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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 Everliving, 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). 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. 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 pleasest and takest away the
kingdom from whomsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou exaltest
whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom Thou pleasest in
Thine 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 pleasest 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 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 prophethood, 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 a,fter 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 straitness, 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!s, 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.
