سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ
Holy Qur'an
Al-Qur'an
Kids Qur'an
O believers! When the call for Salah (prayer) is made on Friday(the day of congregational prayers), hasten to the remembrance ofAllah and cease your business. That is better for you if you butknew.
This is because Allah is the Protector of the believers while theunbelievers have no protector.
for they can in no way protect you against Allah. In fact, thewrongdoers are protectors of one another, while the protector ofthe righteous is Allah Himself.
O Prophet! Give them this parable. Once there were two men. To one of them We had given two gardens of grapevines surrounded with palm-trees and put between them land for cultivation.
Both of those gardens yielded abundant produce and did not fail to yield its best. We had even caused a river to flow between the two gardens.
He had abundant produce, he said to his companion while conversing with him: "I am richer than you and my clan is mightier than yours."
When, having thus wronged his soul, he entered his garden and said: "I do not think that this garden will ever perish!
Nor do I believe that the Hour of Judgment will ever come. Even if I am returned to my Rabb, I will surely find even a better place than this."
His companion replied while still conversing with him: "Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, from a drop of semen, and fashioned you into a perfect man?
As for myself, Allah is the One Who is my Rabb and I do not associate anyone with Him.
When you entered your garden why did you not say: `It is as Allah pleased, no one has power except Allah!' Though you see me poorer than yourself in wealth and children,
yet my Rabb may give me a garden better than yours, and may send down thunderbolts from sky upon your garden, turning it into a barren wasteland.
Or its' water may dry out and you may never be able to find it."
It so happened that all his fruit produce was destroyed and the vines tumbled down upon their trellises, so he wrung his hands with grief for all that he had spent on it. He cried: "I wish I had not associated anyone with my Rabb!"
He was so helpless that he could neither find anyone to help him beside Allah, nor could he himself avert that catastrophe
it was then that he realized that the real protection comes only from Allah. His is the best reward and His is the best requital.
Neither can you frustrate Him in the earth or in the Heaven; norhave you any protector or helper besides Allah."
It is Allah Who has created the heavens, the earth and all thatis between them in six periods, then firmly established Himselfon the Throne of Authority. You have no guardian or intercessorbesides Him. Will you not then take heed?
Have they set up other guardians beside Him, while Allah Alone isthe Guardian? It is He Who gives life to the dead and it is HeWho has power over all things.
You cannot frustrate anything in earth and there is no protectoror helper for you besides Allah.
If they give no heed, then you should know that Allah is yourprotector. He is the best to protect and the best to help.
You will find the most violent in enmity to the believers are theJews and the mushrikin (pagan Arabs); and nearest in affection tothe believers are those who say: "We are Christians." That isbecause among them there are men that are priests and monks, whodo not behave arrogantly.
When they (monks and priests) listen to that which is revealed tothe Rasool, you can see their eyes filled with tears, becausethey recognize the truth. They say: "Our Rabb! We believe,therefore, write us down among the witnesses of truth.
Do you think that you will be left alone (without trial)? WhileAllah has not yet demonstrated which of you had exerted yourutmost struggle (in the path of Allah) and did not take anyintimate friends other than Allah, His Rasool and the believers?Allah is well aware of all your actions.
The true believers, both men and women, are protectors of oneanother. They enjoin what is just and forbid what is evil; theyestablish Salah, pay Zakah, and obey Allah and His Rasool. It isthey on whom Allah will have His mercy; surely Allah is Mighty,Wise.
Let not the believers make unbelievers their protectors ratherthan the believers; anyone who does so will have nothing to hopefor from Allah - except if you do so as a precaution to guardyourselves against their tyranny. Anyhow, Allah warns you to fearHim: because with Allah is your final refuge.
O believers! Do not choose unbelievers to be your protectingfriends instead of believers. Would you like to furnish Allah aclear proof against yourselves?
Let not the believers make unbelievers their protectors ratherthan the believers; anyone who does so will have nothing to hopefor from Allah - except if you do so as a precaution to guardyourselves against their tyranny. Anyhow, Allah warns you to fearHim: because with Allah is your final refuge.
who choose the unbelievers to be their protectors rather thanbelievers. Are they seeking honor in being with them? Whereas allhonor belongs to Allah Alone.
O believers! Do not choose unbelievers to be your protectingfriends instead of believers. Would you like to furnish Allah aclear proof against yourselves?
O believers! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as yourfriends if they prefer Kufr (unbelief) over Iman (belief); forthose who turn away from this commandment shall be consideredwrongdoers.
O believers! Do not make friendship with those who are enemies ofMine and yours. Would you show them friendship, when they havedenied the truth that has come to you and have driven the Rasooland yourselves out of your homes, simply because you believe inAllah, your Rabb? If it was indeed to strive in My way, and toseek My good pleasure that you left your homes, how can youbefriend in secret? I know all that you conceal, and all that youreveal. Any of you who does this, he indeed has gone astray fromthe Right Way.
If they overcome you, they would behave to you as enemies andstretch out their hands and their tongues towards you with evil,and they wish to see you become unbelievers.
On the Day of Resurrection, neither your relatives nor yourchildren shall avail you. Allah will judge between you, and He isobserving all your actions.
You have an excellent example in Ibrahim (Abraham) and hiscompanions. They said to their people plainly: "We are clear ofyou and your gods, whom you worship besides Allah. We renounceyou. Enmity and hate shall reign between us forever until youbelieve in Allah, the One and Only God." But do not emulate whatIbrahim said to his father: "I will pray for your forgiveness,although I have no power to get anything for you from Allah."Their collective prayer was: "Our Rabb! In You we have put ourtrust, to You we turn in repentance and to You is our final goal.
Our Rabb! Do not expose us to the plots of the unbelievers.Forgive us, our Rabb! You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."
Truly, in those there is an excellent example for everyone whoputs their hopes in Allah and the Last Day. He that gives no heedshould know that Allah is free of all wants, worthy of allpraise.
It may well be that Allah will put love between you and thosewith whom you are now at odds because of the order which is givento you, for Allah is All-Powerful, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving,Most Merciful.
Allah does not forbid you to be kind and equitable to those whohad neither fought against your faith nor driven you out of yourhomes. In fact Allah loves the equitable.
Allah only forbids you to make friendship with those who foughtyou on account of your faith and drove you out of your homes andbacked up others in your expulsion. Those who will take them forfriends are indeed the wrongdoers.
O believers! Do not befriend those who have incurred the wrath ofAllah. Indeed they despair of the Hereafter, just as theunbelievers despair of those buried in the graves.
And what reason do you have not to fight in the cause of Allah,to rescue the helpless oppressed old men, women, and children whoare crying: "Our Rabb! Deliver us from this town whose people areoppressors; send us a protector by Your grace and send us ahelper from Your presence?"
Say: "O people, follow what has been brought down to you fromyour Rabb and do not follow other patrons besides Him." Yetlittle do they take admonition.
The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is thatof a spider who builds for itself a dwelling, and surely theweakest of all dwellings is the dwelling of a spider, if they butknew it.
Surely Allah knows whoever they invoke besides Him; He is theAll-Mighty, the Wise.
O believers! Do not make intimate friendships with any but withyour own people. The unbelievers will not miss any opportunity tocorrupt you. They desire nothing but your destruction: theirmalice has become evident from what they say; and what theyconceal in their hearts is far worse. We have made Ourrevelations plain to you, if you do want to comprehend.
Whereas you love them, they do not love you even though youbelieve in their Holy Books (the Psalms, the Torah, and theGospels). When they meet you they say "We also believe in yourprophet and your Qur'an;" but when they are alone they bite theirfingertips in rage against you. Say to them: "May you perish inyour rage;" surely Allah knows all the secrets of the heart.
When you are blessed with good fortune they grieve; but if somemisfortune overtakes you they rejoice. If you are patient andguard yourself against evil, their schemes will not harm you inany way. Surely Allah encompasses all their actions.
Their real wish is to see that you become a disbeliever, as theythemselves have disbelieved, so that you may become exactly likethem. So you should not take friends from their ranks unless theyimmigrate in the way of Allah; and if they do not, seize them andkill them wherever you find them, and do not take any of them asprotectors or helpers.
The exception to this is for those who take refuge with yourallies or come over to you because their hearts restrain themboth from fighting against you and from fighting against theirown people. If Allah had wanted, He would have given them powerover you and they might easily have fought against you;therefore, if they withdraw from you and cease their hostilityand offer you peace, in that case Allah has not granted youpermission to fight against them.
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves andhis wives are as their mothers. Blood relatives have a greaterclaim on one another than the other believers and the Muhajirin(early Muslims who migrated from Makkah to Madinah) according tothe Book of Allah: although you are permitted to some good(through leaving bequests) for your friends . This has beenwritten in the Book of Allah.
Your real protecting friends are Allah, His Rasool, and thefellow believers - the ones who establish Salah, pay Zakah andbow down humbly before Allah.
Whoever makes Allah, His Rasool and the fellow believers hisprotecting friends, must know that Allah's party will surely bevictorious.
Do you think that you will be left alone (without trial)? WhileAllah has not yet demonstrated which of you had exerted yourutmost struggle (in the path of Allah) and did not take anyintimate friends other than Allah, His Rasool and the believers?Allah is well aware of all your actions.
O believers! Do not make intimate friendships with any but withyour own people. The unbelievers will not miss any opportunity tocorrupt you. They desire nothing but your destruction: theirmalice has become evident from what they say; and what theyconceal in their hearts is far worse. We have made Ourrevelations plain to you, if you do want to comprehend.
Whereas you love them, they do not love you even though youbelieve in their Holy Books (the Psalms, the Torah, and theGospels). When they meet you they say "We also believe in yourprophet and your Qur'an;" but when they are alone they bite theirfingertips in rage against you. Say to them: "May you perish inyour rage;" surely Allah knows all the secrets of the heart.
When you are blessed with good fortune they grieve; but if somemisfortune overtakes you they rejoice. If you are patient andguard yourself against evil, their schemes will not harm you inany way. Surely Allah encompasses all their actions.
The pagans call upon female deities beside Him; by doing so theycall nothing but the rebellious Shaitan
on whom Allah has laid His curse; and who has said: "I will takea good portion of Your servants and mislead them.
I will create in them false desires and order them to slit theears of cattle. I will order them to tamper with Allah'screation." Therefore, whoever takes Shaitan as a guardian insteadof Allah, has indeed become a clear-cut loser.
Shaitan makes promises to stir up in them false desires; butShaitan makes them promises only to deceive them.
The home of such people who follow him will be hell, from wherethey will find no way to escape.
To one group He has guided while the other group deserved to beleft in error due to their own choice; for they took the shaitansfor their protectors instead of Allah yet they think that theyare guided.
though they are doomed to seduce whoever takes them as theirfriends and lead him to the punishment of burning fire.
On that Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying: "Oh! Wouldthat I had only taken the pathway alongside the Rasool!
Oh! Would that I had never chosen so-and-so for my companion.
He was the one who led me astray from the admonition even afterit had reached me." Shaitan is ever treacherous to man.
When We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourself before Adam," all prostrated themselves except Iblees (Shaitan), who was one of the Jinns and chose to disobey the command of his Rabb. Would you then take him and his children as your protectors rather than Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad substitute the wrongdoers have chosen!
Let not the believers make unbelievers their protectors ratherthan the believers; anyone who does so will have nothing to hopefor from Allah - except if you do so as a precaution to guardyourselves against their tyranny. Anyhow, Allah warns you to fearHim: because with Allah is your final refuge.
Do you think that you will be left alone (without trial)? WhileAllah has not yet demonstrated which of you had exerted yourutmost struggle (in the path of Allah) and did not take anyintimate friends other than Allah, His Rasool and the believers?Allah is well aware of all your actions.
When they (monks and priests) listen to that which is revealed tothe Rasool, you can see their eyes filled with tears, becausethey recognize the truth. They say: "Our Rabb! We believe,therefore, write us down among the witnesses of truth.
Why should not we believe in Allah and the truth which has cometo us? Why should we not hope that our Rabb will admit us to thecompany of the righteous?"
O believers! Take neither Jews nor Christians as your protectingfriends: they are only protecting friends of one another. Whoeverof you disobeys this commandment will be counted as one of them.Surely Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.
You will find the most violent in enmity to the believers are theJews and the mushrikin (pagan Arabs); and nearest in affection tothe believers are those who say: "We are Christians." That isbecause among them there are men that are priests and monks, whodo not behave arrogantly.
When they (monks and priests) listen to that which is revealed tothe Rasool, you can see their eyes filled with tears, becausethey recognize the truth. They say: "Our Rabb! We believe,therefore, write us down among the witnesses of truth.
Why should not we believe in Allah and the truth which has cometo us? Why should we not hope that our Rabb will admit us to thecompany of the righteous?"
Let not the believers make unbelievers their protectors ratherthan the believers; anyone who does so will have nothing to hopefor from Allah - except if you do so as a precaution to guardyourselves against their tyranny. Anyhow, Allah warns you to fearHim: because with Allah is your final refuge.
O believers! Do not choose unbelievers to be your protectingfriends instead of believers. Would you like to furnish Allah aclear proof against yourselves?
O believers! Do not make your protecting friends those, fromamong the people who were given the Book before you and theunbelievers, who have made your religion a mockery or pastime,fear Allah if you are true believers.
When you call for Salah (prayers) they make it as an object ofmockery and pastime; this is because they are a people devoid ofunderstanding.
Tell them: "O people of the Book! What makes you against us otherthan that we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to usand what was revealed before? The fact is that most of you arerebellious transgressors."
Ask them: "Should I tell you of those who will have even worsethan this in retribution from Allah? They are those whom Allahhas cursed; who have incurred His wrath; some of whom were turnedinto apes and pigs; who worshipped Taghut (forces of Shaitan);these are worse in rank and far more astray from the Right Way."
Have you not seen the ones who have befriended those people whoare under the wrath of Allah? They are neither on your side noryet on theirs and they knowingly swear to falsehood.
Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; evil indeed iswhat they are doing.
They use their oaths as shields, and debar others from the Way ofAllah. They shall have a humiliating punishment.
Neither their riches nor their sons shall avail them anythingagainst Allah. They shall be the inmates of hell and live thereforever.
On the Day when Allah will raise them all to life, they willswear to Him as they now swear to you, thinking that their oathswill help them. By no means! Surely they are the liars.
Shaitan has gained possession of them, and caused them to forgetAllah's warning. They are the party of shaitan. Beware! Surely itis the party of shaitan that shall be the loser.
O believers! Do not make friendship with those who are enemies ofMine and yours. Would you show them friendship, when they havedenied the truth that has come to you and have driven the Rasooland yourselves out of your homes, simply because you believe inAllah, your Rabb? If it was indeed to strive in My way, and toseek My good pleasure that you left your homes, how can youbefriend in secret? I know all that you conceal, and all that youreveal. Any of you who does this, he indeed has gone astray fromthe Right Way.
If they overcome you, they would behave to you as enemies andstretch out their hands and their tongues towards you with evil,and they wish to see you become unbelievers.
On the Day of Resurrection, neither your relatives nor yourchildren shall avail you. Allah will judge between you, and He isobserving all your actions.
You have an excellent example in Ibrahim (Abraham) and hiscompanions. They said to their people plainly: "We are clear ofyou and your gods, whom you worship besides Allah. We renounceyou. Enmity and hate shall reign between us forever until youbelieve in Allah, the One and Only God." But do not emulate whatIbrahim said to his father: "I will pray for your forgiveness,although I have no power to get anything for you from Allah."Their collective prayer was: "Our Rabb! In You we have put ourtrust, to You we turn in repentance and to You is our final goal.
Our Rabb! Do not expose us to the plots of the unbelievers.Forgive us, our Rabb! You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise."
Truly, in those there is an excellent example for everyone whoputs their hopes in Allah and the Last Day. He that gives no heedshould know that Allah is free of all wants, worthy of allpraise.
It may well be that Allah will put love between you and thosewith whom you are now at odds because of the order which is givento you, for Allah is All-Powerful, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving,Most Merciful.
Allah does not forbid you to be kind and equitable to those whohad neither fought against your faith nor driven you out of yourhomes. In fact Allah loves the equitable.
Allah only forbids you to make friendship with those who foughtyou on account of your faith and drove you out of your homes andbacked up others in your expulsion. Those who will take them forfriends are indeed the wrongdoers.
O believers! Do not befriend those who have incurred the wrath ofAllah. Indeed they despair of the Hereafter, just as theunbelievers despair of those buried in the graves.
Good deeds are not equal to the evil ones. Repel other's evildeeds with your good deeds. You will see that he with whom youhad enmity, will become your close friend.
But none will attain this quality except those who patientlyendure and none will attain this quality except those who aretruly fortunate.
If any time you are tempted by Shaitan, seek refuge with Allah.It is He Who hears all and knows all.
though they are doomed to seduce whoever takes them as theirfriends and lead him to the punishment of burning fire.
O believers! Do not make intimate friendships with any but withyour own people. The unbelievers will not miss any opportunity tocorrupt you. They desire nothing but your destruction: theirmalice has become evident from what they say; and what theyconceal in their hearts is far worse. We have made Ourrevelations plain to you, if you do want to comprehend.
Whereas you love them, they do not love you even though youbelieve in their Holy Books (the Psalms, the Torah, and theGospels). When they meet you they say "We also believe in yourprophet and your Qur'an;" but when they are alone they bite theirfingertips in rage against you. Say to them: "May you perish inyour rage;" surely Allah knows all the secrets of the heart.
When you are blessed with good fortune they grieve; but if somemisfortune overtakes you they rejoice. If you are patient andguard yourself against evil, their schemes will not harm you inany way. Surely Allah encompasses all their actions.
Their real wish is to see that you become a disbeliever, as theythemselves have disbelieved, so that you may become exactly likethem. So you should not take friends from their ranks unless theyimmigrate in the way of Allah; and if they do not, seize them andkill them wherever you find them, and do not take any of them asprotectors or helpers.
The exception to this is for those who take refuge with yourallies or come over to you because their hearts restrain themboth from fighting against you and from fighting against theirown people. If Allah had wanted, He would have given them powerover you and they might easily have fought against you;therefore, if they withdraw from you and cease their hostilityand offer you peace, in that case Allah has not granted youpermission to fight against them.
O believers! Whoever among you renounce Islam let him do so; soonAllah will replace them with others whom He will love and theywill love Him, who will be humble towards the believers, mightyagainst the unbelievers, striving hard in the way of Allah, andwill have no fear of reproach from any critic. Now this is thegrace of Allah which He bestows on whom He pleases. Allah hasboundless knowledge.
Your real protecting friends are Allah, His Rasool, and thefellow believers - the ones who establish Salah, pay Zakah andbow down humbly before Allah.
Whoever makes Allah, His Rasool and the fellow believers hisprotecting friends, must know that Allah's party will surely bevictorious.
Do you think that you will be left alone (without trial)? WhileAllah has not yet demonstrated which of you had exerted yourutmost struggle (in the path of Allah) and did not take anyintimate friends other than Allah, His Rasool and the believers?Allah is well aware of all your actions.
Have you not seen the ones who have befriended those people whoare under the wrath of Allah? They are neither on your side noryet on theirs and they knowingly swear to falsehood.
O believers! Do not make intimate friendships with any but withyour own people. The unbelievers will not miss any opportunity tocorrupt you. They desire nothing but your destruction: theirmalice has become evident from what they say; and what theyconceal in their hearts is far worse. We have made Ourrevelations plain to you, if you do want to comprehend.
Whereas you love them, they do not love you even though youbelieve in their Holy Books (the Psalms, the Torah, and theGospels). When they meet you they say "We also believe in yourprophet and your Qur'an;" but when they are alone they bite theirfingertips in rage against you. Say to them: "May you perish inyour rage;" surely Allah knows all the secrets of the heart.
When you are blessed with good fortune they grieve; but if somemisfortune overtakes you they rejoice. If you are patient andguard yourself against evil, their schemes will not harm you inany way. Surely Allah encompasses all their actions.
O believers! Do not make your protecting friends those, fromamong the people who were given the Book before you and theunbelievers, who have made your religion a mockery or pastime,fear Allah if you are true believers.
Let not the believers make unbelievers their protectors ratherthan the believers; anyone who does so will have nothing to hopefor from Allah - except if you do so as a precaution to guardyourselves against their tyranny. Anyhow, Allah warns you to fearHim: because with Allah is your final refuge.
who choose the unbelievers to be their protectors rather thanbelievers. Are they seeking honor in being with them? Whereas allhonor belongs to Allah Alone.
O believers! Do not choose unbelievers to be your protectingfriends instead of believers. Would you like to furnish Allah aclear proof against yourselves?
O believers! Do not make your protecting friends those, fromamong the people who were given the Book before you and theunbelievers, who have made your religion a mockery or pastime,fear Allah if you are true believers.
The pagans call upon female deities beside Him; by doing so theycall nothing but the rebellious Shaitan
on whom Allah has laid His curse; and who has said: "I will takea good portion of Your servants and mislead them.
I will create in them false desires and order them to slit theears of cattle. I will order them to tamper with Allah'screation." Therefore, whoever takes Shaitan as a guardian insteadof Allah, has indeed become a clear-cut loser.
Shaitan makes promises to stir up in them false desires; butShaitan makes them promises only to deceive them.
The home of such people who follow him will be hell, from wherethey will find no way to escape.
To one group He has guided while the other group deserved to beleft in error due to their own choice; for they took the shaitansfor their protectors instead of Allah yet they think that theyare guided.
though they are doomed to seduce whoever takes them as theirfriends and lead him to the punishment of burning fire.
On that Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying: "Oh! Wouldthat I had only taken the pathway alongside the Rasool!
Oh! Would that I had never chosen so-and-so for my companion.
He was the one who led me astray from the admonition even afterit had reached me." Shaitan is ever treacherous to man.
Do you not know that to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavensand the earth, and that besides Allah you have no protector orhelper!!
Allah knows your enemies very well. Sufficient is Allah toprotect you, and Sufficient is Allah to help you.
Your real protecting friends are Allah, His Rasool, and thefellow believers - the ones who establish Salah, pay Zakah andbow down humbly before Allah.
Whoever makes Allah, His Rasool and the fellow believers hisprotecting friends, must know that Allah's party will surely bevictorious.
Do you think that you will be left alone (without trial)? WhileAllah has not yet demonstrated which of you had exerted yourutmost struggle (in the path of Allah) and did not take anyintimate friends other than Allah, His Rasool and the believers?Allah is well aware of all your actions.
Surely it is Allah to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens andthe earth. He gives life and causes to die. You have none besidesAllah to protect or to help.
Be aware! The friend of Allah has nothing to fear or to regret.
Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil,
for them there is good news in this life and in the hereafter -Allah's Words do not change - this is indeed the mightyachievement.
Strive in the Way of Allah as you ought to strive with sincerityand discipline; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you anyhardship in the observance of your faith - the faith of yourfather Ibrahim (Abraham). He named you Muslims before in priorscriptures and in this (The Qur'an), so that His Rasool maytestify against you and you yourselves may testify against restof the mankind. Therefore, establish Salah, pay Zakah and holdfast to Allah; Who is your Protector - so what an excellentProtector and what a splendid Supporter!
Ask them: "Who can protect you from Allah if He intends to harmyou or who can prevent Him if He intends to show you mercy?" Theywill find none besides Allah to protect or help them.
- you will not have any authority over My devotees except thosemisguided ones who follow you.
They will be all destined for Hell,
We have made this Qur'an easy in your own language so that youmay give good news to the righteous and warn the headstrongcontentious folk.
Or who is there that can provide you if He withholds Hisprovision? Yet, they persist in rebellion and aversion from thetruth.
Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky with whichWe bring forth fruits of various colors? Similarly, in themountains there are streaks of various shades including white,red, jet-black rocks.
They will be nearest to Allah,
With all its fruits and palms having sheathed clusters,
in the gardens of bliss.
And grain with husk and scented herbs.
Most of them will be from the former
So, O jinns and men, which of your Rabb’s favors will both of you deny?
O believers! Obey Allah and obey His Rasool, and do not let yourdeeds come to nothing.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
It is He Who sends down rainwater from the sky and therewithproduces vegetation of all kinds: He brings forth green cropsproducing grain piled up in the ear, palm-trees laden withclusters of dates hanging within reach, gardens of grapes,olives, and pomegranates; though their fruit resembles in kindyet is different in variety. Look at their fruits as they yieldand ripen. Behold! In these things there are signs for truebelievers.
It is He who has created all kinds of plants, trellised anduntrellised, the palm trees, the field crops with produce ofdifferent kinds, the olives and pomegranates, similar in kind yetdifferent in taste. Eat of their fruit in their season and giveaway their Zakah on the harvest day. Do not be spendthrift,surely He does not love the spendthrifts.
It is He Who sends down rainwater from the sky and therewithproduces vegetation of all kinds: He brings forth green cropsproducing grain piled up in the ear, palm-trees laden withclusters of dates hanging within reach, gardens of grapes,olives, and pomegranates; though their fruit resembles in kindyet is different in variety. Look at their fruits as they yieldand ripen. Behold! In these things there are signs for truebelievers.
Tell them plainly because it has already been revealed to you asit was revealed to those before you that if you commit shirk, allyour deeds will become fruitless and you will surely be among thelosers."
Therefore, worship Allah and be among His thankful servants.
They have not recognized the worth of Allah as his worth shouldbe recognized. On the Day of Resurrection the whole earth shallbe in His grasp and all the heavens shall be rolled up in Hisright hand. Glory be to Him! Exalted be He above what theyassociate with Him.
therein you shall have plenty of fruit to eat."
Here is the parable of the paradise which the righteous have beenpromised: it has rivers the water of which will never bestagnant, rivers of milk whose taste never changes, rivers ofwine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey pure andclear. In it they will have all kinds of fruits, as well asforgiveness from their Rabb. Can such people be compared to thosewho shall dwell in hell forever, and they will be given scaldingwater which will cut their intestines into pieces?
It was He who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of thebelievers, so that they may add more faith to their Faith. ToAllah belong the forces of the heavens and the earth. Allah isAll-Knowledgeable, All-Wise.
So their Rabb answers their prayers, saying: " I will not let thegood deed of any worker among you, whether a male or a female, bewasted. You are the offspring of one another. Those who had toleave their homes or were expelled therefrom, and those whosuffered persecution for My sake and fought and were killed: Iwill forgive them their sins and admit them into gardens beneathwhich the rivers flow; a prize from Allah, and Allah holds thefinest prize!"
For those who migrated for the sake of Allah after persecution,We will certainly provide them a good abode in this life and thereward of the hereafter will be much greater, if they but knewwhat a happy end awaits
those who bear ills with patience and put their trust in theirRabb.
Woe to man! What a disbeliever he is!
Out of what Allah has created him?
Out of a semen-drop! Allah created him and then fashioned him indue proportion,
then makes his way of life smooth for him,
then causes him to die and stows him in a grave.
Then He will surely bring him back to life when He pleases.
By no means has he fulfilled the duty that Allah had assignedhim.
Righteousness is not whether you turn your face towards East orWest; but the righteousness is to believe in Allah, the Last Day,the Angels, the Books and the Prophets, and to spend wealth outof love for Him on relatives, orphans, helpless, needytravellers, those who ask for and on the redemption of captives;and to establish Salah (prayers), to pay Zakah (alms), to fulfillpromises when made, to be steadfast in distress, in adversity,and at the time of war. These people are the truthful and theseare the pious.
You shall not go near the property of an orphan, except with thegood intention of improving it, until he attains his maturity.You shall fulfill your pledges; surely you shall be heldaccountable for your pledges.
Furthermore, not to go near the property of an orphan except inthe best way (to improve it). Until he attains maturity, givefull measure and just weight - We never charge a soul with morethan it can bear. Whenever you speak, be just, even if it affectsyour own relatives, and fulfill your covenant with Allah. Theseare the things which He has enjoined on you so that you may bemindful.
They are the ones who fulfill their covenant with Allah and donot break their pledge;
Fulfill the covenant of Allah when you have pledged to do so, anddo not break your oaths after you have sworn them; for swearingin His name you have made Allah your surety; surely Allah hasknowledge of all your actions.
Among the believers there are men who have been true to theircovenant with Allah: of them some have completed their vowthrough sacrificing their lives, and some others are waiting forit, and have not changed their determination in the least.
Surely those who swore allegiance to you O Prophet, indeed sworeallegiance to Allah Himself. The Hand of Allah was above theirhands. Now, the one who will break his pledge, will break it athis own peril, and the one who will keep his pledge that he hasmade with Allah, shall soon be given a great rewarded by Him.
O children of Israel! Remember My favors to you; fulfil yourcovenant (firm Commitment) with Me and I will fulfil My covenantwith you, that you should fear none but Me.
O believers! Fulfil your contract obligations. Allfour-legged animals from livestock are lawful to you other thanthose which are hereby announced. However do not violate theprohibition of hunting while you are in Ihram (Hajj dress).Indeed Allah orders whatever He pleases.
Righteousness is not whether you turn your face towards East orWest; but the righteousness is to believe in Allah, the Last Day,the Angels, the Books and the Prophets, and to spend wealth outof love for Him on relatives, orphans, helpless, needytravellers, those who ask for and on the redemption of captives;and to establish Salah (prayers), to pay Zakah (alms), to fulfillpromises when made, to be steadfast in distress, in adversity,and at the time of war. These people are the truthful and theseare the pious.
Except (this proclamation does not apply to) those mushrikin whohonored their treaties with you in every detail and aided noneagainst you. So fulfill your treaties with them to the end oftheir term; for Allah loves the righteous.
Those are the ones who do not bear witness to falsehood and, ifthey ever pass by futility, pass with dignity.
The mothers shall breast-feed their offspring for two whole yearsif the father wishes the breast-feeding to be completed. Thereasonable cost of their maintenance and clothing will be theresponsibility of the child's father. No one should be chargedwith more than they can afford. Neither a mother should be madeto suffer on account of her child nor a father on account of hischild. The father's heirs are under the same obligation. But ifwith mutual agreement they both decide to wean the child there isno blame on them. If you decide to have a foster-mother for youroffspring there is no blame on you provided you pay what you havepromised to pay in an honorable manner. Fear Allah and bewarethat Allah observes your actions.
When it is said to them: "Have fear of that which is before youand that which is behind you, so that you may receive mercy,"they pay no heed.