Do not consider the summoning of the Rasool in the same manner,as you consider the summoning of one another among yourselves.Allah knows those of you who slip away, concealing themselvesbehind others. Let those who disobey his orders beware, lest sometrial befall them or a painful punishment be inflicted on them.

He is the One Who gave the sun its brightness and the moon itslight, established her phases that you may learn to compute theyears and other such counts (days, weeks, months). Allah createdthem only to manifest the truth. He has spelled out Hisrevelations for people who want to understand.

Among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and moon.Do not prostrate yourselves before the sun or the moon; ratherprostrate yourselves before Allah, Who created them both, if youtruly are His worshippers.

So if the unbelievers disdain His worship, let them remember thatthe angels who are nearest to your Rabb, glorify Him day andnight and never feel tired.

He has subjected to your service the night and the day, the sunand the moon: and likewise the stars also serve you by Hiscommand: surely there are signs in this for people who use theircommon sense.

When Our Clear Revelations are recited to them the unbelieverssay to the believer: "Which one, of the two of us, have finedwelling and better companions?"

Don't they see, how many generations have We destroyed beforethem, who were far greater in riches and in splendor?

Tell them: "Anyone who has gone astray, the Compassionate (Allah)prolongs his respite and extends an opportunity until they seeabout which they were warned; - be it a worldly scourge or theHour of Doom - then they will realize whose is the worst dwellingand whose are the weak companions?

O believers! Intoxicants and gambling (games of chance),dedication to stones (paying tribute to idols) and division byarrows (lottery) are the filthy works of Shaitan. Get away fromthem, so that you may prosper.

Shaitan desires to stir up enmity and hatred between you withintoxicants and gambling and to prevent you from the remembranceof Allah and from Salah (prayers). Will you not abstain?

Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and abstain from these things. Ifyou do not, then you should know that Our Rasool's duty is onlyto pass on My message clearly.

There is no blame on those who believe and do good deeds for whatthey ate in the past, provided they abstain from those thingswhich have been made unlawful, then remain steadfast in theirbelief and do righteous deeds, then abstain themselves fromwhatever they are forbidden and believe in Divine Law, and thenfear Allah and do good deeds. For Allah loves those who do gooddeeds.

O believers! Allah will put you to trial by making game (thatwhich is to be hunted) well within the reach of your hands andyour spears, in order to see who fears Him, though unseen. Thereshall, therefore, be a painful punishment for those whotransgress after this warning.

O believers! Do not kill game while you are in Ihram (pilgrimgarb). If anyone kills game intentionally, he will have to pay apenalty through an offering brought to the Ka'bah of a domesticanimal equivalent to the one which was killed as determined bytwo just men among you; or as an expiation, either feed a fewindigent or fast their equivalent days, so that he may taste theevil consequences of what he did. Allah has forgiven whathappened in the past; but if anyone repeats it now, Allah willinflict retribution on him. Allah is Mighty, Capable ofRetribution.

Game of the sea and its use as food is lawful for you and theseafarers, but the game of the land is forbidden as long as youare in Ihram (pilgrim garb). Have fear of Allah to whom you shallall be assembled.

Allah has made the Ka'bah of the Sacred House an eternal valuefor mankind, and so are the Sacred Months, the animal offerings,and the animals which are collared as a mark of dedication; soyou must know that Allah has knowledge of what is in the heavensand in the earth and that Allah is well aware of everything.

You should also know that Allah is stern in Retribution, and thatAllah is Forgiving, Merciful.

The only duty of the Rasool is to pass on My Message. Allah knowsall what you reveal and what you conceal.

Tell them, "Bad and good are not equal, even though the abundanceof the bad may dazzle you; so fear Allah, O people ofunderstanding, that you may prosper!"

O believers! Do not ask questions about things that if revealedto you, may cause you trouble. But if you ask a question aboutsomething when the Qur'an is being revealed, it will be madeknown to you. Allah has forgiven you what you did to date, Allahis Forgiving, Forbearing.

Some people before you did ask such questions and later losttheir faith because of those very things.

Allah did not institute superstitions like those of a slit-earshe-camel or a she-camel let loose for free pasture or idolsacrifices for twin-births in animals or stallion-camels freedfrom work; this lie is invented by the unbelievers against Allah,and most of them lack understanding.

You (O Muhammad) never expected that the Book would be revealedto you. Only through your Rabb's mercy has it been revealed toyou: therefore do not be a helper in any way to the unbelievers.

And the one who comes with the truth and the one who confirms it- surely are the Godfearing.

They shall have from their Rabb all that they wish for. Thusshall the righteous be rewarded.

Allah will do away from their account their worst deeds andreward them according to their best deeds.

O believers! Avoid immoderate suspicion, for in some casessuspicion is a sin. Do not spy on one another, nor backbite oneanother (to say something about another behind ones back that ifone hears it, dislikes it). Would any of you like to eat theflesh of his dead brother? Surely you would abhor it. Fear Allah;for Allah is the Accepter of repentance, Merciful.

O Prophet, ask them: "Have you ever considered that out of thesustenance which Allah has given you, you yourselves have madesome things Halal (lawful) and others Haram (unlawful)? Ask them:"Did Allah permit you to do so, or do you ascribe a false thingto Allah?"

They worship those deities other than Allah, who neither providethem anything for sustenance from the heavens or the earth, norhave any power to do so?

I require no sustenance from them, nor do I ask that they shouldfeed Me.

Do they not see that it is Allah Who gives abundantly to whom Hepleases and sparingly to whom He wills? Surely there are signs inthis example for those who believe.

Do they not know that Allah enlarges the provision for whom Hepleases and restricts it from whom He wills? Surely there aresigns in this for those who believe.

O Prophet, ask them: "Who provides your sustenance from theheavens and the earth?" If they do not answer, then say: "It isAllah! Certainly one of us; either we or you are rightly guidedor in manifest error."

O mankind! Call to mind the favors of Allah on you; is there anyother creator than Allah who provides for you from the heavensand the earth? There is no god but Him. How then are you beingdeceived?

In heaven is your sustenance and all that you are promised.

I swear by the Rabb of heaven and earth that this is true, ascertain as you are speaking now!

and in the alternation of night and day, in the sustenance thatAllah sends down from heaven with which He revives the earthafter its death and in the changing of the winds, there are signsfor those who use their common sense.

It is He Who has made the earth subservient to you, to walkthrough its tracts and eat of His provided sustenance. To Him isthe return at resurrection.

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.

Neither can you frustrate Him in the earth or in the Heaven; norhave you any protector or helper besides Allah."

and make a proclamation of Hajj (Pilgrimage) to mankind: theywill come to you on foot and on lean camels from every distantquarter,

so that they may witness the benefits which are made availablehere for them, and pronounce the name of Allah over the cattlewhich We have provided as food for them, on the appointed days,then eat meat themselves and feed the indigent and needy.

Then they should accomplish their needful acts of shaving orcutting their hair and taking a bath, fulfill their vows and gofor Tawaf-e-Ziyarah to the Ancient House.

This was the object for which the Ka'bah was built, and whoeverhonors the sacred rites of Allah, it is good for him in the sightof his Rabb. The meat of cattle is lawful to you, except what hasalready been mentioned to you; therefore, shun the abomination ofidols and shun all false statements.

Dedicate yourselves to Allah and do not commit shirk with Him:for anyone who commits shirk, it is as though he had fallen fromthe sky; then his body is either snatched away by birds orcarried away by the wind to some far-off place,

so it is, and he who respects the Symbols of Allah, surely showsthe piety of his heart.