
On the day when Allah will raise them up all together, He will inform them of what they did: Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it


tafseer:
Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth? Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor between five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wherever they are


tafseer:
Have you not seen those who are forbidden secret counsels, then they return to what they are forbidden, and they hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and disobedience to the Messenger, and when they come to you they greet you with a greeting with which Allah does not greet you, and they say in themselves, &quot


tafseer:
O you who believe! When you confer together in private, do not give to each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the Messenger, and give to each other counsel of goodness and self-restraint against evil


tafseer:
Secret counsels are only the work of Satan that he may cause to grief to those who believe, and he cannot hurt them in the least except with Allah´s permission, and on Allah let the believers rely.


tafseer:
O you who believe! When you consult the Messenger, then offer something in charity before your consultation


tafseer:
Do you fear that you will not be able to give in charity before your consultation? Then, if you do it not and Allah has forgiven you (or been merciful to you), then (at least) keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey Allah and His Apostle


tafseer:
Have you not seen those who befriend a people with whom Allah is wroth? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear to falsehood knowingly.


tafseer:
On the day that Allah will raise them up all, then they will swear to Him as they swear to you, and they think that they have something (to stand upon)


tafseer:
The Evil One (Satan) has gained the mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah


tafseer:
You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose (or resist) Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their own fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
He it is Who caused those of the followers of the Book who disbelieved to go forth from their homes at the first exile. You did not think that they would go forth, while they were certain that their fortresses would defend them against Allah


tafseer:
And had it not been that Allah had decreed for them the exile, He would certainly have punished them in this world, and in the Hereafter they shall have chastisement of the Fire.


tafseer:
That is because they acted in opposition to Allah and His Messenger, and whoever acts in opposition to Allah, then surely Allah is severe in retribution.


tafseer:
Whatever palm-tree you cut down or leave standing upon its roots, It is by Allah´s command, and that He may abase (or confound) the transgressors.


tafseer:
And whatever Allah bestowed (as advantage or booty) on His Messenger from them, you did not press forward against it any horse or riding camel but Allah gives authority to His Messengers against whom He wills, and Allah has power over all things.


tafseer:
Whatever Allah has bestowed (as advantage or booty) to His Messenger from the people of the towns, it is for Allah and for the Messenger, and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, so that it may not be a thing taken by turns among the rich of you, and whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and be careful of your duty to Allah


tafseer:
It is for the poor who fled their homes and their possessions, seeking the grace of Allah and His good pleasure, and assisting Allah and His Apostle: these it is that are the sincere.


tafseer:
And those, who had homes in the city (Madina) and in the faith before them, love those who have fled to them, and do not find in their heart a need of what they are given, and give them (the fugitives) preference before themselves, though poverty may afflict them. Whoever is preserved from the avarice of his own soul, these it is that are the successful ones.


tafseer:
Have you not seen those who have become hypocrites? They say to those of their brethren who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book (the Jews), &quot


tafseer:
Certainly, if these are driven forth, they will not go forth with them, and if they are fought against, they will not help them


tafseer:
Truly, You are a greater source of terror than Allah in their heart (or you are greater than them because of the terror in their heart sent by Allah)


tafseer:
Like those who preceded them lately, they tasted the evil result of their affair, and theirs is a painful punishment.


tafseer:
Therefore the end of them both is that they are in the Fire to abide therein, and that is the reward of the wrongdoers.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Fear (or be careful of your duty to) Allah, and let every soul consider what it has sent on for the morrow, and fear (or be careful of your duty to) Allah


tafseer:
And be not like those who forgot (or forsook Allah), so He made them forget (or forsake) their own souls: these it is that are the transgressors.


tafseer:
Not alike are the inmates of the Fire and the dwellers of the Garden: the dwellers of the Garden are they that are the successful (or achievers or victorious).


tafseer:
Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would certainly have seen it falling down (humbled), splitting asunder because of the fear of Allah, and We set forth these parables to men that they may reflect.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Take not My enemy and your enemy for friends: would you offer them love (or friendship) while they deny what has come to you of the truth, driving out the Messenger and yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord? If you go forth striving in My path and seeking My pleasure, would you manifest love to them? And I know what you conceal and what you manifest


tafseer:
If they should get the upper hand over you, they will be your enemies, and will stretch forth towards you their hands and their tongues with evil intent, and they ardently desire that you may disbelieve.


tafseer:
Indeed, there is for you a good example in Abraham and those with him when they said to their people, &quot


tafseer:
It may be that Allah will bring about friendship between you and those whom you now hold to be your enemies among them


tafseer:
Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of your religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly


tafseer:
Allah only forbids you respecting those who made war upon you on account of your religion, and drove you forth from your homes and backed up others in your expulsion, that you make friends with them, and whoever makes friends with them, these are the unjust.


tafseer:
O you who believe! When believing women come to you fleeing (as refugees), then examine (or test) them


tafseer:
And if any of your wives deserts you unto the disbelievers and afterwards you have your turn (the coming over of a woman from the other side), give to those whose wives have deserted them the equal of what they have spent (on their dower), and be careful of your duty to Allah in Whom you believe.


tafseer:
O Prophet! When believing women come to you giving you a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah


tafseer:
Surely Allah loves those who fight (or strive) in His way in ranks as if they were a firm and compact wall.


tafseer:
And who does greater wrong (or is more unjust) than he who forges a lie against Allah when he is invited to the Surrender (Islam), and Allah does not guide the unjust people.


tafseer:
They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, though the unbelievers may be averse.


tafseer:
He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may make it overcome all religions, though the polytheists may be averse.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Shall I lead you to an affair (or a transaction) which may deliver you from a painful doom?


tafseer:
You shall believe in Allah and His Messenger, and strive hard in Allah´s way with your property and your lives


tafseer:
He will forgive you your faults and cause you to enter into Gardens, beneath which rivers flow, and goodly Mansions in Gardens of Eternity


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
He it is Who raised among the Unlettered ones a Messenger from among themselves, who recites to them His revelations and makes them grow (or purifies or sanctifies them), and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom, although they were before certainly in clear error,


tafseer:
The similitude of those who were charged with the Law of Moses, then they did not observe it, is as the similitude of the ass bearing books. Evil is the likeness of the people who reject the revelations of Allah


tafseer:
O you who believe! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and abandon trading


tafseer:
But when the prayer is ended, then disperse abroad in the land and seek the Bounty of Allah, and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.


tafseer:
And when they see merchandise (bargains or business) or sport (amusement) they break up for it, and leave you standing. Say, &quot


tafseer:
That is because they believe, then disbelieve, so a seal is set upon their heart so that they do not understand.


tafseer:
And when you see them, their persons will please you, and if they speak, you will listen to their speech


tafseer:
But Allah grants not respite to a soul when its appointed term has come and Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
He created the heavens and the earth with Truth, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and to Him is the final goal.


tafseer:
Has there not come to you the story of those who disbelieved in olden times, then tasted the evil consequences of their conduct, and they had a painful doom?


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve and reject Our revelations, they are the inmates of the fire, to abide therein and evil is the destination.


tafseer:
And obey Allah and obey the Messenger, but if you turn back, then the duty of Our Messenger is only to deliver the Message openly and clearly.


tafseer:
O you who believe! Surely from among your wives and your children there are some who are enemies to you


tafseer:
Therefore, keep your duty to Allah as much as you can, and hear and obey and spend, it is better for your souls


tafseer:
O Prophet! When you divorce women, divorce them at their prescribed time, and calculate the number of the days prescribed, and be careful of your duty to Allah, your Lord. Do not drive them out of their houses, nor should they themselves go forth, unless they commit an open lewdness. These are the limits of Allah, and whoever goes beyond the limits of Allah, he indeed does injustice to his own soul. You do not know that Allah may after that brings about a new situation.


tafseer:
So when they have reached their prescribed time, then take them back with kindness or part with them with kindness


tafseer:
And as for those of your women who have despaired (passed the age) of menstruation, if you have a doubt, their prescribed time shall be three months, and of those too who have not had their courses. As for the pregnant women, their prescribed time is that they bring forth their burden (give birth)


tafseer:
That is the command of Allah which He has revealed to you, and whoever is careful of his duty to Allah, He will remove from him his evil and give him a big reward.


tafseer:
Lodge them where you lodge according to your means, and do not injure them in order that you may harass (or distress) them


tafseer:
Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance and whoever has his means of subsistence restricted, let him spend out of that which Allah has given him


tafseer:
And how many a community rebelled against the commandment of its Lord and His Messengers, so We called it to account severely and We chastised it with a stern chastisement.


tafseer:
Allah has prepared for them severe chastisement, therefore be careful of your duty to Allah, O men of understanding who believe! Allah has indeed revealed to you a reminder,


tafseer:
A Messenger who recites to you the clear revelations of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from darkness into light


tafseer:
Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like of them. The Commandment continues to descend among them slowly, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in knowledge.


tafseer:
O Prophet! Why do you ban (or forbid) that which Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives


tafseer:
Allah has ordained for you the dissolution of your oaths (under certain circumstances) and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the Wise.


tafseer:
And the prophet communicated a piece of confidential information to one of his wives, but when she divulged it to another, Allah made it known to him. He confirmed part of it and denied part of it. Then when he informed her of it, she said, &quot


tafseer:
Maybe, if he divorce you, His Lord will give him in your stead wives better than you, who surrender their self-will (to Allah or His Messenger), who believe (or have faith), who are devoted (or pious, devout), who turn in repentance, who travel (or strive) for faith and fast (or abstain), widows or virgins.


tafseer:
Allah sets forth an example to those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot: they were both under two of Our righteous servants, but they were false towards them so they (the husbands) availed them naught against Allah, and it was said, &quot


tafseer:
And Mary, the daughter of Imran, whose body was chaste (or who guarded her chastity), so We breathed into her of Our Spirit and she testified the truth of the Words of her Lord and His revelations, and she was of the obedient.


tafseer:
And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We have made these missiles for Satan, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.


tafseer:
So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be forgiveness from the inmates of the Blazing Fire.


tafseer:
Lo! Those who fear their Lord in secret (or unseen), they shall surely have forgiveness and a great reward.


tafseer:
He it is Who made the earth smooth (manageable) for you, therefore go about in the spacious paths thereof, and eat of His provisions, and to Him is the Resurrection after death.


tafseer:
Have you taken security from Him Who is in heaven that He will not make the earth swallow you when it is shaken (convulsed)?


tafseer:
Or have you taken security from Him Who is in heaven that He will not send down upon you a hurricane so that you shall know how terrible was My warning?


tafseer:
Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their wings) and contracting (them)? What is it that withholds them save the Beneficent? Lo! He is Seer of all things.


tafseer:
Or who is it that will be an army to assist you besides the Beneficent? The unbelievers are in naught but delusion.


tafseer:
Or who is it that will provide you if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay! They persist in disdain and aversion (from truth).


tafseer:
But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve shall be sorry, and it shall be said, &quot


tafseer:
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right guidance.


tafseer:
Surely We will try them as We tried the people of the garden, when they resolved to cut the produce in the morning,


tafseer:
Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the Hereafter is even greater, did they but know!


tafseer:
Or have you received from Us an agreement, confirmed by an oath, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall have what you demand?


tafseer:
On the day when the Shin (the Hidden Mystery or Truth) shall be laid bare, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able,


tafseer:
Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them seeing that they had been called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.


tafseer:
So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish (Jonah), when he cried while he was in distress.


tafseer:
Were it not that favour from his Lord had reached him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked shore while he was blameworthy.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the Reminder (Quran), and they say, &quot


tafseer:
Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.


tafseer:
And Pharaoh and those before him and the overthrown cities (Sodom and Gomorrah) continuously committed sins.


tafseer:
Though they shall be given sight of each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by sacrificing his children,


tafseer:
Surely the displeasure of their Lord is a thing before which none can feel secure (or is the opposite of peace and tranquillity) -


tafseer:
Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess - for on these surely is no blame,


tafseer:
But what ails those who disbelieve that they rush around you (Muhammad) open-eyed (in mock amazement),


tafseer:
But nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Lord of all points of the rising and setting places East and West that We are certainly Able


tafseer:
Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that Day of theirs with which they are warned


tafseer:
The Day on which they shall come forth from their graves in haste, as if they were racing to a goal,


tafseer:
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter Fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.


tafseer:
Until when they see what they are promised, then shall they know who it is that is weaker in helpers and fewer in number.


tafseer:
So that He may know that they have truly delivered the messages of their Lord. He encompasses what is with them and He keeps count of all things.


tafseer:
Surely the vigil of the night is the most potent for the soul (to receive impressions) and the best for framing speech (or the Words of prayer).


tafseer:
And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with exclusive (and wholehearted) devotion.


tafseer:
(He is) The Lord of the East and the West - there is no God but He - therefore, take Him for a protector.


tafseer:
And leave Me to deal with the rejecters, the possessors of ease and plenty, and bear with them a little.


tafseer:
On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of running sand.


tafseer:
How, then, will you guard yourselves, if you disbelieve, on the day which shall make children grey-headed (with stress)?


tafseer:
Your Lord does know that you stand in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and sometimes half of it, and sometimes a third of it, and so also do a party of those with you


tafseer:
And We have not made the wardens of the fire others than angels, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the Book (scriptures) may be certain and those who believe may increase in faith, and those who have been given the Book and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose heart is a disease and the unbelievers may say, &quot


tafseer:
But none will remember (or heed) unless Allah wills. He is the source of fear (or righteousness) and the source of Mercy.


tafseer:
Was there not over man a long period of time when he was a thing unremembered (nothing, not worth mention).


tafseer:
Therefore Allah will deliver them from the evil of that day and will shed on them the Light of Beauty and Joy


tafseer:
Reclining therein on raised couches, they shall find therein neither the severe heat of the sun nor intense cold.


tafseer:
Upon them will be garments of fine green silk and gold brocade, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a drink pure and holy.


tafseer:
Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and obey not from among them one who is guilty or ungrateful.


tafseer:
But they love the transitory life and put away behind them (ignore the remembrance of) a grievous Day.


tafseer:
We, even We created them and made firm their frame, and when We will We will replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.


tafseer:
From the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, with whom none can argue.


tafseer:
Surely We have warned you of a doom near at hand: the day when man shall see that which his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say, &quot


tafseer:
And as for him who had feared standing in the presence of his Lord and restrains his soul from lust (or low desires),


tafseer:
On the day that they behold it, it will be as though they had not tarried but an evening or the morning.


tafseer:
Every man of them shall on that Day be occupied with concerns which will make him heedless of others.


tafseer:
Who created you, then completed your form in due proportions, then gave you balance (or an inclination to reason and justice)?


tafseer:
Verily, those who persecute (or mislead or tempt) the believers, men and women, and then do not repent, for them is the penalty of Hell: they will have the torment of the burning Fire!


tafseer:
Verily, those who believe and do right, for them are Gardens beneath which rivers flow: that is the great bliss!


tafseer:
Now as for man, whenever his Lord tries him and honours him and grants him favour, then he says, &quot


tafseer:
And Hell is brought near on that Day, on that Day shall man remember! But how shall the remembrance profit him?


tafseer:
And again (it is) to be of those who believe and encourage each other to patience, and encourage each other to mercy,


tafseer:
Those of the People of the Book and the idolaters who disbelieve did not fall away until there came to them the Manifest Sign -


tafseer:
Nor did those who were given the Book divide into sects until after there came to them the Manifest Sign.


tafseer:
But they were bidden nothing but to worship Allah, being sincere in religion unto Him as ´Hanifs´, and to be steadfast in prayer, and to give alms: for that is the true religion.


tafseer:
Verily, those who disbelieve amongst the people of the Book and the idolaters shall be in the fire of hell, to dwell therein for aye


tafseer:
Their reward with their Lord is Gardens of Eden, beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye


tafseer:
Save those who believe and do good works, and bid each other to truth, and bid each other endurance.


