Surah Al-Baqarah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 2:1 ▶

   الٓمٓ ﴿١﴾

   alif-lām-mīm

   Alif, Lām, Meem.

   These are among the fourteen opening letters which occur in various combinations at the beginning of twenty-nine sūrahs in the Qur’ān. Although there has been much speculation as to their meaning, it was not, in fact, revealed by Allāh to anyone and is known only to Him.

2. 2:2 ▶

   ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٢﴾

   dhālika l-kitābu lā rayba fīh | hudal lil-muttaqīn

   This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allāh -

   Literally, "those who have taqwā," i.e., who have piety, righteousness, fear and love of Allāh, and who take great care to avoid His displeasure.

3. 2:3 ▶

   ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   alladhīna yu'minūna bil-ghaybi wayuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn

   Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them,

   At its proper times and according to its specified conditions.

   It is to be noted that the reference of Allāh (Subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to Himself as "We" in many Qur’ānic verses is necessarily understood in the Arabic language to denote grandeur and power, as opposed to the more intimate singular form "I" used in specific instances.

4. 2:4 ▶

   وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   walladhīna yu'minūna bimā 'unzila 'ilayka wamā 'unzila min qablika wabil-ākhirati hum yūqinūn

   And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

5. 2:5 ▶

   أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٥﴾

   ulā'ika ʿalā hudam mir rabbihim | wa'ulā'ika humu l-mufliḥūn

   Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.

6. 2:6 ▶

   إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٦﴾

   inna lladhīna kafarū sawā'un ʿalayhim 'a'andhartahum 'am lam tundhirhum lā yu'minūn

   Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

   Literally, "cover" or "conceal" (faith or truth).

7. 2:7 ▶

   خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ غِشَـٰوَةٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٧﴾

   khatama llāhu ʿalā qulūbihim waʿalā samʿihim | waʿalā 'abṣārihim ghishāwah | walahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

   Allāh has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.

   A covering preventing them from discerning guidance. This condition is a direct result of their arrogance and persistence in sin.

8. 2:8 ▶

   وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨﴾

   wamina n-nāsi may yaqūlu 'āmannā billāhi wabil-yawmi l-ākhiri wamā hum bimu'minīn

   And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh and the Last Day," but they are not believers.

9. 2:9 ▶

   يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٩﴾

   yukhādiʿūna llāha walladhīna 'āmanū wamā yakhdaʿūna 'illā 'anfusahum wamā yashʿurūn

   They [think to] deceive Allāh and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

10. 2:10 ▶

    فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

    fī qulūbihim maraḍun fazādahumu llāhu maraḍā | walahum ʿadhābun 'alīmum bimā kānū yakdhibūn

    In their hearts is disease, so Allāh has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.

    The "disease" mentioned here includes doubt, hypocrisy, arrogance and disbelief.

11. 2:11 ▶

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    wa'idhā qīla lahum lā tufsidū fi l-arḍi qālū 'innamā naḥnu muṣliḥūn

    And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."

12. 2:12 ▶

    أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    alā 'innahum humu l-mufsidūna walākil lā yashʿurūn

    Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.

13. 2:13 ▶

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    wa'idhā qīla lahum 'āminū kamā 'āmana n-nāsu qālū 'anu'minu kamā 'āmana s-sufahā' | alā 'innahum humu s-sufahā'u walākil lā yaʿlamūn

    And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.

14. 2:14 ▶

    وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ شَيَـٰطِينِهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    wa'idhā laqu lladhīna 'āmanū qālū 'āmannā wa'idhā khalaw 'ilā shayāṭīnihim qālū 'innā maʿakum 'innamā naḥnu mustahzi'ūn

    And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."

15. 2:15 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    allāhu yastahzi'u bihim wayamudduhum fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūn

    [But] Allāh mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.

16. 2:16 ▶

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

    ulā'ika lladhīna shtarawu ḍ-ḍalālata bil-hudā famā rabiḥat tijāratuhum wamā kānū muhtadīn

    Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

17. 2:17 ▶

    مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

    mathaluhum kamathali lladhi stawqada nāran falammā 'aḍā'at mā ḥawlahū dhahaba llāhu binūrihim watarakahum fī ẓulumātil lā yubṣirūn

    Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allāh took away their light and left them in darkness [so] they could not see.

18. 2:18 ▶

    صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

    ṣummum bukmun ʿumyun fahum lā yarjiʿūn

    Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path].

19. 2:19 ▶

    أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَـٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿١٩﴾

    aw kaṣayyibim mina s-samā'i fīhi ẓulumātuw waraʿduw wabarquy yajʿalūna 'aṣābiʿahum fī 'ādhānihim mina ṣ-ṣawāʿiqi ḥadhara l-mawt | wallāhu muḥīṭum bil-kāfirīn

    Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing of the disbelievers.

    Allāh states in the Qur’ān that He has certain attributes such as hearing, sight, hands, face, mercy, anger, coming, encompassing, being above the Throne, etc. Yet, He has disassociated Himself from the limitations of human attributes or human imagination. Correct Islāmic belief requires faith in the existence of these attributes as Allāh has described them without applying to them any allegorical meanings or attempting to explain how a certain quality could be (while this is known only to Allāh) and without comparing them to creation or denying that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) would have such a quality. His attributes are befitting to Him alone, and "There is nothing like unto Him." (42:11)

20. 2:20 ▶

    يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٢٠﴾

    yakādu l-barqu yakhṭafu 'abṣārahum kullamā 'aḍā'a lahum mashaw fīhi wa'idhā 'aẓlama ʿalayhim qāmū | walaw shā'a llāhu ladhahaba bisamʿihim wa'abṣārihim | inna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

    The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

21. 2:21 ▶

    يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    yā'ayyuha n-nāsu ʿbudū rabbakumu lladhī khalaqakum walladhīna min qablikum laʿallakum tattaqūn

    O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -

22. 2:22 ▶

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa firāshaw was-samā'a binā'aw wa'anzala mina s-samā'i mā'an fa'akhraja bihī mina th-thamarāti rizqal lakum | falā tajʿalū lillāhi 'andādaw wa'antum taʿlamūn

    [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

23. 2:23 ▶

    وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    wa'in kuntum fī raybim mimmā nazzalnā ʿalā ʿabdinā fa'tū bisūratim mim mithlihī wadʿū shuhadā'akum min dūni llāhi 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

    And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful.

24. 2:24 ▶

    فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ وَلَن تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    fa'il lam tafʿalū walan tafʿalū fattaqu n-nāra llatī waqūduha n-nāsu wal-ḥijārah | uʿiddat lil-kāfirīn

    But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

25. 2:25 ▶

    وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍ رِّزْقًا ۙ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَأُتُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُتَشَـٰبِهًا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌ مُّطَهَّرَةٌ ۖ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wabashshiri lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti 'anna lahum jannātin tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhār | kullamā ruziqū minhā min thamaratir rizqan qālū hādha lladhī ruziqnā min qablu wa'utū bihī mutashābihā | walahum fīhā 'azwājum muṭahharah | wahum fīhā khālidūn

    And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

26. 2:26 ▶

    ۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِۦ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِى بِهِۦ كَثِيرًا ۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    inna llāha lā yastaḥyī 'ay yaḍriba mathalam mā baʿūḍatan famā fawqahā | fa'amma lladhīna 'āmanū fayaʿlamūna 'annahu l-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim | wa'amma lladhīna kafarū fayaqūlūna mādhā 'arāda llāhu bihādhā mathalā | yuḍillu bihī kathīraw wayahdī bihī kathīrā | wamā yuḍillu bihī 'illa l-fāsiqīn

    Indeed, Allāh is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allāh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,

    Literally, "above it," i.e., greater in smallness.

27. 2:27 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    alladhīna yanquḍūna ʿahda llāhi mim baʿdi mīthāqihī wayaqṭaʿūna mā 'amara llāhu bihī 'ay yūṣala wayufsidūna fi l-arḍ | ulā'ika humu l-khāsirūn

    Who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

28. 2:28 ▶

    كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    kayfa takfurūna billāhi wakuntum 'amwātan fa'aḥyākum | thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum thumma 'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

29. 2:29 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

    huwa lladhī khalaqa lakum mā fi l-arḍi jamīʿan thumma stawā 'ila s-samā'i fasawwāhunna sabʿa samāwāt | wahuwa bikulli shay'in ʿalīm

    It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

    See footnote to 2:19.

30. 2:30 ▶

    وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    wa'idh qāla rabbuka lil-malā'ikati 'innī jāʿilun fi l-arḍi khalīfah | qālū 'atajʿalu fīhā may yufsidu fīhā wayasfiku d-dimā'a wanaḥnu nusabbiḥu biḥamdika wanuqaddisu lak | qāla 'innī 'aʿlamu mā lā taʿlamūn

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."

    Khalīfah: successor, or generations of man, one following another.

    An additional meaning is "...and we purify ourselves for You."

31. 2:31 ▶

    وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلْأَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِى بِأَسْمَآءِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    waʿallama 'ādama l-asmā'a kullahā thumma ʿaraḍahum ʿala l-malā'ikati faqāla 'ambi'ūnī bi'asmā'i hā'ulā'i 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

    And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."

32. 2:32 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٣٢﴾

    qālū subḥānaka lā ʿilma lanā 'illā mā ʿallamtanā | innaka 'anta l-ʿalīmu l-ḥakīm

    They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."

    Whose eternal and absolute knowledge encompasses the truth and essence of all things, seen or unseen, present or absent, neither preceded by ignorance nor followed by forgetfulness.

    Whose wisdom includes precise and perfect knowledge of all realities and outcomes, according to which He decrees and causes various circumstances and occurrences.

33. 2:33 ▶

    قَالَ يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    qāla yā'ādamu 'ambi'hum bi'asmā'ihim | falammā 'amba'ahum bi'asmā'ihim qāla 'alam 'aqul lakum 'innī 'aʿlamu ghayba s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa'aʿlamu mā tubdūna wamā kuntum taktumūn

    He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."

34. 2:34 ▶

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    wa'idh qulnā lil-malā'ikati sjudū li'ādama fasajadū 'illā 'iblīsa 'abā wastakbara wakāna mina l-kāfirīn

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

    The proper name of Satan, who was not an angel but from the jinn, as stated in 18:50. Done in obedience to Allāh, this prostration was one of respect, not worship.

35. 2:35 ▶

    وَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    waqulnā yā'ādamu skun 'anta wazawjuka l-jannata wakulā minhā raghadan ḥaythu shi'tumā walā taqrabā hādhihi sh-shajarata fatakūnā mina ẓ-ẓālimīn

    And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

36. 2:36 ▶

    فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٣٦﴾

    fa'azallahuma sh-shayṭānu ʿanhā fa'akhrajahumā mimmā kānā fīh | waqulna hbiṭū baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww | walakum fi l-arḍi mustaqarruw wamatāʿun 'ilā ḥīn

    But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."

37. 2:37 ▶

    فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَـٰتٍ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٣٧﴾

    fatalaqqā 'ādamu mir rabbihī kalimātin fatāba ʿalayh | innahū huwa t-tawwābu r-raḥīm

    Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

    Allāh taught Adam words of repentance that would be acceptable to Him.

    Literally, He who perpetually returns, i.e., reminding and enabling His servant to repent from sins and then forgiving him. Thus, He is also the constant motivator of the repentance He accepts.

38. 2:38 ▶

    قُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    qulna hbiṭū minhā jamīʿan fa'immā ya'tiyannakum minnī hudan faman tabiʿa hudāya falā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn

    We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

39. 2:39 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    walladhīna kafarū wakadhdhabū bi'āyātinā 'ulā'ika 'aṣḥābu n-nār | hum fīhā khālidūn

    And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally."

40. 2:40 ▶

    يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِىٓ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ ﴿٤٠﴾

    yābanī 'isrā'īla dhkurū niʿmatiya llatī 'anʿamtu ʿalaykum wa'awfū biʿahdī 'ūfi biʿahdikum wa'iyyāya farhabūn

    O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me.

41. 2:41 ▶

    وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍۭ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِى ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا وَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱتَّقُونِ ﴿٤١﴾

    wa'āminū bimā 'anzaltu muṣaddiqal limā maʿakum walā takūnū 'awwala kāfirim bih | walā tashtarū bi'āyātī thamanan qalīlaw wa'iyyāya fattaqūn

    And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me.

42. 2:42 ▶

    وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    walā talbisu l-ḥaqqa bil-bāṭili wataktumu l-ḥaqqa wa'antum taʿlamūn

    And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].

43. 2:43 ▶

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱرْكَعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    wa'aqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'ātu z-zakāta warkaʿū maʿa r-rākiʿīn

    And establish prayer and give zakāh and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].

    An annual expenditure for the benefit of the Islāmic community (see 9:60) required of those Muslims who have excess wealth. Prayer and zakāh are among the pillars of Islām.

44. 2:44 ▶

    ۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    ata'murūna n-nāsa bil-birri watansawna 'anfusakum wa'antum tatlūna l-kitāb | afalā taʿqilūn

    Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?

    Make exceptions of.

45. 2:45 ▶

    وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    wastaʿīnū biṣ-ṣabri waṣ-ṣalāh | wa'innahā lakabīratun 'illā ʿala l-khāshiʿīn

    And seek help through patience and prayer; and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allāh]

46. 2:46 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    alladhīna yaẓunnūna 'annahum mulāqū rabbihim wa'annahum 'ilayhi rājiʿūn

    Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.

47. 2:47 ▶

    يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّى فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    yābanī 'isrā'īla dhkurū niʿmatiya llatī 'anʿamtu ʿalaykum wa'annī faḍḍaltukum ʿala l-ʿālamīn

    O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [i.e., peoples].

48. 2:48 ▶

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    wattaqū yawmal lā tajzī nafsun ʿan nafsin shay'aw walā yuqbalu minhā shafāʿatuw walā yu'khadhu minhā ʿadluw walā hum yunṣarūn

    And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.

    i.e., fulfill what is due from it.

49. 2:49 ▶

    وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٤٩﴾

    wa'idh najjaynākum min 'āli firʿawna yasūmūnakum sū'a l-ʿadhābi yudhabbiḥūna 'abnā'akum wayastaḥyūna nisā'akum | wafī dhālikum balā'um mir rabbikum ʿaẓīm

    And [recall] when We saved you [i.e., your forefathers] from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

50. 2:50 ▶

    وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    wa'idh faraqnā bikumu l-baḥra fa'anjaynākum wa'aghraqnā 'āla firʿawna wa'antum tanẓurūn

    And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.

51. 2:51 ▶

    وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

    wa'idh wāʿadnā mūsā 'arbaʿīna laylatan thumma ttakhadhtumu l-ʿijla mim baʿdihī wa'antum ẓālimūn

    And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.

52. 2:52 ▶

    ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    thumma ʿafawnā ʿankum mim baʿdi dhālika laʿallakum tashkurūn

    Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.

53. 2:53 ▶

    وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    wa'idh 'ātaynā mūsa l-kitāba wal-furqāna laʿallakum tahtadūn

    And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.

    Differentiating between truth and falsehood. "The Scripture and criterion" refers to the Torah.

54. 2:54 ▶

    وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٥٤﴾

    wa'idh qāla mūsā liqawmihī yāqawmi 'innakum ẓalamtum 'anfusakum bittikhādhikumu l-ʿijla fatūbū 'ilā bāri'ikum faqtulū 'anfusakum dhālikum khayrul lakum ʿinda bāri'ikum fatāba ʿalaykum | innahū huwa t-tawwābu r-raḥīm

    And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

55. 2:55 ▶

    وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    wa'idh qultum yāmūsā lan nu'mina laka ḥattā nara llāha jahratan fa'akhadhatkumu ṣ-ṣāʿiqatu wa'antum tanẓurūn

    And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

56. 2:56 ▶

    ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    thumma baʿathnākum mim baʿdi mawtikum laʿallakum tashkurūn

    Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.

57. 2:57 ▶

    وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    waẓallalnā ʿalaykumu l-ghamāma wa'anzalnā ʿalaykumu l-manna was-salwā | kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum | wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū 'anfusahum yaẓlimūn

    And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

58. 2:58 ▶

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْ ۚ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    wa'idh qulna dkhulū hādhihi l-qaryata fakulū minhā ḥaythu shi'tum raghadaw wadkhulu l-bāba sujjadaw waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun naghfir lakum khaṭāyākum | wasanazīdu l-muḥsinīn

    And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

    In gratitude to Allāh and admission of sin.

59. 2:59 ▶

    فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    fabaddala lladhīna ẓalamū qawlan ghayra lladhī qīla lahum fa'anzalnā ʿala lladhīna ẓalamū rijzam mina s-samā'i bimā kānū yafsuqūn

    But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment [i.e., plague] from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.

60. 2:60 ▶

    ۞ وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

    wa'idhi stasqā mūsā liqawmihī faqulna ḍrib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajar | fanfajarat minhu thnatā ʿashrata ʿaynā | qad ʿalima kullu 'unāsim mashrabahum | kulū washrabū mir rizqi llāhi walā taʿthaw fi l-arḍi mufsidīn

    And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

61. 2:61 ▶

    وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِصْرًا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    wa'idh qultum yāmūsā lan naṣbira ʿalā ṭaʿāmiw wāḥidin fadʿu lanā rabbaka yukhrij lanā mimmā tumbitu l-arḍu mim baqlihā waqiththā'ihā wafūmihā waʿadasihā wabaṣalihā | qāla 'atastabdilūna lladhī huwa 'adnā billadhī huwa khayr | ihbiṭū miṣran fa'inna lakum mā sa'altum | waḍuribat ʿalayhimu dh-dhillatu wal-maskanatu wabā'ū bighaḍabim mina llāh | dhālika bi'annahum kānū yakfurūna bi'āyāti llāhi wayaqtulūna n-nabiyyīna bighayri l-ḥaqq | dhālika bimā ʿaṣaw wakānū yaʿtadūn

    And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allāh [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allāh and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.

62. 2:62 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ وَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

    inna lladhīna 'āmanū walladhīna hādū wan-naṣārā waṣ-ṣābi'īna man 'āmana billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri waʿamila ṣāliḥan falahum 'ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim walā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn

    Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

    After the coming of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) no religion other than Islām is acceptable to Allāh, as stated in 3:85.

63. 2:63 ▶

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

    wa'idh 'akhadhnā mīthāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu ṭ-ṭūra khudhū mā 'ātaynākum biquwwatiw wadhkurū mā fīhi laʿallakum tattaqūn

    And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."

64. 2:64 ▶

    ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    thumma tawallaytum mim baʿdi dhālik | falawlā faḍlu llāhi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhū lakuntum mina l-khāsirīn

    Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.

65. 2:65 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ ﴿٦٥﴾

    walaqad ʿalimtumu lladhīna ʿtadaw minkum fi s-sabti faqulnā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsi'īn

    And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

66. 2:66 ▶

    فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا نَكَـٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾

    fajaʿalnāhā nakālal limā bayna yadayhā wamā khalfahā wamawʿiẓatal lil-muttaqīn

    And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.

67. 2:67 ▶

    وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    wa'idh qāla mūsā liqawmihī 'inna llāha ya'murukum 'an tadhbaḥū baqarah | qālū 'atattakhidhunā huzuwā | qāla 'aʿūdhu billāhi 'an 'akūna mina l-jāhilīn

    And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allāh commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allāh from being among the ignorant."

68. 2:68 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌۢ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَٱفْعَلُوا۟ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

    qālu dʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyil lanā mā hiy | qāla 'innahū yaqūlu 'innahā baqaratul lā fāriḍuw walā bikrun ʿawānum bayna dhālik | fafʿalū mā tu'marūn

    They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."

69. 2:69 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    qālu dʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyil lanā mā lawnuhā | qāla 'innahū yaqūlu 'innahā baqaratun ṣafrā'u fāqiʿul lawnuhā tasurru n-nāẓirīn

    They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.'"

70. 2:70 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَـٰبَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّآ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    qālu dʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyil lanā mā hiya 'inna l-baqara tashābaha ʿalaynā wa'innā 'in shā'a llāhu lamuhtadūn

    They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allāh wills, will be guided."

71. 2:71 ▶

    قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

    qāla 'innahū yaqūlu 'innahā baqaratul lā dhalūlun tuthīru l-arḍa walā tasqi l-ḥartha musallamatul lā shiyata fīhā | qālu l-āna ji'ta bil-ḥaqq | fadhabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʿalūn

    He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.'" They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.

72. 2:72 ▶

    وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    wa'idh qataltum nafsan faddāra'tum fīhā | wallāhu mukhrijum mā kuntum taktumūn

    And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allāh was to bring out that which you were concealing.

    i.e., exchanged accusations and denials.

73. 2:73 ▶

    فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    faqulna ḍribūhu bibaʿḍihā | kadhālika yuḥyi llāhu l-mawtā wayurīkum 'āyātihī laʿallakum taʿqilūn

    So We said, "Strike him [i.e., the slain man] with part of it." Thus does Allāh bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

    i.e., the cow. Thereupon, Allāh restored life to the man, who informed them of his murderer.

74. 2:74 ▶

    ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِىَ كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمَآءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    thumma qasat qulūbukum mim baʿdi dhālika fahiya kal-ḥijārati 'aw 'ashaddu qaswah | wa'inna mina l-ḥijārati lamā yatafajjaru minhu l-anhār | wa'inna minhā lamā yashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu l-mā' | wa'inna minhā lamā yahbiṭu min khashyati llāh | wama llāhu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn

    Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allāh. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

75. 2:75 ▶

    ۞ أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَـٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    afataṭmaʿūna 'ay yu'minū lakum waqad kāna farīqum minhum yasmaʿūna kalāma llāhi thumma yuḥarrifūnahū mim baʿdi mā ʿaqalūhu wahum yaʿlamūn

    Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allāh and then distort it [i.e., the Torah] after they had understood it while they were knowing?

76. 2:76 ▶

    وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَآجُّوكُم بِهِۦ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٧٦﴾

    wa'idhā laqu lladhīna 'āmanū qālū 'āmannā wa'idhā khalā baʿḍuhum 'ilā baʿḍin qālū 'atuḥaddithūnahum bimā fataḥa llāhu ʿalaykum liyuḥājjūkum bihī ʿinda rabbikum | afalā taʿqilūn

    And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allāh has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?

77. 2:77 ▶

    أَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ﴿٧٧﴾

    awalā yaʿlamūna 'anna llāha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿlinūn

    But do they not know that Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare?

78. 2:78 ▶

    وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    waminhum 'ummiyyūna lā yaʿlamūna l-kitāba 'illā 'amāniyya wa'in hum 'illā yaẓunnūn

    And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

79. 2:79 ▶

    فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

    fawaylul lilladhīna yaktubūna l-kitāba bi'aydīhim thumma yaqūlūna hādhā min ʿindi llāhi liyashtarū bihī thamanan qalīlā | fawaylul lahum mimmā katabat 'aydīhim wawaylul lahum mimmā yaksibūn

    So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allāh," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

    i.e., death and destruction.

80. 2:80 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَةً ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

    waqālū lan tamassana n-nāru 'illā 'ayyāmam maʿdūdah | qul 'attakhadhtum ʿinda llāhi ʿahdan falay yukhlifa llāhu ʿahdah | am taqūlūna ʿala llāhi mā lā taʿlamūn

    And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for [a few] numbered days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allāh? For Allāh will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

81. 2:81 ▶

    بَلَىٰ مَن كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةً وَأَحَـٰطَتْ بِهِۦ خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٨١﴾

    balā man kasaba sayyi'ataw wa'aḥāṭat bihī khaṭī'atuhū fa'ulā'ika 'aṣḥābu n-nār | hum fīhā khālidūn

    Yes, [on the contrary], whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

82. 2:82 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

    walladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti 'ulā'ika 'aṣḥābu l-jannah | hum fīhā khālidūn

    But they who believe and do righteous deeds - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

83. 2:83 ▶

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَقُولُوا۟ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنكُمْ وَأَنتُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿٨٣﴾

    wa'idh 'akhadhnā mīthāqa banī 'isrā'īla lā taʿbudūna 'illa llāha wabil-wālidayni 'iḥsānaw wadhi l-qurbā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni waqūlū lin-nāsi ḥusnaw wa'aqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'ātu z-zakāta thumma tawallaytum 'illā qalīlam minkum wa'antum muʿriḍūn

    And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.

84. 2:84 ▶

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَآءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنفُسَكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

    wa'idh 'akhadhnā mīthāqakum lā tasfikūna dimā'akum walā tukhrijūna 'anfusakum min diyārikum thumma 'aqrartum wa'antum tashhadūn

    And [recall] when We took your covenant, [saying], "Do not shed your [i.e., each other's] blood or evict one another from your homes." Then you acknowledged [this] while you were witnessing.

85. 2:85 ▶

    ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ تَظَـٰهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَإِن يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَـٰرَىٰ تُفَـٰدُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ فَمَا جَزَآءُ مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَشَدِّ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

    thumma 'antum hā'ulā'i taqtulūna 'anfusakum watukhrijūna farīqam minkum min diyārihim taẓāharūna ʿalayhim bil-ithmi wal-ʿudwāni wa'iy ya'tūkum 'usārā tufādūhum wahuwa muḥarramun ʿalaykum 'ikhrājuhum | afatu'minūna bibaʿḍi l-kitābi watakfurūna bibaʿḍ | famā jazā'u may yafʿalu dhālika minkum 'illā khizyun fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | wayawma l-qiyāmati yuraddūna 'ilā 'ashaddi l-ʿadhāb | wama llāhu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn

    Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

86. 2:86 ▶

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾

    ulā'ika lladhīna shtarawu l-ḥayāta d-dunyā bil-ākhirah | falā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu walā hum yunṣarūn

    Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.

87. 2:87 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ بِٱلرُّسُلِ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَـٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُكُمُ ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾

    walaqad 'ātaynā mūsa l-kitāba waqaffaynā mim baʿdihī bir-rusuli wa'ātaynā ʿīsa bna maryama l-bayyināti wa'ayyadnāhu birūḥi l-qudus | afakullamā jā'akum rasūlum bimā lā tahwā 'anfusukumu stakbartum fafarīqan kadhdhabtum wafarīqan taqtulūn

    And We did certainly give Moses the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel]. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.

88. 2:88 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ ۚ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًا مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    waqālū qulūbunā ghulf | bal laʿanahumu llāhu bikufrihim faqalīlam mā yu'minūn

    And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allāh has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe.

    Covered or sealed against reception of Allāh's word.

89. 2:89 ▶

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ فَلَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٨٩﴾

    walammā jā'ahum kitābum min ʿindi llāhi muṣaddiqul limā maʿahum wakānū min qablu yastaftiḥūna ʿala lladhīna kafarū falammā jā'ahum mā ʿarafū kafarū bih | falaʿnatu llāhi ʿala l-kāfirīn

    And when there came to them a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] from Allāh confirming that which was with them - although before they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved - but [then] when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of Allāh will be upon the disbelievers.

90. 2:90 ▶

    بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ ﴿٩٠﴾

    bi'sama shtaraw bihī 'anfusahum 'ay yakfurū bimā 'anzala llāhu baghyan 'ay yunazzila llāhu min faḍlihī ʿalā may yashā'u min ʿibādih | fabā'ū bighaḍabin ʿalā ghaḍab | walil-kāfirīna ʿadhābum muhīn

    How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.

91. 2:91 ▶

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَآءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ ۗ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنۢبِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٩١﴾

    wa'idhā qīla lahum 'āminū bimā 'anzala llāhu qālū nu'minu bimā 'unzila ʿalaynā wayakfurūna bimā warā'ahū wahuwa l-ḥaqqu muṣaddiqal limā maʿahum | qul falima taqtulūna 'ambiyā'a llāhi min qablu 'in kuntum mu'minīn

    And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allāh has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allāh before, if you are [indeed] believers?"

92. 2:92 ▶

    ۞ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾

    walaqad jā'akum mūsā bil-bayyināti thumma ttakhadhtumu l-ʿijla mim baʿdihī wa'antum ẓālimūn

    And Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs. Then you took the calf [in worship] after that, while you were wrongdoers.

93. 2:93 ▶

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَـٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٩٣﴾

    wa'idh 'akhadhnā mīthāqakum warafaʿnā fawqakumu ṭ-ṭūra khudhū mā 'ātaynākum biquwwatiw wasmaʿū | qālū samiʿnā waʿaṣaynā wa'ushribū fī qulūbihimu l-ʿijla bikufrihim | qul bi'samā ya'murukum bihī 'īmānukum 'in kuntum mu'minīn

    And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."

94. 2:94 ▶

    قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٩٤﴾

    qul 'in kānat lakumu d-dāru l-ākhiratu ʿinda llāhi khāliṣatam min dūni n-nāsi fatamannawu l-mawta 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allāh is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful."

95. 2:95 ▶

    وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًۢا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٩٥﴾

    walay yatamannawhu 'abadam bimā qaddamat 'aydīhim | wallāhu ʿalīmum biẓ-ẓālimīn

    But never will they wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

96. 2:96 ▶

    وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

    walatajidannahum 'aḥraṣa n-nāsi ʿalā ḥayātiw wamina lladhīna 'ashrakū | yawaddu 'aḥaduhum law yuʿammaru 'alfa sanatiw wamā huwa bimuzaḥziḥihī mina l-ʿadhābi 'ay yuʿammar | wallāhu baṣīrum bimā yaʿmalūn

    And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allāh. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

97. 2:97 ▶

    قُلْ مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٩٧﴾

    qul man kāna ʿaduwwal lijibrīla fa'innahū nazzalahū ʿalā qalbika bi'idhni llāhi muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayhi wahudaw wabushrā lil-mu'minīn

    Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down upon your heart, [O Muḥammad], by permission of Allāh, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."

98. 2:98 ▶

    مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

    man kāna ʿaduwwal lillāhi wamalā'ikatihī warusulihī wajibrīla wamīkāla fa'inna llāha ʿaduwwul lil-kāfirīn

    Whoever is an enemy to Allāh and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allāh is an enemy to the disbelievers.

99. 2:99 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ءَايَـٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍ ۖ وَمَا يَكْفُرُ بِهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾

    walaqad 'anzalnā 'ilayka 'āyātim bayyināt | wamā yakfuru bihā 'illa l-fāsiqūn

    And We have certainly revealed to you verses [which are] clear proofs, and no one would deny them except the defiantly disobedient.

100. 2:100 ▶

     أَوَكُلَّمَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١٠٠﴾

     awakullamā ʿāhadū ʿahdan nabadhahū farīqum minhum | bal 'aktharuhum lā yu'minūn

     Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.

101. 2:101 ▶

     وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ كِتَـٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٠١﴾

     walammā jā'ahum rasūlum min ʿindi llāhi muṣaddiqul limā maʿahum nabadha farīqum mina lladhīna 'ūtu l-kitāba kitāba llāhi warā'a ẓuhūrihim ka'annahum lā yaʿlamūn

     And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].

102. 2:102 ▶

     وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَا تَتْلُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ عَلَىٰ مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَـٰنُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَـٰرُوتَ وَمَـٰرُوتَ ۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَآ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ ۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِۦ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا۟ لَمَنِ ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَـٰقٍ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

     wattabaʿū mā tatlu sh-shayāṭīnu ʿalā mulki sulaymān | wamā kafara sulaymānu walākinna sh-shayāṭīna kafarū yuʿallimūna n-nāsa s-siḥra wamā 'unzila ʿala l-malakayni bibābila hārūta wamārūt | wamā yuʿallimāni min 'aḥadin ḥattā yaqūlā 'innamā naḥnu fitnatun falā takfur | fayataʿallamūna minhumā mā yufarriqūna bihī bayna l-mar'i wazawjih | wamā hum biḍārrīna bihī min 'aḥadin 'illā bi'idhni llāh | wayataʿallamūna mā yaḍurruhum walā yanfaʿuhum | walaqad ʿalimū lamani shtarāhu mā lahū fi l-ākhirati min khalāq | walabi'sa mā sharaw bihī 'anfusahum | law kānū yaʿlamūn

     And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Hārūt and Mārūt. But they [i.e., the two angels] do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allāh. And they [i.e., people] learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But they [i.e., the Children of Israel] certainly knew that whoever purchased it [i.e., magic] would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.

     They warn people against the misuse of what they have learned.

103. 2:103 ▶

     وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ ۖ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾

     walaw 'annahum 'āmanū wattaqaw lamathūbatum min ʿindi llāhi khayr | law kānū yaʿlamūn

     And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

104. 2:104 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقُولُوا۟ رَٰعِنَا وَقُولُوا۟ ٱنظُرْنَا وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۗ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٠٤﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū lā taqūlū rāʿinā waqūlu nẓurnā wasmaʿū | walil-kāfirīna ʿadhābun 'alīm

     O you who have believed, say not [to Allāh's Messenger], "Rāʿinā" but say, "Unẓurnā" and listen. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

     The word "rāʿinā" in Arabic literally means "consider us," i.e., give us time to hear you and listen to us. The Jews used to use the same word with the meaning of an insult. Therefore, the believers were ordered to avoid this expression and use instead the word "unẓurnā," i.e., "wait for us [so that we may understand]."

105. 2:105 ▶

     مَّا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَلَا ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿١٠٥﴾

     mā yawaddu lladhīna kafarū min 'ahli l-kitābi wala l-mushrikīna 'ay yunazzala ʿalaykum min khayrim mir rabbikum | wallāhu yakhtaṣṣu biraḥmatihī may yashā' | wallāhu dhu l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīm

     Neither those who disbelieve from the People of the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and Christians] nor the polytheists wish that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allāh selects for His mercy whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

106. 2:106 ▶

     ۞ مَا نَنسَخْ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ أَوْ نُنسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِّنْهَآ أَوْ مِثْلِهَآ ۗ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿١٠٦﴾

     mā nansakh min 'āyatin 'aw nunsihā na'ti bikhayrim minhā 'aw mithlihā | alam taʿlam 'anna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

     We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it. Do you not know that Allāh is over all things competent?

107. 2:107 ▶

     أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ﴿١٠٧﴾

     alam taʿlam 'anna llāha lahū mulku s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | wamā lakum min dūni llāhi miw waliyyiw walā naṣīr

     Do you not know that to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and [that] you have not besides Allāh any protector or any helper?

108. 2:108 ▶

     أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۗ وَمَن يَتَبَدَّلِ ٱلْكُفْرَ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ﴿١٠٨﴾

     am turīdūna 'an tas'alū rasūlakum kamā su'ila mūsā min qabl | wamay yatabaddali l-kufra bil-īmāni faqad ḍalla sawā'a s-sabīl

     Or do you intend to ask your Messenger as Moses was asked before? And whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.

     i.e., persistently question or, as in the case of the disbelievers, demand a miracle of the Prophet (ﷺ).

109. 2:109 ▶

     وَدَّ كَثِيرٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَوْ يَرُدُّونَكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ كُفَّارًا حَسَدًا مِّنْ عِندِ أَنفُسِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۖ فَٱعْفُوا۟ وَٱصْفَحُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿١٠٩﴾

     wadda kathīrum min 'ahli l-kitābi law yaruddūnakum mim baʿdi 'īmānikum kuffāran ḥasadam min ʿindi 'anfusihim mim baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumu l-ḥaqq | faʿfū waṣfaḥū ḥattā ya'tiya llāhu bi'amrih | inna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

     Many of the People of the Scripture wish they could turn you back to disbelief after you have believed, out of envy from themselves [even] after the truth has become clear to them. So pardon and overlook until Allāh delivers His command. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

110. 2:110 ▶

     وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ﴿١١٠﴾

     wa'aqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'ātu z-zakāh | wamā tuqaddimū li'anfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿinda llāh | inna llāha bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr

     And establish prayer and give zakāh, and whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. Indeed Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

111. 2:111 ▶

     وَقَالُوا۟ لَن يَدْخُلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗ تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿١١١﴾

     waqālū lay yadkhula l-jannata 'illā man kāna hūdan 'aw naṣārā | tilka 'amāniyyuhum | qul hātū burhānakum 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

     And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking. Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

112. 2:112 ▶

     بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾

     balā man 'aslama wajhahū lillāhi wahuwa muḥsinun falahū 'ajruhū ʿinda rabbihī walā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn

     Yes, [on the contrary], whoever submits his face [i.e., self] in Islām to Allāh while being a doer of good will have his reward with his Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

113. 2:113 ▶

     وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ لَيْسَتِ ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ لَيْسَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَهُمْ يَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾

     waqālati l-yahūdu laysati n-naṣārā ʿalā shay'iw waqālati n-naṣārā laysati l-yahūdu ʿalā shay'iw wahum yatlūna l-kitāb | kadhālika qāla lladhīna lā yaʿlamūna mithla qawlihim | fallāhu yaḥkumu baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn

     The Jews say, "The Christians have nothing [true] to stand on," and the Christians say, "The Jews have nothing to stand on," although they [both] recite the Scripture. Thus do those who know not [i.e., the polytheists] speak the same as their words. But Allāh will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

114. 2:114 ▶

     وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَـٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ أَن يُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ وَسَعَىٰ فِى خَرَابِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ أَن يَدْخُلُوهَآ إِلَّا خَآئِفِينَ ۚ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١١٤﴾

     waman 'aẓlamu mimmam manaʿa masājida llāhi 'ay yudhkara fīha smuhū wasaʿā fī kharābihā | ulā'ika mā kāna lahum 'ay yadkhulūhā 'illā khā'ifīn | lahum fi d-dunyā khizyuw walahum fi l-ākhirati ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

     And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allāh from being mentioned [i.e., praised] in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment.

115. 2:115 ▶

     وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿١١٥﴾

     walillāhi l-mashriqu wal-maghrib | fa'aynamā tuwallū fathamma wajhu llāh | inna llāha wāsiʿun ʿalīm

     And to Allāh belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

     See footnote to 2:19.

116. 2:116 ▶

     وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۖ بَل لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥ قَـٰنِتُونَ ﴿١١٦﴾

     waqālu ttakhadha llāhu waladā | subḥānah | bal lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | kullul lahū qānitūn

     They say, "Allāh has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. All are devoutly obedient to Him,

     Subḥānahu means "far exalted is He above all they falsely attribute to Him."

117. 2:117 ▶

     بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿١١٧﴾

     badīʿu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | wa'idhā qaḍā 'amran fa'innamā yaqūlu lahū kun fayakūn

     Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

118. 2:118 ▶

     وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ لَوْلَا يُكَلِّمُنَا ٱللَّهُ أَوْ تَأْتِينَآ ءَايَةٌ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْ ۘ تَشَـٰبَهَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ ﴿١١٨﴾

     waqāla lladhīna lā yaʿlamūna lawlā yukallimuna llāhu 'aw ta'tīnā 'āyah | kadhālika qāla lladhīna min qablihim mithla qawlihim | tashābahat qulūbuhum | qad bayyanna l-āyāti liqawmiy yūqinūn

     Those who do not know say, "Why does Allāh not speak to us or there come to us a sign?" Thus spoke those before them like their words. Their hearts resemble each other. We have shown clearly the signs to a people who are certain [in faith].

119. 2:119 ▶

     إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ﴿١١٩﴾

     innā 'arsalnāka bil-ḥaqqi bashīraw wanadhīrā | walā tus'alu ʿan 'aṣḥābi l-jaḥīm

     Indeed, We have sent you, [O Muḥammad], with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner, and you will not be asked about the companions of Hellfire.

120. 2:120 ▶

     وَلَن تَرْضَىٰ عَنكَ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَلَا ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۗ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم بَعْدَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ﴿١٢٠﴾

     walan tarḍā ʿanka l-yahūdu wala n-naṣārā ḥattā tattabiʿa millatahum | qul 'inna huda llāhi huwa l-hudā | wala'ini ttabaʿta 'ahwā'ahum baʿda lladhī jā'aka mina l-ʿilmi mā laka mina llāhi miw waliyyiw walā naṣīr

     And never will the Jews and the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allāh no protector or helper.

121. 2:121 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَتْلُونَهُۥ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ ﴿١٢١﴾

     alladhīna 'ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yatlūnahū ḥaqqa tilāwatihī 'ulā'ika yu'minūna bih | wamay yakfur bihī fa'ulā'ika humu l-khāsirūn

     Those to whom We have given the Book recite it with its true recital. They [are the ones who] believe in it. And whoever disbelieves in it - it is they who are the losers.

     i.e., applying its teachings to their lives.

122. 2:122 ▶

     يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّى فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٢٢﴾

     yābanī 'isrā'īla dhkurū niʿmatiya llatī 'anʿamtu ʿalaykum wa'annī faḍḍaltukum ʿala l-ʿālamīn

     O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.

123. 2:123 ▶

     وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنفَعُهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿١٢٣﴾

     wattaqū yawmal lā tajzī nafsun ʿan nafsin shay'aw walā yuqbalu minhā ʿadluw walā tanfaʿuhā shafāʿatuw walā hum yunṣarūn

     And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.

     See footnote to 2:48.

124. 2:124 ▶

     ۞ وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَـٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٢٤﴾

     wa'idhi btalā 'ibrāhīma rabbuhū bikalimātin fa'atammahunn | qāla 'innī jāʿiluka lin-nāsi 'imāmā | qāla wamin dhurriyyatī | qāla lā yanālu ʿahdi ẓ-ẓālimīn

     And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with words [i.e., commands] and he fulfilled them. [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allāh] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."

125. 2:125 ▶

     وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا ٱلْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ مُصَلًّى ۖ وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ ﴿١٢٥﴾

     wa'idh jaʿalna l-bayta mathābatal lin-nāsi wa'amnaw wattakhidhū mim maqāmi 'ibrāhīma muṣallā | waʿahidnā 'ilā 'ibrāhīma wa'ismāʿīla 'an ṭahhirā baytiya liṭ-ṭā'ifīna wal-ʿākifīna war-rukkaʿi s-sujūd

     And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."

     A form of worship particular to the Kaʿbah consisting of going around it in circuits.

126. 2:126 ▶

     وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَـٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَٱرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُم بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ قَالَ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُۥ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَضْطَرُّهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿١٢٦﴾

     wa'idh qāla 'ibrāhīmu rabbi jʿal hādhā baladan 'āminaw warzuq 'ahlahū mina th-thamarāti man 'āmana minhum billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhir | qāla waman kafara fa'umattiʿuhū qalīlan thumma 'aḍṭarruhū 'ilā ʿadhābi n-nār | wabi'sa l-maṣīr

     And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allāh and the Last Day." [Allāh] said, "And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination."

127. 2:127 ▶

     وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ ٱلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿١٢٧﴾

     wa'idh yarfaʿu 'ibrāhīmu l-qawāʿida mina l-bayti wa'ismāʿīlu rabbanā taqabbal minnā | innaka 'anta s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

     And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.

     Who hears every sound, distinguishes every voice, understands every word, and accepts and responds to supplications.

     Refer to footnote in 2:32.

128. 2:128 ▶

     رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٢٨﴾

     rabbanā wajʿalnā muslimayni laka wamin dhurriyyatinā 'ummatam muslimatal laka wa'arinā manāsikanā watub ʿalaynā | innaka 'anta t-tawwābu r-raḥīm

     Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites [of worship] and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

129. 2:129 ▶

     رَبَّنَا وَٱبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿١٢٩﴾

     rabbanā wabʿath fīhim rasūlam minhum yatlū ʿalayhim 'āyātika wayuʿallimuhumu l-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wayuzakkīhim | innaka 'anta l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

     Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

     Honored for absolute power associated with wisdom and justice.

130. 2:130 ▶

     وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ وَلَقَدِ ٱصْطَفَيْنَـٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿١٣٠﴾

     wamay yarghabu ʿam millati 'ibrāhīma 'illā man safiha nafsah | walaqadi ṣṭafaynāhu fi d-dunyā | wa'innahū fi l-ākhirati lamina ṣ-ṣāliḥīn

     And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in the Hereafter, will be among the righteous.

131. 2:131 ▶

     إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥٓ أَسْلِمْ ۖ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٣١﴾

     idh qāla lahū rabbuhū 'aslim qāla 'aslamtu lirabbi l-ʿālamīn

     When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I have submitted [in Islām] to the Lord of the worlds."

     The meaning of the word "Islām" is "submission to the will of Allāh." This is the way of life ordained by Allāh and taught by all of the prophets from Adam to Muḥammad (ﷺ). A Muslim is one who submits himself to Allāh.

132. 2:132 ▶

     وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَآ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَـٰبَنِىَّ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾

     wawaṣṣā bihā 'ibrāhīmu banīhi wayaʿqūbu yābaniyya 'inna llāha ṣṭafā lakumu d-dīna falā tamūtunna 'illā wa'antum muslimūn

     And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allāh has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."

133. 2:133 ▶

     أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَـٰهَكَ وَإِلَـٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ ﴿١٣٣﴾

     am kuntum shuhadā'a 'idh ḥaḍara yaʿqūba l-mawtu 'idh qāla libanīhi mā taʿbudūna mim baʿdī qālū naʿbudu 'ilāhaka wa'ilāha 'ābā'ika 'ibrāhīma wa'ismāʿīla wa'isḥāqa 'ilāhaw wāḥidaw wanaḥnu lahū muslimūn

     Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God. And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

     Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) alone.

134. 2:134 ▶

     تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٣٤﴾

     tilka 'ummatun qad khalat | lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum | walā tus'alūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūn

     That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.

135. 2:135 ▶

     وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿١٣٥﴾

     waqālū kūnū hūdan 'aw naṣārā tahtadū | qul bal millata 'ibrāhīma ḥanīfā | wamā kāna mina l-mushrikīn

     They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."

     Those who associate others with Allāh in worship.

136. 2:136 ▶

     قُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَمَآ أُوتِىَ ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ ﴿١٣٦﴾

     qūlū 'āmannā billāhi wamā 'unzila 'ilaynā wamā 'unzila 'ilā 'ibrāhīma wa'ismāʿīla wa'isḥāqa wayaʿqūba wal-asbāṭi wamā 'ūtiya mūsā waʿīsā wamā 'ūtiya n-nabiyyūna mir rabbihim lā nufarriqu bayna 'aḥadim minhum wanaḥnu lahū muslimūn

     Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allāh and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ] and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

     The twelve tribes of Israel descended from Jacob.

137. 2:137 ▶

     فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍ ۖ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿١٣٧﴾

     fa'in 'āmanū bimithli mā 'āmantum bihī faqadi htadaw | wa'in tawallaw fa'innamā hum fī shiqāq | fasayakfīkahumu llāh | wahuwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

     So if they believe in the same as you believe in, then they have been [rightly] guided; but if they turn away, they are only in dissension, and Allāh will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

138. 2:138 ▶

     صِبْغَةَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ عَـٰبِدُونَ ﴿١٣٨﴾

     ṣibghata llāh | waman 'aḥsanu mina llāhi ṣibghataw wanaḥnu lahū ʿābidūn

     [And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."

139. 2:139 ▶

     قُلْ أَتُحَآجُّونَنَا فِى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ وَلَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُخْلِصُونَ ﴿١٣٩﴾

     qul 'atuḥājjūnanā fi llāhi wahuwa rabbunā warabbukum walanā 'aʿmālunā walakum 'aʿmālukum wanaḥnu lahū mukhliṣūn

     Say, [O Muḥammad], "Do you argue with us about Allāh while He is our Lord and your Lord? For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. And we are sincere [in deed and intention] to Him."

140. 2:140 ▶

     أَمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗ قُلْ ءَأَنتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَتَمَ شَهَـٰدَةً عِندَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٤٠﴾

     am taqūlūna 'inna 'ibrāhīma wa'ismāʿīla wa'isḥāqa wayaʿqūba wal-asbāṭa kānū hūdan 'aw naṣārā | qul 'a'antum 'aʿlamu 'ami llāh | waman 'aẓlamu mimman katama shahādatan ʿindahū mina llāh | wama llāhu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn

     Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allāh?" And who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony he has from Allāh? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

     Statements in previous scriptures attesting to the nature of Allāh's religion (Islām) and the coming of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

141. 2:141 ▶

     تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٤١﴾

     tilka 'ummatun qad khalat | lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum | walā tus'alūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūn

     That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.

142. 2:142 ▶

     ۞ سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِى كَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿١٤٢﴾

     sayaqūlu s-sufahā'u mina n-nāsi mā wallāhum ʿan qiblatihimu llatī kānū ʿalayhā | qul lillāhi l-mashriqu wal-maghrib | yahdī may yashā'u 'ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

     The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allāh belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path."

     The direction faced in prayer.

     Prior to the command (in verse 144) that the Prophet (ﷺ) and his followers turn toward the Kaʿbah in Makkah for prayer, they had been facing Jerusalem to the north. The implications of this change are mentioned in succeeding verses.

143. 2:143 ▶

     وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلْقِبْلَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنتَ عَلَيْهَآ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٤٣﴾

     wakadhālika jaʿalnākum 'ummataw wasaṭal litakūnū shuhadā'a ʿala n-nāsi wayakūna r-rasūlu ʿalaykum shahīdā | wamā jaʿalna l-qiblata llatī kunta ʿalayhā 'illā linaʿlama may yattabiʿu r-rasūla mimmay yanqalibu ʿalā ʿaqibayh | wa'in kānat lakabīratan 'illā ʿala lladhīna hada llāh | wamā kāna llāhu liyuḍīʿa 'īmānakum | inna llāha bin-nāsi lara'ūfur raḥīm

     And thus We have made you a median [i.e., just] community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allāh has guided. And never would Allāh have caused you to lose your faith [i.e., your previous prayers]. Indeed Allāh is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.

     i.e., refuse.

144. 2:144 ▶

     قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٤٤﴾

     qad narā taqalluba wajhika fi s-samā' | falanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tarḍāhā | fawalli wajhaka shaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarām | waḥaythu mā kuntum fawallū wujūhakum shaṭrah | wa'inna lladhīna 'ūtu l-kitāba layaʿlamūna 'annahu l-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim | wama llāhu bighāfilin ʿammā yaʿmalūn

     We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.

     The Sacred Mosque in Makkah containing the Kaʿbah.

145. 2:145 ▶

     وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٤٥﴾

     wala'in 'atayta lladhīna 'ūtu l-kitāba bikulli 'āyatim mā tabiʿū qiblatak | wamā 'anta bitābiʿin qiblatahum | wamā baʿḍuhum bitābiʿin qiblata baʿḍ | wala'ini ttabaʿta 'ahwā'ahum mim baʿdi mā jā'aka mina l-ʿilmi 'innaka 'idhal lamina ẓ-ẓālimīn

     And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.

146. 2:146 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٤٦﴾

     alladhīna 'ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yaʿrifūnahū kamā yaʿrifūna 'abnā'ahum | wa'inna farīqam minhum layaktumūna l-ḥaqqa wahum yaʿlamūn

     Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].

147. 2:147 ▶

     ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ ﴿١٤٧﴾

     al-ḥaqqu mir rabbik | falā takūnanna mina l-mumtarīn

     The truth is from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.

148. 2:148 ▶

     وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿١٤٨﴾

     walikulliw wijhatun huwa muwallīhā | fastabiqu l-khayrāt | ayna mā takūnū ya'ti bikumu llāhu jamīʿā | inna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

     For each [religious following] is a [prayer] direction toward which it faces. So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be, Allāh will bring you forth [for judgement] all together. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

149. 2:149 ▶

     وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٤٩﴾

     wamin ḥaythu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarām | wa'innahū lalḥaqqu mir rabbik | wama llāhu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn

     So from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muḥammad], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

150. 2:150 ▶

     وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِى وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٥٠﴾

     wamin ḥaythu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarām | waḥaythu mā kuntum fawallū wujūhakum shaṭrahū li'allā yakūna lin-nāsi ʿalaykum ḥujjatun 'illa lladhīna ẓalamū minhum falā takhshawhum wakhshawnī wali'utimma niʿmatī ʿalaykum walaʿallakum tahtadūn

     And from wherever you go out [for prayer], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it in order that the people will not have any argument against you, except for those of them who commit wrong; so fear them not but fear Me. And [it is] so I may complete My favor upon you and that you may be guided,

151. 2:151 ▶

     كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولًا مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٥١﴾

     kamā 'arsalnā fīkum rasūlam minkum yatlū ʿalaykum 'āyātinā wayuzakkīkum wayuʿallimukumu l-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wayuʿallimukum mā lam takūnū taʿlamūn

     Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know.

     The wisdom taught by the Prophet (ﷺ) is his sunnah.

152. 2:152 ▶

     فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ ﴿١٥٢﴾

     fadhkurūnī 'adhkurkum washkurū lī walā takfurūn

     So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.

153. 2:153 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanu staʿīnū biṣ-ṣabri waṣ-ṣalāh | inna llāha maʿa ṣ-ṣābirīn

     O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allāh is with the patient.

154. 2:154 ▶

     وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١٥٤﴾

     walā taqūlū limay yuqtalu fī sabīli llāhi 'amwāt | bal 'aḥyā'uw walākil lā tashʿurūn

     And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allāh, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.

155. 2:155 ▶

     وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٥٥﴾

     walanabluwannakum bishay'im mina l-khawfi wal-jūʿi wanaqṣim mina l-amwāli wal-anfusi wath-thamarāt | wabashshiri ṣ-ṣābirīn

     And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,

156. 2:156 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿١٥٦﴾

     alladhīna 'idhā 'aṣābat-hum muṣībatun qālū 'innā lillāhi wa'innā 'ilayhi rājiʿūn

     Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."

157. 2:157 ▶

     أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَٰتٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٥٧﴾

     ulā'ika ʿalayhim ṣalawātum mir rabbihim waraḥmah | wa'ulā'ika humu l-muhtadūn

     Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.

158. 2:158 ▶

     ۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿١٥٨﴾

     inna ṣ-ṣafā wal-marwata min shaʿā'iri llāh | faman ḥajja l-bayta 'awi ʿtamara falā junāḥa ʿalayhi 'ay yaṭṭawwafa bihimā | waman taṭawwaʿa khayran fa'inna llāha shākirun ʿalīm

     Indeed, aṣ-Ṣafā and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allāh. So whoever makes ḥajj [pilgrimage] to the House or performs ʿumrah - there is no blame upon him for walking between them. And whoever volunteers good - then indeed, Allāh is Appreciative and Knowing.

     Places designated for the rites of ḥajj and ʿumrah.

     Some believers had previously feared that this might be a pagan practice, so Allāh confirms that saʿī is among the rites of His religion.

     i.e., He rewards generously.

159. 2:159 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَآ أَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلْهُدَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا بَيَّنَّـٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَلْعَنُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَلْعَنُهُمُ ٱللَّـٰعِنُونَ ﴿١٥٩﴾

     inna lladhīna yaktumūna mā 'anzalnā mina l-bayyināti wal-hudā mim baʿdi mā bayyannāhu lin-nāsi fi l-kitābi 'ulā'ika yalʿanuhumu llāhu wayalʿanuhumu llāʿinūn

     Indeed, those who conceal what We sent down of clear proofs and guidance after We made it clear for the people in the Scripture - those are cursed by Allāh and cursed by those who curse,

     From among the angels and the believers.

160. 2:160 ▶

     إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ وَبَيَّنُوا۟ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنَا ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٦٠﴾

     illa lladhīna tābū wa'aṣlaḥū wabayyanū fa'ulā'ika 'atūbu ʿalayhim | wa'ana t-tawwābu r-raḥīm

     Except for those who repent and correct themselves and make evident [what they concealed]. Those - I will accept their repentance, and I am the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

     Refer to footnote of 2:37.

161. 2:161 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿١٦١﴾

     inna lladhīna kafarū wamātū wahum kuffārun 'ulā'ika ʿalayhim laʿnatu llāhi wal-malā'ikati wan-nāsi 'ajmaʿīn

     Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - upon them will be the curse of Allāh and of the angels and the people, all together,

162. 2:162 ▶

     خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ﴿١٦٢﴾

     khālidīna fīhā | lā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu walā hum yunẓarūn

     Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

163. 2:163 ▶

     وَإِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٦٣﴾

     wa'ilāhukum 'ilāhuw wāḥid | lā 'ilāha 'illā huwa r-raḥmānu r-raḥīm

     And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

164. 2:164 ▶

     إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلَّتِى تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن مَّآءٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَتَصْرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَـٰحِ وَٱلسَّحَابِ ٱلْمُسَخَّرِ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٦٤﴾

     inna fī khalqi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfi llayli wan-nahāri wal-fulki llatī tajrī fi l-baḥri bimā yanfaʿu n-nāsa wamā 'anzala llāhu mina s-samā'i mim mā'in fa'aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wabaththa fīhā min kulli dābbatiw wataṣrīfi r-riyāḥi was-saḥābi l-musakhkhari bayna s-samā'i wal-arḍi la'āyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn

     Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allāh has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and earth are signs for a people who use reason.

165. 2:165 ▶

     وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِّلَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ يَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِذْ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ أَنَّ ٱلْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ﴿١٦٥﴾

     wamina n-nāsi may yattakhidhu min dūni llāhi 'andāday yuḥibbūnahum kaḥubbi llāh | walladhīna 'āmanū 'ashaddu ḥubbal lillāh | walaw yara lladhīna ẓalamū 'idh yarawna l-ʿadhāba 'anna l-quwwata lillāhi jamīʿaw wa'anna llāha shadīdu l-ʿadhāb

     And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allāh as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allāh. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allāh. And if only they who have wronged would consider [that] when they see the punishment, [they will be certain] that all power belongs to Allāh and that Allāh is severe in punishment.

166. 2:166 ▶

     إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتُّبِعُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَسْبَابُ ﴿١٦٦﴾

     idh tabarra'a lladhīna ttubiʿū mina lladhīna ttabaʿū wara'awu l-ʿadhāba wataqaṭṭaʿat bihimu l-asbāb

     [And they should consider that] when those who have been followed disassociate themselves from those who followed [them], and they [all] see the punishment, and cut off from them are the ties [of relationship],

167. 2:167 ▶

     وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُرِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَمَا هُم بِخَـٰرِجِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿١٦٧﴾

     waqāla lladhīna ttabaʿū law 'anna lanā karratan fanatabarra'a minhum kamā tabarra'ū minnā | kadhālika yurīhimu llāhu 'aʿmālahum ḥasarātin ʿalayhim | wamā hum bikhārijīna mina n-nār

     Those who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us." Thus will Allāh show them their deeds as regrets upon them. And they are never to emerge from the Fire.

168. 2:168 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَلَـٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٦٨﴾

     yā'ayyuha n-nāsu kulū mimmā fi l-arḍi ḥalālan ṭayyibaw walā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭān | innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn

     O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

169. 2:169 ▶

     إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٦٩﴾

     innamā ya'murukum bis-sū'i wal-faḥshā'i wa'an taqūlū ʿala llāhi mā lā taʿlamūn

     He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.

170. 2:170 ▶

     وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٧٠﴾

     wa'idhā qīla lahumu ttabiʿū mā 'anzala llāhu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā 'alfaynā ʿalayhi 'ābā'anā | awalaw kāna 'ābā'uhum lā yaʿqilūna shay'aw walā yahtadūn

     And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?

171. 2:171 ▶

     وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَآءً وَنِدَآءً ۚ صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٧١﴾

     wamathalu lladhīna kafarū kamathali lladhī yanʿiqu bimā lā yasmaʿu 'illā duʿā'aw wanidā'ā | ṣummum bukmun ʿumyun fahum lā yaʿqilūn

     The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.

172. 2:172 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِلَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿١٧٢﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum washkurū lillāhi 'in kuntum 'iyyāhu taʿbudūn

     O you who have believed, eat from the good [i.e., lawful] things which We have provided for you and be grateful to Allāh if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.

173. 2:173 ▶

     إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٧٣﴾

     innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wad-dama walaḥma l-khinzīri wamā 'uhilla bihī lighayri llāh | famani ḍṭurra ghayra bāghiw walā ʿādin falā 'ithma ʿalayh | inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

     He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

     Those not slaughtered or hunted expressly for food.

174. 2:174 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٧٤﴾

     inna lladhīna yaktumūna mā 'anzala llāhu mina l-kitābi wayashtarūna bihī thamanan qalīlan 'ulā'ika mā ya'kulūna fī buṭūnihim 'illa n-nāra walā yukallimuhumu llāhu yawma l-qiyāmati walā yuzakkīhim walahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

     Indeed, they who conceal what Allāh has sent down of the Book and exchange it for a small price - those consume not into their bellies except the Fire. And Allāh will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them. And they will have a painful punishment.

175. 2:175 ▶

     أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ ﴿١٧٥﴾

     ulā'ika lladhīna shtarawu ḍ-ḍalālata bil-hudā wal-ʿadhāba bil-maghfirah | famā 'aṣbarahum ʿala n-nār

     Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are for [i.e., in pursuit of] the Fire!

176. 2:176 ▶

     ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿١٧٦﴾

     dhālika bi'anna llāha nazzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqq | wa'inna lladhīna khtalafū fi l-kitābi lafī shiqāqim baʿīd

     That is [deserved by them] because Allāh has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.

177. 2:177 ▶

     ۞ لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ ۖ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٧﴾

     laysa l-birra 'an tuwallū wujūhakum qibala l-mashriqi wal-maghribi walākinna l-birra man 'āmana billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri wal-malā'ikati wal-kitābi wan-nabiyyīna wa'āta l-māla ʿalā ḥubbihī dhawi l-qurbā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīna wabna s-sabīli was-sā'ilīna wafi r-riqābi wa'aqāma ṣ-ṣalāta wa'āta z-zakāta wal-mūfūna biʿahdihim 'idhā ʿāhadū | waṣ-ṣābirīna fi l-ba'sā'i waḍ-ḍarrā'i waḥīna l-ba's | ulā'ika lladhīna ṣadaqū | wa'ulā'ika humu l-muttaqūn

     Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allāh, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakāh; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.

178. 2:178 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِصَاصُ فِى ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ ٱلْحُرُّ بِٱلْحُرِّ وَٱلْعَبْدُ بِٱلْعَبْدِ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِىَ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَىْءٌ فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَآءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٧٨﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qiṣāṣu fi l-qatlā | al-ḥurru bil-ḥurri wal-ʿabdu bil-ʿabdi wal-unthā bil-unthā | faman ʿufiya lahū min 'akhīhi shay'un fattibāʿum bil-maʿrūfi wa'adā'un 'ilayhi bi'iḥsān | dhālika takhfīfum mir rabbikum waraḥmah | famani ʿtadā baʿda dhālika falahū ʿadhābun 'alīm

     O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother [i.e., the killer] anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him [i.e., the deceased's heir or legal representative] with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.

     No one else should be executed in place of the killer.

     By accepting compensation payment rather than execution.

     After acceptance of compensation.

179. 2:179 ▶

     وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٧٩﴾

     walakum fi l-qiṣāṣi ḥayātuy yā'uli l-albābi laʿallakum tattaqūn

     And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.

     Or, "that you may avoid [sin]."

180. 2:180 ▶

     كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيْرًا ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿١٨٠﴾

     kutiba ʿalaykum 'idhā ḥaḍara 'aḥadakumu l-mawtu 'in taraka khayrani l-waṣiyyatu lil-wālidayni wal-aqrabīna bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿala l-muttaqīn

     Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.

     This ruling was abrogated by the revelation in Sūrah an-Nisā’ stipulating obligatory shares for parents and close relatives. Those who do not inherit by law may be remembered in a bequest. See 4:11-12.

181. 2:181 ▶

     فَمَنۢ بَدَّلَهُۥ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعَهُۥ فَإِنَّمَآ إِثْمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿١٨١﴾

     famam baddalahū baʿda mā samiʿahū fa'innamā 'ithmuhū ʿala lladhīna yubaddilūnah | inna llāha samīʿun ʿalīm

     Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest] after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

182. 2:182 ▶

     فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٨٢﴾

     faman khāfa mim mūṣin janafan 'aw 'ithman fa'aṣlaḥa baynahum falā 'ithma ʿalayh | inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

     But if one fears from the bequeather [some] error or sin and corrects that which is between them [i.e., the concerned parties], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

183. 2:183 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٨٣﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū kutiba ʿalaykumu ṣ-ṣiyāmu kamā kutiba ʿala lladhīna min qablikum laʿallakum tattaqūn

     O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -

184. 2:184 ▶

     أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ ۚ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُۥ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ ۖ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَن تَصُومُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٨٤﴾

     ayyāmam maʿdūdāt | faman kāna minkum marīḍan 'aw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatum min 'ayyāmin 'ukhar | waʿala lladhīna yuṭīqūnahū fidyatun ṭaʿāmu miskīn | faman taṭawwaʿa khayran fahuwa khayrul lah | wa'an taṣūmū khayrul lakum | in kuntum taʿlamūn

     [Fasting for] a limited number of days. So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of other days [are to be made up]. And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person [each day]. And whoever volunteers good [i.e., excess] - it is better for him. But to fast is best for you, if you only knew.

185. 2:185 ▶

     شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ فِيهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْفُرْقَانِ ۚ فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ ٱلشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ ۖ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ ۗ يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُمُ ٱلْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ ٱلْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟ ٱلْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿١٨٥﴾

     shahru ramaḍāna lladhī 'unzila fīhi l-qur'ānu hudal lin-nāsi wabayyinātim mina l-hudā wal-furqān | faman shahida minkumu sh-shahra falyaṣumh | waman kāna marīḍan 'aw ʿalā safarin faʿiddatum min 'ayyāmin 'ukhar | yurīdu llāhu bikumu l-yusra walā yurīdu bikumu l-ʿusra walitukmilu l-ʿiddata walitukabbiru llāha ʿalā mā hadākum walaʿallakum tashkurūn

     The month of Ramaḍān [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’ān, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the crescent of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allāh intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

     Also, "whoever is present during the month."

186. 2:186 ▶

     وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ ﴿١٨٦﴾

     wa'idhā sa'alaka ʿibādī ʿannī fa'innī qarīb | ujību daʿwata d-dāʿi 'idhā daʿān | falyastajībū lī walyu'minū bī laʿallahum yarshudūn

     And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.

187. 2:187 ▶

     أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَـٰكِفُونَ فِى ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٨٧﴾

     uḥilla lakum laylata ṣ-ṣiyāmi r-rafathu 'ilā nisā'ikum | hunna libāsul lakum wa'antum libāsul lahunn | ʿalima llāhu 'annakum kuntum takhtānūna 'anfusakum fatāba ʿalaykum waʿafā ʿankum | fal-āna bāshirūhunna wabtaghū mā kataba llāhu lakum | wakulū washrabū ḥattā yatabayyana lakumu l-khayṭu l-abyaḍu mina l-khayṭi l-aswadi mina l-fajr | thumma 'atimmu ṣ-ṣiyāma 'ila llayl | walā tubāshirūhunna wa'antum ʿākifūna fi l-masājid | tilka ḥudūdu llāhi falā taqrabūhā | kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu 'āyātihī lin-nāsi laʿallahum yattaqūn

     It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allāh has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night [i.e., sunset]. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allāh, so do not approach them. Thus does Allāh make clear His verses [i.e., ordinances] to the people that they may become righteous.

     Also a source of tranquility and rest.

     Prior to this revelation, marital relations were unlawful during nights preceding fasting. Some were unable to refrain and secretly disobeyed, but they did not deceive Allāh.

188. 2:188 ▶

     وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَى ٱلْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٨٨﴾

     walā ta'kulū 'amwālakum baynakum bil-bāṭili watudlū bihā 'ila l-ḥukkāmi lita'kulū farīqam min 'amwāli n-nāsi bil-ithmi wa'antum taʿlamūn

     And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful].

189. 2:189 ▶

     ۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِىَ مَوَٰقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا۟ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَٰبِهَا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ﴿١٨٩﴾

     yas'alūnaka ʿani l-ahillah | qul hiya mawāqītu lin-nāsi wal-ḥajj | walaysa l-birru bi'an ta'tu l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā walākinna l-birra mani ttaqā | wa'tu l-buyūta min 'abwābihā | wattaqu llāha laʿallakum tufliḥūn

     They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the crescent moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for ḥajj [pilgrimage]." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allāh. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allāh that you may succeed.

190. 2:190 ▶

     وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ ﴿١٩٠﴾

     waqātilū fī sabīli llāhi lladhīna yuqātilūnakum walā taʿtadū 'inna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-muʿtadīn

     Fight in the way of Allāh those who fight against you but do not transgress. Indeed, Allāh does not like transgressors.

191. 2:191 ▶

     وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَأَخْرِجُوهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ أَخْرَجُوكُمْ ۚ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ ۚ وَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ عِندَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ فِيهِ ۖ فَإِن قَـٰتَلُوكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿١٩١﴾

     waqtulūhum ḥaythu thaqiftumūhum wa'akhrijūhum min ḥaythu 'akhrajūkum | wal-fitnatu 'ashaddu mina l-qatl | walā tuqātilūhum ʿinda l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ḥattā yuqātilūkum fīh | fa'in qātalūkum faqtulūhum | kadhālika jazā'u l-kāfirīn

     And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

     Among the meanings of fitnah are disbelief and its imposition on others, discord, dissension, civil strife, persecution, oppression, injustice, seduction, terrorism, trial and torment.

192. 2:192 ▶

     فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٩٢﴾

     fa'ini ntahaw fa'inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

     And if they cease, then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

193. 2:193 ▶

     وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ لِلَّهِ ۖ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوْا۟ فَلَا عُدْوَٰنَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٩٣﴾

     waqātilūhum ḥattā lā takūna fitnatuw wayakūna d-dīnu lillāh | fa'ini ntahaw falā ʿudwāna 'illā ʿala ẓ-ẓālimīn

     Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] religion [i.e., worship] is [acknowledged to be] for Allāh. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression [i.e., assault] except against the oppressors.

194. 2:194 ▶

     ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلْحَرَامُ بِٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْحُرُمَـٰتُ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱعْتَدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿١٩٤﴾

     ash-shahru l-ḥarāmu bish-shahri l-ḥarāmi wal-ḥurumātu qiṣāṣ | famani ʿtadā ʿalaykum faʿtadū ʿalayhi bimithli ma ʿtadā ʿalaykum | wattaqu llāha waʿlamū 'anna llāha maʿa l-muttaqīn

     [Battle in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is with those who fear Him.

     The sacred months are Dhul-Qaʿdah, Dhul-Ḥijjah, Muḥarram and Rajab.

195. 2:195 ▶

     وَأَنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا۟ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى ٱلتَّهْلُكَةِ ۛ وَأَحْسِنُوٓا۟ ۛ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٩٥﴾

     wa'anfiqū fī sabīli llāhi walā tulqū bi'aydīkum 'ila t-tahlukah | wa'aḥsinū 'inna llāha yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīn

     And spend in the way of Allāh and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.

196. 2:196 ▶

     وَأَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلْحَجَّ وَٱلْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ ۚ فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ ٱلْهَدْىِ ۖ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا۟ رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ ٱلْهَدْىُ مَحِلَّهُۥ ۚ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِۦٓ أَذًى مِّن رَّأْسِهِۦ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِّن صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ ۚ فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمْ فَمَن تَمَتَّعَ بِٱلْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى ٱلْحَجِّ فَمَا ٱسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ ٱلْهَدْىِ ۚ فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَـٰثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ ۗ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن لَّمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُهُۥ حَاضِرِى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿١٩٦﴾

     wa'atimmu l-ḥajja wal-ʿumrata lillāh | fa'in 'uḥṣirtum fama staysara mina l-hady | walā taḥliqū ru'ūsakum ḥattā yablugha l-hadyu maḥillah | faman kāna minkum marīḍan 'aw bihī 'adham mir ra'sihī fafidyatum min ṣiyāmin 'aw ṣadaqatin 'aw nusuk | fa'idhā 'amintum faman tamattaʿa bil-ʿumrati 'ila l-ḥajji fama staysara mina l-hady | famal lam yajid faṣiyāmu thalāthati 'ayyāmin fi l-ḥajji wasabʿatin 'idhā rajaʿtum | tilka ʿasharatun kāmilah | dhālika limal lam yakun 'ahluhū ḥāḍiri l-masjidi l-ḥarām | wattaqu llāha waʿlamū 'anna llāha shadīdu l-ʿiqāb

     And complete the ḥajj and ʿumrah for Allāh. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice. And when you are secure, then whoever performs ʿumrah [during the ḥajj months] followed by ḥajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during ḥajj and of seven when you have returned [home]. Those are ten complete [days]. This is for those whose family is not in the area of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is severe in penalty.

     Feeding six needy persons.

     The slaughter of a sheep or goat.

     Under normal conditions, i.e., are not prevented.

     The months of Shawwāl, Dhul-Qaʿdah and Dhul-Ḥijjah.

197. 2:197 ▶

     ٱلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَـٰتٌ ۚ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَٱتَّقُونِ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿١٩٧﴾

     al-ḥajju 'ashhurum maʿlūmāt | faman faraḍa fīhinna l-ḥajja falā rafatha walā fusūqa walā jidāla fi l-ḥajj | wamā tafʿalū min khayriy yaʿlamhu llāh | watazawwadū fa'inna khayra z-zādi t-taqwā | wattaqūni yā'uli l-albāb

     Ḥajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made ḥajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of iḥrām], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during ḥajj. And whatever good you do - Allāh knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allāh. And fear Me, O you of understanding.

     See previous footnote.

198. 2:198 ▶

     لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَآ أَفَضْتُم مِّنْ عَرَفَـٰتٍ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عِندَ ٱلْمَشْعَرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَٱذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَإِن كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿١٩٨﴾

     laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun 'an tabtaghū faḍlam mir rabbikum | fa'idhā 'afaḍtum min ʿarafātin fadhkuru llāha ʿinda l-mashʿari l-ḥarāmi wadhkurūhu kamā hadākum wa'in kuntum min qablihī lamina ḍ-ḍāllīn

     There is no blame upon you for seeking bounty from your Lord [during ḥajj]. But when you depart from ʿArafāt, remember Allāh at al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām. And remember Him, as He has guided you, for indeed, you were before that among those astray.

     i.e., profit from trade or business.

     Which is in Muzdalifah.

199. 2:199 ▶

     ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٩٩﴾

     thumma 'afīḍū min ḥaythu 'afāḍa n-nāsu wastaghfiru llāh | inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

     Then depart from the place from where [all] the people depart and ask forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

200. 2:200 ▶

     فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَـٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا ۗ فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَـٰقٍ ﴿٢٠٠﴾

     fa'idhā qaḍaytum manāsikakum fadhkuru llāha kadhikrikum 'ābā'akum 'aw 'ashadda dhikrā | famina n-nāsi may yaqūlu rabbanā 'ātinā fi d-dunyā wamā lahū fi l-ākhirati min khalāq

     And when you have completed your rites, remember Allāh like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.

201. 2:201 ▶

     وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٢٠١﴾

     waminhum may yaqūlu rabbanā 'ātinā fi d-dunyā ḥasanataw wafi l-ākhirati ḥasanataw waqinā ʿadhāba n-nār

     But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."

202. 2:202 ▶

     أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿٢٠٢﴾

     ulā'ika lahum naṣībum mimmā kasabū | wallāhu sarīʿu l-ḥisāb

     Those will have a share of what they have earned, and Allāh is swift in account.

203. 2:203 ▶

     ۞ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ ۚ فَمَن تَعَجَّلَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَن تَأَخَّرَ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ لِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ﴿٢٠٣﴾

     wadhkuru llāha fī 'ayyāmim maʿdūdāt | faman taʿajjala fī yawmayni falā 'ithma ʿalayhi waman ta'akhkhara falā 'ithma ʿalayh | limani ttaqā | wattaqu llāha waʿlamū 'annakum 'ilayhi tuḥsharūn

     And remember Allāh during [specific] numbered days. Then whoever hastens [his departure] in two days - there is no sin upon him; and whoever delays [until the third] - there is no sin upon him - for him who fears Allāh. And fear Allāh and know that unto Him you will be gathered.

204. 2:204 ▶

     وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُۥ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِى قَلْبِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ ٱلْخِصَامِ ﴿٢٠٤﴾

     wamina n-nāsi may yuʿjibuka qawluhū fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wayushhidu llāha ʿalā mā fī qalbihī wahuwa 'aladdu l-khiṣām

     And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allāh to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.

205. 2:205 ▶

     وَإِذَا تَوَلَّىٰ سَعَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُفْسِدَ فِيهَا وَيُهْلِكَ ٱلْحَرْثَ وَٱلنَّسْلَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿٢٠٥﴾

     wa'idhā tawallā saʿā fi l-arḍi liyufsida fīhā wayuhlika l-ḥartha wan-nasl | wallāhu lā yuḥibbu l-fasād

     And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allāh does not like corruption.

206. 2:206 ▶

     وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلْعِزَّةُ بِٱلْإِثْمِ ۚ فَحَسْبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ ﴿٢٠٦﴾

     wa'idhā qīla lahu ttaqi llāha 'akhadhat-hu l-ʿizzatu bil-ithm | faḥasbuhū jahannam | walabi'sa l-mihād

     And when it is said to him, "Fear Allāh," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.

207. 2:207 ▶

     وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْرِى نَفْسَهُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ ﴿٢٠٧﴾

     wamina n-nāsi may yashrī nafsahu btighā'a marḍāti llāh | wallāhu ra'ūfum bil-ʿibād

     And of the people is he who sells himself, seeking means to the approval of Allāh. And Allāh is Kind to [His] servants.

208. 2:208 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِى ٱلسِّلْمِ كَآفَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٢٠٨﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanu dkhulū fi s-silmi kāffataw walā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti sh-shayṭān | innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn

     O you who have believed, enter into Islām completely [and perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

209. 2:209 ▶

     فَإِن زَلَلْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْكُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٢٠٩﴾

     fa'in zalaltum mim baʿdi mā jā'atkumu l-bayyinātu faʿlamū 'anna llāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm

     But if you slip [i.e., deviate] after clear proofs have come to you, then know that Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

210. 2:210 ▶

     هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ظُلَلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْغَمَامِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ ﴿٢١٠﴾

     hal yanẓurūna 'illā 'ay ya'tiyahumu llāhu fī ẓulalim mina l-ghamāmi wal-malā'ikatu waquḍiya l-amr | wa'ila llāhi turjaʿu l-umūr

     Do they await but that Allāh should come to them in covers of clouds and the angels [as well] and the matter is [then] decided? And to Allāh [all] matters are returned.

211. 2:211 ▶

     سَلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ كَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۭ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَمَن يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿٢١١﴾

     sal banī 'isrā'īla kam 'ātaynāhum min 'āyatim bayyinah | wamay yubaddil niʿmata llāhi mim baʿdi mā jā'at-hu fa'inna llāha shadīdu l-ʿiqāb

     Ask the Children of Israel how many a sign of evidence We have given them. And whoever exchanges the favor of Allāh [for disbelief] after it has come to him - then indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.

212. 2:212 ▶

     زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۘ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴿٢١٢﴾

     zuyyina lilladhīna kafaru l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wayaskharūna mina lladhīna 'āmanū | walladhīna ttaqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmah | wallāhu yarzuqu may yashā'u bighayri ḥisāb

     Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allāh are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh gives provision to whom He wills without account.

213. 2:213 ▶

     كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ فَهَدَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٢١٣﴾

     kāna n-nāsu 'ummataw wāḥidatan fabaʿatha llāhu n-nabiyyīna mubashshirīna wamundhirīna wa'anzala maʿahumu l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi liyaḥkuma bayna n-nāsi fīma khtalafū fīh | wama khtalafa fīhi 'illa lladhīna 'ūtūhu mim baʿdi mā jā'at-humu l-bayyinātu baghyam baynahum | fahada llāhu lladhīna 'āmanū lima khtalafū fīhi mina l-ḥaqqi bi'idhnih | wallāhu yahdī may yashā'u 'ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

     Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allāh sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. And none differed over it [i.e., the Scripture] except those who were given it - after the clear proofs came to them - out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allāh guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allāh guides whom He wills to a straight path.

214. 2:214 ▶

     أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ ﴿٢١٤﴾

     am ḥasibtum 'an tadkhulu l-jannata walammā ya'tikum mathalu lladhīna khalaw min qablikum massat-humu l-ba'sā'u waḍ-ḍarrā'u wazulzilū ḥattā yaqūla r-rasūlu walladhīna 'āmanū maʿahū matā naṣru llāh | alā 'inna naṣra llāhi qarīb

     Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near.

215. 2:215 ▶

     يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ ۖ قُلْ مَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢١٥﴾

     yas'alūnaka mādhā yunfiqūn | qul mā 'anfaqtum min khayrin falil-wālidayni wal-aqrabīna wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni wabni s-sabīl | wamā tafʿalū min khayrin fa'inna llāha bihī ʿalīm

     They ask you, [O Muḥammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it."

216. 2:216 ▶

     كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢١٦﴾

     kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qitālu wahuwa kurhul lakum | waʿasā 'an takrahū shay'aw wahuwa khayrul lakum | waʿasā 'an tuḥibbū shay'aw wahuwa sharrul lakum | wallāhu yaʿlamu wa'antum lā taʿlamūn

     Battle has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allāh knows, while you know not.

217. 2:217 ▶

     يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ فِيهِ ۖ قُلْ قِتَالٌ فِيهِ كَبِيرٌ ۖ وَصَدٌّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَكُفْرٌۢ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَإِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِۦ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ ۗ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَن دِينِكُمْ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يَرْتَدِدْ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٢١٧﴾

     yas'alūnaka ʿani sh-shahri l-ḥarāmi qitālin fīh | qul qitālun fīhi kabīr | waṣaddun ʿan sabīli llāhi wakufrum bihī wal-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wa'ikhrāju 'ahlihī minhu 'akbaru ʿinda llāh | wal-fitnatu 'akbaru mina l-qatl | walā yazālūna yuqātilūnakum ḥattā yaruddūkum ʿan dīnikum 'ini staṭāʿū | wamay yartadid minkum ʿan dīnihī fayamut wahuwa kāfirun fa'ulā'ika ḥabiṭat 'aʿmāluhum fi d-dunyā wal-ākhirah | wa'ulā'ika 'aṣḥābu n-nār | hum fīhā khālidūn

     They ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

     See footnote to 2:194.

     See footnote to 2:191.

218. 2:218 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٢١٨﴾

     inna lladhīna 'āmanū walladhīna hājarū wajāhadū fī sabīli llāhi 'ulā'ika yarjūna raḥmata llāh | wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm

     Indeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allāh - those expect the mercy of Allāh. And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

219. 2:219 ▶

     ۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَآ إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَـٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَآ أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢١٩﴾

     yas'alūnaka ʿani l-khamri wal-maysir | qul fīhimā 'ithmun kabīruw wamanāfiʿu lin-nāsi wa'ithmuhumā 'akbaru min nafʿihimā | wayas'alūnaka mādhā yunfiqūna quli l-ʿafw | kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-āyāti laʿallakum tatafakkarūn

     They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond needs]." Thus Allāh makes clear to you the verses [of revelation] that you might give thought

     The word "khamr" (wine) includes all intoxicants. The final prohibition is given in 5:90-91.

220. 2:220 ▶

     فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ ۖ قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌ لَّهُمْ خَيْرٌ ۖ وَإِن تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٢٢٠﴾

     fi d-dunyā wal-ākhirah | wayas'alūnaka ʿani l-yatāmā | qul 'iṣlāḥul lahum khayr | wa'in tukhāliṭūhum fa'ikhwānukum | wallāhu yaʿlamu l-mufsida mina l-muṣliḥ | walaw shā'a llāhu la'aʿnatakum | inna llāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm

     To this world and the Hereafter. And they ask you about orphans. Say, "Improvement for them is best. And if you mix your affairs with theirs - they are your brothers. And Allāh knows the corrupter from the amender. And if Allāh had willed, He could have put you in difficulty. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."

221. 2:221 ▶

     وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكَـٰتِ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنَّ ۚ وَلَأَمَةٌ مُّؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تُنكِحُوا۟ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ وَلَعَبْدٌ مُّؤْمِنٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن مُّشْرِكٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكُمْ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۖ وَيُبَيِّنُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢٢١﴾

     walā tankiḥu l-mushrikāti ḥattā yu'minn | wala'amatum mu'minatun khayrum mim mushrikatiw walaw 'aʿjabatkum | walā tunkiḥu l-mushrikīna ḥattā yu'minū | walaʿabdum mu'minun khayrum mim mushrikiw walaw 'aʿjabakum | ulā'ika yadʿūna 'ila n-nār | wallāhu yadʿū 'ila l-jannati wal-maghfirati bi'idhnih | wayubayyinu 'āyātihī lin-nāsi laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

     And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe. And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. And do not marry polytheistic men [to your women] until they believe. And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. Those invite [you] to the Fire, but Allāh invites to Paradise and to forgiveness, by His permission. And He makes clear His verses [i.e., ordinances] to the people that perhaps they may remember.

     i.e., worship and obey Allāh alone.

222. 2:222 ▶

     وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْمَحِيضِ ۖ قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَٱعْتَزِلُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فِى ٱلْمَحِيضِ ۖ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَطْهُرْنَ ۖ فَإِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلتَّوَّٰبِينَ وَيُحِبُّ ٱلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ ﴿٢٢٢﴾

     wayas'alūnaka ʿani l-maḥīḍ | qul huwa 'adhan faʿtazilu n-nisā'a fi l-maḥīḍi walā taqrabūhunna ḥattā yaṭhurn | fa'idhā taṭahharna fa'tūhunna min ḥaythu 'amarakumu llāh | inna llāha yuḥibbu t-tawwābīna wayuḥibbu l-mutaṭahhirīn

     And they ask you about menstruation. Say, "It is harm, so keep away from wives during menstruation. And do not approach them until they are pure. And when they have purified themselves, then come to them from where Allāh has ordained for you. Indeed, Allāh loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves."

     i.e., refrain from sexual intercourse.

     By taking a complete bath (ghusl).

223. 2:223 ▶

     نِسَآؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَّكُمْ فَأْتُوا۟ حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّىٰ شِئْتُمْ ۖ وَقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّكُم مُّلَـٰقُوهُ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٢٣﴾

     nisā'ukum ḥarthul lakum fa'tū ḥarthakum 'annā shi'tum | waqaddimū li'anfusikum | wattaqu llāha waʿlamū 'annakum mulāqūh | wabashshiri l-mu'minīn

     Your wives are a place of cultivation [i.e., sowing of seed] for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth [righteousness] for yourselves. And fear Allāh and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.

224. 2:224 ▶

     وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِّأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَتُصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٢٤﴾

     walā tajʿalu llāha ʿurḍatal li'aymānikum 'an tabarrū watattaqū watuṣliḥū bayna n-nās | wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm

     And do not make [your oath by] Allāh an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allāh and making peace among people. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

225. 2:225 ▶

     لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَـٰنِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٢٥﴾

     lā yu'ākhidhukumu llāhu billaghwi fī 'aymānikum walākiy yu'ākhidhukum bimā kasabat qulūbukum | wallāhu ghafūrun ḥalīm

     Allāh does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.

     Overlooking many violations, postponing penalty and granting opportunities for repentance and rectification despite having the power to punish immediately.

226. 2:226 ▶

     لِّلَّذِينَ يُؤْلُونَ مِن نِّسَآئِهِمْ تَرَبُّصُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ ۖ فَإِن فَآءُو فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٢٢٦﴾

     lilladhīna yu'lūna min nisā'ihim tarabbuṣu 'arbaʿati 'ashhur | fa'in fā'ū fa'inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

     For those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives is a waiting time of four months, but if they return [to normal relations] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

     Without divorcing them. By such an oath the woman is deprived of her right in marriage but is not free to marry another. She may not be kept in such a condition beyond the four-month limit.

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     وَإِنْ عَزَمُوا۟ ٱلطَّلَـٰقَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٢٧﴾

     wa'in ʿazamu ṭ-ṭalāqa fa'inna llāha samīʿun ʿalīm

     And if they decide on divorce - then indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

228. 2:228 ▶

     وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَـٰثَةَ قُرُوٓءٍ ۚ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۚ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوٓا۟ إِصْلَـٰحًا ۚ وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٢٢٨﴾

     wal-muṭallaqātu yatarabbaṣna bi'anfusihinna thalāthata qurū'iw walā yaḥillu lahunna 'ay yaktumna mā khalaqa llāhu fī 'arḥāmihinna 'in kunna yu'minna billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhir | wabuʿūlatuhunna 'aḥaqqu biraddihinna fī dhālika 'in 'arādū 'iṣlāḥā | walahunna mithlu lladhī ʿalayhinna bil-maʿrūf | walir-rijāli ʿalayhinna darajah | wallāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīm

     Divorced women remain in waiting [i.e., do not remarry] for three periods, and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allāh has created in their wombs if they believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And their husbands have more right to take them back in this [period] if they want reconciliation. And due to them [i.e., the wives] is similar to what is expected of them, according to what is reasonable. But the men [i.e., husbands] have a degree over them [in responsibility and authority]. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

     Either menstrual periods or periods of purity between menstruation. See also 65:1-7.

     The husband may return her to himself during the ʿiddah period of a first and second divorce without a new marriage contract.

     The wife has specific rights upon her husband, just as the husband has rights upon her.

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     ٱلطَّلَـٰقُ مَرَّتَانِ ۖ فَإِمْسَاكٌۢ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ تَسْرِيحٌۢ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِمَّآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّآ أَن يَخَافَآ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا فِيمَا ٱفْتَدَتْ بِهِۦ ۗ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَعْتَدُوهَا ۚ وَمَن يَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٢٢٩﴾

     aṭ-ṭalāqu marratāni fa'imsākum bimaʿrūfin 'aw tasrīḥum bi'iḥsān | walā yaḥillu lakum 'an ta'khudhū mimmā 'ātaytumūhunna shay'an 'illā 'ay yakhāfā 'allā yuqīmā ḥudūda llāh | fa'in khiftum 'allā yuqīmā ḥudūda llāhi falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā fīma ftadat bih | tilka ḥudūdu llāhi falā taʿtadūhā | wamay yataʿadda ḥudūda llāhi fa'ulā'ika humu ẓ-ẓālimūn

     Divorce is twice. Then [after that], either keep [her] in an acceptable manner or release [her] with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep [within] the limits of Allāh. But if you fear that they will not keep [within] the limits of Allāh, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allāh, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allāh - it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

     i.e., deal fairly with each other.

230. 2:230 ▶

     فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُۥ ۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَآ أَن يَتَرَاجَعَآ إِن ظَنَّآ أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٣٠﴾

     fa'in ṭallaqahā falā taḥillu lahū mim baʿdu ḥattā tankiḥa zawjan ghayrah | fa'in ṭallaqahā falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā 'ay yatarājaʿā 'in ẓannā 'ay yuqīmā ḥudūda llāh | watilka ḥudūdu llāhi yubayyinuhā liqawmiy yaʿlamūn

     And if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if he [i.e., the latter husband] divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon them [i.e., the woman and her former husband] for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allāh. These are the limits of Allāh, which He makes clear to a people who know [i.e.,understand].

     With the intention of permanence, not merely in order to return to the previous husband.

231. 2:231 ▶

     وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۚ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارًا لِّتَعْتَدُوا۟ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٣١﴾

     wa'idhā ṭallaqtumu n-nisā'a fabalaghna 'ajalahunna fa'amsikūhunna bimaʿrūfin 'aw sarriḥūhunna bimaʿrūf | walā tumsikūhunna ḍirāral litaʿtadū | wamay yafʿal dhālika faqad ẓalama nafsah | walā tattakhidhū 'āyāti llāhi huzuwā | wadhkurū niʿmata llāhi ʿalaykum wamā 'anzala ʿalaykum mina l-kitābi wal-ḥikmati yaʿiẓukum bih | wattaqu llāha waʿlamū 'anna llāha bikulli shay'in ʿalīm

     And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allāh in jest. And remember the favor of Allāh upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the Prophet's sunnah] by which He instructs you. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is Knowing of all things.

232. 2:232 ▶

     وَإِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَبَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ أَن يَنكِحْنَ أَزْوَٰجَهُنَّ إِذَا تَرَٰضَوْا۟ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ يُوعَظُ بِهِۦ مَن كَانَ مِنكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۗ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَزْكَىٰ لَكُمْ وَأَطْهَرُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٣٢﴾

     wa'idhā ṭallaqtumu n-nisā'a fabalaghna 'ajalahunna falā taʿḍulūhunna 'ay yankiḥna 'azwājahunna 'idhā tarāḍaw baynahum bil-maʿrūf | dhālika yūʿaẓu bihī man kāna minkum yu'minu billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhir | dhālikum 'azkā lakum wa'aṭhar | wallāhu yaʿlamu wa'antum lā taʿlamūn

     And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands if they [i.e., all parties] agree among themselves on an acceptable basis. That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allāh and the Last Day. That is better for you and purer, and Allāh knows and you know not.

     For the first or second time.

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     ۞ وَٱلْوَٰلِدَٰتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ ۖ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُتِمَّ ٱلرَّضَاعَةَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْمَوْلُودِ لَهُۥ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ لَا تُكَلَّفُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَا تُضَآرَّ وَٰلِدَةٌۢ بِوَلَدِهَا وَلَا مَوْلُودٌ لَّهُۥ بِوَلَدِهِۦ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْوَارِثِ مِثْلُ ذَٰلِكَ ۗ فَإِنْ أَرَادَا فِصَالًا عَن تَرَاضٍ مِّنْهُمَا وَتَشَاوُرٍ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا ۗ وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن تَسْتَرْضِعُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا سَلَّمْتُم مَّآ ءَاتَيْتُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ﴿٢٣٣﴾

     wal-wālidātu yurḍiʿna 'awlādahunna ḥawlayni kāmilayn | liman 'arāda 'ay yutimma r-raḍāʿah | waʿala l-mawlūdi lahū rizquhunna wakiswatuhunna bil-maʿrūf | lā tukallafu nafsun 'illā wusʿahā | lā tuḍārra wālidatum biwaladihā walā mawlūdul lahū biwaladih | waʿala l-wārithi mithlu dhālik | fa'in 'arādā fiṣālan ʿan tarāḍim minhumā watashāwurin falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā | wa'in 'arattum 'an tastarḍiʿū 'awlādakum falā junāḥa ʿalaykum 'idhā sallamtum mā 'ātaytum bil-maʿrūf | wattaqu llāha waʿlamū 'anna llāha bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr

     Mothers may nurse [i.e., breastfeed] their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]. Upon the father is their [i.e., the mothers'] provision and their clothing according to what is acceptable. No person is charged with more than his capacity. No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child. And upon the [father's] heir is [a duty] like that [of the father]. And if they both desire weaning through mutual consent from both of them and consultation, there is no blame upon either of them. And if you wish to have your children nursed by a substitute, there is no blame upon you as long as you give payment according to what is acceptable. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

234. 2:234 ▶

     وَٱلَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَٰجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ۖ فَإِذَا بَلَغْنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا فَعَلْنَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ﴿٢٣٤﴾

     walladhīna yutawaffawna minkum wayadharūna 'azwājay yatarabbaṣna bi'anfusihinna 'arbaʿata 'ashhuriw waʿashrā | fa'idhā balaghna 'ajalahunna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum fīmā faʿalna fī 'anfusihinna bil-maʿrūf | wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīr

     And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do.

     They may remarry if they wish.

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     وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُم بِهِۦ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ أَوْ أَكْنَنتُمْ فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِرًّا إِلَّآ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا ۚ وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا۟ عُقْدَةَ ٱلنِّكَاحِ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ أَجَلَهُۥ ۚ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ فَٱحْذَرُوهُ ۚ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٣٥﴾

     walā junāḥa ʿalaykum fīmā ʿarraḍtum bihī min khiṭbati n-nisā'i 'aw 'aknantum fī 'anfusikum | ʿalima llāhu 'annakum satadhkurūnahunna walākil lā tuwāʿidūhunna sirran 'illā 'an taqūlū qawlam maʿrūfā | walā taʿzimū ʿuqdata n-nikāḥi ḥattā yablugha l-kitābu 'ajalah | waʿlamū 'anna llāha yaʿlamu mā fī 'anfusikum faḥdharūh | waʿlamū 'anna llāha ghafūrun ḥalīm

     There is no blame upon you for that to which you [indirectly] allude concerning a proposal to women or for what you conceal within yourselves. Allāh knows that you will have them in mind. But do not promise them secretly except for saying a proper saying. And do not determine to undertake a marriage contract until the decreed period reaches its end. And know that Allāh knows what is within yourselves, so beware of Him. And know that Allāh is Forgiving and Forbearing.

     The ʿiddah (bereavement period) after the death of a husband.

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     لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٢٣٦﴾

     lā junāḥa ʿalaykum 'in ṭallaqtumu n-nisā'a mā lam tamassūhunna 'aw tafriḍū lahunna farīḍah | wamattiʿūhunna ʿala l-mūsiʿi qadaruhū waʿala l-muqtiri qadaruhū matāʿam bil-maʿrūf | ḥaqqan ʿala l-muḥsinīn

     There is no blame upon you if you divorce women you have not touched nor specified for them an obligation. But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good.

     The marriage has not been consummated.

     Required bridal gift (mahr).

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     وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَا۟ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقْدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚ وَأَن تَعْفُوٓا۟ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَنسَوُا۟ ٱلْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ﴿٢٣٧﴾

     wa'in ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli 'an tamassūhunna waqad faraḍtum lahunna farīḍatan faniṣfu mā faraḍtum 'illā 'ay yaʿfūna 'aw yaʿfuwa lladhī biyadihī ʿuqdatu n-nikāḥ | wa'an taʿfū 'aqrabu lit-taqwā | walā tansawu l-faḍla baynakum | inna llāha bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr

     And if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allāh, of whatever you do, is Seeing.

238. 2:238 ▶

     حَـٰفِظُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱلْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ قَـٰنِتِينَ ﴿٢٣٨﴾

     ḥāfiẓū ʿala ṣ-ṣalawāti waṣ-ṣalāti l-wusṭā waqūmū lillāhi qānitīn

     Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle [i.e., ʿaṣr] prayer and stand before Allāh, devoutly obedient.

239. 2:239 ▶

     فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا ۖ فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٣٩﴾

     fa'in khiftum farijālan 'aw rukbānā | fa'idhā 'amintum fadhkuru llāha kamā ʿallamakum mā lam takūnū taʿlamūn

     And if you fear [an enemy, then pray] on foot or riding. But when you are secure, then remember Allāh [in prayer], as He has taught you that which you did not [previously] know.

240. 2:240 ▶

     وَٱلَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَٰجًا وَصِيَّةً لِّأَزْوَٰجِهِم مَّتَـٰعًا إِلَى ٱلْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ ۚ فَإِنْ خَرَجْنَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى مَا فَعَلْنَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِنَّ مِن مَّعْرُوفٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٢٤٠﴾

     walladhīna yutawaffawna minkum wayadharūna 'azwājaw waṣiyyatal li'azwājihim matāʿan 'ila l-ḥawli ghayra 'ikhrāj | fa'in kharajna falā junāḥa ʿalaykum fī mā faʿalna fī 'anfusihinna mim maʿrūf | wallāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīm

     And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

     This directive was abrogated by those later revealed in 2:234 and 4:12.

241. 2:241 ▶

     وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتِ مَتَـٰعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٢٤١﴾

     walil-muṭallaqāti matāʿum bil-maʿrūf | ḥaqqan ʿala l-muttaqīn

     And for divorced women is a provision according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.

242. 2:242 ▶

     كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢٤٢﴾

     kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakum 'āyātihī laʿallakum taʿqilūn

     Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses [i.e., laws] that you might use reason.

243. 2:243 ▶

     ۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مُوتُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَحْيَـٰهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٢٤٣﴾

     alam tara 'ila lladhīna kharajū min diyārihim wahum 'ulūfun ḥadhara l-mawti faqāla lahumu llāhu mūtū thumma 'aḥyāhum | inna llāha ladhū faḍlin ʿala n-nāsi walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yashkurūn

     Have you not considered those who left their homes in many thousands, fearing death? Allāh said to them, "Die"; then He restored them to life. And Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the people, but most of the people do not show gratitude.

244. 2:244 ▶

     وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٤٤﴾

     waqātilū fī sabīli llāhi waʿlamū 'anna llāha samīʿun ʿalīm

     And fight in the cause of Allāh and know that Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

245. 2:245 ▶

     مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْصُۜطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٢٤٥﴾

     man dha lladhī yuqriḍu llāha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahū lahū 'aḍʿāfan kathīrah | wallāhu yaqbiḍu wayabsuṭu wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

     Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allāh who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.

246. 2:246 ▶

     أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِنَبِىٍّ لَّهُمُ ٱبْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَـٰتِلْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نُقَـٰتِلَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَـٰرِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْا۟ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٤٦﴾

     alam tara 'ila l-mala'i mim banī 'isrā'īla mim baʿdi mūsā 'idh qālū linabiyyil lahumu bʿath lanā malikan nuqātil fī sabīli llāh | qāla hal ʿasaytum 'in kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qitālu 'allā tuqātilū | qālū wamā lanā 'allā nuqātila fī sabīli llāhi waqad 'ukhrijnā min diyārinā wa'abnā'inā | falammā kutiba ʿalayhimu l-qitālu tawallaw 'illā qalīlam minhum | wallāhu ʿalīmum biẓ-ẓālimīn

     Have you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allāh"? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if battle was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allāh when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when battle was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

247. 2:247 ▶

     وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِٱلْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلْمَالِ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُۥ بَسْطَةً فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ وَٱلْجِسْمِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤْتِى مُلْكَهُۥ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٤٧﴾

     waqāla lahum nabiyyuhum 'inna llāha qad baʿatha lakum ṭālūta malikā | qālū 'annā yakūnu lahu l-mulku ʿalaynā wanaḥnu 'aḥaqqu bil-mulki minhu walam yu'ta saʿatam mina l-māl | qāla 'inna llāha ṣṭafāhu ʿalaykum wazādahū basṭatan fi l-ʿilmi wal-jism | wallāhu yu'tī mulkahū may yashā' | wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm

     And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, Allāh has sent to you Saul as a king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us while we are more worthy of kingship than him and he has not been given any measure of wealth?" He said, "Indeed, Allāh has chosen him over you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allāh gives His sovereignty to whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing [in favor] and Knowing."

248. 2:248 ▶

     وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ءَايَةَ مُلْكِهِۦٓ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلتَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ ءَالُ مُوسَىٰ وَءَالُ هَـٰرُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٤٨﴾

     waqāla lahum nabiyyuhum 'inna 'āyata mulkihī 'ay ya'tiyakumu t-tābūtu fīhi sakīnatum mir rabbikum wabaqiyyatum mimmā taraka 'ālu mūsā wa'ālu hārūna taḥmiluhu l-malā'ikah | inna fī dhālika la'āyatal lakum 'in kuntum mu'minīn

     And their prophet said to them, "Indeed, a sign of his kingship is that the chest will come to you in which is assurance from your Lord and a remnant of what the family of Moses and the family of Aaron had left, carried by the angels. Indeed in that is a sign for you, if you are believers."

     Signs giving reassurance.

249. 2:249 ▶

     فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِٱلْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّىٓ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةًۢ بِيَدِهِۦ ۚ فَشَرِبُوا۟ مِنْهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنْهُمْ ۚ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُۥ هُوَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ قَالُوا۟ لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ ٱللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةًۢ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿٢٤٩﴾

     falammā faṣala ṭālūtu bil-junūdi qāla 'inna llāha mubtalīkum binaharin faman shariba minhu falaysa minnī wamal lam yaṭʿamhu fa'innahū minnī 'illā mani ghtarafa ghurfatam biyadih | fasharibū minhu 'illā qalīlam minhum | falammā jāwazahū huwa walladhīna 'āmanū maʿahū qālū lā ṭāqata lana l-yawma bijālūta wajunūdih | qāla lladhīna yaẓunnūna 'annahum mulāqu llāhi kam min fi'atin qalīlatin ghalabat fi'atan kathīratam bi'idhni llāh | wallāhu maʿa ṣ-ṣābirīn

     And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allāh will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand." But they drank from it, except a [very] few of them. Then when he had crossed it along with those who believed with him, they said, "There is no power for us today against Goliath and his soldiers." But those who were certain that they would meet Allāh said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allāh. And Allāh is with the patient."

250. 2:250 ▶

     وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا۟ لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٢٥٠﴾

     walammā barazū lijālūta wajunūdihī qālū rabbanā 'afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabraw wathabbit 'aqdāmanā wanṣurnā ʿala l-qawmi l-kāfirīn

     And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."

251. 2:251 ▶

     فَهَزَمُوهُم بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَتَلَ دَاوُۥدُ جَالُوتَ وَءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَعَلَّمَهُۥ مِمَّا يَشَآءُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّفَسَدَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٥١﴾

     fahazamūhum bi'idhni llāhi waqatala dāwūdu jālūta wa'ātāhu llāhu l-mulka wal-ḥikmata waʿallamahū mimmā yashā' | walawlā dafʿu llāhi n-nāsa baʿḍahum bibaʿḍil lafasadati l-arḍu walākinna llāha dhū faḍlin ʿala l-ʿālamīn

     So they defeated them by permission of Allāh, and David killed Goliath, and Allāh gave him the kingship and wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and taught him from that which He willed. And if it were not for Allāh checking [some] people by means of others, the earth would have been corrupted, but Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the worlds.

252. 2:252 ▶

     تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٢٥٢﴾

     tilka 'āyātu llāhi natlūhā ʿalayka bil-ḥaqq | wa'innaka lamina l-mursalīn

     These are the verses of Allāh which We recite to you, [O Muḥammad], in truth. And indeed, you are from among the messengers.

253. 2:253 ▶

     ۞ تِلْكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۘ مِّنْهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَـٰتٍ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَـٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ وَلَـٰكِنِ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ ءَامَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ ﴿٢٥٣﴾

     tilka r-rusulu faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍ | minhum man kallama llāhu warafaʿa baʿḍahum darajāt | wa'ātaynā ʿīsa bna maryama l-bayyināti wa'ayyadnāhu birūḥi l-qudus | walaw shā'a llāhu ma qtatala lladhīna mim baʿdihim mim baʿdi mā jā'at-humu l-bayyinātu walākini khtalafū faminhum man 'āmana waminhum man kafar | walaw shā'a llāhu ma qtatalū walākinna llāha yafʿalu mā yurīd

     Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allāh spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel]. If Allāh had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allāh does what He intends.

254. 2:254 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ ۗ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٢٥٤﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū 'anfiqū mimmā razaqnākum min qabli 'ay ya'tiya yawmul lā bayʿun fīhi walā khullatuw walā shafāʿah | wal-kāfirūna humu ẓ-ẓālimūn

     O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange [i.e., ransom] and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers.

255. 2:255 ▶

     ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ﴿٢٥٥﴾

     allāhu lā 'ilāha 'illā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūm | lā ta'khudhuhū sinatuw walā nawm | lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍ | man dha lladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahū 'illā bi'idhnih | yaʿlamu mā bayna 'aydīhim wamā khalfahum | walā yuḥīṭūna bishay'im min ʿilmihī 'illā bimā shā' | wasiʿa kursiyyuhu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | walā ya'ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā | wahuwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīm

     Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

     Whose life is perfect, complete and eternal, without beginning or end, and through whom all created life originated and continues.

     Dependent on none for His existence while being the sustainer and administrator of all created existence.

     Allāh's knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.

     Chair or footstool. It is not to be confused with al-ʿArsh (the Throne), which is infinitely higher and greater than al-Kursī.

     Above all of His creations and superior to them in essence, rank and position.

     Whose greatness is unlimited, beyond description or imagination.

256. 2:256 ▶

     لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٥٦﴾

     lā 'ikrāha fi d-dīn | qat tabayyana r-rushdu mina l-ghayy | famay yakfur biṭ-ṭāghūti wayu'mim billāhi faqadi stamsaka bil-ʿurwati l-wuthqā la nfiṣāma lahā | wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm

     There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in ṭāghūt and believes in Allāh has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

     False objects of worship, such as idols, heavenly bodies, spirits, human beings, etc.

257. 2:257 ▶

     ٱللَّهُ وَلِىُّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٢٥٧﴾

     allāhu waliyyu lladhīna 'āmanū yukhrijuhum mina ẓ-ẓulumāti 'ila n-nūr | walladhīna kafarū 'awliyā'uhumu ṭ-ṭāghūtu yukhrijūnahum mina n-nūri 'ila ẓ-ẓulumāt | ulā'ika 'aṣḥābu n-nār | hum fīhā khālidūn

     Allāh is the Ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are ṭāghūt. They take them out of the light into darknesses. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.

     Including the meanings of patron, supporter, benefactor, guardian, protector, defender and caretaker.

     The light of truth is one, while the darknesses of disbelief, doubt and error are many.

258. 2:258 ▶

     أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِى حَآجَّ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ فِى رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنْ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّىَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحْىِۦ وَأُمِيتُ ۖ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْتِى بِٱلشَّمْسِ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٥٨﴾

     alam tara 'ila lladhī ḥājja 'ibrāhīma fī rabbihī 'an 'ātāhu llāhu l-mulka 'idh qāla 'ibrāhīmu rabbiya lladhī yuḥyī wayumītu qāla 'ana 'uḥyī wa'umīt | qāla 'ibrāhīmu fa'inna llāha ya'tī bish-shamsi mina l-mashriqi fa'ti bihā mina l-maghribi fabuhita lladhī kafar | wallāhu lā yahdi l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīn

     Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allāh had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allāh brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

259. 2:259 ▶

     أَوْ كَٱلَّذِى مَرَّ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا قَالَ أَنَّىٰ يُحْىِۦ هَـٰذِهِ ٱللَّهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۖ فَأَمَاتَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِا۟ئَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ ۖ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۖ قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِا۟ئَةَ عَامٍ فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰ حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ ۖ وَٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا ۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥ قَالَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٢٥٩﴾

     aw kalladhī marra ʿalā qaryatiw wahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā qāla 'annā yuḥyī hādhihi llāhu baʿda mawtihā | fa'amātahu llāhu mi'ata ʿāmin thumma baʿathah | qāla kam labitht | qāla labithtu yawman 'aw baʿḍa yawm | qāla bal labithta mi'ata ʿāmin fanẓur 'ilā ṭaʿāmika washarābika lam yatasannah | wanẓur 'ilā ḥimārika walinajʿalaka 'āyatal lin-nās | wanẓur 'ila l-ʿiẓāmi kayfa nunshizuhā thumma naksūhā laḥmā | falammā tabayyana lahū qāla 'aʿlamu 'anna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

     Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allāh bring this to life after its death?" So Allāh caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" He [the man] said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allāh is over all things competent."

260. 2:260 ▶

     وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِى كَيْفَ تُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن ۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِى ۖ قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ٱدْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا ۚ وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٢٦٠﴾

     wa'idh qāla 'ibrāhīmu rabbi 'arinī kayfa tuḥyi l-mawtā | qāla 'awalam tu'min | qāla balā walākil liyaṭma'inna qalbī | qāla fakhudh 'arbaʿatam mina ṭ-ṭayri faṣurhunna 'ilayka thumma jʿal ʿalā kulli jabalim minhunna juz'an thumma dʿuhunna ya'tīnaka saʿyā | waʿlam 'anna llāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm

     And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allāh] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allāh] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."

     i.e., train them to come to you on command.

261. 2:261 ▶

     مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٦١﴾

     mathalu lladhīna yunfiqūna 'amwālahum fī sabīli llāhi kamathali ḥabbatin 'ambatat sabʿa sanābila fī kulli sumbulatim mi'atu ḥabbah | wallāhu yuḍāʿifu limay yashā' | wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm

     The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allāh multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

262. 2:262 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ لَا يُتْبِعُونَ مَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ مَنًّا وَلَآ أَذًى ۙ لَّهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٢٦٢﴾

     alladhīna yunfiqūna 'amwālahum fī sabīli llāhi thumma lā yutbiʿūna mā 'anfaqū mannaw walā 'adhal lahum 'ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim walā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn

     Those who spend their wealth in the way of Allāh and then do not follow up what they have spent with reminders [of it] or [other] injury will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

263. 2:263 ▶

     ۞ قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَآ أَذًى ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٦٣﴾

     qawlum maʿrūfuw wamaghfiratun khayrum min ṣadaqatiy yatbaʿuhā 'adhā | wallāhu ghaniyyun ḥalīm

     Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing.

264. 2:264 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُبْطِلُوا۟ صَدَقَـٰتِكُم بِٱلْمَنِّ وَٱلْأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِى يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُۥ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلْدًا ۖ لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٢٦٤﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū lā tubṭilū ṣadaqātikum bil-manni wal-adhā kalladhī yunfiqu mālahū ri'ā'a n-nāsi walā yu'minu billāhi wal-yawmi l-ākhir | famathaluhū kamathali ṣafwānin ʿalayhi turābun fa'aṣābahū wābilun fatarakahū ṣaldā | lā yaqdirūna ʿalā shay'im mimmā kasabū | wallāhu lā yahdi l-qawma l-kāfirīn

     O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

265. 2:265 ▶

     وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۭ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَـَٔاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ﴿٢٦٥﴾

     wamathalu lladhīna yunfiqūna 'amwālahumu btighā'a marḍāti llāhi watathbītam min 'anfusihim kamathali jannatim birabwatin 'aṣābahā wābilun fa'ātat 'ukulahā ḍiʿfayni fa'il lam yuṣibhā wābilun faṭall | wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr

     And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allāh and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

266. 2:266 ▶

     أَيَوَدُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَأَصَابَهُ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَلَهُۥ ذُرِّيَّةٌ ضُعَفَآءُ فَأَصَابَهَآ إِعْصَارٌ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَٱحْتَرَقَتْ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢٦٦﴾

     ayawaddu 'aḥadukum 'an takūna lahū jannatum min nakhīliw wa'aʿnābin tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhāru lahū fīhā min kulli th-thamarāti wa'aṣābahu l-kibaru walahū dhurriyyatun ḍuʿafā'u fa'aṣābahā 'iʿṣārun fīhi nārun faḥtaraqat | kadhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakumu l-āyāti laʿallakum tatafakkarūn

     Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit? But he is afflicted with old age and has weak [i.e., immature] offspring, and it is hit by a whirlwind containing fire and is burned. Thus does Allāh make clear to you [His] verses that you might give thought.

267. 2:267 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّآ أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِـَٔاخِذِيهِ إِلَّآ أَن تُغْمِضُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ ﴿٢٦٧﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū 'anfiqū min ṭayyibāti mā kasabtum wamimmā 'akhrajnā lakum mina l-arḍ | walā tayammamu l-khabītha minhu tunfiqūna walastum bi'ākhidhīhi 'illā 'an tughmiḍū fīh | waʿlamū 'anna llāha ghaniyyun ḥamīd

     O you who have believed, spend from the good things which you have earned and from that which We have produced for you from the earth. And do not aim toward the defective therefrom, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourself] except with closed eyes. And know that Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

268. 2:268 ▶

     ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱلْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلًا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٦٨﴾

     ash-shayṭānu yaʿidukumu l-faqra waya'murukum bil-faḥshā' | wallāhu yaʿidukum maghfiratam minhu wafaḍlā | wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm

     Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allāh promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

269. 2:269 ▶

     يُؤْتِى ٱلْحِكْمَةَ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُؤْتَ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِىَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّآ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿٢٦٩﴾

     yu'ti l-ḥikmata may yashā' | wamay yu'ta l-ḥikmata faqad 'ūtiya khayran kathīrā | wamā yadhdhakkaru 'illā 'ulu l-albāb

     He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.

     The knowledge and understanding of the religion and of the Qur’ān.

270. 2:270 ▶

     وَمَآ أَنفَقْتُم مِّن نَّفَقَةٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُم مِّن نَّذْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُهُۥ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ ﴿٢٧٠﴾

     wamā 'anfaqtum min nafaqatin 'aw nadhartum min nadhrin fa'inna llāha yaʿlamuh | wamā liẓ-ẓālimīna min 'anṣār

     And whatever you spend of expenditures or make of vows - indeed, Allāh knows of it. And for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.

271. 2:271 ▶

     إِن تُبْدُوا۟ ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِىَ ۖ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا ٱلْفُقَرَآءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۚ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنكُم مِّن سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ ﴿٢٧١﴾

     in tubdu ṣ-ṣadaqāti faniʿimmā hiy | wa'in tukhfūhā watu'tūha l-fuqarā'a fahuwa khayrul lakum | wayukaffiru ʿankum min sayyi'ātikum | wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīr

     If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your misdeeds [thereby]. And Allāh, of what you do, is [fully] Aware.

272. 2:272 ▶

     ۞ لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ هُدَىٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ وَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٧٢﴾

     laysa ʿalayka hudāhum walākinna llāha yahdī may yashā' | wamā tunfiqū min khayrin fali'anfusikum | wamā tunfiqūna 'illa btighā'a wajhi llāh | wamā tunfiqū min khayriy yuwaffa 'ilaykum wa'antum lā tuẓlamūn

     Not upon you, [O Muḥammad], is [responsibility for] their guidance, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And whatever good you [believers] spend is for yourselves, and you do not spend except seeking the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. And whatever you spend of good - it will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.

     i.e., wealth, property, resources, time, effort, etc.

273. 2:273 ▶

     لِلْفُقَرَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ ٱلْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَآءَ مِنَ ٱلتَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ إِلْحَافًا ۗ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٧٣﴾

     lil-fuqarā'i lladhīna 'uḥṣirū fī sabīli llāhi lā yastaṭīʿūna ḍarban fi l-arḍi yaḥsabuhumu l-jāhilu 'aghniyā'a mina t-taʿaffufi taʿrifuhum bisīmāhum lā yas'alūna n-nāsa 'ilḥāfā | wamā tunfiqū min khayrin fa'inna llāha bihī ʿalīm

     [Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allāh, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.

274. 2:274 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٢٧٤﴾

     alladhīna yunfiqūna 'amwālahum billayli wan-nahāri sirraw waʿalāniyatan falahum 'ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim walā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn

     Those who spend their wealth [in Allāh's way] by night and by day, secretly and publicly - they will have their reward with their Lord. And no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.

275. 2:275 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ ٱلَّذِى يَتَخَبَّطُهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ ۗ وَأَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ ۚ فَمَن جَآءَهُۥ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَٱنتَهَىٰ فَلَهُۥ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٢٧٥﴾

     alladhīna ya'kulūna r-ribā lā yaqūmūna 'illā kamā yaqūmu lladhī yatakhabbaṭuhu sh-shayṭānu mina l-mass | dhālika bi'annahum qālū 'innama l-bayʿu mithlu r-ribā | wa'aḥalla llāhu l-bayʿa waḥarrama r-ribā | faman jā'ahū mawʿiẓatum mir rabbihī fantahā falahū mā salafa wa'amruhū 'ila llāh | waman ʿāda fa'ulā'ika 'aṣḥābu n-nāri hum fīhā khālidūn

     Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allāh has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allāh. But whoever returns [to dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.

     Included is that given on commercial as well as consumer loans.

276. 2:276 ▶

     يَمْحَقُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَيُرْبِى ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿٢٧٦﴾

     yamḥaqu llāhu r-ribā wayurbi ṣ-ṣadaqāt | wallāhu lā yuḥibbu kulla kaffārin 'athīm

     Allāh destroys interest and gives increase for charities. And Allāh does not like every sinning disbeliever.

277. 2:277 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٢٧٧﴾

     inna lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa'aqāmu ṣ-ṣalāta wa'ātawu z-zakāta lahum 'ajruhum ʿinda rabbihim walā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūn

     Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds and establish prayer and give zakāh will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

278. 2:278 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَذَرُوا۟ مَا بَقِىَ مِنَ ٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٢٧٨﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanu ttaqu llāha wadharū mā baqiya mina r-ribā 'in kuntum mu'minīn

     O you who have believed, fear Allāh and give up what remains [due to you] of interest, if you should be believers.

279. 2:279 ▶

     فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَأْذَنُوا۟ بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٧٩﴾

     fa'il lam tafʿalū fa'dhanū biḥarbim mina llāhi warasūlih | wa'in tubtum falakum ru'ūsu 'amwālikum lā taẓlimūna walā tuẓlamūn

     And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.

280. 2:280 ▶

     وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ ۚ وَأَن تَصَدَّقُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٨٠﴾

     wa'in kāna dhū ʿusratin fanaẓiratun 'ilā maysarah | wa'an taṣaddaqū khayrul lakum 'in kuntum taʿlamūn

     And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease. But if you give [from your right as] charity, then it is better for you, if you only knew.

281. 2:281 ▶

     وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٨١﴾

     wattaqū yawman turjaʿūna fīhi 'ila llāh | thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsim mā kasabat wahum lā yuẓlamūn

     And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allāh. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].

282. 2:282 ▶

     يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا تَدَايَنتُم بِدَيْنٍ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى فَٱكْتُبُوهُ ۚ وَلْيَكْتُب بَّيْنَكُمْ كَاتِبٌۢ بِٱلْعَدْلِ ۚ وَلَا يَأْبَ كَاتِبٌ أَن يَكْتُبَ كَمَا عَلَّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ فَلْيَكْتُبْ وَلْيُمْلِلِ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلْيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ وَلَا يَبْخَسْ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ فَإِن كَانَ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِ ٱلْحَقُّ سَفِيهًا أَوْ ضَعِيفًا أَوْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَن يُمِلَّ هُوَ فَلْيُمْلِلْ وَلِيُّهُۥ بِٱلْعَدْلِ ۚ وَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ شَهِيدَيْنِ مِن رِّجَالِكُمْ ۖ فَإِن لَّمْ يَكُونَا رَجُلَيْنِ فَرَجُلٌ وَٱمْرَأَتَانِ مِمَّن تَرْضَوْنَ مِنَ ٱلشُّهَدَآءِ أَن تَضِلَّ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا فَتُذَكِّرَ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ ۚ وَلَا يَأْبَ ٱلشُّهَدَآءُ إِذَا مَا دُعُوا۟ ۚ وَلَا تَسْـَٔمُوٓا۟ أَن تَكْتُبُوهُ صَغِيرًا أَوْ كَبِيرًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقْوَمُ لِلشَّهَـٰدَةِ وَأَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَرْتَابُوٓا۟ ۖ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَـٰرَةً حَاضِرَةً تُدِيرُونَهَا بَيْنَكُمْ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَلَّا تَكْتُبُوهَا ۗ وَأَشْهِدُوٓا۟ إِذَا تَبَايَعْتُمْ ۚ وَلَا يُضَآرَّ كَاتِبٌ وَلَا شَهِيدٌ ۚ وَإِن تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَإِنَّهُۥ فُسُوقٌۢ بِكُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٨٢﴾

     yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanū 'idhā tadāyantum bidaynin 'ilā 'ajalim musamman faktubūh | walyaktub baynakum kātibum bil-ʿadl | walā ya'ba kātibun 'ay yaktuba kamā ʿallamahu llāh | falyaktub walyumlili lladhī ʿalayhi l-ḥaqqu walyattaqi llāha rabbahū walā yabkhas minhu shay'ā | fa'in kāna lladhī ʿalayhi l-ḥaqqu safīhan 'aw ḍaʿīfan 'aw lā yastaṭīʿu 'ay yumilla huwa falyumlil waliyyuhū bil-ʿadl | wastashhidū shahīdayni mir rijālikum | fa'il lam yakūnā rajulayni farajuluw wamra'atāni mimman tarḍawna mina sh-shuhadā'i 'an taḍilla 'iḥdāhumā fatudhakkira 'iḥdāhuma l-ukhrā | walā ya'ba sh-shuhadā'u 'idhā mā duʿū | walā tas'amū 'an taktubūhu ṣaghīran 'aw kabīran 'ilā 'ajalih | dhālikum 'aqsaṭu ʿinda llāhi wa'aqwamu lish-shahādati wa'adnā 'allā tartābū | illā 'an takūna tijāratan ḥāḍiratan tudīrūnahā baynakum falaysa ʿalaykum junāḥun 'allā taktubūhā | wa'ashhidū 'idhā tabāyaʿtum | walā yuḍārra kātibuw walā shahīd | wa'in tafʿalū fa'innahū fusūqum bikum | wattaqu llāh | wayuʿallimukumu llāh | wallāhu bikulli shay'in ʿalīm

     O you who have believed, when you contract a debt for a specified term, write it down. And let a scribe write [it] between you in justice. Let no scribe refuse to write as Allāh has taught him. So let him write and let the one who has the obligation [i.e., the debtor] dictate. And let him fear Allāh, his Lord, and not leave anything out of it. But if the one who has the obligation is of limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses - so that if one of them [i.e., the women] errs, then the other can remind her. And let not the witnesses refuse when they are called upon. And do not be [too] weary to write it, whether it is small or large, for its [specified] term. That is more just in the sight of Allāh and stronger as evidence and more likely to prevent doubt between you, except when it is an immediate transaction which you conduct among yourselves. For [then] there is no blame upon you if you do not write it. And take witnesses when you conclude a contract. Let no scribe be harmed or any witness. For if you do so, indeed, it is [grave] disobedience in you. And fear Allāh. And Allāh teaches you. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

283. 2:283 ▶

     ۞ وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ كَاتِبًا فَرِهَـٰنٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ ۖ فَإِنْ أَمِنَ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا فَلْيُؤَدِّ ٱلَّذِى ٱؤْتُمِنَ أَمَـٰنَتَهُۥ وَلْيَتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُۥ ۗ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَ ۚ وَمَن يَكْتُمْهَا فَإِنَّهُۥٓ ءَاثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ ﴿٢٨٣﴾

     wa'in kuntum ʿalā safariw walam tajidū kātiban farihānum maqbūḍah | fa'in 'amina baʿḍukum baʿḍan falyu'addi lladhi 'tumina 'amānatahū walyattaqi llāha rabbah | walā taktumu sh-shahādah | wamay yaktumhā fa'innahū 'āthimun qalbuh | wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīm

     And if you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a security deposit [should be] taken. And if one of you entrusts another, then let him who is entrusted discharge his trust [faithfully] and let him fear Allāh, his Lord. And do not conceal testimony, for whoever conceals it - his heart is indeed sinful, and Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

284. 2:284 ▶

     لِّلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَإِن تُبْدُوا۟ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٢٨٤﴾

     lillāhi mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍ | wa'in tubdū mā fī 'anfusikum 'aw tukhfūhu yuḥāsibkum bihi llāh | fayaghfiru limay yashā'u wayuʿadhdhibu may yashā' | wallāhu ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

     To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you show what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allāh will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

285. 2:285 ▶

     ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ ﴿٢٨٥﴾

     āmana r-rasūlu bimā 'unzila 'ilayhi mir rabbihī wal-mu'minūn | kullun 'āmana billāhi wamalā'ikatihī wakutubihī warusulihī lā nufarriqu bayna 'aḥadim mir rusulih | waqālū samiʿnā wa'aṭaʿnā | ghufrānaka rabbanā wa'ilayka l-maṣīr

     The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

286. 2:286 ▶

     لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٢٨٦﴾

     lā yukallifu llāhu nafsan 'illā wusʿahā | lahā mā kasabat waʿalayhā ma ktasabat | rabbanā lā tu'ākhidhnā 'in nasīnā 'aw 'akhṭa'nā | rabbanā walā taḥmil ʿalaynā 'iṣran kamā ḥamaltahū ʿala lladhīna min qablinā | rabbanā walā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih | waʿfu ʿannā waghfir lanā warḥamnā | anta mawlānā fanṣurnā ʿala l-qawmi l-kāfirīn

     Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."

     Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) concludes this sūrah by directing His servants how to supplicate Him, just as He taught them in Sūrah al-Fātiḥah how to praise Him and ask for guidance.