Sura 1: Al-Fatiha (The Opening)
1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. 2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, 3 The Beneficent, the Merciful. 4 Master of the Day of Judgment, 5 Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.6 Show us the straight path, 7 The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.
Sura 2: The Cow
177 It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East
and the West; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day
and the angels and the Scripture and the prophets; and giveth wealth, for
love of Him, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer
and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper worship
and payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their treaty when they make
one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such
are they who are sincere. Such are the God-fearing.
Sura 3: The Family of Imran
064 Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between
us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe
no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside
Allah. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are they who
have surrendered (unto Him).
Sura 3.113ff
… Of the People of the Scripture there is a staunch community who recite
the revelations of Allah in the night season, falling prostrate (before
Him). 114 They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin right
conduct and forbid indecency, and vie one with another in good works. These
are of the righteous. 115 And whatever good they do, they will not
be denied the meed thereof. Allah is Aware of those who ward off (evil).
Sura 4: An-Nisa (Women)
153 : The people of the Scripture ask of thee that thou shouldst cause
an (actual) Book to descend upon them from heaven. They asked a greater
thing of Moses aforetime, for they said: Show us Allah plainly. The storm
of lightning seized them for their wickedness. Then (even) after that)
they chose the calf (for worship) after clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty)
had come unto them. And We forgave them that! And We bestowed on Moses
evident authority.
154 And We caused the Mount to tower above them at (the taking
of) their covenant: and We bade them: Enter the gate, prostrate! and We
bode them: Transgress not the Sabbath! and We took from them a firm covenant.
155 Then because of their breaking of their covenant, and their disbelieving
in the revelations of Allah, and their slaying of the prophets wrongfully,
and their saying: Our hearts are hardened - Nay, but Allah set a seal upon
them for their disbelief, so that they believe not save a few - 156
And because of their disbelief and of their speaking against Mary a tremendous
calumny; 157 And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus
son of Mary, Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but
it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are
in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture;
they slew him not for certain. 158 But Allah took him up unto Himself.
Allah was ever Mighty, Wise. 159 There is not one of the People of
the Scripture but will believe in him before his death, and on the Day
of Resurrection he will be a witness against them -
Sura 5: The Table Spread
5 This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. The food of those
who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful
for them. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous
women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when
ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not
in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. Whoso denieth the
faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.
Sura 5.110ff
When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee
and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that
thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught
thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou
didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission,
and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst
heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou
didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children
of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs,
and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere
magic; 111 And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe
in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we
have surrendered (unto Thee) "we are muslims". 112 When the
disciples said: O Jesus, son of Mary! Is thy Lord able to send down for
us a table spread with food from heaven ? He said: Observe your duty to
Allah, if ye are true believers. 113 (They said:) We wish to
eat thereof, that we may satisfy our hearts and know that thou hast spoken
truth to us, and that thereof we may be witnesses. 114 Jesus, son
of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us! Send down for us a table spread with
food from heaven, that it may be a feast for us, for the first of us and
for the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give us sustenance, for Thou
art the Best of Sustainers. 115 Allah said: Lo! I send it down for
you. And whoso disbelieveth of you afterward, him surely will I punish
with a punishment wherewith I have not punished any of (My) creatures.
116 And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind:
Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah ? he saith: Be glorified!
It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say
it, then Thou knewest it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not
what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower of Things Hidden
? 117 I spake unto them only that which Thou commandedst me, (saying):
Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness of them while I dwelt
among them, and when Thou tookest me Thou wast the Watcher over them. Thou
art Witness over all things.
Sura 7. The Heights
1 Alif. Lam. Mim. Sad. 2 (It is) a Scripture that is revealed
unto thee (Muhammad) - so let there be no heaviness in thy heart therefrom
- that thou mayst warn thereby, and (it is) a Reminder unto believers.
3 (Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and
follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect!
4 How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they
slept at noon, Our terror came unto them. 5 No plea had they, when
Our terror came unto them, save that they said: Lo! We were wrong-doers.
6 Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been
sent, and verily We shall question the messengers. 7 Then verily
We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for We were not
absent (when it came to pass). 8 The weighing on that day is the
true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful.
9 And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their
souls because they used to wrong Our revelations. 10 And We have
given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you therein livelihoods.
Little give ye thanks! 11 And We created you, then fashioned you,
then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate,
all save Iblis, who was not of those who make prostration. 12 He
said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade
thee ? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while
him Thou didst create of mud. 13 He said: Then go down hence! It
is not for thee to show pride here, so go forth! Lo! thou art of those
degraded. 14 He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised
(from the dead). 15 He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved.
16 He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk
in ambush for them on Thy Right Path. 17 Then I shall come upon them
from before them and from behind them and from their right hands and from
their left hands, and Thou wilt not find most of them beholden (unto Thee).
18 He said: Go forth from hence, degraded, banished. As for such of them
as follow thee, surely I will fill hell with all of you. 19 And (unto
man): O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat from whence
ye will, but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.
20 Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which
was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you
from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.
21 And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you.
22 Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree
their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on
themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them,
(saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is
an open enemy to you ? 23 They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves.
If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost!
24 He said: Go down (from hence), one of you a foe unto the other. There
will be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a while.
25 He said: There shall ye live, and there shall ye die, and thence shall
ye be brought forth. 26 O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto
you raiment to conceal your shame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment
of restraint from evil, that is best. This is of the revelations of Allah,
that they may remember. 27 O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce
you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore
off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame
to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not.
Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not.
28 And when they do some lewdness they say: We found our fathers doing
it and Allah hath enjoined it on us. Say: Allah, verily, enjoineth not
lewdness. Tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not ? 29 Say:
My Lord enjoineth justice. And set your faces upright (toward Him) at every
place of worship and call upon Him, making religion pure for Him (only).
As He brought you into being, so return ye (unto Him). 30 A party
hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another) party, for
lo! they choose the devils for protecting supporters instead of Allah and
deem that they are rightly guided. 31 O Children of Adam! Look to
your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not
prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals. 32 Say: Who hath forbidden
the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and
the good things of His providing ? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection,
will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus
do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge. 33 Say:
My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such
as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with
Allah that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell concerning
Allah that which ye know not. 34 And every nation hath its term,
and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance
(it). 35 O Children of Adam! When messengers of your own come unto
you who narrate unto you My revelations, then whosoever refraineth from
evil and amendeth - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they
grieve. 36 But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them - each
are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein. 37 Who
doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth
Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny)
reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say:
Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah ? They say: They have
departed from us. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.
38 He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind
who passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth its
sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another
thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These
led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith: For each
one there is double (torment), but ye know not. 39 And the first
of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so
taste the doom for what ye used to earn. 40 Lo! they who deny Our
revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of heaven will nor be opened
not will they enter the Garden until the camel goeth through the needle's
eye. Thus do We requite the guilty. 41 Theirs will be a bed of hell,
and over them coverings (of hell). Thus do We requite wrong-doers.
42 But (as for) those who believe and do good works - We tax not any soul
beyond its scope - Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They abide therein.
43 And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow beneath
them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We
could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily
the messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is cried unto them:
This is the Garden. Ye inherit it for what ye used to do. 44 And
the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found
that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found
that which your Lord promised the Truth ? They say: Yea, verily. And a
crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers …
Sura 19: Mary
1 Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad. [Note: these are Arabic letters left untranslated
in the English. Different interpreters will see different meanings
conveyed in these letters. A.T.] 2 A mention of the mercy of thy
Lord unto His servant Zachariah. 3 When he cried unto his Lord a
cry in secret, 4 Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble
and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in
prayer to Thee, my Lord. 5 Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since
my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor 6 Who
shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make
him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee). 7 (It was said unto him): O
Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have
given the same name to none before (him). 8 He said: My Lord! How
can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age
? 9 He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me,
even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught. 10 He said:
My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with
no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights. 11 Then
he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified to them:
Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night. 12 (And it was
said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom
when a child, 13 And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and
he was devout, 14 And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not
arrogant, rebellious. 15 Peace on him the day he was born, and the
day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive! 16 And make mention
of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber
looking East, 17 And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent
unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man.
18 She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou
art God-fearing. 19 He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that
I may bestow on thee a faultless son. 20 She said: How can I have
a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste ?
21 He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it
will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from
Us, and it is a thing ordained. 22 And she conceived him, and she
withdrew with him to a far place. 23 And the pangs of childbirth
drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had
died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten! 24 Then
(one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath
placed a rivulet beneath thee, 25 And shake the trunk of the palm-tree
toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee. 26 So
eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo!
I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to
any mortal. 27 Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him.
They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing. 28 O sister
of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
29 Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in
the cradle, a young boy ? 30 He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah.
He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet, 31
And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me
prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive, 32 And (hath made
me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.
33 Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall
be raised alive! 34 Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement
of the truth concerning which they doubt. 35 It befitteth not (the
Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him!
When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is. 36
And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the right
path. 37 The sects among them differ: but woe unto the disbelievers
from the meeting of an awful Day. 38 See and hear them on the Day
they come unto Us! yet the evil-doers are to-day in error manifest.
39 And warn them of the Day of anguish when the case hath been decided.
Now they are in a state of carelessness, and they believe not. 40
Lo! We, only We, inherit the earth and all who are thereon, and unto Us
they are returned. 41 And make mention (O Muhammad) in the Scripture
of Abraham. Lo! he was a saint, a prophet. 42 When he said unto his
father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth,
nor can in aught avail thee ? 43 O my father! Lo! there hath come
unto me of knowledge that which came not unto thee. So follow me, and I
will lead thee on a right path. 44 O my father! Serve not the devil.
Lo! the devil is a rebel unto the Beneficent. 45 O my father! Lo!
I fear lest a punishment from the Beneficent overtake thee so that thou
become a comrade of the devil. 46 He said: Rejectest thou my gods,
O Abraham ? If thou cease not, I shall surely stone thee. Depart from me
a long while! 47 He said: Peace be unto thee! I shall ask forgiveness
of my Lord for thee. Lo! He was ever gracious unto me. 48 I shall
withdraw from you and that unto which ye pray beside Allah, and I shall
pray unto my Lord. It may be that, in prayer unto my Lord, I shall not
be unblest. 49 So, when he had withdrawn from them and that which
they were worshipping beside Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. Each of
them We made a prophet. 50 And we gave them of Our mercy, and assigned
to them a high and true renown. 51 And make mention in the Scripture
of Moses. Lo! he was chosen, and he was a messenger (of Allah), a prophet.
52 We called him from the right slope of the Mount, and brought him nigh
in communion. 53 And We bestowed upon him of Our mercy his brother
Aaron, a prophet (likewise). 54 And make mention in the Scripture
of Ishmael. Lo! he was a keeper of his promise, and he was a messenger
(of Allah), a prophet. 55 He enjoined upon his people worship and
almsgiving, and was acceptable in the sight of his Lord. 56 And make
mention in the Scripture of Idris. Lo! he was a saint, a prophet;
57 And We raised him to high station. 58 These are they unto whom
Allah showed favour from among the prophets, of the seed of Adam and of
those whom We carried (in the ship) with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham
and Israel, and from among those whom We guided and chose. When the revelations
of the Beneficent were recited unto them, they fell down, adoring and weeping.
59 Now there hath succeeded them a later generation whom have ruined worship
and have followed lusts. But they will meet deception. 60 Save him
who shall repent and believe and do right. Such will enter the Garden,
and they will not be wronged in aught - 61 Gardens of Eden, which
the Beneficent hath promised to His slaves in the unseen. Lo! His promise
is ever sure of fulfilment - 62 They hear therein no idle talk, but
only Peace; and therein they have food for morn and evening. 63 Such
is the Garden which We cause the devout among Our bondmen to inherit.
64 We (angels) come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him
belongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that
is between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful - 65 Lord
of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them! Therefor, worship
thou Him and be thou steadfast in His service. Knowest thou one that can
be named along with Him ? 66 And man saith: When I am dead, shall
I forsooth be brought forth alive ? 67 Doth not man remember that We created
him before, when he was naught ? 68 And, by thy Lord, verily We shall
assemble them and the devils, then We shall bring them, crouching, around
hell. 69 Then We shall pluck out from every sect whichever of them
was most stubborn in rebellion to the Beneficent. 70 And surely We
are Best Aware of those most worthy to be burned therein. 71 There
is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of thy
Lord. 72 Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave
the evil-doers crouching there. 73 And when Our clear revelations
are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe:
Which of the two parties (yours or ours) is better in position, and more
imposing as an army ? 74 How many a generation have We destroyed
before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!
75 Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will verily prolong
his span of life until, when they behold that which they were promised,
whether it be punishment (in the world), or the Hour (of doom), they will
know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army. 76 Allah
increaseth in right guidance those who walk aright, and the good deeds
which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and better for
resort. 77 Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations
and saith: Assuredly I shall be given wealth and children ? 78 Hath
he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent ?
79 Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span
of torment. 80 And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake,
and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children).
81 And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power
for them. 82 Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become
opponents unto them. 83 Seest thou not that We have set the devils
on the disbelievers to confound them with confusion ? 84 So make
no haste against them (O Muhammad). We do but number unto them a sum (of
days). 85 On the day when We shall gather the righteous unto the
Beneficent, a goodly company. 86 And drive the guilty unto hell,
a weary herd, 87 They will have no power of intercession, save him
who hath made a covenant with his Lord. 88 And they say: The Beneficent
hath taken unto Himself a son. 89 Assuredly ye utter a disastrous
thing 90 Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split
asunder and the mountains fall in ruins, 91 That ye ascribe unto
the Beneficent a son, 92 When it is not meet for (the Majesty of)
the Beneficent that He should choose a son. 93 There is none in the
heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave.
94 Verily He knoweth them and numbereth them with (right) numbering.
95 And each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection,
alone. 96 Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent
will appoint for them love. 97 And We make (this Scripture) easy
in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith
unto those who ward off (evil), and warn therewith the froward folk.
98 And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou
(Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound?
Sura 96: The Clot
1 Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, 2 Createth man
from a clot. 3 Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, 4
Who teacheth by the pen, 5 Teacheth man that which he knew not.
6 Nay, but verily man is rebellious 7 That he thinketh himself independent!
8 Lo! unto thy Lord is the return. 9 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth
10 A slave when he prayeth ? 11 Hast thou seen if he relieth on the
guidance (of Allah) 12 Or enjoineth piety ? 13 Hast thou seen if
he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward ? 14 Is he then unaware
that Allah seeth ? 15 Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him
by the forelock - 16 The lying, sinful forelock - 17 Then let him
call upon his henchmen! 18 We will call the guards of hell.
19 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).
Sura 112. Purity
1 Say: He is Allah, the One! 2 Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
3 He begetteth not nor was begotten. 4 And there is none comparable unto
Him.