Juz 7 of 30
Juz 7
The Table Spread — The Cattle · 149 verses
You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers to be the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger, you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they have recognized of the truth. They say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so register us among the witnesses And why should we not believe in Allah and what has come to us of the truth? And we aspire that our Lord will admit us to Paradise with the righteous people So Allah rewarded them for what they said with gardens in Paradise beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. And that is the reward of doers of good But those who disbelieved and denied Our signs - they are the companions of Hellfire
O you who believe, do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors And eat of what Allah has provided for you which is lawful and good. And fear Allah, in whom you are believers Allah will not impose blame upon you for what is meaningless in your oaths, but He will impose blame upon you for breaking what you intended of oaths. So its expiation is the feeding of ten needy people from the average of that which you feed your own families or clothing them or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find or afford it - then a fast of three days is required. That is the expiation for oaths when you have sworn. But guard your oaths. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be grateful O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, sacrificing on stone alters to other than Allah, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Thus will you not desist And obey Allah and obey the Messenger and beware. And if you turn away - then know that upon Our Messenger is only the responsibility for clear notification There is not upon those who believe and do righteousness any blame concerning what they have eaten in the past if they now fear Allah and believe and do righteous deeds, and then fear Allah and believe, and then fear Allah and do good; and Allah loves the doers of good
O you who have believed, Allah will surely test you through something of the game that your hands and spears can reach, that Allah may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment O you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram. And whoever of you kills it intentionally - the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you as an offering to Allah delivered to the Ka'bah, or an expiation: the feeding of needy people or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the consequence of his deed. Allah has pardoned what is past; but whoever returns to violation, then Allah will take retribution from him. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of ihram. And fear Allah to whom you will be gathered Allah has made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and has sanctified the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands by which they are identified. That is so you may know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that Allah is Knowing of all things Know that Allah is severe in penalty and that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful Not upon the Messenger is responsibility except for notification. And Allah knows whatever you reveal and whatever you conceal Say, "Not equal are the evil and the good, although the abundance of evil might impress you." Thus fear Allah, O you of understanding, that you may be successful
O you who believe, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you. But if you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be shown to you. Allah has pardoned that which is past; and Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing A people asked such questions before you; then they became thereby disbelievers Allah has not appointed such innovations as bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah or ham. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allah, and most of them do not reason And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided O you who have believed, upon you is responsibility for yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To Allah is you return all together; then He will inform you of what you used to do O you who have believed, testimony should be taken among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - that of two just men from among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you. Detain them after the prayer and let them both swear by Allah if you doubt their testimony, saying, "We will not exchange our oath for a price, even if he should be a near relative, and we will not withhold the testimony of Allah. Indeed, we would then be of the sinful But if it is found that those two were guilty of perjury, let two others stand in their place who are foremost in claim from those who have a lawful right. And let them swear by Allah, "Our testimony is truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed. Indeed, we would then be of the wrongdoers That is more likely that they will give testimony according to its true objective, or at least they would fear that other oaths might be taken after their oaths. And fear Allah and listen; and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people
Be warned of the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen The Day when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and remember when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay what was like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from killing you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic And remember when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger Jesus." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims in submission to Allah And remember when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table spread with food from the heaven? Jesus said," Fear Allah, if you should be believers And they said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table spread with food from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers Allah said, "Indeed, I will sent it down to you, but whoever disbelieves afterwards from among you - then verily will I punish him with a punishment by which I have not punished anyone among the worlds
And beware the Day when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness If You should punish them - verily they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - verily it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise Allah will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens in Paradise beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allah being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them. And He is over all things competent
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
All praise is due to Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light. Then those who disbelieve equate others with their Lord It is He who created you from clay and then decreed a term and a specified time known to Him; then still you are in dispute And He is Allah, the only deity in the heavens and the earth. He knows your secret and what you make public, and He knows that which you earn And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they turn away therefrom For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent rain from the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others And even if We had sent down to you, O Muhammad, a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, "This is not but obvious magic And they say, "Why was there not sent down to him an angel?" But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided; then they would not be reprieved And if We had made him an angel, We would have made him appear as a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule
Say, "Travel through the land; then observe how was the end of the deniers Say, "To whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth?" Say, "To Allah." He has decreed upon Himself mercy. He will surely assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. Those who will lose themselves that Day do not believe And to Him belongs that which reposes by night and by day, and He is the All-Hearing, the Knowing Say, "Is it other than Allah I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and the earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, O Muhammad, "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first among you who submit to Allah and was commanded, 'Do not ever be of the polytheists Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day He from whom it is averted that Day - Allah has granted him mercy. And that is the clear attainment And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted with all Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allah is witness between me and you. And this Qur'an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do you truly testify that with Allah there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify with you." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate with Him Those to whom We have given the Scripture recognize it as they recognize their own sons. Those who will lose themselves in the Hereafter do not believe
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, those who do wrong will not succeed And mention, O Muhammad, the Day We will gather them all together; then We will say to those who associated others with Allah, "Where are your 'partners' that you used to claim with Him Then there will be no excuse upon examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent And among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples And they prevent others from him and are themselves remote from him. And they do not destroy except themselves, but they perceive it not If you could but see when they are made to stand before the Fire and will say, "Oh, would that we could be returned to life on earth and not deny the signs of our Lord and be among the believers But what they concealed before has now appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected If you could but see when they will be made to stand before their Lord. He will say, "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will then say, "So taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve
Those will have lost who deny the meeting with Allah, until when the Hour of resurrection comes upon them unexpectedly, they will say, "Oh, how great is our regret over what we neglected concerning it," while they bear their burdens on their backs. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah, so will you not reason We know that you, O Muhammad, are saddened by what they say. And indeed, they do not call you untruthful, but it is the verses of Allah that the wrongdoers reject And certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over the effects of denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the words of Allah. And there has certainly come to you some information about the previous messengers And if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, then do so. But if Allah had willed, He would have united them upon guidance. So never be of the ignorant Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned And they say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Indeed, Allah is Able to send down a sign, but most of them do not know And there is no creature on or within the earth or bird that flies with its wings except that they are communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered But those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allah wills - He leaves astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path Say, "Have you considered: if there came to you the punishment of Allah or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allah you would invoke, if you should be truthful No, it is Him alone you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate with Him
And We have already sent messengers to nations before you, O Muhammad; then We seized them with poverty and hardship that perhaps they might humble themselves to Us Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every good thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were then in despair Thus the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allah could bring them back to you?" Look how we diversify the verses; then they still turn away Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allah should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but wrongdoing people And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. Thus whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience Say, O Muhammad, "I do not tell you that I have the depositories containing the provision of Allah or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me." Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Then will you not give thought
And warn by the Qur'an those who fear that they will be gathered before their Lord - for them besides Him will be no protector and no intercessor - that they might become righteous And do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His countenance. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account. So were you to send them away, you would then be of the wrongdoers And thus We have tried some of them through others that those who disbelieve might say, "Is it these whom Allah has favored among us?" Is not Allah most knowing of those who are grateful And when those come to you who believe in Our verses, say, "Peace be upon you. Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy: that any of you who does wrong out of ignorance and then repents after that and corrects himself - verily, He is Forgiving and Merciful And thus do We detail the verses, and thus the way of the criminals will become evident
Say, "Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah." Say, "I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the rightly guided Say, "Indeed, I am on clear evidence from my Lord, and you have denied it. I do not have that for which you are impatient. The decision is only for Allah. He relates the truth, and He is the best of deciders Say, "If I had that for which you are impatient, the matter would have been decided between me and you, but Allah is most knowing of those who do wrong And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry thing but that it is written in a clear record And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do
And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers take him, and they do not fail in their duties Then they His servants are returned to Allah, their true Lord. Unquestionably, His is the judgement, and He is the swiftest of accountants Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea when you call upon Him imploring aloud and privately, 'If He should save us from this crisis, we will surely be among the thankful Say, "It is Allah who saves you from it and from every distress; then you still associate others with Him Say, "He is the one Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you so you become sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand But your people have denied it while it is the truth. Say, "I am not over you a manager For every happening is a finality; and you are going to know And when you see those who engage in offensive discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people And those who fear Allah are not held accountable for the disbelievers at all, but only for a reminder - that perhaps they will fear Him And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with the Qur'an, lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allah no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve
Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? We would then be like one whom the devils enticed to wander upon the earth confused, while he has companions inviting him to guidance, calling, 'Come to us.' " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the only guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is He to whom you will be gathered And it is He who created the heavens and earth in truth. And the day He says, "Be," and it is, His word is the truth. And His is the dominion on the Day the Horn is blown. He is Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; and He is the Wise, the Acquainted And mention, O Muhammad, when Abraham said to his father Azar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain in faith So when the night covered him with darkness, he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "I like not those that disappear And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, verily I am free from what you associate with Allah Indeed, I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allah while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him and will not be harmed unless my Lord should will something. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will you not remember And how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? Thus which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice - those will have security, and they are rightly guided
And that was Our conclusive argument which We gave Abraham against his people. We raise by degrees whom We will. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing And We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all of them We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all of them We preferred over the worlds And some among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture and authority and prophethood. But if those who disbelieve deny it, then We have entrusted it to a people who are not therein disbelievers Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, so from their guidance take an example. Say, "I ask of you for this message no payment. It is not but a reminder for the worlds
And they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal when they said, "Allah did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance to the people? You Jews make it into pages, disclosing some of it and concealing much. And you were taught that which you knew not - neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah revealed it." Then leave them in their empty discourse, amusing themselves And this is a Book which We have sent down, blessed and confirming what was before it, that you may warn the Mother of Cities and those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they are maintaining their prayers And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him, and one who says, "I will reveal something like what Allah revealed." And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the overwhelming pangs of death while the angels extend their hands, saying, "Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of extreme humiliation for what you used to say against Allah other than the truth and that you were, toward His verses, being arrogant It will be said to them, "And you have certainly come to Us alone as We created you the first time, and you have left whatever We bestowed upon you behind you. And We do not see with you your 'intercessors' which you claimed that they were among you associates of Allah. It has all been severed between you, and lost from you is what you used to claim
Indeed, Allah is the cleaver of grain and date seeds. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living. That is Allah; so how are you deluded He is the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing And it is He who placed for you the stars that you may be guided by them through the darknesses of the land and sea. We have detailed the signs for a people who know And it is He who produced you from one soul and gave you a place of dwelling and of storage. We have detailed the signs for a people who understand And it is He who sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby the growth of all things. We produce from it greenery from which We produce grains arranged in layers. And from the palm trees - of its emerging fruit are clusters hanging low. And We produce gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look at each of its fruit when it yields and at its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe But they have attributed to Allah partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters. Exalted is He and high above what they describe
He is Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives all vision; and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted There has come to you enlightenment from your Lord. So whoever will see does so for the benefit of his soul, and whoever is blind does harm against it. And say, "I am not a guardian over you And thus do We diversify the verses so those who disbelieve will say, "You have studied," and so We may make the Qur'an clear for a people who know Follow, O Muhammad, what has been revealed to you from your Lord - there is no deity except Him - and turn away from those who associate others with Allah But if Allah had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that if a sign came to them, they would surely believe in it. Say, "The signs are only with Allah." And what will make you perceive that even if a sign came, they would not believe And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly
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