| Surah 3 -
The Family of Imran |
In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[3.1] Alif Lam
Mim.
[3.2] Allah, (there is) no
god but He, the ever-loving, the
Self-subsisting by Whom all things
subsist
[3.3] He has revealed to you
the Book with truth, verifying that
which is before it, and He revealed
the Tavrat and the Injeel aforetime,
a guidance for the people, and He
sent the Furqan.
[3.4] Surely they who
disbelieve in the communications of
Allah they shall have a severe
chastisement; and Allah is Mighty,
the Lord of retribution.
[3.5] Allah-- surely nothing
is hidden from Him in the earth or
in the heaven.
[3.6] He it is Who shapes you
in the wombs as He likes; there is
no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise
[3.7] He it is Who has
revealed the Book to you; some of
its verses are decisive, they are
the basis of the Book, and others
are allegorical; then as for those
in whose hearts there is perversity
they follow the part of it which is
allegorical, seeking to mislead and
seeking to give it (their own)
interpretation. but none knows its
interpretation except Allah, and
those who are firmly rooted in
knowledge say: We believe in it, it
is all from our Lord; and none do
mind except those having
understanding.
[3.8] Our Lord! make not our
hearts to deviate after Thou hast
guided us aright, and grant us from
Thee mercy; surely Thou art the most
liberal Giver.
[3.9] Our Lord! surely Thou
art the Gatherer of men on a day
about which there is no doubt;
surely Allah will not fail (His)
promise.
[3.10] (As for) those who
disbelieve, surely neither their
wealth nor their children shall
avail them in the least against
Allah, and these it is who are the
fuel of the fire.
[3.11] Like the striving of
the people of Firon and those before
them; they rejected Our
communications, so Allah destroyed
them on account of their faults; and
Allah is severe in requiting (evil).
[3.12] Say to those who
disbelieve: You shall be vanquished,
and driven together to hell; and
evil is the resting-place.
[3.13] Indeed there was a
sign for you in the two hosts
(which) met together in encounter;
one party fighting in the way of
Allah and the other unbelieving,
whom they saw twice as many as
themselves with the sight of the eye
and Allah strengthens with His aid
whom He pleases; most surely there
is a lesson in this for those who
have sight.
[3.14] The love of desires,
of women and sons and hoarded
treasures of gold and silver and
well bred horses and cattle and
tilth, is made to seem fair to men;
this is the provision of the life of
this world; and Allah is He with
Whom is the good goal (of life).
[3.15] Say: Shall I tell you
what is better than these? For those
who guard (against evil) are gardens
with their Lord, beneath which
rivers flow, to abide in them, and
pure mates and Allah's pleasure; and
Allah sees the servants.
[3.16] Those who say: Our
Lord! surely we believe, therefore
forgive us our faults and save us
from the chastisement of the fire.
[3.17] The patient, and the
truthful, and the obedient, and
those who spend (benevolently) and
those who ask forgiveness in the
morning times.
[3.18] Allah bears witness
that there is no god but He, and (so
do) the angels and those possessed
of knowledge, maintaining His
creation with justice; there is no
god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.
[3.19] Surely the (true)
religion with Allah is Islam, and
those to whom the Book had been
given did not show opposition but
after knowledge had come to them,
out of envy among themselves; and
whoever disbelieves in the
communications of Allah then surely
Allah is quick in reckoning.
[3.20] But if they dispute
with you, say: I have submitted
myself entirely to Allah and (so)
every one who follows me; and say to
those who have been given the Book
and the unlearned people: Do you
submit yourselves? So if they submit
then indeed they follow the right
way; and if they turn back, then
upon you is only the delivery of the
message and Allah sees the servants.
[3.21] Surely (as for) those
who disbelieve in the communications
of Allah and slay the prophets
unjustly and slay those among men
who enjoin justice, announce to them
a painful chastisement.
[3.22] Those are they whose
works shall become null in this
world as well as the hereafter, and
they shall have no helpers.
[3.23] Have you not
considered those (Jews) who are
given a portion of the Book? They
are invited to the Book of Allah
that it might decide between them,
then a part of them turn back and
they withdraw.
[3.24] This is because they
say: The fire shall not touch us but
for a few days; and what they have
forged deceives them in the matter
of their religion.
[3.25] Then how will it be
when We shall gather them together
on a day about which there is no
doubt, and every soul shall be fully
paid what it has earned, and they
shall not be dealt with unjustly?
[3.26] Say: O Allah, Master
of the Kingdom! Thou givest the
kingdom to whomsoever Thou pleases
and takest away the kingdom from
whomsoever Thou pleases, and Thou
exaltest whom Thou pleases and
abasest whom Thou pleases in thyne
hand is the good; surety, Thou hast
power over all things.
[3.27] Thou makest the night
to pass into the day and Thou makest
the day to pass into the night, and
Thou bringest forth the living from
the dead and Thou bringest forth the
dead from the living, and Thou
givest sustenance to whom Thou
pleases without measure.
[3.28] Let not the believers
take the unbelievers for friends
rather than believers; and whoever
does this, he shall have nothing of
(the guardianship of) Allah, but you
should guard yourselves against
them, guarding carefully; and Allah
makes you cautious of (retribution
from) Himself; and to Allah is the
eventual coming.
[3.29] Say: Whether you hide
what is in your hearts or manifest
it, Allah knows it, and He knows
whatever is in the heavens and
whatever is in the earth, and Allah
has power over all things.
[3.30] On the day that every
soul shall find present what it has
done of good and what it has done of
evil, it shall wish that between it
and that (evil) there were a long
duration of time; and Allah makes
you to be cautious of (retribution
from) Himself; and Allah is
Compassionate to the servants.
[3.31] Say: If you love
Allah, then follow me, Allah will
love you and forgive you your
faults, and Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[3.32] Say: Obey Allah and
the Apostle; but if they turn back,
then surely Allah does not love the
unbelievers.
[3.33] Surely Allah chose
Adam and Nuh and the descendants of
Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran
above the nations.
[3.34] Offspring one of the
other; and Allah is Hearing,
Knowing.
[3.35] When a woman of Imran
said: My Lord! surely I vow to Thee
what is in my womb, to be devoted
(to Thy service); accept therefore
from me, surely Thou art the
Hearing, the Knowing.
[3.36] So when she brought
forth, she said: My Lord! Surely I
have brought it forth a female-- and
Allah knew best what she brought
forth-- and the male is not like the
female, and I have named it Marium,
and I commend her and her offspring
into Thy protection from the
accursed Shaitan.
[3.37] So her Lord accepted
her with a good acceptance and made
her grow up a good growing, and gave
her into the charge of Zakariya;
whenever Zakariya entered the
sanctuary to (see) her, he found
with her food. He said: O Marium!
whence comes this to you? She said:
It is from Allah. Surely Allah gives
to whom He pleases without measure.
[3.38] There did Zakariya
pray to his Lord; he said: My Lord!
grant me from Thee good offspring;
surely Thou art the Hearer of
prayer.
[3.39] Then the angels called
to him as he stood praying in the
sanctuary: That Allah gives you the
good news of Yahya verifying a Word
from Allah, and honorable and chaste
and a prophet from among the good
ones.
[3.40] He said: My Lord! when
shall there be a son (born) to me,
and old age has already come upon
me, and my wife is barren? He said:
even thus does Allah what He
pleases.
[3.41] He said: My Lord!
appoint a sign for me. Said He: Your
sign is that you should not speak to
men for three days except by signs;
and remember your Lord much and
glorify Him in the evening and the
morning. f42. And when the angels
said: O Marium! surely Allah has
chosen you and purified you and
chosen you above the women of the
world.
[3.43] O Marium! keep to
obedience to your Lord and humble
yourself, and bow down with those
who bow.
[3.44] This is of the
announcements relating to the unseen
which We reveal to you; and you were
not with them when they cast their
pens (to decide) which of them
should have Marium in his charge,
and you were not with them when they
contended one with another.
[3.45] When the angels said:
O Marium, surely Allah gives you
good news with a Word from Him (of
one) whose name is the '. Messiah,
Isa son of Marium, worthy of regard
in this world and the hereafter and
of those who are made near (to
Allah).
[3.46] And he shall speak to
the people when in the cradle and
when of old age, and (he shall be)
one of the good ones.
[3.47] She said: My Lord!
when shall there be a son (born) to
I me, and man has not touched me? He
said: Even so, Allah creates what He
pleases; when He has decreed a
matter, He only says to it, Be, and
it is.
[3.48] And He will teach him
the Book and the wisdom and the
Tavrat and the Injeel.
[3.49] And (make him) an
apostle to the children of Israel:
That I have come to you with a sign
from your Lord, that I determine for
you out of dust like the form of a
bird, then I breathe into it and it
becomes a bird with Allah's
permission and I heal the blind and
the leprous, and bring the dead to
life with Allah's permission and I
inform you of what you should eat
and what you should store in your
houses; most surely there is a sign
in this for you, if you are
believers.
[3.50] And a verifier of that
which is before me of the Taurat and
that I may allow you part of that
which has been forbidden t you, and
I have come to you with a sign from
your Lord therefore be careful of
(your duty to) Allah and obey me.
[3.51] Surely Allah is my
Lord and your Lord, therefore serve
Him; this is the right path.
[3.52] But when Isa perceived
unbelief on their part, he said Who
will be my helpers in Allah's way?
The disciples said: We are helpers
(in the way) of Allah: We believe in
Allah and bear witness that we are
submitting ones.
[3.53] Our Lord! we believe
in what Thou hast revealed and we
follow the apostle, so write us down
with those who bear witness.
[3.54] And they planned and
Allah (also) planned, and Allah is
the best of planners.
[3.55] And when Allah said: O
Isa, I am going to terminate the
period of your stay (on earth) and
cause you to ascend unto Me and
purify you of those who disbelieve
and make those who follow you above
those who disbelieve to the day of
resurrection; then to Me shall be
your return, so l will decide
between you concerning that in which
you differed.
[3.56] Then as to those who
disbelieve, I will chastise them
with severe chastisement in this
world and the hereafter, and they
shall have no helpers.
[3.57] And as to those who
believe and do good deeds, He will
pay them fully their rewards; and
Allah does not love the unjust.
[3.58] This We recite to you
of the communications and the wise
reminder.
[3.59] Surely the likeness of
Isa is with Allah as the likeness of
Adam; He created him from dust, then
said to him, Be, and he was.
[3.60] (This is) the truth
from your Lord, so be not of the
disputers.
[3.61] But whoever disputes
with you in this matter after what
has come to you of knowledge, then
say: Come let us call our sons and
your sons and our women and your
women and our near people and your
near people, then let us be earnest
in prayer, and pray for the curse of
Allah on the liars.
[3.62] Most surely this is
the true explanation, and there is
no god but Allah; and most surely
Allah-- He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[3.63] But if they turn back,
then surely Allah knows the
mischief-makers.
[3.64] Say: O followers of
the Book! come to an equitable
proposition between us and you that
we shall not serve any but Allah and
(that) we shall not associate aught
with Him, and (that) some of us
shall not take others for lords
besides Allah; but if they turn
back, then say: Bear witness that we
are Muslims.
[3.65] O followers of the
Book! why do you dispute about
Ibrahim, when the Taurat and the
Injeel were not revealed till after
him; do you not then understand?
[3.66] Behold! you are they
who disputed about that of which you
had knowledge; why then do you
dispute about that of which you have
no knowledge? And Allah knows while
you do not know.
[3.67] Ibrahim was not a Jew
nor a Christian but he was (an)
upright (man), a Muslim, and he was
not one of the polytheists.
[3.68] Most surely the
nearest of people to Ibrahim are
those who followed him and this
Prophet and those who believe and
Allah is the guardian of the
believers.
[3.69] A party of the
followers of the Book desire that
they should lead you astray, and
they lead not astray but themselves,
and they do not perceive.
[3.70] O followers of the
Book! Why do you disbelieve in the
communications of Allah while you
witness (them)?
[3.71] O followers of the
Book! Why do you confound the truth
with the falsehood and hide the
truth while you know?
[3.72] And a party of the
followers of the Book say: Avow
belief in that which has been
revealed to those who believe, in
the first part of the day, and
disbelieve at the end of it, perhaps
they go back on their religion.
[3.73] And do not believe but
in him who follows your religion.
Say: Surely the (true) guidance is
the guidance of Allah-- that one may
be given (by Him) the like of what
you were given; or they would
contend with you by an argument
before your Lord. Say: Surely grace
is in the hand of Allah, He gives it
to whom He pleases; and Allah is
Ample-giving, Knowing.
[3.74] He specially chooses
for His mercy whom He pleases; and
Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
[3.75] And among the
followers of the Book there are some
such that if you entrust one (of
them) with a heap of wealth, he
shall pay it back to you; and among
them there are some such that if you
entrust one (of them) with a dinar
he shall not pay it back to you
except so long as you remain firm in
demanding it; this is because they
say: There is not upon us in the
matter of the unlearned people any
way (to reproach); and they tell a
lie against Allah while they know.
[3.76] Yea, whoever fulfills
his promise and guards (against
evil)-- then surely Allah loves
those who guard (against evil).
[3.77] (As for) those who
take a small price for the covenant
of Allah and their own oaths--
surely they shall have no portion in
the hereafter, and Allah will not
speak to them, nor will He look upon
them on the day of resurrection nor
will He purify them, and they shall
have a painful chastisement.
[3.78] Most surely there is a
party amongst those who distort the
Book with their tongue that you may
consider it to be (a part) of the
Book, and they say, It is from
Allah, while it is not from Allah,
and they tell a lie against Allah
whilst they know.
[3.79] It is not meet for a
mortal that Allah should give him
the Book and the wisdom and prophet
hood, then he should say to men: Be
my servants rather than Allah's; but
rather (he would say): Be
worshippers of the Lord because of
your teaching the Book and your
reading (it yourselves).
[3.80] And neither would he
enjoin you that you should take the
angels and the prophets for lords;
what! would he enjoin you with
unbelief after you are Muslims?
[3.81] And when Allah made a
covenant through the prophets:
Certainly what I have given you of
Book and wisdom-- then an apostle
comes to you verifying that which is
with you, you must believe in him,
and you must aid him. He said: Do
you affirm and accept My compact in
this (matter)? They said: We do
affirm. He said: Then bear witness,
and I (too) am of the bearers of
witness with you.
[3.82] Whoever therefore
turns back after this, these it is
that are the transgressors.
[3.83] Is it then other than
Allah's religion that they seek (to
follow), and to Him submits whoever
is in the heavens and the earth,
willingly or unwillingly, and to Him
shall they be returned.
[3.84] Say: We believe in
Allah and what has been revealed to
us, and what was revealed to Ibrahim
and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and
the tribes, and what was given to
Musa and Isa and to the prophets
from their Lord; we do not make any
distinction between any of them, and
to Him do we submit.
[3.85] And whoever desires a
religion other than Islam, it shall
not be accepted from him, and in the
hereafter he shall be one of the
losers.
[3.86] How shall Allah guide
a people who disbelieved after their
believing and (after) they had borne
witness that the Apostle was true
and clear arguments had come to
them; and Allah does not guide the
unjust people.
[3.87] (As for) these, their
reward is that upon them is the
curse of Allah and the angels and of
men, all together.
[3.88] Abiding in it; their
chastisement shall not be lightened
nor shall they be respited.
[3.89] Except those who
repent after that and amend, then
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[3.90] Surely, those who
disbelieve after their believing,
then increase in unbelief, their
repentance shall not be accepted,
and these are they that go astray.
[3.91] Surely, those who
disbelieve and die while they are
unbelievers, the earth full of gold
shall not be accepted from one of
them, though he should offer to
ransom himself with it, these it is
who shall have a painful
chastisement, and they shall have no
helpers.
[3.92] By no means shall you
attain to righteousness until you
spend (benevolently) out of what you
love; and whatever thing you spend,
Allah surely knows it.
[3.93] All food was lawful to
the children of Israel except that
which Israel had forbidden to
himself, before the Taurat was
revealed. Say: Bring then the Taurat
and read it, if you are truthful.
[3.94] Then whoever
fabricates a lie against Allah after
this, these it is that are the
unjust.
[3.95] Say: Allah has spoken
the truth, therefore follow the
religion of Ibrahim, the upright
one; and he was not one of the
polytheists.
[3.96] Most surely the first
house appointed for men is the one
at Bekka, blessed and a guidance for
the nations.
[3.97] In it are clear signs,
the standing place of Ibrahim, and
whoever enters it shall be secure,
and pilgrimage to the House is
incumbent upon men for the sake of
Allah, (upon) every one who is able
to undertake the journey to it; and
whoever disbelieves, then surely
Allah is Self-sufficient, above any
need of the worlds.
[3.98] Say: O followers of
the Book! why do you disbelieve in
the communications of Allah? And
Allah is a witness of what you do.
[3.99] Say: O followers of
the Book! why do you hinder him who
believes from the way of Allah? You
seek (to make) it crooked, while you
are witness, and Allah is not
heedless of what you do.
[3.100] O you who believe! if
you obey a party from among those
who have been given the Book, they
will turn you back as unbelievers
after you have believed.
[3.101] But how can you
disbelieve while it is you to whom
the communications of Allah are
recited, and among you is His
Apostle? And whoever holds fast to
Allah, he indeed is guided to the
right path.
[3.102] O you who believe! be
careful of (your duty to) Allah with
the care which is due to Him, and do
not die unless you are Muslims.
[3.103] And hold fast by the
covenant of Allah all together and
be not disunited, and remember the
favor of Allah on you when you were
enemies, then He united your hearts
so by His favor you became brethren;
and you were on the brink of a pit
of fire, then He saved you from it,
thus does Allah make clear to you
His communications that you may
follow the right way.
[3.104] And from among you
there should be a party who invite
to good and enjoin what is right and
forbid the wrong, and these it is
that shall be successful.
[3.105] And be not like those
who became divided and disagreed
after clear arguments had come to
them, and these it is that shall
have a grievous chastisement.
[3.106] On the day when
(some) faces shall turn white and
(some) faces shall turn black; then
as to those whose faces turn black:
Did you disbelieve after your
believing? Taste therefore the
chastisement because you
disbelieved.
[3.107] And as to those whose
faces turn white, they shall be in
Allah's mercy; in it they
shall-abide.
[3.108] These are the
communications of Allah which We
recite to you with truth, and Allah
does not desire any injustice to the
creatures.
[3.109] And whatever is in
the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's; and to Allah all
things return
[3.110] You are the best of
the nations raised up for (the
benefit of) men; you enjoin what is
right and forbid the wrong and
believe in Allah; and if the
followers of the Book had believed
it would have been better for them;
of them (some) are believers and
most of them are transgressors.
[3.111] They shall by no
means harm you but with a slight
evil; and if they fight with you
they shall turn (their) backs to
you, then shall they not be helped.
[3.112] Abasement is made to
cleave to them wherever they are
found, except under a covenant with
Allah and a covenant with men, and
they have become deserving of wrath
from Allah, and humiliation is made
to cleave to them; this is because
they disbelieved in the
communications of Allah and slew the
prophets unjustly; this is because
they disobeyed and exceeded the
limits.
[3.113] They are not all
alike; of the followers of the Book
there is an upright party; they
recite Allah's communications in the
nighttime and they adore (Him).
[3.114] They believe in Allah
and the last day, and they enjoin
what is right and forbid the wrong
and they strive with one another in
hastening to good deeds, and those
are among the good.
[3.115] And whatever good
they do, they shall not be denied
it, and Allah knows those who guard
(against evil).
[3.116] (As for) those who
disbelieve, surely neither their
wealth nor their children shall
avail them in the least against
Allah; and these are the inmates of
the fire; therein they shall abide.
[3.117] The likeness of what
they spend in the life of this world
is as the likeness of wind in which
is intense cold (that) smites the
seed produce of a people who haw
done injustice to their souls and
destroys it; and Allah is not unjust
to them, but they are unjust to
themselves.
[3.118] O you who believe! do
not take for intimate friends from
among others than your own people;
they do not fall short of inflicting
loss upon you; they love what
distresses you; vehement hatred has
already appeared from out of their
mouths, and what their breasts
conceal is greater still; indeed, We
have made the communications clear
to you, if you will understand.
[3.119] Lo! you are they who
will love them while they do not
love you, and you believe in the
Book (in) the whole of it; and when
they meet you they say: We believe,
and when they are alone, they bite
the ends of their fingers in rage
against you. Say: Die in your rage;
surely Allah knows what is in the
breasts.
[3.120] If good befalls you,
it grieves them, and if an evil
afflicts you, they rejoice at it;
and if you are patient and guard
yourselves, their scheme will not
injure you in any way; surely Allah
comprehends what they do.
[3.121] And when you did go
forth early in the morning from your
family to lodge the believers in
encampments for war and Allah is
Hearing, Knowing.
[3.122] When two parties from
among you had determined that they
should show cowardice, and Allah was
the guardian of them both, and in
Allah should the believers trust.
[3.123] And Allah did
certainly assist you at Badr when
you were weak; be careful of (your
duty to) Allah then, that you may
give thanks.
[3.124] When you said to the
believers: Does it not suffice you
that your Lord should assist you
with three thousand of the angels
sent down?
[3.125] Yea! if you remain
patient and are on your guard, and
they come upon you in a headlong
manner, your Lord will assist you
with five thousand of the
havoc-making angels.
[3.126] And Allah did not
make it but as good news for you,
and that your hearts might be at
ease thereby, and victory is only
from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
[3.127] That He may cut off a
portion from among those who
disbelieve, or abase them so that
they should return disappointed of
attaining what they desired.
[3.128] You have no concern
in the affair whether He turns to
them (mercifully) or chastises them,
for surely they are unjust.
[3.129] And whatever is in
the heavens and whatever is in the
earth is Allah's; He forgives whom
He pleases and chastises whom He
pleases; and Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
[3.130] O you who believe! do
not devour usury, making it double
and redouble, and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah, that you may
be successful.
[3.131] And guard yourselves
against the fire which has been
prepared for the unbelievers.
[3.132] And obey Allah and
the Apostle, that you may be shown
mercy.
[3.133] And hasten to
forgiveness from your Lord; and a
Garden, the extensiveness of which
is (as) the heavens and the earth,
it is prepared for those who guard
(against evil).
[3.134] Those who spend
(benevolently) in ease as well as in
straightness, and those who restrain
(their) anger and pardon men; and
Allah loves the doers of good (to
others).
[3.135] And those who when
they commit an indecency or do
injustice to their souls remember
Allah and ask forgiveness for their
faults-- and who forgives the faults
but Allah, and (who) do not
knowingly persist in what they have
done.
[3.136] (As for) these--
their reward is forgiveness from
their Lord, and gardens beneath
which rivers flow, to abide in them,
and excellent is the reward of the
laborers.
[3.137] Indeed there have
been examples before you; therefore
travel in the earth and see what was
the end of the rejecters.
[3.138] This is a clear
statement for men, and a guidance
and an admonition to those who guard
(against evil).
[3.139] And be not infirm,
and be not grieving, and you shall
have the upper hand if you are
believers.
[3.140] If a wound has
afflicted you (at Ohud), a wound
like it has also afflicted the
(unbelieving) people; and We bring
these days to men by turns, and that
Allah may know those who believe and
take witnesses from among you; and
Allah does not love the unjust.
[3.141] And that He may purge
those who believe and deprive the
unbelievers of blessings.
[3.142] Do you think that you
will enter the garden while Allah
has not yet known those who strive
hard from among you, and (He has
not) known the patient.
[3.143] And certainly you
desired death before you met it, so
indeed you have seen it and you look
(at it)
[3.144] And Muhammad is no
more than an apostle; the apostles
have already passed away before him;
if then he dies or is killed will
you turn back upon your heels? And
whoever turns back upon his heels,
he will by no means do harm to Allah
in the least and Allah will reward
the grateful.
[3.145] And a soul will not
die but with the permission of Allah
the term is fixed; and whoever
desires the reward of this world, I
shall give him of it, and whoever
desires the reward of the hereafter
I shall give him of it, and I will
reward the grateful.
[3.146] And how many a
prophet has fought with whom were
many worshippers of the Lord; so
they did not become weak-hearted on
account of what befell them in
Allah's way, nor did they weaken,
nor did they abase themselves; and
Allah loves the patient.
[3.147] And their saying was
no other than that they said: Our
Lord! forgive us our faults and our
extravagance in our affair and make
firm our feet and help us against
the unbelieving people.
[3.148] So Allah gave them
the reward of this world and better
reward of the hereafter and Allah
loves those who do good (to others).
[3.149] O you who believe! if
you obey those who disbelieve they
will turn you back upon your heels,
so you will turn back losers.
[3.150] Nay! Allah is your
Patron and He is the best of the
helpers.
[3.151] We will cast terror
into the hearts of those who
disbelieve, because they set up with
Allah that for which He has sent
down no authority, and their abode
is the fire, and evil is the abode
of the unjust.
[3.152] And certainly Allah
made good to you His promise when
you slew them by His permission,
until when you became weak-hearted
and disputed about the affair and
disobeyed after He had shown you
that which you loved; of you were
some who desired this world and of
you were some who desired the
hereafter; then He turned you away
from them that He might try you; and
He has certainly pardoned you, and
Allah is Gracious to the believers.
[3.153] When you ran off
precipitately and did not wait for
any one, and the Apostle was calling
you from your rear, so He gave you
another sorrow instead of (your)
sorrow, so that you might not grieve
at what had escaped you, nor (at)
what befell you; and Allah is aware
of what you do.
[3.154] Then after sorrow He
sent down security upon you, a calm
coming upon a party of you, and
(there was) another party whom their
own souls had rendered anxious; they
entertained about Allah thoughts of
ignorance quite unjustly, saying: We
have no hand in the affair. Say:
Surely the affair is wholly (in the
hands) of Allah. They conceal within
their souls what they would not
reveal to you. They say: Had we any
hand in the affair, we would not
have been slain here. Say: Had you
remained in your houses, those for
whom slaughter was ordained would
certainly have gone forth to the
places where they would be slain,
and that Allah might test what was
in your breasts and that He might
purge what was in your hearts; and
Allah knows what is in the breasts.
[3.155] (As for) those of you
who turned back on the day when the
two armies met, only the Shaitan
sought to cause them to make a slip
on account of some deeds they had
done, and certainly Allah has
pardoned them; surely Allah is
Forgiving, Forbearing.
[3.156] O you who believe! be
not like those who disbelieve and
say of their brethren when they
travel in the earth or engage in
fighting: Had they been with us,
they would not have died and they
would not have been slain; so Allah
makes this to be an intense regret
in their hearts; and Allah gives
life and causes death and Allah sees
what you do.
[3.157] And if you are slain
in the way of Allah or you die,
certainly forgiveness from Allah and
mercy is better than what they
amass.
[3.158] And if indeed you die
or you are slain, certainly to Allah
shall you be gathered together.
[3.159] Thus it is due to
mercy from Allah that you deal with
them gently, and had you been rough,
hard hearted, they would certainly
have dispersed from around you;
pardon them therefore and ask pardon
for them, and take counsel with them
in the affair; so when you have
decided, then place your trust in
Allah; surely Allah loves those who
trust.
[3.160] If Allah assists you,
then there is none that can overcome
you, and if He forsakes you, who is
there then that can assist you after
Him? And on Allah should the
believers rely.
[3.161] And it is not
attributable to a prophet that he
should act unfaithfully; and he who
acts unfaithfully shall bring that
in respect of which he has acted
unfaithfully on the day of
resurrection; then shall every soul
be paid back fully what it has
earned, and they shall not be dealt
with unjustly.
[3.162] Is then he who
follows the pleasure of Allah like
him who has made himself deserving
of displeasure from Allah, and his
abode is hell; and it is an evil
destination.
[3.163] There are (varying)
grades with Allah, and Allah sees
what they do.
[3.164] Certainly Allah
conferred a benefit upon the
believers when He raised among them
an Apostle from among themselves,
reciting to them His communications
and purifying them, and teaching
them the Book and the wisdom,
although before that they were
surely in manifest error.
[3.165] What! when a
misfortune befell you, and you had
certainly afflicted (the
unbelievers) with twice as much, you
began to say: Whence is this? Say:
It is from yourselves; surely Allah
has power over all things.
[3.166] And what befell you
on the day when the two armies met
(at Ohud) was with Allah's
knowledge, and that He might know
the believers.
[3.167] And that He might
know the hypocrites; and it was said
to them: Come, fight in Allah's way,
or defend yourselves. They said: If
we knew fighting, we would certainly
have followed you. They were on that
day much nearer to unbelief than to
belief. They say with their mouths
what is not in their hearts, and
Allah best knows what they conceal.
[3.168] Those who said of
their brethren whilst they
(themselves) held back: Had they
obeyed us, they would not have been
killed. Say: Then avert death from
yourselves if you speak the truth.
[3.169] And reckon not those
who are killed in Allah's way as
dead; nay, they are alive (and) are
provided sustenance from their Lord;
[3.170] Rejoicing in what
Allah has given them out of His
grace and they rejoice for the sake
of those who, (being left) behind
them, have not yet joined them, that
they shall have no fear, nor shall
they grieve.
[3.171] They rejoice on
account of favor from Allah and
(His) grace, and that Allah will not
waste the reward of the believers.
[3.172] (As for) those who
responded (at Ohud) to the call of
Allah and the Apostle after the
wound had befallen them, those among
them who do good (to others) and
guard (against evil) shall have a
great reward.
[3.173] Those to whom the
people said: Surely men have
gathered against you, therefore fear
them, but this increased their
faith, and they said: Allah is
sufficient for us and most excellent
is the Protector.
[3.174] So they returned with
favor from Allah and (His) grace, no
evil touched them and they followed
the pleasure of Allah; and Allah is
the Lord of mighty grace.
[3.175] It is only the
Shaitan that causes you to fear from
his friends, but do not fear them,
and fear Me if you are believers.
[3.176] And let not those
grieve you who fall into unbelief
hastily; surely they can do no harm
to Allah at all; Allah intends that
He should not give them any portion
in the hereafter, and they shall
have a grievous chastisement.
[3.177] Surely those who have
bought unbelief at the price of
faith shall do no harm at all to
Allah, and they shall have a painful
chastisement.
[3.178] And let not those who
disbelieve think that Our granting
them respite is better for their
souls; We grant them respite only
that they may add to their sins; and
they shall have a disgraceful
chastisement.
[3.179] On no account will
Allah leave the believers in the
condition which you are in until He
separates the evil from the good;
nor is Allah going to make you
acquainted with the unseen, but
Allah chooses of His apostles whom
He pleases; therefore believe in
Allah and His apostles; and if you
believe and guard (against evil),
then you shall have a great reward.
[3.180] And let not those
deem, who are niggardly in giving
away that which Allah has granted
them out of His grace, that it is
good for them; nay, it is worse for
them; they shall have that whereof
they were niggardly made to cleave
to their necks on the resurrection
day; and Allah's is the heritage of
the heavens and the earth; and Allah
is aware of what you do.
[3.181] Allah has certainly
heard the saying of those who said:
Surely Allah is poor and we are
rich. I will record what they say,
and their killing the prophets
unjustly, and I will say: Taste the
chastisement of burning.
[3.182] This is for what your
own hands have sent before and
because Allah is not in the least
unjust to the servants.
[3.183] (Those are they) who
said: Surely Allah has enjoined us
that we should not believe in any
apostle until he brings us an
offering which the fire consumes.
Say: Indeed, there came to you
apostles before me with clear
arguments and with that which you
demand; why then did you kill them
if you are truthful?
[3.184] But if they reject
you, so indeed were rejected before
you apostles who came with clear
arguments and scriptures and the
illuminating book.
[3.185] Every soul shall
taste of death, and you shall only
be paid fully your reward on the
resurrection day; then whoever is
removed far away from the fire and
is made to enter the garden he
indeed has attained the object; and
the life of this world is nothing
but a provision of vanities.
[3.186] You shall certainly
be tried respecting your wealth and
your souls, and you shall certainly
hear from those who have been given
the Book before you and from those
who are polytheists much annoying
talk; and if you are patient and
guard (against evil), surely this is
one of the affairs (which should be)
determined upon.
[3.187] And when Allah made a
covenant with those who were given
the Book: You shall certainly make
it known to men and you shall not
hide it; but they cast it behind
their backs and took a small price
for it; so evil is that which they
buy.
[3.188] Do not think those
who rejoice for what they have done
and love that they should be praised
for what they have not done-- so do
by no means think them to be safe
from the chastisement, and they
shall have a painful chastisement.
[3.189] And Allah's is the
kingdom of the heavens and the
earth, and Allah has power over all
things.
[3.190] Most surely in the
creation of the heavens and the
earth and the alternation of the
night and the day there are signs
for men who understand.
[3.191] Those who remember
Allah standing and sitting and lying
on their sides and reflect on the
creation of the heavens and the
earth: Our Lord! Thou hast not
created this in vain! Glory be to
Thee; save us then from the
chastisement of the fire:
[3.192] Our Lord! surely
whomsoever Thou makest enter the
fire, him Thou hast indeed brought
to disgrace, and there shall be no
helpers for the unjust:
[3.193] Our Lord! surely we
have heard a preacher calling to the
faith, saying: Believe in your Lord,
so we did believe; Our Lord! forgive
us therefore our faults, and cover
our evil deeds and make us die with
the righteous.
[3.194] Our Lord! and grant
us what Thou hast promised us by Thy
apostles; and disgrace us not on the
day of resurrection; surely Thou
dost not fail to perform the
promise.
[3.195] So their Lord
accepted their prayer: That I will
not waste the work of a worker among
you, whether male or female, the one
of you being from the other; they,
therefore, who fled and were turned
out of their homes and persecuted in
My way and who fought and were
slain, I will most certainly cover
their evil deeds, and I will most
certainly make them enter gardens
beneath which rivers flow; a reward
from Allah, and with Allah is yet
better reward.
[3.196] Let it not deceive
you that those who disbelieve go to
and fro in the cities fearlessly.
[3.197] A brief enjoyment!
then their abode is hell, and evil
is the resting-place.
[3.198] But as to those who
are careful of (their duty to) their
Lord, they shall have gardens
beneath which rivers flow, abiding
in them; an entertainment from their
Lord, and that which is with Allah
is best for the righteous.
[3.199] And most surely of
the followers of the Book there are
those who believe in Allah and (in)
that which has been revealed to you
and (in) that which has been
revealed to them, being lowly before
Allah; they do not take a small
price for the communications of
Allah; these it is that have their
reward with their Lord; surely Allah
is quick in reckoning.
[3.200] O you who believe! be
patient and excel in patience and
remain steadfast, and be careful of
(your duty to) Allah, that you may
be successful. |
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