Sacred Books

Ayat 1 - ALIF LAM MIM.

Ayat 2 - God: there is no god but He, the living, eternal, self-subsisting, ever sustaining.

Ayat 3 - He has verily revealed to you this Book, in truth and confirmation of the Books revealed before, as indeed He had revealed the Torah and the Gospel

Ayat 4 - Before this as guidance for men, and has sent the criterion (of falsehood and truth). As for those who deny the signs of God, the punishment is severe; for God is all powerful and great His requital.

Ayat 5 - There is nothing in the earth and the heavens that is hidden from God.

Ayat 6 - He shapes you in the womb of the mother as He wills. There is no god but He, the all-mighty and all-wise.

Ayat 7 - He has sent down this Book which contains some verses that are categorical and basic to the Book, and others allegorical. But those who are twisted of mind look for verses metaphorical, seeking deviation and giving to them interpretations of their own; but none knows their meaning except God; and those who are steeped in knowledge affirm: "We believe in them as all of them are from the Lord." But only those who have wisdom understand.

Ayat 8 - "Let us not go astray, O Lord, having guided us already. Bestow on us Your blessings for You are the benevolent.

Ayat 9 - You will gather mankind together, O Lord, on a day that is certain to come, and God does not fail in His promise.

Ayat 10 - As for those who deny, neither their wealth nor their children will help them in the least against God. They shall be but faggots for (the fire of) Hell,

Ayat 11 - Like the people of the Pharaoh, and those before them, who rejected Our signs, and were punished for their sins by God; and the punishment of God is severe.

Ayat 12 - So tell the disbelievers: "You will surely be subdued and driven to Hell: How bad a preparation!"

Ayat 13 - There was a token for you in the two armies which clashed (in the battle of Badr), one fighting for God, the other of unbelievers who saw with their own eyes the faithful to be two times as many as they, for God reinforces with His help whomsoever He will. In this is a lesson for those who have eyes.

Ayat 14 - Enamoured are the people of the lust of (earthly) pleasures, of women and of children and hoarded heaps of gold and silver, well-bred horses, and tilled land and cattle, all (vain) goods and chattels of the life of this world, while the best of abodes is with God.

Ayat 15 - Say: "Shall I tell you of (things) even better? With the Lord are gardens with running streams of water for those who keep from evil and follow the straight path, where they will live unchanged with the purest of companions and blessings of God." And under God´s eyes are devotees who say:

Ayat 16 - "O Lord, we believe; forgive our trespasses and save us the torment of Hell."

Ayat 17 - They are the patient, the sincere and devout, full of charity, who pray for forgiveness in the hours of dawn.

Ayat 18 - God is witness there is no god but He, and so are the angels and men full of learning. He is the upholder of justice. There is no god but He, the mighty and all-wise.

Ayat 19 - The true way with God is peace; and the people of the Book did not differ until knowledge (of this revelation) had come to them, out of mutual opposition. But those who deny the signs of God (should remember) He is swift in the reckoning.

Ayat 20 - Even then if they argue, tell them: "I have bowed in submission to God, and so have my followers." And tell the people of the Book and the Arabs: "Do you submit?" If they do, they will find the right path; if they turn away, your duty is to deliver the message. And God keeps an eye on His votaries.

Ayat 21 - To those who deny the signs of God, and slay the apostles unjustly, and slay the upholders of justice, give news of painful punishment.

Ayat 22 - Their good deeds will be wasted in this world and in the next, and none will they have to help them.

Ayat 23 - Have you not seen the people who have received a part of Revelation who are called to the Book of God that it may judge (in their disputes) between them? But some, being averse turn away,

Ayat 24 - For they say: "The Fire will not touch us for more than a few days." They have been deceived by the lies they have themselves fabricated, and stray from their faith.

Ayat 25 - How shall it be when We gather them together on a day that is certain to come, when each will receive his reward without (favour or) wrong?

Ayat 26 - Say: "O Lord of all dominions, You give whom it pleases You the kingdom, and You take away the power from whosoever You will; You exalt whom You please and debase whom You will. All goodness is Yours (entirely). Indeed You have the power over all things.

Ayat 27 - You make the night succeed the day, the day succeed the night, raise the living from the dead, the dead from the living, and give whomsoever You please, and in measure without number."

Ayat 28 - Those who believe should not take unbelievers as their friends in preference to those who believe -- and whoever does so should have no (expectations) of God -- unless to safeguard yourselves against them. But God commands you to beware of Him, for to God you will journey in the end.

Ayat 29 - Say: "Whether you conceal or reveal whatsoever is in your hearts it is all known to God, as is known to Him all that is in the heavens and the earth; and God has the power over all things."

Ayat 30 - On the day when every man will find whatever of good he has earned and of evil, and is confronted with it, he shall wish that a distance appeared between him and that day -- (that it were far away). God bids you beware of Him, though compassionate is God to His votaries.

Ayat 31 - Say: "If you love God then follow me that God may love you and forgive your faults; for God is forgiving and kind."

Ayat 32 - Say: "Obey God and His Messenger;" and if they refuse (then remember) God does not love disbelievers.

Ayat 33 - God had chosen Adam and Noah and the families of Abraham and ´Imran in preference to others.

Ayat 34 - They were descendants of one another; and God hears all and knows everything.

Ayat 35 - Remember, when the wife of ´Imran prayed: "O Lord, I offer what I carry in my womb in dedication to Your service, accept it, for You hear all and know everything."

Ayat 36 - And when she had given birth to the child, she said: "O Lord, I have delivered but a girl." -- But God knew better what she had delivered: A boy could not be as that girl was. "I have named her Mary," (she said), "and I give her into Your keeping. Preserve her and her children from Satan the ostracized."

Ayat 37 - Her Lord accepted her graciously, and she grew up with excellence, and was given into the care of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah came to see her in the chamber, he found her provided with food, and he asked: "Where has this come from, O Mary?" And she said: "From God who gives food in abundance to whomsoever He will."

Ayat 38 - Then prayed Zachariah to his Lord: "O Lord, bestow on me offspring, virtuous and good, for You answer all prayers."

Ayat 39 - Then the angels said to him as he stood in the chamber at prayer: "God sends you good tidings of John who will confirm a thing from God and be noble, continent, and a prophet, and one of those who are upright and do good."

Ayat 40 - "How can I have a son, O Lord," he said, "for I am old and my wife is barren?" "Thus," came the answer, "God does as He wills."

Ayat 41 - And Zachariah said: "Give me a token, O Lord." "The token will be," was the reply, "that you will speak to no man for three days except by signs; and remember your Lord much, and pray at evening and sunrise."

Ayat 42 - The angels said: "O Mary, indeed God has favoured you and made you immaculate, and chosen you from all the women of the world.

Ayat 43 - So adore your Lord, O Mary, and pay homage and bow with those who bow in prayer."

Ayat 44 - This is news of the Unknown that We send you, for you were not there when they cast lots with quills (to determine) who should take care of Mary, nor when they disputed it.

Ayat 45 - When the angels said: "O Mary, God gives you news of a thing from Him, for rejoicing, (news of one) whose name will be Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in this world and the next, and one among the honoured,

Ayat 46 - Who will speak to the people when in the cradle and when in the prime of life, and will be among the upright and doers of good."

Ayat 47 - She said: "How can I have a son, O Lord, when no man has touched me?" He said: "That is how God creates what He wills. When He decrees a thing, He says ´Be´, and it is.

Ayat 48 - He will teach him the Law and the judgement, and the Torah and the Gospel,

Ayat 49 - And he will be Apostle to the children of Israel, (saying:) ´I have come to you with a prodigy from your Lord that I will fashion the state of destiny out of mire for you, and breathe (a new spirit) into it, and (you) will rise by the will of God. I will heal the blind and the leper , and infuse life into the dead, by the leave of God. I will tell you what you devour and what you hoard in your homes. In this will be a portent for you if you do believe.

Ayat 50 - I (have come to) confirm the truth of the Torah which was sent down before me, and make certain things lawful which have been forbidden until now; and I come to you with a sign from your Lord; so be fearful of God and follow me.

Ayat 51 - Surely God is my Lord, and your Lord, so worship Him; and this is the right path.

Ayat 52 - When Jesus perceived their unbelief he asked: "Who will help me in the way of God?" "We," the disciples answered, "shall be the helpers of God. We believe in God; and you be our witness that we submit and obey.

Ayat 53 - "O Lord, we believe in Your revelations and follow this Apostle. Enroll us among the witnesses."

Ayat 54 - But they (the unbelievers) contrived a plot, and God did the like; and God´s plan is the best.

Ayat 55 - When God said: "O Jesus, I will take you to Myself and exalt you, and rid you of the infidels, and hold those who follow you above those who disbelieve till the Day of Resurrection. You have then to come back to Me when I will judge between you in what you were at variance."

Ayat 56 - Those who are infidels will surely receive severe punishment both in this world and the next; and none will they have to help (or save) them.

Ayat 57 - But those who believe and do good deeds shall be given their recompense in full; but God does not love the unjust.

Ayat 58 - These verses that We read to you are signs and reminder full of wisdom.

Ayat 59 - For God the likeness of Jesus is as that of Adam whom He fashioned out of dust and said "Be" and he was.

Ayat 60 - This is the truth from your Lord, so do not be in doubt.

Ayat 61 - Tell those who dispute this with you even after the knowledge that has reached you: "Come, let us gather our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, and pray and solicit God to condemn those who lie."

Ayat 62 - And this verily is the true account. There is no god but God, and God is all-mighty and all-wise.

Ayat 63 - If they turn away (remember) God knows the mischief-mongers.

Ayat 64 - Tell them: "O people of the Book, let us come to an agreement on that which is common between us, that we worship no one but God, and make none His compeer, and that none of us take any others for lord apart from God." If they turn away you tell them: "Bear witness that we submit to Him."

Ayat 65 - O people of the Book, why dispute about Abraham? The Torah and the Gospel were sent down after him: Do you not understand?

Ayat 66 - Remember you are those who disputed the things you knew; so wherefore dispute about things you do not know? And God has the knowledge, while you do not know.

Ayat 67 - Neither was Abraham a Jew nor a Christian, but upright and obedient, and not an idolater.

Ayat 68 - Of all men the nearest to Abraham are those who follow him, and then this Prophet and the faithful; and God is the protector of all believers.

Ayat 69 - Some among the people of the Book wish to lead you astray, yet they lead none astray but themselves, though they do not realise.

Ayat 70 - O people of the Book, why do you disbelieve the signs of God having witnessed them yourselves?

Ayat 71 - O people of the Book, why do you mix the false with the true, and hide the truth knowingly?

Ayat 72 - A section of the people of the Book say: "Believe in the morning what has been revealed to the faithful, and deny in the evening; they might perhaps turn back;

Ayat 73 - "And do not believe those who do not belong to your faith." Say: "True guidance is the guidance of God -- that any may be given the like of what has been given you." Will they argue with you before your Lord? Say: "God´s is the bounty. He gives whomsoever He please, for He is infinite and all-wise."

Ayat 74 - He may choose whom He likes for His favours, for great is His bounty.

Ayat 75 - There are some among the people of the Book who return a whole treasure entrusted to them; yet some there are who do not give back a dinar until you demand and insist, because they say: "It is not a sin for us to (usurp) the rights of the Arabs." Yet they lie against God, and they know it.

Ayat 76 - But certainly whoever keeps his promise and follows the right path (will be blessed), for God loves those who shun evil and follow the right course.

Ayat 77 - Those who trade on the promises of God, and who purchase a little gain from their oaths, will have no share in the life to come. God will not address or even regard them on the Day of Resurrection, nor perfect them, and their suffering will be painful.

Ayat 78 - Among them is a section which distorts in reading the Scripture in a way that though it sounds like the Scripture, in fact it is not; yet they say it is from God, when they know it is not; and they lie about God, and knowingly.

Ayat 79 - It is not for a mortal to whom God reveals the Book and the judgement and the prophethood to say to the people: "Be my votaries instead of God´s," but (to say): "Become learned in divine law, by virtue of teaching and studying the Book."

Ayat 80 - He will surely not bid you make the angels and the prophets your lords. Would he order you disbelief after you have submitted (and accepted the law of God)?

Ayat 81 - Remember when God covenanted the prophets (and said): "If after I have given you the Law and the judgement there comes an apostle to you who confirms the truth already with you, you will surely believe him and help him;" and asked: "Do you accept and agree to the terms of My covenant?" They said: "We accept." "Then you be witness," said God, "and I shall be witness with you.

Ayat 82 - Then any one who turns away will be a transgressor."

Ayat 83 - Do they seek another way than God´s? But whosoever is in the heavens and the earth is submissive to God and obedient (to Him), by choice or constraint, and will be returned to Him.

Ayat 84 - Say: "We believe in God, and in what has been revealed to us, and in what had been sent down to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and their offspring, and what had been revealed to Moses and to Jesus and to all other prophets by their Lord. We make no distinction between them, and we submit to Him and obey."

Ayat 85 - And whoever seeks a way other than submission to God, it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the world to come.

Ayat 86 - How can God show the way to those who, having come to faith, turned away, even though they had borne witness that the Messenger was true, and the clear signs had reached them? God does not show the unrighteous the way.

Ayat 87 - For such the requital is the curse of God and the angels and of men.

Ayat 88 - They shall live under it, and none of their agony decrease nor be respite for them.

Ayat 89 - But those who repent and reform, God is surely forgiving and merciful.

Ayat 90 - Those who deny, having once come to faith, and persist in denial, will not have their repentance accepted, for they have gone astray.

Ayat 91 - From those who deny and die disbelieving will never be accepted an earthful of gold if proferred by them as ransom. For them is grievous punishment, and none will help them.

Ayat 92 - You will never come to piety unless you spend of things you love; and whatever you spend is known to God.

Ayat 93 - To the children of Israel was lawful all food except what Israel forbade himself before the Torah was revealed. Say: "Bring the Torah and recite it, if what you say is true."

Ayat 94 - And anyone who fabricates lies about God even after this, is wicked indeed.

Ayat 95 - Say: "God has veritably spoken the truth. So now follow the way of Abraham the upright, who was not of idolaters."

Ayat 96 - The first House of God to be set up for men was at Bakkah the blessed, a guidance for the people of the world.

Ayat 97 - It contains clear signs, and the spot where Abraham had stood. And anyone who enters it will find security. And whosoever can afford should visit the House on a pilgrimage as duty to God. Whosoever denies, should remember that God is independent of the peoples of the world.

Ayat 98 - Say: "O people of the Book, why do you reject the word of God when God is a witness to all that you do?"

Ayat 99 - Then say: "O people of the Book, why do you turn the believers away from the path of God, looking for obliquities in the way when you are witness to it? And God is aware of all that you do."

Ayat 100 - O believers, if you follow what some of the people of the Book say, it will turn you into unbelievers even after you have come to belief.

Ayat 101 - And how can you disbelieve? To you are being recited the messages of God, and His prophet is among you. And whosoever holds fast to God shall verily be guided to the path that is straight.

Ayat 102 - O believers, fear God as He should be feared, and do not die but submitting (to Him).

Ayat 103 - Hold on firmly together to the rope of God, and be not divided among yourselves, and remember the favours God bestowed on you when you were one another´s foe and He reconciled your hearts, and you turned into brethren through His grace. You had stood on the edge of a pit of fire and He saved you from it, thus revealing to you His clear signs that you may find the right way perchance.

Ayat 104 - So let there be a body among you who may call to the good, enjoin what is esteemed and forbid what is odious. They are those who will be successful.

Ayat 105 - So be not like those who became disunited and differed among themselves after clear proofs had come to them. For them is great suffering.

Ayat 106 - On the Day when some faces would be bright, and some others will be black (with despair), those with black faces (will be told): "Having come to the faith you denied it; now taste therefore the penalty for you disbelieved."

Ayat 107 - And those with bright faces shall be under God´s grace and enjoy it for ever.

Ayat 108 - These are the commandments of God We recite to you verily; God does not wish injustice to the creatures of the world.

Ayat 109 - For to God belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, and to God do all things return.

Ayat 110 - Of all the communities raised among men you are the best, enjoining the good, forbidding the wrong, and believing in God. If the people of the Book had come to believe it was best for them; but only some believe, and transgressors are many.

Ayat 111 - They will do you no harm but annoyance; and if they fight you they will only turn their backs, then no help will reach them.

Ayat 112 - Degraded they shall live wheresoever they be unless they make an alliance with God and alliance with men, for they have incurred the anger of God, and misery overhangs them. That is because they denied the signs of God and killed the prophets unjustly, and rebelled, and went beyond the limit.

Ayat 113 - Yet all of them are not alike. Among the people of the Book is a section upright, who recite the scriptures in the hours of the night and bow in adoration and pray,

Ayat 114 - And believe in God and the Last Day, and enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong, and who hasten to give in charity: they are among the upright and the doers of good.

Ayat 115 - And the good they do will not go unaccepted; for God is aware of those who keep away from evil.

Ayat 116 - As for those who disbelieve, neither wealth nor children will avail them in the least against God. They are the residents of Hell where they will live for ever.

Ayat 117 - What they spend in the life of this world is like a frosty wind which smites and destroys the crops of a people who had wronged themselves. God did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.

Ayat 118 - O believers, do not make others except your own people your confidants. They will spare no effort to ruin you: They surely desire your annihilation. Hate is on their tongues, and what they hide in their hearts is worse. We have shown you the signs if you have sense.

Ayat 119 - Just think! You hold them as your friends but they do not, even though you believe in all the Scriptures. When they meet you they say: "We believe;" but when they are alone they bite their fingers in rage. Say: "Die of your rage. God is aware of the secrets of the hearts."

Ayat 120 - If good comes your way, they are vexed; but if evil befalls you they are pleased and rejoice; yet if you are patient and guard yourselves against evil, their cunning will not harm you in the least, for whatsoever they do is well within the reach of God.

Ayat 121 - Remember when you set forth in the morning from your house assigning the faithful positions for the battle, God heard everything and knew all.

Ayat 122 - When two of your bands were about to lose heart God befriended them; and in Him should the faithful place their trust.

Ayat 123 - For God had helped you during the Battle of Badr at a time when you were helpless. So act in compliance with the laws of God; you may well be grateful.

Ayat 124 - Remember when you said to the faithful: "Is it not sufficient that your Lord should send for your help three thousand angels from the heavens?

Ayat 125 - Indeed if you are patient and take heed for yourselves, and the (enemy) come rushing at you suddenly your Lord will send even five thousand angels on chargers sweeping down."

Ayat 126 - And God did not do so but as good tidings for you, and to reassure your hearts for victory comes from God alone, the all-mighty and all-wise --

Ayat 127 - In order that He may cut off a part of unbelievers or overthrow them, and they turn back in frustration.

Ayat 128 - You have no say in the matter if He pardon them or punish them, for they are unjust.

Ayat 129 - To God belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth: He may pardon whom He please and punish whom He will. Yet God is forgiving and kind.

Ayat 130 - O you who believe, do not practice usury, charging doubled and redoubled (interest); but have fear of God: you may well attain your goal.

Ayat 131 - Keep away from the Fire prepared for the infidels;

Ayat 132 - Obey God and the Prophet, that you may be treated with mercy.

Ayat 133 - And hasten for the pardon of your Lord, and for Paradise extending over the heavens and the earth, laid out for those who take heed for themselves and fear God,

Ayat 134 - Who expend both in joy and tribulation, who suppress their anger and pardon their fellowmen; and God loves those who are upright and do good,

Ayat 135 - And those who, if they commit a shameful act or some wrong against themselves, remember God and seek forgiveness for their sins: For who can forgive except God? They should not be perverse about their doings, knowingly.

Ayat 136 - Their recompense is pardon by their Lord, and gardens with streams of running water where they will abide for ever. How fair is the recompense of those who act!

Ayat 137 - There have been many dispensations before you; so travel in the land and see what befell those who denied the truth.

Ayat 138 - This is a clear declaration for mankind, and a guidance and a warning for those who preserve themselves from evil.

Ayat 139 - So do not lose heart or be grieved, for you will surely prevail if you are believers.

Ayat 140 - If you have been wounded they too have suffered a wound. We cause this alternation of night and day in the affairs of men so that God may know those who believe, taking some as witness (of truth) from your ranks, for God does not like those who are unjust.

Ayat 141 - This is so that God may try the faithful and destroy the unbelievers.

Ayat 142 - Do you think you will go to Paradise while God does not know who among you strive and persist?

Ayat 143 - You had wished to know death before you faced it (in battle); so now you have seen it before your own eyes.

Ayat 144 - Muhammad is only a messenger; and many a messenger has gone before him. So what if he dies or is killed! Will you turn back and go away in haste? But he who turns back and goes away in haste will do no harm to God. But God will reward those who give thanks (and are grateful).

Ayat 145 - No one can die before his appointed term except in accordance with the law of God. And to him who desires a reward in this world, We shall give it; and to him who desires a reward in the life to come, We shall do that. We shall certainly reward those who are grateful.

Ayat 146 - Many a seeker after God has fought in the way of God by the side of many an apostle, undaunted (by disaster), and did not disgrace themselves; -- verily God loves those who are steadfast.

Ayat 147 - Nor did they say aught but: "O our Lord, forgive us our sins and excesses in our acts, and steady our steps, and help us against unbelieving people."

Ayat 148 - So God rewarded them in this world, and a better reward awaits them in the next; for God loves those who do good.

Ayat 149 - O believers, if you listen to the infidels they will make you turn your backs, and you will be the losers.

Ayat 150 - But God is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.

Ayat 151 - We shall strike terror into the hearts of unbelievers for ascribing compeers to God for which He has sent down no sanction. Hell is their residence, the evil abode of the unjust.

Ayat 152 - The promise made to you by God was verified when you destroyed (the foe) by His leave, until you were unmanned and disputed the order, and thus disobeyed (the Apostle) even after He had brought you in sight of (victory) you longed for. Some of you desired this world, and some of you the next. Then He put you to flight before (them) in order to try you. But (now) He has forgiven you, for surely God is kind to the faithful.

Ayat 153 - Remember, as you were rushing up (the hill) without turning back to look, though the Prophet was calling you from the rear, He requited you with anguish for an anguish that you do not fret for missed opportunity and what befell you, for God is aware of all that you do,

Ayat 154 - Then after affliction He Sent you a drowsiness as comes after security, overwhelming some among you, and making some anxious for themselves, and made them think thoughts of pagan ignorance; and they said: "Have we a say in any affair?" Say: "All affairs rest with God." They hide in their hearts what they do not disclose to you. They say: "If we had a say in the affair we would not have been killed in this place." Tell them: "Even had you stayed at home, those of you who were ordained to fight would have gone to their place of (eternal) rest. God had to try them to bring out what they concealed in their breasts, and to bring out the secrets of their hearts, for God knows your innermost thoughts.

Ayat 155 - All those among you who turned their backs on the day the two armies clashed (at ´Uhud) were surely induced by Satan to fail in their duty because of their sinful deeds. But God has already forgiven them, for God is forgiving and kind.

Ayat 156 - O you who believe, do not be like those who deny, and say of their brethren (who died) travelling in the land or fighting: "Had they stayed with us here they would not have died or been killed." This happened so that God may fill their hearts with grief. God is the giver of life and death and sees all that you do.

Ayat 157 - If you are killed in the cause of God or you die, the forgiveness and mercy of God are better than all that you amass.

Ayat 158 - And if you die or are killed, even so it is to God that you will return.

Ayat 159 - It was through God´s mercy that you dealt with them gently; for had you been stern and hard of heart they would surely have broken away from you. So pardon them and pray that forgiveness be theirs, and seek their counsel in all affairs, And when you have come to a decision place your trust in God alone, for He loves those who place their trust in Him.

Ayat 160 - If God is there to help you none will overcome you; and if He forsake you, who will help you other than Him? So only in God should the faithful place their trust.

Ayat 161 - It is not for a prophet to be false; and whoever is false will indeed bring his falsehood with him on the Day of Reckoning when each will receive his reward without favour or wrong.

Ayat 162 - Is a man who has followed the pleasure of God the same as he who has incurred His wrath, whose abode is surely Hell, a dreadful place?

Ayat 163 - There are different ranks with God, And God sees everything you do.

Ayat 164 - God has favoured the faithful by sending an apostle to them from among themselves, who recites to them His messages, and reforms and teaches them the Law and the judgement, for they were clearly in error before.

Ayat 165 - How is it that when misfortune befell you, you said: "Where has this come from?" -- even though you had inflicted disaster twice as great on (the enemy). Say: "This has come from your own selves." Surely God has power over all things.

Ayat 166 - What you suffered on the day the two armies had met was by God´s dispensation, so that He may distinguish the faithful,

Ayat 167 - And may distinguish the hypocrites who were told: "Fight in the way of God, or defend yourselves," and who had replied: "If we knew of the fight we would have followed you." They were nearer unbelief than faith on that day, and they said with their tongues what was not in their hearts; but God is aware of what they hide.

Ayat 168 - To those who sit at home and say of their brothers: "They would never have been killed had they listened to us, say: "Drive away death from your midst if what you say is true."

Ayat 169 - Never think that those who are killed in the way of God are dead. They are alive, getting succour from their Lord,

Ayat 170 - Rejoicing at what God has given them of His grace, and happy for those who are trying to overtake them but have not joined them yet, and who will have no fear or regret.

Ayat 171 - They rejoice at the kindness and mercy of God; and God does not suffer the wages of the faithful to go waste.

Ayat 172 - Those who obeyed the call of God and His Messenger, even after they were wounded, and took heed for themselves, shall indeed have an ample reward,

Ayat 173 - Those who were told: "They have gathered an army, beware," and their faith increased and they said: "God is sufficient for us, and the best of protectors,"

Ayat 174 - And returned with God´s favour and grace without harm, for they attended the pleasure of God; and great is the benevolence of God.

Ayat 175 - It is no one but Satan who frightens you with his allies. But do not fear him, fear Me, if indeed you are believers.

Ayat 176 - And do not be grieved by those who rush into disbelief. They do no harm to God; and God will not give them any share in the life to come, and their torment shall be great.

Ayat 177 - Those who barter unbelief for faith, will not harm God in the least, and the punishment for them will be painful.

Ayat 178 - The unbelievers must not think that the respite We give them augurs well. We do so that they sink deeper into sin, and suffer an ignominious doom.

Ayat 179 - God will not leave the believers in the state they are in till He has sifted the evil from the good; nor will God reveal the secrets of the Unknown. He chooses (for this) from His apostles whom He will. So believe in God and the prophets, for if you believe and fear the displeasure of God your reward will be great.

Ayat 180 - Let not those who are niggardly of things that God has given them of His largesse think that this is good for them. In fact, it is worse; for what they grudged will be hung around their necks on the Day of Resurrection. To God belong the heavens and the earth, and God is aware of all you do.

Ayat 181 - God has indeed heard the words of those who said: "God is a pauper whereas we are rich." We shall make a note of their words, and the murders of the prophets they committed unjustly, and say to them: "Now taste the agony of burning."

Ayat 182 - This is (requital) for the deeds you had committed, for God is not unjust to any of His creatures.

Ayat 183 - To those who say: "God has ordained that we should not believe an apostle who does not bring burnt offerings," say: "Many an apostle had come to you before me with manifest proofs, even with what you mention; then why did you kill them if you were men of truth?"

Ayat 184 - If they call you a liar (remember) so had other apostles been called before you, who had come with clear signs and Scriptures and the Book enlightening.

Ayat 185 - Every soul will know the taste of death. You will get your recompense in full on the Day of Resurrection; and he who is spared the Fire and finds his way to Paradise will meet his desire. As for the life of this world, it is nothing but a merchandise of vanity.

Ayat 186 - You will, nonetheless, be tried with your wealth and life, and will hear many untoward things from the followers of former Books and the infidels. But if you endure with patience and follow the straight path, it will surely (accord) with God´s fixed resolve about human affairs.

Ayat 187 - And remember when God took a promise from the people of the Book to make its (truth) known to mankind, and not keep back any part of it, they set aside (the pledge), and sold it away for a little gain but how wretched the bargain that they made!

Ayat 188 - Think not that those who exult at what they have done, and who love to be praised for what they have not done, shall escape the punishment, for grievous indeed will be their doom.

Ayat 189 - For God´s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God´s is the power over all things.

Ayat 190 - In the creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of night and day, are signs for the wise.

Ayat 191 - Those who honour God in meditation, standing or sitting or lying on their sides, who reflect and contemplate on the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say) "Not in vain have You made them. All praise be to You, O Lord, preserve us from the torment of Hell.

Ayat 192 - Whoever, O Lord, should be cast into Hell shall be verily disgraced; and the sinners shall have none to help (or save) them.

Ayat 193 - We have heard, O our Lord, the crier call inviting us to faith (and announcing): ´Believe in your Lord.´ O our Lord, to faith we have come, so forgive our trespasses, deliver us from sin, and grant us (the glory of) death with the just.

Ayat 194 - Give us what You promised, O Lord, through Your prophets; and put us not to shame on the Day of Reckoning, for never do You go back on Your promise."

Ayat 195 - The Lord heard their prayer and answered: "I suffer not the good deeds of any to go waste, be he a man or a woman: The one of you is of the other. And those who were deprived of their homes or banished in My cause, and who fought and were killed, I shall blot out their sins and admit them indeed into gardens with rippling streams." -- A recompense from God, and the best of rewards is with God.

Ayat 196 - Be not deceived by the comings and goings of unbelievers in the land.

Ayat 197 - Their commerce is but short-lived, and then their abode shall be Hell: And what an evil abode!

Ayat 198 - But those who are pious and obedient to their Lord, will have gardens with streams of running water where they will abide as guests of God; and what is with God is best for the pious.

Ayat 199 - Certainly among the people of the Book are some who believe in God and in what has been revealed to you and had been revealed to them; and they bow in humility before God, and do not trade for paltry gain the signs of God. Their reward is verily with their Lord; and swift is the reckoning of God!

Ayat 200 - So you who believe, have endurance in suffering, be patient and persevere, strengthen each other and be firm, and be pious and fear God that you may find success.