# ayatafseer

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And to recite the Qur’an. So whoever goes aright, he goes aright for his own soul, and whoever goes astray -- say: I am only one of the warners.


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And say: Praise be to Allah! He will show you His signs so that you shall recognize them. And thy Lord is not heedless of what you do.


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Surely Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into parties, weakening one party from among them


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And We desire to bestow a favour upon those who were deemed weak in the land, and to make them the leaders, and to make them the heirs,


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And to grant them power in the land, and to make Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts see from them what they feared.


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So Pharaoh’s people took him up that he might be en enemy and a grief for them. Surely Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were wrongdoers.


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And the heart of Moses’ mother was free (from anxiety). She would almost have disclosed it, had We not strengthened her heart, so that she might be of the believers.


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And she said to his sister: Follow him up. So she watched him from a distance, while they perceived not.


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And We did not allow him to suck before, so she said: Shall I point out to you the people of a house who will bring him up for you, and they will wish him well?


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So We gave him back to his mother that her eye might be refreshed, and that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the promise of Allah is true. But most of them know not.


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And when he attained his maturity and became full-grown, We granted him wisdom and knowledge. And thus do We reward those who do good (to others).


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And he went into the city at a time of carelessness on the part of its people, so he found therein two men fighting -- one being of his party and the other of his foes


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He said: My Lord, because Thou has bestowed a favour on me, I shall never be a backer of the guilty.


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And he was in the city, fearing, awaiting, when lo, he who had asked his assistance the day before was crying out to him for help. Moses said to him: Thou art surely one erring manifestly.


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So when he desired to seize him who was an enemy to them both, he said: O Moses, dost thou intend to kill me as thou didst kill a person yesterday? Thou only desirest to be a tyrant in the land, and thou desirest not to be of those who act aright.


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And a man came running from the remotest part of the city. He said: O Moses, the chiefs are consulting together to slay thee, so depart (at once)


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So he went forth therefrom, fearing, awaiting. He said: My Lord, deliver me from the iniquitous people.


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And when he came to the water of Midian, he found there a group of men watering, and he found besides them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What is the matter with you? They said: We cannot water until the shepherds take away (their sheep) from the water


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So he watered (their sheep) for them, then went back to the shade, and said: My Lord, I stand in need of whatever good Thou mayest send to me.


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Then one of the two women came to him walking bashfully. She said: My father invites thee that he may reward thee for having watered for us. So when he came to him and related to him the story, he said: Fear not, thou art secure from the iniquitous people.


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He said: I desire to marry one of these two daughters of mine to thee on condition that thou serve me for eight years


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Then when Moses had completed the term, and was travelling with his family, he perceived a fire on the side of the mountain. He said to his family: Wait, I see a fire


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And when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in the blessed spot of the bush: O Moses, surely I am Allah, the Lord of the worlds:


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And cast down thy rod. So when he saw it in motion as if it were a serpent, he turned away retreating, and looked not back. O Moses, come forward and fear not


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Insert thy hand into thy bosom, it will come forth white without evil, and remain calm in fear. These two are two arguments from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his chiefs. Surely they are a transgressing people.


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And my brother, Aaron, he is more eloquent in speech than I, so send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Surely I fear that they would reject me.


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He said: We will strengthen thine arm with thy brother, and We will give you both an authority, so that they shall not reach you. With Our signs, you two and those who follow you, will triumph.


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So when Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said: This is nothing but forged enchantment, and we never heard of it among our fathers of old!


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And Moses said: My Lord knows best who comes with guidance from Him, and whose shall be the good end of the abode. Surely the wrongdoers will not be successful.


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And he was unjustly proud in the land, he and his hosts, and they deemed that they would not be brought back to Us.


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So We caught hold of him and his hosts, then We cast them into the sea, and see what was the end of the iniquitous.


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And we made them leaders who call to the Fire, and on the day of Resurrection they will not be helped.


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And We made a curse to follow them in this world, and on the day of Resurrection they will be hideous.


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And certainly We gave Moses the Book after We had destroyed the former generations -- clear arguments for men and a guidance and a mercy, that they may be mindful.


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And thou wast not on the western side when We revealed to Moses the commandment, nor wast thou among those present


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But We raised up generations, then life became prolonged to them. And thou was not dwelling among the people of Midian, reciting to them Our messages, but We are the Sender (of messengers).


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And thou wast not at the side of the mountain when We called, but a mercy from thy Lord that thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, that they may be mindful.


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And lest, if a disaster should befall them for what their hands have sent before, they should say: Our Lord, why didst Thou not send to us a messenger so that we might have followed Thy messages and been of the believers?


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But (now) when the Truth has come to them from Us, they say: Why is he not given the like of what was given to Moses? Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They say: Two enchantments backing up each other! And they say: Surely we are disbelievers in both.


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Say: Then bring some (other) Book from Allah which is a better guide than these two, I will follow it -- if you are truthful.


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But if they answer thee not, know that they only follow their low desires. And who is more erring than he who follows his low desires without any guidance from Allah? Surely Allah guides not the iniquitous people.


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And certainly We have made the Word to have many connections for their sake, so that they may be mindful.


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These will be granted their reward twice because they are steadfast, and they repel evil with good and spend out of what We have given them.


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And when they hear idle talk, they turn aside from it and say: For us are our deeds and for you your deeds. Peace be to you! We desire not the ignorant.


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And they say: If we follow the guidance with thee, we should be carried off from our country. Have We not settled them in a safe, sacred territory to which fruits of every kind are drawn? A sustenance from Us -- but most of them know not.


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And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence! So those are their abodes: they have not been dwelt in after them except a little. And We are ever the inheritors.


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And thy Lord never destroyed the towns, until He has raised in their metropolis a messenger, reciting to them Our messages, and We never destroyed the towns except when their people were iniquitous.


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And whatever things you have been given are only a provision of this world’s life and its adornment, and whatever is with Allah is better and more lasting. Do you not then understand?


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Is he to whom We have promised a goodly promise, which he will meet with, like him whom We have provided with the provisions of this world’s life, then on the day of Resurrection he will be of those brought up (for punishment)?


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Those against whom the word has proved true will say: Our Lord, these are they whom we caused to deviate -- we caused them to deviate as we ourselves deviated. We declare our innocence before Thee. Us they never worshipped.


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And it will be said: Call your associate-gods. So they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they will see the chastisement. Would that they had followed the right way!


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And thy Lord creates and chooses whom He pleases. To choose is not theirs. Glory be to Allah and exalted be He above what they associate (with Him)!


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Say: Do you see if Allah were to make the night to continue incessantly on you till the day of Resurrection, who is the god besides Allah who could bring you light? Will you not then hear?


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Say: Do you see if Allah were to make the day to continue incessantly on you till the day of Resurrection, who is the god besides Allah that could bring you the night in which you take rest? Do you not then see?


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And out of His mercy He has made for you the night and the day, that you may rest therein, and that you may seek of His grace, and that you may give thanks.


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And We shall draw forth from among every nation a witness and say: Bring your proof. Then shall they know that the Truth is Allah’s and that which they forged will fail them.


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Korah was surely of the people of Moses, but he oppressed them, and We gave him treasures, so much so that his hoards of wealth would weight down a body of strong men. When his people said to him: Exult not


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And seek the abode of the Hereafter by means of what Allah has given thee, and neglect not thy portion of the world, and do good (to others) as Allah has done good to thee, and seek not to make mischief in the land. Surely Allah loves not the mischief-makers.


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He said: I have been given this only on account of the knowledge I have. Did he not know that Allah had destroyed him generations who were mightier in strength than he and greater in assemblage? And the guilty are not questioned about their sins.


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So he went forth to his people in his finery. Those who desired this world’s life said: O would that we had the like of what Korah is given! Surely he is possessed of mighty good fortune!


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But those who were given the knowledge said: Woe to you! Allah’s reward is better for him who believes and does good, and none is made to receive this except the patient.


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So We made the earth to swallow him up and his abode. He had no host to help him against Allah, nor was he of those who can defend themselves.


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And those who had yearned for his place the day before began to say: Ah! (know) that Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of His servants


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That abode of the Hereafter, We assign it to those who have no desire to exalt themselves in the earth nor to make mischief. And the good end is for those who keep their duty.


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He who has made the Qur’an binding on thee will surely bring thee back to the Place of Return. Say: My Lord knows best him who has brought the guidance and him who is in manifest error.


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And thou didst not expect that the Book would be inspired to thee, but it is a mercy from thy Lord, so be not a backer up of the disbelievers.


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And let them not turn thee aside from the messages of Allah after they have been revealed to thee, and call (men) to thy Lord and be not of the polytheists.


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And call not with Allah any other god. There is no God but He. Everything will perish but He. His is the judgment, and to Him you will be brought back.


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And indeed We tried those before them, so Allah will certainly know those who are true and He will know the liars.


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Whoever hopes to meet with Allah, the term of Allah is then surely coming. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.


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And whoever strives hard, strives for himself. Surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above (need of) (His) creatures.


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And those who believe and do good, We shall certainly do away with their afflictions and reward them for the best of what they did.


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And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents. But if they contend with thee to associate (others) with Me, of which thou has no knowledge, obey them not. To Me is your return, so I will inform you of what you did.


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And those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Follow our path and we will bear your wrongs. And they can never bear aught of their wrongs. Surely they are liars.


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And We indeed sent Noah to his people, so he remained among them a thousand years save fifty years. And the deluge overtook them, and they were wrongdoers.


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And (We sent) Abraham, when he said to his people: Serve Allah and keep your duty to Him. That is better for you, if you did but know.


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You only worship idols besides Allah and you invent a lie. Surely they whom you serve besides Allah control no sustenance for you


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And if you reject, nations before you indeed reject (the Truth). And the duty of the Messenger is only to deliver (the message) plainly.


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Say: Travel in the earth then see how He makes the first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation. Surely Allah is Possessor of power over all things.


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And you cannot escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have no protector or helper besides Allah.


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And those who disbelieve in the messages of Allah and the meeting with Him, they despair of My mercy and for them is a painful chastisement.


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So naught was the answer of his people except that they say: Slay him or burn him! But Allah delivered him from the fire. Surely therein are signs for a people who believe.


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And he said: you have only taken idols besides Allah by way of friendship between you in this world’s life, then on the day of Resurrection some of you will deny others, and some of you will curse others


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And We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and ordained prophethood and the Book among his seed. And We gave him his reward in this world, and in the Hereafter he will surely be among the righteous.


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And (We sent) Lot when he said to his people: Surely you are guilty of an abomination which none of the nations has done before you.


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Do you come to males and commit robbery on the highway, and commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But the answer of his people was only that they said: Bring on us Allah’s chastisement, if thou art truthful.


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And when Our messengers came to Abraham with good news, they said: We are going to destroy the people of this town, for its people are iniquitous.


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And when our messengers came to Lot, he was grieved on account of them, and he lacked strength to protect them. And they said: Fear not, nor grieve


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Surely We are going to bring down upon the people of this town a punishment from heaven, because they transgressed.


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And to Midian (We sent) their brother Shu’aib, so he said: O my people, serve Allah and fear the Latter day, and act not corruptly, making mischief, in the land.


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And ‘Ad and Thamud! And some of their dwellings are indeed apparent to you. And the devil made their deeds fairseeming to them, so he kept them back from the path, and they could see clearly.


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And Korah and Pharaoh and Haman! And certainly Moses came to them with clear arguments, but they behaved haughtily in the land


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So each one We punished for his sin. Of them was he on whom We sent a violent storm, and of them was he whom the rumbling overtook, and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow, and of them was he whom We drowned. And it was not Allah, Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.


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The parable of those who take guardians besides Allah is as the parable of the spider that makes for itself a house


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Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. Surely there is a sign in this for the believers.


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Recite that which has been revealed to thee of the Book and keep up prayer. Surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil


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And argue not with the People of the Book except by what is best, save such of them as act unjustly. But say: We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him we submit.


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And thus have We revealed the Book to thee. So those whom We have given the Book believe in it, and of these there are those who believe in it


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And thou didst not recite before it any book, nor didst thou transcribe one with thy right hand, for then could the liars have doubted.


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Nay, it is clear messages in the hearts of those who are granted knowledge. And none deny Our messages except the iniquitous.


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And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: Signs are with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner.


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Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to thee the Book which is recited to them? Surely there is mercy in this and a reminder for a people who believe.


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Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you -- He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. And those who believe in falsehood and disbelieve in Allah, these it is that are the losers.


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And they ask thee to hasten on the chastisement. And had not a term been appointed, the chastisement would certainly have come to them. And certainly it will come to them all of a sudden, while they perceive not.


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The day when the chastisement will cover them for above them, and from beneath their feet! And he will say: Taste what you did.


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And those who believe and do good, We shall certainly give them an abode in high places in the Garden wherein flow rivers, abiding therein. Excellent the reward of the workers.


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And how many a living creature carries not its sustenance! Allah sustains it and yourselves. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.


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And if thou ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the sun and the moon subservient? they would say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?


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Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of His servants, or straitens (them) for him. Surely Allah is Knower of all things.


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And if thou ask them, Who is it that sends down water from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its death? they will say, Allah. Say: Praise be to all! Nay most of them understand not.


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And the life of this world is but a sport and a play. And the home of the Hereafter, that surely is the Life, did they but know!


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That they may be ungrateful for what We have given them, and that they may enjoy. But they shall soon know.


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See they not that We have made a sacred territory secure, while men are carried off by force from around them? Will they still believe in the falsehood and disbelieve in the favour of Allah?


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And who is more iniquitous than one who forges a lie against Allah, or gives the lie to the Truth, when it has come to him? Is there not an abode in hell for the disbelievers?


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And those who strive hard for Us, We shall certainly guide them in Our ways. And Allah is surely with the doers of good.


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Within nine years. Allah’s is the command before an after. And on that day the believers will rejoice


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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. And surely most of the people are deniers of the meeting with their Lord.


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Have they not travelled in the earth and seen what was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it more than these have built. And their messengers came to them with clear arguments. So it was not Allah, Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.


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Then evil was the end of those who did evil, because they rejected the messages of Allah and mocked at them.


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And they will have no intercessors from among their associate-gods, and they will deny their associate-gods.


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And as for those who disbelieved and rejected Our messages and the meeting of the Hereafter, they will be brought to chastisement.


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He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and gives life to the earth after its death. And thus will you be brought forth.


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And of His signs is this, that He created mates for you from yourselves that you might find quiet of mind in them, and He put between you love and compassion. Surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.


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And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colours. Surely there are signs in this for the learned.


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And of His signs is your sleep by night and by day and your seeking of His bounty. Surely there are signs in this for a people who would hear.


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And of His signs is this, that He shows you the lightning for fear and for hope, and sends down water from the cloud, then gives life therewith to the earth after its death. Surely there are signs in this for a people who understand.


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And of His signs is this, that the heaven and the earth subsist by His command. Then when He calls you -- from the earth -- lo! you come forth.


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And He it is, Who originates the creation, then reproduces it, and it is very easy to Him. And His is the most exalted state in the heavens and the earth


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He sets forth to you a parable related to yourselves. Have you among those whom your right hands possess partners in that which We have provided you with, so that with respect to it you are alike -- you fear them as you fear each other? Thus do We make the messages clear for a people who understand.


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So set thy face for religion, being upright, the nature made by Allah in which He has created men. There is no altering Allah’s creation. That is the right religion -- but most people know not --


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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,


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So as to be ungrateful for that which We have given them. So enjoy yourselves a while -- you will soon come to know.


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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 despair.


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See they not that Allah enlarges provision and straitens (it) for whom He pleases? Certainly there are signs in this for a people who believe.


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So give to the near of kin his due, and to the needy and the wayfarer. This is best for those who desire Allah’s pleasure, and these it is who are successful.


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And whatever you lay out at usury, so that it may increase in the property of men, it increases not with Allah


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Allah is He who created you, then He sustains you, 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)!


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Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of that which men’s hands have wrought, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, so that they may return.


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Then set thyself, being upright, to the right religion before there come from Allah the day which cannot be averted: on that day they will be separated.


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That He may reward out of His grace those who believe and do good. Surely He loves not the disbelievers.


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And 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 glide by His command, and that you may seek His grace, and that you may be grateful.


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And certainly We sent before thee messengers to their people, so they came to them with clear arguments, then We punished those who were guilty. And to help believers is ever incumbent on Us.


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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, so that you see the rain coming forth from inside it


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Look then at the signs of Allah’s mercy, how He gives life to the earth after its death. Surely He is the Quickener of the dead


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And if We send a wind and they see it yellow, they would after that certainly continue to disbelieve.


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So surely thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn back retreating.


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Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear but those who believe in Our messages, so they submit.


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Allah is He Who created you from a state of weakness, then He gave strength after weakness, then ordained weakness and hoary hair after strength. He creates what He pleases, and He is the Knowing, the Powerful.


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And the day when the Hour comes, the guilty will swear: They did not tarry but an hour. Thus are they ever turned away.


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And those who are given knowledge and faith will say: Certainly you tarried according to the ordinance of Allah till the day of Resurrection -- so this is the day of Resurrection -- but you did not know.


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And certainly We have set forth for men in this Qur’an every kind of parable. And if thou bring them a sign, those who disbelieve would certainly say: You re naught but deceivers.


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And of men is he who takes instead frivolous discourse to lead astray from Allah’s path without knowledge, and to make it a mockery. For such is an abasing chastisement.


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And when Our messages are recited to him, he turns back proudly, as if he had not heard them, as if there were deafness in his ears


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He created the heavens without pillars that you see, and cast mountains on the earth lest it should be convulsed with you, and He spread on it animals of every kind. And We send down water from the clouds, there cause to grow therein of every nobel kind.


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And certainly We gave Luqman wisdom, saying: Give thanks to Allah. And whoever is thankful, is thankful for his own soul


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And when Luqman said to his son, while he admonished him: O my son, ascribe no partner to Allah. Surely ascribing partners (to Him) is a grievous iniquity.


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And We have enjoined on man concerning his parents -- his mother bears him with faintings upon faintings and his weaning takes two years -- saying: Give thanks to Me and to thy parents. To Me is the eventual coming.


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And if they strive with thee to make thee associate with Me that of which thou has no knowledge, obey them not, and keep kindly company with them in this world, and follow the way of him who turns to Me


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O my son, even if it be the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, even though it be in a rock, or in the heaven or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Surely Allah is Knower of subtilities, Aware.


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O my son, keep up prayer and enjoin good and forbid evil, and bear patiently that which befalls thee. Surely this is an affair of great resolution.


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And turn not thy face away from people in contempt, nor go about in the land exultingly. Surely Allah loves not any self-conceited boaster.


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And pursue the right curse in thy going about and lower thy voice. Surely the most hateful of voices is braying of asses.


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See you not that Allah has made subservient to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and granted to you His favours complete outwardly and inwardly? And among men is he who disputes concerning Allah without knowledge or guidance or a Book giving light.


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And when it is said to them, Follow that which Allah has revealed, they say: Nay, we follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Though the devil calls them to the chastisement of the burning Fire!


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And whoever submits himself to Allah and does good (to others), he indeed takes hold of the firmest handle. And Allah’s is the end of affairs.


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And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve thee. To Us is their return, then We shall inform them of what they did. Surely Allah is Knower of what is in the breasts.


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And if thou ask them who created the heavens and the earth? they will say: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! Nay, most of them know not.


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To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. Surely Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised.


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And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea with seven more seas added to it (were ink), the worlds of Allah would not be exhausted. Surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.


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Seest thou not that Allah makes the night to enter into the day, and He makes the day to enter into the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient (to you) -- each pursues its course till an appointed time -- and that Allah is Aware of what you do?


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This is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon besides Him is falsehood, and that Allah is the High, the Great.


tafseer:
Seest thou not that the ships glide on the sea by Allah’s grace, that He may show you of His signs? Surely there are signs in this for every patient, endurer, grateful one.


tafseer:
And when a wave like awnings covers them, they call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience. But when He brings them safe to land, some of them follow the middle course. And none denies Our signs but every perfidious, ungrateful one.


tafseer:
O people, keep your duty to your Lord and dread the day when no father can avail his son in aught, nor the child will avail this father. Surely the promise of Allah is true, so let not this world’s life deceive you, nor let the arch-deceiver deceive you about Allah.


tafseer:
Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. And no one knows what he will earn on the morrow. And no one knows in what land he will die. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.


tafseer:
Or do they say: He has forged it? Nay it is the Truth from thy Lord that thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner has come before thee that they may walk aright.


tafseer:
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is established on the Throne of Power. You have not besides Him a guardian or an intercessor. Will you not then mind?


tafseer:
Then He made him complete and breathed into him of His spirit, and gave you ears and eyes and hearts


tafseer:
And they say: When we are lost in the earth, shall we then be in 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, will cause you to die, then to your Lord you will be returned.


tafseer:
And couldst thou but see when the guilty hang their heads before their Lord: Our Lord, we have seen and heard


tafseer:
Only they believe in Our messages who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate and celebrate the praise of their Lord, and they are not proud.


tafseer:
They forsake (their) beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and spend out of what We have given them.


tafseer:
As for those who believe and do good deeds, for them are Gardens, a refuge -- an entertainment for what they did.


tafseer:
And as for those who transgress, their refuge is the Fire. Whenever they desire to go forth from it, they are brought back into it, and it is said to them: Taste the chastisement of the Fire, which you called a lie.


tafseer:
And certainly We will make them taste the nearer punishment before the greater chastisement, that haply they may turn.


tafseer:
And who is more iniquitous than he who is reminded of the messages of his Lord, then he turns away from them? Surely We exact retribution from the guilty.


tafseer:
And We indeed gave Moses the Book -- so doubt not the meeting with Him -- and We made it a guide for the Children of Israel.


tafseer:
And We made from among them leaders to guide by Our command when they were patient. And they were certain of Our messages.


tafseer:
Surely thy Lord will judge between them on the day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.


tafseer:
Is it not clear to them, how many of the generations, in whose abodes they go about, We destroyed before them? Surely there are signs in this. Will they not then hear?


tafseer:
See they not that We drive the water to a land having no herbage, then We bring forth thereby seed-produce, of which their cattle and they themselves eat. Will they not then see?


tafseer:
Say: On the day of victory the faith of those who (now) disbelieve will not profit them, nor will they be respited.


tafseer:
O Prophet, keep thy duty to Allah and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Surely Allah is ever Knowing, Wise


tafseer:
The Prophet is closer to the faithful than their own selves, and his wives are (as) their mothers. And the possessors of relationship are closer one to another in the ordinance of Allah than (other) believers, and those who fled (their homes), except that you do some good to your friends. This is written in the Book.


tafseer:
And when We took a covenant from the prophets and from thee, and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, son of Mary, and We took from them a solemn covenant,


tafseer:
That He may question the truthful of their truth, and He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
O you who believe, call to mind the favour of Allah to you when there came against you hosts, so We sent against them a strong wind and hosts that you saw not. And Allah is ever Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when the eyes turned dull and the hearts rose up to the throats, and you began to think diverse thoughts about Allah.


tafseer:
And when a party of them said: O people of Yathrib, you cannot make a stand, so go back. And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, Our houses are exposed. And they were not exposed. They only desired to run away.


tafseer:
And if an entry were made upon them from the outlying parts of it, then they were asked to wage war (against the Muslims), they would certainly have done it, and they would not have stayed in it but a little while.


tafseer:
And they had indeed made a covenant with Allah before, (that) they would not turn (their) backs. And a covenant with Allah must be answered for.


tafseer:
Say: Flight will not profit you, if you flee from death or slaughter, and then you will not be allowed to enjoy yourselves but a little.


tafseer:
Say: Who is it that can protect you from Allah, if He intends harm for you or He intends to show you mercy? And they will not find for themselves a guardian or a helper besides Allah.


tafseer:
Allah indeed knows those among you who hinder others and those who say to their brethren, Come to us. And they come not to the fight but a little,


tafseer:
Being niggardly with respect to you. But when fear comes, thou wilt see them looking to thee, their eyes rolling like one swooning because of death. But when fear is gone they smite you with sharp tongues, being covetous of wealth. These have not believed, so Allah makes their deeds naught. And that is easy for Allah.


tafseer:
They think the allies are not gone, and if the allies should come (again), they would fain be in the deserts with the desert Arabs, asking for news about you. And if they were among you, they would not fight save a little.


tafseer:
Certainly you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar for him who hopes in Allah and the Latter day, and remembers Allah much.


tafseer:
And when the believers saw the allies, they said: This is what Allah and His Messenger promised us, and Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth. And it only added to their faith and submission.


tafseer:
That Allah may reward the truthful for their truth, and chastise the hypocrites, if He pleases, or turn to them (mercifully). Surely Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
And Allah turned back the disbelievers in their rage -- they gained no advantage. And Allah sufficed the believers in fighting. And Allah is ever Strong, Mighty.


tafseer:
And He drove down those of the People of the Book who backed them from their fortresses and He cast awe into their hears


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 is ever Possessor of power over all things.


tafseer:
O Prophet, say to thy wives: If you desire this world’s life and its adornment, come, I will give you a provision and allow you to depart a goodly departing.


tafseer:
And if you desire Allah and His Messenger and the abode of the Hereafter, then surely Allah has prepared for the doers of good among you a mighty reward.


tafseer:
O wives of the Prophet, whoever of you is guilty of manifestly improper conduct, the chastisement will be doubled for her. And this is easy for Allah.


tafseer:
And whoever of you is obedient to Allah and His Messenger and does good, We shall give her a double reward, and We have prepared for her an honourable sustenance.


tafseer:
O wives of the Prophet, you are not like any other women. If you would keep your duty, be not soft in speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease yearn


tafseer:
And remember that which is recited in your houses of the messages of Allah and the Wisdom. Surely Allah is ever Knower of subtilties, Aware.


tafseer:
Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing 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 chastity and the women who guard, 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 or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided an affair, to exercise a choice in their matter. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he surely strays off to manifest error.


tafseer:
And when thou saidst to him to whom Allah had shown favour and to whom thou hadst shown a favour: Keep thy wife to thyself and keep thy duty to Allah


tafseer:
There is no harm for the Prophet in that which Allah has ordained for him. Such has been the way of Allah with those who have gone before. And the command of Allah is a decree that is made absolute --


tafseer:
Those who deliver the messages of Allah and fear Him, and fear none but Allah. And Allah is Sufficient to take account.


tafseer:
Muhammad is not the father of any of you men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the prophets. And Allah is ever Knower of all things.


tafseer:
He it is Who sends blessings on you, and (so do) His angels, that He may bring you forth out of darkness into light. And He is ever Merciful to the believers.


tafseer:
Their salutation on the day they meet Him will be, Peace! and He has prepared for them an honourable reward.


tafseer:
And obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and disregard their annoying talk, and rely on Allah. And Allah is enough as having charge (of affairs).


tafseer:
O you who believe, when you marry believing women, then divorce them before you touch them, you have in their case no term which you should reckon. But make provision for them and set them free in a goodly manner.


tafseer:
O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee thy wives whom thou hast given their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesses, out of those whom Allah has given thee as prisoners of war, and the daughters of thy paternal uncle and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncle and the daughters of thy maternal aunts who fled with thee


tafseer:
Thou mayest put off whom thou pleasest of them, and take to thee whom thou pleasest. And whom thou desirest of those whom thou hadst separated provisionally, no blame attaches to thee. This is most proper so that their eyes may be cool and they may not grieve, and that they should be pleased, all of them, with what thou givest them. And Allah knows what is in your hearts. And Allah is ever Knowing, Forbearing.


tafseer:
It is not allowed to thee to take wives after this, nor to change them for other wives, though their beauty be pleasing to thee, except those whom thy right hand possesses. And Allah is ever Watchful over all things.


tafseer:
O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished -- but when you are invited, enter, and when you have taken food, disperse -- not seeking to listen to talk. Surely this gives the Prophet trouble, but he forbears from you, and Allah forbears not from the truth. And when you ask of them any goods, ask of them from behind a curtain. This is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it behoves you not to give trouble to the Messenger of Allah, nor to marry his wives after him ever. Surely this is grievous in the sight of Allah.


tafseer:
There is no blame on them in respect of their fathers, nor their sons, nor their brothers, nor their brothers’ sons, nor their sisters’ sons, nor their own women, nor of what their right hands possess -- and (ye women) keep your duty to Allah. Surely Allah is ever Witness over all things.


tafseer:
Surely Allah and His angels bless the Prophet. O you who believe, call for blessings on him and salute him with a (becoming) salutation.


tafseer:
Surely those who annoy Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter, and He has prepared for them an abasing chastisement.


tafseer:
And those who annoy believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and manifest sin.


tafseer:
O Prophet, tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of believers to let down upon them their over-garments. This is more proper, so that they may be known, and not be given trouble. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease and the agitators in Madinah desist not, We shall certainly urge thee on against them, then they shall not be thy neighbours in it but for a little while --


tafseer:
Men ask thee about the Hour. Say: The Knowledge of it is only with Allah. And what will make thee comprehend that the Hour may be nigh?


tafseer:
On the day when their leaders are turned back into the Fire, they say: O would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!


tafseer:
And they say: Our Lord, we only obeyed our leaders and our great men, so they led us astray from the path.


tafseer:
O you who believe, be not like those who maligned Moses, but Allah cleared him what they said. And he was worthy of regard with Allah.


tafseer:
He will put your deeds into a right state for you, and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, he indeed achieves a mighty success.


tafseer:
Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it, and man has turned unfaithful to it. Surely he is ever unjust, ignorant --


tafseer:
That Allah may chastise the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women and the polytheistic men and the polytheistic women, and Allah will turn (mercifully) to the believing men and the believing women. And Allah is every Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
Praise be to Allah! Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and to Him be praise in the Hereafter! And He is the wise, the Aware.


tafseer:
He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and that which comes down from heaven and that which goes up to it. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve say: The Hour will never come to us. Say: Yea, by my Lord, the Knower of the unseen! it will certainly come to you. Not an atom’s weight escapes Him in the heavens or in the earth, nor is there less than that nor greater, but (all) is in a clear book,


tafseer:
That He may reward those who believe and do good. For them is forgiveness and an honourable sustenance.


tafseer:
And those who strive hard in opposing Our Messages, for them is a painful chastisement of an evil kind.


tafseer:
And those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed to thee from thy Lord, is the Truth, and it guides into the path of the Mighty, the Praised.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve say: Shall we show to you a man who informs you that, when you are scattered the utmost scattering, you will then be in a new creation?


tafseer:
Has he forged a lie against Allah or is there madness in him? Nay, those who believe not in the Hereafter are in torment and in far error.


tafseer:
See they not what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and the earth? If We please, We can make them low in the land or bring down upon them a portion of heaven. Surely there is a sign in this for every servant turning (to Allah).


tafseer:
And certainly We gave David abundance from Us: O mountains, repeat praises with him, and the birds, and We made the iron pliant to him,


tafseer:
Saying: Make ample (coats of mail), and assign a time to the making of coats of mail and do ye good. Surely I am Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
They made for him what he pleased, of synagogues and images, and bowls (large) as watering-troughs and fixed cooking-pots. Give thanks, O people of David! And very few of My servants are grateful.


tafseer:
But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them his death but a creature of the earth that are away his staff. So when it fell down, the jinn saw clearly that, if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in humiliating torment.


tafseer:
Certainly there was a sign for Saba’ in their abode -- two gardens on the right and the left. East of the sustenance of your Lord and give thanks to Him. A good land and a Forgiving Lord!


tafseer:
But they turned aside, so We sent upon them a violent torrent, and in place of their two gardens We gave them two gardens yielding bitter fruit and (growing) tamarisk and a few lote-trees.


tafseer:
And We made between them and the towns which We had blessed, (other) towns easy to be seen, and We apportioned the journey therein: Travel through them nights and days, secure.


tafseer:
And the devil indeed found true his conjecture concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the believers.


tafseer:
And he has no authority over them, but that We may know him who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it. And thy Lord is the Preserver of all things.


tafseer:
And intercession avails naught with Him, save of him whom He permits. Until when fear is removed from their hearts, they say: What is it that your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Most High, the Great.


tafseer:
Say: Who gives you sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. And surely we or you are on a right way or in manifest error.


tafseer:
Say: Our Lord will gather us together, then He will judge between us with truth. And He is the Best Judge, the Knower.


tafseer:
Say: Show me those whom you join with Him as associates. By no means (can you)! Nay, He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
And We have not sent thee but as a bearer of good news and as a warner to all mankind, but most men know not.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur’an, nor in that which is before it. And if thou couldst see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the blame one to another! Those who were reckoned weak say to those who were proud: Had it not been for you, we would have been believers.


tafseer:
Those who were proud say to those who were deemed weak: Did we turn you away from the guidance after it had come to you? Nay, you (yourselves) were guilty.


tafseer:
And those who were deemed weak say to those who were proud: Nay, (it was your) planning by night and day when you told us to disbelieve in Allah and to set up likes with Him. And they will manifest regret when they see the chastisement. And We put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieve. They will not be requited but for what they did.


tafseer:
And We never sent a warner to a town but those who led easy lives in it said: We are disbelievers in that with which you are sent.


tafseer:
Say: Surely my Lord amplifies provision for whom He pleases of His servants and straitens (it) for him. And whatsoever you spend, He increases it in reward, and He is the Best of Providers.


tafseer:
And on the day when He will gather them all together, then will he say to the angels: Did these worship you?


tafseer:
So on that day you will not control profit nor harm for one another. And We will say to those who were iniquitous: Taste the chastisement of the Fire, which you called a lie.


tafseer:
And when Our clear messages are recited to them, they say: This is naught but a man who desires to turn you away from that which your fathers worshipped. And they say: This is naught but a forged lie! And those who disbelieve say of the Truth when it comes to them: This is only clear enchantment!


tafseer:
And those before them rejected (the truth), and these have not yet attained a tenth of that which We gave them, but they gave the lie to My messengers. How (terrible) was then My disapproval!


tafseer:
Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that you rise up for Allah’s sake by twos and singly, then ponder! There is no madness in your companion. He is only a warner to you before a severe chastisement.


tafseer:
Say: Whatever reward I ask of you, that is only for yourselves. My reward is only with Allah, and He is a Witness over all things.


tafseer:
And couldst thou see when they become terrified, but (then) there will be no escape and they will be seized from a near place


tafseer:
And they indeed disbelieved in it before, and they utter conjectures with regard to the unseen from a distant place.


tafseer:
And a barrier is placed between them and that which they desire, as was done with their partisans before. Surely they are in a disquieting doubt.


tafseer:
Praise be to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and three, and four. He increase in creation what He pleases. Surely Allah is Possessor of power over all things.


tafseer:
Whatever Allah grants to men of (His) mercy, there is none to withhold it, and what He withholds, none can grant thereafter. And He is the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
O Men, call to mind the favour of Allah to you. Is there any Creator besides Allah who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? There is no God but He. How are you then turned away?


tafseer:
And if they reject thee -- truly messengers before thee were rejected. And to Allah are all affairs returned.


tafseer:
O men, surely the promise of Allah is true, so let not the life of this world deceive you. And let not the arch-deceiver deceive you about Allah.


tafseer:
Surely the devil is your enemy, so take him for an enemy. He only invites his party to be companions of the burning Fire.


tafseer:
Those who disbelieve, for them is a severe chastisement. And those who believe and do good, for them is forgiveness and a great reward.


tafseer:
Is he whose evil deed is made fair-seeming to him so that he considers it good? -- Now surely Allah leaves in error whom He pleases and guides aright whom He pleases, so let not thy soul waste away in grief for them. Surely Allah is Knower of what they do.


tafseer:
And Allah is He Who sends the winds, so they raise a cloud, then We drive it on to a dead land, and therewith give life to the earth after its death. Even so is the quickening.


tafseer:
Whoever desires might, then to Allah belongs the might wholly. To Him do ascend the goodly words, and the goodly deed -- He exalts it. And those who plan evil -- for them is a severe chastisement. And their plan will perish.


tafseer:
And Allah created you from dust, then from the life-germ, then He made you pairs. And no females bears, nor brings forth, except with His knowledge. And no one living long is granted a long life, nor is aught diminished of one’s life, but it is all in a book. Surely this is easy to Allah.


tafseer:
He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He has made subservient the sun and the moon, each one moves to an appointed time. This is Allah, your Lord


tafseer:
And no burdened soul can bear another’s burden. And if one weighed down by a burden calls another to carry his load, naught of it will be carried, even though he be near of kin. Thou warnest only those who fear their Lord in secret and keep up prayer. And whoever purifies himself, purifies himself only for his own good. And to Allah is the eventual coming.


tafseer:
Neither are the living and the dead alike. Surely Allah makes whom He pleases hear, and thou canst not make those hear who are in the graves.


tafseer:
Surely We have sent thee with the Truth as a bearer of good news and a warner. And there is not a people but a warner has gone among them.


tafseer:
And if they reject thee, those before them also rejected -- their messengers came to them with clear arguments, and with scriptures, and with the illuminating Book.


tafseer:
Seest thou not that Allah sends down water from the clouds, then We bring forth therewith fruits of various hues? And in the mountains are streaks, white and red, of various hues and (others) intensely black.


tafseer:
And of men and beasts and cattle there are various colours likewise. Those of his servants only who are possessed of knowledge fear Allah. Surely Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.


tafseer:
Surely those 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 perishes not --


tafseer:
That He may pay them back fully their rewards and give them more out of His grace. Surely He is Forgiving, Multiplier of reward.


tafseer:
And that which We have revealed to thee of the Book, that is the truth, verifying that which is before it. Surely Allah is Aware, Seer of His servants.


tafseer:
Then We have given the Book as inheritance to those whom We have chosen from among Our servants: so of them is he who wrongs himself, and of them is he who takes a middle course, and of them is he who is foremost in deeds of goodness by Allah’s permission. That is the great grace.


tafseer:
Gardens of perpetuity, which they enter -- they are made to wear therein bracelets of gold and pearls, and their dress therein is silk.


tafseer:
And they say: Praise be to Allah, Who has removed grief from us! Surely our Lord is Forgiving, Multiplier of reward,


tafseer:
And therein they cry for succour: Our Lord, take us out! we will do good deeds other than those which we used to do! Did We not give you a life long enough, for him to be mindful who would mind? And there came to you the warner. So taste


tafseer:
Surely Allah is the Knower of the unseen in the heavens and the earth. Surely He is Knower of what is in the hearts.


tafseer:
He it is Who made you successors in the earth. So whoever disbelieves, his disbelief is against himself. And their disbelief increases the disbelievers with their Lord in naught but hatred


tafseer:
Say: Have you seen your associates which you call upon besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth! Or have they any share in the heavens? Or, have We given them a Book so that they follow a clear argument thereof? Nay, the wrongdoers hold out promises one to another only to deceive.


tafseer:
Surely Allah upholds the heavens and the earth lest they come to naught. And if they come to naught, none can uphold them after Him. Surely He is ever Forbearing, Forgiving.


tafseer:
And they swore by Allah, their strongest oaths, that, if a warner came to them, they would be better guided than any of the nations. But when a warner came to them, it increased them in naught but aversion,


tafseer:
Behaving proudly in the land and planning evil. And the evil plan besets none save the authors of it. So they wait for naught but the way of the ancients. But thou wilt find no alteration in the course of Allah


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those before them -- and they were stronger than those in power? And Allah is not such that anything in the heavens or the earth can escape Him. Surely He is ever Knowing, Powerful.


tafseer:
And were Allah to punish men for what they earn, he would not leave on the back of it any creature, but He respites them till an appointed term


tafseer:
Surely We have placed on their necks chains reaching up to the chins, so they have their heads raised aloft.


tafseer:
And We have set a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, thus We have covered them, so that they see not.


tafseer:
Surely We give life to the dead, and We write down that which they send before and their footprints, and We record everything in a clear writing.


tafseer:
They said: You are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Beneficent revealed anything -- you only lie.


tafseer:
They said: Surely we augur evil from you. If you desist not, we will surely stone you, and a painful chastisement from us will certainly afflict you.


tafseer:
They said: Your evil fortune is with you. What! If you are reminded! Nay, you are an extravagant people.


tafseer:
And from the remote part of the city there came a man running. He said: O my people, follow the apostles.


tafseer:
And what reason have I that I should not serve Him Who created me and to Whom you will be brought back.


tafseer:
Shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession, if the Beneficent should desire to afflict me with harm, will avail me naught, nor can they deliver me?


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:
That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not then give thanks?


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 for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day. And all float on in an orbit.


tafseer:
And when it is said to them: Guard against that which is before you and that which is behind you, that mercy may be shown to you.


tafseer:
And when it is said to them: Spend out of that which Allah has given you, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Shall we feed him whom, if Allah please, He could feed? You are in naught but clear error.


tafseer:
They will say: O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? This is what the Beneficent promised and the messengers told the truth.


tafseer:
Did I not charge you, O children of Adam, that you serve not the devil? Surely he is your open enemy.


tafseer:
That day We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness as to what they earned.


tafseer:
And if We pleased, We would put out their eyes, then they would strive to get first to the way, but how should they see?


tafseer:
And if We pleased, We would transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, or turn back.


tafseer:
And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce to an object state in creation. Do they not understand?


tafseer:
And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught but a Reminder and a plain Qur’an,


tafseer:
See they not that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they are their masters?


tafseer:
Does not man see that We have created him from the small life-germ? Then lo! he is an open disputant.


tafseer:
And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to bones, when they are rotten?


tafseer:
Say: He will give life to them, Who brought them into existence at first, and He is Knower of all creation,


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:
So ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.


tafseer:
But when he became of (age to) work with him, he said: O my son, I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: so consider what thou seest. He said: O my father, do as thou art commanded


tafseer:
And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their offspring some are doers of good, but some are clearly unjust to themselves.


tafseer:
And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn. And certainly the jinn know that they will be brought up (for judgment) --


tafseer:
How many a generation We destroyed before them, then they cried when there was no longer time for escape!


tafseer:
And they wonder that a warner from among themselves has come to them, and the disbelievers say: This is an enchanter, a liar.


tafseer:
And the chiefs among them say: Go and steadily adhere to your gods: surely this is a thing intended.


tafseer:
Has the Reminder been revealed to him from among us? Nay, they are in doubt as to My Reminder. Nay, they have not yet tasted My chastisement.


tafseer:
Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them theirs? Then let them rise higher in means.


tafseer:
And Thamud and the people of Lot and the dwellers of the thicket. These were the parties (opposing Truth).


tafseer:
Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant David, the possessor power. He ever turned (to Allah).


tafseer:
And has the story of the adversaries come to thee? When they made an entry into the private chamber by climbing the wall --


tafseer:
This is my brother. He has ninety-nine ewes and I have a single ewe. Then he said, Make it over to me, and he has prevailed against me in dispute.


tafseer:
He said: Surely he has wronged thee in demanding thy ewe (to add) to his own ewes. And surely many partners wrong one another save those who believe and do good, and very few are they! And David knew that We had tried him, so he asked his Lord for protection, and he fell down bowing and turned (to God).


tafseer:
And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. So woe to those who disbelieve on account of the Fire!


tafseer:
Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth? Or shall We make the dutiful like the wicked?


tafseer:
(This is) a Book that We have revealed to thee abounding in good, that they may ponder over its verses, and that the men of understanding may mind.


tafseer:
So he said, I love the good things on account of the remembrance of my Lord -- until they were hidden behind the veil.


tafseer:
And remember Our servant Job. When he cried to his Lord: The devil has afflicted me with toil and torment.


tafseer:
And We gave him his people and the like of them with them, a mercy from Us, and a reminder for men of understanding.


tafseer:
And take in thy hand few worldly goods and earn goodness therewith and incline not to falsehood. Surely We found him patient


tafseer:
And they say: What is the matter with us? -- we see not men whom we used to count among the vicious.


tafseer:
He said: O Iblis, what prevented thee from submitting to him whom I created with both My hands? Art thou proud or art thou of the exalted ones?


tafseer:
Surely We have revealed to thee the Book with truth, so serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience.


tafseer:
Now surely sincere obedience is due to Allah (alone). And those who choose protectors besides Him (say): We serve them only that they may bring us nearer to Allah. Surely Allah will judge between them in that in which they differ. Surely Allah guides not him who is a liar, ungrateful.


tafseer:
If Allah desired to take a son to Himself, He could have chosen those He pleased out of those whom He has created -- Glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all).


tafseer:
He created you from a single being, then made its mates of the same (kind). And He sent down for you eight of the cattle in pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers -- creation after creation -- in triple darkness. That is Allah, your Lord


tafseer:
If you are ungrateful, then surely Allah is above need of you. And He likes not ungratefulness in His servants. And if you are grateful, He likes it for you. And no bearer of a burden will bear another’s burden. Then to your Lord is your return, then will He inform you of what you did. Surely He is Knower of what is in the breasts.


tafseer:
Is he who is obedient during hours of the night, prostrating himself and standing, taking care of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord --? Say: Are those who know and those who know not alike? Only men of understanding mind.


tafseer:
Serve then what you will beside Him. Say: The losers surely are those who lose themselves and their people on the day of Resurrection. Now surely that is the manifest loss!


tafseer:
They shall have coverings of fire above them and coverings beneath them. With that Allah makes His servants to fear


tafseer:
And those who eschew the worship of the idols and turn to Allah, for them is good news. So give good news to My servants,


tafseer:
Who listen to the Word, then follow the best of it. Such are they whom Allah has guided, and such are the men of understanding.


tafseer:
But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are high places, above them higher places, built (for them), wherein rivers flow. (It is) the promise of Allah. Allah fails not in (His) promise.


tafseer:
Seest thou not that Allah sends down water from the clouds, then makes it go down into the earth in springs, then brings forth therewith herbage of various hues


tafseer:
Is he whose breast Allah has opened to Islam so that he follows a light from his Lord --? So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah! Such are in clear error.


tafseer:
Allah has revealed the best announcement, a Book consistent, repeating (its injunctions), whereat do shudder the skins of those who fear their Lord, then their skins and their hearts soften to Allah’s remembrance. This is Allah’s guidance -- He guides with it whom He pleases. And he whom Allah leaves in error, there is no guide for him.


tafseer:
Is then he who has to guard himself with his own person against the evil chastisement on the Resurrection day --? And it will be said to the iniquitous: Taste what you earned.


tafseer:
So Allah made them taste disgrace in this worlds’ life, and certainly the chastisement of the Hereafter is greater. Did they but know!


tafseer:
And certainly We have set forth for men in this Qur’an similitudes of every sort that they may mind.


tafseer:
Allah sets forth a parable: A man belonging to partners differing with one another, and a man (devoted) wholly to one man. Are the two alike in condition? Praise be to Allah! Nay, most of them know not.


tafseer:
Who is then more unjust than he who utters a lie against Allah and denies the truth, when it comes to him? Is there not in hell an abode for the disbelievers?


tafseer:
That Allah may ward off from them the worst of what they did, and give them their reward for the best of what they did.


tafseer:
Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? And they seek to frighten thee with those besides Him. And whomsoever Allah leaves in error, there is no guide for him.


tafseer:
And whom Allah guides, there is none that can lead him astray. Is not Allah Mighty, the Lord of retribution?


tafseer:
And if thou ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? They will say: Allah. Say: See you then that those you call upon besides Allah, would they, if Allah desire to afflict me with harm, remove His harm? Or if He desire to show me mercy, could they withhold His mercy? Say: Allah is sufficient for me. On Him do the reliant rely.


tafseer:
Surely We have revealed to thee the Book with truth for (the good of) men. So whoever follows the right way, it is for his own soul, and whoever errs, he errs only to its detriment. And thou art not a custodian over them.


tafseer:
Allah takes (men’s) souls at the time of their death, and those that die not, during their sleep. Then He withholds those on whom He has passed the decree of death and sends the others back till an appointed term. Surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.


tafseer:
Or, take they intercessors besides Allah? Say: What! Even though they control naught, nor do they understand.


tafseer:
say: Allah’s is the intercession altogether. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned.


tafseer:
And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter shrink, and when those besides Him are mentioned, lo! they are joyful.


tafseer:
Say: O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Thou judgest between Thy servants as to that wherein they differ.


tafseer:
And had those who do wrong all that is in the earth and the like of it with it, they would certainly offer it as ransom from the evil of the chastisement on the day of Resurrection. And what they never thought of shall become plain to them from Allah.


tafseer:
And the evil of what they wrought will become plain to them, and that which they mocked at will beset them.


tafseer:
So there befell them the evil which they had earned. And those who are unjust from among these, there shall befall them the evil which they earn, and they shall not escape.


tafseer:
And turn to your Lord and submit to Him before chastisement comes to you, then you will not be helped.


tafseer:
And follow the best that has been revealed to you from your Lord before chastisement comes to you all of a sudden, while you perceive not --


tafseer:
Lest a soul should say: O woe is me, that I fell short of my duty to Allah! and surely I was of those who laughed to scorn


tafseer:
Aye! My communications came to thee, but thou didst reject them, and wast proud and wast of the disbelievers.


tafseer:
And on the day of Resurrection thou wilt see those who lied against Allah, their faces will be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode for the proud?


tafseer:
And Allah delivers those who keep their duty with their achievement -- evil touches them not, nor do they grieve.


tafseer:
His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth. And those who disbelieve in the messages of Allah, such are the losers.


tafseer:
And certainly, it has been revealed to thee and to those before thee: If thou associate (with Allah), thy work would certainly come to naught and thou wouldst be a loser.


tafseer:
And the trumpet is blown, so all those in the heavens and all those in the earth will swoon, except such as Allah please. Then it will be blown again, when lo! they stand up, awaiting.


tafseer:
And the earth beams with the light of its Lord, and the Book is laid down, and the prophets and the witnesses are brought up, and judgment is given between them with justice, and they are not wronged.


tafseer:
And those who keep their duty to their Lord are conveyed to the Garden in companies until when they come to it, and its doors are opened and the keepers of it say to them: Peace be to you! you led pure lives


tafseer:
And they say: Praise be to Allah! Who has made good to us His promise, and He has made us inherit the land


tafseer:
And thou seest the angels going round about the Throne of Power, glorifying their Lord with praise. And they are judged with justice, and it is said: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!


tafseer:
Forgiver of sin and Acceptor of repentance, Severe to punish, Lord of bounty. There is no God but He


tafseer:
None dispute concerning the messages of Allah but those who disbelieve, so let not their control in the land deceive thee.


tafseer:
Before them the people of Noah and the parties after them rejected (prophets), and every nation purposed against its messenger to destroy him, and disputed by means of falsehood to render null thereby the truth, so I seized them


tafseer:
And thus did the word of thy Lord prove true against those who disbelieve that they are the companions of the Fire.


tafseer:
Those who bear the Throne of Power and those around it celebrate the praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask protection for those who believe: Our Lord, Thou embracest all things in mercy and knowledge, so protect those who turn (to Thee) and follow Thy way, and save them from the chastisement of hell.


tafseer:
Our Lord, make them enter the Gardens of perpetuity, which Thou hast promised them and such of their fathers and their wives and their offspring as are good. Surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise:


tafseer:
And guard them from evil, and whom Thou guardest from evil this day, Thou hast indeed mercy on him. And that is the mighty achievement.


tafseer:
Those who disbelieve are told: Certainly Allah’s hatred (of you), when you were called upon to the faith and you rejected, was much greater than your hatred (now) of yourselves.


tafseer:
That is because when Allah alone was called upon, you disbelieved, and when associates were given to Him, you believed. So judgment belongs to Allah, the High, the Great.


tafseer:
He it is Who shows you His signs and sends down for you sustenance from heaven, and none minds but he who turns (to Him).


tafseer:
Exalter of degrees, Lord of the Throne of Power, He makes the spirit to light by His command upon whom He pleases of His servants, that he may warn (men) of the day of Meeting --


tafseer:
The day when they come forth. Nothing concerning them remains hidden from Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom this day? To Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all).


tafseer:
This day every soul is rewarded what it has earned. No injustice this day! Surely Allah is Swift in Reckoning.


tafseer:
And warn them of the day that draws near, when hearts, grieving inwardly, rise up to the throats. The iniquitous will have no friend, nor any intercessor who should be obeyed.


tafseer:
And Allah judges with truth. And those whom they call upon besides Him judge naught! Surely Allah is the Hearing, the Seeing.


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those who were before them? Mightier than these were they in strength and in fortifications in the land, but Allah destroyed them for their sins. And they had none to protect them from Allah.


tafseer:
That was because there came to them their messengers with clear arguments, but they disbelieved, so Allah destroyed them. Surely He is Strong, Severe in Retribution.


tafseer:
So when he brought to them the Truth from Us, they said: Slay the sons of those who believe with him and keep their women alive. And the plot of the disbelievers is bound to fail.


tafseer:
And Pharaoh said: Leave me to slay Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Surely I fear that he will change your religion or that he will make mischief to appear in the land.


tafseer:
And Moses said: Truly I see refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every proud one who believes not in the day of Reckoning.


tafseer:
And a believing man of Pharaoh’s people, who hid his faith, said: Will you slay a man because he says, My Lord is Allah, and indeed he has brought you clear arguments from your Lord? And if he be a liar, on him will be his lie, and if he be truthful, there will befall you some of that which he threatens you with. Surely Allah guides not one who is a prodigal, a liar.


tafseer:
O my people, yours is the kingdom this day, being masters in the land, but who will help us against the punishment of Allah, if it comes to us? Pharaoh said: I only show you that which I see and I guide you only to the right way.


tafseer:
The like of what befell the people of Noah and ‘Ad and Thamud and those after them. And Allah wishes no injustice for (His) servants.


tafseer:
And Joseph indeed came to you before with clear arguments, but you ever remained in doubt as to what he brought you


tafseer:
Those who dispute concerning the messages of Allah without any authority that has come to them. Greatly hated is it by Allah and by those who believe. Thus does Allah seal every heart, of a proud, haughty one.


tafseer:
The means of access to the heavens, then reach the God of Moses, and I surely think him to be a liar. And thus the evil of his deed was made fair-seeming to Pharaoh, and he was turned aside from the way. And the plot of Pharaoh ended in naught but ruin.


tafseer:
O my people, this life of the world is but a (passing) enjoyment, and Hereafter, that is the abode to settle.


tafseer:
You call me to disbelieve in Allah and to associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I call you to the Mighty, the Forgiving.


tafseer:
Without doubt that which you call me to has no title to be called to in this world, or in the hereafter, and our return is to Allah, and the prodigals are companions of the Fire.


tafseer:
So you will remember what I say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allah. Surely Allah is Seer of the servants.


tafseer:
The Fire. They are brought before it (every) morning and evening, and on the day when the Hour comes to pass: Make Pharaoh’s people enter the severest chastisement.


tafseer:
And when they contend one with another in the Fire, the weak saying to those who were proud: Surely we were your followers


tafseer:
And those in the Fire will say to the guards of hell: Pray to your Lord to lighten our chastisement for a day.


tafseer:
They will say: Did not your messengers come to you with clear arguments? They will say: Yea. They will say: Then pray. And the prayer of the disbelievers goes astray.


tafseer:
We certainly help Our messengers, and those who believe, in this world’s life and on the day when the witnesses arise --


tafseer:
The day on which their excuse will not benefit the unjust, and for them is a curse and for them is the evil abode.


tafseer:
Those who dispute about the messages of Allah without any authority having come to them, there is naught in their breasts but (a desire) to become great, which they will never attain. So seek refuge in Allah. Surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing.


tafseer:
And the blind and the seeing are not alike, nor those who believe and do good and the evildoers. Little do you mind!


tafseer:
And your Lord says: Pray to Me, I will answer you. Those who disdain My service will surely enter hell, abased.


tafseer:
Allah is He Who made for you the night for resting in and the day for seeing. Surely Allah is Full of Grace to men, but most men give not thanks.


tafseer:
That is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things. There is no God but He. Whence are you then turned away?


tafseer:
Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven a structure, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He provided you with goodly things. That is Allah, your Lord -- so blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.


tafseer:
Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon besides Allah, when clear arguments have come to me from my Lord


tafseer:
He it is Who created you from dust, then from a small life-germ, 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


tafseer:
He it is Who gives life and causes death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, and it is.


tafseer:
Therefore be patient, surely the promise of Allah is true. But whether We make thee see part of what We threaten them with, or cause thee to die, to Us shall they be returned.


tafseer:
And certainly We sent messengers before thee -- of them are those We have mentioned to thee and of them are those We have not mentioned to thee. Nor was it possible for a messenger to bring a sign except with Allah’s permission


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 advantages in them for you, and that you may attain through them a need which is in your breasts, and on them and on ships you are borne.


tafseer:
Do they not travel in the land and see what was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than these and greater in strength and in fortifications in the land, 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 that at which they used to mock befell them.


tafseer:
So when they saw Our punishment, they said: We believe in Allah alone, and we deny what we used to associate with Him.


tafseer:
But their faith could not profit them when they saw Our punishment. Such is Allah’s law, which ever takes its course in the matter of His servants


tafseer:
And they say: Our hearts are under coverings from that to which thou callest us, and there is a deafness in our ears, and there is a veil between us and thee, so act, we too are acting.


tafseer:
Say: I am only a mortal like you. It is revealed to me that your God is one God, so keep in the straight path to Him, and ask His protection. And woe to the polytheists!


tafseer:
Say: Do you indeed disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two days, and do you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of the worlds.


tafseer:
And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He blessed therein and ordained therein its foods, in four days


tafseer:
Then He directed Himself to the heaven and it was a vapour, so He said to it and to the earth: Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said: We come willingly.


tafseer:
So He ordained them seven heavens in two days, and revealed in every heaven its affair. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and (made it) to guard. That is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing.


tafseer:
When messengers came to them from before them and behind them, saying, Serve nothing but Allah, they said: If our Lord had pleased, He would have sent down angels. So we are disbelievers in that with which you are sent.


tafseer:
Then as to ‘Ad, they were unjustly proud in the land, and said: Who is mightier than we in power? See they not that Allah Who created them is mightier than they in power? And they denied Our messages.


tafseer:
So We sent on them a curious wind in unlucky days that We might make them taste the chastisement of abasement in this world’s life. And the chastisement of the Hereafter is truly more abasing, and they will not be helped.


tafseer:
And as for Thamud, We showed them the right way, but they preferred blindness to guidance, so the scourge of an abasing chastisement overtook them for what they had earned.


tafseer:
Until, when they come to it, their ears and their eyes and their skins will bear witness against them as to what they did.


tafseer:
And they will say to their skins: Why bear ye witness against us? They will say: Allah Who makes everything speak has made us speak, and He created you at first, and to Him you are returned.


tafseer:
And you did not cover yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah knew not much of what you did.


tafseer:
And that, your (evil) thought which you entertained about your Lord, ruined you, so have you become of the lost ones?


tafseer:
Then if they are patient, the Fire is their abode. And if they ask for goodwill, they are not of those who are granted goodwill.


tafseer:
And We have appointed for them comrades, so they make fair-seeming to them what is before them and what is behind them, and the word proved true against them among the nations of jinn and men that have passed away before them: they are surely losers.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve say: Listen not to this Qur’an but make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome.


tafseer:
So We shall certainly make those who disbelieve taste a severe chastisement, and We shall certainly requite them for the worst of what they did.


tafseer:
That is the reward of Allah’s enemies -- the Fire. For them therein is the home to abide. A requital for their denying Our messages.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord, show us those who led us astray from among the jinn and the men that we may trample them under our feet, so that they may be of the lowest.


tafseer:
Those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the Garden which you were promised.


tafseer:
We are your friends in this world’s life and in the Hereafter, and you have therein what your souls desire and you have therein what you ask for.


tafseer:
And who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah and does good, and says: I am surely of those who submit?


tafseer:
And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil) with what is best, when lo! he between whom and thee is enmity would be as if he were a warm friend.


tafseer:
And none is granted it but those who are patient, and none is granted it but the owner of a mighty good fortune.


tafseer:
And if a false imputation from the devil afflict thee, seek refuge in Allah. Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.


tafseer:
And of His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Adore not the sun nor the moon, but adore Allah Who created them if He it is that you serve.


tafseer:
And of His signs is this, that thou seest the earth still, but when We send down water thereon, it stirs and swells. He Who gives it life is surely the Giver of life to the dead. Surely He is Possessor of Power over all things.


tafseer:
Those who distort Our messages are not hidden from Us. Is he then who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes safe on the day of Resurrection? Do what you like, surely He is Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
Naught is said to thee but what was said to messengers before thee. Surely thy Lord is the Lord of Forgiveness and the Lord of painful Retribution.


tafseer:
And if We had made it a Qur’an in a foreign tongue, they would have said: Why have not its messages been made clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and an Arab! Say: It is to those who believe a guidance and a healing, and those who believe not, there is a deafness in their ears and it is obscure to them. These are called to from a place afar.


tafseer:
And indeed We gave Moses the Book, but differences arose therein. And had not a word already gone forth from thy Lord, judgment would have been given between them. And surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.


tafseer:
To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour. And no fruit comes forth from its coverings, nor does a female bear or bring forth but with His knowledge. And on the day when He calls out to them: Where are My associates? they will say: We declare to Thee, not one of us can bear witness.


tafseer:
And if We make him taste mercy from Us after distress has touched him, he says: This is due to me, and I think not that the Hour will come to pass


tafseer:
Say: See you, if it is from Allah, then you disbelieve in it, who is in greater error than he who is in opposition far away?


tafseer:
We will soon show them Our signs in farthest regions and among their own people, until it is quite clear to them that it is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord is a Witness over all things?


tafseer:
Now surely they are in doubt as to the meeting with their Lord. Lo! He surely encompasses all things.


tafseer:
The heavens may almost be rent asunder above them, while the angels celebrate the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Now surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.


tafseer:
And thus have We revealed to thee an Arabic Qur’an, that thou mayest warn the mother-town and those around it, and give warning of the day of Gathering, wherein is no doubt a party will be in the Garden and (another) party in the burning Fire.


tafseer:
And if Allah had pleased, He would surely have made them a single nation, but He admits whom He pleases to His mercy. And the wrongdoers have no protector nor helper.


tafseer:
Or have they taken protectors besides Him? But Allah is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is Possessor of power over all things.


tafseer:
The Originator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs of the cattle, too, multiplying you thereby. Nothing is like Him


tafseer:
His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth -- He amplifies and straitens subsistence for whom He pleases. Surely He is Knower of all things.


tafseer:
He has made plain to you the religion which He enjoined upon Noah and We have revealed to thee, and which We enjoined on Abraham and Moses and Jesus -- to establish religion and not to be divided therein. Hard for the polytheists is that to which thou callest them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who turns (to Him).


tafseer:
And they were not divided until after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves. And had not a word gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, the matter would surely have been judged between them. And those who were made to inherit the Book after them are surely in disquieting doubt about it.


tafseer:
To this then go on inviting, and be steadfast as thou art commanded, and follow not their low desires, and say: I believe in what Allah has revealed of the Book, and I am commanded to do justice between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds


tafseer:
And those who dispute about Allah after obedience has been rendered to Him, their plea is null with their Lord, and upon them is wrath, and for them is severe chastisement.


tafseer:
Those who believe not in it would hasten it on, and those who believe are in fear from it, and they know that it is the Truth. Now surely those who dispute concerning the Hour are far astray.


tafseer:
Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any religion that Allah does not sanction? And were it not for the word of judgment, it would have been decided between them. And surely for the wrongdoers is a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
Thou seest the unjust fearing on account of what they have earned, and it must befall them. And those who believe and do good are in the meadows of the Gardens -- they have what they please with their Lord. That is the great grace.


tafseer:
This it is of which Allah gives the goods news to His servants, who believe and do good. Say: I ask of you naught in return for it but love for relatives. And whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein. Surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.


tafseer:
Or say they: He has forged a lie against Allah? So, if Allah please, He would seal thy heart (against them). And Allah blots out the falsehood and confirms the Truth with His words. Surely He is Knower of what is in the breasts.


tafseer:
And He it is Who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons evil deeds, and He knows what you do


tafseer:
And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more out of His grace. And for the disbelievers is a severe chastisement.


tafseer:
And He it is Who sends down the rain after they have despaired, and He unfolds His mercy. And He is the Friend, the Praised One.


tafseer:
And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and what He has spread forth in both of them of living beings. And He is all-powerful to gather them together, when He will.


tafseer:
And whatever misfortune befalls you, it is on account of what your hands have wrought and He pardons much.


tafseer:
If He will, He stills the wind so that they lie motionless on its back. Surely there are signs in this for every patient, grateful one,


tafseer:
So whatever you are given is but a provision of this world’s life, and that which Allah has is better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on their Lord


tafseer:
And those who respond to their Lord and keep up prayer, and whose affairs are (decided) by counsel among themselves, and who spend out of what We have given them


tafseer:
And whoever defends himself after his being oppressed, these it is against whom there is no way (of blame).


tafseer:
The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress men and revolt in the earth unjustly. For such there is a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
And he whom Allah leaves in error has no friend after Him. And thou wilt see the iniquitous, when they see the chastisement, saying: Is there any way of return?


tafseer:
And thou wilt see them brought before it, humbling themselves because of abasement, looking with a faint glance. And those who believe will say: Surely the losers are they who lose themselves and their followers on the Resurrection day. Now surely the iniquitous are in lasting chastisement.


tafseer:
And they will have no friends to help them besides Allah. And he whom Allah leaves in error cannot find a way.


tafseer:
Hearken to your Lord before there comes from Allah the day which there is no averting. You will have no refuge on that day, nor will it be yours to make a denial.


tafseer:
But if they turn away, We have not sent thee as a watcher over them. Thy duty is only to deliver (the message). And surely when We make man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices thereat


tafseer:
Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He pleases. He grants females to whom He pleases and grants males to whom He pleases,


tafseer:
Or He grants them both males and females, and He makes whom He pleases, barren. Surely He is Knower, Powerful.


tafseer:
And it is not vouchsafed to a mortal that Allah should speak to him, except by revelation or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger and revealing by His permission what He pleases. Surely He is High, Wise.


tafseer:
And thus did We reveal to thee an inspired Book by our command. Thou knewest not what the Book was, nor (what) Faith (was), but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We please of Our servants. And surely thou guidest to the right path --


tafseer:
The path of Allah, to Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Now surely to Allah do all affairs eventually come.


tafseer:
Then We destroyed those stronger than these in prowess, and the example of the ancients has gone before.


tafseer:
And if thou ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth? they would say: The Mighty, the Knowing One, has created them,


tafseer:
And Who sends down water from the cloud according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a dead land


tafseer:
That you may sit firm on their backs, then remember the favour of your Lord, when you are firmly seated thereon, and say: Glory be to Him Who made this subservient to us and we were not able to do it,


tafseer:
And when one of them is given news of that of which he sets up a likeness for the Beneficent his face becomes black and he is full of rage.


tafseer:
And they make the angels who are the servants of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation? Their evidence will be recorded and they will be questioned.


tafseer:
And they say: If the Beneficent had pleased, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this


tafseer:
And thus, We sent not before thee a warner in a town, but its wealthy ones said: Surely we found our fathers following a religion, and we follow their footsteps.


tafseer:
(The warner) said: And even if I bring to you a better guide than that which you found your fathers following? They said: We surely disbelieve in that with which you are sent.


tafseer:
Nay! I let these and their fathers enjoy till there came to them the Truth and a Messenger making manifest.


tafseer:
And when the Truth came to them they said: This is enchantment, and surely we are disbelievers in it.


tafseer:
Do they apportion the mercy of thy Lord? We portion out among them their livelihood in the life of this world and We exalt some of them above others in rank, that some of them may take others in service. And the mercy of thy Lord is better than that which they amass.


tafseer:
And were it not that all people would become one (disbelieving) community, We would provide for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) by which they ascend,


tafseer:
And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance of the Beneficent, We appoint for him a devil, so he is his associate.


tafseer:
Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that between me and thee there were the distance of the East and the West! so evil is the associate!


tafseer:
And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent?


tafseer:
And truly We sent Moses with our messages to Pharaoh and his chiefs, so he said: I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds.


tafseer:
And We showed them not a sign but it was greater than its fellow, and We seized them with chastisement that they might turn.


tafseer:
And Pharaoh proclaimed amongst his people, saying: O my people, is not the kingdom of Egypt mine and these rivers flowing beneath me? Do you not see?


tafseer:
Why, then, have bracelets of gold not been bestowed on him, or angels come along with him in procession?


tafseer:
And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They set it forth to thee only by way of disputation. Nay, they are a contentious people.


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 this (revelation) is surely knowledge of the Hour, so have no doubt about it and follow me. This is the right path.


tafseer:
And when Jesus came with clear arguments, he said: I have come to you indeed with wisdom, and to make clear to you some of that about which you differ. So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.


tafseer:
But parties among them differed, so woe to those who did wrong for the chastisement of a painful day!


tafseer:
Wait they for aught but the Hour, that it should come on them all of a sudden, while they perceive not?


tafseer:
Sent round to them are golden bowls and drinking-cups, and therein is that which (their) souls yearn for and the eyes delight in, and therein you will abide.


tafseer:
Or do they think that We near not their secrets and their private counsels? Aye, and Our messengers with them write down.


tafseer:
Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne of Power, from what they describe!


tafseer:
And those whom they call upon besides Him control not intercession, but he who bears witness to the Truth and they know (him).


tafseer:
And if thou wert to ask them who created them, they would say: Allah. How are they then turned back?


tafseer:
Are they better or the people of Tubba’, and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.


tafseer:
And (in) the variation of the night and the day and (in) the sustenance which Allah sends down from the heaven, then gives life thereby to the earth after its death and (in) the changing of the winds, are signs for a people who understand.


tafseer:
These are the messages of Allah, which We recite to thee with truth. In what announcement will they then believe after Allah and His signs?


tafseer:
Who hears the messages of Allah recited to him then persists in haughtiness, as though he had not heard them. So announce to him a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
And when he comes to know of any of Our messages, he takes them for a jest. For such is an abasing chastisement.


tafseer:
In front of them is hell, and that which they have earned will avail them naught, nor those whom they take for protectors besides Allah, and for them is a grievous chastisement.


tafseer:
Allah is He Who made subservient to you the sea that the ships may glide therein by His command, and that you may seek of His grace, and that you may give thanks.


tafseer:
And He has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, all, from Himself. Surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.


tafseer:
Tell those who believe to forgive those who fear not the days of Allah that He may reward a people for what they earn.


tafseer:
And certainly We gave the Children of Israel the Book and judgment and prophethood and provided them with good things, and made them excel the nations.


tafseer:
And we gave them clear arguments in the Affair. So they differed not until after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves. Surely thy Lord will judge between them on the day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.


tafseer:
Then We made thee follow a course in the Affair, so follow it, and follow not the low desires of those who know not.


tafseer:
Surely they can avail thee naught against Allah. And surely the wrongdoers are friends of each other, and Allah is the Friend of the dutiful.


tafseer:
Or do those who do evil deeds think that We shall make them as those who believe and do good -- their life and their death being equal? Evil is what they judge!


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 will not be wronged.


tafseer:
Seest thou him who takes his desire for his god, and Allah leaves him in error knowingly, and seals his hearing and his heart and puts a covering on his sight? Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not mind?


tafseer:
And when our clear messages are recited to them, their only argument is that they say: Bring (back) our fathers, if you are truthful.


tafseer:
Say: Allah gives you life, then makes you die, then will He gather you to the day of Resurrection, wherein is no doubt, but most people know not


tafseer:
And Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And on the day when the Hour comes to pass, on that day will the followers of falsehood perish.


tafseer:
And thou wilt see every nation kneeling down. Every nation will be called to its record. This day you are requited for what you did.


tafseer:
Then as to those who believed and did good, their Lord will admit them to His mercy. That is the manifest achievement.


tafseer:
And as to those who disbelieved -- were not My messages recited to you? But you were proud and you were a guilty people.


tafseer:
And when it was said, Surely the promise of Allah is true and the hour -- there is no doubt about it, you said: We know not what the Hour is. We think (it) only a conjecture and we are not at all sure.


tafseer:
And the evil of what they did will become manifest to them, and that at which they mocked will encompass them.


tafseer:
And it will be said: This day We forsake you as you neglected the meeting of this day of yours, and your abode is the Fire, and you have no helpers.


tafseer:
That is because you made the messages of Allah a jest and the life of this world deceived you. So on that day they shall not be taken out of it, nor shall they be granted goodwill.


tafseer:
We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them save with truth and for an appointed term. And those who disbelieve turn away from that whereof they are warned.


tafseer:
Say: Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this or any relics of knowledge, if you are truthful.


tafseer:
And who is in greater error than he who invokes besides Allah such as answer him not till the day of Resurrection, and they are heedless of their call?


tafseer:
And when men are gathered together, they will be their enemies, and will deny their worshipping (them).


tafseer:
And when Our clear messages are recited to them, those who disbelieve say of the Truth when it comes to them: This is clear enchantment.


tafseer:
Nay, they say: He has forged it. Say: If I have forged it, you control naught for me from Allah. He knows best what you utter concerning it. He is enough as a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.


tafseer:
Say: I am not the first of the messengers, and I know not what will be done with me or with you. I follow naught but that which is revealed to me, and I am but a plain warner.


tafseer:
Say: See you if it is from Allah, and you disbelieve in it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel has borne witness of one like him, so he believed, while you are big with pride. Surely Allah guides not the iniquitous ones.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve say of those who believe: If it had been a good, they would not have attained it before us. And as they are not guided thereby, they say: It is an old lie.


tafseer:
And before it was the Book of Moses, a guide and a mercy. And this is a Book verifying (it) in the Arabic language, that it may warn those who do wrong, and as good news for the doers of good.


tafseer:
Surely those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then continue on the right way, on them is no fear, nor shall they grieve.


tafseer:
And We have enjoined on man the doing of good to his parents. His mother bears him with trouble and she brings him forth in pain. And the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months. Till, when he attains his maturity and reaches forty years, he says: My Lord, grant me that I may give thanks for Thy favour, which Thou has bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do good which pleases Thee


tafseer:
These are they from whom We accept the best of what they do and pass by their evil deeds -- among the owners of the Garden. A promise of truth, which they were promised.


tafseer:
And he who says to his parents: Fie on you! Do you threaten me that I shall be brought forth, when generations have passed away before me? And they both call for Allah’s aid: Woe to thee! Believe


tafseer:
These are they against whom the word proves true, among nations of the jinn and the men that have passed away before them. Surely they are losers.


tafseer:
And for all are degrees according to what they do, and that He may pay them for their deeds and they will not be wronged.


tafseer:
And on the day when those who disbelieve are brought before the Fire: You did away with your good things in your life of the world and you enjoyed them


tafseer:
They said: Hast thou come to us to turn us away from our gods? Then bring us that with which thou threatenest us, if thou art truthful.


tafseer:
He said: The knowledge is only with Allah, and I deliver to you that wherewith I am sent, but I see you are an ignorant people.


tafseer:
So when they saw it -- a cloud advancing towards their valleys, they said: This is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, it is that which you sought to hasten, a wind wherein is painful chastisement.


tafseer:
Destroying every thing by the command of its Lord. So at dawn naught could be seen except their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty people.


tafseer:
And certainly We had given them power in matters in which We have not empowered you, and We had given them ears and eyes and hearts, but neither their ears, nor their eyes, nor their hears availed them aught, since they denied the messages of Allah, and that which they mocked at encompassed them.


tafseer:
And certainly We destroyed the towns round about you, and We repeat the messages that they may turn.


tafseer:
Then why did those whom they took for gods besides Allah to draw (them) nigh (to Him) not help them? Nay, they failed them. And this was their lie and what they forged.


tafseer:
They said: O our people, we have heard a Book revealed after Moses, verifying that which is before it, guiding to the truth and to a right path.


tafseer:
O our people, accept the Inviter to Allah and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and protect you from a painful chastisement


tafseer:
And whoever accepts not the Inviter to Allah, he cannot escape in the earth, nor has he protectors besides Him. These are in manifest error.


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 is surely Possessor of power over all things.


tafseer:
And on the day when those who disbelieve are brought before the Fire: Is it not true? They will say: Yea, by our Lord! He will say: Then taste the chastisement, because you disbelieved.


tafseer:
So have patience, as men of resolution, the messengers, had patience, and seek not to hasten on for them (their doom). On the day when they see that which they are promised, (it will be) as if they had not tarried save an hour of the day. (Thine is) to deliver. Shall then any be destroyed save the transgressing people?


tafseer:
And those who believe and do good, and believe in that which has been revealed to Muhammad -- and it is the 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 those who believe follow the Truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah set forth their descriptions for men.


tafseer:
Have they not travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those before them? Allah destroyed them. And for the disbelievers is the like thereof.


tafseer:
That is because Allah is the patron of those who believe, and because the disbelievers have no patron.


tafseer:
Surely Allah will make those who believe and do good enter Gardens wherein flow rivers. And those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the cattle eat, and the Fire is their abode.


tafseer:
And how many a town, more powerful than thy town which has driven thee out -- We destroyed them, so there was no helper for them.


tafseer:
Is then he who has a clear argument from his Lord like him to whom his evil conduct is made fairseeming


tafseer:
A parable of the Garden which the dutiful are promised: Therein are rivers of water not altering for the worse, and rivers of milk whereof the taste changes not, and rivers of wine delicious to the drinkers, and rivers of honey clarified


tafseer:
And there are those of them who seek to listen to thee, till, when they go forth from thee, they say to those who have been given knowledge: What was it that he said just now? These are they whose hearts Allah has sealed and they follow their low desires.


tafseer:
And those who follow guidance, He increases them in guidance and grants them their observance of duty.


tafseer:
Wait they for aught but the Hour that it should come upon them of a sudden? Now tokens thereof have already come. But how will they have their reminder, when it comes on them?


tafseer:
So know that there is no God but Allah and ask protection for thy sin and for the believing men and the believing women. And Allah knows your moving about and your staying (in a place).


tafseer:
And those who believe say: Why is not a chapter revealed? But when a decisive chapter is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein, thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease look to thee with the look of one fainting at death. So woe to them!


tafseer:
Obedience and a gentle word (was proper). Then when the affair is settled, it is better for them if they remain true to Allah.


tafseer:
That is because they say to those who hate what Allah has revealed: We will obey you in some matters. And Allah knows their secrets.


tafseer:
That is because they follow that which displeases Allah and are averse to His pleasure, so He makes their deeds fruitless.


tafseer:
And if We please, We could show them to thee so that thou shouldst know them by their marks. And certainly thou canst recognize them by the tone of (their) speech. And Allah knows your deeds.


tafseer:
And certainly We shall try you, till We know those among you who strive hard, and the steadfast, and manifest your news.


tafseer:
Surely those who disbelieve and hinder (men) from Allah’s way and oppose the Messenger after guidance is quite clear to them, cannot harm Allah in any way, and He will make their deeds fruitless.


tafseer:
Surely those who disbelieve and hinder (men) from Allah’s way, then die disbelievers, Allah will not forgive them.


tafseer:
And be not slack so as to cry for peace -- and you are the uppermost -- and Allah is with you, and He will not bring your deeds to naught.


tafseer:
The life of this world is but idle sport and play, and, if you believe and keep your duty, He will give you your reward, and He does not ask of you your wealth.


tafseer:
If He should ask you for it and press you, you will be niggardly, and He will bring forth your malice.


tafseer:
Behold! you are those who are called to spend in Allah’s way, but among you are those who are niggardly


tafseer:
That Allah may cover for thee thy (alleged) shortcomings in the past and those to come, and complete his favour to thee and guide thee on a right path,


tafseer:
He it is who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers that they might add faith to their faith. And Allah’s are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is every Knowing, Wise --


tafseer:
That He may cause the believing men and the believing women to enter Gardens wherein flow rivers to abide therein and remove from them their evil. And that is a grand achievement with Allah.


tafseer:
And (that) He may chastise the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the polytheistic men and their polytheistic women, the entertainers of evil thoughts about Allah. On them is the evil turn, and Allah is wroth with them and has cursed them and prepared hell for them


tafseer:
That you may believe in Allah and His Messenger and may aid him and revere him. And (that) you may declare His glory, morning and evening.


tafseer:
Those who swear allegiance to thee do but swear allegiance to Allah. The hand of Allah is above their hands. So whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only to his soul’s injury. And whoever fulfils his covenant with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward.


tafseer:
Those of the dwellers of the desert who lagged behind will say to thee: Our property and our families kept us busy, so ask forgiveness for us. They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: Then who can control aught for you from Allah, if He intends to do you harm or if He intends to do you good. Nay, Allah is ever Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
Nay, you thought that the messenger and the believers would never return to their families, and that was made fair-seeming in your hearts, and your thought an evil thought, and you are a people doomed to perish.


tafseer:
And whoever believes not in Allah and His Messenger -- then surely We have prepared burning Fire for the disbelievers.


tafseer:
And Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He pleases. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
Those who lagged behind will say, when you set forth to acquire gains: Allow us to follow you. They desire to change the word of Allah. Say: You shall not follow us. Thus did Allah say before. But they will say: Nay, you are jealous of us. Nay, they understand not but a little.


tafseer:
Say to those of the dwellers of the desert who lagged behind: You will soon be called against a people of mighty prowess to fight against them until they submit. Then if you obey, Allah will grant you a good reward


tafseer:
There is no blame on the blind, no is there blame on the lame, nor is there blame on the sick. And whoever obeys Allah and his Messenger, He will cause him to enter Gardens wherein flow rivers. And whoever turns back. He will chastise him with a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
Allah indeed was well pleased with the believers, when they swore allegiance to thee under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquillity on them and rewarded them with a near victory,


tafseer:
Allah promised you many gains which you will acquire, then He hastened this on for you, and held back the hands of men from you


tafseer:
And others which you have not yet been able to achieve -- Allah has surely encompassed them. And Allah is ever Powerful over all things.


tafseer:
And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they will certainly turn (their) backs, then they will find no protector nor helper.


tafseer:
(Such has been) the course of Allah that has run before, and thou wilt not find a change in Allah’s course.


tafseer:
And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Makkah after He had given you victory over them. And Allah is ever Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
It is they who disbelieved and debarred you from the Sacred Mosque -- and the offering withheld from reaching its goal. And were it not for the believing men and the believing women, whom, not having known, you might have trodden down, and thus something hateful might have afflicted you on their account without knowledge -- so that Allah may admit to his mercy whom He pleases. Had they been apart, We would surely have chastised those who disbelieved from among them with a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
When those who disbelieved harboured disdain in their hearts the disdain of Ignorance, but Allah sent down his tranquillity on His Messenger and on the believers and made them keep the word of observance of duty, and they were entitled to it and worthy of it. And Allah is ever Knower of all things.


tafseer:
Allah indeed fulfilled the vision for His Messenger with truth. You shall certainly enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah please, in security, your heads shaved and hair cut short, not fearing. But He knows what you know not, so He has ordained a near victory before that.


tafseer:
He it is Who has sent his Messenger with the guidance and the religion of Truth that He may make it prevail over all religions. And Allah is enough for a witness.


tafseer:
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the disbelievers, compassionate among themselves. Thou seest them blowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking Allah’s grace and pleasure. Their marks are on their faces in consequence of prostration. That is their description in the Torah -- and their description in the Gospel -- like seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the disbelievers on account of them. Allah has promised such of them as believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward.


tafseer:
O you who believe, be not forward in the presence of Allah and his Messenger, and keep your duty to Allah. Surely Allah is Hearing, Knowing.


tafseer:
O you who believe, raise not your voices above the Prophet’s voice, nor speak loudly to him as you speak loudly one to another, lest your deeds become null, while you perceive not.


tafseer:
Surely those who lower their voices before Allah’s Messenger are they whose hearts Allah has proved for dutifulness. For them is forgiveness and a great reward.


tafseer:
And if they had patience till thou come out to them, it would be better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
O you who believe, if an unrighteous man brings you news, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you did.


tafseer:
And know that among you is Allah’s Messenger. Were he to obey you in many a matter, you would surely fall into distress


tafseer:
And if two parties of the believers quarrel, make peace between them. Then if one of them does wrong to the other, fight that which does wrong, till it return to Allah’s command. Then, if it returns, make peace between them with justice and act equitably. Surely Allah loves the equitable.


tafseer:
The believers are brethren so make peace between your brethren, and keep your duty to Allah that mercy may be had on you.


tafseer:
O mankind, surely We have created you from a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other. Surely the noblest of you with Allah is the most dutiful of you. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.


tafseer:
The believers are those only who believe in Allah and His Messenger, then they doubt not, and struggle hard with their wealth and their lives in the way of Allah. Such are the truthful ones.


tafseer:
Say: Would you apprise Allah of your religion? and Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. And Allah is Knower of all things.


tafseer:
They presume to lay thee under an obligation by becoming Muslims. Say: Lay me not under an obligation by your Islam


tafseer:
And the earth, We have spread it out, and cast therein mountains, and We have made to grow therein of every beautiful kind --


tafseer:
And We send down from the clouds water abounding in good, then We cause to grow thereby gardens and the grain that is reaped,


tafseer:
And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tubba. They all rejected the messengers, so My threat came to pass.


tafseer:
And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him -- and We are nearer to him than his life-vein.


tafseer:
Thou wast indeed heedless of this, but now We have removed from thee thy veil, so thy sight is sharp this day.


tafseer:
And how many a generation We destroyed before them who were mightier in prowess than they! so they went about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge?


tafseer:
And certainly We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and no fatigue touched Us.


tafseer:
So bear with what they say, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting.


tafseer:
We know best what they say, and thou art not one to compel them. So remind by means of the Qur’an him who fears My threat.


tafseer:
So he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.


tafseer:
But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the punishment overtook them, while they saw.


tafseer:
Surely the lot of the wrongdoers is as was the lot of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hasten on.


tafseer:
Burn in it, then bear (it) patiently, or bear (it) not, it is the same to you. You are requited only for what you did.


tafseer:
And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith -- We unite with them their off-spring and We shall deprive them of naught of their work. Every man is pledged for what he does.


tafseer:
And wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, for surely thou art before Our eyes, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord, when thou risest,


tafseer:
They are naught but names which you have named, you and your fathers -- Allah has sent no authority for them. They follow but conjecture and what (their) souls desire. And certainly the guidance has come to them from their Lord.


tafseer:
So they said: What! A single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? We shall then be in sure error and distress.


tafseer:
And how many angels are in the heavens, whose intercession avails naught except after Allah gives permission to whom He pleases and chooses.


tafseer:
And they have no knowledge of it. They follow but conjecture, and surely conjecture avails naught against Truth.


tafseer:
That is their goal of knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows best him who strays from His path and He knows best him who goes aright.


tafseer:
And Allah’s is whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil for that which they do, and reward those who do good with goodness.


tafseer:
Those who avoid the great sins and the indecencies, but the passing idea -- surely thy Lord is Liberal in Forgiving. He knows best when He brings you forth from the earth and when you are embryos in the wombs of your mothers


tafseer:
Before them the people of Noah rejected -- they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.


tafseer:
And made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.


tafseer:
Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees, which the maker of an enclosure collects.


tafseer:
O assembly of jinn and men, if you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through. You cannot pass through but with authority.


tafseer:
The flames of fire and sparks of brass will be sent upon you, then you will not be able to defend yourselves.


tafseer:
Reclining on beds, whose inner coverings are of silk brocade. And the fruits of the two Gardens are within reach.


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is established on the Throne of Power. He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from heaven and that which goes up to it. And He is with you wherever you are. And Allah is Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
He causes the night to pass into the day, and causes the day to pass into the night. And He is Knower of what is in the hearts.


tafseer:
Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and spend of that whereof He has made you heirs. So those of you who believe and spend -- for them is a great reward.


tafseer:
And what reason have you that you believe not in Allah? And the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord, and He has indeed accepted your covenant, if you are believers.


tafseer:
He it is Who sends down clear messages to His servant, that he may bring you forth from darkness into light. And surely Allah is Kind, Merciful to you.


tafseer:
And what reason have you that you spend not in Allah’s way? And Allah’s is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. Those of you who spent before the Victory and fought are not on a level (with others). They are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. And Allah has promised good to all. And Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
Who is he that will offer to Allah a good gift, so He will double it for him, and he will have a generous reward.


tafseer:
On that day thou wilt see the faithful men and the faithful women, their light gleaming before them and on their right hand. Good news for you this day! -- Gardens wherein rivers flow, to abide therein! That is the grand achievement.


tafseer:
On the day when the hypocrites, men and women, will say to those who believe: Wait for us, that we may borrow from your light. It will be said: Turn back and seek a light. Then a wall, with a door in it, will be raised between them. Within it shall be mercy, and outside of its chastisement.


tafseer:
They will cry out to them: Were we not with you? They will say: Yea, but you caused yourselves to fall into temptation, and you waited and doubted, and vain desires deceived you, till the threatened punishment of Allah came, and the arch-deceiver deceived you about Allah.


tafseer:
So this day no ransom will be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode is the Fire


tafseer:
Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah and the Truth that is revealed, and (that) they should not be like those who were given the Book before, but time was prolonged for them, so their hearts hardened. And most of them are transgressors.


tafseer:
Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death. Indeed, We have made the signs clear for you that you may understand.


tafseer:
The men who give in charity and the women who give in charity and set apart for Allah a goodly portion, it will be doubled for them, and their’s is a generous reward.


tafseer:
And those who believe in Allah and His messengers, they are the truthful and the faithful ones with their Lord. They have their reward and their light. And those who disbelieve and reject Our messages, they are the inmates of hell.


tafseer:
Know that this world’s life is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children. It is as rain, whose causing the vegetation to grow pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that thou seest it turning yellow, then it becomes chaff. And in the Hereafter is a severe chastisement, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And this world’s life is naught but a source of vanity.


tafseer:
Vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden the extensiveness of which is as the extensiveness of the heaven and the earth -- it is prepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers. That is the grace of Allah


tafseer:
No disaster befalls in the earth, or in yourselves, but it is in a book before We bring it into existence -- surely that is easy to Allah --


tafseer:
So that you grieve not for what has escaped you, nor exult in that which He has given you. And Allah loves not any arrogant boaster:


tafseer:
Such as are niggardly and enjoin niggardliness on men. And whoever turns back, then surely Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised.


tafseer:
Certainly We sent Our messengers with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the measure, that men may conduct themselves with equity. And We sent down iron, wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His messengers, unseen. Surely Allah is Strong, Mighty


tafseer:
Then We made Our messengers to follow in their footsteps, and We made Jesus son of Mary to follow, and We gave him the Gospel. And We put compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. And (as for) monkery they innovated it -- We did not prescribe it to them -- only to seek Allah’s pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance. So We gave those of them who believed their reward, but most of them are transgressors.


tafseer:
O you who believe, keep your duty to Allah and believe in His Messenger -- He will give you two portions of His mercy, and give you a light in which you shall walk, and forgive you. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful --


tafseer:
That the People of the book may know that they control naught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah’s hand. He gives it to whom He pleases. And Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.


tafseer:
Allah indeed has heard the plea of her who pleads with thee about her husband and complains to Allah


tafseer:
Those of you who put away their wives by calling them their mothers -- they are not their mothers. None are their mothers save those who give them birth, and they utter indeed a hateful word and a lie. And surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.


tafseer:
And those who put away their wives by calling them their mothers, then go back on that which they said, must free a captive before they touch one another. To this you are exhorted


tafseer:
But he who has not the means, should fast for two months successively before they touch one another, and he who is unable to do so should feed sixty needy ones. That is in order that you may have faith in Allah and His Messenger. And these are Allah’s limits. And for the disbelievers is a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
On the day when Allah will raise them all together, then inform them of what they did. Allah records it, while they forget it. And Allah is Witness over all things.


tafseer:
Seest thou not that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth? There is no secret counsel between three but He is the fourth of them, nor between five but He is the sixth of them, nor between less than that nor more but He is with them wheresoever they are


tafseer:
Seest thou not those who are forbidden secret counsels, then they return to that which they are forbidden, and hold secret counsels for sin and revolt and disobedience to the Messenger. And when they come to thee they greet thee with a greeting with which Allah greets thee not, and say within themselves


tafseer:
O you who believe, when you confer together in private, give not to each other counsel of sin and revolt and disobedience to the Messenger, but give to each other counsel of goodness and observance of duty. And keep your duty to Allah, to Whom you will be gathered together.


tafseer:
Secret counsels are only of the devil that he may cause to grieve those who believe, and he can hurt them naught except with Allah’s permission. And on Allah let the believers rely.


tafseer:
O you who believe, when it is said to you, Make room in assemblies, make room. Allah will give you ample. And when it is said, Rise up, rise up. Allah will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, to high ranks. And Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
O you who believe, when you consult the Messenger, offer something in charity before your consultation. That is better for you and purer. But if you have not (the means), then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
Do you fear that you will not (be able to) give in charity before your consultation? So when you do it not, and Allah has turned to you (mercifully), keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
Hast thou not seen those who take for friends a people with whom Allah is wroth? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear falsely, while they know.


tafseer:
Of no avail against Allah, will be to them their wealth or their children. They are the companions of the Fire


tafseer:
On the day when Allah will raise them all up, they will swear to Him as they swear to you, and they think that they have some (excuse). Now surely they are the liars.


tafseer:
The devil has gained the mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah. They are the devil’s party. Now surely the devil’s party are the losers.


tafseer:
Allah has written down: I shall certainly prevail, I and My messengers. Surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.


tafseer:
Thou wilt not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they be their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk. These are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and strengthened them with a Spirit from Himself, and He will cause them to enter Gardens wherein flow rivers, abiding therein. Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him. These are Allah’s party. Now surely it is Allah’s party who are the successful!


tafseer:
He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the People of the Book to go forth from their homes at the first banishment. You deemed not that they would go forth, while they thought that their fortresses would defend them against Allah. But Allah came to them from place they expected not and cast terror into their hearts -- they demolished their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So take a lesson, O you who have eyes!


tafseer:
And had it not been that Allah had decreed for them the exile, He would certainly have chastised them in this world


tafseer:
That is because they were opposed to Allah and His Messenger, and whoever is opposed to Allah, surely Allah is Severe in retribution.


tafseer:
Whatever palm-tree you cut down or leave it standing upon its roots, it is by Allah’s permission, and that He may abase the transgressors.


tafseer:
And whatever Allah restored to His Messenger from them, you did not press forward against it any horse or any riding-camel, but Allah gives authority to His messengers against whom He pleases. And Allah is Possessor of power over all things.


tafseer:
Whatever Allah restored 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 be not taken by turns by the rich among you. And whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain (therefrom)


tafseer:
(It is) for the poor who fled, who were driven from their homes and their possessions, seeking grace of Allah and (His) pleasure, and helping Allah and His Messenger. These it is that are the truthful.


tafseer:
And those who made their abode in the City and in faith before them love those who have fled to them, and find in their hearts no need of what they are given, and prefer (them) before themselves, though poverty may afflict them. And whoever is saved from the niggardliness of his soul, these it is that are the successful.


tafseer:
And those who come after them say: Our Lord, forgive us and our brethren who had precedence of us in faith, and leave no spite in our hearts towards those who believe. Our Lord surely Thou art Kind, Merciful.


tafseer:
Hast thou not seen the hypocrites? They say to their brethren who disbelieve from among the People of the book: If you are expelled, we certainly will go forth with you, and we will never obey any one concerning you


tafseer:
If they are expelled, they will not go forth with them, and if they are fought against, they will not help them


tafseer:
Your fear in their hearts is indeed greater than Allah’s. That is because they are a people who understand not.


tafseer:
They will not fight against you in a body save in fortified towns or from behind walls. Their fighting between them is severe. Thou wouldst think them united, but their hearts are divided. That is because they are a people who have no sense.


tafseer:
Like those before them shortly: they tasted the evil consequences of their conduct, and for them is a painful chastisement.


tafseer:
Like the devil when he says to man: Disbelieve. But when he disbelieves, he says: I am free of thee: surely I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds.


tafseer:
So the end of both of them is that they are both in the Fire to abide therein. And that is the reward of the wrongdoers.


tafseer:
O you who believe, keep your duty to Allah, and let every soul consider that which it sends forth for the morrow, and keep your duty to Allah. Surely Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
And be not like those who forget Allah, so He makes them forget their own souls. These are the transgressors.


tafseer:
Not alike are the companions of the Fire and the owners of the Garden. The owners of the Garden are the achievers.


tafseer:
Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, thou wouldst certainly have seen it falling down, splitting asunder because of the fear of Allah. And We set forth these parables to men that they may reflect.


tafseer:
He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner: His are the most beautiful names. Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares His glory


tafseer:
O you who believe, take not My enemy and your enemy for friends. Would you offer them love, while they deny the Truth that has come to you, driving out the Messenger and yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord? If you have come forth to strive in My way and to seek My pleasure, would you love them in secret? And I know what you conceal and what you manifest. And whoever of you does this, he indeed strays from the straight path.


tafseer:
If they overcome you, they will be your enemies, and will stretch forth their hands and their tongues towards you with evil, and they desire that you may disbelieve.


tafseer:
Your relationships and your children would not profit you, on the day of Resurrection -- He will decide between you. And Allah is Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
Indeed there is for you a good example in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people: We are clear of you and of that which you serve besides Allah. We disbelieve in you and there has arisen enmity and hatred between us and you forever until you believe in Allah alone -- except Abraham’s saying to his sire: I would ask forgiveness for thee, and I control naught for thee from Allah. Our Lord, on Thee do we rely, and to Thee do we turn, and to Thee is the eventual coming.


tafseer:
Our Lord, make us not a trial for those who disbelieve, and forgive us, our Lord. Surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
Certainly there is for you in them a good example, for him who hopes for Allah and the Last Day. And whoever turns away, surely Allah is the Self-Sufficient, the Praised.


tafseer:
It may be that Allah will bring about friendship between you and those of them whom you hold as enemies. And Allah is Powerful


tafseer:
Allah forbids you not respecting those who fight you not for religion, nor drive you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly. Surely Allah loves the doers of justice.


tafseer:
Allah forbids you only respecting those who fight you for religion, and drive you forth from your homes and help (others) in your expulsion, that you make friends of them


tafseer:
O you who believe, when believing women come to you fleeing, examine them. Allah knows best their faith. Then if you know them to be believers send them not back to the disbelievers. Neither are these (women) lawful for them, nor are those (men) lawful for them. And give them what they have spent


tafseer:
And if any part (of the dowries) of your wives has passed away from you to the disbelievers, then your turn comes, give to those whose wives have gone away the like of what they have spent, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom you believe.


tafseer:
O Prophet, when believing women come to thee giving thee a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, nor commit adultery


tafseer:
O you who believe, take not for friends people with whom Allah is wroth- they indeed despair of the Hereafter, as the disbelievers despair of those in the graves.


tafseer:
And when Moses said to his people: O my people, why do you malign me, when you know that I am Allah’s messenger to you? But when they deviated, Allah made their hearts deviate. And Allah guides not the transgressing people.


tafseer:
And when Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Children of Israel, surely I am the messenger of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Torah and giving the good news of a Messenger who will come after me, his name being Ahmad. But when he came to them with clear argument, they said: This is clear enchantment.


tafseer:
And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah and he is invited to Islam. And Allah guides not the unjust people.


tafseer:
They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, though the disbelievers may be averse.


tafseer:
He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true religion, that He may make it overcome the religions, all of them, though the polytheists may be averse.


tafseer:
O you who believe, shall I lead you to a merchandise which will deliver you from a painful chastisement?


tafseer:
You should believe in Allah and His Messenger, and strive hard in Allah’s way with your wealth and your lives. That is better for you, did you but know?


tafseer:
He will forgive you your sins and cause you to enter Gardens wherein rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in Gardens of perpetuity -- that is the mighty achievement --


tafseer:
O you who believe, be helpers (in the cause) of Allah, as Jesus, son of Mary, said to the disciples: Who are my helpers in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We are the helpers (in the cause) of Allah. So a party of the Children of Israel believed and another party disbelieved


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.


tafseer:
He it is Who raised among the illiterates a Messenger from among themselves, who recites to them His messages and purifies them, and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom -- though they were before certainly in manifest error --


tafseer:
The likeness of those who were charged with the Torah, then they observed it not, is as the likeness of the ass carrying books. Evil is the likeness of the people who reject the messages of Allah. And Allah guides not the iniquitous people.


tafseer:
Say: O you who are Jews, if you think that you are the favourites of Allah to the exclusion of other people, then invoke death, if you are truthful.


tafseer:
But they will never invoke it because of what their hands have sent before. And Allah is Knower of the wrongdoers.


tafseer:
O you who believe when the call is sounded for prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off traffic. That is better for you, if you know.


tafseer:
But when the prayer is ended, disperse abroad in the land and seek of Allah’s grace, and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.


tafseer:
And when they see merchandise or sport, they break away to it, and leave thee standing. Say: What is with Allah is better than sport and merchandise. And Allah is the Best of Providers.


tafseer:
When the hypocrites come to thee, they say: We bear witness that thou art indeed Allah’s Messenger. And Allah knows thou art indeed His Messenger. And Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are surely liars.


tafseer:
They take shelter under their oaths, thus turning (men) from Allah’s way. Surely evil is that which they do.


tafseer:
And when it is said to them: Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you, they turn away their heads and thou seest them hindering (others), and they are big with pride.


tafseer:
It is alike to them whether thou ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them -- Allah will never forgive them. Surely Allah guides not the transgressing people.


tafseer:
They it is who say: Spend not on those who are with the Messenger of Allah that they may disperse. And Allah’s are the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites understand not.


tafseer:
They say: If we return to Madinah, the mightier will surely drive out the meaner therefrom. And might belongs to Allah and His Messenger and the believers, but the hypocrites know not.


tafseer:
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah. His is the kingdom, and His the praise


tafseer:
He it is Who created you, but one of you is a disbeliever and one of you is a believer. And Allah is Seer of what you do.


tafseer:
He knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows what you hide and what you manifest. And Allah is Knower of what is in the hearts.


tafseer:
Has there not come to you the story of those who disbelieved before, then tasted the evil consequences of their conduct, and they had a painful chastisement?


tafseer:
That is because there came to them their messengers with clear arguments, but they said: Shall mortals guide us? So they disbelieved and turned away, and Allah is above all need. And Allah is Self-Sufficient


tafseer:
Those who disbelieve think that they will not be raised. Say: Aye, by my Lord! you will certainly be raised


tafseer:
So believe in Allah and His Messenger and the light which we have revealed. And Allah is Aware of what you do.


tafseer:
The day when He will gather you for the day of Gathering, that is the day of the Manifestation of losses. And whoever believes in Allah and does good, he will remove from him his evil and cause him to enter Gardens wherein rivers flow, to abide therein for ever. That is the great achievement.


tafseer:
And those who disbelieve and reject Our messages, they are the companions of the Fire, abiding therein


tafseer:
No calamity befalls but by Allah’s permission. And whoever believes in Allah, He guides his heart. And Allah is Knower of all things.


tafseer:
O you who believe, surely of your wives and your children there are enemies to you, so beware of them. And if you pardon and forbear and forgive, surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


tafseer:
If you set apart for Allah a goodly portion, He will double it for you and forgive you. And Allah is the multiplier (of rewards), Forbearing,


tafseer:
O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed period, and calculate the period


tafseer:
So when they have reached their prescribed time, retain them with kindness or dismiss them with kindness, and call to witness two just ones from among you, and give upright testimony for Allah. With that is admonished he who believes in Allah and the Latter day. And whoever keeps his duty to Allah, He ordains a way out for him,


tafseer:
And gives him sustenance from whence he imagines not. And whoever trusts in Allah, He is sufficient for him. Surely Allah attains His purpose. Allah indeed has appointed a measure for everything.


tafseer:
And those of your women who despair of menstruation, if you have a doubt, their prescribed time is three months, and of those, too, who have not had their courses. And the pregnant women, their prescribed time is that they lay down their burden. And whoever keeps his duty to Allah, He makes his affair easy for him.


tafseer:
That is the command of Allah, which He has revealed to you. And whoever keeps his duty to Allah, He will remove from him his evils and give him a big reward.


tafseer:
Lodge them where you live according to your means, and injure them not to straiten them. And if they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down their burden. Then if they suckle for you, give them their recompense, and enjoin one another to do good


tafseer:
Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance, and whoever has his means of subsistence straitened to him, let him spend out of that which Allah has given him. Allah lays not on any soul a burden beyond that which He has given it. Allah brings about ease after difficulty.


tafseer:
And how many a town which rebelled against the commandment of its Lord and His messengers, so We called it to severe account and We chastised it with a stern chastisement!


tafseer:
Allah has prepared for them severe chastisement, so keep your duty to Allah, O men of understanding, who believe. Allah has indeed sent down to you a Reminder --


tafseer:
A Messenger who recites to you the clear messages of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from darkness into light. And whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter Gardens wherein rivers flow, to abide therein for ever. Allah has indeed given him a goodly sustenance.


tafseer:
Allah is He who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like thereof. The command descends among them, that you may know that Allah is Possessor of power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.


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O Prophet, why dost thou forbid (thyself) that which Allah has made lawful for thee? Seekest thou to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.


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And when the Prophet confided an information to one of his wives -- but when she informed (others) of it, and Allah informed him of it, he made known part of it and passed over part. So when he told her of it, she said: Who informed thee of this? He said: The Knowing, the One Aware, informed me.


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Maybe, his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your place wives better than you, submissive, faithful, obedient, penitent, adorers, fasters, widows, and virgins.


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O you who believe, turn to Allah with sincere repentance. It may be your Lord will remove from you your evil and cause you enter Gardens wherein flow rivers, on the day on which Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will gleam before them and on their right hands -- they will say: Our Lord, make perfect for us our light, and grant us protection


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O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and remain firm against them, and their abode is hell


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Allah sets forth an example for those who disbelieve -- the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were both under two of Our righteous servants, but they acted treacherously towards them, so they availed them naught against Allah, and it was said: Enter the Fire with those who enter.


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And Allah sets forth an example for those who believe -- the wife of Pharaoh, when she said: My Lord, build for me a house with Thee in the Garden and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from the iniquitous people.


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And Mary, the daughter of Amran, who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into him Our inspiration and she accepted, the truth of the words of her Lord and His Books, and she was of the obedient ones.


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Who created death and life that He might try you -- which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,


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Who created the seven heavens alike. Thou seest no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent. Then look again: Canst thou see any disorder?


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And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We make them means of conjectures for the devils, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.


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Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keepers ask them: Did not a warner come to you?


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And they say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not have been among the inmates of the burning Fire.


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Or who is it that will give you sustenance, if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay, they persist in disdain and aversion.


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He it is Who made the earth subservient to you, so go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance. And to Him is the rising (after death).


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Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven will not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it will shake.


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Or do you feel secure that He Who is in the Heaven will not send on you a violent wind? Then shall you know how (truthful) was My warning!


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Do they not see the birds above them spreading and contracting (their wings)? Naught upholds them save the Beneficent. Surely He is Seer of all things.


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Or who is it that will be a host for you to help you against the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but delusion.


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Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you ears and eyes and hearts. Little thanks it is you give!


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But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be grieved, and it will be said: This is that which you used to call for.


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Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me -- rather He will have mercy on us -- yet who will protect the disbelievers from a painful chastisement?


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Say: He is the Beneficent -- we believe in Him and on Him do we rely. So you will come to know who it is that is in clear error.


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Say: Have you considered if your water should subside, who is it then that will bring you flowing water?


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We shall try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore to pluck its fruits in the morning,


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Such is the chastisement. And certainly the chastisement of the Hereafter is greater, did they but know!


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Or have you covenants from us on oath, extending to the day of Resurrection, that yours is surely what you judge?


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On the day when thee is a severe affliction, and they are called upon to prostrate themselves, but they are not able --


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Their looks cast down, abasement will cover them. And they were indeed called upon to prostrate themselves, while yet they were safe.


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So leave Me alone with him who rejects this announcement. We shall overtake them by degrees, from whence they know not.


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So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress.


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Had not favour from his Lord reached him, he would certainly have been cast down on naked ground, while he was blamed.


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And those who disbelieve would almost smite thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Surely he is mad!


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Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days continuously, so that thou mightest have seen the people therein prostrate as if they were trunks of hollow palm-trees.


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And the angels will be on its sides. And above them eight will bear that day thy Lord’s Throne of Power.


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And as for him who is given his book in his left hand -- he will say: O would that my book had not been given to me!


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(Though) they are made to see them. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by his children,


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Except in the presence of their mates or those whom their right hands possess -- for such surely are not to be blamed,


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But nay! I swear by the Lord of the Eastern lands and the Western lands! that We are certainly Powerful


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So leave them alone to plunge in vain talk and to sport, until they come face to face with that day of theirs which they are promised --


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Surely We sent Noah to his people, saying: Warn thy people before there come to them a painful chastisement.


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He will forgive you some of your sins and grant you respite to an appointed term. Surely the term of Allah, when it comes, is not postponed. Did you but know!


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And whenever I call to them Thou mayest forgive them, they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are big with pride.


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Noah said: My Lord, surely they disobey me and follow him whose wealth and children have increased him in naught but loss.


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Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter Fire, so they found no helpers besides Allah.


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For if Thou leave them, they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immortal, ungrateful ones.


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My Lord, forgive me and my parents and him who enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women. And increase not the wrongdoers in aught but destruction!


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Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened, so they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Qur’an,


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And persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among the jinn, so they increased them in evil doing:


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And we used to sit in some of the sitting-places thereof to steal a hearing. But he who tries to listen now finds a flame lying in wait for him:


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And we know not whether evil is meant for those on earth or whether their Lord means to direct them aright:


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And when we heard the guidance, we believed in it. So whoever believes in his Lord, he fears neither loss nor injustice:


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And some of us are those who submit, and some of us are deviators. So whoever submits, these aim at the right way.


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So that We may try them thereby. And whoever turns away from the reminder of his Lord, He will make him enter into an afflicting chastisement:


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(Mine is naught) but to deliver (the command) of Allah and His messages. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, surely for him is the Fire of hell, to abide therein for ages,


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Till when they see that which they are promised, they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in numbers.


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Say: I know not whether that which you are promised is nigh or if my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.


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On the day when the earth and the mountains quake and the mountains become (as) heaps of sand let loose.


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How, then, if you disbelieve, will you guard yourselves on the day which will make children grey-headed?


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Thy Lord knows indeed that thou passest in prayer nearly two-thirds of the night, and (sometimes) half of it, and (sometimes) a third of it, as do a party of those with thee. And Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that (all of) you are not able to do it, so He has turned to you (mercifully)


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And We have made none but angels wardens of the Fire, and We have not made their number but as a trial for those who disbelieve, that those who have been given the Book 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


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And they will not mind unless Allah please. He is Worthy that duty should be kept to Him and Worthy to forgive.


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Surely We have created man from sperm mixed (with ovum), to try him, so We have made him hearing, seeing.


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So Allah will ward off from them the evil of that day, and cause them to meet with spendour and happiness


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On them are garments of fine green silk and thick brocade, and they are adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord makes them to drink a pure drink.


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So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and obey not a sinner or an ungrateful one among them.


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We created them and made firm their make, and, when We will, We can bring in their place the like of them by change.


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The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent, they are not able to address Him.


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Truly We warn you of a chastisement near at hand -- the day when man will see what his hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will say: O would that I were dust!


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Those who persecute believing men and believing women, then repent not, theirs is the chastisement of hell, and theirs the chastisement of burning.


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Those who believe and do good, theirs are Gardens wherein flow rivers. That is the great achievement.


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As for man, when his Lord tries him, then gives him honour and favours him, he says: My Lord honours me.


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And hell is made to appear that day. On that day man will be mindful, and of what use will being mindful be then?


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Then he is of those who believe and exhort one another to patience, and exhort one another to mercy.


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But they called him a liar and slaughtered her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground)


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Those who disbelieve from among the People of the Book and the idolaters could not have been freed till clear evidence came to them --


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And they are enjoined naught but to serve Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, upright, and to keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and that is the right religion.


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Those who disbelieve from among the People of the Book and the idolaters will be in the Fire of hell, abiding therein. They are the worst of creatures.


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Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of perpetuity wherein flow rivers, abiding therein for ever. Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him. That is for him who fears his Lord.


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Except those who believe and do good, and exhort one another to Truth, and exhort one another to patience.


