Sura 2: Al-Baqarah (The Heifer) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[2:1] A. L. M.*

الٓمٓalif-lam-meemA.L.M. ﴿١﴾

*2:1 These initials remained a divinely guarded secret for 1400 years. Now we recognize them as a major component of the Quran's mathematical miracle (see Appendices 1, 2, 24, and 26). The meaning of A.L.M. is pointed out in Verse 2: "This scripture is infallible." This is incontrovertibly proven by the fact that the frequencies of occurrence of these three initials in this sura are 4502, 3202, and 2195, respectively. The sum of these numbers is 9899, or 19x521. Thus, these most frequent letters of the Arabic language are mathematically placed according to a super-human pattern. These same initials also prefix Suras 3, 29, 30, 31, and 32, and their frequencies of occurrence add up to multiples of 19 in each one of these suras.

[2:2] This scripture is infallible; a beacon for the righteous;

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe scriptureلَاlānoرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiin it,هُدًىhudana beacon / guidanceلِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]. ﴿٢﴾

[2:3] who believe in the unseen, observe the Contact Prayers (Salat),* and from our** provisions to them, they give to charity.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْغَيْبِbil-ghaybiin the unseen,وَيُقِيمُونَwayuqīmūnaand they observeٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),وَمِمَّاwamimmāand from whatرَزَقْنَـٰهُمْrazaqnāhumwe provided themيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend / give (to charity). ﴿٣﴾

*2:3 Since the Contact Prayers are decreed five times a day, they constitute the prime source of nourishment for our souls. Along with all other practices in Submission, the Contact Prayers were originally revealed through Abraham (21:73, 22:78). Although these five daily prayers were practiced before the revelation of the Quran, each Contact Prayer is specifically mentioned in the Quran (24:58, 11:114, 17:78, & 2:238). Appendices 1 & 15 provide physical evidence supporting all the details of the Contact Prayers, including the number of units (Rak'aas) and the numbers of bowings, prostrations, and Tashahhuds in each prayer. **2:3 When God uses the plural tense, this indicates that other entities, usually the angels, are involved. When God spoke to Moses, the singular form was used (20:12- 14). See Appendix 10.

[2:4] And they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you,* and with regard to the Hereafter, they are absolutely certain.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِمَآbimāin whatأُنزِلَunzilait was sent down / revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was sent down / revealedمِنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore youوَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwabil-ākhiratiand in the Hereafterهُمْhumtheyيُوقِنُونَyūqinūna[they] are (absolutely) certain. ﴿٤﴾

*2:4 Despite severe distortions that afflicted the previous scriptures, God's truth can still be found in them. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament still advocate absolute devotion to God ALONE (Deuteronomy 6:4-5, Mark 12:29-30). All distortions are easily detectable.

[2:5] These are guided by their Lord; these are the winners.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)عَلَىٰʿalāonهُدًىhudanguidanceمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūnathe successful ones / winners. ﴿٥﴾

[2:6] As for those who disbelieve, it is the same for them; whether you warn them, or not warn them, they cannot believe.*

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,سَوَآءٌsawāonit is sameعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْa-andhartahumwhether you warn themأَمْamorلَمْlamnotتُنذِرْهُمْtundhir'humyou warn them,لَاlānotيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٦﴾

*2:6-7 Those who make a decision to reject God are helped in that direction; they are prevented by God from seeing any proof or guidance for as long as they maintain such a decision. The consequences of such a disastrous decision are spelled out in Verse 7.

[2:7] GOD seals their minds and their hearing, and their eyes are veiled. They have incurred severe retribution.

خَتَمَkhatama[He] sealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts / mindsوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand overسَمْعِهِمْsamʿihimtheir hearing,وَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand overأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْabṣārihimtheir eyes (is)غِشَـٰوَةٌghishāwatuna veil.وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat / severe. ﴿٧﴾

[2:8] Then there are those who say, "We believe in GOD and the Last Day," while they are not believers.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleمَنman(are some) whoيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] says,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَبِٱلْيَوْمِwabil-yawmiand in the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,"وَمَاwamāwhile notهُمhumthey (are)بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnaever believers. ﴿٨﴾

[2:9] In trying to deceive GOD and those who believe, they only deceive themselves without perceiving.

يُخَـٰدِعُونَyukhādiʿūnaThey try to deceiveٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,وَمَاwamāand notيَخْدَعُونَyakhdaʿūnathey deceiveإِلَّآillāexceptأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves,وَمَاwamāand notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive / realize (it). ﴿٩﴾

[2:10] In their minds there is a disease. Consequently, GOD augments their disease. They have incurred a painful retribution for their lying.

فِىfīInقُلُوبِهِمqulūbihimtheir hearts / minds (is)مَّرَضٌmaraḍuna disease,فَزَادَهُمُfazādahumuso [He] augmented their ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَرَضًاmaraḍandisease;وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌۢalīmunpainfulبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَكْذِبُونَyakdhibūna[they] lie. ﴿١٠﴾

[2:11] When they are told, "Do not commit evil," they say, "But we are righteous!"

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,لَاlā"(Do) notتُفْسِدُوا۟tuf'sidū[you all] spread corruption / commit evilفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,"قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Indeed, that / onlyنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūnapeace-makers / reformers / righteous [ones]." ﴿١١﴾

[2:12] In fact, they are evildoers, but they do not perceive.

أَلَآalāNo doubtإِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed [they]هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَl-muf'sidūnathe spreaders of corruption / troublemakers / evildoers,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlānotيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive / realize (it). ﴿١٢﴾

[2:13] When they are told, "Believe like the people who believed," they say, "Shall we believe like the fools who believed?" In fact, it is they who are fools, but they do not know.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,ءَامِنُوا۟āminū"Believe [you all]كَمَآkamālikeءَامَنَāmana[he] believedٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people,"قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minu"Shall we believeكَمَآkamālikeءَامَنَāmana[he] believedٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāuthe fools?"أَلَآalāNo doubtإِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed [they]هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāuthe foolsوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know. ﴿١٣﴾

[2:14] When they meet the believers, they say, "We believe," but when alone with their devils, they say, "We are with you; we were only mocking."

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenلَقُوا۟laqūthey metٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believed."وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut whenخَلَوْا۟khalawthey were alone,إِلَىٰilātoشَيَـٰطِينِهِمْshayāṭīnihimtheir devilsقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all],إِنَّمَاinnamāonlyنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)مُسْتَهْزِءُونَmus'tahziūnamockers." ﴿١٤﴾

[2:15] GOD mocks them, and leads them on in their transgressions, blundering.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodيَسْتَهْزِئُyastahzi-u[He] mocksبِهِمْbihim[at] them,وَيَمُدُّهُمْwayamudduhumand He prolongs them / leads them onفِىfīinطُغْيَـٰنِهِمْṭugh'yānihimtheir rebellion / transgressions,يَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūnathey wander blindly / blunder. ﴿١٥﴾

[2:16] It is they who bought the straying, at the expense of guidance. Such trade never prospers, nor do they receive any guidance.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūthey boughtٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] strayingبِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāfor [the] guidance.فَمَاfamāSo notرَبِحَتrabiḥat[it] profitedتِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْtijāratuhumtheir tradeوَمَاwamāand notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnaguided ones. ﴿١٦﴾

[2:17] Their example is like those who start a fire, then, as it begins to shed light around them, GOD takes away their light, leaving them in darkness, unable to see.

مَثَلُهُمْmathaluhumTheir example (is)كَمَثَلِkamathalilike the example ofٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoٱسْتَوْقَدَis'tawqada[he] sought to kindle / igniteنَارًاnārana fire.فَلَمَّآfalammāThen whenأَضَآءَتْaḍāatit illuminated / became bright / shed lightمَاmāwhat (was)حَوْلَهُۥḥawlahuaround him,ذَهَبَdhahaba[He] took away,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,بِنُورِهِمْbinūrihimof their lightوَتَرَكَهُمْwatarakahumand He left themفِىfīinظُلُمَـٰتٍẓulumātindarkness,لَّاlā(so) notيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnathey see. ﴿١٧﴾

[2:18] Deaf, dumb, and blind; they fail to return.

صُمٌّۢṣummunDeaf,بُكْمٌbuk'mundumb,عُمْىٌʿum'yunblind,فَهُمْfahumso theyلَاlānotيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna[they] return. ﴿١٨﴾

[2:19] Another example: a rainstorm from the sky in which there is darkness, thunder, and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears, to evade death. GOD is fully aware of the disbelievers.

أَوْawOrكَصَيِّبٍkaṣayyibinlike a rainstormمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyفِيهِfīhiin it (is)ظُلُمَـٰتٌẓulumātundarkness,وَرَعْدٌwaraʿdunand thunder,وَبَرْقٌwabarqunand lightning.يَجْعَلُونَyajʿalūnaThey put / placeأَصَـٰبِعَهُمْaṣābiʿahumtheir fingersفِىٓfīinءَاذَانِهِمādhānihimtheir earsمِّنَminafromٱلصَّوَٰعِقِl-ṣawāʿiqithe thunderclaps,حَذَرَḥadhara[he] was cautious (of) / fearedٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)مُحِيطٌۢmuḥīṭunfully awareبِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَbil-kāfirīnaof the disbelievers. ﴿١٩﴾

[2:20] The lightning almost snatches away their eyesight. When it lights for them, they move forward, and when it turns dark, they stand still. If GOD wills, He* can take away their hearing and their eyesight. GOD is Omnipotent.

يَكَادُyakādu[It] almostٱلْبَرْقُl-barquthe lightningيَخْطَفُyakhṭafuit snatches (away)أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْabṣārahumtheir sight.كُلَّمَآkullamāWheneverأَضَآءَaḍāait lit / shinedلَهُمlahumfor themمَّشَوْا۟mashawthey walkedفِيهِfīhiin it,وَإِذَآwa-idhāand whenأَظْلَمَaẓlamait darkenedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themقَامُوا۟qāmūthey stood (still).وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,لَذَهَبَladhahabasurely He could have taken awayبِسَمْعِهِمْbisamʿihim[in] their hearing,وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْwa-abṣārihimand their sight.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing / matterقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٢٠﴾

*2:20 "He" and "she" do not necessarily imply natural gender in Arabic (Appendix 4).

[2:21] O people, worship only your Lord - the One who created you and those before you - that you may be saved.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people,ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūworship [you all]رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord,ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakum[He] created you [all]وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand thoseمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all],لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] become righteous / be saved. ﴿٢١﴾

[2:22] The One who made the earth habitable for you, and the sky a structure. He sends down from the sky water, to produce all kinds of fruits for your sustenance. You shall not set up idols to rival GOD, now that you know.

ٱلَّذِىalladhīThe One whoجَعَلَjaʿala[He] madeلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthفِرَٰشًاfirāshanfurnished / comfortable / habitableوَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaand the skyبِنَآءًbināana structure,وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand He sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwater,فَأَخْرَجَfa-akhrajathen He producedبِهِۦbihithereinمِنَmina[of]ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarātithe crops / fruits,رِزْقًاriz'qanprovision / sustenanceلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalūyou [all] set upلِلَّهِlillahito Godأَندَادًاandādanequals / rivalsوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٢٢﴾

[2:23] If you have any doubt regarding what we revealed to our servant,* then produce one sura like these, and call upon your own witnesses against GOD, if you are truthful.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areفِىfīinرَيْبٍraybindoubtمِّمَّاmimmāabout whatنَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāwe sent down / revealedعَلَىٰʿalātoعَبْدِنَاʿabdināour servant,فَأْتُوا۟fatūthen bring [you all]بِسُورَةٍbisūratin[in] a suraمِّنmin[of]مِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike itوَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūand call [you all]شُهَدَآءَكُمshuhadāakumyour witnessesمِّنminfromدُونِdūniother than / against / besidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful ones. ﴿٢٣﴾

*2:23-24 The Quran's miraculous mathematical code provides numerous proofs as it spells out the name "Rashad Khalifa" as God's servant mentioned here. Some literary giants, including Al-Mutanabby and Taha Hussein, have answered the literary challenge, but they had no awareness of the Quran's mathematical composition. It is the Quran's mathematical code, revealed through God's Messenger of the Covenant, Rashad Khalifa, that is the real challenge - for it can never be imitated. See Appendices 1, 2, 24, & 26 for the detailed proofs.

[2:24] If you cannot do this - and you can never do this - then beware of the Hellfire, whose fuel is people and rocks; it awaits the disbelievers.

فَإِنfa-inBut ifلَّمْlamnotتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou [all] can do / are able,وَلَنwalanand neverتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou [all] can do / are able,فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūthen fear / beware [you all]ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fireٱلَّتِىallatīwhichوَقُودُهَاwaqūduhāits fuel (is)ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe peopleوَٱلْحِجَارَةُwal-ḥijāratuand the stones / rocks,أُعِدَّتْuʿiddatit was prepared / made readyلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers. ﴿٢٤﴾

[2:25] Give good news to those who believe and lead a righteous life that they will have gardens with flowing streams. When provided with a provision of fruits therein, they will say, "This is what was provided for us previously." Thus, they are given allegorical descriptions. They will have pure spouses therein, and they abide therein forever.

وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give good newsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,أَنَّannathatلَهُمْlahumfor them (are)جَنَّـٰتٍjannātingardens,تَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunder themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams.كُلَّمَاkullamāWheneverرُزِقُوا۟ruziqūthey were providedمِنْهَاmin'hāin itمِنminfromثَمَرَةٍthamaratinfruitرِّزْقًاriz'qan(as) provision,قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichرُزِقْنَاruziq'nāwe were providedمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore."وَأُتُوا۟wa-utūAnd they were givenبِهِۦbihithereinمُتَشَـٰبِهًاmutashābihansimilar in resemblance / allegorical;وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for themفِيهَآfīhāin it / thereinأَزْوَٰجٌazwājunspousesمُّطَهَّرَةٌmuṭahharatunpure,وَهُمْwahumand theyفِيهَاfīhāin it / thereinخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٢٥﴾

[2:26] GOD does not shy away from citing any kind of allegory,* from the tiny mosquito and greater. As for those who believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord. As for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did GOD mean by such an allegory?" He misleads many thereby, and guides many thereby. But He never misleads thereby except the wicked,

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَسْتَحْىِۦٓyastaḥyīHe shiesأَنanthatيَضْرِبَyaḍribaHe sets forthمَثَلًاmathalanan example (like)مَّاmāthat (of)بَعُوضَةًbaʿūḍatana gnat / mosquitoفَمَاfamāand thatفَوْقَهَاfawqahāabove it.فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,فَيَعْلَمُونَfayaʿlamūnathus they will knowأَنَّهُannahuthat it (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمِنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelieved,فَيَقُولُونَfayaqūlūnathen they will say:مَاذَآmādhā"What then (is it) أَرَادَarāda[He] intendedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāby thisمَثَلًاmathalanexample / allegory?يُضِلُّyuḍilluHe sends astrayبِهِۦbihiby it / therebyكَثِيرًاkathīranmanyوَيَهْدِىwayahdīand He guidesبِهِۦbihiby it / therebyكَثِيرًاkathīranmany.وَمَاwamāAnd notيُضِلُّyuḍilluHe sends astrayبِهِۦٓbihiby it / therebyإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked ones. ﴿٢٦﴾

*2:26 See Appendix 5 for further discussion of Heaven and Hell.

[2:27] who violate GOD's covenant after pledging to uphold it, sever what GOD has commanded to be joined, and commit evil. These are the losers.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَنقُضُونَyanquḍūnathey violateعَهْدَʿahda(the) covenant (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمِيثَـٰقِهِۦmīthāqihiits ratificationوَيَقْطَعُونَwayaqṭaʿūnaand they cut off / severمَآmāwhatأَمَرَamara[He] commandedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِهِۦٓbihiin itأَنanthatيُوصَلَyūṣalait be joinedوَيُفْسِدُونَwayuf'sidūnaand they spread corruption / commit evilفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūnathe losers. ﴿٢٧﴾

[2:28] How can you disbelieve in GOD when you were dead and He gave you life, then He puts you to death, then He brings you back to life, then to Him you ultimately return?

كَيْفَkayfaHow (can)تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou [all] disbelieveبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God,وَكُنتُمْwakuntumwhile you [all] wereأَمْوَٰتًاamwātandeadفَأَحْيَـٰكُمْfa-aḥyākumthen He gave you [all] life;ثُمَّthummathenيُمِيتُكُمْyumītukumHe will cause you [all] to die,ثُمَّthummathenيُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkumHe will give you [all] life,ثُمَّthummathenإِلَيْهِilayhito Himتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will return. ﴿٢٨﴾

*2:28 The righteous do not really die; they go straight to Heaven. When their interim on this earth comes to an end, the angels of death simply invite them to go to the same Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived (2:154, 3:169, 8:24, 22:58, 16:32, 36:20-27, 44:56, 89:27-30). Thus, while the righteous experience only the first death following our original sin, the unrighteous go through two deaths (40:11). At the time of death, the disbelievers know their miserable fate (8:50, 47:27), then they suffer a continuous nightmare that lasts until Hell is created (40:46, 89:23, Appendix 17).

[2:29] He is the One who created for you everything on earth, then turned to the sky and perfected seven universes therein,* and He is fully aware of all things.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مَّاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall.ثُمَّthummaThenٱسْتَوَىٰٓis'tawāHe turnedإِلَىilātoٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heavenفَسَوَّىٰهُنَّfasawwāhunnaand He perfected themسَبْعَsabʿasevenسَمَـٰوَٰتٍsamāwātinheavens / universes.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heبِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower / fully aware. ﴿٢٩﴾

*2:29 Our universe with its billion galaxies, spanning distances of billions of light years, is the smallest and innermost of seven universes (Appendix 6). Please look up 41:10-11.

[2:30] Recall that your Lord said to the angels, "I am placing a representative (a temporary god) on Earth." They said, "Will You place therein one who will spread evil therein and shed blood, while we sing Your praises, glorify You, and uphold Your absolute authority?" He said, "I know what you do not know."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[He] saidرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the angels,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amجَاعِلٌjāʿilunappointing / placingفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthخَلِيفَةًkhalīfatanan alternative / vicegerent / ruler,قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَتَجْعَلُatajʿalu"Will You placeفِيهَاfīhāin itمَنman(one) whoيُفْسِدُyuf'siduhe will spread corruption / evilفِيهَاfīhāin itوَيَسْفِكُwayasfikuand he will shedٱلدِّمَآءَl-dimāa[the] blood[s],وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we,نُسَبِّحُnusabbiḥu[we] glorify / singبِحَمْدِكَbiḥamdikain Your praisesوَنُقَدِّسُwanuqaddisuand we sanctifyلَكَlaka[to] You?قَالَqālaHe said,إِنِّىٓinnī"Indeed, [I]أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI knowمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know." ﴿٣٠﴾

*2:30-37 These verses answer such crucial questions as: "Why are we here?" (See Appendix 7).

[2:31] He taught Adam all the names* then presented them to the angels, saying, "Give Me the names of these, if you are right."

وَعَلَّمَwaʿallamaAnd He taughtءَادَمَādamaAdamٱلْأَسْمَآءَl-asmāathe namesكُلَّهَاkullahāall of them.ثُمَّthummaThenعَرَضَهُمْʿaraḍahumHe presented themعَلَىʿalātoٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe angels,فَقَالَfaqālathen He said,أَنۢبِـُٔونِىanbiūnī"Inform Me [you all]بِأَسْمَآءِbi-asmāiof (the) namesهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(of) these,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]." ﴿٣١﴾

*2:31 These are the names of the animals, the automobile, the submarine, the space satellite, the VCR, and all other objects to be encountered by the human beings on Earth.

[2:32] They said, "Be You glorified, we have no knowledge, except that which You have taught us. You are the Omniscient, Most Wise."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānaka"Glory be to You!لَاlāNoعِلْمَʿil'maknowledge (is)لَنَآlanāfor usإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatعَلَّمْتَنَآʿallamtanāYou taught us.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed [You]أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٣٢﴾

[2:33] He said, "O Adam, tell them their names." When he told them their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the heavens and the earth? I know what you declare, and what you conceal."

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamu"O Adam!أَنۢبِئْهُمanbi'humInform themبِأَسْمَآئِهِمْbi-asmāihimof their names."فَلَمَّآfalammāAnd whenأَنۢبَأَهُمanba-ahumhe informed themبِأَسْمَآئِهِمْbi-asmāihimof their names,قَالَqālaHe said,أَلَمْalam"Did notأَقُلaqulI sayلَّكُمْlakumto you [all],إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَعْلَمُaʿlamu[I] knowغَيْبَghayba(the) unseen / secrets (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَأَعْلَمُwa-aʿlamuand I knowمَاmāwhatتُبْدُونَtub'dūnayou [all] reveal / discloseوَمَاwamāand whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all]تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūna[you all] conceal." ﴿٣٣﴾

[2:34] When we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate, except Satan; he refused, was too arrogant, and a disbeliever.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقُلْنَاqul'nāwe saidلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the angels,ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judū"Prostrate [you all]لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam,"فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadū[so] they prostratedإِلَّآillāexceptإِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblees (Satan).أَبَىٰabāHe refusedوَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbaraand he sought exaltation / was arrogantوَكَانَwakānaand he becameمِنَminaofٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿٣٤﴾

[2:35] We said, "O Adam, live with your wife in Paradise, and eat therefrom generously, as you please, but do not approach this tree, lest you sin."

وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd we said,يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamu"O Adam!ٱسْكُنْus'kunDwellأَنتَantayouوَزَوْجُكَwazawjukaand your spouseٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(in) the Paradise,وَكُلَاwakulāand you both eatمِنْهَاmin'hātherefromرَغَدًاraghadanfreely and abundantly without toilحَيْثُḥaythu(from) whereverشِئْتُمَاshi'tumāyou both wish.وَلَاwalāBut (do) notتَقْرَبَاtaqrabāyou both approach / go nearهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata[the] tree,فَتَكُونَاfatakūnālest you both beمِنَminaofٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers." ﴿٣٥﴾

[2:36] But the devil duped them, and caused their eviction therefrom. We said, "Go down as enemies of one another. On Earth shall be your habitation and provision for awhile."

فَأَزَلَّهُمَاfa-azallahumāThen [he] made both of them slip (*duped)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilعَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it,فَأَخْرَجَهُمَاfa-akhrajahumāand he evicted both of themمِمَّاmimmāfrom whatكَانَاkānāthey [both] wereفِيهِfīhiin [it].وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd we said,ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭū"Go down [you all], بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]*لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto some others (*one another)عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(as) enemy;وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth (is)مُسْتَقَرٌّmus'taqarruna place to seek comfort / restوَمَتَـٰعٌwamatāʿunand a provisionإِلَىٰilātillحِينٍḥīnina time / period / while." ﴿٣٦﴾

[2:37] Then, Adam received from his Lord words, whereby He redeemed him. He is the Redeemer, Most Merciful.

فَتَلَقَّىٰٓfatalaqqāThen [he] receivedءَادَمُādamuAdamمِنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lordكَلِمَـٰتٍkalimātinwords,فَتَابَfatābathen He redeemedعَلَيْهِʿalayhi[upon] him.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed [He]!هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Redeemerٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿٣٧﴾

*2:37 Similarly, God has given us specific, mathematically coded words, the words of Sura 1, to establish contact with Him (see Footnote 1:1 and Appendix 15).

[2:38] We said, "Go down therefrom, all of you. When guidance comes to you from Me, those who follow My guidance will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said,ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭū"Go down [you all], مِنْهَاmin'hātherefromجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall,فَإِمَّاfa-immāthen as for (when)يَأْتِيَنَّكُمyatiyannakum[it] comes to you [all]مِّنِّىminnīfrom Meهُدًىhudanguidance,فَمَنfamanthen whoeverتَبِعَtabiʿahe followedهُدَاىَhudāyaMy guidance,فَلَاfalā[then] noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim(will be) on themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٣٨﴾

[2:39] As for those who disbelieve and reject our revelations, they will be dwellers of Hell, wherein they abide forever.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna"And those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedوَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūand they rejectedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināin our revelations,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire;هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever." ﴿٣٩﴾

[2:40] O Children of Israel, remember My favor, which I bestowed upon you, and fulfill your part of the covenant, that I fulfill My part of the covenant, and reverence Me.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael!ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurūRemember [you all]نِعْمَتِىَniʿ'matiyaMy favorsٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhichأَنْعَمْتُanʿamtuI bestowedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūand fulfill [you all]بِعَهْدِىٓbiʿahdī[in] My covenant,أُوفِūfiI will fulfillبِعَهْدِكُمْbiʿahdikum[in] your covenant,وَإِيَّـٰىَwa-iyyāyaand Me aloneفَٱرْهَبُونِfa-ir'habūnithen reverence Me [you all]. ﴿٤٠﴾

[2:41] You shall believe in what I have revealed herein, confirming what you have; do not be the first to reject it. Do not trade away My revelations for a cheap price, and observe Me.

وَءَامِنُوا۟waāminūAnd believe [you all]بِمَآbimāin whatأَنزَلْتُanzaltuI sent downمُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingلِّمَاlimāthat which (is)مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all],وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكُونُوٓا۟takūnū[you all] beأَوَّلَawwala(the) firstكَافِرٍۭkāfirinto disbelieveبِهِۦbihiof it.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarū[you all] trade بِـَٔايَـٰتِىbiāyātīin My revelations (for)ثَمَنًاthamanana priceقَلِيلًاqalīlansmall (cheap),وَإِيَّـٰىَwa-iyyāyaand Me aloneفَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūni[so] reverence / observe [Me] [you all]. ﴿٤١﴾

[2:42] Do not confound the truth with falsehood, nor shall you conceal the truth, knowingly.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَلْبِسُوا۟talbisū[you all] confoundٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truthبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith [the] falsehoodوَتَكْتُمُوا۟wataktumūand [you all] concealٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truthوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٤٢﴾

[2:43] You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and bow down with those who bow down.

وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūAnd observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)وَٱرْكَعُوا۟wa-ir'kaʿūand bow down [you all]مَعَmaʿawithٱلرَّٰكِعِينَl-rākiʿīnathose who bow down. ﴿٤٣﴾

[2:44] Do you exhort the people to be righteous, while forgetting yourselves, though you read the scripture? Do you not understand?

أَتَأْمُرُونَatamurūnaDo you [all] orderٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleبِٱلْبِرِّbil-biriin the righteousnessوَتَنسَوْنَwatansawnawhile you [all] forgetأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves,وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all]تَتْلُونَtatlūna[you all] reciteٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture?أَفَلَاafalāThen, do notتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou [all] understand? ﴿٤٤﴾

[2:45] You shall seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat). This is difficult indeed, but not so for the reverent,

وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟wa-is'taʿīnūAnd seek help [you all]بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabrithrough the steadfastnessوَٱلصَّلَوٰةِwal-ṣalatiand the Contact Payer (Salat).وَإِنَّهَاwa-innahāAnd indeed, it (is)لَكَبِيرَةٌlakabīratunsurely difficultإِلَّاillāexceptعَلَىʿalāforٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَl-khāshiʿīnathe humble / reverent [ones]. ﴿٤٥﴾

[2:46] who believe that they will meet their Lord; that to Him they ultimately return.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūna[they] believe / have convictionأَنَّهُمannahumthat theyمُّلَـٰقُوا۟mulāqūones who will meetرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordوَأَنَّهُمْwa-annahumand that they (are)إِلَيْهِilayhito Himرَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūnaones returning. ﴿٤٦﴾

[2:47] O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I bestowed upon you, and that I blessed you more than any other people.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael!ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurūRemember [you all]نِعْمَتِىَniʿ'matiyaMy favorsٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhichأَنْعَمْتُanʿamtuI bestowedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَأَنِّىwa-annīand that Iفَضَّلْتُكُمْfaḍḍaltukum[I] preferred / blessed you [all]عَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall people. ﴿٤٧﴾

[2:48] Beware of the day when no soul can avail another soul, no intercession will be accepted, no ransom can be paid, nor can anyone be helped.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear / beware [you all]يَوْمًاyawmana day,لَّاlānotتَجْزِىtajzī[it] will availنَفْسٌnafsuna soulعَنʿanforنَّفْسٍnafsin(another) soulشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَلَاwalāand notيُقْبَلُyuq'baluit will be acceptedمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itشَفَـٰعَةٌshafāʿatunan intercession,وَلَاwalāand notيُؤْخَذُyu'khadhuit will be takenمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itعَدْلٌʿadluna compensation / ransom,وَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna[they] will be helped. ﴿٤٨﴾

[2:49] Recall that we saved you from Pharaoh's people who inflicted upon you the worst persecution, slaying your sons and sparing your daughters. That was an exacting test from your Lord.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallنَجَّيْنَـٰكُمnajjaynākumwe saved you [all]مِّنْminfromءَالِāli(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohيَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakumthey inflict you [all] (with)سُوٓءَsūaevil / horribleٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] punishment / torment,يُذَبِّحُونَyudhabbiḥūna[they] slaughtering / slayingأَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sonsوَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand [they] letting liveنِسَآءَكُمْnisāakumyour women / daughters.وَفِىwafīAnd inذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat [you all] (was)بَلَآءٌbalāona testمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿٤٩﴾

[2:50] Recall that we parted the sea for you; we saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people before your eyes.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallفَرَقْنَاfaraqnāwe partedبِكُمُbikumufor you [all]ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea,فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْfa-anjaynākumthen we saved you [all],وَأَغْرَقْنَآwa-aghraqnāand we drownedءَالَāla(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna[you all] look. ﴿٥٠﴾

[2:51] Yet, when we summoned Moses for forty nights, you worshiped the calf in his absence, and turned wicked.*

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallوَٰعَدْنَاwāʿadnāwe appointed (summoned)مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(for) Mosesأَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīnafortyلَيْلَةًlaylatannights.ثُمَّthummaThenٱتَّخَذْتُمُittakhadhtumuyou [all] took up (worshiped)ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calfمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him (*his absence)وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all] (were)ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūnawrongdoers. ﴿٥١﴾

*2:51 This incident reflects the humans' idolatrous tendency. Despite the profound miracles, Moses' followers worshiped the calf in his absence, and Moses ended up with only two believers (5:23). As pointed out in the Introduction, the humans are rebels whose egos are their gods.

[2:52] Still, we pardoned you thereafter that you may be appreciative.

ثُمَّthummaThenعَفَوْنَاʿafawnāwe pardonedعَنكُمʿankum[for] you [all]مِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿٥٢﴾

[2:53] Recall that we gave Moses scripture and the statute book, that you may be guided.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallءَاتَيْنَاātaynāwe gaveمُوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureوَٱلْفُرْقَانَwal-fur'qānaand the statute,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumthat you [all] may beتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna[you all be] guided. ﴿٥٣﴾

[2:54] Recall that Moses said to his people, "O my people, you have wronged your souls by worshiping the calf. You must repent to your Creator. You shall kill your egos. This is better for you in the sight of your Creator." He did redeem you. He is the Redeemer, Most Merciful.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[he] saidمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesلِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihito his people,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all] (have)ظَلَمْتُمْẓalamtum[you all] wrongedأَنفُسَكُمanfusakumyour soulsبِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُbi-ittikhādhikumuby your taking up (worshiping)ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calf.فَتُوبُوٓا۟fatūbūSo repent [you all] إِلَىٰilātoبَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikumyour Creator,فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟fa-uq'tulūand kill [you all]أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyour egos.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]عِندَʿindain the sight ofبَارِئِكُمْbāri-ikumyour Creator."فَتَابَfatābaThen He redeemedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum[upon] you [all].إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed [He]!هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Redeemer,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿٥٤﴾

*2:54 It is the ego that led to Satan's fall. It is the ego that caused our exile to this world, and it is the ego that is keeping most of us from redemption to God's Kingdom.

[2:55] Recall that you said, "O Moses, we will not believe unless we see GOD, physically." Consequently, the lightning struck you, as you looked.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقُلْتُمْqul'tumyou [all] said,يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā"O Moses!لَنlanNeverنُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believeلَكَlakain youحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessنَرَىnarāwe seeٱللَّهَl-lahaGodجَهْرَةًjahratanopenly / publicly (physically)."فَأَخَذَتْكُمُfa-akhadhatkumuSo [it] seized / struck you [all]ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatuthe thunderboltوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna[you all] look. ﴿٥٥﴾

*2:55 It is noteworthy that the word "GOD" in this verse is the 19th occurrence, and this is the verse where the people demanded "physical evidence." The Quran's mathematical code, based on the number 19, provides such physical evidence. Note also that 2+55=57=19x3.

[2:56] We then revived you, after you had died, that you may be appreciative.

ثُمَّthummaThenبَعَثْنَـٰكُمbaʿathnākumwe revived you [all]مِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَوْتِكُمْmawtikumyour death,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿٥٦﴾

[2:57] We shaded you with clouds (in Sinai), and sent down to you manna and quails: "Eat from the good things we provided for you." They did not hurt us (by rebelling); they only hurt their own souls.

وَظَلَّلْنَاwaẓallalnāAnd we shadedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuover you [all]ٱلْغَمَامَl-ghamāma[the] cloudsوَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand we sent downعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuto you [all]ٱلْمَنَّl-mana[the] mannaوَٱلسَّلْوَىٰwal-salwāand [the] quails,كُلُوا۟kulū"Eat [you all]مِنminfromطَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good thingsمَاmāthatرَزَقْنَـٰكُمْrazaqnākumwe provided you [all]."وَمَاwamāAnd notظَلَمُونَاẓalamūnāthey wronged us,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿٥٧﴾

[2:58] Recall that we said, "Enter this town, where you will find as many provisions as you like. Just enter the gate humbly, and treat the people nicely. We will then forgive your sins, and increase the reward for the pious."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقُلْنَاqul'nāwe said,ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū"Enter [you all]هَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلْقَرْيَةَl-qaryata[the] town,فَكُلُوا۟fakulūAnd eat [you all]مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverشِئْتُمْshi'tumyou [all] wishedرَغَدًاraghadanfreely and abundantly without toilوَٱدْخُلُوا۟wa-ud'khulūand enter [you all]ٱلْبَابَl-bābathe gateسُجَّدًاsujjadanprostrating / humblyوَقُولُوا۟waqūlūAnd speak [you all]حِطَّةٌḥiṭṭatunforgiveness / kindly.نَّغْفِرْnaghfirWe will forgiveلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]خَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْkhaṭāyākumyour sins,وَسَنَزِيدُwasanazīduand we will increase (the reward of)ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers / pious [ones]." ﴿٥٨﴾

[2:59] But the wicked among them carried out commands other than the commands given to them. Consequently, we sent down upon the transgressors condemnation from the sky, due to their wickedness.

فَبَدَّلَfabaddalaBut [he] substitutedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressedقَوْلًاqawlana saying / commandغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them.فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāSo we sent downعَلَىʿalāuponٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressed,رِجْزًاrij'zana disaster / punishment / condemnationمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyبِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereيَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūna[they] defiantly disobeying / wicked. ﴿٥٩﴾

[2:60] Recall that Moses sought water for his people. We said, "Strike the rock with your staff." Whereupon, twelve springs gushed out therefrom. The members of each tribe knew their own water. Eat and drink from GOD's provisions, and do not roam the earth corruptingly.

وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when / Recallٱسْتَسْقَىٰis'tasqā[he] asked for waterمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesلِقَوْمِهِۦliqawmihifor his people,فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nā[so] we said,ٱضْرِبiḍ'rib"Strikeبِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staffٱلْحَجَرَl-ḥajarathe rock."فَٱنفَجَرَتْfa-infajaratThen it gushed forthمِنْهُmin'hufrom itٱثْنَتَاith'natā two*عَشْرَةَʿashrataten (*twelve)عَيْنًاʿaynansprings.قَدْqadIndeedعَلِمَʿalima[he] knewكُلُّkulluallأُنَاسٍunāsin(the) peopleمَّشْرَبَهُمْmashrabahumtheir drinking place.كُلُوا۟kulū"Eat [you all]وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink [you all]مِنminfromرِّزْقِriz'qi(the) provision (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawyou [all] commit evil / act wickedlyفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna[ones] spreading corruption." ﴿٦٠﴾

[2:61] Recall that you said, "O Moses, we can no longer tolerate one kind of food. Call upon your Lord to produce for us such earthly crops as beans, cucumbers, garlic, lentils, and onions." He said, "Do you wish to substitute that which is inferior for that which is good? Go down to Egypt, where you can find what you asked for." They have incurred condemnation, humiliation, and disgrace, and brought upon themselves wrath from GOD. This is because they rejected GOD's revelations, and killed the prophets unjustly. This is because they disobeyed and transgressed.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقُلْتُمْqul'tumyou [all] said,يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā"O Moses!لَنlanNeverنَّصْبِرَnaṣbirawe will endureعَلَىٰʿalāonطَعَامٍṭaʿāminfood (of)وَٰحِدٍwāḥidinone (kind),فَٱدْعُfa-ud'ʿuso callلَنَاlanāfor usرَبَّكَrabbaka(to) your Lordيُخْرِجْyukh'rij[He] produce / bring forthلَنَاlanāfor usمِمَّاmimmāof whatتُنۢبِتُtunbituit growsٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth,مِنۢminofبَقْلِهَاbaqlihāits beansوَقِثَّآئِهَاwaqithāihā[and] its cucumbers,وَفُومِهَاwafūmihā[and] its garlic,وَعَدَسِهَاwaʿadasihā[and] its lentils,وَبَصَلِهَاwabaṣalihāand its onions."قَالَqālaHe said,أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَatastabdilūna"Do you [all] want to exchange / substituteٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichهُوَhuwa[it] (is)أَدْنَىٰadnālesser / lower / inferiorبِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīfor that whichهُوَhuwa[it] (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter?ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭūGo down [you all] (to)مِصْرًاmiṣ'ranEgyptفَإِنَّfa-innaso indeedلَكُمlakumfor you [all] (is)مَّاmāwhatسَأَلْتُمْsa-altumyou [all] asked (for)."وَضُرِبَتْwaḍuribatAnd [it] struckعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلذِّلَّةُl-dhilatuthe humiliationوَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُwal-maskanatuand the disgraceوَبَآءُوwabāūand they incurredبِغَضَبٍbighaḍabinin wrathمِّنَminaofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (was)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] used toيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna[they] disbelieveبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signs / verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand [they] killٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe prophetsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] without*ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right (*unjustly).ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatبِمَاbimā(was) becauseعَصَوا۟ʿaṣawthey disobeyedوَّكَانُوا۟wakānūand they used toيَعْتَدُونَyaʿtadūna[they] transgress. ﴿٦١﴾

[2:62] Surely, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the Christians, and the converts; anyone who (1) believes in GOD, and (2) believes in the Last Day, and (3) leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord. They have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoهَادُوا۟hādū[they] were Jewishوَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰwal-naṣārāand the Christiansوَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَwal-ṣābiīnaand the convertsمَنْmanwhoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Lastوَعَمِلَwaʿamilaand [he] didصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds),فَلَهُمْfalahumso for them (is)أَجْرُهُمْajruhumtheir rewardعِندَʿindaatرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordوَلَاwalāand noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٦٢﴾

[2:63] We made a covenant with you, as we raised Mount Sinai above you: "You shall uphold what we have given you strongly, and remember its contents, that you may be saved."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذْنَاakhadhnāwe tookمِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenantوَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand we raisedفَوْقَكُمُfawqakumuabove you [all]ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe Mount (Sinai),خُذُوا۟khudhū"Take [you all]مَآmāwhatءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumwe gave you [all]بِقُوَّةٍbiquwwatinwith strength (*strongly),وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember [you all]مَاmāwhat (is)فِيهِfīhiin [it]لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumthat you [all] may beتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] become righteous / saved." ﴿٦٣﴾

[2:64] But you turned away thereafter, and if it were not for GOD's grace towards you and His mercy, you would have been doomed.

ثُمَّthummaThenتَوَلَّيْتُمtawallaytumyou [all] turned awayمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat.فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo if not (for)فَضْلُfaḍlu(the) grace (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhuand His mercy,لَكُنتُمlakuntumsurely you [all] would have beenمِّنَminaamongٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers. ﴿٦٤﴾

[2:65] You have known about those among you who desecrated the Sabbath. We said to them, "Be you as despicable as apes."

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainعَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumuyou [all] knewٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱعْتَدَوْا۟iʿ'tadawthey transgressed / desecratedمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]فِىfīinٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe Sabbath.فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāSo we saidلَهُمْlahumto them,كُونُوا۟kūnū"Be [you all] قِرَدَةًqiradatanapes,خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīnadespised / banished / despicable [ones]." ﴿٦٥﴾

[2:66] We set them up as an example for their generation, as well as subsequent generations, and an enlightenment for the righteous.

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاfajaʿalnāhāSo we made itنَكَـٰلًاnakālanan exemplary punishmentلِّمَاlimāfor whatبَيْنَbayna(in) between / before*يَدَيْهَاyadayhā(of) its hand (*before them)وَمَاwamāand [what] (those)خَلْفَهَاkhalfahāafter themوَمَوْعِظَةًwamawʿiẓatanand an admonition / lesson / enlightenmentلِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]. ﴿٦٦﴾

[2:67] Moses said to his people, "GOD commands you to sacrifice a heifer." They said, "Are you mocking us?" He said, "GOD forbid, that I should behave like the ignorant ones."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[he] saidمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesلِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَأْمُرُكُمْyamurukumHe commands you [all]أَنanthatتَذْبَحُوا۟tadhbaḥūyou [all] sacrificeبَقَرَةًbaqaratana cow / heifer."قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَتَتَّخِذُنَاatattakhidhunā"Do you take usهُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) ridicule."قَالَqālaHe said,أَعُوذُaʿūdhu"I seek refugeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin GodأَنْanlestأَكُونَakūnaI beمِنَminaamongٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant [ones]." ﴿٦٧﴾

*2:67 Although this sura contains important laws and commandments, including the contact prayers, fasting, Hajj pilgrimage, and the laws of marriage, divorce, etc., the name given to the sura is "The Heifer." This reflects the crucial importance of submission to God and immediate, unwavering obedience to our Creator. Such submission proves our belief in God's omnipotence and absolute authority. See also the Bible's Book of Numbers, Chapter 19.

[2:68] They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us which one." He said, "He says that she is a heifer that is neither too old, nor too young; of an intermediate age. Now, carry out what you are commanded to do."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,ٱدْعُud'ʿu"Callلَنَاlanāfor usرَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordيُبَيِّنyubayyin[He] to make clear / clarifyلَّنَاlanāfor usمَاmāwhatهِىَhiyashe (be)."قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّهُۥinnahu"Indeed He,يَقُولُyaqūlu[He] says,إِنَّهَاinnahā 'Indeed she (is)بَقَرَةٌbaqaratuna cow / heiferلَّاlānotفَارِضٌfāriḍunoldوَلَاwalāand notبِكْرٌbik'runyoung,عَوَانٌۢʿawānunmiddle agedبَيْنَbaynabetweenذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,'فَٱفْعَلُوا۟fa-if'ʿalūso do [you all] مَاmāwhatتُؤْمَرُونَtu'marūnayou [all] are commanded." ﴿٦٨﴾

[2:69] They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us her color." He said, "He says that she is a yellow heifer, bright colored, pleases the beholders."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,ٱدْعُud'ʿu"Callلَنَاlanāfor usرَبَّكَrabbakayour LordيُبَيِّنyubayyinHe make clear / clarifyلَّنَاlanāfor usمَاmāwhat (is)لَوْنُهَاlawnuhāher color."قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّهُۥinnahu"Indeed Heيَقُولُyaqūlu[He] says,إِنَّهَاinnahā 'Indeed she (is)بَقَرَةٌbaqaratuna cow / heiferصَفْرَآءُṣafrāuyellow,فَاقِعٌfāqiʿunbrightلَّوْنُهَاlawnuhā(in) its color,تَسُرُّtasurru[she] is pleasingٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَl-nāẓirīna(to) the observers.'" ﴿٦٩﴾

[2:70] They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us which one. The heifers look alike to us and, GOD willing, we will be guided."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,ٱدْعُud'ʿu"Callلَنَاlanāfor usرَبَّكَrabbakayour LordيُبَيِّنyubayyinHe make clear / clarifyلَّنَاlanāfor usمَاmāwhatهِىَhiyashe (be).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْبَقَرَl-baqara[the] cows / heifersتَشَـٰبَهَtashābaha[it] look alikeعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us.وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed we,إِنinifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَمُهْتَدُونَlamuh'tadūnasurely (will be) those who are guided." ﴿٧٠﴾

[2:71] He said, "He says that she is a heifer that was never humiliated in plowing the land or watering the crops; free from any blemish." They said, "Now you have brought the truth." They finally sacrificed her, after this lengthy reluctance.

قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّهُۥinnahu"Indeed Heيَقُولُyaqūlu[He] says,إِنَّهَاinnahā 'Indeed she (is)بَقَرَةٌbaqaratuna cow / heiferلَّاlānotذَلُولٌdhalūluntrained / subjected / humiliatedتُثِيرُtuthīru[she] to ploughٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth,وَلَاwalāand notتَسْقِىtasqīshe give waterٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥarthathe field;مُسَلَّمَةٌmusallamatunperfectly sound,لَّاlānoشِيَةَshiyatablemishفِيهَاfīhāon her.' "قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-āna"Nowجِئْتَji'tayou cameبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth."فَذَبَحُوهَاfadhabaḥūhāSo they sacrificed her,وَمَاwamāand notكَادُوا۟kādūthey almost / were about toيَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna[they] do (it). ﴿٧١﴾

[2:72] You had killed a soul, then disputed among yourselves. GOD was to expose what you tried to conceal.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَتَلْتُمْqataltumyou [all] killedنَفْسًاnafsana person / soul,فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْfa-iddāratumthen you [all] disputedفِيهَاfīhāconcerning it,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut God (is)مُخْرِجٌmukh'rijunOne who brings forthمَّاmāwhatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all]تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūna[you all] conceal. ﴿٧٢﴾

[2:73] We said, "Strike (the victim) with part (of the heifer)." That is when GOD brought the victim back to life, and showed you His signs, that you may understand.

فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāSo we said,ٱضْرِبُوهُiḍ'ribūhu"Strike him [you all]بِبَعْضِهَاbibaʿḍihāwith a part of it."كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُحْىِyuḥ'yī[He] revivesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead,وَيُرِيكُمْwayurīkumand He shows you [all]ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis signs,لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumthat you [all] mayتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna[you all] understand. ﴿٧٣﴾

[2:74] Despite this, your hearts hardened like rocks, or even harder. For there are rocks from which rivers gush out. Others crack and release gentle streams, and other rocks cringe out of reverence for GOD. GOD is never unaware of anything you do.

ثُمَّthummaThenقَسَتْqasat[it] hardenedقُلُوبُكُمqulūbukumyour heartsمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathatفَهِىَfahiyaso they (became)كَٱلْحِجَارَةِkal-ḥijāratilike [the] rocksأَوْaworأَشَدُّashaddustrongerقَسْوَةًqaswatan(in) hardness.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,مِنَminafromٱلْحِجَارَةِl-ḥijāratithe rocksلَمَاlamāthat whichيَتَفَجَّرُyatafajjaruit gushes forthمِنْهُmin'hufrom itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāru[the] rivers,وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed,مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itلَمَاlamāthat whichيَشَّقَّقُyashaqqaquit splits / cracks,فَيَخْرُجُfayakhrujuthen it comes out / brings forthمِنْهُmin'hufrom itٱلْمَآءُl-māu[the] water,وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed,مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itلَمَاlamāthat whichيَهْبِطُyahbiṭuit falls down / collapses / cowers / cringesمِنْminfromخَشْيَةِkhashyatireverence / fearٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿٧٤﴾

[2:75] Do you expect them to believe as you do, when some of them used to hear the word of GOD, then distort it, with full understanding thereof, and deliberately?

أَفَتَطْمَعُونَafataṭmaʿūnaDo you [all] then hope / desire / expectأَنanthatيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believeلَكُمْlakumas you [all] (do),وَقَدْwaqadwhile indeedكَانَkānathere wasفَرِيقٌfarīquna group / someمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them,يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna(who) they hearكَلَـٰمَkalāma(the) wordsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ثُمَّthummathenيُحَرِّفُونَهُۥyuḥarrifūnahuthey distort itمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmā[that]عَقَلُوهُʿaqalūhuthey understood it,وَهُمْwahumwhile they*يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know (*deliberately)? ﴿٧٥﴾

[2:76] And when they meet the believers, they say, "We believe," but when they get together with each other, they say, "Do not inform (the believers) of the information given to you by GOD, lest you provide them with support for their argument concerning your Lord. Do you not understand?"

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenلَقُوا۟laqūthey metٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believed."وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut whenخَلَاkhalāalone in a place / meet in privateبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of themإِلَىٰilātoبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others,قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمatuḥaddithūnahum"Do you [all] narrate / inform themبِمَاbimāof whatفَتَحَfataḥa[He] disclosedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]لِيُحَآجُّوكُمliyuḥājjūkumthat they may argue with you [all]بِهِۦbihitherewithعِندَʿindaaboutرَبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord?أَفَلَاafalāThen do notتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou [all] understand?" ﴿٧٦﴾

[2:77] Do they not know that GOD knows everything they conceal, and everything they declare?

أَوَلَاawalāAnd do notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatيُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey concealوَمَاwamāand whatيُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare? ﴿٧٧﴾

[2:78] Among them are gentiles who do not know the scripture, except through hearsay, then assume that they know it.

وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humAnd among them (are)أُمِّيُّونَummiyyūnagentilesلَاlā(who do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] knowٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureإِلَّآillāexceptأَمَانِىَّamāniyyawishful thinking / hearsay وَإِنْwa-inand notهُمْhumthey (know anything)إِلَّاillāexceptيَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūna[they] guess / conjecture [with firm conviction]. ﴿٧٨﴾

[2:79] Therefore, woe to those who distort the scripture with their own hands, then say, "This is what GOD has revealed," seeking a cheap material gain. Woe to them for such distortion, and woe to them for their illicit gains.

فَوَيْلٌfawaylunSo woeلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoيَكْتُبُونَyaktubūna[they] writeٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureبِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their (own) handsثُمَّthummathen,يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say,هَـٰذَاhādhā"Thisمِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,"لِيَشْتَرُوا۟liyashtarūthat they may acquireبِهِۦbihiwith itثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a priceقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle (cheap).فَوَيْلٌfawaylunSo woeلَّهُمlahumto themمِّمَّاmimmāfor whatكَتَبَتْkatabat[it] wroteأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir handsوَوَيْلٌwawaylunand woeلَّهُمlahumto themمِّمَّاmimmāfor whatيَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnathey earn / acquire. ﴿٧٩﴾

[2:80] Some have said, "Hell will not touch us, except for a limited number of days." Say, "Have you taken such a pledge from GOD - GOD never breaks His pledge - or, are you saying about GOD what you do not know?"

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَنlan"Neverتَمَسَّنَاtamassanā[it] will touch usٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fireإِلَّآillāexceptأَيَّامًاayyāman(for) daysمَّعْدُودَةًmaʿdūdatannumbered."قُلْqulSay,أَتَّخَذْتُمْattakhadhtum"Have you [all] takenعِندَʿindafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodعَهْدًاʿahdana covenant / pledge?فَلَنfalan[So] neverيُخْلِفَyukh'lifa[He] will break [His promise]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَهْدَهُۥٓʿahdahuHis covenant / pledge.أَمْamOr doتَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou [all] sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know?" ﴿٨٠﴾

*2:80-82 It is an established belief among corrupted Muslims that they will suffer in Hell only in proportion to the number of sins they had committed, then they will get out of Hell and go to Heaven. They also believe that Muhammad will intercede on their behalf, and will take them out of Hell. Such beliefs are contrary to the Quran (Appendix 8).

[2:81] Indeed, those who earn sins and become surrounded by their evil work will be the dwellers of Hell; they abide in it forever.

بَلَىٰbalāIndeed,مَنmanwhoeverكَسَبَkasaba[he] earnedسَيِّئَةًsayyi-atanevil / sinsوَأَحَـٰطَتْwa-aḥāṭatand [it] encompassed / fully surroundedبِهِۦbihi[in] him,خَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥkhaṭīatuhuhis sins / faults / evilsفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika[so] those (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire;هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāthereinخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٨١﴾

[2:82] As for those who believe, and lead a righteous life, they will be the dwellers of Paradise; they abide in it forever.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatithe Paradise;هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٨٢﴾

[2:83] We made a covenant with the Children of Israel: "You shall not worship except GOD. You shall honor your parents and regard the relatives, the orphans, and the poor. You shall treat the people amicably. You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat)." But you turned away, except a few of you, and you became averse.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذْنَاakhadhnāwe tookمِيثَـٰقَmīthāqa(the) covenantبَنِىٓbanī(from the) Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael,لَاlā"Notتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] worshipإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand with the parentsإِحْسَانًاiḥ'sānangoodness / kindnessوَذِىwadhīand withٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe relativesوَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphansوَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy / poor,وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūand speak [you all]لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the peopleحُسْنًاḥus'nangood,وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūand observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)."ثُمَّthummaThenتَوَلَّيْتُمْtawallaytumyou [all] turned away,إِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana fewمِّنكُمْminkumof you [all],وَأَنتُمwa-antumand you [all] (were)مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnaones who are refusing / averse. ﴿٨٣﴾

[2:84] We made a covenant with you, that you shall not shed your blood, nor shall you evict each other from your homes. You agreed and bore witness.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذْنَاakhadhnāwe tookمِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenant,لَاlā"Notتَسْفِكُونَtasfikūnayou [all] to shedدِمَآءَكُمْdimāakumyour bloodوَلَاwalāand notتُخْرِجُونَtukh'rijūnayou [all] to evictأَنفُسَكُمanfusakumyourselves (*your own people)مِّنminfromدِيَـٰرِكُمْdiyārikumyour homes,"ثُمَّthummathenأَقْرَرْتُمْaqrartumyou [all] promised / confirmed / agreedوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَشْهَدُونَtashhadūna[you all] bear witness. ﴿٨٤﴾

[2:85] Yet, here you are killing each other, and evicting some of you from their homes, banding against them sinfully and maliciously. Even when they surrendered, you demanded ransom from them. Evicting them was prohibited for you in the first place. Do you believe in part of the scripture and disbelieve in part? What should be the retribution for those among you who do this, except humiliation in this life, and a far worse retribution on the Day of Resurrection? GOD is never unaware of anything you do.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَنتُمْantumyou [all] (are)هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (who)تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūna[you all] killأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves (*your own people)وَتُخْرِجُونَwatukh'rijūnaand you [all] evictفَرِيقًاfarīqana group / someمِّنكُمminkumof you [all]مِّنminfromدِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes,تَظَـٰهَرُونَtaẓāharūnayou [all] support (one another)عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimagainst themبِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'miin the sin (*sinfully)وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِwal-ʿud'wāniand [the] transgression / aggression.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيَأْتُوكُمْyatūkumthey come to you [all]أُسَـٰرَىٰusārā(as) captives,تُفَـٰدُوهُمْtufādūhumyou [all] demand ransom from them!وَهُوَwahuwaEven (when) itمُحَرَّمٌmuḥarramun(was) prohibitedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]إِخْرَاجُهُمْikh'rājuhumtheir eviction.أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَafatu'minūnaSo do you [all] believeبِبَعْضِbibaʿḍiin some / part (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureوَتَكْفُرُونَwatakfurūnaand you [all] disbelieveبِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinin part?فَمَاfamāThen what (is)جَزَآءُjazāu(the) requitalمَنman(for the one) whoيَفْعَلُyafʿaluhe doesذَٰلِكَdhālikathatمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all],إِلَّاillāexceptخِزْىٌkhiz'yundisgraceفِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world;وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionيُرَدُّونَyuraddūnathey will be turned backإِلَىٰٓilātoأَشَدِّashaddi(the) more severe / worstٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] punishment / retribution?وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿٨٥﴾

[2:86] It is they who bought this lowly life at the expense of the Hereafter. Consequently, the retribution is never commuted for them, nor can they be helped.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūthey boughtٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratifor the Hereafter;فَلَاfalāso notيُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuit will be lightened / commutedعَنْهُمُʿanhumufor themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishmentوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna[they] will be helped. ﴿٨٦﴾

[2:87] We gave Moses the scripture, and subsequent to him we sent other messengers, and we gave Jesus, son of Mary, profound miracles and supported him with the Holy Spirit. Is it not a fact that every time a messenger went to you with anything you disliked, your ego caused you to be arrogant? Some of them you rejected, and some of them you killed.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainءَاتَيْنَاātaynāwe gaveمُوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureوَقَفَّيْنَاwaqaffaynāand we caused to follow / in successive seriesمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter himبِٱلرُّسُلِbil-rusuliwith [the] messengers.وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd we gaveعِيسَىʿīsāJesus,ٱبْنَib'na(the) son (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary,ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayināti[the] clear signsوَأَيَّدْنَـٰهُwa-ayyadnāhuand we supported himبِرُوحِbirūḥiwith Spiritٱلْقُدُسِl-qudusi[the] Holy.أَفَكُلَّمَاafakullamāThen is it not that wheneverجَآءَكُمْjāakum[it] came to you [all]رَسُولٌۢrasūluna messengerبِمَاbimāwith whatلَاlānotتَهْوَىٰٓtahwāyou desire;أَنفُسُكُمُanfusukumuyourselves / your ego (caused)ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْis'takbartumyou [all] turned arrogant?فَفَرِيقًاfafarīqanSo a groupكَذَّبْتُمْkadhabtumyou [all] denied / rejected,وَفَرِيقًاwafarīqanand a groupتَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūnayou [all] killed. ﴿٨٧﴾

[2:88] Some would say, "Our minds are made up!" Instead, it is a curse from GOD, as a consequence of their disbelief, that keeps them from believing, except for a few of them.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunā"Our hearts / minds (are)غُلْفٌۢghul'fununcircumcised / wrapped / covered (*made up)."بَلbalNay,لَّعَنَهُمُlaʿanahumu[He] has cursed themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِكُفْرِهِمْbikuf'rihimfor their disbelief.فَقَلِيلًاfaqalīlanSo little (is)مَّاmāwhatيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٨٨﴾

[2:89] When this scripture came to them from GOD, and even though it agrees with, and confirms what they have, and even though they used to prophesy its advent when they talked with the disbelievers, when their own prophecy came to pass, they disbelieved therein. GOD's condemnation thus afflicts the disbelievers.

وَلَمَّاwalammāEven whenجَآءَهُمْjāahum[it] came to themكِتَـٰبٌkitābuna book / scriptureمِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمُصَدِّقٌmuṣaddiqunone which confirmsلِّمَاlimāthat which (is)مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them,وَكَانُوا۟wakānūthough they used toمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubeforeيَسْتَفْتِحُونَyastaftiḥūnathey seek victory / they seek to disclose عَلَىʿalāoverٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved.فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenجَآءَهُمjāahumit came to themمَّاmāwhatعَرَفُوا۟ʿarafūthey recognized,كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedبِهِۦbihiin it.فَلَعْنَةُfalaʿnatuSo (the) curse (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)عَلَىʿalāuponٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿٨٩﴾

[2:90] Miserable indeed is what they sold their souls for - rejecting these revelations of GOD out of sheer resentment that GOD should bestow His grace upon whomever He chooses from among His servants. Consequently, they incurred wrath upon wrath. The disbelievers have incurred a humiliating retribution.

بِئْسَمَاbi'samāEvil is whatٱشْتَرَوْا۟ish'tarawthey soldبِهِۦٓbihifor itأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,أَنanthatيَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurūthey disbelieveبِمَآbimāin whatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,بَغْيًاbaghyan(out of) envy / resentmentأَنanthatيُنَزِّلَyunazzila[He] sends downٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis GraceعَلَىٰʿalāonمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsمِنْminfromعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servants.فَبَآءُوfabāūSo they incurredبِغَضَبٍbighaḍabinin wrathعَلَىٰʿalāuponغَضَبٍghaḍabinwrath.وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaAnd for the disbelievers (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionمُّهِينٌmuhīnunhumiliating. ﴿٩٠﴾

[2:91] When they are told, "You shall believe in these revelations of GOD," they say, "We believe only in what was sent down to us." Thus, they disbelieve in subsequent revelations, even if it is the truth from their Lord, and even though it confirms what they have! Say, "Why then did you kill GOD's prophets, if you were believers?"

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,ءَامِنُوا۟āminū"Believe [you all]بِمَآbimāin whatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod."قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,نُؤْمِنُnu'minu"We believeبِمَآbimāin whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us."وَيَكْفُرُونَwayakfurūnaAnd they disbelieveبِمَاbimāin what (is)وَرَآءَهُۥwarāahuafter it,وَهُوَwahuwawhile it (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingلِّمَاlimāthat which (is)مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them.قُلْqulSay,فَلِمَfalima"Then why (did)تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūnayou [all] killأَنۢبِيَآءَanbiyāa(the) prophetsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] wereمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers?" ﴿٩١﴾

[2:92] Moses went to you with profound miracles, yet you worshiped the calf in his absence, and you turned wicked.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainجَآءَكُمjāakum[he] came to you [all]مُّوسَىٰmūsāMosesبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith [the] clear signs,ثُمَّthummathenٱتَّخَذْتُمُittakhadhtumuyou [all] took up (worshiped)ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calfمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him (*his absence)وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all] (were)ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūnawrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٩٢﴾

[2:93] We made a covenant with you, as we raised Mount Sinai above you, saying, "You shall uphold the commandments we have given you, strongly, and listen." They said, "We hear, but we disobey." Their hearts became filled with adoration for the calf, due to their disbelief. Say, "Miserable indeed is what your faith dictates upon you, if you do have any faith."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذْنَاakhadhnāwe tookمِيثَـٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenantوَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāand we raisedفَوْقَكُمُfawqakumuabove you [all]ٱلطُّورَl-ṭūrathe Mount (Sinai),خُذُوا۟khudhū"Take [you all]مَآmāwhatءَاتَيْنَـٰكُمātaynākumwe gave you [all]بِقُوَّةٍbiquwwatinwith strength (*strongly)وَٱسْمَعُوا۟wa-is'maʿūand listen [you all]."قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā"We heardوَعَصَيْنَاwaʿaṣaynāand we disobeyed."وَأُشْرِبُوا۟wa-ush'ribūAnd they were given to drink / imbued / filledفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimutheir hearts (love of)ٱلْعِجْلَl-ʿij'lathe calfبِكُفْرِهِمْbikuf'rihimbecause of their disbelief.قُلْqulSay,بِئْسَمَاbi'samā"Evil is whatيَأْمُرُكُمyamurukum[it] orders / dictates you [all]بِهِۦٓbihiwith itإِيمَـٰنُكُمْīmānukumyour faith,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers." ﴿٩٣﴾

[2:94] Say, "If the abode of the Hereafter is reserved for you at GOD, to the exclusion of all other people, then you should long for death, if you are truthful."

قُلْqulSay,إِنin"Ifكَانَتْkānatit wasلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلدَّارُl-dāruthe abode (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُl-ākhiratuthe Hereafterعِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodخَالِصَةًkhāliṣatanexclusively,مِّنminfromدُونِdūniexcludingٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,فَتَمَنَّوُا۟fatamannawūthen wish / long for [you all]ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta[the] death,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful ones." ﴿٩٤﴾

[2:95] They never long for it, because of what their hands have sent forth. GOD is fully aware of the wicked.

وَلَنwalanBut never (will)يَتَمَنَّوْهُyatamannawhuthey will wish / long for it,أَبَدًۢاabadanever,بِمَاbimābecause (of what)قَدَّمَتْqaddamat[it] sent aheadأَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunfully awareبِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿٩٥﴾

[2:96] In fact, you will find them the most covetous of life; even more so than the idol worshipers. The one of them wishes to live a thousand years. But this will not spare him any retribution, no matter how long he lives. GOD is seer of everything they do.

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْwalatajidannahumAnd surely you will find themأَحْرَصَaḥraṣa(the) greediest / most covetous (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleعَلَىٰʿalāinحَيَوٰةٍḥayatinlife;وَمِنَwaminaeven fromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakū[they] associated partners (with God).يَوَدُّyawaddu[He] wishesأَحَدُهُمْaḥaduhumone of themلَوْlawifيُعَمَّرُyuʿammaruhe (could) be granted a life (of)أَلْفَalfaa thousandسَنَةٍsanatinyear(s).وَمَاwamāBut notهُوَhuwaitبِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦbimuzaḥziḥihiever spare himمِنَminafromٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment / retributionأَنanalthoughيُعَمَّرَyuʿammarahe is granted life.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrunSeerبِمَاbimāof whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do. ﴿٩٦﴾

[2:97] Say, "Anyone who opposes Gabriel should know that he has brought down this (Quran) into your heart, in accordance with GOD's will, confirming previous scriptures, and providing guidance and good news for the believers."

قُلْqulSay,مَنman"Whoeverكَانَkānahe wasعَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemyلِّجِبْرِيلَlijib'rīlato Gabrielفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed heنَزَّلَهُۥnazzalahu[he] brought it downعَلَىٰʿalāintoقَلْبِكَqalbikayour heartبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godمُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingلِّمَاlimāthat whichبَيْنَbaynabetween / before*يَدَيْهِyadayhihis hand (*before it)وَهُدًىwahudanand a guidanceوَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand good newsلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers." ﴿٩٧﴾

[2:98] Anyone who opposes GOD, and His angels, and His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael, should know that GOD opposes the disbelievers.

مَنmanWhoeverكَانَkānahe isعَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemyلِّلَّهِlillahito Godوَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦwamalāikatihiand His angels,وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengers,وَجِبْرِيلَwajib'rīlaand Gabriel,وَمِيكَىٰلَwamīkālaand Michael,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemyلِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers. ﴿٩٨﴾

[2:99] We have sent down to you such clear revelations, and only the wicked will reject them.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainأَنزَلْنَآanzalnāwe revealed / sent downإِلَيْكَilaykato youءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinverses / revelationsبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinclear,وَمَاwamāand notيَكْفُرُyakfuruhe disbelievesبِهَآbihāin itإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿٩٩﴾

[2:100] Is it not a fact that when they make a covenant and pledge to keep it, some of them always disregard it? In fact, most of them do not believe.

أَوَكُلَّمَاawakullamāAnd is it not that wheneverعَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadūthey pledgedعَهْدًاʿahdana covenant,نَّبَذَهُۥnabadhahu[he] threw it away / discarded itفَرِيقٌfarīquna group / someمِّنْهُمmin'humof them?بَلْbalNay,أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of themلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believe. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[2:101] Now that a messenger from GOD has come to them,* and even though he proves and confirms their own scripture, some followers of the scripture (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) disregard GOD's scripture behind their backs, as if they never had any scripture.

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَهُمْjāahum[it] came to themرَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمُصَدِّقٌmuṣaddiqunone who verifies / confirmsلِّمَاlimāthat which (is)مَعَهُمْmaʿahumwith them,نَبَذَnabadha[he] threw away / discardedفَرِيقٌfarīquna group / someمِّنَminaofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture,كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) book / scriptureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَرَآءَwarāabehindظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backsكَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if theyلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٠١﴾

*2:101 God's Messenger of the Covenant is prophesied in the Old Testament (Malachi 3:1-3), the New Testament (Luke 17:22-37), and this Final Testament (3:81).

[2:102] They pursued what the devils taught concerning Solomon's kingdom. Solomon, however, was not a disbeliever, but the devils were disbelievers. They taught the people sorcery, and that which was sent down through the two angels of Babel, Haroot and Maroot. These two did not divulge such knowledge without pointing out: "This is a test. You shall not abuse such knowledge." But the people used it in such evil schemes as the breaking up of marriages. They can never harm anyone against the will of GOD. They thus learn what hurts them, not what benefits them, and they know full well that whoever practices witchcraft will have no share in the Hereafter. Miserable indeed is what they sell their souls for, if they only knew.

وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūAnd they followed / pursuedمَاmāwhatتَتْلُوا۟tatlū[it] recites (taught)ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُl-shayāṭīnuthe devilsعَلَىٰʿalāoverمُلْكِmul'ki(the) kingdom (of)سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaSolomon.وَمَاwamāAnd notكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelievedسُلَيْمَـٰنُsulaymānuSolomonوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَl-shayāṭīnathe devilsكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,يُعَلِّمُونَyuʿallimūnathey teachٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleٱلسِّحْرَl-siḥ'ra[the] magic / sorceryوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was sent downعَلَىʿalātoٱلْمَلَكَيْنِl-malakaynithe two angelsبِبَابِلَbibābilain Babel,هَـٰرُوتَhārūtaHarootوَمَـٰرُوتَwamārūtaand Maroot.وَمَاwamāAnd notيُعَلِّمَانِyuʿallimānithey both teachمِنْminanyأَحَدٍaḥadinoneحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَقُولَآyaqūlāthey [both] say,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)فِتْنَةٌfit'natuna trial / test,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَكْفُرْtakfuryou disbelieve."فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَfayataʿallamūnaBut they learnمِنْهُمَاmin'humāfrom both of themمَاmāwhatيُفَرِّقُونَyufarriqūna[they] differentiate / distinguish / separateبِهِۦbihiwith itبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلْمَرْءِl-marithe manوَزَوْجِهِۦwazawjihiand his spouse.وَمَاwamāAnd notهُمhumthey (are)بِضَآرِّينَbiḍārrīnaever ones harmingبِهِۦbihiwith itمِنْminanyأَحَدٍaḥadinoneإِلَّاillāexceptبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَwayataʿallamūnaAnd they learnمَاmāwhatيَضُرُّهُمْyaḍurruhum[it] harms themوَلَاwalāand notيَنفَعُهُمْyanfaʿuhum[it] benefits them.وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainعَلِمُوا۟ʿalimūthey knewلَمَنِlamanisurely whoeverٱشْتَرَىٰهُish'tarāhuhe bought it (*practiced it),مَاmānotلَهُۥlahufor himفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterمِنْminanyخَلَـٰقٍkhalāqinshare.وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saAnd surely evil (is)مَاmāwhatشَرَوْا۟sharawthey soldبِهِۦٓbihiwith itأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,لَوْlawifكَانُوا۟kānūthey were (to)يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٠٢﴾

[2:103] If they believe and lead a righteous life, the reward from GOD is far better, if they only knew.

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifأَنَّهُمْannahum[that] theyءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqawand they led a righteous life,لَمَثُوبَةٌlamathūbatunsurely (the) rewardمِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter,لَّوْlawifكَانُوا۟kānūthey were (to)يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[2:104] O you who believe, do not say, "Raa'ena"* (be our shepherd). Instead, you should say, "Unzurna" (watch over us), and listen. The disbelievers have incurred a painful retribution.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā"(Do) notتَقُولُوا۟taqūlū[you all] sayرَٰعِنَاrāʿinā"Raa'ena (*be our shepherd)"وَقُولُوا۟waqūlūinstead say [you all]ٱنظُرْنَاunẓur'nā"Unzurna (*watch over us)"وَٱسْمَعُوا۟wa-is'maʿūand listen [you all].وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaAnd for the disbelievers (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١٠٤﴾

*2:104 The word "Raa'ena" was abused by some Hebrew-speaking people, and twisted to sound like a dirty word (see also 4:46).

[2:105] Neither the disbelievers among the followers of the scripture, nor the idol worshipers, wish to see any blessings come down to you from your Lord. However, GOD showers His blessings upon whomever He chooses. GOD possesses infinite grace.

مَّاmā(Do) notيَوَدُّyawaddu[he] wishesٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedمِنْminfromأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureوَلَاwalāand notٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe idol worshipers,أَنanthatيُنَزَّلَyunazzalait (should) be sent downعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto you [all]مِّنْminanyخَيْرٍkhayringoodمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَخْتَصُّyakhtaṣṣuHe choosesبِرَحْمَتِهِۦbiraḥmatihifor His mercyمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍlithe bounty / graceٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmithe great / infinite. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[2:106] When we abrogate any miracle, or cause it to be forgotten, we produce a better miracle, or at least an equal one. Do you not recognize the fact that GOD is Omnipotent?

مَاmāNotنَنسَخْnansakhwe abrogateمِنْminanyءَايَةٍāyatinsign / miracleأَوْaworنُنسِهَاnunsihāwe have it be forgotten,نَأْتِnatiwe bringبِخَيْرٍbikhayrinin a betterمِّنْهَآmin'hāthan itأَوْaworمِثْلِهَآmith'lihāsimilar to it.أَلَمْalamDo notتَعْلَمْtaʿlamyou knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent? ﴿١٠٦﴾

*2:106 The Quran's mathematical miracle is perpetual & greater than previous miracles (34:45, 74:35). Like the Quran itself, it confirms, consummates, and supersedes all previous miracles.

[2:107] Do you not recognize the fact that GOD possesses the kingship of the heavens and the earth; that you have none besides GOD as your Lord and Master?

أَلَمْalamDo notتَعْلَمْtaʿlamyou knowأَنَّannathat,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَهُۥlahufor Him (is)مُلْكُmul'ku(the) kingdom / kingship (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth?وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)لَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنminanyوَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector / lord and masterوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[2:108] Do you wish to demand of your messenger what was demanded of Moses in the past? Anyone who chooses disbelief, instead of belief, has truly strayed off the right path.

أَمْamOr doتُرِيدُونَturīdūnayou [all] wishأَنanthatتَسْـَٔلُوا۟tasalūyou [all] askرَسُولَكُمْrasūlakumyour messengerكَمَاkamālike whatسُئِلَsu-ilait was asked (of)مُوسَىٰmūsāMosesمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore?وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَبَدَّلِyatabaddali[he] takes in exchangeٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'rathe disbeliefبِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmānifor the faith,فَقَدْfaqadso certainlyضَلَّḍallahe strayed (off)سَوَآءَsawāa(the) rightٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli[the] path. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[2:109] Many followers of the scripture would rather see you revert to disbelief, now that you have believed. This is due to jealousy on their part, after the truth has become evident to them. You shall pardon them, and leave them alone, until GOD issues His judgment. GOD is Omnipotent.

وَدَّwadda[He] wishedكَثِيرٌkathīrunmanyمِّنْminfromأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureلَوْlawifيَرُدُّونَكُمyaruddūnakumthey (could) turn you [all] back / have you [all] revertمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterإِيمَـٰنِكُمْīmānikumyour belief / faithكُفَّارًاkuffāran(to) disbelievers,حَسَدًاḥasadan(out of) jealousyمِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[of]أَنفُسِهِمanfusihimthemselves,مِّنۢminevenبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmā[that]تَبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear / evidentلَهُمُlahumuto them,ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth.فَٱعْفُوا۟fa-iʿ'fūSo pardon (them) [you all]وَٱصْفَحُوا۟wa-iṣ'faḥūand overlook / forbear [you all]حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَأْتِىَyatiya[He] bringsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِأَمْرِهِۦٓbi-amrihiby His command.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[2:110] You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat). Any good you send forth on behalf of your souls, you will find it at GOD. GOD is seer of everything you do.

وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūAnd observe [you all]ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتُوا۟waātūand give [you all]ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat).وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتُقَدِّمُوا۟tuqaddimūyou [all] send forthلِأَنفُسِكُمli-anfusikumfor yourselves / your soulsمِّنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringood,تَجِدُوهُtajidūhuyou [all] will find itعِندَʿindaatٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿١١٠﴾

[2:111] Some have said, "No one will enter Paradise except Jews or Christians!" Such is their wishful thinking. Say, "Show us your proof, if you are right."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَنlan"Neverيَدْخُلَyadkhula[he] will enterٱلْجَنَّةَl-janatathe Paradiseإِلَّاillāexceptمَنmanwhoكَانَkāna[he] wasهُودًاhūdanJewishأَوْaworنَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārāChristian."تِلْكَtil'kaThat (is)أَمَانِيُّهُمْamāniyyuhumtheir wishful thinking.قُلْqulSay,هَاتُوا۟hātū"Bring / Present [you all]بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakumyour proofإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful ones." ﴿١١١﴾

*2:111-112 See 2:62 and 5:69.

[2:112] Indeed, those who submit themselves absolutely to GOD alone, while leading a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.*

بَلَىٰbalāYes,مَنْmanwhoeverأَسْلَمَaslamahe submittedوَجْهَهُۥwajhahuhis face / aim / focus (*to direct one's devotion / purpose / whole being)لِلَّهِlillahito Godوَهُوَwahuwaand he (is)مُحْسِنٌmuḥ'sinunone who is righteous,فَلَهُۥٓfalahuso for him (is)أَجْرُهُۥajruhuhis rewardعِندَʿindawithرَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord.وَلَاwalāAnd noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿١١٢﴾

[2:113] The Jews said, "The Christians have no basis," while the Christians said, "The Jews have no basis." Yet, both of them read the scripture. Such are the utterances of those who possess no knowledge. GOD will judge them on the Day of Resurrection, regarding their disputes.

وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd [it] saidٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jews,لَيْسَتِlaysati"[It] notٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰl-naṣārāthe Christiansعَلَىٰʿalāupon*شَىْءٍshayinanything (*no basis),"وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand [it] saidٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰl-naṣārāthe Christians,لَيْسَتِlaysati"[It] notٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jewsعَلَىٰʿalāupon*شَىْءٍshayinanything (*no basis),"وَهُمْwahumalthough theyيَتْلُونَyatlūna[they] reciteٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewiseقَالَqāla[he] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know,مِثْلَmith'lasimilarقَوْلِهِمْqawlihimtheir saying.فَٱللَّهُfal-lahuSo GodيَحْكُمُyaḥkumuHe will judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them (on)يَوْمَyawma(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionفِيمَاfīmāin whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toفِيهِfīhiin itيَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūna[they] differ / dispute. ﴿١١٣﴾

[2:114] Who are more evil than those who boycott GOD's masjids, where His name is commemorated, and contribute to their desertion? These ought not to enter therein except fearfully. They will suffer in this life humiliation, and will suffer in the Hereafter a terrible retribution.

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjust / transgressingمِمَّنmimmanthan (one) whoمَّنَعَmanaʿahe prevented / forbade / boycottedمَسَـٰجِدَmasājida(the) masjidٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,أَنanthatيُذْكَرَyudh'kara[it] is commemoratedفِيهَاfīhāin itٱسْمُهُۥus'muhuHis name,وَسَعَىٰwasaʿāand he stroveفِىfīforخَرَابِهَآkharābihātheir ruin / desertion?أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose!مَاmāNotكَانَkānait wasلَهُمْlahumfor themأَنanthatيَدْخُلُوهَآyadkhulūhāthey enter it إِلَّاillāexceptخَآئِفِينَkhāifīna(as) fearful [ones].لَهُمْlahumFor themفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world (is)خِزْىٌkhiz'yundisgraceوَلَهُمْwalahumand for themفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١١٤﴾

[2:115] To GOD belongs the east and the west; wherever you go there will be the presence of GOD. GOD is Omnipresent, Omniscient.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)ٱلْمَشْرِقُl-mashriquthe eastوَٱلْمَغْرِبُwal-maghribuand the west,فَأَيْنَمَاfa-aynamāso whereverتُوَلُّوا۟tuwallū[you all] turnفَثَمَّfathamma[then] there (is)وَجْهُwajhu(the) face / presence (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿunAll-Encompassing / Omnipresent,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿١١٥﴾

[2:116] They said, "GOD has begotten a son!" Be He glorified; never! To Him belongs everything in the heavens and the earth; all are subservient to Him.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,ٱتَّخَذَittakhadha"[He] took / begotٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَلَدًاwaladana son."سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him!بَلbalNay,لَّهُۥlahufor Him (is)مَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.كُلٌّkullunAllلَّهُۥlahuto Him (are)قَـٰنِتُونَqānitūnahumbly obedient / subservient [ones]. ﴿١١٦﴾

[2:117] The Initiator of the heavens and the earth: to have anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is.

بَدِيعُbadīʿuInitiator (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth!وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decreedأَمْرًاamrana matter / command,فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيَقُولُyaqūluHe saysلَهُۥlahuto itكُنkun"Be,"فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes. ﴿١١٧﴾

[2:118] Those who possess no knowledge say, "If only GOD could speak to us, or some miracle could come to us!" Others before them have uttered similar utterances; their minds are similar. We do manifest the miracles for those who have attained certainty.

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know,لَوْلَاlawlā"Why notيُكَلِّمُنَاyukallimunā[He] speaks to usٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَوْaworتَأْتِينَآtatīnā[it] comes to usءَايَةٌāyatuna sign / miracle?"كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewiseقَالَqāla[he] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathoseمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore themمِّثْلَmith'lasimilarقَوْلِهِمْqawlihimtheir saying.تَشَـٰبَهَتْtashābahat[It] became alike / similarقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumtheir hearts / minds.قَدْqadIndeed,بَيَّنَّاbayyannāwe made clear / manifestedٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / miraclesلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor people (who)يُوقِنُونَyūqinūna[they] are certain. ﴿١١٨﴾

[2:119] We have sent you* with the truth as a bearer of good news, as well as a warner. You are not answerable for those who incur Hell.

إِنَّآinnāIndeed! weأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnāka[we] sent youبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth,بَشِيرًاbashīran(as) a bearer of good newsوَنَذِيرًاwanadhīranand (as) a warner.وَلَاwalāAnd notتُسْـَٔلُtus'aluyou will be asked / accountableعَنْʿanaboutأَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions (of)ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe Hellfire. ﴿١١٩﴾

*2:119 It is my obligation to point out that the identity of this messenger is confirmed to be "Rashad Khalifa," God's Messenger of the Covenant. By adding the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the gematrical value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the verse number (119), we get 1349, a multiple of 19. See 3:81 and Appendix Two.

[2:120] Neither the Jews, nor the Christians, will accept you, unless you follow their religion. Say, "GOD's guidance is the true guidance." If you acquiesce to their wishes, despite the knowledge you have received, you will find no ally or supporter to help you against GOD.

وَلَنwalanAnd neverتَرْضَىٰtarḍā[it] will be pleased / satisfiedعَنكَʿankawith youٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jewsوَلَاwalāand notٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰl-naṣārāthe Christiansحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessتَتَّبِعَtattabiʿayou followمِلَّتَهُمْmillatahumtheir religion.قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeed,هُدَىhudā(the) guidanceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,هُوَhuwait (is)ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance."وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd surely ifٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou followedأَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires / wishes بَعْدَbaʿdaafterٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichجَآءَكَjāakait came to youمِنَminaofٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge,مَاmānotلَكَlakafor youمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنminanyوَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector / allyوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[2:121] Those who received the scripture, and know it as it should be known, will believe in this. As for those who disbelieve, they are the losers.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whomءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuwe gave themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,يَتْلُونَهُۥyatlūnahuthey recite / read (follow) itحَقَّḥaqqaright / truth / (as) oughtتِلَاوَتِهِۦٓtilāwatihiit (to be) recited / read (followed) [it];أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (who)يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِهِۦbihiin it.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَكْفُرْyakfur[he] disbelievesبِهِۦbihiin it,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūnathe losers. ﴿١٢١﴾

[2:122] O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I bestowed upon you, and that I blessed you more than any other people.

يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael!ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurūRemember [you all]نِعْمَتِىَniʿ'matiyaMy FavorsٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhichأَنْعَمْتُanʿamtuI bestowedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَأَنِّىwa-annīand that Iفَضَّلْتُكُمْfaḍḍaltukum[I] preferred / blessed you [all]عَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall people. ﴿١٢٢﴾

[2:123] Beware of the day when no soul will help another soul, no ransom will be accepted, no intercession will be useful, and no one will be helped.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear / beware [you all]يَوْمًاyawmana dayلَّاlānotتَجْزِىtajzī[it] will availنَفْسٌnafsuna soulعَنʿanofنَّفْسٍnafsin(another) soulشَيْـًٔاshayananythingوَلَاwalāand notيُقْبَلُyuq'baluit will be acceptedمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom itعَدْلٌʿadlun(any) compensation / ransom,وَلَاwalāand notتَنفَعُهَاtanfaʿuhā[it] will benefit itشَفَـٰعَةٌshafāʿatunintercession,وَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna[they] will be helped. ﴿١٢٣﴾

[2:124] Recall that Abraham was put to the test by his Lord, through certain commands, and he fulfilled them. (GOD) said, "I am appointing you an imam for the people." He said, "And also my descendants?" He said, "My covenant does not include the transgressors."

وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when / Recallٱبْتَلَىٰٓib'talāHe testedإِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamرَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lordبِكَلِمَـٰتٍbikalimātinwith words / commandsفَأَتَمَّهُنَّfa-atammahunnaand he fulfilled them.قَالَqālaHe said,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amجَاعِلُكَjāʿilukamaking / appointing youلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleإِمَامًاimāmana leader (imam)."قَالَqālaHe said,وَمِنwamin"And fromذُرِّيَّتِىdhurriyyatīmy descendants?"قَالَqālaHe said,لَاlā"Notيَنَالُyanālu[it] reaches / includesعَهْدِىʿahdīMy covenantٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / transgressors." ﴿١٢٤﴾

[2:125] We have rendered the shrine (the Ka'aba) a focal point for the people, and a safe sanctuary. You may use Abraham's shrine as a prayer house. We commissioned Abraham and Ismail: "You shall purify My house for those who visit, those who live there, and those who bow and prostrate."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe made / appointedٱلْبَيْتَl-baytathe Houseمَثَابَةًmathābatana place of assembly / focal pointلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleوَأَمْنًاwa-amnanand securityوَٱتَّخِذُوا۟wa-ittakhidhūand (said), "Take [you all]مِنmin[from]مَّقَامِmaqāmi(the) standing place (shrine)إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Abraham,مُصَلًّىmuṣallan(as) a place of prayer."وَعَهِدْنَآwaʿahid'nāAnd we made a covenant / commissionedإِلَىٰٓilāwithإِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ismailأَنan[that],طَهِّرَاṭahhirā"[You both] purifyبَيْتِىَbaytiyaMy Houseلِلطَّآئِفِينَlilṭṭāifīnafor those who circulate / visitوَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَwal-ʿākifīnaand the residents / nativesوَٱلرُّكَّعِwal-rukaʿiand [the] bowٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdi(and) [the] prostrate. ﴿١٢٥﴾

[2:126] Abraham prayed: "My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and provide its people with fruits. Provide for those who believe in GOD and the Last Day." (GOD) said, "I will also provide for those who disbelieve. I will let them enjoy, temporarily, then commit them to the retribution of Hell, and a miserable destiny."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[he] saidإِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuAbraham,رَبِّrabbi"My Lordٱجْعَلْij'ʿalmakeهَـٰذَاhādhāthisبَلَدًاbaladanlandءَامِنًاāminansecureوَٱرْزُقْwa-ur'zuqand provideأَهْلَهُۥahlahuits peopleمِنَminawithٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti[the] fruits,مَنْman(to) whoeverءَامَنَāmana[he] believedمِنْهُمmin'humfrom themبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last."قَالَqālaHe said,وَمَنwaman"And whoeverكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelieved,فَأُمَتِّعُهُۥfa-umattiʿuhu[then] I will grant him enjoymentقَلِيلًاqalīlana little;ثُمَّthummathenأَضْطَرُّهُۥٓaḍṭarruhuI will force / constrain / commit himإِلَىٰilātoعَذَابِʿadhābi(the) retribution (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell,وَبِئْسَwabi'saand evil / miserable (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny. ﴿١٢٦﴾

[2:127] As Abraham raised the foundations of the shrine, together with Ismail (they prayed): "Our Lord, accept this from us. You are the Hearer, the Omniscient.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallيَرْفَعُyarfaʿu[he] raisesإِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuAbrahamٱلْقَوَاعِدَl-qawāʿidathe foundationsمِنَminaofٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe Houseوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُwa-is'māʿīluand Ismail,رَبَّنَاrabbanā(saying), "Our Lord!تَقَبَّلْtaqabbal[You] Acceptمِنَّآminnāfrom us.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed [You]!أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearerٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿١٢٧﴾

[2:128] "Our Lord, make us submitters to You, and from our descendants let there be a community of submitters to You. Teach us the rites of our religion, and redeem us. You are the Redeemer, Most Merciful.

رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord!وَٱجْعَلْنَاwa-ij'ʿalnā[and] make usمُسْلِمَيْنِmus'limayniboth submittersلَكَlakato You.وَمِنwaminAnd fromذُرِّيَّتِنَآdhurriyyatināour descendantsأُمَّةًummatana communityمُّسْلِمَةًmus'limatansubmittersلَّكَlakato You.وَأَرِنَاwa-arināAnd show usمَنَاسِكَنَاmanāsikanāour ways of worship / ritesوَتُبْwatuband forgive / redeemعَلَيْنَآʿalaynā[for] us.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed [You]!أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Acceptor of Repentance / Redeemer,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿١٢٨﴾

[2:129] "Our Lord, and raise among them a messenger to recite to them Your revelations, teach them the scripture and wisdom, and purify them. You are the Almighty, Most Wise."

رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord!وَٱبْعَثْwa-ib'ʿath[And] raise upفِيهِمْfīhimamong themرَسُولًاrasūlana messengerمِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themيَتْلُوا۟yatlūhe will reciteعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor themءَايَـٰتِكَāyātikaYour verses / revelationsوَيُعَلِّمُهُمُwayuʿallimuhumuand he will teach [them]ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureوَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdomوَيُزَكِّيهِمْwayuzakkīhimand he will purify them.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed [You]!أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almightyٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise." ﴿١٢٩﴾

[2:130] Who would forsake the religion of Abraham, except one who fools his own soul? We have chosen him in this world, and in the Hereafter he will be with the righteous.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoيَرْغَبُyarghabu[he] will turn away / forsakeعَنʿanfromمِّلَّةِmillati(the) religion (of)إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamإِلَّاillāexceptمَنman(one) whoسَفِهَsafiha[he] fooledنَفْسَهُۥnafsahuhimself / his own soul?وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd indeedٱصْطَفَيْنَـٰهُiṣ'ṭafaynāhuwe chose himفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed heفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterلَمِنَlaminasurely amongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١٣٠﴾

[2:131] When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I submit to the Lord of the universe."

إِذْidhWhenقَالَqāla[He] saidلَهُۥlahuto himرَبُّهُۥٓrabbuhuhis Lordأَسْلِمْaslim"Submit,"قَالَqālahe said,أَسْلَمْتُaslamtu"I submitted لِرَبِّlirabbito (the) Lord (of)ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / universe." ﴿١٣١﴾

[2:132] Moreover, Abraham exhorted his children to do the same, and so did Jacob: "O my children, GOD has pointed out the religion for you; do not die except as submitters."

وَوَصَّىٰwawaṣṣāAnd [he] enjoined / exhortedبِهَآbihā[in it]إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuAbrahamبَنِيهِbanīhihis sons / childrenوَيَعْقُوبُwayaʿqūbuand Jacob,يَـٰبَنِىَّyābaniyya"O my sons / children!إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodٱصْطَفَىٰiṣ'ṭafā[He] choseلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلدِّينَl-dīnathe religion,فَلَاfalāso not (should)تَمُوتُنَّtamūtunnayou [all] dieإِلَّاillāexceptوَأَنتُمwa-antumwhile you [all] (are)مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters." ﴿١٣٢﴾

[2:133] Had you witnessed Jacob on his death bed; he said to his children, "What will you worship after I die?" They said, "We will worship your god; the god of your fathers Abraham, Ismail, and Isaac; the one god. To Him we are submitters."

أَمْamOr wereكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all]شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnessesإِذْidhwhenحَضَرَḥaḍara[it] approached / arrived (to)يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaJacobٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death,إِذْidhwhenقَالَqālahe saidلِبَنِيهِlibanīhito his sons,مَاmā"Whatتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] will worshipمِنۢminfromبَعْدِىbaʿdīafter me?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,نَعْبُدُnaʿbudu"We will worshipإِلَـٰهَكَilāhakayour godوَإِلَـٰهَwa-ilāhaand (the) godءَابَآئِكَābāika(of) your fathers,إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ismailوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand IsaacإِلَـٰهًاilāhangodوَٰحِدًاwāḥidanOne.وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuAnd we (are)لَهُۥlahuto Himمُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters." ﴿١٣٣﴾

[2:134] Such is a community from the past. They are responsible for what they earned, and you are responsible for what you earned. You are not answerable for anything they have done.

تِلْكَtil'kaThis (was)أُمَّةٌummatuna communityقَدْqadcertainlyخَلَتْkhalatit passed away.لَهَاlahāFor itمَاmāwhatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedوَلَكُمwalakumand for you [all]مَّاmāwhatكَسَبْتُمْkasabtumyou [all] earned.وَلَاwalāAnd notتُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnayou [all] will be asked / accountable / responsibleعَمَّاʿammāabout whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٣٤﴾

[2:135] They said, "You have to be Jewish or Christian, to be guided." Say, "We follow the religion of Abraham - monotheism - he never was an idol worshiper."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,كُونُوا۟kūnū"Be [you all]هُودًاhūdanJewishأَوْaworنَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārāChristian,تَهْتَدُوا۟tahtadū(then) you [all] will be guided."قُلْqulSay,بَلْbal"Nay,مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion (of)إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbraham,حَنِيفًاḥanīfanmonotheismوَمَاwamāand notكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe idol worshipers." ﴿١٣٥﴾

*2:135 The Quran repeatedly informs us that Submission is the religion of Abraham (3:95, 4:125, 6:161, 22:78). Abraham received a practical "scripture," namely, all the duties and practices of Submission (the Contact Prayers (Salat), the obligatory charity (Zakat), the fasting of Ramadan, and the Hajj pilgrimage). Muhammad was a follower of Abraham's religion, as we see in 16:123; he delivered this Final Testament, the Quran. The third messenger of Submission delivered the religion's proof of authenticity (see 3:81 and Appendices 1, 2, 24, & 26).

[2:136] Say, "We believe in GOD, and in what was sent down to us, and in what was sent down to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Patriarchs; and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and all the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction among any of them. To Him alone we are submitters."

قُولُوٓا۟qūlūSay [you all],ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealed / sent downإِلَيْنَاilaynāto usوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealed / sent downإِلَىٰٓilātoإِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ismailوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaacوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Jacobوَٱلْأَسْبَاطِwal-asbāṭiand the Patriarchs,وَمَآwamāand whatأُوتِىَūtiyait was given (to)مُوسَىٰmūsāMosesوَعِيسَىٰwaʿīsāand Jesusوَمَآwamāand whatأُوتِىَūtiyait was given (to)ٱلنَّبِيُّونَl-nabiyūnathe prophetsمِنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.لَاlāNotنُفَرِّقُnufarriquwe make differentiation / distinctionبَيْنَbaynabetweenأَحَدٍaḥadinany oneمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them.وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuAnd we (are)لَهُۥlahuto Himمُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters." ﴿١٣٦﴾

[2:137] If they believe as you do, then they are guided. But if they turn away, then they are in opposition. GOD will spare you their opposition; He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

فَإِنْfa-inSo ifءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِمِثْلِbimith'liin the the same mannerمَآmāthatءَامَنتُمāmantumyou [all] believedبِهِۦbihitherein,فَقَدِfaqadithen indeed,ٱهْتَدَوا۟ih'tadawthey were guided.وَّإِنwa-inBut ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away,فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyهُمْhumthey (are)فِىfīinشِقَاقٍshiqāqinopposition (to the truth).فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُfasayakfīkahumuSo [He] will suffice you against themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,وَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿١٣٧﴾

[2:138] Such is GOD's system, and whose system is better than GOD's? "Him alone we worship."

صِبْغَةَṣib'ghata(This is the) code of law / religion / systemٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God!وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubetterمِنَminathanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod('s)صِبْغَةًṣib'ghatancode of law / religion / system?وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuAnd we (are)لَهُۥlahuto Himعَـٰبِدُونَʿābidūnaworshipers. ﴿١٣٨﴾

[2:139] Say, "Do you argue with us about GOD, when He is our Lord and your Lord? We are responsible for our deeds, and you are responsible for your deeds. To Him alone we are devoted."

قُلْqulSay,أَتُحَآجُّونَنَاatuḥājjūnanā"Do you [all] argue with usفِىfīaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَهُوَwahuwawhile He (is)رَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lordوَرَبُّكُمْwarabbukumand your Lord?وَلَنَآwalanāAnd for us (are)أَعْمَـٰلُنَاaʿmālunāour deedsوَلَكُمْwalakumand for you [all] (are)أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْaʿmālukumyour deedsوَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand we (are)لَهُۥlahuto Himمُخْلِصُونَmukh'liṣūna[ones] sincere / exclusively devoted." ﴿١٣٩﴾

[2:140] Do you say that Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Patriarchs were Jewish or Christian? Say, "Do you know better than GOD? Who is more evil than one who conceals a testimony he has learned from GOD? GOD is never unaware of anything you do."

أَمْamOr doتَقُولُونَtaqūlūnayou [all] sayإِنَّinnaindeedإِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ismailوَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaacوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Jacobوَٱلْأَسْبَاطَwal-asbāṭaand the Patriarchsكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereهُودًاhūdanJewishأَوْaworنَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārāChristian?"قُلْqulSay,ءَأَنتُمْa-antum"Are you [all]أَعْلَمُaʿlamumore informed / better knowingأَمِamior isٱللَّهُl-lahuGod?"وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjust / transgressingمِمَّنmimmanthan (the one) whoكَتَمَkatama[he] concealedشَهَـٰدَةًshahādatana testimonyعِندَهُۥʿindahuwith himمِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod?وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿١٤٠﴾

[2:141] That was a community from the past. They are responsible for what they earned, and you are responsible for what you earned. You are not answerable for anything they did.

تِلْكَtil'kaThisأُمَّةٌummatun(was) a communityقَدْqadindeedخَلَتْkhalatit passed away.لَهَاlahāFor itمَاmāwhatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedوَلَكُمwalakumand for you [all]مَّاmāwhatكَسَبْتُمْkasabtumyou [all] earned.وَلَاwalāAnd notتُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnayou [all] will be asked / responsibleعَمَّاʿammāabout whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٤١﴾

[2:142] The fools among the people would say, "Why did they change the direction of their Qiblah?" Say, "To GOD belongs the east and the west; He guides whoever wills in a straight path."

سَيَقُولُsayaqūlu[He] will sayٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāuthe foolsمِنَminaamongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,مَاmā"Whatوَلَّىٰهُمْwallāhumit turned themعَنʿanfromقِبْلَتِهِمُqib'latihimutheir direction of prayer (Qiblah)ٱلَّتِىallatīwhichكَانُوا۟kānūthey used to (be)عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāon it."قُلqulSay,لِّلَّهِlillahi"To God (is)ٱلْمَشْرِقُl-mashriquthe eastوَٱلْمَغْرِبُwal-maghribuand the west.يَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight." ﴿١٤٢﴾

*2:142-145 "Qiblah" is the direction one faces during the Contact Prayers (Salat). When Gabriel conveyed to Muhammad the command to face Jerusalem instead of Mecca, the hypocrites were exposed. The Arabs were strongly prejudiced in favor of the Ka'aba as their "Qiblah." Only the true believers were able to overcome their prejudices; they readily obeyed the messenger.

[2:143] We thus made you an impartial community, that you may serve as witnesses among the people, and the messenger serves as a witness among you. We changed the direction of your original Qiblah only to distinguish those among you who readily follow the messenger from those who would turn back on their heels. It was a difficult test, but not for those who are guided by GOD. GOD never puts your worship to waste. GOD is Compassionate towards the people, Most Merciful.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْjaʿalnākumwe made you [all]أُمَّةًummatana communityوَسَطًاwasaṭan(of the) middle way (*impartial)لِّتَكُونُوا۟litakūnūso that you [all] may beشُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnessesعَلَىʿalāoverٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,وَيَكُونَwayakūnaand [he] will beٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messengerعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]شَهِيدًاshahīdana witness.وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeٱلْقِبْلَةَl-qib'latathe direction of prayer (Qiblah)ٱلَّتِىallatīwhichكُنتَkuntayou had beenعَلَيْهَآʿalayhāon itإِلَّاillāexceptلِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat we may distinguishمَنmanhe (who)يَتَّبِعُyattabiʿu[he] followsٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messengerمِمَّنmimmanfrom he (who)يَنقَلِبُyanqalibu[he] turns backعَلَىٰʿalāonعَقِبَيْهِʿaqibayhihis heels.وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed,كَانَتْkānatit wasلَكَبِيرَةًlakabīratansurely great / difficult (test)إِلَّاillāexceptعَلَىʿalāforٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomهَدَىhadā[He] guided,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkāna[He] wasٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيُضِيعَliyuḍīʿathat [He] let go to wasteإِيمَـٰنَكُمْīmānakumyour faith (worship).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِٱلنَّاسِbil-nāsito the people (is)لَرَءُوفٌlaraūfunsurely CompassionateرَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٤٣﴾

[2:144] We have seen you turning your face about the sky (searching for the right direction). We now assign a Qiblah that is pleasing to you. Henceforth, you shall turn your face towards the Sacred Masjid. Wherever you may be, all of you shall turn your faces towards it. Those who received the previous scripture know that this is the truth from their Lord. GOD is never unaware of anything they do.

قَدْqadIndeed,نَرَىٰnarāwe seeتَقَلُّبَtaqallubayou turningوَجْهِكَwajhikayour faceفِىfīaboutٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven.فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَfalanuwalliyannakaSo surely we will turn youقِبْلَةًqib'latan(to the) direction of prayer (Qiblah)تَرْضَىٰهَاtarḍāhāyou will be pleased with it.فَوَلِّfawalliSo turnوَجْهَكَwajhakayour faceشَطْرَshaṭratowards ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi[the] Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacredوَحَيْثُwaḥaythuand whereverمَاmāthatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areفَوَلُّوا۟fawallū[so] turn [you all]وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour facesشَطْرَهُۥshaṭrahu(in) its direction.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureلَيَعْلَمُونَlayaʿlamūnasurely they knowأَنَّهُannahuthat it (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمِنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do. ﴿١٤٤﴾

[2:145] Even if you show the followers of the scripture every kind of miracle, they will not follow your Qiblah. Nor shall you follow their Qiblah. They do not even follow each others' Qiblah. If you acquiesce to their wishes, after the knowledge that has come to you, you will belong with the transgressors.

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd surely ifأَتَيْتَataytayou broughtٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureبِكُلِّbikulliwith every (kind)ءَايَةٍāyatin(of) sign / miracle,مَّاmānot (will)تَبِعُوا۟tabiʿūthey (have) followedقِبْلَتَكَqib'latakayour direction of prayer (Qiblah),وَمَآwamāand notأَنتَanta(will) youبِتَابِعٍbitābiʿinever follow (of)قِبْلَتَهُمْqib'latahumtheir direction of prayer (Qiblah)وَمَاwamāAnd notبَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them (will)*بِتَابِعٍbitābiʿinever follow (of)قِبْلَةَqib'lata(the) direction of prayer (Qiblah)بَعْضٍbaʿḍin(of) some others (*each other).وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd surely ifٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou followedأَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires / wishesمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَكَjāakait came to youمِنَminaofٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge,إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, youإِذًاidhanthen (would be)لَّمِنَlaminasurely amongٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe transgressors. ﴿١٤٥﴾

[2:146] Those who received the scripture recognize the truth herein, as they recognize their own children. Yet, some of them conceal the truth, knowingly.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(To) those whomءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuwe gave themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture,يَعْرِفُونَهُۥyaʿrifūnahuthey recognize itكَمَاkamāasيَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūnathey recognizeأَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir children.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,فَرِيقًاfarīqana group / someمِّنْهُمْmin'humof themلَيَكْتُمُونَlayaktumūnasurely they concealٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truthوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٤٦﴾

[2:147] This is the truth from your Lord; do not harbor any doubt.

ٱلْحَقُّal-ḥaqu(This is) the truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَكُونَنَّtakūnanna[you all] beمِنَminaamongٱلْمُمْتَرِينَl-mum'tarīnathe doubters. ﴿١٤٧﴾

[2:148] Each of you chooses the direction to follow; you shall race towards righteousness. Wherever you may be, GOD will summon you all. GOD is Omnipotent.

وَلِكُلٍّwalikullinAnd for everyone (is)وِجْهَةٌwij'hatuna directionهُوَhuwaheمُوَلِّيهَاmuwallīhāwho turns towards it,فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟fa-is'tabiqūso race [you all]ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrāti(to) the righteous works.أَيْنَaynaWhere*مَاmāthat (*wherever)تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou [all] be,يَأْتِyati[He] will bringبِكُمُbikumu[of] you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿١٤٨﴾

[2:149] Wherever you go, you shall turn your face (during Salat) towards the Sacred Masjid.* This is the truth from your Lord. GOD is never unaware of anything you all do.

وَمِنْwaminAnd fromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverخَرَجْتَkharajtayou go forth,فَوَلِّfawalli[so] turnوَجْهَكَwajhakayour faceشَطْرَshaṭra(in the) directionٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi[the] Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacredوَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it (is)لَلْحَقُّlalḥaqqusurely the truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿١٤٩﴾

*2:149 A glaring proof of the idolatry committed by today's "Muslims" is the designation of Muhammad's tomb as a "Sacred Masjid." The Quran mentions only one "Sacred Masjid."

[2:150] Wherever you go, you shall turn your face (during Salat) towards the Sacred Masjid; wherever you might be, you shall turn your faces (during Salat) towards it. Thus, the people will have no argument against you, except the transgressors among them. Do not fear them, and fear Me instead. I will then perfect My blessings upon you, that you may be guided.

وَمِنْwaminAnd fromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverخَرَجْتَkharajtayou go forthفَوَلِّfawalli[so] turnوَجْهَكَwajhakayour faceشَطْرَshaṭra(in the) directionٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi[the] Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacred.وَحَيْثُwaḥaythuAnd whereverمَاmāthatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areفَوَلُّوا۟fawallū[so] turn [you all]وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour facesشَطْرَهُۥshaṭrahu(in) its direction,لِئَلَّاli-allāso that notيَكُونَyakūnait will beلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you [all]حُجَّةٌḥujjatunan argumentإِلَّاillāexceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them;فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhum[you all] fear them,وَٱخْشَوْنِىwa-ikh'shawnībut fear Me [you all].وَلِأُتِمَّwali-utimmaAnd that I may completeنِعْمَتِىniʿ'matīMy favorsعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum[and] so that you [all] mayتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna[you all] be guided. ﴿١٥٠﴾

[2:151] (Blessings) such as the sending of a messenger from among you to recite our revelations to you, purify you, teach you the scripture and wisdom, and to teach you what you never knew.

كَمَآkamāLike what / Just asأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentفِيكُمْfīkumamong you [all]رَسُولًاrasūlana messengerمِّنكُمْminkumfrom you [all]يَتْلُوا۟yatlūhe recitesعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all]ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātināour verses / revelationsوَيُزَكِّيكُمْwayuzakkīkumand he purifies you [all]وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُwayuʿallimukumuand he teaches you [all]ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureوَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdomوَيُعَلِّمُكُمwayuʿallimukumand he teaches you [all]مَّاmāwhatلَمْlamnotتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou all wouldتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿١٥١﴾

[2:152] You shall remember Me, that I may remember you, and be thankful to Me; do not be unappreciative.

فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓfa-udh'kurūnīSo remember Me [you all],أَذْكُرْكُمْadhkur'kumI will remember you [all]وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be thankful [you all]لِىlīto Meوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكْفُرُونِtakfurūni[you all] be unappreciative. ﴿١٥٢﴾

[2:153] O you who believe, seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat). GOD is with those who steadfastly persevere.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟is'taʿīnūSeek help [you all]بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabrithrough [the] steadfastnessوَٱلصَّلَوٰةِwal-ṣalatiand the Contact Payer (Salat).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مَعَmaʿawithٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast ones. ﴿١٥٣﴾

[2:154] Do not say of those who are killed in the cause of GOD, "They are dead." They are alive at their Lord, but you do not perceive.*

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقُولُوا۟taqūlū[you all] sayلِمَنlimanfor (the ones) whoيُقْتَلُyuq'taluhe is killedفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأَمْوَٰتٌۢamwātun"(They are) dead."بَلْbalNay,أَحْيَآءٌaḥyāon(they are) aliveوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlānotتَشْعُرُونَtashʿurūna[you all] perceive. ﴿١٥٤﴾

*2:154 The righteous do not really die; they simply leave their bodies here and go to the same Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived. See Appendix 17 for the proof and the details.

[2:155] We will surely test you through some fear, hunger, and loss of money, lives, and crops. Give good news to the steadfast.*

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمwalanabluwannakumAnd surely we will test you [all]بِشَىْءٍbishayinwith a matterمِّنَminaofٱلْخَوْفِl-khawfi[the] fearوَٱلْجُوعِwal-jūʿiand [the] hungerوَنَقْصٍwanaqṣinand loss / shortageمِّنَminaofٱلْأَمْوَٰلِl-amwāli[the] wealthوَٱلْأَنفُسِwal-anfusiand [the] livesوَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِwal-thamarātiand [the] fruits / crops,وَبَشِّرِwabashiribut give good newsٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīna(to) the steadfast ones. ﴿١٥٥﴾

*2:155 The test is designed to prove that we worship God alone under all circumstances (29:2).

[2:156] When an affliction befalls them, they say, "We belong to GOD, and to Him we are returning."

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who,إِذَآidhāwhenأَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathum[it] struck / afflicted / befell themمُّصِيبَةٌmuṣībatunan affliction,قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, weلِلَّهِlillahi(belong) to Godوَإِنَّآwa-innāand indeed we (are)إِلَيْهِilayhito Himرَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūnaones returning." ﴿١٥٦﴾

[2:157] These have deserved blessings from their Lord and mercy. These are the guided ones.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them (are)صَلَوَٰتٌṣalawātunblessingsمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand mercy.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُهْتَدُونَl-muh'tadūnathose who are guided. ﴿١٥٧﴾

[2:158] The knolls of Safa and Marwah are among the rites decreed by GOD. Anyone who observes Hajj or 'Umrah commits no error by traversing the distance between them. If one volunteers more righteous works, then GOD is Appreciative, Omniscient.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلصَّفَاl-ṣafā[the] Safaوَٱلْمَرْوَةَwal-marwataand [the] Marwahمِنmin(are) fromشَعَآئِرِshaʿāiri(the) symbols / ritesٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.فَمَنْfamanSo whoeverحَجَّḥajja[he] performed pilgrimage / Hajjٱلْبَيْتَl-bayta(at) the Houseأَوِawiorٱعْتَمَرَiʿ'tamara[he] performed Umrah,فَلَاfalāso noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْهِʿalayhion himأَنanthatيَطَّوَّفَyaṭṭawwafahe goes round about / runs between / traversesبِهِمَاbihimā(between) both of them.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverتَطَوَّعَtaṭawwaʿa[he] volunteered / willingly didخَيْرًاkhayranbetter,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)شَاكِرٌshākirunAppreciative,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿١٥٨﴾

[2:159] Those who conceal our revelations and guidance, after proclaiming them for the people in the scripture, are condemned by GOD; they are condemned by all the condemners.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَكْتُمُونَyaktumūna[they] concealمَآmāwhatأَنزَلْنَاanzalnāwe revealedمِنَminaofٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayinātithe clear proofs,وَٱلْهُدَىٰwal-hudāand the guidance,مِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatبَيَّنَّـٰهُbayyannāhuwe made it clearلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the peopleفِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scriptureأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,يَلْعَنُهُمُyalʿanuhumu[He] curses / condemns themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَيَلْعَنُهُمُwayalʿanuhumuand He curses / condemns themٱللَّـٰعِنُونَl-lāʿinūna(by) the ones who curse / condemn. ﴿١٥٩﴾

[2:160] As for those who repent, reform, and proclaim, I redeem them. I am the Redeemer, Most Merciful.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedوَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand [they] reformedوَبَيَّنُوا۟wabayyanūand they openly declared.فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaThen those,أَتُوبُatūbuI accept repentance / redeemعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfrom them,وَأَنَاwa-anāand I amٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Acceptor of Repentance / Redeemer,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿١٦٠﴾

[2:161] Those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers, have incurred the condemnation of GOD, the angels, and all the people (on the Day of Judgment).

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَمَاتُوا۟wamātūand they diedوَهُمْwahumwhile they (were)كُفَّارٌkuffārundisbelievers,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them (is)لَعْنَةُlaʿnatu(the) curse / condemnationٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikatiand the angels,وَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the people,أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together. ﴿١٦١﴾

[2:162] Eternally they abide therein. The retribution is never commuted for them, nor are they reprieved.

خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[Ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.لَاlāNotيُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuit will be lightened / commutedعَنْهُمُʿanhumufor themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retributionوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūna[they] will be respited / reprieved. ﴿١٦٢﴾

[2:163] Your god is one god; there is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

وَإِلَـٰهُكُمْwa-ilāhukumAnd your god (is)إِلَـٰهٌilāhungodوَٰحِدٌwāḥidunone / only;لَّآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuMost Merciful. ﴿١٦٣﴾

[2:164] In the creation of the heavens and the earth, the alternation of night and day, the ships that roam the ocean for the benefit of the people, the water that GOD sends down from the sky to revive dead land and to spread in it all kinds of creatures, the manipulation of the winds, and the clouds that are placed between the sky and the earth, there are sufficient proofs for people who understand.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinخَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfiand alternation (of)ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day,وَٱلْفُلْكِwal-ful'kiand the shipsٱلَّتِىallatīwhichتَجْرِىtajrīit sails / flowsفِىfīinٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe seaبِمَاbimāfor whatيَنفَعُyanfaʿuit benefitsٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] people,وَمَآwamāand whatأَنزَلَanzala[He] sent downٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمِنminofمَّآءٍmāinwater,فَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāthen He revivedبِهِbihitherebyٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthبَعْدَbaʿdaafterمَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death,وَبَثَّwabathaand He dispersed / scatteredفِيهَاfīhāthereinمِنminofكُلِّkullieveryدَآبَّةٍdābbatinmoving creature,وَتَصْرِيفِwataṣrīfiand [it] directing / circulating / manipulatingٱلرِّيَـٰحِl-riyāḥithe winds,وَٱلسَّحَابِwal-saḥābiand the cloudsٱلْمُسَخَّرِl-musakharithe one committed to serveبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātin(are) surely signsلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna(who) they understand. ﴿١٦٤﴾

[2:165] Yet, some people set up idols to rival GOD, and love them as if they are GOD. Those who believe love GOD the most. If only the transgressors could see themselves when they see the retribution! They will realize then that all power belongs to GOD alone, and that GOD's retribution is awesome.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd amongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleمَنmanwhoيَتَّخِذُyattakhidhuhe takesمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَندَادًاandādanrivals / equals.يُحِبُّونَهُمْyuḥibbūnahumThey love themكَحُبِّkaḥubbilike (they should) loveٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūthey believed (are)أَشَدُّashaddustrongerحُبًّاḥubban(in) loveلِّلَّهِlillahifor God.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifيَرَىyarāhe seesٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamū[they] transgressed,إِذْidhwhenيَرَوْنَyarawnathey seeٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retribution,أَنَّannathatٱلْقُوَّةَl-quwataall powerلِلَّهِlillahi(belongs) to Godجَمِيعًاjamīʿanallوَأَنَّwa-annaand [that]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)شَدِيدُshadīdusevere (in)ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi[the] retribution. ﴿١٦٥﴾

*2:165-166 Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, Ali, and the saints will disown their idolizers on the Day of Resurrection. See also 16:86, 35:14, 46:6, and the Gospel of Matthew 7:21-23.

[2:166] Those who were followed will disown those who followed them.* They will see the retribution, and all ties among them will be severed.

إِذْidhWhenتَبَرَّأَtabarra-a[he] disownedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتُّبِعُوا۟ittubiʿūthey were followedمِنَminafromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّبَعُوا۟ittabaʿūthey followedوَرَأَوُا۟wara-awūand they sawٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retribution,وَتَقَطَّعَتْwataqaṭṭaʿatand [it] was cut off / severedبِهِمُbihimuamong themٱلْأَسْبَابُl-asbābuthe relations / connections / ties. ﴿١٦٦﴾

[2:167] Those who followed will say, "If we can get another chance, we will disown them, as they have disowned us now." GOD thus shows them the consequences of their works as nothing but remorse; they will never exit Hell.

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّبَعُوا۟ittabaʿūthey followed,لَوْlaw"(Only) ifأَنَّanna[that]لَنَاlanāfor usكَرَّةًkarratana return / recurrence (*another chance),فَنَتَبَرَّأَfanatabarra-athen we will disownمِنْهُمْmin'hum[from] themكَمَاkamājust asتَبَرَّءُوا۟tabarraūthey disownedمِنَّاminnā[from] us."كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُرِيهِمُyurīhimu[He] shows themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deedsحَسَرَٰتٍḥasarātin(as) remorseعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them.وَمَاwamāAnd notهُمhumthey (are)بِخَـٰرِجِينَbikhārijīnaever ones coming out / leaving / exitingمِنَminafromٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire. ﴿١٦٧﴾

[2:168] O people, eat from the earth's products all that is lawful and good, and do not follow the steps of Satan; he is your most ardent enemy.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu[the] people!كُلُوا۟kulūEat [you all]مِمَّاmimmāof what (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthحَلَـٰلًاḥalālanlawfulطَيِّبًاṭayyiban(and) good.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūyou [all] followخُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni[the] Satan.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (is)لَكُمْlakumto you [all]عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemyمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / obvious. ﴿١٦٨﴾

[2:169] He only commands you to commit evil and vice, and to say about GOD what you do not know.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyيَأْمُرُكُمyamurukumhe commands you [all]بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūito (do) the evil وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِwal-faḥshāiand the immoralities / vicesوَأَنwa-anand thatتَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou [all] sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمَاmāwhatلَاlānotتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] know. ﴿١٦٩﴾

[2:170] When they are told, "Follow what GOD has revealed herein," they say, "We follow only what we found our parents doing." What if their parents did not understand, and were not guided?

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُمُlahumuto them,ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿū"Follow [you all]مَآmāwhatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,"قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,بَلْbal"Nayنَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe followمَآmāwhatأَلْفَيْنَاalfaynāwe foundعَلَيْهِʿalayhi[from it]ءَابَآءَنَآābāanāour forefathers / parents (following)".أَوَلَوْawalawEven ifكَانَkāna[were]ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers / parentsلَاlā(did) notيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna[they] understandشَيْـًٔاshayananythingوَلَاwalāand notيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey (were) guided? ﴿١٧٠﴾

[2:171] The example of such disbelievers is that of parrots who repeat what they hear of sounds and calls, without understanding. Deaf, dumb, and blind; they cannot understand.

وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd an example ofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedكَمَثَلِkamathaliit is like an example ofٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيَنْعِقُyanʿiqu[he] cries outبِمَاbimāat whatلَاlānotيَسْمَعُyasmaʿu[he] hearsإِلَّاillāexceptدُعَآءًduʿāancalls / invocations / prayersوَنِدَآءًwanidāanand cries / calls / shoutsصُمٌّۢṣummundeafبُكْمٌbuk'mundumb,عُمْىٌʿum'yun(and) blind,فَهُمْfahum[so] theyلَاlā(do) notيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna[they] understand. ﴿١٧١﴾

[2:172] O you who believe, eat from the good things we provided for you, and be thankful to GOD, if you do worship Him alone.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!كُلُوا۟kulūEat [you all]مِنminfromطَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good [things]مَاmāthatرَزَقْنَـٰكُمْrazaqnākumwe provided you [all]وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be thankful [you all]لِلَّهِlillahito Godإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] doإِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim aloneتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] worship. ﴿١٧٢﴾

*2:172-173 Throughout the Quran, only four meats are prohibited (6:145, 16:115, Appendix 16). Dietary prohibitions beyond these four are tantamount to idol worship (6:121,148, 150; 7:32).

[2:173] He only prohibits for you the eating of animals that die of themselves (without human interference), blood, the meat of pigs, and animals dedicated to other than GOD. If one is forced (to eat these), without being malicious or deliberate, he incurs no sin. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyحَرَّمَḥarramaHe forbid / prohibitedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you [all]ٱلْمَيْتَةَl-maytatathe dead (animals) / carrion,وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand [the] blood,وَلَحْمَwalaḥmaand meat (of)ٱلْخِنزِيرِl-khinzīrithe swine / pig,وَمَآwamāand whatأُهِلَّuhillait was dedicated at the time of slaughterبِهِۦbihitherebyلِغَيْرِlighayrito other thanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.فَمَنِfamaniSo whoever (is)ٱضْطُرَّuḍ'ṭurraforced by necessityغَيْرَghayrawithoutبَاغٍbāghin(being) disobedient / maliciousوَلَاwalāand notعَادٍʿādintransgressing / spiteful (deliberate),فَلَآfalāthen noإِثْمَith'masinعَلَيْهِʿalayhion him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٧٣﴾

[2:174] Those who conceal GOD's revelations in the scripture, in exchange for a cheap material gain, eat but fire into their bellies. GOD will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them. They have incurred a painful retribution.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَكْتُمُونَyaktumūna[they] concealمَآmāwhatأَنزَلَanzala[He] revealedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod مِنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture,وَيَشْتَرُونَwayashtarūnaand they purchaseبِهِۦbihifrom itثَمَنًاthamanana value / priceقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose,مَاmānotيَأْكُلُونَyakulūnathey eatفِىfīinبُطُونِهِمْbuṭūnihimtheir belliesإِلَّاillāexceptٱلنَّارَl-nārathe fire.وَلَاwalāAnd notيُكَلِّمُهُمُyukallimuhumu[He] speaks to themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionوَلَاwalāand notيُزَكِّيهِمْyuzakkīhimHe will purify them,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١٧٤﴾

*2:174-176 Despite their recognition of God's mathematical miracle in the Quran, the corrupted religious leaders tried for many years to conceal this awesome miracle. Many of them admitted that they resented the fact that Rashad Khalifa, not them, was blessed with the miracle.

[2:175] It is they who chose the straying instead of guidance, and the retribution instead of forgiveness. Consequently, they will have to endure Hell.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūthey purchasedٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] strayingبِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāin the (place of) guidance,وَٱلْعَذَابَwal-ʿadhābaand [the] retributionبِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِbil-maghfiratiin the place of forgiveness.فَمَآfamāSo thatأَصْبَرَهُمْaṣbarahumit endures / sustains themعَلَىʿalāuponٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell! ﴿١٧٥﴾

[2:176] This is because GOD has revealed this scripture, bearing the truth, and those who dispute the scripture are the most ardent opponents.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّbi-annabecauseٱللَّهَl-lahaGodنَزَّلَnazzala[He] revealedٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truth (*truthfully).وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafū[they] differed / disputedفِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scriptureلَفِىlafī(are) surely inشِقَاقٍۭshiqāqinopposition (to the truth)بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar. ﴿١٧٦﴾

[2:177] Righteousness is not turning your faces towards the east or the west. Righteous are those who believe in GOD, the Last Day, the angels, the scripture, and the prophets; and they give the money, cheerfully, to the relatives, the orphans, the needy, the traveling alien, the beggars, and to free the slaves; and they observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat); and they keep their word whenever they make a promise; and they steadfastly persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and war. These are the truthful; these are the righteous.

لَّيْسَlaysaNot isٱلْبِرَّl-bira[the] righteousnessأَنanthatتُوَلُّوا۟tuwallūyou [all] turnedوُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour facesقِبَلَqibalatowardsٱلْمَشْرِقِl-mashriqithe eastوَٱلْمَغْرِبِwal-maghribiand the west,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱلْبِرَّl-birathe righteous[ness]مَنْman(is one) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last,وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikatiand the angels,وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiand the book / scripture,وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَwal-nabiyīnaand the prophets,وَءَاتَىwaātāand he gaveٱلْمَالَl-mālathe wealthعَلَىٰʿalāwithحُبِّهِۦḥubbihiits love / cheerfullyذَوِىdhawī(to) [possessor / of]ٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe near of kin / near relatives,وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans,وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَwal-masākīnaand the needy [ones],وَٱبْنَwa-ib'naand son (of)*ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path / road (*and the traveling alien),وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَwal-sāilīnaand the ones who ask / beggars,وَفِىwafīand inٱلرِّقَابِl-riqābithe freeing of the necks (*freeing of slaves),وَأَقَامَwa-aqāmaand he observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),وَءَاتَىwaātāand he gaveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat),وَٱلْمُوفُونَwal-mūfūnaand those who fulfillبِعَهْدِهِمْbiʿahdihimin their covenant / promiseإِذَاidhāwhenعَـٰهَدُوا۟ʿāhadūthey promised;وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَwal-ṣābirīnaand those who are steadfastفِىfīinٱلْبَأْسَآءِl-basāi[the] persecution,وَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāiand the hardship,وَحِينَwaḥīnaand when (in)ٱلْبَأْسِl-basithe battle / conflict / war.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoصَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqū[they] proved truthfulوَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand those,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُتَّقُونَl-mutaqūnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١٧٧﴾

[2:178] O you who believe, equivalence is the law decreed for you when dealing with murder - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female. If one is pardoned by the victim's kin, an appreciative response is in order, and an equitable compensation shall be paid. This is an alleviation from your Lord and mercy. Anyone who transgresses beyond this incurs a painful retribution.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!كُتِبَkutibaIt was decreed / prescribedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you [all] (is)ٱلْقِصَاصُl-qiṣāṣuthe just retaliationفِىfīin the matter ofٱلْقَتْلَىl-qatlāthe murdered,ٱلْحُرُّl-ḥuruthe freemanبِٱلْحُرِّbil-ḥurifor the freeman,وَٱلْعَبْدُwal-ʿabduand the slaveبِٱلْعَبْدِbil-ʿabdifor the slave,وَٱلْأُنثَىٰwal-unthāand the femaleبِٱلْأُنثَىٰbil-unthāfor the female.فَمَنْfamanBut whoeverعُفِىَʿufiya[he] was pardonedلَهُۥlahufor itمِنْminfromأَخِيهِakhīhihis brother(s) / kinsmenشَىْءٌshayonanything,فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢfa-ittibāʿunthen he follows (up) afterبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the equitable manner (*amicably / equitably)وَأَدَآءٌwa-adāonand paymentإِلَيْهِilayhito himبِإِحْسَـٰنٍbi-iḥ'sāninwith kindness.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatتَخْفِيفٌtakhfīfunit is an alleviationمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand mercy.فَمَنِfamaniThen whoeverٱعْتَدَىٰiʿ'tadā[he] transgressedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١٧٨﴾

*2:178 The Quran clearly discourages capital punishment. Every kind of excuse is provided to spare lives, including the life of the murderer. The victim's kin may find it better, under certain circumstances, to spare the life of the murderer in exchange for an equitable compensation. Also capital punishment is not applicable if, for example, a woman kills a man, or vice versa.

[2:179] Equivalence is a life saving law for you, O you who possess intelligence, that you may be righteous.

وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you [all]فِىfīinٱلْقِصَاصِl-qiṣāṣithe just retaliation (equivalent response is)حَيَوٰةٌḥayatunlife,يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO possessors ofٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithe understanding / intelligence!لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] become righteous. ﴿١٧٩﴾

[2:180] It is decreed that when death approaches, you shall write a will for the benefit of the parents and relatives, equitably. This is a duty upon the righteous.

كُتِبَkutibaIt was decreed / prescribedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]إِذَاidhāwhenحَضَرَḥaḍara[it] approachedأَحَدَكُمُaḥadakumuany one of you [all]ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death,إِنinifتَرَكَtarakahe leftخَيْرًاkhayrangood / property / fortune / wealthٱلْوَصِيَّةُl-waṣiyatu(making) the willلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِlil'wālidaynifor the parentsوَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the near relativesبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the equitable manner (*amicably / equitably)حَقًّاḥaqqana dutyعَلَىʿalāuponٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous ones. ﴿١٨٠﴾

[2:181] If anyone alters a will he had heard, the sin of altering befalls those responsible for such altering. GOD is Hearer, Knower.

فَمَنۢfamanThen whoeverبَدَّلَهُۥbaddalahu[he] changed / altered itبَعْدَمَاbaʿdamāafter whatسَمِعَهُۥsamiʿahuhe heard [it],فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāthen onlyإِثْمُهُۥith'muhuits sinعَلَىʿalā(would be) onٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓyubaddilūnahu[they] alter it.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿١٨١﴾

[2:182] If one sees gross injustice or bias on the part of a testator, and takes corrective action to restore justice to the will, he commits no sin. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

فَمَنْfamanBut whoeverخَافَkhāfa[he] fearedمِنminfromمُّوصٍmūṣin(the) testatorجَنَفًاjanafan(any) wrongful actions / biasأَوْaworإِثْمًاith'mansin,فَأَصْلَحَfa-aṣlaḥathen he reconciled / settled بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them,فَلَآfalāthen (there is) noإِثْمَith'masinعَلَيْهِʿalayhion him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٨٢﴾

[2:183] O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!كُتِبَkutiba[It] was prescribed / decreedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you [all]ٱلصِّيَامُl-ṣiyāmu[the] fastingكَمَاkamāasكُتِبَkutibait was prescribed / decreedعَلَىʿalāforٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathoseمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all],لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna[you all] become righteous / be saved. ﴿١٨٣﴾

*2:183-187 Like all duties in Submission, fasting was decreed through Abraham (22:78, Appendices 9 & 15). Prior to revelation of the Quran, sexual intercourse was prohibited throughout the fasting period. This rule is modified in 2:187 to allow intercourse during the nights of Ramadan.

[2:184] Specific days (are designated for fasting); if one is ill or traveling, an equal number of other days may be substituted. Those who can fast, but with great difficulty, may substitute feeding one poor person for each day of breaking the fast. If one volunteers (more righteous works), it is better. But fasting is the best for you, if you only knew.

أَيَّامًاayyāman(Fasting for) daysمَّعْدُودَٰتٍmaʿdūdātinnumbered.فَمَنfamanSo whoeverكَانَkānahe wasمِنكُمminkumamong you [all]مَّرِيضًاmarīḍansickأَوْaworعَلَىٰʿalāonسَفَرٍsafarina journey,فَعِدَّةٌfaʿiddatunthen a prescribed numberمِّنْminofأَيَّامٍayyāmindaysأُخَرَukharaother.وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd onٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُطِيقُونَهُۥyuṭīqūnahu[they] are able to, but find it extremely hardفِدْيَةٌfid'yatunan expiation (of)طَعَامُṭaʿāmufeedingمِسْكِينٍmis'kīnina poor person.فَمَنfamanAnd whoeverتَطَوَّعَtaṭawwaʿahe volunteered / willingly didخَيْرًاkhayrangoodفَهُوَfahuwathen it (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّهُۥlahufor him.وَأَنwa-anAnd thatتَصُومُوا۟taṣūmū[you all] fastخَيْرٌkhayrun(is) betterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all],إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] [were]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿١٨٤﴾

[2:185] Ramadan is the month during which the Quran was revealed, providing guidance for the people, clear teachings, and the statute book. Those of you who witness this month shall fast therein. Those who are ill or traveling may substitute the same number of other days. GOD wishes for you convenience, not hardship, that you may fulfill your obligations, and to glorify GOD for guiding you, and to express your appreciation.

شَهْرُshahruMonth (of)رَمَضَانَramaḍānaRamadanٱلَّذِىٓalladhīwhichأُنزِلَunzila[it] was revealedفِيهِfīhithereinٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuthe Quran,هُدًىhudana guidanceلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleوَبَيِّنَـٰتٍwabayyinātinand clear proofsمِّنَminaofٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā[the] guidanceوَٱلْفُرْقَانِwal-fur'qāniand the statute (book).فَمَنfamanSo whoeverشَهِدَshahida[he] witnessedمِنكُمُminkumuamong you [all]ٱلشَّهْرَl-shahrathe month,فَلْيَصُمْهُfalyaṣum'huthen let him fast therein,وَمَنwamanand whoeverكَانَkānahe wasمَرِيضًاmarīḍansickأَوْaworعَلَىٰʿalāonسَفَرٍsafarina journeyفَعِدَّةٌfaʿiddatunthen prescribed number (should be made up)مِّنْminfromأَيَّامٍayyāmindaysأُخَرَukharaother.يُرِيدُyurīdu[He] intendsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِكُمُbikumufor you [all]ٱلْيُسْرَl-yus'ra[the] easeوَلَاwalāand notيُرِيدُyurīduHe intendsبِكُمُbikumufor you [all]ٱلْعُسْرَl-ʿus'ra[the] hardship,وَلِتُكْمِلُوا۟walituk'milūand so that you [all] may completeٱلْعِدَّةَl-ʿidatathe prescribed periodوَلِتُكَبِّرُوا۟walitukabbirūand that you [all] may magnifyٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāforمَاmā[that]هَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe guided you [all]وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakumand so that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿١٨٥﴾

[2:186] When My servants ask you about Me, I am always near. I answer their prayers when they pray to Me. The people shall respond to Me and believe in Me, in order to be guided.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when [in the future]سَأَلَكَsa-alaka[he] asked youعِبَادِىʿibādīMy servantsعَنِّىʿannīabout Me,فَإِنِّىfa-innīthen indeed I amقَرِيبٌqarībunnear.أُجِيبُujībuI respond / answerدَعْوَةَdaʿwata(the) prayers (of)ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿithe callerإِذَاidhāwhenدَعَانِdaʿānihe called Me.فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟falyastajībūSo let them respondلِىlīto Meوَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟walyu'minūand let them believeبِىbīin Me,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَرْشُدُونَyarshudūna[they] follow the right guidance / proceed in the right way. ﴿١٨٦﴾

[2:187] Permitted for you is sexual intercourse with your wives during the nights of fasting. They are the keepers of your secrets, and you are the keepers of their secrets. GOD knew that you used to betray your souls, and He has redeemed you, and has pardoned you. Henceforth, you may have intercourse with them, seeking what GOD has permitted for you. You may eat and drink until the white thread of light becomes distinguishable from the dark thread of night at dawn. Then, you shall fast until sunset. Sexual intercourse is prohibited if you decide to retreat to the masjid (during the last ten days of Ramadan). These are GOD's laws; you shall not transgress them. GOD thus clarifies His revelations for the people, that they may attain salvation.

أُحِلَّuḥillaIt was made lawful / permittedلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]لَيْلَةَlaylata(in the) nights (of)ٱلصِّيَامِl-ṣiyāmi[the] fasting (is)ٱلرَّفَثُl-rafathuthe sexual intercourseإِلَىٰilāwithنِسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour wives.هُنَّhunnaThey (are)لِبَاسٌlibāsungarments (*keepers of secrets)لَّكُمْlakumfor you [all],وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all] (are)لِبَاسٌlibāsungarments (*keepers of secrets)لَّهُنَّlahunnafor them.عَلِمَʿalima[He] knewٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنَّكُمْannakumthat you [all]كُنتُمْkuntum[you all] used toتَخْتَانُونَtakhtānūna[you all] betrayأَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves / your souls,فَتَابَfatābathen He redeemedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum[upon] you [all].وَعَفَاwaʿafāAnd He pardonedعَنكُمْʿankum[for] you [all].فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَfal-ānaSo nowبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّbāshirūhunnahave intercourse with them [you all]وَٱبْتَغُوا۟wa-ib'taghūand seek [you all]مَاmāwhatكَتَبَkataba[He] decreedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَكُلُوا۟wakulūAnd eat [you all]وَٱشْرَبُوا۟wa-ish'rabūand drink [you all]حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَتَبَيَّنَyatabayyanait becomes clear / evident / distinctلَكُمُlakumuto you [all]ٱلْخَيْطُl-khayṭuthe threadٱلْأَبْيَضُl-abyaḍu[the] whiteمِنَminafromٱلْخَيْطِl-khayṭithe threadٱلْأَسْوَدِl-aswadi[the] blackمِنَminaofٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri[the] dawn.ثُمَّthummaThenأَتِمُّوا۟atimmūcomplete [you all]ٱلصِّيَامَl-ṣiyāmathe fastingإِلَىilātillٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night (sunset).وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُبَـٰشِرُوهُنَّtubāshirūhunnayou [all] have intercourse with themوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all] (are)عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna[ones] secluded / residentsفِىfīinٱلْمَسَـٰجِدِl-masājidithe masjid.تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)حُدُودُḥudūdu(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(set by) God,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَقْرَبُوهَاtaqrabūhā[you all] approach it.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clear / clarifiesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelationsلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] peopleلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَّقُونَyattaqūna[they] become righteous. ﴿١٨٧﴾

[2:188] You shall not take each others' money illicitly, nor shall you bribe the officials to deprive others of some of their rights illicitly, while you know.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not:تَأْكُلُوٓا۟takulū[you all] consumeأَمْوَٰلَكُمamwālakumyour wealthبَيْنَكُمbaynakumbetween yourselvesبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin [the] corruption (*corruptly / illicitly),وَتُدْلُوا۟watud'lūand [you all] bribeبِهَآbihā[with] itإِلَىilā[to]ٱلْحُكَّامِl-ḥukāmithe authoritiesلِتَأْكُلُوا۟litakulūso that you [all] may consumeفَرِيقًاfarīqana portionمِّنْminfromأَمْوَٰلِamwāli(the) wealth (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'miin the sin (*sinfully)وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿١٨٨﴾

[2:189] They ask you about the phases of the moon! Say, "They provide a timing device for the people, and determine the time of Hajj." It is not righteous to beat around the bush;* righteousness is attained by upholding the commandments and by being straightforward. You shall observe GOD, that you may succeed.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask youعَنِʿaniaboutٱلْأَهِلَّةِl-ahilatithe new moons.قُلْqulSay,هِىَhiya"They (are)مَوَٰقِيتُmawāqītuindicators of periods / timesلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people,وَٱلْحَجِّwal-ḥajiand (for) the Hajjوَلَيْسَwalaysaand (it) is notٱلْبِرُّl-biru[the] righteousness,بِأَنbi-anin thatتَأْتُوا۟tatūyou [all] come*ٱلْبُيُوتَl-buyūta(to) the houses*مِنminfrom*ظُهُورِهَاẓuhūrihātheir backs (*beat around the bush),وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱلْبِرَّl-birathe righteousمَنِmaniwhoٱتَّقَىٰittaqāhe maintained righteousness,وَأْتُوا۟watūand [they] came*ٱلْبُيُوتَl-buyūta(to) the houses*مِنْminfrom*أَبْوَٰبِهَاabwābihātheir doors (*be straightforward).وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna[you all] succeed. ﴿١٨٩﴾

*2:189 The literal Quranic idiom says: "Do not enter the homes through the back doors." The question about the phases of the moon is an example of beating around the bush; there were bad ulterior motives behind this question.

[2:190] You may fight in the cause of GOD against those who attack you, but do not aggress. GOD does not love the aggressors.

وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟waqātilūAnd fight [you all]فِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakum[they] fight you [all]وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَعْتَدُوٓا۟taʿtadū[you all] transgress / aggress.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُعْتَدِينَl-muʿ'tadīnathe transgressors / aggressors. ﴿١٩٠﴾

*2:190 All fighting is regulated by the basic rule in 60:8-9. Fighting is allowed strictly in self-defense, while aggression and oppression are strongly condemned throughout the Quran.

[2:191] You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder. Do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque (Masjid), unless they attack you therein. If they attack you, you may kill them. This is the just retribution for those disbelievers.

وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْwa-uq'tulūhumAnd kill them [you all]حَيْثُḥaythuwhereverثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْthaqif'tumūhumyou [all] encountered them (*in war),وَأَخْرِجُوهُمwa-akhrijūhumand evict them [you all]مِّنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverأَخْرَجُوكُمْakhrajūkumthey evicted you [all],وَٱلْفِتْنَةُwal-fit'natuand [the] persecution / oppressionأَشَدُّashaddu(is) worseمِنَminathanٱلْقَتْلِl-qatli[the] killing / murder.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُقَـٰتِلُوهُمْtuqātilūhum[you all] fight themعِندَʿindanearٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi[the] Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacredحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessيُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you [all]فِيهِfīhiin it / therein.فَإِنfa-inThen ifقَـٰتَلُوكُمْqātalūkumthey fought you [all],فَٱقْتُلُوهُمْfa-uq'tulūhumthen kill them [you all].كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLikewise / Thus (is)جَزَآءُjazāu(the) requital (for)ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿١٩١﴾

[2:192] If they refrain, then GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

فَإِنِfa-iniThen ifٱنتَهَوْا۟intahawthey ceased / refrained,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٩٢﴾

[2:193] You may also fight them to eliminate oppression, and to worship GOD freely. If they refrain, you shall not aggress; aggression is permitted only against the aggressors.

وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْwaqātilūhumAnd fight them [you all]حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilلَاlānotتَكُونَtakūnathere isفِتْنَةٌfit'natunpersecution / oppression,وَيَكُونَwayakūnaand [it] becomesٱلدِّينُl-dīnuthe religionلِلَّهِlillahifor God.فَإِنِfa-iniThen ifٱنتَهَوْا۟intahawthey ceased / refrained,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notعُدْوَٰنَʿud'wānaagress / act hostileإِلَّاillāexceptعَلَىʿalāagainstٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe transgressors / oppressors / aggressors. ﴿١٩٣﴾

[2:194] During the Sacred Months, aggression may be met by an equivalent response. If they attack you, you may retaliate by inflicting an equitable retribution. You shall observe GOD and know that GOD is with the righteous.

ٱلشَّهْرُal-shahruThe Monthٱلْحَرَامُl-ḥarāmu[the] Sacred,بِٱلشَّهْرِbil-shahrifor the Monthٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi[the] Sacred,وَٱلْحُرُمَـٰتُwal-ḥurumātuand (for) the violations / sacred things / forbidden things (aggression)قِصَاصٌqiṣāṣun(is) just retaliation (equivalent response).فَمَنِfamaniThen whoeverٱعْتَدَىٰiʿ'tadā[he] committed aggression / attackedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]فَٱعْتَدُوا۟fa-iʿ'tadūthen aggress / attack [you all]عَلَيْهِʿalayhion himبِمِثْلِbimith'liin the same mannerمَاmāthatٱعْتَدَىٰiʿ'tadāhe aggressed / attackedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all].وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مَعَmaʿawithٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathose who are righteous. ﴿١٩٤﴾

[2:195] You shall spend in the cause of GOD; do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction. You shall be charitable; GOD loves the charitable.

وَأَنفِقُوا۟wa-anfiqūAnd spend [you all]فِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَلَاwalāand (do) notتُلْقُوا۟tul'qū[you all] throw (yourselves)بِأَيْدِيكُمْbi-aydīkumwith your (own) handsإِلَىilātoٱلتَّهْلُكَةِl-tahlukati[the] destruction.وَأَحْسِنُوٓا۟wa-aḥsinūAnd do good / be generous [you all];إِنَّinnaindeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous / charitable [ones]. ﴿١٩٥﴾

[2:196] You shall observe the complete rites of Hajj and 'Umrah for GOD. If you are prevented, you shall send an offering, and do not resume cutting your hair until your offering has reached its destination. If you are ill, or suffering a head injury (and you must cut your hair), you shall expiate by fasting, or giving to charity, or some other form of worship. During the normal Hajj, if you break the state of Ihraam (sanctity) between 'Umrah and Hajj, you shall expiate by offering an animal sacrifice. If you cannot afford it, you shall fast three days during Hajj and seven when you return home - this completes ten - provided you do not live at the Sacred Mosque (Masjid). You shall observe GOD, and know that GOD is strict in enforcing retribution.

وَأَتِمُّوا۟wa-atimmūAnd complete [you all]ٱلْحَجَّl-ḥajathe Hajjوَٱلْعُمْرَةَwal-ʿum'rataand the Umrahلِلَّهِlillahifor God.فَإِنْfa-inAnd ifأُحْصِرْتُمْuḥ'ṣir'tumyou [all] were preventedفَمَاfamāthen (offer) whateverٱسْتَيْسَرَis'taysara(can be) obtained with easeمِنَminaofٱلْهَدْىِl-hadyithe sacrificial animal (offering)وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَحْلِقُوا۟taḥliqūyou [all] shaveرُءُوسَكُمْruūsakumyour headsحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَبْلُغَyablugha[it] reachesٱلْهَدْىُl-hadyuthe sacrificial animal (offering)مَحِلَّهُۥmaḥillahu(to) its destination / place of sacrifice.فَمَنfamanThen whoeverكَانَkānahe wasمِنكُمminkumamong you [all]مَّرِيضًاmarīḍanillأَوْaworبِهِۦٓbihithereinأَذًىadhanan injuryمِّنminofرَّأْسِهِۦrasihihis headفَفِدْيَةٌfafid'yatunthen a expiationمِّنminofصِيَامٍṣiyāminfastingأَوْaworصَدَقَةٍṣadaqatincharityأَوْaworنُسُكٍnusukinsacrifice / worship practice.فَإِذَآfa-idhāThen whenأَمِنتُمْamintumyou [all] were secureفَمَنfamanthen whoeverتَمَتَّعَtamattaʿa[he] combined / broke the state of Ihraamبِٱلْعُمْرَةِbil-ʿum'ratiin the Umrahإِلَىilātoٱلْحَجِّl-ḥajithe Hajj,فَمَاfamāthen (offer) whateverٱسْتَيْسَرَis'taysara(can be) obtained with easeمِنَminaofٱلْهَدْىِl-hadyithe sacrificial animal (offering).فَمَنfamanBut whoeverلَّمْlam(can) notيَجِدْyajidhe finds (an animal sacrifice)فَصِيَامُfaṣiyāmuthen fastingثَلَـٰثَةِthalāthati(of) threeأَيَّامٍayyāmindaysفِىfīduringٱلْحَجِّl-ḥajithe Hajjوَسَبْعَةٍwasabʿatinand seven (days)إِذَاidhāwhenرَجَعْتُمْrajaʿtumyou [all] returned.تِلْكَtil'kaThis (is)عَشَرَةٌʿasharatunten (days)كَامِلَةٌkāmilatunin all / full / total.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)لِمَنlimanfor (the one) whose,لَّمْlamnotيَكُنْyakun[it] isأَهْلُهُۥahluhuhis familyحَاضِرِىḥāḍirīpresentٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi[the] Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacred.وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)شَدِيدُshadīdusevere (in)ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi[the] retribution / enforcement. ﴿١٩٦﴾

*2:196 See the details of Hajj and 'Umrah in Appendix 15.

[2:197] Hajj shall be observed in the specified months.* Whoever sets out to observe Hajj shall refrain from sexual intercourse, misconduct, and arguments throughout Hajj. Whatever good you do, GOD is fully aware thereof. As you prepare your provisions for the journey, the best provision is righteousness. You shall observe Me, O you who possess intelligence.

ٱلْحَجُّal-ḥaju(For) the Hajjأَشْهُرٌashhurun(are) monthsمَّعْلُومَـٰتٌmaʿlūmātunknown / specified [ones],فَمَنfamanthen whoeverفَرَضَfaraḍahe undertook / performedفِيهِنَّfīhinnathereinٱلْحَجَّl-ḥajathe Hajjفَلَاfalāthen noرَفَثَrafathasexual intercourseوَلَاwalāand noفُسُوقَfusūqawickedness / misconductوَلَاwalāand noجِدَالَjidālaargumentsفِىfīduringٱلْحَجِّl-ḥajithe Hajj.وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou [all] doمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringoodيَعْلَمْهُyaʿlamhu[He] knows itٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟watazawwadūAnd [you all] take provision,فَإِنَّfa-innabut indeed,خَيْرَkhayra(the) bestٱلزَّادِl-zādi[the] provision (is)ٱلتَّقْوَىٰl-taqwā[the] righteousness.وَٱتَّقُونِwa-ittaqūniAnd observe Me,يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO possessors ofٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithe understanding / intelligence! ﴿١٩٧﴾

*2:197 Hajj can be observed any time during the Sacred Months: Zul-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, and Rabi I. Local governments restrict Hajj to a few days for their own convenience. See 9:37

[2:198] You commit no error by seeking provisions from your Lord (through commerce). When you file from 'Arafaat, you shall commemorate GOD at the Sacred Location (of Muzdalifah). You shall commemorate Him for guiding you; before this, you had gone astray.

لَيْسَlaysaNot isعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you [all]جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany sin / blameأَنanthatتَبْتَغُوا۟tabtaghūyou [all] seekفَضْلًاfaḍlanbountyمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.فَإِذَآfa-idhāAnd whenأَفَضْتُمafaḍtumyou [all] proceeded / spread / filedمِّنْminfromعَرَفَـٰتٍʿarafātin(Mount) Arafatفَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember / commemorate [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعِندَʿindanearٱلْمَشْعَرِl-mashʿarithe Monument / Locationٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi[the] Sacred.وَٱذْكُرُوهُwa-udh'kurūhuAnd remember / commemorate Him [you all]كَمَاkamāasهَدَىٰكُمْhadākumHe guided you [all],وَإِنwa-inand indeedكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] wereمِّنmin[from]قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore [it]لَمِنَlaminasurely amongٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnathe strayers. ﴿١٩٨﴾

[2:199] You shall file together, with the rest of the people who file, and ask GOD for forgiveness. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَفِيضُوا۟afīḍūspread / proceed / file [you all]مِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereverأَفَاضَafāḍa[he] spread / filedٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe peopleوَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wa-is'taghfirūand ask forgiveness [you all]ٱللَّهَl-laha(from) God.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٩٩﴾

[2:200] Once you complete your rites, you shall continue to commemorate GOD as you commemorate your own parents, or even better. Some people would say, "Our Lord, give us of this world," while having no share in the Hereafter.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenقَضَيْتُمqaḍaytumyou [all] completedمَّنَـٰسِكَكُمْmanāsikakumyour acts of worship / ritesفَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember / commemorate [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَذِكْرِكُمْkadhik'rikumlike you [all] remember / commemorateءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumyour forefathers / parentsأَوْaworأَشَدَّashadda(with) greaterذِكْرًاdhik'ranremembrance / commemoration.فَمِنَfaminaAnd fromٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleمَنmanwhoيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] say,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord!ءَاتِنَاātināGrant usفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world."وَمَاwamāAnd notلَهُۥlahufor himفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterمِنْminanyخَلَـٰقٍkhalāqinshare. ﴿٢٠٠﴾

[2:201] Others would say, "Our Lord, grant us righteousness in this world, and righteousness in the Hereafter, and spare us the retribution of Hell."

وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd from thoseمَّنmanwhoيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] say,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord!ءَاتِنَاātināGrant usفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldحَسَنَةًḥasanatangood / righteousnessوَفِىwafīand inٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterحَسَنَةًḥasanatangood / righteousness,وَقِنَاwaqinā(and) save us (from)عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retribution (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell." ﴿٢٠١﴾

[2:202] Each of these will receive the share they have earned. GOD is most efficient in reckoning.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)نَصِيبٌnaṣībuna shareمِّمَّاmimmāof whatكَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey earned,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)سَرِيعُsarīʿuswift / most efficientٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) the reckoning. ﴿٢٠٢﴾

[2:203] You shall commemorate GOD for a number of days (in Mena); whoever hastens to do this in two days commits no sin, and whoever stays longer commits no sin, so long as righteousness is maintained. You shall observe GOD, and know that before Him you will be gathered.

وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember / commemorate [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodفِىٓfīduringأَيَّامٍayyāmindaysمَّعْدُودَٰتٍmaʿdūdātinnumbered.فَمَنfamanThen (he) whoتَعَجَّلَtaʿajjala[he] hurried / hastenedفِىfīinيَوْمَيْنِyawmaynitwo daysفَلَآfalāthen noإِثْمَith'masinعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him,وَمَنwamanand whoeverتَأَخَّرَta-akhara[he] delayed / comes laterفَلَآfalāthen noإِثْمَith'masinعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon himلِمَنِlimanifor (the one) whoٱتَّقَىٰittaqāhe maintained righteousness.وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّكُمْannakumthat you [all]إِلَيْهِilayhito Himتُحْشَرُونَtuḥ'sharūnayou [all] will be summoned / gathered. ﴿٢٠٣﴾

[2:204] Among the people, one may impress you with his utterances concerning this life, and may even call upon GOD to witness his innermost thoughts, while he is a most ardent opponent.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd ofٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleمَنman(is the one) whoيُعْجِبُكَyuʿ'jibuka[he] pleases / impresses youقَوْلُهُۥqawluhu(with) his speechفِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَيُشْهِدُwayush'hiduand he calls to witnessٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَلَىٰʿalāonمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinقَلْبِهِۦqalbihihis heart,وَهُوَwahuwaand he (is)أَلَدُّaladdu(the) most contentious (of)ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmi[the] opponent. ﴿٢٠٤﴾

[2:205] As soon as he leaves, he roams the earth corruptingly, destroying properties and lives. GOD does not love corruption.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenتَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe turned awayسَعَىٰsaʿāhe strived / hastened (roams)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthلِيُفْسِدَliyuf'sidathat he may spread corruptionفِيهَاfīhāin it,وَيُهْلِكَwayuh'likaand he destroysٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥarthathe crops / future gains (property)وَٱلنَّسْلَwal-naslaand the reproduction / progeny / lives.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْفَسَادَl-fasāda[the] corruption. ﴿٢٠٥﴾

[2:206] When he is told, "Observe GOD," he becomes arrogantly indignant. Consequently, his only destiny is Hell; what a miserable abode.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقِيلَqīlait was saidلَهُlahuto himٱتَّقِittaqi"Observeٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,"أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathu[It] seized / took himٱلْعِزَّةُl-ʿizatu[the] prideبِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'miin the sin (*sinfully).فَحَسْبُهُۥfaḥasbuhuThen sufficient for him (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHellوَلَبِئْسَwalabi'sa[and] surely an evilٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu[the] resting place / abode. ﴿٢٠٦﴾

[2:207] Then there are those who dedicate their lives to serving GOD; GOD is compassionate towards such worshipers.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd ofٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleمَنman(is the one) whoيَشْرِىyashrī[he] exchanges / gives up (dedicates)نَفْسَهُnafsahuhis own selfٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseekingمَرْضَاتِmarḍātipleasureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)رَءُوفٌۢraūfunCompassionateبِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādito the servants. ﴿٢٠٧﴾

[2:208] O you who believe, you shall embrace total submission; do not follow the steps of Satan, for he is your most ardent enemy.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūEnter [you all]فِىfīinٱلسِّلْمِl-sil'mi[the] Submissionكَآفَّةًkāffatancompletely,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūyou [all] followخُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwātifootsteps (of)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭāni[the] Satan.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (is)لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemyمُّبِينٌmubīnunmanifest (ardent). ﴿٢٠٨﴾

[2:209] If you backslide, after the clear proofs have come to you, then know that GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

فَإِنfa-inThen ifزَلَلْتُمzalaltumyou [all] slip (backslide)مِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmā[that]جَآءَتْكُمُjāatkumu[it] came to you [all]ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs,فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamūthen know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٠٩﴾

[2:210] Are they waiting until GOD Himself comes to them in dense clouds, together with the angels? When this happens, the whole matter will be terminated, and to GOD everything will be returned.*

هَلْhalAreيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey waitingإِلَّآillāexcept / untilأَنanthatيَأْتِيَهُمُyatiyahumu[He] comes to themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىfīinظُلَلٍẓulalin(the) shadowsمِّنَminaofٱلْغَمَامِl-ghamāmi[the] clouds,وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand the angels?وَقُضِىَwaquḍiyaAnd [it] (will be) fulfilled / judgedٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter.وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتُرْجَعُtur'jaʿu[it] returnsٱلْأُمُورُl-umūruall matters. ﴿٢١٠﴾

*2:210 This world is a test; it is our last chance to restore ourselves back into God's kingdom by denouncing idol worship (see the INTRODUCTION). If God and His angels show up, everyone will believe, and the test will no longer be valid.

[2:211] Ask the Children of Israel how many profound miracles have we shown them! For those who disregard the blessings bestowed upon them by GOD, GOD is most strict in retribution.

سَلْsalAskبَنِىٓbanī(the) Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael,كَمْkamhow manyءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumwe gave themمِّنْminofءَايَةٍۭāyatin(the) sign / miracle(s)بَيِّنَةٍbayyinatinclear / profound.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُبَدِّلْyubaddilhe exchanges (disregards)نِعْمَةَniʿ'matafavorٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَتْهُjāathuit came to himفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)شَدِيدُshadīdusevere (in)ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi[the] retribution. ﴿٢١١﴾

*2:211 The Quran's mathematical miracle is a great blessing, and brings with it an awesome responsibility (please see 5:115).

[2:212] This worldly life is adorned in the eyes of the disbelievers, and they ridicule those who believe. However, the righteous will be far above them on the Day of Resurrection. GOD blesses whomever He wills, without limits.

زُيِّنَzuyyinaIt was adornedلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved (is)ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world,وَيَسْخَرُونَwayaskharūnaand they ridiculeمِنَmina[of]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawthey were righteous,فَوْقَهُمْfawqahum(they will be) above themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَرْزُقُyarzuqu[He] providesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحِسَابٍḥisābinan account / a tab / a limit. ﴿٢١٢﴾

[2:213] The people used to be one community when GOD sent the prophets as bearers of good news, as well as warners. He sent down with them the scripture, bearing the truth, to judge among the people in their disputes. Ironically, those who received the scripture were the ones who rejected any new scripture, despite clear proofs given to them. This is due to jealousy on their part. GOD guides those who believe to the truth that is disputed by all others, in accordance with His will. GOD guides whoever wills in a straight path.*

كَانَkāna[It] wereٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe peopleأُمَّةًummatana communityوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatansingle,فَبَعَثَfabaʿathathen [He] raised up / sentٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīna[the] prophetsمُبَشِّرِينَmubashirīna(as) bearers of good newsوَمُنذِرِينَwamundhirīnaand (as) warners,وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand He sent downمَعَهُمُmaʿahumuwith themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith the truthلِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat it may judgeبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] peopleفِيمَاfīmāin whatٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed / disputedفِيهِfīhiin it.وَمَاwamāAnd (did) notٱخْتَلَفَikh'talafa[he] differed / disputedفِيهِfīhiin itإِلَّاillāexceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوهُūtūhuthey were given itمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu[it] came to themٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs,بَغْيًۢاbaghyan(out of) jealousyبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong them(selves).فَهَدَىfahadāAnd [He] guidedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedلِمَاlimāregarding whatٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed / disputedفِيهِfīhi[in it]مِنَminaofٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truthبِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiwith His permission.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿٢١٣﴾

*2:213 All worshipers of God ALONE, from all religions, are truly united.

[2:214] Do you expect to enter Paradise without being tested like those before you? They were tested with hardship and adversity, and were shaken up, until the messenger and those who believed with him said, "Where is GOD's victory?" GOD's victory is near.

أَمْamOr haveحَسِبْتُمْḥasib'tumyou [all] thoughtأَنanthatتَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou [all] enterٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata[the] Paradiseوَلَمَّاwalammāand whenيَأْتِكُمyatikumit comes to you [all]مَّثَلُmathaluexample(s) (of)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoخَلَوْا۟khalawthey passed awayمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمqablikumbefore you [all]?مَّسَّتْهُمُmassathumu[It] touched themٱلْبَأْسَآءُl-basāu[the] persecution / adversityوَٱلضَّرَّآءُwal-ḍarāuand [the] hardship,وَزُلْزِلُوا۟wazul'zilūand they were shakenحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَقُولَyaqūla[he] saidٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messengerوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him,مَتَىٰmatā"When (is)نَصْرُnaṣruhelp / victory (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod?"أَلَآalāUnquestionably,إِنَّinnaIndeedنَصْرَnaṣrahelp / victory (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)قَرِيبٌqarībunnear. ﴿٢١٤﴾

[2:215] They ask you about giving: say, "The charity you give shall go to the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, and the traveling alien." Any good you do, GOD is fully aware thereof.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask youمَاذَاmādhāwhat then (should)يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend / give.قُلْqulSay,مَآmā"Whateverأَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou [all] spend / giveمِّنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringood,فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِfalil'wālidaynithen is for the parents,وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَwal-aqrabīnaand the relatives,وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰwal-yatāmāand the orphans,وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِwal-masākīniand the needy / poor,وَٱبْنِwa-ib'ni and son (of)*ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path / road (*and the traveling alien).وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou all doمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringood.فَإِنَّfa-innaSo indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِهِۦbihiof it (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunfully aware. ﴿٢١٥﴾

[2:216] Fighting may be imposed on you, even though you dislike it. But you may dislike something which is good for you, and you may like something which is bad for you. GOD knows while you do not know.

كُتِبَkutibaIt was prescribed / imposedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon you [all]ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitālu[the] fightingوَهُوَwahuwawhile it (is)كُرْهٌkur'hundislikeableلَّكُمْlakumto you [all].وَعَسَىٰٓwaʿasāBut perhapsأَنan[that]تَكْرَهُوا۟takrahūyou [all] dislikeشَيْـًٔاshayana thingوَهُوَwahuwaand it (is)خَيْرٌkhayrungoodلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all];وَعَسَىٰٓwaʿasāand perhapsأَنan[that]تُحِبُّوا۟tuḥibbūyou [all] loveشَيْـًٔاshayana thingوَهُوَwahuwaand it (is)شَرٌّsharrunbadلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]لَاlā(do) notتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٢١٦﴾

[2:217] They ask you about the Sacred Months and fighting therein: say, "Fighting therein is a sacrilege. However, repelling from the path of GOD and disbelieving in Him and in the sanctity of the Sacred Mosque (Masjid), and evicting its people, are greater sacrileges in the sight of GOD. Oppression is worse than murder." They will always fight you to revert you from your religion, if they can. Those among you who revert from their religion, and die as disbelievers, have nullified their works in this life and the Hereafter. These are the dwellers of Hell, wherein they abide forever.

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask youعَنِʿaniaboutٱلشَّهْرِl-shahrithe Monthٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmi[the] Sacredقِتَالٍqitālin(and) fightingفِيهِfīhitherein.قُلْqulSay,قِتَالٌqitālun"Fightingفِيهِfīhitherein (is)كَبِيرٌkabīruna great (sin);وَصَدٌّwaṣaddunbut hindering / repelling (people)عَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَكُفْرٌۢwakuf'runand disbeliefبِهِۦbihiin Himوَٱلْمَسْجِدِwal-masjidiand (preventing access to) the Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacredوَإِخْرَاجُwa-ikh'rājuand evictingأَهْلِهِۦahlihiits peopleمِنْهُmin'hufrom it (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater (sin)عِندَʿindanear / in the sight of ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱلْفِتْنَةُwal-fit'natuAnd [the] oppression (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater / worseمِنَminathanٱلْقَتْلِl-qatli[the] killing / murder."وَلَاwalāAnd notيَزَالُونَyazālūnathey will ceaseيُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْyuqātilūnakum[they] (to) fight you [all]حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَرُدُّوكُمْyaruddūkumthey turn you [all] awayعَنʿanfromدِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion,إِنِiniifٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey were able.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَرْتَدِدْyartadid[he] turns awayمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]عَنʿanfromدِينِهِۦdīnihihis religion,فَيَمُتْfayamutthen he diesوَهُوَwahuwawhile he (is)كَافِرٌkāfiruna disbelieverفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikafor thoseحَبِطَتْḥabiṭat[it] became nullifiedأَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds / worksفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābucompanions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٢١٧﴾

[2:218] Those who believe, and those who emigrate and strive in the cause of GOD, have deserved GOD's mercy. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoهَاجَرُوا۟hājarūthey emigratedوَجَـٰهَدُوا۟wajāhadūand they stroveفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,يَرْجُونَyarjūnathey expectرَحْمَتَraḥmata(for) mercyٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢١٨﴾

[2:219] They ask you about intoxicants and gambling: say, "In them there is a gross sin, and some benefits for the people. But their sinfulness far outweighs their benefit." They also ask you what to give to charity: say, "The excess." GOD thus clarifies the revelations for you, that you may reflect,

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَyasalūnakaThey ask youعَنِʿaniaboutٱلْخَمْرِl-khamri[the] intoxicantsوَٱلْمَيْسِرِwal-maysiriand [the] gambling / games of chanceقُلْqulSay,فِيهِمَآfīhimā"In both of them (is)إِثْمٌith'muna sinكَبِيرٌkabīrungreat,وَمَنَـٰفِعُwamanāfiʿuand (some) benefitsلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor [the] people.وَإِثْمُهُمَآwa-ith'muhumāBut sin of both of them (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater / worseمِنminthanنَّفْعِهِمَاnafʿihimā(the) benefit of both of them."وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask youمَاذَاmādhāwhat then (should)يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend / give (to charity).قُلِquliSay,ٱلْعَفْوَl-ʿafwa"The surplus / excess."كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti[the] versesلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūna[you all] ponder / reflect. ﴿٢١٩﴾

*2:219 The world now recognizes that the economic benefits from manufacturing alcoholic beverages and illicit drugs are not worth the traffic fatalities, brain damage to children of alcoholic mothers, family crises, and other disastrous consequences. Check with "Alcoholics Anonymous" and "Gamblers Anonymous" for more information. See also 5:90-91.

[2:220] upon this life and the Hereafter. And they ask you about the orphans: say, "Bringing them up as righteous persons is the best you can do for them. If you mix their property with yours, you shall treat them as family members." GOD knows the righteous and the wicked. Had GOD willed, He could have imposed harsher rules upon you. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

فِىfīConcerningٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter.وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask youعَنِʿaniaboutٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰl-yatāmāthe orphans.قُلْqulSay,إِصْلَاحٌiṣ'lāḥun"Setting right (their affairs)لَّهُمْlahumfor them (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbest.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُخَالِطُوهُمْtukhāliṭūhumyou [all] combined with them (properties)فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْfa-ikh'wānukumthen (they are) your brethren / family."وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsٱلْمُفْسِدَl-muf'sidathe one who is a corruptor / wickedمِنَminafromٱلْمُصْلِحِl-muṣ'liḥithe one who is a reformer / righteous.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَأَعْنَتَكُمْla-aʿnatakumsurely He could have put you [all] in difficulties.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٢٠﴾

[2:221] Do not marry idolatresses unless they believe; a believing woman is better than an idolatress, even if you like her. Nor shall you give your daughters in marriage to idolatrous men, unless they believe. A believing man is better than an idolater, even if you like him. These invite to Hell, while GOD invites to Paradise and forgiveness, as He wills. He clarifies His revelations for the people, that they may take heed.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَنكِحُوا۟tankiḥū[you all] marryٱلْمُشْرِكَـٰتِl-mush'rikāti[the] polytheistic / idol worshiper womenحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessيُؤْمِنَّyu'minnathey believe.وَلَأَمَةٌwala-amatunAnd surely a female servantمُّؤْمِنَةٌmu'minatunone who she believes (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterمِّنminthanمُّشْرِكَةٍmush'rikatina polytheistic / idol worshiper womanوَلَوْwalaweven ifأَعْجَبَتْكُمْaʿjabatkumshe delighted / impressed you [all].وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُنكِحُوا۟tunkiḥū[you all] give in marriage (your women)ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna(to) [the] polytheistic / idol worshiper menحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessيُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minūthey believe,وَلَعَبْدٌwalaʿabdunand surely a male servantمُّؤْمِنٌmu'minunone who he believes (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterمِّنminthanمُّشْرِكٍmush'rikina polytheistic / idol worshiper manوَلَوْwalaweven ifأَعْجَبَكُمْaʿjabakumhe pleased / impressed you [all].أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika[Those]يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey inviteإِلَىilātoٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Godيَدْعُوٓا۟yadʿūHe invitesإِلَىilātoٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradiseوَٱلْمَغْفِرَةِwal-maghfiratiand the forgivenessبِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiby His permission.وَيُبَيِّنُwayubayyinuAnd He makes clearءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelationsلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they mayيَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūna[they] take heed. ﴿٢٢١﴾

[2:222] They ask you about menstruation: say, "It is harmful; you shall avoid sexual intercourse with the women during menstruation; do not approach them until they are rid of it. Once they are rid of it, you may have intercourse with them in the manner designed by GOD. GOD loves the repenters, and He loves those who are clean."

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask youعَنِʿaniaboutٱلْمَحِيضِl-maḥīḍi[the] menstruation.قُلْqulSay,هُوَhuwa"It (is)أَذًىadhanharmful,فَٱعْتَزِلُوا۟fa-iʿ'tazilūso keep away / withdraw [you all] (from)ٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] womenفِىfīduringٱلْمَحِيضِl-maḥīḍi(their) [the] menstruation.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْرَبُوهُنَّtaqrabūhunna[you all] approach themحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَطْهُرْنَyaṭhur'nathey are clean.فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenتَطَهَّرْنَtaṭahharnathey were purified,فَأْتُوهُنَّfatūhunnathen come to them [you all]مِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereasأَمَرَكُمُamarakumu[He] ordered you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod."إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلتَّوَّٰبِينَl-tawābīnathose who turn in repentance,وَيُحِبُّwayuḥibbuand He lovesٱلْمُتَطَهِّرِينَl-mutaṭahirīnathose who are purified / are clean. ﴿٢٢٢﴾

[2:223] Your women are the bearers of your seed. Thus, you may enjoy this privilege however you like, so long as you maintain righteousness. You shall observe GOD, and know that you will meet Him. Give good news to the believers.

نِسَآؤُكُمْnisāukumYour wives (are)حَرْثٌḥarthuna tilth / cultivation / harvest / bearer of seedلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all],فَأْتُوا۟fatūthen bring [you all]حَرْثَكُمْḥarthakum(to) your cultivation / harvest / bearers of seedأَنَّىٰannāhowشِئْتُمْshi'tumyou [all] willed,وَقَدِّمُوا۟waqaddimūand send forth [you all] (good deeds)لِأَنفُسِكُمْli-anfusikumfor yourselves.وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Godوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّكُمannakumthat you [all] (are)مُّلَـٰقُوهُmulāqūhuones who will meet Him.وَبَشِّرِwabashiriAnd give good newsٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers. ﴿٢٢٣﴾

[2:224] Do not subject GOD's name to your casual swearing, that you may appear righteous, pious, or to attain credibility among the people. GOD is Hearer, Knower.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَجْعَلُوا۟tajʿalū[you all] makeٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعُرْضَةًʿur'ḍatanan excuse / hinderanceلِّأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْli-aymānikumin your oathsأَنanthatتَبَرُّوا۟tabarrūyou [all] (appear) righteous,وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand [you all] righteous / pious,وَتُصْلِحُوا۟watuṣ'liḥūand [you all] make peaceبَيْنَbaynabetweenٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] people.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿٢٢٤﴾

[2:225] GOD does not hold you responsible for the mere utterance of oaths; He holds you responsible for your innermost intentions. GOD is Forgiver, Clement.

لَّاlāNotيُؤَاخِذُكُمُyuākhidhukumu[He] holds you [all] to accountٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِٱللَّغْوِbil-laghwifor the thoughtless utterancesفِىٓfīinأَيْمَـٰنِكُمْaymānikumyour oaths,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutيُؤَاخِذُكُمyuākhidhukumHe holds you [all] to accountبِمَاbimāfor whatكَسَبَتْkasabat[it] earnedقُلُوبُكُمْqulūbukumyour hearts.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunClement. ﴿٢٢٥﴾

[2:226] Those who intend to divorce their wives shall wait four months (cooling off); if they change their minds and reconcile, then GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.

لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those whoيُؤْلُونَyu'lūnathey swear abstention (*intend divorce)مِنminfromنِّسَآئِهِمْnisāihimtheir wivesتَرَبُّصُtarabbuṣuit is a waiting (of)أَرْبَعَةِarbaʿatifourأَشْهُرٍashhurinmonths,فَإِنfa-inthen ifفَآءُوfāūthey returned / reconciledفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٢٢٦﴾

[2:227] If they go through with the divorce, then GOD is Hearer, Knower.

وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifعَزَمُوا۟ʿazamūthey decided (to)ٱلطَّلَـٰقَl-ṭalāqa[the] divorceفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿٢٢٧﴾

[2:228] The divorced women shall wait three menstruations (before marrying another man). It is not lawful for them to conceal what GOD creates in their wombs, if they believe in GOD and the Last Day. (In case of pregnancy,) the husband's wishes shall supersede the wife's wishes, if he wants to remarry her. The women have rights, as well as obligations, equitably. Thus, the man's wishes prevail (in case of pregnancy). GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتُwal-muṭalaqātuAnd the divorced womenيَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣnathey (shall) waitبِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinnaconcerning themselvesثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) threeقُرُوٓءٍqurūinmenstruations.وَلَاwalāAnd notيَحِلُّyaḥilluit lawfulلَهُنَّlahunnafor themأَنanthatيَكْتُمْنَyaktum'nathey concealمَاmāwhatخَلَقَkhalaqa[He] createdٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفِىٓfīinأَرْحَامِهِنَّarḥāmihinnatheir wombs,إِنinifكُنَّkunnathey [were]يُؤْمِنَّyu'minna[they] believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand [the] Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last.وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّwabuʿūlatuhunnaAnd their husbandsأَحَقُّaḥaqqu(have) more rightبِرَدِّهِنَّbiraddihinnato take them backفِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (period)إِنْinifأَرَادُوٓا۟arādūthey wished (for)إِصْلَـٰحًاiṣ'lāḥanreconciliation.وَلَهُنَّwalahunnaAnd for them (women)مِثْلُmith'lu(is the) like (of)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat which (is)عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaon themبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably).وَلِلرِّجَالِwalilrrijāliAnd for the menعَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaover them (women)دَرَجَةٌdarajatun(they) rank (in case of pregnancy).وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٢٨﴾

[2:229] Divorce may be retracted twice. The divorced woman shall be allowed to live in the same home amicably, or leave it amicably. It is not lawful for the husband to take back anything he had given her. However, the couple may fear that they may transgress GOD's law. If there is fear that they may transgress GOD's law, they commit no error if the wife willingly gives back whatever she chooses. These are GOD's laws; do not transgress them. Those who transgress GOD's laws are the unjust.

ٱلطَّلَـٰقُal-ṭalāquThe divorce (is)مَرَّتَانِmarratānitwice.فَإِمْسَاكٌۢfa-im'sākunThen to retainبِمَعْرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinin fairness / kindness / amicably أَوْaworتَسْرِيحٌۢtasrīḥun[she] releaseبِإِحْسَـٰنٍbi-iḥ'sāninwith kindness.وَلَاwalāAnd notيَحِلُّyaḥilluit lawfulلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]أَنanthatتَأْخُذُوا۟takhudhūyou [all] take (back)مِمَّآmimmāfrom whatءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّātaytumūhunnayou [all] gave themشَيْـًٔاshayananything,إِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatيَخَافَآyakhāfāthey both fearأَلَّاallāthat notيُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) uphold / observeحُدُودَḥudūda(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.فَإِنْfa-inBut ifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedأَلَّاallāthat notيُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) uphold / observeحُدُودَḥudūda(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفَلَاfalāthen (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāon both of themفِيمَاfīmāin whatٱفْتَدَتْif'tadatshe expiated / gave backبِهِۦbihifor it. تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)حُدُودُḥudūdu(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(set by) God,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَعْتَدُوهَاtaʿtadūhā[you all] transgress them.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَتَعَدَّyataʿadda[he] transgressesحُدُودَḥudūda(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٢٢٩﴾

[2:230] If he divorces her (for the third time), it is unlawful for him to remarry her, unless she marries another man, then he divorces her. The first husband can then remarry her, so long as they observe GOD's laws. These are GOD's laws; He explains them for people who know.

فَإِنfa-inThen ifطَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahāhe divorced her,فَلَاfalāthen notتَحِلُّtaḥillushe lawfulلَهُۥlahufor himمِنۢminfromبَعْدُbaʿduafter (that)حَتَّىٰḥattāunlessتَنكِحَtankiḥashe marriesزَوْجًاzawjana spouseغَيْرَهُۥghayrahuother than him.فَإِنfa-inThen ifطَلَّقَهَاṭallaqahāhe divorces herفَلَاfalāthen noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْهِمَآʿalayhimāon both of themأَنanthatيَتَرَاجَعَآyatarājaʿāthey both return (to each other)إِنinifظَنَّآẓannāthey both believeأَنanthatيُقِيمَاyuqīmāthey both (can) uphold / observeحُدُودَḥudūda(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these (are)حُدُودُḥudūdu(the) limitsٱللَّهِl-lahi(set by) God.يُبَيِّنُهَاyubayyinuhāHe clarifies itلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor peopleيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(who) [they] know. ﴿٢٣٠﴾

[2:231] If you divorce the women, once they fulfill their interim (three menstruations), you shall allow them to live in the same home amicably, or let them leave amicably. Do not force them to stay against their will, as a revenge. Anyone who does this wrongs his own soul. Do not take GOD's revelations in vain. Remember GOD's blessings upon you, and that He sent down to you the scripture and wisdom to enlighten you. You shall observe GOD, and know that GOD is aware of all things.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenطَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou [all] divorcedٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāathe womenفَبَلَغْنَfabalaghnaand they reachedأَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (waiting) term,فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen retain them [you all]بِمَعْرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinin fairness / kindness / amicably أَوْaworسَرِّحُوهُنَّsarriḥūhunnarelease them [you all]بِمَعْرُوفٍbimaʿrūfinin fairness / kindness / amicably وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُمْسِكُوهُنَّtum'sikūhunnayou [all] detain themضِرَارًاḍirāranhurtfully / under duressلِّتَعْتَدُوا۟litaʿtadūthat you [all] act may unjustly / spitefully.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَفْعَلْyafʿalhe doesذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَقَدْfaqadthen indeed,ظَلَمَẓalamahe wrongedنَفْسَهُۥnafsahuhimself / his own soul .وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟tattakhidhū[you all] takeءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godهُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) jest / vain,وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūand remember [you all]نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(the) favorsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]وَمَآwamāand whatأَنزَلَanzalaHe sent downعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto you [all]مِّنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scriptureوَٱلْحِكْمَةِwal-ḥik'matiand [the] wisdom;يَعِظُكُمyaʿiẓukumHe enlightens you [all]بِهِۦbihiwith it.وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِكُلِّbikulliin everyشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿٢٣١﴾

[2:232] If you divorce the women, once they fulfill their interim, do not prevent them from remarrying their husbands, if they reconcile amicably. This shall be heeded by those among you who believe in GOD and the Last Day. This is purer for you, and more righteous. GOD knows, while you do not know.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenطَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou [all] divorcedٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] womenفَبَلَغْنَfabalaghnaand they reachedأَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (waiting) term,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَعْضُلُوهُنَّtaʿḍulūhunnayou [all] prevent themأَنan[that]يَنكِحْنَyankiḥ'nathey marryأَزْوَٰجَهُنَّazwājahunnatheir husbandsإِذَاidhāwhenتَرَٰضَوْا۟tarāḍawthey agreed / consentedبَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them(selves)بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably).ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatيُوعَظُyūʿaẓu[he] is enlightened / heededبِهِۦbihiwith itمَنmanwhoeverكَانَkānahe used toمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]يُؤْمِنُyu'minu[he] believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand [the] Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last;ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat [you all] (is)أَزْكَىٰazkāpurerلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]وَأَطْهَرُwa-aṭharuand purer / more righteous.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsوَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all]لَاlā(do) notتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٢٣٢﴾

[2:233] Divorced mothers shall nurse their infants two full years, if the father so wishes. The father shall provide the mother's food and clothing equitably. No one shall be burdened beyond his ability. No mother shall be harmed on account of her infant, nor shall the father be harmed because of his infant. (If the father dies), his inheritor shall assume these responsibilities. If the infant's parents mutually agree to part, after due consultation, they commit no error by doing so. You commit no error by hiring nursing mothers, so long as you pay them equitably. You shall observe GOD, and know that GOD is Seer of everything you do.

وَٱلْوَٰلِدَٰتُwal-wālidātuAnd the mothers,يُرْضِعْنَyur'ḍiʿ'nathey (shall) nurseأَوْلَـٰدَهُنَّawlādahunnatheir childrenحَوْلَيْنِḥawlayni(for) two yearsكَامِلَيْنِkāmilayni[both] complete,لِمَنْlimanfor whoeverأَرَادَarādahe wishedأَنanthatيُتِمَّyutimma[it] be completedٱلرَّضَاعَةَl-raḍāʿatathe nursing.وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd uponٱلْمَوْلُودِl-mawlūdithe fatherلَهُۥlahuon him (is)رِزْقُهُنَّriz'quhunnatheir provisionوَكِسْوَتُهُنَّwakis'watuhunnaand their clothingبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably).لَاlāNotتُكَلَّفُtukallafu[it] is burdenedنَفْسٌnafsunany soulإِلَّاillāexceptوُسْعَهَاwus'ʿahāits capacityلَاlāNotتُضَآرَّtuḍārrayou harmوَٰلِدَةٌۢwālidatun(the) motherبِوَلَدِهَاbiwaladihābecause of her childوَلَاwalāand notمَوْلُودٌmawlūdun(the) fatherلَّهُۥlahufor himبِوَلَدِهِۦbiwaladihibecause of his child.وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd onٱلْوَارِثِl-wārithithe heirsمِثْلُmith'lu(is a duty) likeذَٰلِكَdhālikathat.فَإِنْfa-inThen ifأَرَادَاarādāthey both desiredفِصَالًاfiṣālanweaning (part)عَنʿanafterتَرَاضٍtarāḍinmutual consentمِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof both of themوَتَشَاوُرٍwatashāwurinand due consultation,فَلَاfalāthen noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāon both of them.وَإِنْwa-inAnd ifأَرَدتُّمْaradttumyou [all] wantedأَنanthatتَسْتَرْضِعُوٓا۟tastarḍiʿūyou all seek (another women) to nurseأَوْلَـٰدَكُمْawlādakumyour children / infantsفَلَاfalāthen (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you [all],إِذَاidhāwhen [in the future]سَلَّمْتُمsallamtumyou [all] submitted / surrendered / handed over / paidمَّآmāwhatءَاتَيْتُمātaytumyou [all] gaveبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably).وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٢٣٣﴾

[2:234] Those who die and leave wives, their widows shall wait four months and ten days (before they remarry). Once they fulfill their interim, you commit no error by letting them do whatever righteous matters they wish to do. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawnathey dieمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūnaand [they] leave behindأَزْوَٰجًاazwājanwives,يَتَرَبَّصْنَyatarabbaṣna(the widows) they (shall) waitبِأَنفُسِهِنَّbi-anfusihinnaconcerning themselvesأَرْبَعَةَarbaʿata(for) fourأَشْهُرٍashhurinmonthsوَعَشْرًاwaʿashranand ten (days).فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenبَلَغْنَbalaghnathey reachأَجَلَهُنَّajalahunnatheir (specified) term,فَلَاfalāthen (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]فِيمَاfīmāfor whatفَعَلْنَfaʿalnathey doفِىٓfīconcerningأَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinnathemselvesبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair / righteous manner.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)خَبِيرٌkhabīrunCognizant. ﴿٢٣٤﴾

[2:235] You commit no sin by announcing your engagement to the women, or keeping it secret. GOD knows that you will think about them. Do not meet them secretly, unless you have something righteous to discuss. Do not consummate the marriage until their interim is fulfilled. You should know that GOD knows your innermost thoughts, and observe Him. You should know that GOD is Forgiver, Clement.

وَلَاwalāAnd (there is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]فِيمَاfīmāin whatعَرَّضْتُمʿarraḍtumyou [all] hintedبِهِۦbihi[with it]مِنْminofخِطْبَةِkhiṭ'batimarriage proposalٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi(to) the womenأَوْaworأَكْنَنتُمْaknantumyou [all] concealedفِىٓfīinأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves.عَلِمَʿalima[He] knewٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنَّكُمْannakumthat you [all]سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّsatadhkurūnahunna[you all] will think about them,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlā(do) notتُوَاعِدُوهُنَّtuwāʿidūhunnayou [all] make an appointment with themسِرًّاsirransecretlyإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatتَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou [all] sayقَوْلًاqawlana sayingمَّعْرُوفًاmaʿrūfanhonorable / appropriate / righteous.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَعْزِمُوا۟taʿzimū[you all] carry out to resolveعُقْدَةَʿuq'data(the) knot (*consummate)ٱلنِّكَاحِl-nikāḥi(of) [the] marriageحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَبْلُغَyablugha[it] reachesٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābuthe prescribed termأَجَلَهُۥajalahuits term / end.وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knowsمَاmāwhat (is)فِىٓfīwithinأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselvesفَٱحْذَرُوهُfa-iḥ'dharūhuso observe / take heed of Him [you all].وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunClement. ﴿٢٣٥﴾

[2:236] You commit no error by divorcing the women before touching them, or before setting the dowry for them. In this case, you shall compensate them - the rich as he can afford and the poor as he can afford - an equitable compensation. This is a duty upon the righteous.

لَّاlā(There is) noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]إِنinifطَلَّقْتُمُṭallaqtumuyou [all] divorcedٱلنِّسَآءَl-nisāa[the] womenمَاmāthatلَمْlamnotتَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunnayou [all] touch / have intercourse with themأَوْaworتَفْرِضُوا۟tafriḍūyou [all] specify / settleلَهُنَّlahunnafor themفَرِيضَةًfarīḍatanan obligation / portion (dowry).وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّwamattiʿūhunnaAnd provide for them / compensate them [you all]عَلَىʿalāuponٱلْمُوسِعِl-mūsiʿithe one who is wealthy / richقَدَرُهُۥqadaruhuaccording to his meansوَعَلَىwaʿalāand uponٱلْمُقْتِرِl-muq'tirithe one who is barely sufficient / poorقَدَرُهُۥqadaruhuaccording to his meansمَتَـٰعًۢاmatāʿana provisionبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably),حَقًّاḥaqqana dutyعَلَىʿalāuponٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٢٣٦﴾

[2:237] If you divorce them before touching them, but after you had set the dowry for them, the compensation shall be half the dowry, unless they voluntarily forfeit their rights, or the party responsible for causing the divorce chooses to forfeit the dowry. To forfeit is closer to righteousness. You shall maintain the amicable relations among you. GOD is Seer of everything you do.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifطَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّṭallaqtumūhunnayou [all] divorced themمِنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنanthatتَمَسُّوهُنَّtamassūhunnayou [all] touch / have intercourse with them,وَقَدْwaqadand alreadyفَرَضْتُمْfaraḍtumyou [all] specified / settledلَهُنَّlahunnafor themفَرِيضَةًfarīḍatanan obligation / portion (dowry),فَنِصْفُfaniṣ'futhen (give) halfمَاmā(of) whatفَرَضْتُمْfaraḍtumyou [all] specified / settled,إِلَّآillāunlessأَنanthatيَعْفُونَyaʿfūnathey (women) forgo / forfeit (it)أَوْaworيَعْفُوَا۟yaʿfuwā[he] forgoes / forfeitsٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoبِيَدِهِۦbiyadihiin whose handعُقْدَةُʿuq'datu(is the) knot (*problem of) ٱلنِّكَاحِl-nikāḥithe marriage.وَأَنwa-anAnd thatتَعْفُوٓا۟taʿfūyou [all] forgo / forfeit (is)أَقْرَبُaqrabunearerلِلتَّقْوَىٰlilttaqwāto [the] righteousness.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَنسَوُا۟tansawūyou [all] forgetٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe grace (courtesy)بَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all].إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٢٣٧﴾

[2:238] You shall consistently observe the Contact Prayers, especially the middle prayer, and devote yourselves totally to GOD.

حَـٰفِظُوا۟ḥāfiẓūGuard strictly [you all]عَلَىʿalā[over]ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِl-ṣalawātithe Contact Prayers (Salat),وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِwal-ṣalatiand the Contact Prayer (Salat)ٱلْوُسْطَىٰl-wus'ṭā[the] middle,وَقُومُوا۟waqūmūand stand firm [you all]لِلَّهِlillahifor Godقَـٰنِتِينَqānitīna[ones] with total devotion. ﴿٢٣٨﴾

*2:238 All five prayers are found in 2:238, 11:114, 17:78, & 24:58. When the Quran was revealed, the Contact Prayers (Salat) had already been in existence (Appendix 9). The details of all five prayers - what to recite and the number of units (Rak'aas) per prayer, etc. - are mathematically confirmed. For example, writing down the number of units for each of the five prayers, next to each other, we get 24434, 19x1286. Also, if we use (*) to represent Sura 1 (Al-Fãtehah), where (*)=the sura number (1), followed by the number of verses (7), followed by the number of each verse, the number of letters in each verse, and the gematrical value of every letter, writing down 2 (*) (*) 4 (*) (*) (*) (*) 4 (*) (*) (*) (*) 3 (*) (*) (*) 4 (*) (*) (*) (*) produces a multiple of 19 (see 1:1).

[2:239] Under unusual circumstances, you may pray while walking or riding. Once you are safe, you shall commemorate GOD as He taught you what you never knew.

فَإِنْfa-inAnd ifخِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou [all] fearedفَرِجَالًاfarijālanthen (pray) on foot / walkingأَوْaworرُكْبَانًاruk'bānanriding.فَإِذَآfa-idhāThen whenأَمِنتُمْamintumyou [all] were secureفَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen commemorate [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodكَمَاkamāasعَلَّمَكُمʿallamakumHe taught you [all]مَّاmāwhatلَمْlamnotتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou all wouldتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٢٣٩﴾

[2:240] Those who die and leave wives, a will shall provide their wives with support for a year, provided they stay within the same household. If they leave, you commit no sin by letting them do whatever they wish, so long as righteousness is maintained. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoيُتَوَفَّوْنَyutawaffawnathey dieمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَيَذَرُونَwayadharūnaand [they] leave behindأَزْوَٰجًاazwājan(their) wivesوَصِيَّةًwaṣiyyatan(should make) a willلِّأَزْوَٰجِهِمli-azwājihimfor their wives,مَّتَـٰعًاmatāʿanprovisionإِلَىilāforٱلْحَوْلِl-ḥawlithe yearغَيْرَghayrawithoutإِخْرَاجٍikh'rājineviction.فَإِنْfa-inBut ifخَرَجْنَkharajnathey departedفَلَاfalāthen noجُنَاحَjunāḥasin / blameعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]فِىfīinمَاmāwhatفَعَلْنَfaʿalnathey doفِىٓfīconcerningأَنفُسِهِنَّanfusihinnathemselvesمِنminofمَّعْرُوفٍmaʿrūfinrighteousness. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٤٠﴾

[2:241] The divorcees also shall be provided for, equitably. This is a duty upon the righteous.

وَلِلْمُطَلَّقَـٰتِwalil'muṭallaqātiAnd for the divorced women (is)مَتَـٰعٌۢmatāʿuna provisionبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the fair manner (*amicably / equitably)حَقًّاḥaqqana dutyعَلَىʿalāuponٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٢٤١﴾

[2:242] GOD thus explains His revelations for you, that you may understand.

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelationsلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna[you all] understand. ﴿٢٤٢﴾

[2:243] Have you noted those who fled their homes - though they were in the thousands - fearing death? GOD said to them, "Die," then revived them. GOD showers His grace upon the people, but most people are unappreciative.

أَلَمْalamDid notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoخَرَجُوا۟kharajūthey departedمِنminfromدِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homesوَهُمْwahumthough theyأُلُوفٌulūfun(were in) thousands,حَذَرَḥadharahe fearedٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death?فَقَالَfaqālaThen [He] saidلَهُمُlahumuto themٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,مُوتُوا۟mūtū"Die [you all]."ثُمَّthummaThenأَحْيَـٰهُمْaḥyāhumHe revived them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَذُوladhūsurely Possessor ofفَضْلٍfaḍlinfavor / graceعَلَىʿalāforٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] peopleوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَaktharamost (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleلَاlānotيَشْكُرُونَyashkurūnathey are appreciative. ﴿٢٤٣﴾

[2:244] You shall fight in the cause of GOD, and know that GOD is Hearer, Knower.

وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟waqātilūAnd fight [you all]فِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿٢٤٤﴾

[2:245] Who would lend GOD a loan of righteousness, to have it repaid to them multiplied manifold? GOD is the One who provides and withholds, and to Him you will be returned.

مَّنmanWho (is)ذَاdhā[of]ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيُقْرِضُyuq'riḍuhe will lendٱللَّهَl-lahaGod قَرْضًاqarḍana loanحَسَنًاḥasanangood / righteous,فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُۥfayuḍāʿifahuso (that) He multiplies itلَهُۥٓlahufor himأَضْعَافًاaḍʿāfanmanifoldكَثِيرَةًkathīratanmany.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَقْبِضُyaqbiḍu[He] withholdsوَيَبْصُۜطُwayabṣuṭuand He grants abundance / increases,وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Himتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will return. ﴿٢٤٥﴾

[2:246] Have you noted the leaders of Israel after Moses? They said to their prophet, "If you appoint a king to lead us, we will fight in the cause of GOD." He said, "Is it your intention that, if fighting is decreed for you, you will not fight?" They said, "Why should we not fight in the cause of GOD, when we have been deprived of our homes, and our children?" Yet, when fighting was decreed for them, they turned away, except a few. GOD is aware of the transgressors.

أَلَمْalamDid notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلْمَلَإِl-mala-ithe chiefs / leadersمِنۢminofبَنِىٓbanī(the) Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsraelمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمُوسَىٰٓmūsāMosesإِذْidhwhenقَالُوا۟qālūthey saidلِنَبِىٍّlinabiyyinto a prophetلَّهُمُlahumuof theirs,ٱبْعَثْib'ʿath"Appointلَنَاlanāfor usمَلِكًاmalikana king,نُّقَـٰتِلْnuqātilwe will fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God?"قَالَqālaHe said,هَلْhal"Wouldعَسَيْتُمْʿasaytumyou [all] perhapsإِنinifكُتِبَkutiba[it] was prescribed / decreedعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon you [all]ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitālu[the] fighting,أَلَّاallāthat notتُقَـٰتِلُوا۟tuqātilūyou [all] fight?"قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,وَمَاwamā"And whatلَنَآlanāfor usأَلَّاallāthat notنُقَـٰتِلَnuqātilawe fightفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَقَدْwaqadwhile alreadyأُخْرِجْنَاukh'rij'nāwe were driven out / evictedمِنminfromدِيَـٰرِنَاdiyārināour homesوَأَبْنَآئِنَاwa-abnāināand our children?"فَلَمَّاfalammāYet, whenكُتِبَkutibait was prescribed / decreedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلْقِتَالُl-qitāluthe fightingتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away,إِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana fewمِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunknower / awareبِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the transgressors. ﴿٢٤٦﴾

*2:246 This same history is narrated in the Bible's Book of I Samuel, Ch. 9 and 10.

[2:247] Their prophet said to them, "GOD has appointed Taloot (Saul) to be your king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us when we are more worthy of kingship than he; he is not even rich?" He said, "GOD has chosen him over you, and has blessed him with an abundance in knowledge and in body." GOD grants His kingship to whomever He wills. GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient.

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidلَهُمْlahumto themنَبِيُّهُمْnabiyyuhumtheir prophet,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodقَدْqadsurelyبَعَثَbaʿathaHe raised / appointedلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]طَالُوتَṭālūtaSaul (Taloot) مَلِكًاmalikan(as) a king."قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَنَّىٰannā"How (can)يَكُونُyakūnu[it] beلَهُlahufor himٱلْمُلْكُl-mul'kuthe kingshipعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover us,وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we (are)أَحَقُّaḥaqqumore entitled / worthyبِٱلْمُلْكِbil-mul'kiof the kingshipمِنْهُmin'huthan him,وَلَمْwalamand notيُؤْتَyu'tahe is givenسَعَةًsaʿatanabundanceمِّنَminaofٱلْمَالِl-māli[the] wealth?"قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodٱصْطَفَىٰهُiṣ'ṭafāhu[He] chose himعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumover you [all]وَزَادَهُۥwazādahuand He increased himبَسْطَةًbasṭatanabundantlyفِىfīinٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mi[the] knowledgeوَٱلْجِسْمِwal-jis'miand [the] body.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُؤْتِىyu'tīHe givesمُلْكَهُۥmul'kahuHis kingshipمَنman(to) whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿunAll-Encompassing / Bounteous,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient." ﴿٢٤٧﴾

[2:248] Their prophet said to them, "The sign of his kingship is that the Ark of the Covenant will be restored to you, bringing assurances from your Lord, and relics left by the people of Moses and the people of Aaron. It will be carried by the angels. This should be a convincing sign for you, if you are really believers."

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] saidلَهُمْlahumto themنَبِيُّهُمْnabiyyuhumtheir prophet,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ءَايَةَāyataa sign (of)مُلْكِهِۦٓmul'kihihis kingship (is)أَنanthatيَأْتِيَكُمُyatiyakumu[it] will come to you [all]ٱلتَّابُوتُl-tābūtuthe Ark (of the Covenant)فِيهِfīhiin it (is)سَكِينَةٌsakīnatuntranquility / assurancesمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,وَبَقِيَّةٌwabaqiyyatunand a relicمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتَرَكَtarakait was left (by)ءَالُālu(the) family (of)مُوسَىٰmūsāMosesوَءَالُwaāluand family (of)هَـٰرُونَhārūnaAaronتَحْمِلُهُtaḥmiluhu[it] will carry itٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angels.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a signلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers." ﴿٢٤٨﴾

[2:249] When Saul took command of the troops, he said, "GOD is putting you to the test by means of a stream. Anyone who drinks from it does not belong with me - only those who do not taste it belong with me - unless it is just a single sip." They drank from it, except a few of them. When he crossed it with those who believed, they said, "Now we lack the strength to face Goliath and his troops." Those who were conscious of meeting GOD said, "Many a small army defeated a large army by GOD's leave. GOD is with those who steadfastly persevere."

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenفَصَلَfaṣala[he] set out / departedطَالُوتُṭālūtuSaul (Taloot) بِٱلْجُنُودِbil-junūdiwith the troopsقَالَqālahe said,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)مُبْتَلِيكُمmub'talīkumOne who is going to test you [all]بِنَهَرٍbinaharinwith a river / stream.فَمَنfamanSo whoeverشَرِبَshariba[he] drankمِنْهُmin'hufrom itفَلَيْسَfalaysathen not (he is)مِنِّىminnīamong me,وَمَنwamanand whoeverلَّمْlamnotيَطْعَمْهُyaṭʿamhuhe tastes itفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, he (is)مِنِّىٓminnīamong meإِلَّاillāexceptمَنِmaniwhoeverٱغْتَرَفَigh'tarafahe took / scooped*غُرْفَةًۢghur'fatan(in the) hollow*بِيَدِهِۦbiyadihiof his hand (*a single sip)."فَشَرِبُوا۟fasharibūSo they drankمِنْهُmin'hufrom itإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana fewمِّنْهُمْmin'humof them.فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenجَاوَزَهُۥjāwazahuhe crossed it,هُوَhuwaheوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him,قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,لَاlā"Noطَاقَةَṭāqatastrengthلَنَاlanāfor usٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatodayبِجَالُوتَbijālūtaagainst Goliathوَجُنُودِهِۦwajunūdihiand his troops."قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnathey believe / have convictionأَنَّهُمannahumthat they (are)مُّلَـٰقُوا۟mulāqūones who will meetٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,كَمkam"How manyمِّنminofفِئَةٍfi-atinan armyقَلِيلَةٍqalīlatinsmallغَلَبَتْghalabat[it] overcameفِئَةًfi-atanan army كَثِيرَةًۢkathīratanlargeبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)مَعَmaʿawithٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast ones." ﴿٢٤٩﴾

[2:250] When they faced Goliath and his troops, they prayed, "Our Lord, grant us steadfastness, strengthen our foothold, and support us against the disbelieving people."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenبَرَزُوا۟barazūthey went forthلِجَالُوتَlijālūtato (face) Goliathوَجُنُودِهِۦwajunūdihiand his troopsقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord!أَفْرِغْafrighPourعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon usصَبْرًاṣabranpatience / steadfastnessوَثَبِّتْwathabbitand strengthenأَقْدَامَنَاaqdāmanāour foothold,وَٱنصُرْنَاwa-unṣur'nāand help usعَلَىʿalāagainstٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people,ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers." ﴿٢٥٠﴾

[2:251] They defeated them by GOD's leave, and David killed Goliath. GOD gave him kingship and wisdom, and taught him as He willed. If it were not for GOD's support of some people against others, there would be chaos on earth. But GOD showers His grace upon the people.

فَهَزَمُوهُمfahazamūhumSo they defeated themبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَقَتَلَwaqatalaand [he] killedدَاوُۥدُdāwūduDavidجَالُوتَjālūtaGoliathوَءَاتَىٰهُwaātāhuand [He] gave himٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُلْكَl-mul'kathe kingshipوَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdomوَعَلَّمَهُۥwaʿallamahuand He taught himمِمَّاmimmāof whatيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if notدَفْعُdafʿu[He] defended / supportedٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] peopleبَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumsome of themبِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinagainst some others,لَّفَسَدَتِlafasadatisurely [it] would have been corruptedٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe Earth,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofفَضْلٍfaḍlingrace / favorعَلَىʿalātoٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / all people. ﴿٢٥١﴾

[2:252] These are GOD's revelations. We recite them through you,* truthfully, for you are one of the messengers.

تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.نَتْلُوهَاnatlūhāWe recite themعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth (*truthfully).وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, you (are)لَمِنَlaminasurely ofٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe messengers. ﴿٢٥٢﴾

*2:252 In keeping with the mathematical composition of the Quran, God has willed that the name of the messenger mentioned here shall be spelled out mathematically. The discovery of the Quran's miraculous 19-based code has been divinely reserved for God's Messenger of the Covenant. By adding this verse number (252), plus the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the gematrical value of "Khalifa" (725) we get 252+505+725 = 1482, or 19x78. Please see Appendices 2 and 26 for the complete details related to the proven identity of God's Messenger of the Covenant, to whom this verse clearly refers.

[2:253] These messengers; we blessed some of them more than others. For example, GOD spoke to one, and we raised some of them to higher ranks. And we gave Jesus, son of Mary, profound miracles and supported him with the Holy Spirit. Had GOD willed, their followers would not have fought with each other, after the clear proofs had come to them. Instead, they disputed among themselves; some of them believed, and some disbelieved. Had GOD willed, they would not have fought. Everything is in accordance with GOD's will.

تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)ٱلرُّسُلُl-rusuluthe messengers.فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe preferred / blessedبَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of themعَلَىٰʿalāoverبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.مِّنْهُمmin'humAmong themمَّنman(one) whoكَلَّمَkallama[He] spokeٱللَّهُl-lahu(to) God,وَرَفَعَwarafaʿaand He raisedبَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of themدَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātin(in) ranks.وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd we gaveعِيسَىʿīsāJesus,ٱبْنَib'nason (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary,ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِl-bayinātithe clear proofsوَأَيَّدْنَـٰهُwa-ayyadnāhuand we supported himبِرُوحِbirūḥiwith Spiritٱلْقُدُسِl-qudusithe Holy.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmānotٱقْتَتَلَiq'tatala[he] fought each other,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنۢmin(came) fromبَعْدِهِمbaʿdihimafter them,مِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَتْهُمُjāathumu[it] came to themٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs.وَلَـٰكِنِwalākiniButٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūthey differed / disputed.فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen from themمَّنْman(are some) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believedوَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of themمَّنman(are some) whoكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelieved,وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmānotٱقْتَتَلُوا۟iq'tatalūthey fought each other,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَفْعَلُyafʿalu[He] doesمَاmāwhatيُرِيدُyurīduHe wishes / wills. ﴿٢٥٣﴾

[2:254] O you who believe, you shall give to charity from the provisions we have given to you, before a day comes where there is no trade, no nepotism, and no intercession. The disbelievers are the unjust.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend [you all]مِمَّاmimmāfrom whatرَزَقْنَـٰكُمrazaqnākumwe provided you [all],مِّنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنanthatيَأْتِىَyatiya[it] comesيَوْمٌyawmuna Dayلَّاlānoبَيْعٌbayʿuntradeفِيهِfīhiin itوَلَاwalāand noخُلَّةٌkhullatunfriendshipوَلَاwalāand noشَفَـٰعَةٌshafāʿatunintercession.وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَwal-kāfirūnaAnd the disbelievers,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe unjust [ones]. ﴿٢٥٤﴾

*2:254 One of Satan's clever tricks is attributing the power of intercession to powerless human idols such as Jesus and Muhammad (Appendix 8).

[2:255] GOD: there is no other god besides Him, the Living, the Eternal. Never a moment of unawareness or slumber overtakes Him. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Who could intercede with Him, except in accordance with His will? He knows their past, and their future. No one attains any knowledge, except as He wills. His dominion encompasses the heavens and the earth, and ruling them never burdens Him. He is the Most High, the Great.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodلَآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayuthe Living,ٱلْقَيُّومُl-qayūmuthe Eternal.لَاlāNotتَأْخُذُهُۥtakhudhuhu[it] overtakes Himسِنَةٌsinatunslumberوَلَاwalā[and] notنَوْمٌnawmunsleep.لَّهُۥlahuTo Him (belongs)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.مَنmanWho (is)ذَاdhā[of]ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيَشْفَعُyashfaʿu[he] (can) intercedeعِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Himإِلَّاillāexceptبِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiby His permission.يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatبَيْنَbaynabetween / before*أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands (*before them)وَمَاwamāand what (is)خَلْفَهُمْkhalfahumafter them.وَلَاwalāAnd notيُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūnathey comprehendبِشَىْءٍbishayinin any extentمِّنْminofعِلْمِهِۦٓʿil'mihiHis Knowledgeإِلَّاillāexceptبِمَاbimā[of] whatشَآءَshāaHe willed.وَسِعَwasiʿa[It] extended / encompassedكُرْسِيُّهُkur'siyyuhuHis Throne / Dominionٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(to) the heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth.وَلَاwalāAnd notيَـُٔودُهُۥyaūduhuit tires Himحِفْظُهُمَاḥif'ẓuhumāprotecting of both of them.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyuMost High,ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuMost Great. ﴿٢٥٥﴾

[2:256] There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way. Anyone who denounces the devil and believes in GOD has grasped the strongest bond; one that never breaks. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

لَآlā(There is) noإِكْرَاهَik'rāhacompulsionفِىfīinٱلدِّينِl-dīnithe religion.قَدqadSurelyتَّبَيَّنَtabayyana[it] became clear / evident / distinctٱلرُّشْدُl-rush'duthe righteous / right (way)مِنَminafromٱلْغَىِّl-ghayithe wrong.فَمَنfamanThen whoeverيَكْفُرْyakfur[he] disbelievesبِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِbil-ṭāghūtiin [the] idolsوَيُؤْمِنۢwayu'minand [he] believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God,فَقَدِfaqadithen surelyٱسْتَمْسَكَis'tamsakahe graspedبِٱلْعُرْوَةِbil-ʿur'wati[in] the handhold / support / bondٱلْوُثْقَىٰl-wuth'qā[the] strongest,لَاlā(which) notٱنفِصَامَinfiṣāma(will) breakلَهَاlahā[for it].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٢٥٦﴾

[2:257] GOD is Lord of those who believe; He leads them out of darkness into the light. As for those who disbelieve, their lords are their idols; they lead them out of the light into darkness - these will be the dwellers of Hell; they abide in it forever.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGod (is)وَلِىُّwaliyyuGuardian / Lord (of)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed.يُخْرِجُهُمyukh'rijuhumHe brings them outمِّنَminafromٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumāti[the] darknessإِلَىilātoٱلنُّورِl-nūri[the] light.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedأَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُawliyāuhumutheir guardians / lords (are)ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُl-ṭāghūtuthe idols,يُخْرِجُونَهُمyukh'rijūnahumthey bring them outمِّنَminafromٱلنُّورِl-nūrithe lightإِلَىilātoٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumāti[the] darkness.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٢٥٧﴾

[2:258] Have you noted the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord, though GOD had given him kingship? Abraham said, "My Lord grants life and death." He said, "I grant life and death." Abraham said, "GOD brings the sun from the east, can you bring it from the west?" The disbeliever was stumped. GOD does not guide the wicked.

أَلَمْalamDid notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoحَآجَّḥājjahe arguedإِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(with) Abrahamفِىfīconcerningرَبِّهِۦٓrabbihihis Lord,أَنْanalthoughءَاتَىٰهُātāhu[He] gave himٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْمُلْكَl-mul'kathe kingship?إِذْidhWhenقَالَqāla[he] saidإِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuAbraham,رَبِّىَrabbiya"My Lord (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoيُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe grants lifeوَيُمِيتُwayumītuand He causes death."قَالَqālaHe said,أَنَا۠anā"Iأُحْىِۦuḥ'yī[I] give lifeوَأُمِيتُwa-umītuand [I] cause death."قَالَqāla[He] saidإِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuAbrahamفَإِنَّfa-inna"So indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَأْتِىyatīHe brings (up)بِٱلشَّمْسِbil-shamsiof the sunمِنَminafromٱلْمَشْرِقِl-mashriqithe east,فَأْتِfatiso bringبِهَاbihāitمِنَminafromٱلْمَغْرِبِl-maghribithe west?"فَبُهِتَfabuhitaSo [he] was dumbfounded / stumpedٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoكَفَرَkafarahe disbelieved,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(who are) [the] wrongdoers. ﴿٢٥٨﴾

[2:259] Consider the one who passed by a ghost town and wondered, "How can GOD revive this after it had died?" GOD then put him to death for a hundred years, then resurrected him. He said, "How long have you stayed here?" He said, "I have been here a day, or part of the day." He said, "No! You have been here a hundred years. Yet, look at your food and drink; they did not spoil. Look at your donkey - we thus render you a lesson for the people. Now, note how we construct the bones, then cover them with flesh." When he realized what had happened, he said, "Now I know that GOD is Omnipotent."

أَوْawOrكَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike the one whoمَرَّmarra[he] passedعَلَىٰʿalābyقَرْيَةٍqaryatina town,وَهِىَwahiyaand it (was)خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatununinhabited / ruined / collapsedعَلَىٰʿalāuponعُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits roofs.قَالَqālaHe said,أَنَّىٰannā"Howيُحْىِۦyuḥ'yī[He] will bring to lifeهَـٰذِهِhādhihithis ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبَعْدَbaʿdaafterمَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death?"فَأَمَاتَهُfa-amātahuThen [He] put him to deathٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِا۟ئَةَmi-ata(for) a hundredعَامٍʿāmin[lunar] year(s),ثُمَّthummathenبَعَثَهُۥbaʿathahuHe raised him.قَالَqālaHe said,كَمْkam"How long (have)لَبِثْتَlabith'tayou remained?"قَالَqālaHe said,لَبِثْتُlabith'tu"I remainedيَوْمًاyawman(for) a dayأَوْaworبَعْضَbaʿḍaa part (of)يَوْمٍyawmina day."قَالَqālaHe said,بَلbal"No,لَّبِثْتَlabith'tayou remainedمِا۟ئَةَmi-ataone hundredعَامٍʿāmin[lunar] year(s).فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurThen lookإِلَىٰilāatطَعَامِكَṭaʿāmikayour foodوَشَرَابِكَwasharābikaand your drink,لَمْlam(they did) notيَتَسَنَّهْyatasannahit changed with time / aged / spoiled,وَٱنظُرْwa-unẓurand lookإِلَىٰilāatحِمَارِكَḥimārikayour donkeyوَلِنَجْعَلَكَwalinajʿalakaand so that we may make youءَايَةًāyatana sign / proof / lessonلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people.وَٱنظُرْwa-unẓurAnd lookإِلَىilāatٱلْعِظَامِl-ʿiẓāmithe bonesكَيْفَkayfahowنُنشِزُهَاnunshizuhāwe raise them,ثُمَّthummathenنَكْسُوهَاnaksūhāwe clothe / cover themلَحْمًاlaḥman(with) flesh."فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenتَبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear / evidentلَهُۥlahuto him,قَالَqālahe said,أَعْلَمُaʿlamu"I know أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent." ﴿٢٥٩﴾

*2:259 The lesson we learn here is that the period of death - only the unrighteous die; the righteous go straight to Heaven - passes like one day (see 18:19-25 and Appendix 17).

[2:260] Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You revive the dead." He said, "Do you not believe?" He said, "Yes, but I wish to reassure my heart." He said, "Take four birds, study their marks, place a piece of each bird on top of a hill, then call them to you. They will come to you in a hurry. You should know that GOD is Almighty, Most Wise."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَqāla[he] saidإِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuAbrahamرَبِّrabbi"My Lordأَرِنِىarinīshow meكَيْفَkayfahowتُحْىِtuḥ'yīYou give life / reviveٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead."قَالَqālaHe said,أَوَلَمْawalam"Do notتُؤْمِنtu'minyou believe?"قَالَqālaHe said,بَلَىٰbalā"Yesوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلِّيَطْمَئِنَّliyaṭma-innaso that [it] may be assured / satisfied قَلْبِىqalbīmy heart."قَالَqālaHe saidفَخُذْfakhudh"Then takeأَرْبَعَةًarbaʿatanfourمِّنَminaofٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birdsفَصُرْهُنَّfaṣur'hunnaand incline / familiarize themإِلَيْكَilaykato you,ثُمَّthummathenٱجْعَلْij'ʿalplaceعَلَىٰʿalāonكُلِّkullieachجَبَلٍjabalinhillمِّنْهُنَّmin'hunnaof themجُزْءًاjuz'ana part / piece;ثُمَّthummathenٱدْعُهُنَّud'ʿuhunnacall them,يَأْتِينَكَyatīnakathey will come to youسَعْيًاsaʿyanspeeding swiftly / hurrying.وَٱعْلَمْwa-iʿ'lamAnd knowأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,حَكِيمٌḥakīmunWise. ﴿٢٦٠﴾

[2:261] The example of those who spend their monies in the cause of GOD is that of a grain that produces seven spikes, with a hundred grains in each spike. GOD multiplies this manifold for whomever He wills. GOD is Bounteous, Knower.

مَّثَلُmathaluAn example ofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūna[they] spendأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealthفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God (is)كَمَثَلِkamathalilike an example ofحَبَّةٍḥabbatina grainأَنۢبَتَتْanbatatit caused to growسَبْعَsabʿasevenسَنَابِلَsanābilaears (of corn),فِىfīinكُلِّkullieachسُنۢبُلَةٍsunbulatinits ears (of corn)مِّا۟ئَةُmi-atuhundredحَبَّةٍḥabbatingrain(s).وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُضَـٰعِفُyuḍāʿifu[He] gives manifoldلِمَنlimanto whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿunAll-Encompassing / Bounteous,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunKnower. ﴿٢٦١﴾

[2:262] Those who spend their money in the cause of GOD, then do not follow their charity with insult or harm, will receive their recompense from their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spendأَمْوَٰلَهُمْamwālahumtheir wealthفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotيُتْبِعُونَyut'biʿūnathey followمَآmāwhatأَنفَقُوا۟anfaqūthey spendمَنًّاmannan(with) reproach (trouble someone to test their faith)وَلَآwalāand notأَذًىadhanharm / insult.لَّهُمْlahumFor themأَجْرُهُمْajruhumtheir reward (is)عِندَʿindawithرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَلَاwalāand (there will be) noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٢٦٢﴾

[2:263] Kind words and compassion are better than a charity that is followed by insult. GOD is Rich, Clement.

قَوْلٌqawlunSaying a word (of)مَّعْرُوفٌmaʿrūfunkindnessوَمَغْفِرَةٌwamaghfiratunand forgivenessخَيْرٌkhayrun(is) betterمِّنminthanصَدَقَةٍṣadaqatina charityيَتْبَعُهَآyatbaʿuhā[it] follows it,أَذًىadhaninsult.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَنِىٌّghaniyyunAll-Sufficient / Rich,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunClement. ﴿٢٦٣﴾

[2:264] O you who believe, do not nullify your charities by inflicting reproach and insult, like one who spends his money to show off, while disbelieving in GOD and the Last Day. His example is like a rock covered with a thin layer of soil; as soon as heavy rain falls, it washes off the soil, leaving it a useless rock. They gain nothing from their efforts. GOD does not guide disbelieving people.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتُبْطِلُوا۟tub'ṭilūyou [all] nullifyصَدَقَـٰتِكُمṣadaqātikumyour charitiesبِٱلْمَنِّbil-maniwith [the] reproach (*trouble someone to test their faith)وَٱلْأَذَىٰwal-adhāor the harm / insult,كَٱلَّذِىka-alladhīlike the one whoيُنفِقُyunfiquhe spendsمَالَهُۥmālahuhis wealthرِئَآءَriāato be seen / showing off (to)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,وَلَاwalāand notيُؤْمِنُyu'minuhe believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Last.فَمَثَلُهُۥfamathaluhuThen his example (is)كَمَثَلِkamathalilike an example ofصَفْوَانٍṣafwānina smooth rockعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it (is)تُرَابٌturābunsoil,فَأَصَابَهُۥfa-aṣābahuthen [it] befell (on) itوَابِلٌwābilunheavy rain,فَتَرَكَهُۥfatarakahuthen it left itصَلْدًاṣaldanbare.لَّاlāNotيَقْدِرُونَyaqdirūnathey have power / controlعَلَىٰʿalāoverشَىْءٍshayinanythingمِّمَّاmimmāfrom whatكَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey earned.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers. ﴿٢٦٤﴾

[2:265] The example of those who give their money seeking GOD's pleasure, out of sincere conviction, is that of a garden on high fertile soil; when heavy rain falls, it gives twice as much crop. If heavy rain is not available, a drizzle will suffice. GOD is Seer of everything you do.

وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd an example ofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spendأَمْوَٰلَهُمُamwālahumutheir wealthٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseekingمَرْضَاتِmarḍāti(the) pleasureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَتَثْبِيتًاwatathbītanand confirmation / convictionمِّنْminfromأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimtheir own souls (is)كَمَثَلِkamathalilike an example of جَنَّةٍۭjannatina gardenبِرَبْوَةٍbirabwatinof high fertile soil,أَصَابَهَاaṣābahā[it] befell (on) itوَابِلٌwābilunheavy rainفَـَٔاتَتْfaātatso it givesأُكُلَهَاukulahāits harvestضِعْفَيْنِḍiʿ'faynitwo fold / double.فَإِنfa-inThen ifلَّمْlamnotيُصِبْهَاyuṣib'hā[it] befalls (on) itوَابِلٌwābilunheavy rain,فَطَلٌّfaṭallunthen a drizzle (will suffice).وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)بَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿٢٦٥﴾

[2:266] Does any of you wish to own a garden of palm trees and grapes, with flowing streams and generous crops, then, just as he grows old, and while his children are still dependent on him, a holocaust strikes and burns up his garden? GOD thus clarifies the revelations for you, that you may reflect.

أَيَوَدُّayawadduDoes [he] wishأَحَدُكُمْaḥadukumany one of you [all]أَنanthatتَكُونَtakūnait beلَهُۥlahufor himجَنَّةٌjannatuna garden,مِّنminofنَّخِيلٍnakhīlindate-palmsوَأَعْنَابٍwa-aʿnābinand grapesتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,لَهُۥlahufor himفِيهَاfīhāin itمِنminofكُلِّkulliall (kinds of)ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti[the] fruits,وَأَصَابَهُwa-aṣābahuthen it struck himٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru[the] old ageوَلَهُۥwalahuwhile [for] hisذُرِّيَّةٌdhurriyyatunchildrenضُعَفَآءُḍuʿafāuweakness,فَأَصَابَهَآfa-aṣābahāthen it befell on itإِعْصَارٌiʿ'ṣārunviolent wind,فِيهِfīhiin itنَارٌnārunfire,فَٱحْتَرَقَتْfa-iḥ'taraqatthen it was burned up.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clear / clarifiesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe signs / revelationsلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَتَفَكَّرُونَtatafakkarūna[you all] ponder / reflect. ﴿٢٦٦﴾

[2:267] O you who believe, you shall give to charity from the good things you earn, and from what we have produced for you from the earth. Do not pick out the bad therein to give away, when you yourselves do not accept it unless your eyes are closed. You should know that GOD is Rich, Praiseworthy.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!أَنفِقُوا۟anfiqūSpend [you all]مِنminfromطَيِّبَـٰتِṭayyibāti(the) good thingsمَاmāthatكَسَبْتُمْkasabtumyou [all] earnedوَمِمَّآwamimmāand from whatأَخْرَجْنَاakhrajnāwe producedلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَيَمَّمُوا۟tayammamū[you all] aim at / go towardsٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabīthathe badمِنْهُmin'hufrom itتُنفِقُونَtunfiqūnayou [all] spend / give,وَلَسْتُمwalastumwhile you [all] would notبِـَٔاخِذِيهِbiākhidhīhiever take itإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatتُغْمِضُوا۟tugh'miḍūyou [all] closed (your) eyesفِيهِfīhi[in it],وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟wa-iʿ'lamūand know [you all]أَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَنِىٌّghaniyyunSelf-Sufficient / Rich,حَمِيدٌḥamīdunPraiseworthy. ﴿٢٦٧﴾

[2:268] The devil promises you poverty and commands you to commit evil, while GOD promises you forgiveness from Him and grace. GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient.

ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُal-shayṭānuThe devilيَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumu[he] promises you [all]ٱلْفَقْرَl-faqra[the] povertyوَيَأْمُرُكُمwayamurukumand he orders you [all]بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِbil-faḥshāiin [the] vices / immoralities,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Godيَعِدُكُمyaʿidukum[He] promises you [all]مَّغْفِرَةًmaghfiratanforgivenessمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himوَفَضْلًاwafaḍlanand bounty.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿunAll-Encompassing / Bounteous,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٢٦٨﴾

[2:269] He bestows wisdom upon whomever He chooses, and whoever attains wisdom, has attained a great bounty. Only those who possess intelligence will take heed.

يُؤْتِىyu'tīHe grantsٱلْحِكْمَةَl-ḥik'mata[the] wisdomمَنman(to) whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُؤْتَyu'tahe is givenٱلْحِكْمَةَl-ḥik'mata[the] wisdom,فَقَدْfaqadthen certainlyأُوتِىَūtiyahe was givenخَيْرًاkhayran(the) bestكَثِيرًاkathīranabundance. وَمَاwamāAnd noneيَذَّكَّرُyadhakkaruhe takes heedإِلَّآillāexceptأُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose who possessٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithe understanding. ﴿٢٦٩﴾

[2:270] Any charity you give, or a charitable pledge you fulfill, GOD is fully aware thereof. As for the wicked, they will have no helpers.

وَمَآwamāAnd whateverأَنفَقْتُمanfaqtumyou [all] spentمِّنminfromنَّفَقَةٍnafaqatin(your) expendituresأَوْaworنَذَرْتُمnadhartumyou [all] vowedمِّنminofنَّذْرٍnadhrinvows,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُهُۥyaʿlamuhu[He] knows it,وَمَاwamāand notلِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoersمِنْminanyأَنصَارٍanṣārinhelpers. ﴿٢٧٠﴾

[2:271] If you declare your charities, they are still good. But if you keep them anonymous, and give them to the poor, it is better for you, and remits more of your sins. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

إِنinIfتُبْدُوا۟tub'dūyou [all] discloseٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charitiesفَنِعِمَّاfaniʿimmāthen goodهِىَhiyait (is).وَإِنwa-inBut ifتُخْفُوهَاtukh'fūhāyou [all] keep it secretوَتُؤْتُوهَاwatu'tūhāand you [all] give itٱلْفُقَرَآءَl-fuqarāa(to) the poor,فَهُوَfahuwathen it (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].وَيُكَفِّرُwayukaffiruAnd it (will) remitعَنكُمʿankumfrom you [all]مِّنmin[of]سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْsayyiātikumyour evil deeds / sins.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godبِمَاbimāin whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)خَبِيرٌkhabīrunCognizant. ﴿٢٧١﴾

[2:272] You are not responsible for guiding anyone. GOD is the only one who guides whoever chooses (to be guided). Any charity you give is for your own good. Any charity you give shall be for the sake of GOD. Any charity you give will be repaid to you, without the least injustice.

لَّيْسَlaysaNot isعَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you (responsible)هُدَىٰهُمْhudāhum(for) their guidanceوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou [all] spendمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringoodفَلِأَنفُسِكُمْfali-anfusikumthen it is for yourself,وَمَاwamāand notتُنفِقُونَtunfiqūnayou [all] spendإِلَّاillāexceptٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseekingوَجْهِwajhi(the) face / sakeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou [all] spendمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringood,يُوَفَّyuwaffait will be repaid in fullإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you [all]لَاlā(will) notتُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūna[you all] suffer injustice. ﴿٢٧٢﴾

[2:273] Charity shall go to the poor who are suffering in the cause of GOD, and cannot emigrate. The unaware may think that they are rich, due to their dignity. But you can recognize them by certain signs; they never beg from the people persistently. Whatever charity you give, GOD is fully aware thereof.

لِلْفُقَرَآءِlil'fuqarāiFor the poor,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُحْصِرُوا۟uḥ'ṣirūthey were restricted / hinderedفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,لَاlānotيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are ableضَرْبًاḍarban(to) move about / travel (emigrate)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.يَحْسَبُهُمُyaḥsabuhumu[He] think (about) them,ٱلْجَاهِلُl-jāhiluthe unaware one,أَغْنِيَآءَaghniyāa(they are) self-sufficient / richمِنَmina(because) ofٱلتَّعَفُّفِl-taʿafufithe abstination (from begging) (*their dignity).تَعْرِفُهُمtaʿrifuhumYou recognize themبِسِيمَـٰهُمْbisīmāhumby their marks / looks / signs.لَاlāNot (do)يَسْـَٔلُونَyasalūnathey askٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleإِلْحَافًاil'ḥāfan(with) importunity / persistently.وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou [all] spendمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringood,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِهِۦbihiof it (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower / fully aware. ﴿٢٧٣﴾

[2:274] Those who give to charity night and day, secretly and publicly, receive their recompense from their Lord; they will have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spendأَمْوَٰلَهُمamwālahumtheir wealthبِٱلَّيْلِbi-al-layliby [the] nightوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand [the] dayسِرًّاsirransecretlyوَعَلَانِيَةًwaʿalāniyatanand publicly,فَلَهُمْfalahumthen for them (is)أَجْرُهُمْajruhumtheir rewardعِندَʿindawithرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَلَاwalāand noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٢٧٤﴾

[2:275] Those who charge usury are in the same position as those controlled by the devil's influence. This is because they claim that usury is the same as commerce. However, GOD permits commerce, and prohibits usury. Thus, whoever heeds this commandment from his Lord, and refrains from usury, he may keep his past earnings, and his judgment rests with GOD. As for those who persist in usury, they incur Hell, wherein they abide forever.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَأْكُلُونَyakulūnathey consumeٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba[the] usuryلَاlānotيَقُومُونَyaqūmūnathey (can) stand / be positionedإِلَّاillāexceptكَمَاkamājust asيَقُومُyaqūmuhe stands / is positionedٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيَتَخَبَّطُهُyatakhabbaṭuhu[he] confuses / confounds himٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilمِنَminafromٱلْمَسِّl-masithe touch (*influence).ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyقَالُوٓا۟qālū[they] said,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Indeed thatٱلْبَيْعُl-bayʿuthe trade (is)مِثْلُmith'lulikeٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba[the] usury."وَأَحَلَّwa-aḥallaBut [He] permitted / made lawfulٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْبَيْعَl-bayʿa[the] tradeوَحَرَّمَwaḥarramabut He forbid / prohibitedٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-riba[the] usury.فَمَنfamanThen whoeverجَآءَهُۥjāahu[it] came to himمَوْعِظَةٌmawʿiẓatun(this) commandment / enlightenmentمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihiHis Lordفَٱنتَهَىٰfa-intahāthen he refrained,فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for himمَاmāwhatسَلَفَsalafait passedوَأَمْرُهُۥٓwa-amruhuand his decision / judgmentإِلَىilāends withٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَمَنْwamanand whoeverعَادَʿādahe repeated / returned / relapsedفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire.هُمْhumTheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٢٧٥﴾

*2:275-278 It is an established economic principle that excessive interest on loans can utterly destroy a whole country. During the last few years we have witnessed the devastation of the economies of many nations where excessive interest is charged. Normal interest - less than 20% - where no one is victimized and everyone is satisfied, is not usury.

[2:276] GOD condemns usury, and blesses charities. GOD dislikes every disbeliever, guilty.

يَمْحَقُyamḥaqu[He] eradicates / wipes outٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلرِّبَوٰا۟l-ribathe usuryوَيُرْبِىwayur'bīand He increases / augments (encourages)ٱلصَّدَقَـٰتِl-ṣadaqātithe charities.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesكُلَّkullaeveryكَفَّارٍkaffārinungrateful / disbelieverأَثِيمٍathīminsinful / guilty. ﴿٢٧٦﴾

[2:277] Those who believe and lead a righteous life, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), they receive their recompense from their Lord; they will have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] good deedsوَأَقَامُوا۟wa-aqāmūand they observedٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)وَءَاتَوُا۟waātawūand they gaveٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatathe obligatory charity (Zakat)لَهُمْlahumfor themأَجْرُهُمْajruhumtheir reward (is)عِندَʿindawithرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَلَاwalāand noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿٢٧٧﴾

[2:278] O you who believe, you shall observe GOD and refrain from all kinds of usury, if you are believers.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūObserve [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَذَرُوا۟wadharūand leave / desist [you all]مَاmāwhatبَقِىَbaqiyaremaining / remnantsمِنَminaofٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟l-riba[the] usury,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿٢٧٨﴾

[2:279] If you do not, then expect a war from GOD and His messenger. But if you repent, you may keep your capitals, without inflicting injustice, or incurring injustice.

فَإِنfa-inAnd ifلَّمْlamnotتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou [all] do,فَأْذَنُوا۟fadhanūthen make known [you all]بِحَرْبٍbiḥarbinof a warمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His messenger.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُبْتُمْtub'tumyou [all] repentedفَلَكُمْfalakumthen for you [all] (is)رُءُوسُruūsu(the) initial / principle (of)أَمْوَٰلِكُمْamwālikumyour capitalلَاlā(do) notتَظْلِمُونَtaẓlimūnayou [all] commit injusticeوَلَاwalāand notتُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou [all] will suffer injustice. ﴿٢٧٩﴾

[2:280] If the debtor is unable to pay, wait for a better time. If you give up the loan as a charity, it would be better for you, if you only knew.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكَانَkāna[he] wasذُوdhū(the) owner (of the debt)عُسْرَةٍʿus'ratin(in) difficulty,فَنَظِرَةٌfanaẓiratunthen postponementإِلَىٰilātillمَيْسَرَةٍmaysaratinease.وَأَنwa-anAnd thatتَصَدَّقُوا۟taṣaddaqūyou [all] give as charity (and forgo)خَيْرٌkhayrun(it is) betterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all].إِنinIfكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] [happen]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٢٨٠﴾

[2:281] Beware of the day when you are returned to GOD, and every soul is paid for everything it had done, without the least injustice.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear / beware [you all] يَوْمًاyawmana Dayتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will returnفِيهِfīhi[in it]إِلَىilātoٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.ثُمَّthummaThenتُوَفَّىٰtuwaffā[it] will be repaid in fullكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulمَّاmāwhatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedوَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlānotيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna[they] will be wronged. ﴿٢٨١﴾

[2:282] O you who believe, when you transact a loan for any period, you shall write it down. An impartial scribe shall do the writing. No scribe shall refuse to perform this service, according to GOD's teachings. He shall write, while the debtor dictates the terms. He shall observe GOD his Lord and never cheat. If the debtor is mentally incapable, or helpless, or cannot dictate, his guardian shall dictate equitably. Two men shall serve as witnesses; if not two men, then a man and two women whose testimony is acceptable to all.* Thus, if one woman becomes biased, the other will remind her. It is the obligation of the witnesses to testify when called upon to do so. Do not tire of writing the details, no matter how long, including the time of repayment. This is equitable in the sight of GOD, assures better witnessing, and eliminates any doubts you may have. Business transactions that you execute on the spot, need not be recorded, but have them witnessed. No scribe or witness shall be harmed on account of his services. If you harm them, it would be wickedness on your part. You shall observe GOD, and GOD will teach you. GOD is Omniscient.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِذَاidhāWhenتَدَايَنتُمtadāyantumyou [all] contract (with one another)بِدَيْنٍbidayninin any debtإِلَىٰٓilātillأَجَلٍajalinan appointed term مُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined / fixedفَٱكْتُبُوهُfa-uk'tubūhuthen write it [you all].وَلْيَكْتُبwalyaktubAnd let [him] writeبَّيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]كَاتِبٌۢkātibuna scribeبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliin [the] justice (*justly).وَلَاwalāAnd notيَأْبَyabahe (should) refuseكَاتِبٌkātibuna scribeأَنanthatيَكْتُبَyaktubahe writesكَمَاkamāasعَلَّمَهُʿallamahu[He] taught himٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.فَلْيَكْتُبْfalyaktubSo let him writeوَلْيُمْلِلِwalyum'liliand let [him] dictateٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoعَلَيْهِʿalayhion whom (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe right / the liability (debtor),وَلْيَتَّقِwalyattaqiand let him observeٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord,وَلَاwalāand (let him) notيَبْخَسْyabkhashe diminishمِنْهُmin'hufrom itشَيْـًٔاshayananything.فَإِنfa-inThen ifكَانَkāna[he] wasٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoعَلَيْهِʿalayhion him (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe right / the liability (debtor),سَفِيهًاsafīhan(of) limited understanding / immature,أَوْaworضَعِيفًاḍaʿīfanweak,أَوْaworلَاlānotيَسْتَطِيعُyastaṭīʿuhe capableأَنanthatيُمِلَّyumilla[he] (can) dictateهُوَhuwahe,فَلْيُمْلِلْfalyum'lilthen let [him] dictateوَلِيُّهُۥwaliyyuhuhis guardianبِٱلْعَدْلِbil-ʿadliwith [the] justice (*justly).وَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟wa-is'tashhidūAnd seek as witness [you all]شَهِيدَيْنِshahīdaynitwo witnessesمِنminamongرِّجَالِكُمْrijālikumyour men.فَإِنfa-inAnd ifلَّمْlamnotيَكُونَاyakūnāthere be [two]رَجُلَيْنِrajulaynitwo menفَرَجُلٌfarajulunthen a manوَٱمْرَأَتَانِwa-im'ra-atāniand two womenمِمَّنmimmanof whomتَرْضَوْنَtarḍawnayou [all] agree / approveمِنَminaofٱلشُّهَدَآءِl-shuhadāi[the] witnesses,أَنan(so) that (if)تَضِلَّtaḍilla[she] errsإِحْدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of the two women,فَتُذَكِّرَfatudhakkirathen [she] will remindإِحْدَىٰهُمَاiḥ'dāhumāone of the two womenٱلْأُخْرَىٰl-ukh'rāthe other.وَلَاwalāAnd notيَأْبَyabahe (should) refuseٱلشُّهَدَآءُl-shuhadāuthe witnessesإِذَاidhāwhenمَاmāthatدُعُوا۟duʿūthey were invited / called upon.وَلَاwalāAnd notتَسْـَٔمُوٓا۟tasamūyou [all] tireأَنanthatتَكْتُبُوهُtaktubūhuyou [all] write itصَغِيرًاṣaghīransmallأَوْaworكَبِيرًاkabīranlargeإِلَىٰٓilāforأَجَلِهِۦajalihiits term.ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)أَقْسَطُaqsaṭumore justعِندَʿindanear / in the sight of ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَأَقْوَمُwa-aqwamuand more uprightلِلشَّهَـٰدَةِlilshahādatifor the testimony / witnessingوَأَدْنَىٰٓwa-adnāand more likelyأَلَّاallāthat notتَرْتَابُوٓا۟tartābūyou [all] doubt.إِلَّآillāExcept / Unlessأَنanthatتَكُونَtakūna[it] beتِجَـٰرَةًtijāratana business transactionحَاضِرَةًḥāḍiratanpresent / on the spotتُدِيرُونَهَاtudīrūnahāyou [all] conduct itبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumamong you [all].فَلَيْسَfalaysaThen notعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you [all]جُنَاحٌjunāḥunany sin / blame / improprietyأَلَّاallāthat notتَكْتُبُوهَاtaktubūhāyou [all] write it.وَأَشْهِدُوٓا۟wa-ashhidūAnd have witness [you all]إِذَاidhāwhenتَبَايَعْتُمْtabāyaʿtumyou [all] make commercial transaction / you close a deal.وَلَاwalāAnd not (shall)يُضَآرَّyuḍārra[he] be harmedكَاتِبٌkātibun(the) scribeوَلَاwalāand notشَهِيدٌshahīdun(the) witness,وَإِنwa-inand ifتَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou [all] do,فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed it (is)فُسُوقٌۢfusūqunsinful conduct / wickednessبِكُمْbikumfor you [all].وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَيُعَلِّمُكُمُwayuʿallimukumuand [He] will teach you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godبِكُلِّbikulliof everyشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٢٨٢﴾

*2:282 Financial transactions are the ONLY situations where two women may substitute for one man as witness. This is to guard against the real possibility that one witness may marry the other witness, and thus cause her to be biased. It is a recognized fact that women are more emotionally vulnerable than men.

[2:283] If you are traveling, and no scribe is available, a bond shall be posted to guarantee repayment. If one is trusted in this manner, he shall return the bond when due, and he shall observe GOD his Lord. Do not withhold any testimony by concealing what you had witnessed. Anyone who withholds a testimony is sinful at heart. GOD is fully aware of everything you do.

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areعَلَىٰʿalāonسَفَرٍsafarina journey (travelling)وَلَمْwalamand notتَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou [all] findكَاتِبًاkātibana scribe,فَرِهَـٰنٌfarihānunthen pledge / bondمَّقْبُوضَةٌmaqbūḍatunone taken into possession.فَإِنْfa-inThen ifأَمِنَamina[he] entrustedبَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]بَعْضًاbaʿḍansome / part / share / portionفَلْيُؤَدِّfalyu-addithen let him pay back ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoٱؤْتُمِنَu'tumina[he] is entrustedأَمَـٰنَتَهُۥamānatahuhis trusts.وَلْيَتَّقِwalyattaqiAnd let him observeٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَكْتُمُوا۟taktumū[you all] concealٱلشَّهَـٰدَةَl-shahādatathe testimony.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَكْتُمْهَاyaktum'hāhe conceals it,فَإِنَّهُۥٓfa-innahuthen indeed he (is)ءَاثِمٌāthimunsinfulقَلْبُهُۥqalbuhuhis heart.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doعَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower / fully aware. ﴿٢٨٣﴾

[2:284] To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. Whether you declare your innermost thoughts, or keep them hidden, GOD holds you responsible for them. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. GOD is Omnipotent.

لِّلَّهِlillahiTo God (belongs)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُبْدُوا۟tub'dūyou [all] discloseمَاmāwhat (is)فِىٓfīinأَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselvesأَوْaworتُخْفُوهُtukh'fūhuyou [all] conceal it,يُحَاسِبْكُمyuḥāsib'kumHe will call you [all] to accountبِهِbihifor itٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.فَيَغْفِرُfayaghfiruThen, He forgivesلِمَنliman[to] whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,وَيُعَذِّبُwayuʿadhibuand He punishesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godعَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthing (is)قَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٢٨٤﴾

[2:285] The messenger has believed in what was sent down to him from his Lord, and so did the believers. They believe in GOD, His angels, His scripture, and His messengers: "We make no distinction among any of His messengers." They say, "We hear, and we obey.* Forgive us, our Lord. To You is the ultimate destiny."

ءَامَنَāmana[He] believedٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe messengerبِمَآbimāin whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْهِilayhito himمِنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lordوَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَwal-mu'minūnaand (so did) the believers.كُلٌّkullun(They) allءَامَنَāmanabelievedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God,وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦwamalāikatihiand His angels,وَكُتُبِهِۦwakutubihiand His books / scriptures,وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengers.لَاlā"Notنُفَرِّقُnufarriquwe make distinctionبَيْنَbaynabetweenأَحَدٍaḥadinany oneمِّنminofرُّسُلِهِۦrusulihiHis messengers."وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā"We heardوَأَطَعْنَاwa-aṭaʿnāand we obeyed.غُفْرَانَكَghuf'rānakaYou forgive usرَبَّنَاrabbanāour Lord,وَإِلَيْكَwa-ilaykaand to You (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe final return / ultimate destiny." ﴿٢٨٥﴾

*2:285 One of the major commandments is: "You shall not make any distinction among God's messengers" (2:136, 3:84, 4:150). The believers react by saying, "We hear and we obey," while the idol worshipers argue back to justify their insistence upon mentioning Muhammad's name next to God's, to the exclusion of all other messengers. The corrupted Muslims mention Muhammad in their profession of faith (Shahaadah) and during their Contact Prayers (see 72:18).

[2:286] GOD never burdens a soul beyond its means: to its credit is what it earns, and against it is what it commits. "Our Lord, do not condemn us if we forget or make mistakes. Our Lord, and protect us from blaspheming against You, like those before us have done. Our Lord, protect us from sinning until it becomes too late for us to repent. Pardon us and forgive us. You are our Lord and Master. Grant us victory over the disbelieving people."

لَاlāNotيُكَلِّفُyukallifu[He] burdensٱللَّهُl-lahuGodنَفْسًاnafsanany soulإِلَّاillāexceptوُسْعَهَاwus'ʿahāits capacity,لَهَاlahāfor it (is)مَاmāwhatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earned,وَعَلَيْهَاwaʿalayhāand against it (is)مَاmāwhatٱكْتَسَبَتْik'tasabatit earned.رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord!لَاlā(Do) notتُؤَاخِذْنَآtuākhidh'nāYou punish / condemn usإِنinifنَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forgotأَوْaworأَخْطَأْنَاakhṭanāwe made mistakes.رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord!وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَحْمِلْtaḥmilYou load / imposeعَلَيْنَآʿalaynāupon usإِصْرًاiṣ'rana burden / obligationكَمَاkamālike whatحَمَلْتَهُۥḥamaltahuYou loaded / imposed [it]عَلَىʿalāonٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنmin(were) fromقَبْلِنَاqablinābefore us.رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord!وَلَاwalā[And] (do) notتُحَمِّلْنَاtuḥammil'nāYou load / impose on usمَاmāwhatلَاlānotطَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strengthلَنَاlanāfor usبِهِۦbihi[of it] (to bear).وَٱعْفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardonعَنَّاʿannā[from] us,وَٱغْفِرْwa-igh'firand forgiveلَنَاlanā[for] usوَٱرْحَمْنَآwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us.أَنتَantaYou (are)مَوْلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector / Lord and Master,فَٱنصُرْنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us / grant victory to usعَلَىʿalāagainstٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers. ﴿٢٨٦﴾

Sura 2: Al-Baqarah (The Heifer) البقرة

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