Sura 3: Ãli-'Imrãn (The Amramites) - Quran Inspector

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

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

[3:1] A. L. M.*

الٓمٓalif-lam-meemA.L.M. ﴿١﴾

*3:1 See Footnote 2:1 and Appendix One.

[3:2] GOD: there is no god except He; the Living, the Eternal.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodلَآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayuthe Livingٱلْقَيُّومُl-qayūmuthe Eternal. ﴿٢﴾

[3:3] He sent down to you this scripture, truthfully, confirming all previous scriptures, and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel

نَزَّلَnazzalaHe revealed / sent downعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth (*truthfully)مُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingلِّمَاlimāthat whichبَيْنَbayna between / before*يَدَيْهِyadayhihis hands (*before him)وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand He revealed / sent downٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrātathe Torahوَٱلْإِنجِيلَwal-injīlaand the Gospel, ﴿٣﴾

[3:4] before that, to guide the people, and He sent down the statute book. Those who disbelieve in GOD's revelations incur severe retribution. GOD is Almighty, Avenger.

مِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore (this),هُدًىhudan(as) guidanceلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people.وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaand He revealed / sent downٱلْفُرْقَانَl-fur'qānathe statute (book).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) verses / revelations (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionشَدِيدٌshadīdunsevere.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَزِيزٌʿazīzunAlmighty,ذُوdhūPossessor of*ٱنتِقَامٍintiqāminretribution / vengeance (*Avenger). ﴿٤﴾

[3:5] Nothing is hidden from GOD, on earth, or in the heaven.

إِنَّinnaIndeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيَخْفَىٰyakhfāit is hiddenعَلَيْهِʿalayhifrom Himشَىْءٌshayonanythingفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَلَاwalāand notفِىfīinٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven. ﴿٥﴾

[3:6] He is the One who shapes you in the wombs as He wills. There is no other god besides Him; the Almighty, Most Wise.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoيُصَوِّرُكُمْyuṣawwirukum[He] shapes you [all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْحَامِl-arḥāmithe wombsكَيْفَkayfahowيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.لَآlā(There is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٦﴾

[3:7] He sent down to you this scripture, containing straightforward verses - which constitute the essence of the scripture - as well as multiple-meaning or allegorical verses. Those who harbor doubts in their hearts will pursue the multiple-meaning verses to create confusion, and to extricate a certain meaning. None knows the true meaning thereof except GOD and those well founded in knowledge. They say, "We believe in this - all of it comes from our Lord." Only those who possess intelligence will take heed.

هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَنزَلَanzalaHe revealedعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture,مِنْهُmin'huof it (are)ءَايَـٰتٌāyātunversesمُّحْكَمَـٰتٌmuḥ'kamātunones which are unambiguous / straightforwardهُنَّhunnathey (are)أُمُّummu(the) foundation (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture,وَأُخَرُwa-ukharuand otherمُتَشَـٰبِهَـٰتٌmutashābihātunones which are figurative / multiple meaning.فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts (is)زَيْغٌzayghundeviation / perversity / doubtفَيَتَّبِعُونَfayattabiʿūna[so] they followمَاmāwhatتَشَـٰبَهَtashābahait is figurative / multiple meaningمِنْهُmin'huof it,ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseekingٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'nati[the] dissension / division / disputesوَٱبْتِغَآءَwa-ib'tighāaand seekingتَأْوِيلِهِۦtawīlihiits interpretation / determination.وَمَاwamāAnd notيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[he] knowsتَأْوِيلَهُۥٓtawīlahuits interpretation / determinationإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَwal-rāsikhūnaand those well-foundedفِىfīinٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mi[the] knowledge.يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaThey say,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِهِۦbihiin it.كُلٌّkullunAll (is)مِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[by]رَبِّنَاrabbināour Lord."وَمَاwamāAnd notيَذَّكَّرُyadhakkaruhe takes heedإِلَّآillāexceptأُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose who possessٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithe understanding / intelligence. ﴿٧﴾

[3:8] "Our Lord, let not our hearts waver, now that You have guided us. Shower us with Your mercy; You are the Grantor.

رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord!لَاlā(Do) notتُزِغْtuzigh[it] deviate / waverقُلُوبَنَاqulūbanāour heartsبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِذْidhwhenهَدَيْتَنَاhadaytanāYou guided us.وَهَبْwahabGrant / Bestowلَنَاlanāfor usمِنminfromلَّدُنكَladunkaYourselfرَحْمَةًraḥmatanmercy.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, [You]أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلْوَهَّابُl-wahābuthe Grantor. ﴿٨﴾

[3:9] "Our Lord, You will surely gather the people on a day that is inevitable. GOD never breaks a promise."

رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord!إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You (are)جَامِعُjāmiʿugatherer (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi[the] peopleلِيَوْمٍliyawminon a Day,لَّاlā(there is) noرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiin it.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُخْلِفُyukh'lifuHe breaks [a promise]ٱلْمِيعَادَl-mīʿādathe promise." ﴿٩﴾

[3:10] Those who disbelieve will never be helped by their money, nor by their children, against GOD. They will be fuel for Hell.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedلَنlanneverتُغْنِىَtugh'niya[it] will avail / make free from want / helpعَنْهُمْʿanhum[for] themأَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealthوَلَآwalāand notأَوْلَـٰدُهُمawlāduhumtheir childrenمِّنَminaagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodشَيْـًٔاshayananything.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseهُمْhumthey (are)وَقُودُwaqūdufuel (for)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell. ﴿١٠﴾

[3:11] Like Pharaoh's people and those before them, they rejected our revelations and, consequently, GOD punished them for their sins. GOD is strict in enforcing retribution.

كَدَأْبِkadabiLike (the) case (of)ءَالِāli(the) people (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them.كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūThey deniedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our signs / revelations,فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuso [He] seized / punished themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sins.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)شَدِيدُshadīdusevere (in)ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi[the] punishment / retribution. ﴿١١﴾

[3:12] Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be defeated, then gathered in Hell; what a miserable abode!"

قُلqulSayلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,سَتُغْلَبُونَsatugh'labūna"You [all] will be defeated / overcomeوَتُحْشَرُونَwatuḥ'sharūnaand you [all] will be gathered / summonedإِلَىٰilātoجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell,وَبِئْسَwabi'sa[and] an evilٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu[the] resting place / abode. ﴿١٢﴾

[3:13] An example has been set for you by the two armies who clashed - one army was fighting in the cause of GOD, while the other was disbelieving. They saw with their own eyes that they were twice as many. GOD supports with His victory whomever He wills. This should provide an assurance for those who possess vision.

قَدْqadSurelyكَانَkānait wasلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ءَايَةٌāyatuna signفِىfīinفِئَتَيْنِfi-atayni(the) two armiesٱلْتَقَتَاl-taqatāthey both metفِئَةٌfi-atunone groupتُقَـٰتِلُtuqātilu[it] fightsفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَأُخْرَىٰwa-ukh'rāand anotherكَافِرَةٌkāfiratundisbelievers.يَرَوْنَهُمyarawnahumThey see them (as)مِّثْلَيْهِمْmith'layhimtwice of themرَأْىَraya[it] sawٱلْعَيْنِl-ʿaynithe eyes.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُؤَيِّدُyu-ayyidu[He] supportsبِنَصْرِهِۦbinaṣrihiwith His help / victoryمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَعِبْرَةًlaʿib'ratansurely a lessonلِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor (the) possessors ofٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِl-abṣāri[the] vision. ﴿١٣﴾

[3:14] Adorned for the people are the worldly pleasures, such as the women, having children, piles upon piles of gold and silver, trained horses, livestock, and crops. These are the materials of this world. A far better abode is reserved at GOD.

زُيِّنَzuyyinaIt was adornedلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people (is)حُبُّḥubbulove (of)ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِl-shahawātithe pleasuresمِنَminaofٱلنِّسَآءِl-nisāi[the] womenوَٱلْبَنِينَwal-banīnaand [the] childrenوَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِwal-qanāṭīriand [the] piles of gold / treasuresٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِl-muqanṭarati[the] piled up / stored upمِنَminaofٱلذَّهَبِl-dhahabi[the] goldوَٱلْفِضَّةِwal-fiḍatiand [the] silver,وَٱلْخَيْلِwal-khayliand the horsesٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِl-musawamati[the] well-trained,وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiand [the] cattle / livestockوَٱلْحَرْثِwal-ḥarthiand [the] cultivated land / crops.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(the) provision (of)ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Godعِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him (is)حُسْنُḥus'nu(an) best / excellent / betterٱلْمَـَٔابِl-maābithe place of return. ﴿١٤﴾

[3:15] Say, "Let me inform you of a much better deal: for those who lead a righteous life, reserved at their Lord, are gardens with flowing streams, and pure spouses, and joy in GOD's blessings." GOD is Seer of His worshipers.

قُلْqulSay,أَؤُنَبِّئُكُمa-unabbi-ukum"Shall I inform you [all]بِخَيْرٍbikhayrinin betterمِّنminthanذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat [you all].لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those whoٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawthey maintained righteousnessعِندَʿindain the presence ofرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,جَنَّـٰتٌjannātun(are) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāru[the] rivers / streamsخَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it,وَأَزْوَٰجٌwa-azwājunand spousesمُّطَهَّرَةٌmuṭahharatunpureوَرِضْوَٰنٌwariḍ'wānunand approvalمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrunSeerبِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādiof the servants." ﴿١٥﴾

[3:16] They say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins, and spare us the agony of the hellfire."

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَقُولُونَyaqūlūna[they] say,رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord!إِنَّنَآinnanāIndeed, [we]ءَامَنَّاāmannāwe believed, فَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgiveلَنَاlanāfor usذُنُوبَنَاdhunūbanāour sinsوَقِنَاwaqinā(and) save us (from)عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment / agony (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire." ﴿١٦﴾

[3:17] They are steadfast, truthful, submitting, charitable, and meditators at dawn.

ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَal-ṣābirīnaThe patient / steadfast onesوَٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَwal-ṣādiqīnaand the truthful onesوَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَwal-qānitīnaand the devout / obedient onesوَٱلْمُنفِقِينَwal-munfiqīnaand those who spend (charitable)وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَwal-mus'taghfirīnaand those who seek forgiveness (meditators)بِٱلْأَسْحَارِbil-asḥāriin the dawn. ﴿١٧﴾

[3:18] GOD bears witness that there is no god except He, and so do the angels and those who possess knowledge. Truthfully and equitably, He is the absolute god; there is no god but He, the Almighty, Most Wise.

شَهِدَshahida[He] bore witnessٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَنَّهُۥannahuthat [He],لَآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim,وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُwal-malāikatuand (so do) the angels,وَأُو۟لُوا۟wa-ulūand those who possessٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mi[the] knowledge.قَآئِمًۢاqāimanStanding / Upholdingبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiin [the] justice (*justly / equitably).لَآlā(There is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHimٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿١٨﴾

*3:18 The proclamation of faith (Shahaadah) that is decreed by God is: "There is no god except God," in Arabic "La Elaaha Ella Allah" (see also 37:35, 47:19). The corrupted Muslims insist upon adding a second "Shahaadah" proclaiming that Muhammad is God's messenger. This is by definition "Shirk" (idolatry) and a flagrant defiance of God and His messenger. Additionally, it violates the major commandments in 2:136, 2:285, 3:84, & 4:150-152 prohibiting any distinction among God's messengers. By proclaiming that "Muhammad is a messenger of God," and failing to make the same proclamation for other messengers such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Saleh, and Jonah, a distinction is committed and a major commandment is violated.

[3:19] The only religion approved by GOD is "Submission." Ironically, those who have received the scripture are the ones who dispute this fact, despite the knowledge they have received, due to jealousy. For such rejectors of GOD's revelations, GOD is most strict in reckoning.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلدِّينَl-dīnathe religionعِندَʿindain the sight ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمُl-is'lāmu[the] Submission.وَمَاwamāAnd notٱخْتَلَفَikh'talafa[he] differed / disputedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureإِلَّاillāexceptمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَهُمُjāahumu[it] came to themٱلْعِلْمُl-ʿil'mu[the] knowledge,بَغْيًۢاbaghyan(out of) jealousyبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَكْفُرْyakfur[he] disbelievesبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَرِيعُsarīʿuswift / most efficient (in)ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābithe reckoning. ﴿١٩﴾

[3:20] If they argue with you, then say, "I have simply submitted myself to GOD; I and those who follow me." You shall proclaim to those who received the scripture, as well as those who did not, "Would you submit?" If they submit, then they have been guided, but if they turn away, your sole mission is to deliver this message. GOD is Seer of all people.

فَإِنْfa-inThen ifحَآجُّوكَḥājjūkathey argued with you,فَقُلْfaqulthen say,أَسْلَمْتُaslamtu"I submittedوَجْهِىَwajhiyamy face (*myself)لِلَّهِlillahito Godوَمَنِwamaniand (those) whoٱتَّبَعَنِittabaʿani[he] followed me."وَقُلwaqulAnd sayلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture,وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَwal-umiyīnaand the gentiles,ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْa-aslamtum"Would you [all] submit?"فَإِنْfa-inThen ifأَسْلَمُوا۟aslamūthey submittedفَقَدِfaqadithen surelyٱهْتَدَوا۟ih'tadawthey were guided.وَّإِنwa-inBut ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned awayفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyعَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon you (responsibility)ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe announcement / communication / delivery.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrunSeerبِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādiof the servants. ﴿٢٠﴾

[3:21] Those who have rejected GOD's revelations, and killed the prophets unjustly, and killed those who advocated justice among the people, promise them a painful retribution.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna[they] disbelieveبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signs / revelations (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they killٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe prophetsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحَقٍّḥaqqinrightوَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they killٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَأْمُرُونَyamurūnathey command / advocateبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭi[in the] justice (*justly)مِنَminaamongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people,فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'humso promise themبِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment / retributionأَلِيمٍalīminpainful. ﴿٢١﴾

[3:22] Their works have been nullified, both in this life and in the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoحَبِطَتْḥabiṭat[it] became nullifiedأَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deedsفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter.وَمَاwamāAnd notلَهُمlahum(will be) for themمِّنminanyنَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers. ﴿٢٢﴾

[3:23] Have you noted those who were given part of the scripture, and how they are invited to uphold this scripture of GOD, and apply it to their own lives, then some of them turn away in aversion?

أَلَمْalamDid notتَرَtarayou seeإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenنَصِيبًاnaṣībana portionمِّنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture?يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnaThey are invitedإِلَىٰilāto (uphold)كِتَـٰبِkitābi(the) scriptureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godلِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat it may judgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them,ثُمَّthummathenيَتَوَلَّىٰyatawallā[it] turns awayفَرِيقٌfarīquna group / someمِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themوَهُمwahumand they (are)مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnathose who are averse. ﴿٢٣﴾

[3:24] This is because they said, "The hellfire will not touch us, except for a few days." They were thus deceived in their religion by their own fabrications.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyقَالُوا۟qālū[they] said,لَنlan"Neverتَمَسَّنَاtamassanā[it] will touch usٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fireإِلَّآillāexceptأَيَّامًاayyāman(for) daysمَّعْدُودَٰتٍmaʿdūdātinnumbered."وَغَرَّهُمْwagharrahumAnd it deceived themفِىfīinدِينِهِمdīnihimtheir religionمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate. ﴿٢٤﴾

[3:25] How will it be for them, when we summon them on that inevitable day? Each soul will be paid for whatever it earned, without the least injustice.

فَكَيْفَfakayfaThen how (will it be)إِذَاidhāwhenجَمَعْنَـٰهُمْjamaʿnāhumwe summon them / gather themلِيَوْمٍliyawminon a Dayلَّاlānoرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiin it.وَوُفِّيَتْwawuffiyatAnd [it] (will be) paid in fullكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulمَّاmāwhatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedوَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlā(will) notيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna[they] be wronged / suffer injustice. ﴿٢٥﴾

[3:26] Say, "Our god: possessor of all sovereignty. You grant sovereignty to whomever You choose, You remove sovereignty from whomever You choose. You grant dignity to whomever You choose, and commit to humiliation whomever You choose. In Your hand are all provisions. You are Omnipotent.

قُلِquliSayٱللَّهُمَّl-lahuma"Our god!مَـٰلِكَmālikaMaster / Possessor ofٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kiall sovereignty,تُؤْتِىtu'tīYou giveٱلْمُلْكَl-mul'kathe sovereigntyمَنman(to) whomتَشَآءُtashāuYou willوَتَنزِعُwatanziʿuand You take away / removeٱلْمُلْكَl-mul'kathe sovereigntyمِمَّنmimmanfrom whomتَشَآءُtashāuYou will,وَتُعِزُّwatuʿizzuand You honorمَنmanwhomتَشَآءُtashāuYou will,وَتُذِلُّwatudhilluand You humiliateمَنmanwhomتَشَآءُtashāuYou will.بِيَدِكَbiyadikaIn Your hand (is)ٱلْخَيْرُl-khayruall good (provisions).إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You (are)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٢٦﴾

[3:27] "You merge the night into the day, and merge the day into the night. You produce the living from the dead, and produce the dead from the living, and You provide for whomever You choose, without limits."

تُولِجُtūlijuYou mergeٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightفِىfīinٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe dayوَتُولِجُwatūlijuand You mergeٱلنَّهَارَl-nahārathe dayفِىfīinٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night,وَتُخْرِجُwatukh'rijuand You produceٱلْحَىَّl-ḥayathe livingمِنَminafromٱلْمَيِّتِl-mayitithe dead,وَتُخْرِجُwatukh'rijuand You produceٱلْمَيِّتَl-mayitathe deadمِنَminafromٱلْحَىِّl-ḥayithe living.وَتَرْزُقُwatarzuquAnd You provideمَنman(to) whomتَشَآءُtashāuYou willبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحِسَابٍḥisābinan account / a tab / a limit." ﴿٢٧﴾

[3:28] The believers never ally themselves with the disbelievers, instead of the believers. Whoever does this is exiled from GOD. Exempted are those who are forced to do this to avoid persecution. GOD alerts you that you shall reverence Him alone. To GOD is the ultimate destiny.

لَّاlāNotيَتَّخِذِyattakhidhi[he] takesٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers,ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers (as)أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaalliesمِنminfromدُونِdūniinstead ofٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَفْعَلْyafʿalhe doesذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَلَيْسَfalaysathen not (he is)مِنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodفِىfīinشَىْءٍshayinanything.إِلَّآillāExceptأَنanthatتَتَّقُوا۟tattaqūyou [all] fearمِنْهُمْmin'humfrom themتُقَىٰةًtuqātana threat.وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُwayuḥadhirukumuAnd [He] warns you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodنَفْسَهُۥnafsahuHimself,وَإِلَىwa-ilāand toٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe final return / ultimate destiny. ﴿٢٨﴾

[3:29] Say, "Whether you conceal your innermost thought, or declare it, GOD is fully aware thereof." He is fully aware of everything in the heavens and the earth. GOD is Omnipotent.

قُلْqulSay,إِنin"Ifتُخْفُوا۟tukh'fūyou [all] concealمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinصُدُورِكُمْṣudūrikumyour hearts / minds / chestsأَوْaworتُبْدُوهُtub'dūhuyou [all] disclose itيَعْلَمْهُyaʿlamhu[He] knows itٱللَّهُl-lahuGod."وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knowsمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand what (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٢٩﴾

[3:30] The day will come when each soul will find all the good works it had done brought forth. As for the evil works, it will wish that they were far, far removed. GOD alerts you that you shall reverence Him alone. GOD is Compassionate towards the people.

يَوْمَyawma(On the) dayتَجِدُtajidu[it] will findكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulمَّاmāwhatعَمِلَتْʿamilatit didمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringoodمُّحْضَرًاmuḥ'ḍaranpresented,وَمَاwamāand whatعَمِلَتْʿamilatit didمِنminofسُوٓءٍsūinevil.تَوَدُّtawadduIt will wishلَوْlaw[if]أَنَّannathatبَيْنَهَاbaynahābetween it(self)وَبَيْنَهُۥٓwabaynahuand between it (evil)أَمَدًۢاamadan(was) a distanceبَعِيدًاbaʿīdanfar away.وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُwayuḥadhirukumuAnd [He] warns / alerts you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodنَفْسَهُۥnafsahuHimself.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)رَءُوفٌۢraūfunCompassionate / Kindبِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādito all servants. ﴿٣٠﴾

[3:31] Proclaim: "If you love GOD, you should follow me." GOD will then love you, and forgive your sins. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

قُلْqulSay,إِنin"Ifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all]تُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūna[you all] loveٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,فَٱتَّبِعُونِىfa-ittabiʿūnīthen follow me [you all]يُحْبِبْكُمُyuḥ'bib'kumu[He] will love you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَيَغْفِرْwayaghfirand He will forgiveلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ذُنُوبَكُمْdhunūbakumyour sins.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٣١﴾

[3:32] Proclaim: "You shall obey GOD and the messenger." If they turn away, GOD does not love the disbelievers.

قُلْqulSay,أَطِيعُوا۟aṭīʿū"Obey [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱلرَّسُولَwal-rasūlaand the messenger."فَإِنfa-inThen ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned awayفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿٣٢﴾

[3:33] GOD has chosen Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of Amram (as messengers) to the people.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodٱصْطَفَىٰٓiṣ'ṭafā[He] choseءَادَمَādamaAdamوَنُوحًاwanūḥanand Noah,وَءَالَwaālaand (the) family (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَءَالَwaālaand (the) family (of)عِمْرَٰنَʿim'rānaAmramعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall people. ﴿٣٣﴾

[3:34] They belong in the same progeny. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

ذُرِّيَّةًۢdhurriyyatanDescendents,بَعْضُهَاbaʿḍuhāsome of themمِنۢminfromبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿٣٤﴾

[3:35] The wife of Amram said, "My Lord, I have dedicated (the baby) in my belly to You, totally, so accept from me. You are Hearer, Omniscient."

إِذْidhWhenقَالَتِqālatishe saidٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife ofعِمْرَٰنَʿim'rānaAmram,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!إِنِّىinnīIndeed, Iنَذَرْتُnadhartu[I] vowed / pledged / dedicatedلَكَlakato Youمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinبَطْنِىbaṭnīmy womb / belly,مُحَرَّرًاmuḥarraranvowed / dedicated (in service).فَتَقَبَّلْfataqabbalSo accept (it)مِنِّىٓminnīfrom me.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed [You],أَنتَantaYou (are)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient." ﴿٣٥﴾

[3:36] When she gave birth to her, she said, "My Lord, I have given birth to a girl" - GOD was fully aware of what she bore - "The male is not the same as the female. I have named her Mary and I invoke Your protection for her and her descendants from the rejected devil."

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen whenوَضَعَتْهَاwaḍaʿathāshe delivered her,قَالَتْqālatshe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord,إِنِّىinnīindeed, [I]وَضَعْتُهَآwaḍaʿtuhāI delivered [her]أُنثَىٰunthāa female."وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godأَعْلَمُaʿlamubest knower / (was) fully awareبِمَاbimā[of] whatوَضَعَتْwaḍaʿatshe delivered,وَلَيْسَwalaysaand is notٱلذَّكَرُl-dhakaruthe maleكَٱلْأُنثَىٰkal-unthālike the female.وَإِنِّىwa-innī"And indeed Iسَمَّيْتُهَاsammaytuhā[I] named herمَرْيَمَmaryamaMaryوَإِنِّىٓwa-innīand indeed Iأُعِيذُهَاuʿīdhuhā[I] seek refuge for herبِكَbikain Youوَذُرِّيَّتَهَاwadhurriyyatahāand her descendantsمِنَminafromٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِl-shayṭānithe devilٱلرَّجِيمِl-rajīmithe rejected." ﴿٣٦﴾

[3:37] Her Lord accepted her a gracious acceptance, and brought her up a gracious upbringing, under the guardianship of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah entered her sanctuary he found provisions with her. He would ask, "Mary, where did you get this from?" She would say, "It is from GOD. GOD provides for whomever He chooses, without limits."

فَتَقَبَّلَهَاfataqabbalahāSo He accepted her,رَبُّهَاrabbuhāher Lordبِقَبُولٍbiqabūlinwith acceptanceحَسَنٍḥasaningood,وَأَنۢبَتَهَاwa-anbatahāand He made her grow up / reared herنَبَاتًاnabātana growing up / rearingحَسَنًاḥasanangood,وَكَفَّلَهَاwakaffalahāand He put her in guardianship (of)زَكَرِيَّاzakariyyāZachariah.كُلَّمَاkullamāWheneverدَخَلَdakhala[he] enteredعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon itزَكَرِيَّاzakariyyāZachariah ٱلْمِحْرَابَl-miḥ'rāba[the] prayer chamberوَجَدَwajadahe foundعِندَهَاʿindahāwith herرِزْقًاriz'qanprovision.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamu"O Mary!أَنَّىٰannāwhereلَكِlakifor you (is)هَـٰذَاhādhāthis?"قَالَتْqālatShe said,هُوَhuwa"It (is)مِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَرْزُقُyarzuqu[He] gives provisionمَنman(to) whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحِسَابٍḥisābinaccount / a tab / a limit." ﴿٣٧﴾

[3:38] That is when Zachariah implored his Lord: "My Lord, grant me such a good child; You are the Hearer of the prayers."

هُنَالِكَhunālikaThere and thenدَعَاdaʿā[he] invoked / imploredزَكَرِيَّاzakariyyāZachariahرَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord,قَالَqālahe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lordهَبْhabgrantلِىlīfor meمِنminfromلَّدُنكَladunkaYourselfذُرِّيَّةًdhurriyyatanchildrenطَيِّبَةًṭayyibatanpure.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You (are)سَمِيعُsamīʿuHearer (of)ٱلدُّعَآءِl-duʿāithe prayers." ﴿٣٨﴾

[3:39] The angels called him when he was praying in the sanctuary: "GOD gives you good news of John; a believer in the word of GOD, honorable, moral, and a righteous prophet."

فَنَادَتْهُfanādathuThen [it] called himٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angelsوَهُوَwahuwawhile he (was)قَآئِمٌqāimunstandingيُصَلِّىyuṣallī[he] prayingفِىfīinٱلْمِحْرَابِl-miḥ'rābithe prayer chamber / sanctuary.أَنَّanna"[That]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُبَشِّرُكَyubashiruka[He] gives you good newsبِيَحْيَىٰbiyaḥyāof John,مُصَدِّقًۢاmuṣaddiqanconfirmingبِكَلِمَةٍbikalimatin[of] a wordمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَسَيِّدًاwasayyidanand a noble / honorableوَحَصُورًاwaḥaṣūranand chasteوَنَبِيًّاwanabiyyanand a prophetمِّنَminafromٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٣٩﴾

[3:40] He said, "How can I have a boy, when I am so old, and my wife is sterile?" He said, "GOD does whatever He wills."

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lordأَنَّىٰannāhow (can)يَكُونُyakūnuit beلِىlīfor meغُلَـٰمٌghulāmuna son,وَقَدْwaqadand verilyبَلَغَنِىَbalaghaniya[it] reached meٱلْكِبَرُl-kibaru[the] old ageوَٱمْرَأَتِىwa-im'ra-atīand my wife (is)عَاقِرٌʿāqirunbarren?"قَالَqālaHe said,كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika"Thus;ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيَفْعَلُyafʿaluHe doesمَاmāwhatيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills." ﴿٤٠﴾

[3:41] He said, "My Lord, give me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days, except through signals. Commemorate your Lord frequently; and meditate night and day."

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lordٱجْعَلij'ʿalmakeلِّىٓlīfor meءَايَةًāyatana sign."قَالَqālaHe said,ءَايَتُكَāyatukayour sign (is)أَلَّاallāthat notتُكَلِّمَtukallimayou will speakٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(to) the peopleثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) threeأَيَّامٍayyāmindaysإِلَّاillāexceptرَمْزًاramzan(with) gestures / signals.وَٱذْكُرwa-udh'kurAnd remember / commemorateرَّبَّكَrabbakayour Lordكَثِيرًاkathīranmuch / frequently,وَسَبِّحْwasabbiḥand glorify / meditateبِٱلْعَشِىِّbil-ʿashiyiin the evening / nightوَٱلْإِبْكَـٰرِwal-ib'kāriand (in) the morning / day." ﴿٤١﴾

[3:42] The angels said, "O Mary, GOD has chosen you and purified you. He has chosen you from all the women.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقَالَتِqālati[it] saidٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angels,يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamu"O Mary!إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodٱصْطَفَىٰكِiṣ'ṭafāki[He] chose youوَطَهَّرَكِwaṭahharakiand [He] purified youوَٱصْطَفَىٰكِwa-iṣ'ṭafākiand [He] chose youعَلَىٰʿalāoverنِسَآءِnisāiwomenٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaall people." ﴿٤٢﴾

[3:43] "O Mary, you shall submit to your Lord, and prostrate and bow down with those who bow down."

يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamu"O Mary!ٱقْنُتِىuq'nutīBe obedientلِرَبِّكِlirabbikito your Lordوَٱسْجُدِىwa-us'judīand prostrateوَٱرْكَعِىwa-ir'kaʿīand bow downمَعَmaʿawithٱلرَّٰكِعِينَl-rākiʿīnathose who bow down." ﴿٤٣﴾

[3:44] This is news from the past that we reveal to you. You were not there when they drew their raffles to select Mary's guardian. You were not present when they argued with one another.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)مِنْminfromأَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / pastنُوحِيهِnūḥīhiwe communicate / inspire / reveal itإِلَيْكَilaykato you.وَمَاwamāAnd notكُنتَkuntayou wereلَدَيْهِمْladayhimwith themإِذْidhwhenيُلْقُونَyul'qūnathey castأَقْلَـٰمَهُمْaqlāmahumtheir headless arrows (*used in casting lots or raffles)أَيُّهُمْayyuhum(as to) which of themيَكْفُلُyakfuluhe takes guardianshipمَرْيَمَmaryamaMary;وَمَاwamāand notكُنتَkuntayou wereلَدَيْهِمْladayhimwith themإِذْidhwhen [in the past]يَخْتَصِمُونَyakhtaṣimūnathey disputing / feuding. ﴿٤٤﴾

[3:45] The angels said, "O Mary, GOD gives you good news: a Word from Him whose name is 'The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary.' He will be prominent in this life and in the Hereafter, and one of those closest to Me.

إِذْidhwhen [in the past]قَالَتِqālati[it] saidٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe angels,يَـٰمَرْيَمُyāmaryamu"O Mary!إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُبَشِّرُكِyubashiruki[He] gives you good newsبِكَلِمَةٍbikalimatinof a wordمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him,ٱسْمُهُus'muhuhis name (is)ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥuthe Messiah,عِيسَىʿīsāJesus,ٱبْنُub'nuson (of)مَرْيَمَmaryamaMary,وَجِيهًاwajīhanhonored / prominentفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter,وَمِنَwaminaand amongٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَl-muqarabīnathose brought near / close (to God). ﴿٤٥﴾

[3:46] "He will speak to the people from the crib, as well as an adult; he will be one of the righteous."

وَيُكَلِّمُwayukallimu"And he will speakٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa(to) the peopleفِىfīinٱلْمَهْدِl-mahdithe cradleوَكَهْلًاwakahlanand (in) maturity / adult;وَمِنَwaminaand (he will be) amongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]." ﴿٤٦﴾

[3:47] She said, "My Lord, how can I have a son, when no man has touched me?" He said, "GOD thus creates whatever He wills. To have anything done, He simply says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

قَالَتْqālatShe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lordأَنَّىٰannāhowيَكُونُyakūnuit beلِىlīfor meوَلَدٌwaladuna son,وَلَمْwalamwhile notيَمْسَسْنِىyamsasnī[he] has touched meبَشَرٌbasharuna man?"قَالَqālaHe said,كَذَٰلِكِkadhāliki"Thusٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيَخْلُقُyakhluquHe createsمَاmāwhatيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.إِذَاidhāWhenقَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decreedأَمْرًاamrana matter / commandفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيَقُولُyaqūluHe saysلَهُۥlahuto it,كُنkun 'Be,'فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it becomes. ﴿٤٧﴾

[3:48] He will teach him the scripture, wisdom, the Torah, and the Gospel.

وَيُعَلِّمُهُwayuʿallimuhu"And He will teach himٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scripture,وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand [the] wisdom,وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَwal-tawrātaand the Torah,وَٱلْإِنجِيلَwal-injīlaand the Gospel." ﴿٤٨﴾

[3:49] As a messenger to the Children of Israel: "I come to you with a sign from your Lord - I create for you from clay the shape of a bird, then I blow into it, and it becomes a live bird by GOD's leave. I restore vision to the blind, heal the leprous, and I revive the dead by GOD's leave. I can tell you what you eat, and what you store in your homes. This should be a proof for you, if you are believers.

وَرَسُولًاwarasūlanAnd a messengerإِلَىٰilātoبَنِىٓbanī(the) Childrenإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel.أَنِّىannī"Indeed, Iقَدْqad[surely]جِئْتُكُمji'tukum[I] came to you [all]بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a signمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordأَنِّىٓannīthat Iأَخْلُقُakhluqu[I] createلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلطِّينِl-ṭīni[the] clayكَهَيْـَٔةِkahayatilike the form / shape (of)ٱلطَّيْرِl-ṭayrithe birds,فَأَنفُخُfa-anfukhuthen I breathفِيهِfīhiinto itفَيَكُونُfayakūnuthen it becomesطَيْرًۢاṭayrana (live) birdبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَأُبْرِئُwa-ub'ri-uAnd I cure / healٱلْأَكْمَهَl-akmahathe blind,وَٱلْأَبْرَصَwal-abraṣaand the leperous,وَأُحْىِwa-uḥ'yīand I give lifeٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā(to) the deadبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَأُنَبِّئُكُمwa-unabbi-ukumAnd I inform you [all]بِمَاbimāof whatتَأْكُلُونَtakulūnayou [all] eatوَمَاwamāand whatتَدَّخِرُونَtaddakhirūnayou [all] storeفِىfīinبُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour houses.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a signلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all],إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿٤٩﴾

[3:50] "I confirm previous scripture - the Torah - and I revoke certain prohibitions imposed upon you. I come to you with sufficient proof from your Lord. Therefore, you shall observe GOD, and obey me.

وَمُصَدِّقًاwamuṣaddiqan"And confirmingلِّمَاlimāthat whichبَيْنَbayna between / before*يَدَىَّyadayyamy hands (*was before me)مِنَminaofٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Torah,وَلِأُحِلَّwali-uḥillaand so that I make lawfulلَكُمlakumfor you [all]بَعْضَbaʿḍasome / certain (of)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichحُرِّمَḥurrimait was forbiddenعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all].وَجِئْتُكُمwaji'tukumAnd I came to you [all]بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatinwith a signمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo reverence [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَأَطِيعُونِwa-aṭīʿūniand obey me [you all]. ﴿٥٠﴾

[3:51] "GOD is my Lord and your Lord;* you shall worship Him alone. This is the right path."

إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)رَبِّىrabbīmy Lordوَرَبُّكُمْwarabbukumand your Lord,فَٱعْبُدُوهُfa-uʿ'budūhuso worship Him [you all].هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)صِرَٰطٌṣirāṭunthe pathمُّسْتَقِيمٌmus'taqīmunstraight / right. ﴿٥١﴾

*3:51 This is precisely what Jesus is quoted to say throughout the New Testament. See for example the Gospel of John 20:17, and the book "Jesus: Myths and Message" by Lisa Spray, Ch. 4 (Universal Unity, Fremont, California, 1992).

[3:52] When Jesus sensed their disbelief, he said, "Who are my supporters towards GOD?" The disciples said, "We are GOD's supporters; we believe in GOD, and bear witness that we are submitters.

فَلَمَّآfalammāThen whenأَحَسَّaḥassa[he] sensedعِيسَىٰʿīsāJesusمِنْهُمُmin'humufrom themٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'rathe disbeliefقَالَqālahe said,مَنْman"Who (are)أَنصَارِىٓanṣārīmy helpers / supportersإِلَىilāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."قَالَqāla[He] saidٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَl-ḥawāriyūnathe disciplesنَحْنُnaḥnu"We (are)أَنصَارُanṣāruhelpersٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ءَامَنَّاāmannāwe believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱشْهَدْwa-ish'hadand bear witnessبِأَنَّاbi-annāthat indeed we (are)مُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters. ﴿٥٢﴾

[3:53] "Our Lord, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we have followed the messenger; count us among the witnesses."

رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord,ءَامَنَّاāmannāwe believedبِمَآbimāin whatأَنزَلْتَanzaltaYou revealedوَٱتَّبَعْنَاwa-ittabaʿnāand we followedٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messenger,فَٱكْتُبْنَاfa-uk'tub'nāthen write us (*count us)مَعَmaʿaamongٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses." ﴿٥٣﴾

[3:54] They plotted and schemed, but so did GOD, and GOD is the best schemer.

وَمَكَرُوا۟wamakarūAnd they schemed,وَمَكَرَwamakaraand [He] schemedٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)خَيْرُkhayru(the) best (of)ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَl-mākirīna[the] schemers. ﴿٥٤﴾

*3:54-55 We learn that Jesus' soul, the real person, was raised, i.e., Jesus' life on earth was terminated, prior to the arrest, torture, and crucifixion of his empty, soulless, but physiologically living body (See the details in Appendix 22).

[3:55] Thus, GOD said, "O Jesus, I am terminating your life, raising you to Me, and ridding you of the disbelievers. I will exalt those who follow you above those who disbelieve, till the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is the ultimate destiny of all of you, then I will judge among you regarding your disputes.

إِذْidhWhenقَالَqāla[He] saidٱللَّهُl-lahuGod يَـٰعِيسَىٰٓyāʿīsā"O Jesus!إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I amمُتَوَفِّيكَmutawaffīkaOne who takes in full / (will) cause you to dieوَرَافِعُكَwarāfiʿukaby raising youإِلَىَّilayyato Myselfوَمُطَهِّرُكَwamuṭahhirukaand One who purifies youمِنَminafromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,وَجَاعِلُwajāʿiluand placing / makingٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّبَعُوكَittabaʿūka[they] followed youفَوْقَfawqaover / above / superiorٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.ثُمَّthummaThenإِلَىَّilayyato Me (is)مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumyour ultimate return / destiny.فَأَحْكُمُfa-aḥkumuThen I will judgeبَيْنَكُمْbaynakumbetween you [all]فِيمَاfīmāabout whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] wereفِيهِfīhi[in it]تَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūnayou [all] differ / dispute. ﴿٥٥﴾

[3:56] "As for those who disbelieve, I will commit them to painful retribution in this world, and in the Hereafter. They will have no helpers."

فَأَمَّاfa-ammā"Then as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْfa-uʿadhibuhumthen I will punish / commit themعَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment / retributionشَدِيدًاshadīdansevereفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhiratiand (in) the Hereafter.وَمَاwamāAnd notلَهُمlahumfor themمِّنminanyنَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers. ﴿٥٦﴾

[3:57] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, He will fully recompense them. GOD does not love the unjust.

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deedsفَيُوَفِّيهِمْfayuwaffīhimthen He will pay them in fullأُجُورَهُمْujūrahumtheir reward.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٥٧﴾

[3:58] These are the revelations that we recite to you, providing a message full of wisdom.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)نَتْلُوهُnatlūhu(what) we recite [it]عَلَيْكَʿalaykato youمِنَminaofٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelationsوَٱلذِّكْرِwal-dhik'riand the reminder / messageٱلْحَكِيمِl-ḥakīmifull of wisdom. ﴿٥٨﴾

[3:59] The example of Jesus, as far as GOD is concerned, is the same as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him, "Be," and he was.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,مَثَلَmathalaan example ofعِيسَىٰʿīsāJesusعِندَʿindain the sight ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)كَمَثَلِkamathalilike an example ofءَادَمَādamaAdam.خَلَقَهُۥkhalaqahuHe created himمِنminfromتُرَابٍturābindustثُمَّthummathenقَالَqālaHe saidلَهُۥlahuto him,كُنkun"Be,"فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand he became. ﴿٥٩﴾

*3:59 The "equality" of the creation of Jesus and Adam is confirmed mathematically; Jesus and Adam are mentioned in the Quran the same number of times; 25 times each.

[3:60] This is the truth from your Lord; do not harbor any doubts.

ٱلْحَقُّal-ḥaqu(This is) the truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَكُنtakun[you] beمِّنَminaamongٱلْمُمْتَرِينَl-mum'tarīnathe doubters. ﴿٦٠﴾

[3:61] If anyone argues with you, despite the knowledge you have received, then say, "Let us summon our children and your children, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us invoke GOD's curse upon the liars."

فَمَنْfamanThen whoeverحَآجَّكَḥājjaka[he] argues with youفِيهِfīhiconcerning itمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَكَjāakait came to youمِنَminaofٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledgeفَقُلْfaqulthen say,تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw"Come [you all]نَدْعُnadʿuwe callأَبْنَآءَنَاabnāanāour childrenوَأَبْنَآءَكُمْwa-abnāakumand your children,وَنِسَآءَنَاwanisāanāand our womenوَنِسَآءَكُمْwanisāakumand your women,وَأَنفُسَنَاwa-anfusanāand ourselvesوَأَنفُسَكُمْwa-anfusakumand yourselves,ثُمَّthummathenنَبْتَهِلْnabtahilwe humbly pray,فَنَجْعَلfanajʿaland [we] place / invokeلَّعْنَتَlaʿnata(the) curseٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَىʿalāuponٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars. ﴿٦١﴾

[3:62] Absolutely, this is the narration of the truth. Absolutely, there is no god except GOD. Absolutely, GOD is the Almighty, Most Wise.

إِنَّinnaIndeedهَـٰذَاhādhāthis,لَهُوَlahuwasurely it (is)ٱلْقَصَصُl-qaṣaṣuthe account / narration (of)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth.وَمَاwamāAnd notمِنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهُl-lahuGod.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,لَهُوَlahuwasurely He (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٦٢﴾

[3:63] If they turn away, then GOD is fully aware of the evildoers.

فَإِنfa-inAnd ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knowing / fully aware,بِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَbil-muf'sidīnaof the ones who corrupt / evildoers. ﴿٦٣﴾

[3:64] Say, "O followers of the scripture, let us come to a logical agreement between us and you: that we shall not worship except GOD; that we never set up any idols besides Him, nor set up any human beings as lords beside GOD." If they turn away, say, "Bear witness that we are submitters."

قُلْqulSay,يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla"O people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture!تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome [you all]إِلَىٰilātoكَلِمَةٍkalimatina word (agreement)سَوَآءٍۭsawāinequitableبَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween usوَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you [all]أَلَّاallāthat notنَعْبُدَnaʿbudawe worshipإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,وَلَاwalāand notنُشْرِكَnush'rikawe associate partners / idolsبِهِۦbihiwith Himشَيْـًٔاshayananything,وَلَاwalāand notيَتَّخِذَyattakhidha[he] takeبَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunāsome of usبَعْضًاbaʿḍan(to) some othersأَرْبَابًاarbāban(as) lordsمِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."فَإِنfa-inThen ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away,فَقُولُوا۟faqūlūthen say [you all],ٱشْهَدُوا۟ish'hadū"Bear witness [you all]بِأَنَّاbi-annāthat indeed we (are)مُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters." ﴿٦٤﴾

[3:65] O followers of the scripture, why do you argue about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Do you not understand?

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture!لِمَlimaWhy (do)تُحَآجُّونَtuḥājjūnayou [all] argueفِىٓfīconcerningإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَمَآwamāwhile notأُنزِلَتِunzilati[it] was revealedٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُl-tawrātuthe Torahوَٱلْإِنجِيلُwal-injīluand the Gospelإِلَّاillāexceptمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦٓbaʿdihiafter him?أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou [all] understand? ﴿٦٥﴾

[3:66] You have argued about things you knew; why do you argue about things you do not know? GOD knows, while you do not know.

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumHere you [all] areهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (who)حَـٰجَجْتُمْḥājajtumyou [all] arguedفِيمَاfīmāabout what (is)لَكُمlakum[for] you [all]بِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'munknowledge.فَلِمَfalimaThen why (do)تُحَآجُّونَtuḥājjūnayou [all] argueفِيمَاfīmāabout whatلَيْسَlaysanotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]بِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'munany knowledge.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيَعْلَمُyaʿlamu[He] knows,وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]لَاlā(do) notتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿٦٦﴾

[3:67] Abraham was neither Jewish, nor Christian; he was a monotheist submitter. He never was an idol worshiper.

مَاmāNotكَانَkāna[he] wasإِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuAbrahamيَهُودِيًّاyahūdiyyanJewishوَلَاwalāand notنَصْرَانِيًّاnaṣrāniyyanChristianوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانَkānahe wasحَنِيفًاḥanīfana monotheistمُّسْلِمًاmus'limansubmitter,وَمَاwamāand notكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminafromٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers. ﴿٦٧﴾

[3:68] The people most worthy of Abraham are those who followed him, and this prophet, and those who believe. GOD is the Lord and Master of the believers.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,أَوْلَىawlāthe closest / nearest / best to claim relationship (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleبِإِبْرَٰهِيمَbi-ib'rāhīmawith Abrahamلَلَّذِينَlalladhīna(are) surely those whoٱتَّبَعُوهُittabaʿūhuthey followed himوَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand thisٱلنَّبِىُّl-nabiyu[the] prophetوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)وَلِىُّwaliyyua Guardian / Lord and Master (of)ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿٦٨﴾

[3:69] Some followers of the scripture wish to lead you astray, but they only lead themselves astray, without perceiving.

وَدَّتwaddat[It] wishedطَّآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنْminfromأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scriptureلَوْlawifيُضِلُّونَكُمْyuḍillūnakumthey (could) lead you [all] astray,وَمَاwamāand notيُضِلُّونَyuḍillūnathey lead astrayإِلَّآillāexceptأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselvesوَمَاwamāand notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive. ﴿٦٩﴾

[3:70] O followers of the scripture, why do you reject these revelations of GOD though you bear witness (that this is the truth)?

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture!لِمَlimaWhy (do)تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou [all] rejectبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti[in] (the) signs / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَشْهَدُونَtashhadūna[you all] bear witness? ﴿٧٠﴾

[3:71] O followers of the scripture, why do you confound the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth, knowingly?

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture!لِمَlimaWhy (do)تَلْبِسُونَtalbisūnayou [all] confoundٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truthبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith the falsehoodوَتَكْتُمُونَwataktumūnaand you [all] concealٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truthوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know? ﴿٧١﴾

[3:72] Some followers of the scripture say, "Believe in what was sent down to the believers in the morning, and reject it in the evening; maybe someday they will revert.

وَقَالَتwaqālatAnd [it] saidطَّآئِفَةٌṭāifatuna groupمِّنْminofأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scripture,ءَامِنُوا۟āminū"Believe [you all]بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that whichأُنزِلَunzilait was revealed / sent downعَلَىʿalātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَجْهَwajha(at the) face / beginningٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day,وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟wa-uk'furūand [they] rejectedءَاخِرَهُۥākhirahu(at) its end,لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they mayيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna[they] return / revert. ﴿٧٢﴾

[3:73] "And do not believe except as those who follow your religion." Say, "The true guidance is GOD's guidance." If they claim that they have the same guidance, or argue with you about your Lord, say, "All grace is in GOD's hand; He bestows it upon whomever He wills." GOD is Bounteous, Omniscient.

وَلَاwalā"And (do) notتُؤْمِنُوٓا۟tu'minūyou [all] believeإِلَّاillāexceptلِمَنlimanfor one (who)تَبِعَtabiʿahe followedدِينَكُمْdīnakumyour religion."قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeedٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe (true) guidance (is)هُدَىhudā(the) guidanceٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God."أَنanLestيُؤْتَىٰٓyu'tā[he] is givenأَحَدٌaḥadunone مِّثْلَmith'lalikeمَآmāwhatأُوتِيتُمْūtītumyou [all] were givenأَوْaworيُحَآجُّوكُمْyuḥājjūkumthey argue with you [all]عِندَʿindaaboutرَبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord.قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeed,ٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe bounty / grace (is)بِيَدِbiyadiin (the) hand ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives itمَنman(to) whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿunAll-Encompassing / Bounteous,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient." ﴿٧٣﴾

[3:74] He specifies His mercy for whomever He wills; GOD possesses unlimited grace.

يَخْتَصُّyakhtaṣṣuHe chooses / specifiesبِرَحْمَتِهِۦbiraḥmatihifor His mercyمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli[the] bounty / graceٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi[the] great / unlimited. ﴿٧٤﴾

[3:75] Some followers of the scripture can be trusted with a whole lot, and they will give it back to you. Others among them cannot be trusted with a single dinar; they will not repay you unless you keep after them. That is because they say, "We do not have to be honest when dealing with the gentiles!"* Thus, they attribute lies to GOD, knowingly.

وَمِنْwaminAnd fromأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe book / scriptureمَنْman(is he) who,إِنinifتَأْمَنْهُtamanhuyou entrust himبِقِنطَارٍbiqinṭārinwith a great amount of wealthيُؤَدِّهِۦٓyu-addihihe will pay it backإِلَيْكَilaykato you.وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd from themمَّنْman(is he) who,إِنinifتَأْمَنْهُtamanhuyou entrust himبِدِينَارٍbidīnārinwith a dinarلَّاlānotيُؤَدِّهِۦٓyu-addihihe will pay it backإِلَيْكَilaykato youإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāthatدُمْتَdum'tayou were constantlyعَلَيْهِʿalayhiover himقَآئِمًاqāimanstanding.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyقَالُوا۟qālū[they] said,لَيْسَlaysa"Notعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāon usفِىfīconcerningٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَl-umiyīnathe gentilesسَبِيلٌsabīlunany cause / responsibility / accountability."وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lieوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٧٥﴾

*3:75 Prior to the discovery of the Quran's mathematical code, some scholars falsely claimed that Muhammad was an illiterate man who could not write such a great book. They distorted the meaning of the word "Ummy," claiming that it meant "illiterate." This verse proves that "Ummiyyeen" means "gentiles" (See also 62:2 & Appendix 28).

[3:76] Indeed, those who fulfill their obligations and lead a righteous life, GOD loves the righteous.

بَلَىٰbalāIndeed,مَنْmanwhoeverأَوْفَىٰawfā[he] fulfilledبِعَهْدِهِۦbiʿahdihiin his covenantوَٱتَّقَىٰwa-ittaqāand he maintained righteousness,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathose who maintain righteousness. ﴿٧٦﴾

[3:77] As for those who trade away GOD's covenant, and their obligations, for a cheap price, they receive no share in the Hereafter. GOD will not speak to them, nor look at them, on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them. They have incurred a painful retribution.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَشْتَرُونَyashtarūnathey sell / tradeبِعَهْدِbiʿahdiof (the) covenantٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَأَيْمَـٰنِهِمْwa-aymānihimand their oathsثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a priceقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle (cheap),أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseلَاlānoخَلَـٰقَkhalāqashareلَهُمْlahumfor themفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterوَلَاwalāand notيُكَلِّمُهُمُyukallimuhumu[He] will speak to them,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَلَاwalāand notيَنظُرُyanẓuruHe will lookإِلَيْهِمْilayhimat themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionوَلَاwalāand notيُزَكِّيهِمْyuzakkīhimHe will purify them,وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٧٧﴾

[3:78] Among them are those who twist their tongues to imitate the scripture, that you may think it is from the scripture, when it is not from the scripture, and they claim that it is from GOD, when it is not from GOD. Thus, they utter lies and attribute them to GOD, knowingly.

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them (is)لَفَرِيقًاlafarīqansurely a groupيَلْوُۥنَyalwūnathey twistأَلْسِنَتَهُمalsinatahumtheir tonguesبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābiin (reciting) the scriptureلِتَحْسَبُوهُlitaḥsabūhuso that you [all] may think it (is)مِنَminafromٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureوَمَاwamāand notهُوَhuwait (is)مِنَminafromٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture.وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say,هُوَhuwa"It (is)مِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[by]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."وَمَاwamāBut notهُوَhuwaitمِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[by]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they sayعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lieوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٧٨﴾

[3:79] Never would a human being whom GOD blessed with the scripture and prophethood say to the people, "Idolize me beside GOD." Instead, (he would say), "Devote yourselves absolutely to your Lord alone," according to the scripture you preach and the teachings you learn.

مَاmāNotكَانَkānait is becomingلِبَشَرٍlibasharinfor a humanأَنanthatيُؤْتِيَهُyu'tiyahu[He] gives himٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,وَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the wisdom,وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the prophethood,ثُمَّthummathenيَقُولَyaqūlahe saysلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the people,كُونُوا۟kūnū"Be [you all]عِبَادًاʿibādanworshipersلِّىlīof meمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod."وَلَـٰكِنwalākinBut (he would say)كُونُوا۟kūnū"Be [you all]رَبَّـٰنِيِّـۧنَrabbāniyyīnapractitioners / scholars / worshipers of the Lordبِمَاbimāin whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتُعَلِّمُونَtuʿallimūna[you all] teach (preach)ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba(of) the scriptureوَبِمَاwabimāand in whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَدْرُسُونَtadrusūna[you all] study (of it)." ﴿٧٩﴾

[3:80] Nor would he command you to idolize the angels and the prophets as lords. Would he exhort you to disbelieve after becoming submitters?

وَلَاwalāAnd notيَأْمُرَكُمْyamurakumhe commands you [all]أَنanthatتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūyou [all] takeٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe angels,وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَwal-nabiyīnaand the prophetsأَرْبَابًاarbāban(as) lords.أَيَأْمُرُكُمayamurukumWould he order you [all]بِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'rito [the] disbeliefبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِذْidhwhenأَنتُمantumyou [all] (were)مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters? ﴿٨٠﴾

[3:81] GOD took a covenant from the prophets, saying, "I will give you the scripture and wisdom. Afterwards, a messenger will come to confirm all existing scriptures. You shall believe in him and support him." He said, "Do you agree with this, and pledge to fulfill this covenant?" They said, "We agree." He said, "You have thus borne witness, and I bear witness along with you."

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذَakhadha[He] tookٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa covenant (from)ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe prophets,لَمَآlamā(saying) "Surely thatءَاتَيْتُكُمātaytukumI gave you [all]مِّنminofكِتَـٰبٍkitābinscriptureوَحِكْمَةٍwaḥik'matinand wisdomثُمَّthummathen / afterwardsجَآءَكُمْjāakum[he] came to you [all]رَسُولٌrasūluna messengerمُّصَدِّقٌmuṣaddiqunone who verifies / confirmsلِّمَاlimāof what (is)مَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all],لَتُؤْمِنُنَّlatu'minunnasurely you [all] will believeبِهِۦbihiin himوَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥwalatanṣurunnahuand surely you [all] will support him."قَالَqālaHe (God) said,ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْa-aqrartum"Have you [all] affirmed / agreedوَأَخَذْتُمْwa-akhadhtumand you [all] took / acceptedعَلَىٰʿalāonذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumthat (condition) [you all]إِصْرِىiṣ'rī(of) My burden / responsibility / covenant?"قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَقْرَرْنَاaqrarnā"We agreed."قَالَqālaHe said,فَٱشْهَدُوا۟fa-ish'hadū"Then bear witness [you all],وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I amمَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you [all]مِّنَminaamongٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses." ﴿٨١﴾

*3:81 This major prophecy has now been fulfilled. God's Messenger of the Covenant, as prophesied in this verse and in the Bible's Malachi 3:1-21, Luke 17:22-36, & Matthew 24:27 is to purify and unify God's messages which were delivered by God's prophets. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. have been severely corrupted. It is the will of Almighty God to purify them and unify them under the banner of worshiping Him alone. Overwhelming evidence has been provided by God in support of His Messenger of the Covenant, whose name is incontrovertibly specified in the Quran's mathematical code as "Rashad Khalifa."For example, adding the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the verse number (81) gives 1311, or 19x69 (see Appendix 2 for the detailed evidence).

[3:82] Those who reject this (Quranic prophecy) are the evil ones.

فَمَنfamanThen whoeverتَوَلَّىٰtawallāhe turned awayبَعْدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient / wicked / evil ones. ﴿٨٢﴾

[3:83] Are they seeking other than GOD's religion, when everything in the heavens and the earth has submitted to Him, willingly and unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned?

أَفَغَيْرَafaghayraSo is it other thanدِينِdīni(the) religionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godيَبْغُونَyabghūnathey seek?وَلَهُۥٓwalahuWhile to Himأَسْلَمَaslama[it] submittedمَنmanwhoever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,طَوْعًاṭawʿanwillinglyوَكَرْهًاwakarhanor unwillingly,وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Himيُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnathey will return. ﴿٨٣﴾

[3:84] 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, Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction among any of them. To Him alone we are submitters."

قُلْqulSay,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealed / sent downعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto usوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealed / sent downعَلَىٰٓʿalātoإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamوَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ismail,وَإِسْحَـٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac,وَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Jacob,وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِwal-asbāṭiand the Patriarchsوَمَآwamāand whatأُوتِىَūtiya[he] was givenمُوسَىٰmūsā(to) Moses,وَعِيسَىٰwaʿīsāand Jesus,وَٱلنَّبِيُّونَwal-nabiyūnaand the prophetsمِنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.لَاlāNotنُفَرِّقُnufarriquwe make distinctionبَيْنَbaynabetweenأَحَدٍaḥadinany oneمِّنْهُمْmin'humof themوَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand we (are)لَهُۥlahuto Himمُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters. ﴿٨٤﴾

[3:85] Anyone who accepts other than Submission as his religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter, he will be with the losers.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَبْتَغِyabtaghihe seeksغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِl-is'lāmi[the] Submissionدِينًاdīnan(as) religionفَلَنfalanthen neverيُقْبَلَyuq'balait will be acceptedمِنْهُmin'hufrom himوَهُوَwahuwaand heفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter,مِنَmina(will be) amongٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers. ﴿٨٥﴾

[3:86] Why should GOD guide people who disbelieved after believing, and after witnessing that the messenger is truth, and after solid proofs* have been given to them? GOD does not guide the wicked.

كَيْفَkayfaHow (*Why should)يَهْدِىyahdī[He] guidesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodقَوْمًاqawmana people (who)كَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِيمَـٰنِهِمْīmānihimtheir faith / beliefوَشَهِدُوٓا۟washahidūand they witnessedأَنَّannathatٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe messenger (is)حَقٌّḥaqquntrue,وَجَآءَهُمُwajāahumuand [it] came to themٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs?وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيَهْدِىyahdīHe guidesٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٨٦﴾

*3:86 Verses 3:82-90 inform us that those who reject God's Messenger of the Covenant are no longer submitters (Muslims), since they no longer believe the Quran. The proofs mentioned in 3:86 refer to the Quran's mathematical code, which was revealed through God's Messenger of the Covenant. Both 3:86 and 3:90 talk about "disbelieving after believing."

[3:87] These have incurred condemnation by GOD, and the angels, and all the people.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseجَزَآؤُهُمْjazāuhumtheir requital,أَنَّannathatعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them (is)لَعْنَةَlaʿnata(the) curseٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikatiand the angelsوَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the peopleأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together. ﴿٨٧﴾

[3:88] Eternally they abide therein; the retribution is never commuted for them, nor will they be reprieved.

خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[Ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.لَاlāNotيُخَفَّفُyukhaffafu[it] will be lightened / commutedعَنْهُمُʿanhumufor themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment / retributionوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيُنظَرُونَyunẓarūna[they] will be respited / reprieved. ﴿٨٨﴾

[3:89] Exempted are those who repent thereafter, and reform. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoتَابُوا۟tābūthey repentedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,وَأَصْلَحُوا۟wa-aṣlaḥūand [they] reformed.فَإِنَّfa-innaThen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿٨٩﴾

[3:90] Those who disbelieve after believing, then plunge deeper into disbelief, their repentance will not be accepted from them; they are the real strayers.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِيمَـٰنِهِمْīmānihimtheir faith / beliefثُمَّthummathenٱزْدَادُوا۟iz'dādūthey increased (in)كُفْرًاkuf'randisbeliefلَّنlanneverتُقْبَلَtuq'bala[it] will be acceptedتَوْبَتُهُمْtawbatuhumtheir repentance,وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلضَّآلُّونَl-ḍālūnathe ones astray. ﴿٩٠﴾

[3:91] Those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers, an earthful of gold will not be accepted from any of them, even if such a ransom were possible. They have incurred painful retribution; they will have no helpers.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَمَاتُوا۟wamātūand they diedوَهُمْwahumwhile they (are)كُفَّارٌkuffārundisbelievers,فَلَنfalanthen neverيُقْبَلَyuq'balait will be acceptedمِنْminfromأَحَدِهِمaḥadihimany one of themمِّلْءُmil'ufillingٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthذَهَبًاdhahaban(with) goldوَلَوِwalawieven ifٱفْتَدَىٰif'tadāhe offered as ransomبِهِۦٓbihitherein.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainfulوَمَاwamāand notلَهُمlahum(will be) for themمِّنminanyنَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers. ﴿٩١﴾

[3:92] You cannot attain righteousness until you give to charity from the possessions you love. Whatever you give to charity, GOD is fully aware thereof.

لَنlanNeverتَنَالُوا۟tanālūyou [all] will attainٱلْبِرَّl-birathe righteousnessحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou [all] spend / giveمِمَّاmimmāfrom whatتُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou [all] love.وَمَاwamāAnd whateverتُنفِقُوا۟tunfiqūyou [all] spend / giveمِنminfromشَىْءٍshayinanything,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodبِهِۦbihiof it (is)عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing / fully aware. ﴿٩٢﴾

[3:93] All food used to be lawful for the Children of Israel, until Israel imposed certain prohibitions on themselves before the Torah was sent down. Say, "Bring the Torah and read it, if you are truthful."

كُلُّkulluAllٱلطَّعَامِl-ṭaʿāmi[the] foodكَانَkānait wasحِلًّاḥillanlawfulلِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsraelإِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatحَرَّمَḥarrama[it] made unlawful / prohibitedإِسْرَٰٓءِيلُis'rāīluIsrael عَلَىٰʿalāuponنَفْسِهِۦnafsihiitselfمِنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنanthatتُنَزَّلَtunazzala[it] was revealed / sent downٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُl-tawrātuthe Torah.قُلْqulSay,فَأْتُوا۟fatū"So bring [you all]بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِbil-tawrātiin the Torahفَٱتْلُوهَآfa-it'lūhāand recite / read it [you all]إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]." ﴿٩٣﴾

[3:94] Those who fabricate false prohibitions after this, and attribute them to GOD, are truly wicked.

فَمَنِfamaniThen whoeverٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāhe fabricatedعَلَىʿalāaboutٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lieمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers. ﴿٩٤﴾

[3:95] Say, "GOD has proclaimed the truth: You shall follow Abraham's religion - monotheism. He never was an idolator."

قُلْqulSay,صَدَقَṣadaqa"[He] spoke the truth,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَٱتَّبِعُوا۟fa-ittabiʿūthen follow [you all]مِلَّةَmillata(the) religionإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Abrahamحَنِيفًاḥanīfanmonotheism,وَمَاwamāand notكَانَkānahe wasمِنَminaofٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists / idol worshipers." ﴿٩٥﴾

[3:96] The most important shrine established for the people is the one in Becca;* a blessed beacon for all the people.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,أَوَّلَawwala(the) firstبَيْتٍbaytinhouseوُضِعَwuḍiʿait was set up / establishedلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people (is)لَلَّذِىlalladhīsurely the one which (is)بِبَكَّةَbibakkatain Becca,مُبَارَكًاmubārakana blessed place,وَهُدًىwahudanand a guidance / beaconلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds / for all (the) people. ﴿٩٦﴾

*3:96 This is an M-initialed sura, and this peculiar spelling of "Mecca" as "Becca" causes the occurrence of "M" to conform to the Quran's mathematical code. The normal spelling "Mecca" would have increased the frequency of occurrence of "M" (Appendix 1).

[3:97] In it are clear signs: the station of Abraham. Anyone who enters it shall be granted safe passage. The people owe it to GOD that they shall observe Hajj to this shrine, when they can afford it. As for those who disbelieve, GOD does not need anyone.

فِيهِfīhiIn it (are)ءَايَـٰتٌۢāyātunsignsبَيِّنَـٰتٌbayyinātunclear,مَّقَامُmaqāmustanding place / station (of)إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbraham,وَمَنwamanand whoeverدَخَلَهُۥdakhalahu[he] enters itكَانَkāna[he] wasءَامِنًاāminansafe.وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd (due) to Godعَلَىʿalāuponٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people (is)حِجُّḥijjuHajj / pilgrimage (to)ٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe Houseمَنِmani(for one) whoٱسْتَطَاعَis'taṭāʿahe was ableإِلَيْهِilayhifor himسَبِيلًاsabīlan(find) a way / means of access.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverكَفَرَkafara[he] disbelievedفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَنِىٌّghaniyyunfree from needعَنِʿanifromٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / all people / universe. ﴿٩٧﴾

[3:98] Say, "O followers of the scripture, why do you reject these revelations of GOD, when GOD is witnessing everything you do?"

قُلْqulSay,يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla"O people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture!لِمَlimaWhy (do)تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou [all] disbelieveبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile God (is)شَهِيدٌshahīduna witnessعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do?" ﴿٩٨﴾

[3:99] Say, "O followers of the scripture, why do you repel from the path of GOD those who wish to believe, and seek to distort it, even though you are witnesses?" GOD is never unaware of anything you do.

قُلْqulSay,يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla"O people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture!لِمَlimaWhy (do)تَصُدُّونَtaṣuddūnayou [all] hinderعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) pathٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godمَنْman(those) whoءَامَنَāmana[he] believed,تَبْغُونَهَاtabghūnahā[you all] seeking (to make) itعِوَجًاʿiwajandistortedوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all] (are)شُهَدَآءُshuhadāuwitnesses?وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿٩٩﴾

[3:100] O you who believe, if you obey some of those who received the scripture, they will revert you, after having believed, into disbelievers.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِنinIfتُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿūyou [all] obeyفَرِيقًاfarīqana group / someمِّنَminafromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureيَرُدُّوكُمyaruddūkumthey will turn you [all] backبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِيمَـٰنِكُمْīmānikumyour faith / beliefكَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīna(into) disbelievers. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[3:101] How can you disbelieve, when these revelations of GOD are being recited to you, and His messenger is in your midst? Whoever holds fast to GOD will be guided in the right path.

وَكَيْفَwakayfaAnd how (can)تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou [all] disbelieveوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile to you [all]تُتْلَىٰtut'lāit is recitedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَفِيكُمْwafīkumand among you [all] (is)رَسُولُهُۥrasūluhuHis messenger?وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَعْتَصِمyaʿtaṣimhe holds fastبِٱللَّهِbil-lahito God,فَقَدْfaqadthen surelyهُدِىَhudiyahe was guidedإِلَىٰilātoصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭin(the) pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight / right. ﴿١٠١﴾

[3:102] O you who believe, you shall observe GOD as He should be observed, and do not die except as Submitters.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūObserve [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodحَقَّḥaqqa(as the) right (of)تُقَاتِهِۦtuqātihiHis observanceوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَمُوتُنَّtamūtunna[you all] dieإِلَّاillāexceptوَأَنتُمwa-antumwhile you [all] (are)مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters. ﴿١٠٢﴾

[3:103] You shall hold fast to the rope of GOD, all of you, and do not be divided. Recall GOD's blessings upon you - you used to be enemies and He reconciled your hearts. By His grace, you became brethren. You were at the brink of a pit of fire, and He saved you therefrom. GOD thus explains His revelations for you, that you may be guided.

وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟wa-iʿ'taṣimūAnd hold fast [you all]بِحَبْلِbiḥablito (the) ropeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall togetherوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَفَرَّقُوا۟tafarraqū[you all] be divided.وَٱذْكُرُوا۟wa-udh'kurūAnd remember [you all] نِعْمَتَniʿ'mata(the) favors / blessingsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]إِذْidhwhenكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] wereأَعْدَآءًaʿdāanenemiesفَأَلَّفَfa-allafathen He reconciledبَيْنَbaynabetweenقُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour heartsفَأَصْبَحْتُمfa-aṣbaḥtumthen you [all] becameبِنِعْمَتِهِۦٓbiniʿ'matihiby His graces,إِخْوَٰنًاikh'wānanbrethren.وَكُنتُمْwakuntumAnd you [all] wereعَلَىٰʿalāatشَفَاshafā(the) brinkحُفْرَةٍḥuf'ratin(of) pitمِّنَminaofٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire,فَأَنقَذَكُمfa-anqadhakumthen He saved / rescued you [all]مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it.كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThusيُبَيِّنُyubayyinu[He] makes clearٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis revelationsلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna[you all] be guided. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[3:104] Let there be a community of you who invite to what is good, advocate righteousness, and forbid evil. These are the winners.

وَلْتَكُنwaltakunAnd let there beمِّنكُمْminkumamong you [all]أُمَّةٌummatuna communityيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey inviteإِلَىilātoٱلْخَيْرِl-khayrithe goodوَيَأْمُرُونَwayamurūnaand they command / advocateبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَيَنْهَوْنَwayanhawnaand [they] forbidعَنِʿaniofٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / immorality / disapproved / evil,وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaand thoseهُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūnathe successful ones / winners. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[3:105] Do not be like those who became divided and disputed, despite the clear proofs that were given to them. For these have incurred a terrible retribution.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَكُونُوا۟takūnū[you all] beكَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those whoتَفَرَّقُوا۟tafarraqūthey became dividedوَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟wa-ikh'talafūand they differed / disputedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَاmāwhatجَآءَهُمُjāahumu[it] came to themٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُl-bayinātuthe clear proofs.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd thoseلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[3:106] The day will come when some faces will be brightened (with joy), while other faces will be darkened (with misery). As for those whose faces are darkened, they will be asked, "Did you not disbelieve after believing? Therefore, suffer the retribution for your disbelief."

يَوْمَyawma(On the) Dayتَبْيَضُّtabyaḍḍu[it] brightened by happinessوُجُوهٌwujūhun(some) facesوَتَسْوَدُّwataswadduand [it] darkened (with misery)وُجُوهٌwujūhun(some) faces.فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoseٱسْوَدَّتْis'waddat[it] disgraced / darkenedوُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhumtheir facesأَكَفَرْتُمakafartum"Have you [all] disbelievedبَعْدَbaʿdaafterإِيمَـٰنِكُمْīmānikumyour faith / belief?فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūThen taste [you all]ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retributionبِمَاbimāfor whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna[you all] disbelieve." ﴿١٠٦﴾

[3:107] As for those whose faces are brightened, they will rejoice in GOD's mercy; they abide therein forever.

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoseٱبْيَضَّتْib'yaḍḍat[it] turn brightened with joyوُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhumtheir facesفَفِىfafīthen (they will be) inرَحْمَةِraḥmati(the) mercyٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[3:108] These are GOD's revelations; we recite them to you, truthfully. GOD does not wish any hardship for the people.

تِلْكَtil'kaThese (are)ءَايَـٰتُāyātu(the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.نَتْلُوهَاnatlūhāWe recite themعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth (*truthfully).وَمَاwamāAnd notٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيُرِيدُyurīdu[He] wants / wishesظُلْمًاẓul'maninjustice (hardship)لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the people. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[3:109] To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth, and all matters are controlled by GOD.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to God (belongs)مَاmāwhatever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand whatever (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth.وَإِلَىwa-ilāAnd toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتُرْجَعُtur'jaʿuit returnsٱلْأُمُورُl-umūruall matters. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[3:110] You are the best community ever raised among the people: you advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and you believe in GOD. If the followers of the scripture believed, it would be better for them. Some of them do believe, but the majority of them are wicked.

كُنتُمْkuntumYou [all] areخَيْرَkhayra(the) bestأُمَّةٍummatincommunityأُخْرِجَتْukh'rijat[it] was brought up / raisedلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleتَأْمُرُونَtamurūnayou [all] command / advocateبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَتَنْهَوْنَwatanhawnaand you [all] forbidعَنِʿanifromٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / immorality / disapproved / evilوَتُؤْمِنُونَwatu'minūnaand you [all] believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifءَامَنَāmana[he] believedأَهْلُahlu(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureلَكَانَlakānasurely it would have beenخَيْرًاkhayrangood / betterلَّهُمlahumfor them.مِّنْهُمُmin'humuAmong them (are)ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers,وَأَكْثَرُهُمُwa-aktharuhumubut most of them (are)ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūna[the] defiantly disobedient / wicked [ones]. ﴿١١٠﴾

[3:111] They can never harm you, beyond insulting you. If they fight you, they will turn around and flee. They can never win.

لَنlanNeverيَضُرُّوكُمْyaḍurrūkumthey will harm you [all]إِلَّآillāexceptأَذًىadhanannoyance / insult. وَإِنwa-inAnd ifيُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْyuqātilūkumthey fight you [all],يُوَلُّوكُمُyuwallūkumuthey will turn (towards) you [all]ٱلْأَدْبَارَl-adbārathe backs,ثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotيُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnathey will be helped. ﴿١١١﴾

[3:112] They shall be humiliated whenever you encounter them, unless they uphold GOD's covenant, as well as their peace covenants with you. They have incurred wrath from GOD, and, consequently, they are committed to disgrace. This is because they rejected GOD's revelations, and killed the prophets unjustly. This is because they disobeyed and transgressed.

ضُرِبَتْḍuribat[It] was struck / smitedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلذِّلَّةُl-dhilatuthe humiliationأَيْنَaynawhere*مَاmāwhat (*wherever)ثُقِفُوٓا۟thuqifūthey were found / encountered (*in war),إِلَّاillāexceptبِحَبْلٍbiḥablinwith a covenantمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَحَبْلٍwaḥablinand a covenantمِّنَminafromٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people.وَبَآءُوwabāūAnd they incurredبِغَضَبٍbighaḍabinin wrathمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَضُرِبَتْwaḍuribatand it was struckعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلْمَسْكَنَةُl-maskanatuthe disgrace.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَانُوا۟kānū[they] used toيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna[they] disbelieveبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they killٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāathe prophetsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] without*حَقٍّḥaqqinright (*unjustly).ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)بِمَاbimābecauseعَصَوا۟ʿaṣawthey disobeyedوَّكَانُوا۟wakānūand they used toيَعْتَدُونَyaʿtadūna[they] transgress. ﴿١١٢﴾

[3:113] They are not all the same; among the followers of the scripture, there are those who are righteous. They recite GOD's revelations through the night, and they fall prostrate.

لَيْسُوا۟laysūThey were notسَوَآءًsawāan(the) same;مِّنْminamongأَهْلِahli(the) people ofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture (is)أُمَّةٌummatuna communityقَآئِمَةٌqāimatunstanding firm / upright,يَتْلُونَyatlūnathey reciteءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) verses / revelations (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodءَانَآءَānāaduring / hours (of)ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightوَهُمْwahumand theyيَسْجُدُونَyasjudūna[they] prostrate. ﴿١١٣﴾

[3:114] They believe in GOD and the Last Day, they advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and they hasten to do righteous works. These are the righteous.

يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaThey believeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhirithe Lastوَيَأْمُرُونَwayamurūnaand they advocateبِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiin the kindness / morality / approved / righteousnessوَيَنْهَوْنَwayanhawnaand they forbidعَنِʿani[from]ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong / immorality / disapproved / evilوَيُسَـٰرِعُونَwayusāriʿūnaand they hastenفِىfīinٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātithe righteous works.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those (are)مِنَminafromٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١١٤﴾

[3:115] Any good they do will not go unrewarded. GOD is fully aware of the righteous.

وَمَاwamāAnd whateverيَفْعَلُوا۟yafʿalūthey doمِنْminofخَيْرٍkhayringood,فَلَنfalanthen neverيُكْفَرُوهُyuk'farūhuthey will be denied it (unrewarded).وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knowing / fully awareبِٱلْمُتَّقِينَbil-mutaqīnaof the righteous [ones]. ﴿١١٥﴾

[3:116] Those who disbelieved can never be helped by their money or their children against GOD. They have incurred Hell, wherein they abide forever.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,لَنlanneverتُغْنِىَtugh'niyait will avail / helpعَنْهُمْʿanhum[for] themأَمْوَٰلُهُمْamwāluhumtheir wealthوَلَآwalāand notأَوْلَـٰدُهُمawlāduhumtheir childrenمِّنَminaagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodشَيْـًٔاshayananything.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire / Hell,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿١١٦﴾

[3:117] The example of their accomplishments in this life is like a violent wind that hits the harvest of people who have wronged their souls, and wipes it out. GOD never wronged them; it is they who wronged themselves.

مَثَلُmathalu(The) example (of)مَاmāwhatيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend (accomplish)فِىfīinهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati[the] life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldكَمَثَلِkamathaliit is like the example ofرِيحٍrīḥina windفِيهَاfīhāin it (is)صِرٌّṣirrunfrost / intense cold,أَصَابَتْaṣābat[it] afflicted / hitحَرْثَḥartha(the) harvestقَوْمٍqawmin(of) a peopleظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūthey wrongedأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,فَأَهْلَكَتْهُfa-ahlakathuthen it destroyed it.وَمَاwamāAnd notظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumu[He] wronged themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَلَـٰكِنْwalākinbut (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselvesيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnathey do wrong. ﴿١١٧﴾

[3:118] O you who believe, do not befriend outsiders who never cease to wish you harm; they even wish to see you suffer. Hatred flows out of their mouths and what they hide in their chests is far worse. We thus clarify the revelations for you, if you understand.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhū[you all] takeبِطَانَةًbiṭānatan(as) friends / confidantsمِّنminfromدُونِكُمْdūnikumother than you [all] (*outsiders)لَاlā(who) notيَأْلُونَكُمْyalūnakumthey will spare you [all]خَبَالًاkhabālan(any) trouble / harm.وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wishedمَاmāthatعَنِتُّمْʿanittumyou [all] were distressed / made to suffer.قَدْqadIndeed,بَدَتِbadati[it] was apparentٱلْبَغْضَآءُl-baghḍāuthe hatredمِنْminfromأَفْوَٰهِهِمْafwāhihimtheir mouths,وَمَاwamāand whatتُخْفِىtukh'fī[it] concealsصُدُورُهُمْṣudūruhumtheir chests (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater.قَدْqadCertainlyبَيَّنَّاbayyannāwe made clearلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe verses / revelations,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] wereتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna[you all] to understand. ﴿١١٨﴾

[3:119] Here you are loving them, while they do not love you, and you believe in all the scripture. When they meet you they say, "We believe," but as soon as they leave they bite their fingers out of rage towards you. Say, "Die in your rage." GOD is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantumHere you [all] areأُو۟لَآءِulāithoseتُحِبُّونَهُمْtuḥibbūnahumyou [all] love themوَلَاwalābut notيُحِبُّونَكُمْyuḥibbūnakumthey love you [all]وَتُؤْمِنُونَwatu'minūnaand you [all] believeبِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābiin the scriptureكُلِّهِۦkullihiall of it.وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenلَقُوكُمْlaqūkumthey met you [all]قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believed."وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenخَلَوْا۟khalawthey were aloneعَضُّوا۟ʿaḍḍūthey bitعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuat you [all]ٱلْأَنَامِلَl-anāmilathe fingersمِنَmina(out) ofٱلْغَيْظِl-ghayẓi[the] rage.قُلْqulSay,مُوتُوا۟mūtū"Die [you all]بِغَيْظِكُمْbighayẓikumin your rage."إِنَّinnaIndeed.ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knowing / fully awareبِذَاتِbidhātiof (what) [it] possessedٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe hearts / minds." ﴿١١٩﴾

[3:120] When anything good comes your way they hurt, and when something bad happens to you they rejoice. If you steadfastly persevere, and maintain righteousness, their schemes will never hurt you. GOD is fully aware of everything they do.

إِنinIfتَمْسَسْكُمْtamsaskum[it] touches you [all]حَسَنَةٌḥasanatun(any) good,تَسُؤْهُمْtasu'humit grieves themوَإِنwa-inand ifتُصِبْكُمْtuṣib'kum[it] strikes you [all]سَيِّئَةٌsayyi-atunbad / adversity,يَفْرَحُوا۟yafraḥūthey rejoiceبِهَاbihāin it.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūyou [all] are patient / steadfastوَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand you [all] maintain righteousness,لَاlānotيَضُرُّكُمْyaḍurrukum[it] will harm you [all]كَيْدُهُمْkayduhumtheir plot / schemeشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)بِمَاbimāof whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey doمُحِيطٌmuḥīṭunfully aware. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[3:121] Recall that you (Muhammad) were among your people when you set out to assign to the believers their positions for battle. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallغَدَوْتَghadawtayou left early morning / departed / set outمِنْminfromأَهْلِكَahlikayour householdتُبَوِّئُtubawwi-u[you] to assignٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersمَقَـٰعِدَmaqāʿida(their) place of sitting / station / positionلِلْقِتَالِlil'qitālifor the battle.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)سَمِيعٌsamīʿunHearer,عَلِيمٌʿalīmunOmniscient. ﴿١٢١﴾

[3:122] Two groups among you almost failed, but GOD was their Lord. In GOD the believers shall trust.

إِذْidhWhenهَمَّتhammat[it] inclinedطَّآئِفَتَانِṭāifatānitwo partiesمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]أَنanthatتَفْشَلَاtafshalāthey [both] lost heart / failed,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Godوَلِيُّهُمَاwaliyyuhumā[He] was both their Protector / Lord.وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd onٱللَّهِl-lahiGodفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkaliso let [him] rely / put (their) trustٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers. ﴿١٢٢﴾

[3:123] GOD has granted you victory at Badr, despite your weakness. Therefore, you shall observe GOD, to show your appreciation.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainنَصَرَكُمُnaṣarakumu[He] granted you [all] victoryٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِبَدْرٍbibadrinin Badrوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all] (were)أَذِلَّةٌadhillatunweak.فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo reverence [you all] ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna[you all] be appreciative. ﴿١٢٣﴾

[3:124] You told the believers, "Is it not enough that your Lord supports you with three thousand angels, sent down?"

إِذْidhWhen / Recallتَقُولُtaqūluyou sayلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnato the believers,أَلَنalan"Is notيَكْفِيَكُمْyakfiyakumit enough for you [all]أَنanthatيُمِدَّكُمْyumiddakum[He] reinforces you [all]رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lordبِثَلَـٰثَةِbithalāthatiwith threeءَالَـٰفٍālāfinthousand[s]مِّنَmina[of]ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikati[the] angelsمُنزَلِينَmunzalīna[ones who are] sent down? ﴿١٢٤﴾

*3:124-125 Thirty different numbers are mentioned in the Quran. Their total comes to 162146, 19x8534. This conforms with the Quran's mathematical miracle (See Appendix One).

[3:125] Indeed, if you steadfastly persevere and maintain righteousness, then they attack you suddenly, your Lord will support you with five thousand* angels, well trained.

بَلَىٰٓbalāYes,إِنinifتَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūyou [all] are patient / steadfastوَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand you [all] maintain righteousness وَيَأْتُوكُمwayatūkumand they come upon you [all]مِّنmin[of]فَوْرِهِمْfawrihim(this) instant [of theirs] / suddenlyهَـٰذَاhādhā[this]يُمْدِدْكُمْyum'did'kum[He] will reinforce you [all]رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lordبِخَمْسَةِbikhamsatiwith fiveءَالَـٰفٍālāfinthousand[s]مِّنَmina[of]ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikati[the] angelsمُسَوِّمِينَmusawwimīna[ones who are] distinguished / well trained. ﴿١٢٥﴾

[3:126] GOD thus informs you, in order to give you good news, and to assure your hearts. Victory comes only from GOD, the Almighty, Most Wise.

وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلَهُjaʿalahu[He] made / rendered itٱللَّهُl-lahuGodإِلَّاillāexcept (as)بُشْرَىٰbush'rāgood newsلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]وَلِتَطْمَئِنَّwalitaṭma-innaand that it may be at peace / assureقُلُوبُكُمqulūbukumyour heartsبِهِۦbihiwith it.وَمَاwamāAnd (there is) notٱلنَّصْرُl-naṣru[the] victoryإِلَّاillāexceptمِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمِl-ḥakīmiMost Wise. ﴿١٢٦﴾

[3:127] He thus annihilates some disbelievers, or neutralizes them; they always end up the losers.

لِيَقْطَعَliyaqṭaʿaThat He may cut offطَرَفًاṭarafana portion / someمِّنَminaofٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedأَوْaworيَكْبِتَهُمْyakbitahumHe retstrain / suppress / neutralizes themفَيَنقَلِبُوا۟fayanqalibūso that they turn back / returnخَآئِبِينَkhāibīnadisappointed / failed [ones]. ﴿١٢٧﴾

[3:128] It is not up to you; He may redeem them, or He may punish them for their transgressions.

لَيْسَlaysaNotلَكَlakafor youمِنَminaofٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe decisionشَىْءٌshayon(of) anythingأَوْawwhetherيَتُوبَyatūbaHe redeemsعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim[to] themأَوْaworيُعَذِّبَهُمْyuʿadhibahumHe punishes themفَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumfor indeed, they (are)ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūnawrongdoers. ﴿١٢٨﴾

[3:129] To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd to God (belongs)مَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَمَاwamāand what (is)فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,يَغْفِرُyaghfiruHe forgivesلِمَنliman[for] whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيُعَذِّبُwayuʿadhibuand He punishesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful. ﴿١٢٩﴾

[3:130] O you who believe, you shall not take usury, compounded over and over. Observe GOD, that you may succeed.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَأْكُلُوا۟takulū[you all] consumeٱلرِّبَوٰٓا۟l-ribathe usuryأَضْعَـٰفًاaḍʿāfandoubled / compoundedمُّضَـٰعَفَةًmuḍāʿafatanmultiple times (*over and over).وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna[you all] succeed. ﴿١٣٠﴾

*3:130 Interest on bank deposits and interest charged on loans are lawful if they are not excessive (5-15%). Banks invest and their profits are passed on to the depositors. Since all parties are happy and no one is victimized, it is perfectly lawful to take interest from the bank (see 2:275).

[3:131] Beware of the hellfire that awaits the disbelievers.

وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear / beware [you all]ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fireٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhichأُعِدَّتْuʿiddatit was preparedلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers. ﴿١٣١﴾

[3:132] You shall obey GOD and the messenger, that you may attain mercy.

وَأَطِيعُوا۟wa-aṭīʿūAnd obey [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱلرَّسُولَwal-rasūlaand the messengerلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūna[you all] receive mercy. ﴿١٣٢﴾

[3:133] You should eagerly race towards forgiveness from your Lord and a Paradise whose width encompasses the heavens and the earth; it awaits the righteous,

وَسَارِعُوٓا۟wasāriʿūAnd hasten / vie with one another / eagerly race [you all]إِلَىٰilātoمَغْفِرَةٍmaghfiratinforgivenessمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lordوَجَنَّةٍwajannatinand a Paradiseعَرْضُهَاʿarḍuhāits width (is)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earthأُعِدَّتْuʿiddatit was preparedلِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]. ﴿١٣٣﴾

[3:134] who give to charity during the good times, as well as the bad times. They are suppressors of anger, and pardoners of the people. GOD loves the charitable.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend (charity)فِىfīinٱلسَّرَّآءِl-sarāi[the] happiness (*good times)وَٱلضَّرَّآءِwal-ḍarāiand (in) the hardshipوَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَwal-kāẓimīnaand those who are suppressors (of)ٱلْغَيْظَl-ghayẓathe angerوَٱلْعَافِينَwal-ʿāfīnaand those who pardonعَنِʿani[from]ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleوَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Godيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous / charitable [ones]. ﴿١٣٤﴾

[3:135] If they fall in sin or wrong their souls, they remember GOD and ask forgiveness for their sins - and who forgives the sins except GOD - and they do not persist in sins, knowingly.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd thoseإِذَاidhāwhenفَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey didفَـٰحِشَةًfāḥishatanimmorality / vice / gross sinأَوْaworظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamū[they] wrongedأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumtheir soulsذَكَرُوا۟dhakarūthey rememberٱللَّهَl-lahaGodفَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟fa-is'taghfarūand they ask for forgivenessلِذُنُوبِهِمْlidhunūbihimfor their sinsوَمَنwamanand whoيَغْفِرُyaghfiruhe forgivesٱلذُّنُوبَl-dhunūbathe sinsإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهُl-lahuGod?وَلَمْwalamAnd notيُصِرُّوا۟yuṣirrūthey persistعَلَىٰʿalāinمَاmāwhatفَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey didوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿١٣٥﴾

[3:136] Their recompense is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens with flowing streams; they abide therein forever. What a blessed reward for the workers!

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseجَزَآؤُهُمjazāuhumtheir recompense (is)مَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratunforgivenessمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordوَجَنَّـٰتٌwajannātunand gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.وَنِعْمَwaniʿ'maAnd an excellentأَجْرُajrurewardٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَl-ʿāmilīna(for) the (righteous) doers / workers. ﴿١٣٦﴾

[3:137] Precedents have been set for you in the past; roam the earth and note the consequences for the unbelievers.

قَدْqadCertainlyخَلَتْkhalat[it] passedمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all]سُنَنٌsunanunprecedents,فَسِيرُوا۟fasīrūthen travel [you all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthفَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see [you all]كَيْفَkayfahowكَانَkāna[it] wasعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) consequence / end / ultimate outcome (for)ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe deniers / unbelievers. ﴿١٣٧﴾

[3:138] This is a proclamation for the people, and a guidance and enlightenment for the righteous.

هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)بَيَانٌbayānuna clarification / explanation / declarationلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleوَهُدًىwahudanand guidanceوَمَوْعِظَةٌwamawʿiẓatunand warning / enlightenmentلِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]. ﴿١٣٨﴾

[3:139] You shall not waver, nor shall you grieve, for you are the ultimate victors, if you are believers.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَهِنُوا۟tahinū[you all] weaken / waverوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَحْزَنُوا۟taḥzanū[you all] grieveوَأَنتُمُwa-antumuand you [all] (will be)ٱلْأَعْلَوْنَl-aʿlawna[the] victors,إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿١٣٩﴾

[3:140] If you suffer hardship, the enemy also suffers the same hardship. We alternate the days of victory and defeat among the people. GOD thus distinguishes the true believers, and blesses some of you with martyrdom. GOD dislikes injustice.

إِنinIfيَمْسَسْكُمْyamsaskum[it] touches you [all]قَرْحٌqarḥuna wound (hardship),فَقَدْfaqadso certainlyمَسَّmassait touchedٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people (enemy)قَرْحٌqarḥuna wound (hardship)مِّثْلُهُۥmith'luhulike it.وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd thisٱلْأَيَّامُl-ayāmuthe daysنُدَاوِلُهَاnudāwiluhāwe alternate themبَيْنَbaynaamongٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleوَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlama[and] that [He] may distinguishٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,وَيَتَّخِذَwayattakhidhaand He takeمِنكُمْminkumfrom you [all]شُهَدَآءَshuhadāamartyrs.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodلَاlānotيُحِبُّyuḥibbuHe lovesٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers. ﴿١٤٠﴾

[3:141] GOD thus toughens those who believe and humiliates the disbelievers.

وَلِيُمَحِّصَwaliyumaḥḥiṣaAnd so that [He] may refine / toughenٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believed,وَيَمْحَقَwayamḥaqaand He annihilates / wipes outٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers. ﴿١٤١﴾

[3:142] Do you expect to enter Paradise without GOD distinguishing those among you who strive, and without distinguishing those who are steadfast?

أَمْamOr haveحَسِبْتُمْḥasib'tumyou [all] thoughtأَنanthatتَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou [all] enterٱلْجَنَّةَl-janatathe Paradiseوَلَمَّاwalammāwhile yetيَعْلَمِyaʿlami[He] makes evident / distinguishesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoجَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūthey strove hardمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]وَيَعْلَمَwayaʿlamaand He makes evident / distinguishesٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast [ones]. ﴿١٤٢﴾

[3:143] You used to long for death before you had to face it. Now you have faced it, right before your eyes.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] used toتَمَنَّوْنَtamannawna[you all] wishٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta(for) [the] deathمِنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeأَنan[that]تَلْقَوْهُtalqawhuyou [all] met it,فَقَدْfaqadthen indeed,رَأَيْتُمُوهُra-aytumūhuyou [all] saw itوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all]تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna[you all] look. ﴿١٤٣﴾

[3:144] Muhammad was no more than a messenger like the messengers before him. Should he die or get killed, would you turn back on your heels? Anyone who turns back on his heels, does not hurt GOD in the least. GOD rewards those who are appreciative.

وَمَاwamāAnd not (was)مُحَمَّدٌmuḥammadunMuhammadإِلَّاillāexceptرَسُولٌrasūluna messenger,قَدْqadcertainlyخَلَتْkhalatit passed awayمِنmin fromقَبْلِهِqablihibefore himٱلرُّسُلُl-rusulu[the] (other) messengers.أَفَإِي۟نafa-inSo then ifمَّاتَmātahe diedأَوْaworقُتِلَqutilahe was killedٱنقَلَبْتُمْinqalabtum(would) you [all] turned backعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَعْقَـٰبِكُمْaʿqābikumyour heels?وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَنقَلِبْyanqalib[he] turns backعَلَىٰʿalāonعَقِبَيْهِʿaqibayhihis heelsفَلَنfalanthen neverيَضُرَّyaḍurrahe will he hurtٱللَّهَl-lahaGodشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything.وَسَيَجْزِىwasayajzī And [He] will rewardٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe appreciative ones. ﴿١٤٤﴾

[3:145] No one dies except by GOD's leave, at a predetermined time. Whoever seeks the vanities of this world, we give him therefrom, and whoever seeks the rewards of the Hereafter, we bless him therein. We reward those who are appreciative.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānait wasلِنَفْسٍlinafsinfor a soulأَنanthatتَمُوتَtamūta[it] diesإِلَّاillāexceptبِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكِتَـٰبًاkitāban(at a) decreedمُّؤَجَّلًاmu-ajjalanappointed term.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيُرِدْyuridhe desiresثَوَابَthawāba(the) rewardٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the worldنُؤْتِهِۦnu'tihiwe will give himمِنْهَاmin'hātherefrom;وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُرِدْyuridhe desiresثَوَابَthawāba(the) rewardٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafterنُؤْتِهِۦnu'tihiwe will give himمِنْهَاmin'hātherein.وَسَنَجْزِىwasanajzīAnd we will rewardٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe appreciative ones. ﴿١٤٥﴾

[3:146] Many a prophet had godly people fight along with him, without ever wavering under pressure in the cause of GOD, nor did they hesitate or become discouraged. GOD loves the steadfast.

وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how manyمِّنminfromنَّبِىٍّnabiyyina prophetقَـٰتَلَqātalahe fought;مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himرِبِّيُّونَribbiyyūnagodly menكَثِيرٌkathīrun(were) many.فَمَاfamāBut notوَهَنُوا۟wahanūthey lost heartلِمَآlimāfor whatأَصَابَهُمْaṣābahumit befell themفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَمَاwamāand notضَعُفُوا۟ḍaʿufūthey weakened / waveredوَمَاwamāand notٱسْتَكَانُوا۟is'takānūthey showed inconsistency / gave in.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīnathe steadfast ones. ﴿١٤٦﴾

[3:147] Their only utterance was, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins, and our transgressions, strengthen our foothold, and grant us victory over the disbelievers."

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkāna[it] wereقَوْلَهُمْqawlahumtheir wordsإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lordٱغْفِرْigh'firforgiveلَنَاlanāfor usذُنُوبَنَاdhunūbanāour sinsوَإِسْرَافَنَاwa-is'rāfanāand our transgressionsفِىٓfīinأَمْرِنَاamrināour affair(s)وَثَبِّتْwathabbitand strengthenأَقْدَامَنَاaqdāmanāour footholdوَٱنصُرْنَاwa-unṣur'nāand give us victoryعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers." ﴿١٤٧﴾

[3:148] Consequently, GOD granted them the rewards of this world, and the better rewards of the Hereafter. GOD loves the good doers.

فَـَٔاتَىٰهُمُfaātāhumuSo [He] gave themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodثَوَابَthawābarewardٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(in) the worldوَحُسْنَwaḥus'naand goodثَوَابِthawābirewardٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(in) the Hereafter.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe good-doers. ﴿١٤٨﴾

[3:149] O you who believe, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, then you end up losers.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū[they] believed!إِنinIfتُطِيعُوا۟tuṭīʿūyou [all] obeyٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,يَرُدُّوكُمْyaruddūkumthey will turn you [all] backعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَعْقَـٰبِكُمْaʿqābikumyour heels,فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟fatanqalibūthen you [all] will turn back / returnخَـٰسِرِينَkhāsirīna(as) losers. ﴿١٤٩﴾

[3:150] GOD alone is your Lord and Master, and He is the best supporter.

بَلِbaliNay,ٱللَّهُl-lahuGod (is)مَوْلَىٰكُمْmawlākumyour Protector / Lord and Masterوَهُوَwahuwaand He (is)خَيْرُkhayru(the) best (of)ٱلنَّـٰصِرِينَl-nāṣirīnathe helpers / supporters. ﴿١٥٠﴾

[3:151] We will throw terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, since they set up besides GOD powerless idols. Their destiny is Hell; what a miserable abode for the transgressors!

سَنُلْقِىsanul'qīWe will castفِىfīinقُلُوبِqulūbi(the) heartsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedٱلرُّعْبَl-ruʿ'ba[the] terrorبِمَآbimābecauseأَشْرَكُوا۟ashrakūthey associated partners (idols)بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith God,مَاmāwhatلَمْlamnotيُنَزِّلْyunazzilHe sends downبِهِۦbihiin itسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanany authority / power.وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُwamawāhumuAnd their refugeٱلنَّارُl-nāru(will be) the Fire;وَبِئْسَwabi'saand a miserableمَثْوَىmathwāabode / destinyٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(for) the transgressors. ﴿١٥١﴾

[3:152] GOD has fulfilled His promise to you, and you defeated them by His leave. But then you wavered, disputed among yourselves, and disobeyed after He had shown you (the victory) you had longed for. But then, some of you became distracted by the spoils of this world, while others were rightly concerned with the Hereafter. He then diverted you from them to test you. He has pardoned you. GOD showers the believers with His grace.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for certainصَدَقَكُمُṣadaqakumu[He] fulfilled / proved true to you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَعْدَهُۥٓwaʿdahuHis promise,إِذْidhwhenتَحُسُّونَهُمtaḥussūnahumyou [all] defeated themبِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiby His permission,حَتَّىٰٓḥattāevenإِذَاidhāthenفَشِلْتُمْfashil'tumyou [all] lost courageوَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْwatanāzaʿtumand you [all] fell into disputeفِىfīconcerningٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe orderوَعَصَيْتُمwaʿaṣaytumand you [all] disobeyedمِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَآmāwhatأَرَىٰكُمarākumHe shown you [all]مَّاmāwhatتُحِبُّونَtuḥibbūnayou [all] love (longed for).مِنكُمminkumAmong you [all]مَّنman(are some) whoيُرِيدُyurīdu[he] desireٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَمِنكُمwaminkumand among you [all]مَّنman(are some) whoيُرِيدُyurīdu[he] desireٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafter.ثُمَّthummaThenصَرَفَكُمْṣarafakumHe diverted you [all]عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themلِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْliyabtaliyakumso that He may test you [all].وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for sureعَفَاʿafāHe pardonedعَنكُمْʿankum[for] you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofفَضْلٍfaḍlinfavor / grace. عَلَىʿalāforٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿١٥٢﴾

[3:153] Recall that you rushed (after the spoils), paying no attention to anyone, even when the messenger was calling from behind you. Consequently, He substituted one misery for another, that you may not grieve over anything you had missed, or agonize over any hardship you had suffered. GOD is Cognizant of everything you do.

إِذْidhWhen [in the past]تُصْعِدُونَtuṣ'ʿidūnayou [all] (were) rushingوَلَاwalāand notتَلْوُۥنَtalwūnayou [all] (were) turning backعَلَىٰٓʿalāforأَحَدٍaḥadinanyoneوَٱلرَّسُولُwal-rasūlu(even) while the messengerيَدْعُوكُمْyadʿūkumhe (was) calling you [all]فِىٓfīfromأُخْرَىٰكُمْukh'rākumbehind you [all].فَأَثَـٰبَكُمْfa-athābakumSo He repaid you [all]غَمًّۢاghammandistressبِغَمٍّbighamminwith distressلِّكَيْلَاlikaylālest / so that notتَحْزَنُوا۟taḥzanūyou [all] grieveعَلَىٰʿalāoverمَاmāwhatفَاتَكُمْfātakumit escaped you [all]وَلَاwalāand notمَآmāwhatأَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakumit befalls you [all].وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)خَبِيرٌۢkhabīrunCognizantبِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿١٥٣﴾

[3:154] After the setback, He sent down upon you peaceful slumber that pacified some of you. Others among you were selfishly concerned about themselves. They harbored thoughts about GOD that were not right - the same thoughts they had harbored during the days of ignorance. Thus, they said, "Is anything up to us?" Say, "Everything is up to GOD." They concealed inside themselves what they did not reveal to you. They said, "If it was up to us, none of us would have been killed in this battle." Say, "Had you stayed in your homes, those destined to be killed would have crawled into their death beds." GOD thus puts you to the test to bring out your true convictions, and to test what is in your hearts. GOD is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.

ثُمَّthummaThenأَنزَلَanzalaHe sent downعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you [all]مِّنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterٱلْغَمِّl-ghamithe distress / set backأَمَنَةًamanatansecurity,نُّعَاسًاnuʿāsanslumberيَغْشَىٰyaghshāHe coveredطَآئِفَةًṭāifatana groupمِّنكُمْminkumof you [all],وَطَآئِفَةٌwaṭāifatunwhile a groupقَدْqadcertainlyأَهَمَّتْهُمْahammathumtheir worry / concernأَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhum(was) themselves.يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnaThey think / assumeبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Godغَيْرَghayraother thanٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truthظَنَّẓannaa thought / assumption (of)ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِl-jāhiliyatithe days of ignorance.يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna[They] saying,هَلhal"Is (there)لَّنَاlanāfor us / upto usمِنَminafromٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matterمِنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthing (input)?"قُلْqulSay,إِنَّinna"Indeedٱلْأَمْرَl-amrathe matterكُلَّهُۥkullahuall of it (is)لِلَّهِlillahi(up) to God."يُخْفُونَyukh'fūnaThey hideفِىٓfīinأَنفُسِهِمanfusihimthemselvesمَّاmāwhatلَاlānotيُبْدُونَyub'dūnathey disclose / revealلَكَlakato you,يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaThey say,لَوْlaw"Ifكَانَkānait wasلَنَاlanāfor us / (up) to usمِنَmina[from] (regarding)ٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matterشَىْءٌshayonanythingمَّاmānotقُتِلْنَاqutil'nāwe (would have) been killedهَـٰهُنَاhāhunāhere."قُلqulSay,لَّوْlaw"Ifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] wereفِىfīinبُيُوتِكُمْbuyūtikumyour houses,لَبَرَزَlabarazasurely [he] would have come outٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomكُتِبَkutibait was decreedعَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon themٱلْقَتْلُl-qatlu[the] death*إِلَىٰilāin*مَضَاجِعِهِمْmaḍājiʿihimtheir beds (*in their deathbeds).وَلِيَبْتَلِىَwaliyabtaliya And that [He] may testٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinصُدُورِكُمْṣudūrikumyour hearts / chests,وَلِيُمَحِّصَwaliyumaḥḥiṣaand that He may purge the impurities / refines / testsمَاmāwhat (is)فِىfīinقُلُوبِكُمْqulūbikumyour hearts.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunfully awareبِذَاتِbidhātiof (what) [it] possessedٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe hearts / chests. ﴿١٥٤﴾

[3:155] Surely, those among you who turned back the day the two armies clashed have been duped by the devil. This reflects some of the (evil) works they had committed. GOD has pardoned them. GOD is Forgiver, Clement.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw[they] turned backمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]يَوْمَyawma(on the) dayٱلْتَقَىl-taqā[it] metٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two armiesإِنَّمَاinnamāonlyٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُis'tazallahumu[he] sought to make them slip (*dupe them)ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilبِبَعْضِbibaʿḍifor someمَاmā(of) whatكَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey earned.وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd for sureعَفَاʿafā[He] pardonedٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَنْهُمْʿanhum[on] them,إِنَّinnaindeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)غَفُورٌghafūrunForgiving,حَلِيمٌḥalīmunClement. ﴿١٥٥﴾

[3:156] O you who believe, do not be like those who disbelieved and said of their kinsmen who traveled or mobilized for war, "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died or gotten killed." GOD renders this a source of grief in their hearts. GOD controls life and death. GOD is Seer of everything you do.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!لَاlā(Do) notتَكُونُوا۟takūnū[you all] beكَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they saidلِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers / kinsmenإِذَاidhāwhenضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey traveledفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth / landأَوْawor (when)كَانُوا۟kānūthey wereغُزًّىghuzzanmobilizing for warلَّوْlaw"Ifكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereعِندَنَاʿindanāwith us,مَاmānotمَاتُوا۟mātūthey (would have) diedوَمَاwamāand notقُتِلُوا۟qutilūthey (would have) been killed."لِيَجْعَلَliyajʿalaSo that [He] may make / renderٱللَّهُl-lahuGodذَٰلِكَdhālikathatحَسْرَةًḥasratana regret / griefفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godيُحْىِۦyuḥ'yī[He] gives lifeوَيُمِيتُwayumītuand He causes death,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)بِمَاbimāin whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doبَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿١٥٦﴾

[3:157] Whether you get killed or die in the cause of GOD, the forgiveness from GOD, and mercy are far better than anything they hoard.

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifقُتِلْتُمْqutil'tumyou [all] were killedفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأَوْaworمُتُّمْmuttumyou [all] diedلَمَغْفِرَةٌlamaghfiratuncertainly forgivenessمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand (His) mercyخَيْرٌkhayrun(are) betterمِّمَّاmimmāthan whatيَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūnathey accumulate / hoard. ﴿١٥٧﴾

[3:158] Whether you die or get killed, you will be summoned before GOD.

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifمُّتُّمْmuttumyou [all] diedأَوْaworقُتِلْتُمْqutil'tum[you all] were killed,لَإِلَىla-ilāsurely toٱللَّهِl-lahiGodتُحْشَرُونَtuḥ'sharūnayou [all] will be summoned. ﴿١٥٨﴾

[3:159] It was mercy from GOD that you became compassionate towards them. Had you been harsh and mean-hearted, they would have abandoned you. Therefore, you shall pardon them and ask forgiveness for them, and consult them. Once you make a decision, carry out your plan, and trust in GOD. GOD loves those who trust in Him.*

فَبِمَاfabimāSo becauseرَحْمَةٍraḥmatin(of) mercyمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلِنتَlintayou dealt gentlyلَهُمْlahumwith them.وَلَوْwalawAnd ifكُنتَkuntayou had beenفَظًّاfaẓẓanrude / harshغَلِيظَghalīẓa(and) harsh / stern*ٱلْقَلْبِl-qalbi(at) [the] heart, (*mean-hearted)لَٱنفَضُّوا۟la-infaḍḍūsurely they would have scattered / dispersedمِنْminfromحَوْلِكَḥawlikaaround you.فَٱعْفُfa-uʿ'fuThen pardonعَنْهُمْʿanhum[from] themوَٱسْتَغْفِرْwa-is'taghfirand ask forgivenessلَهُمْlahumfor themوَشَاوِرْهُمْwashāwir'humand consult themفِىfīinٱلْأَمْرِl-amrithe matter.فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen whenعَزَمْتَʿazamtayou decided,فَتَوَكَّلْfatawakkalthen put (your) trustعَلَىʿalāinٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيُحِبُّyuḥibbu[He] lovesٱلْمُتَوَكِّلِينَl-mutawakilīnathe ones who put trust (in Him). ﴿١٥٩﴾

*3:159 The currency of the U.S.A. is the only currency that carries the phrase: "In God we trust." It is a fact that the American dollar has been the strongest currency in the world, and the standard by which all other currencies are measured.

[3:160] If GOD supports you, none can defeat you. And if He abandons you, who else can support you? In GOD the believers shall trust.

إِنinIfيَنصُرْكُمُyanṣur'kumu[He] helps you [all]ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَلَاfalāthen noneغَالِبَghāliba(can) overcomeلَكُمْlakum[for] you [all],وَإِنwa-inand ifيَخْذُلْكُمْyakhdhul'kumHe abandons you [all],فَمَنfamanthen who (is)ذَاdhā[of]ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whoيَنصُرُكُمyanṣurukumhe helps you [all]مِّنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter Him?وَعَلَىwaʿalāAnd inٱللَّهِl-lahiGodفَلْيَتَوَكَّلِfalyatawakkaliso let [him] rely / put (their) trustٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūnathe believers. ﴿١٦٠﴾

[3:161] Even the prophet cannot take more of the spoils of war than he is entitled to. Anyone who takes more than his rightful share will have to account for it on the Day of Resurrection. That is when each soul is paid for whatever it earned, without the least injustice.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānait wasلِنَبِىٍّlinabiyyinfor a prophetأَنanthatيَغُلَّyaghullahe defrauds / misappropriates (*takes more than his share).وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَغْلُلْyaghlulhe defrauds / misappropriates (*takes more than their share)يَأْتِyatiHe will bringبِمَاbimā[of] whatغَلَّghallahe defrauded / misappropriatedيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.ثُمَّthummaThenتُوَفَّىٰtuwaffā[it] will be paid back in fullكُلُّkullueveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulمَّاmāwhatكَسَبَتْkasabatit earnedوَهُمْwahumand they (will)لَاlānotيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna[they] be wronged. ﴿١٦١﴾

[3:162] Is one who pursues GOD's pleasure the same as one who incurs wrath from GOD and his destiny is Hell, the most miserable abode?

أَفَمَنِafamaniSo is (the one) whoٱتَّبَعَittabaʿahe followed / pursuedرِضْوَٰنَriḍ'wāna(the) pleasureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godكَمَنۢkamanlike (the one) whoبَآءَbāahe incurredبِسَخَطٍbisakhaṭinon (himself) displeasure / anger / wrathمِّنَminaofٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَمَأْوَىٰهُwamawāhuand his abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHell,وَبِئْسَwabi'saand miserable (is)ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination / destiny? ﴿١٦٢﴾

[3:163] They certainly occupy different ranks at GOD. GOD is Seer of everything they do.

هُمْhumThey (are)دَرَجَـٰتٌdarajātunranks (varying)عِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrunSeerبِمَاbimāof whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do. ﴿١٦٣﴾

[3:164] GOD has blessed the believers by raising in their midst a messenger from among them, to recite for them His revelations, and to purify them, and to teach them the scripture and wisdom. Before this, they had gone totally astray.

لَقَدْlaqadFor certainمَنَّmanna[He] bestowed a favorٱللَّهُl-lahuGodعَلَىʿalāuponٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersإِذْidhwhenبَعَثَbaʿathaHe raisedفِيهِمْfīhimamong themرَسُولًاrasūlana messengerمِّنْminfromأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselvesيَتْلُوا۟yatlū[he] recitesعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto themءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis verses / revelationsوَيُزَكِّيهِمْwayuzakkīhimand he purifies them,وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُwayuʿallimuhumuand he teaches themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book / scriptureوَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdom,وَإِنwa-inalthoughكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereمِنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore (that)لَفِىlafīsurely inضَلَـٰلٍḍalālin(the) errorمُّبِينٍmubīninclear. ﴿١٦٤﴾

[3:165] Now that you have suffered a setback, and even though you inflicted twice as much suffering (upon your enemy), you said, "Why did this happen to us?" Say, "This is a consequence of your own deeds." GOD is Omnipotent.

أَوَلَمَّآawalammāOr whenأَصَـٰبَتْكُمaṣābatkum[it] afflicted you [all]مُّصِيبَةٌmuṣībatunan affliction,قَدْqadsurelyأَصَبْتُمaṣabtumyou [all] inflicted (them)مِّثْلَيْهَاmith'layhātwice of it,قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou [all] said,أَنَّىٰannā"How (is)هَـٰذَاhādhāthis? (*How could this be?)"قُلْqulSay,هُوَhuwa"It (is)مِنْminfromعِندِʿindi[by]أَنفُسِكُمْanfusikumyourselves."إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿١٦٥﴾

[3:166] What afflicted you the day the two armies clashed was in accordance with GOD's will, and to distinguish the believers.

وَمَآwamāAnd whatأَصَـٰبَكُمْaṣābakumit struck / afflicted you [all]يَوْمَyawma(on the) dayٱلْتَقَىl-taqā[it] metٱلْجَمْعَانِl-jamʿānithe two armiesفَبِإِذْنِfabi-idh'ni[then] by (the) permissionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaand that [He] may distinguishٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers. ﴿١٦٦﴾

[3:167] And to expose the hypocrites who were told, "Come fight in the cause of GOD, or contribute." They said, "If we knew how to fight, we would have joined you." They were closer to disbelief then than they were to belief. They uttered with their mouths what was not in their hearts. GOD knows what they conceal.

وَلِيَعْلَمَwaliyaʿlamaAnd that He may make known / distinguish (expose)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoنَافَقُوا۟nāfaqūthey were hypocrites.وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was saidلَهُمْlahumto them,تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw"Come [you all]قَـٰتِلُوا۟qātilūfight [you all]فِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأَوِawiorٱدْفَعُوا۟id'faʿūdefend [you all]."قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,لَوْlaw"Ifنَعْلَمُnaʿlamuwe know (how to)قِتَالًاqitālanfightلَّٱتَّبَعْنَـٰكُمْla-ittabaʿnākumsurely we would have followed you [all]."هُمْhumTheyلِلْكُفْرِlil'kuf'rito [the] disbeliefيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinthat dayأَقْرَبُaqrabu(were) nearer / closerمِنْهُمْmin'humthan they (were)لِلْإِيمَـٰنِlil'īmānito the faith / belief,يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna[they] sayingبِأَفْوَٰهِهِمbi-afwāhihimwith their mouthsمَّاmāwhatلَيْسَlaysawas notفِىfīinقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِمَاbimāof whatيَكْتُمُونَyaktumūnathey conceal. ﴿١٦٧﴾

[3:168] They said of their kinsmen, as they stayed behind, "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then prevent your own death, if you are truthful."

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoقَالُوا۟qālū[they] saidلِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْli-ikh'wānihimabout their brothers / kinsmenوَقَعَدُوا۟waqaʿadūwhile they sat,لَوْlaw"Ifأَطَاعُونَاaṭāʿūnāthey obeyed usمَاmānotقُتِلُوا۟qutilūthey (would have) been killed."قُلْqulSay,فَٱدْرَءُوا۟fa-id'raū"Then avert / repel / prevent [you all]عَنْʿanfromأَنفُسِكُمُanfusikumuyourselvesٱلْمَوْتَl-mawta[the] deathإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful ones. ﴿١٦٨﴾

[3:169] Do not think that those who are killed in the cause of GOD are dead; they are alive at their Lord, enjoying His provisions.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَحْسَبَنَّtaḥsabannayou [all] think / assume (that)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoقُتِلُوا۟qutilū[they] were killedفِىfīinسَبِيلِsabīli(the) causeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godأَمْوَٰتًۢاamwātan(they are) dead.بَلْbalNo!أَحْيَآءٌaḥyāon(They are) alive,عِندَʿindaat رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord;يُرْزَقُونَyur'zaqūnathey are given provision. ﴿١٦٩﴾

*3:169 We learn from the Quran that the righteous do not really die; they simply leave their worldly bodies and go directly to the same Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived (2:154, 8:24, 16:32, 22:58, 44:56, & 36:26-27; see also Appendix 17).

[3:170] They are rejoicing in GOD's grace, and they have good news for their comrades who did not die with them, that they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.

فَرِحِينَfariḥīnaOnes rejoicingبِمَآbimāin whatءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu[He] gave themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis grace / favor,وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَwayastabshirūnaand they receive good newsبِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnaabout those whoلَمْlamnotيَلْحَقُوا۟yalḥaqūthey joinبِهِمbihimwith themمِّنْminfromخَلْفِهِمْkhalfihimafter themأَلَّاallāthat (there will be) noخَوْفٌkhawfunfearعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themوَلَاwalāand notهُمْhumtheyيَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna[they] will grieve. ﴿١٧٠﴾

[3:171] They have good news of GOD's blessings and grace, and that GOD never fails to reward the believers.

يَسْتَبْشِرُونَyastabshirūnaThey receive good news / rejoiceبِنِعْمَةٍbiniʿ'matinof favorمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَفَضْلٍwafaḍlinand grace,وَأَنَّwa-annaand thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُضِيعُyuḍīʿuHe lets go to wasteأَجْرَajra(the) rewardٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(for) the believers. ﴿١٧١﴾

[3:172] For those who respond to GOD and the messenger, despite the persecution they suffer, and maintain their good works, and lead a righteous life, a great reward.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābū[they] respondedلِلَّهِlillahito Godوَٱلرَّسُولِwal-rasūliand the messengerمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَآmāwhatأَصَابَهُمُaṣābahumu[it] befell themٱلْقَرْحُl-qarḥuthe injury,لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whoأَحْسَنُوا۟aḥsanūthey did goodمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themوَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqawand they led a righteous life (is)أَجْرٌajruna rewardعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٧٢﴾

[3:173] When the people say to them, "People have mobilized against you; you should fear them," this only strengthens their faith and they say, "GOD suffices us; He is the best Protector."

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoقَالَqāla[he] saidلَهُمُlahumuto themٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people,إِنَّinna"Indeedٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleقَدْqadalreadyجَمَعُوا۟jamaʿūthey gathered / assembled / united / mobilizedلَكُمْlakumagainst you [all],فَٱخْشَوْهُمْfa-ikh'shawhumso fear them [you all]."فَزَادَهُمْfazādahumBut it increased them (strengthens)إِيمَـٰنًاīmānan(in) faithوَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said,حَسْبُنَاḥasbunā"Sufficient for us (is)ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodوَنِعْمَwaniʿ'maand (He is the) bestٱلْوَكِيلُl-wakīlu[the] Protector / Defender." ﴿١٧٣﴾

[3:174] They have deserved GOD's blessings and grace. No harm ever touches them, for they have attained GOD's approval. GOD possesses infinite grace.

فَٱنقَلَبُوا۟fa-inqalabūSo they returnedبِنِعْمَةٍbiniʿ'matinwith favorمِّنَminafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodوَفَضْلٍwafaḍlinand grace.لَّمْlamNotيَمْسَسْهُمْyamsashum[it] touches themسُوٓءٌsūon(any) harm.وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūAnd they followedرِضْوَٰنَriḍ'wāna(the) pleasureٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)ذُوdhūPossessor ofفَضْلٍfaḍlingrace / favorعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat / infinite. ﴿١٧٤﴾

[3:175] It is the devil's system to instill fear into his subjects. Do not fear them and fear Me instead, if you are believers.

إِنَّمَاinnamā(It is) onlyذَٰلِكُمُdhālikumuthat [you all]ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilيُخَوِّفُyukhawwifu[he] frightens (you)أَوْلِيَآءَهُۥawliyāahu(with) his allies.فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَخَافُوهُمْtakhāfūhumyou [all] fear them,وَخَافُونِwakhāfūnibut fear Me [you all],إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] areمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers. ﴿١٧٥﴾

[3:176] Do not be saddened by those who hasten to disbelieve. They never hurt GOD in the least. Instead, GOD has willed that they will have no share in the Hereafter. They have incurred a terrible retribution.

وَلَاwalāAnd (let) notيَحْزُنكَyaḥzunka[he] grieve youٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūna[they] hastenفِىfīintoٱلْكُفْرِl-kuf'ri[the] disbelief.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyلَنlanneverيَضُرُّوا۟yaḍurrū[they] will harmٱللَّهَl-lahaGodشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything.يُرِيدُyurīdu[He] intendsٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَلَّاallāthat notيَجْعَلَyajʿalaHe will make / countلَهُمْlahumfor themحَظًّاḥaẓẓanany portionفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter.وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionعَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٧٦﴾

[3:177] Those who choose disbelief, instead of belief, do not hurt GOD in the least; they have incurred a painful retribution.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūthey purchasedٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'rathe disbeliefبِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmānifor the faithلَنlanneverيَضُرُّوا۟yaḍurrūthey will harmٱللَّهَl-lahaGodشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything,وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١٧٧﴾

[3:178] Let not the disbelievers think that we lead them on for their own good. We only lead them on to confirm their sinfulness. They have incurred a humiliating retribution.

وَلَاwalāAnd (let) notيَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabanna[they] thinkٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedأَنَّمَاannamāthat onlyنُمْلِىnum'līwe give respiteلَهُمْlahumto them (is)خَيْرٌkhayrungoodلِّأَنفُسِهِمْli-anfusihimfor themselves.إِنَّمَاinnamāOnlyنُمْلِىnum'līwe give respiteلَهُمْlahumto themلِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟liyazdādūso that they may increaseإِثْمًاith'man(in) sin,وَلَهُمْwalahumAnd for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionمُّهِينٌmuhīnunhumiliating. ﴿١٧٨﴾

[3:179] GOD is not to leave the believers as you are, without distinguishing the bad from the good. Nor does GOD inform you of the future, but GOD bestows such knowledge upon whomever He chooses from among His messengers.* Therefore, you shall believe in GOD and His messengers. If you believe and lead a righteous life, you receive a great recompense.

مَّاmāNotكَانَkāna[He] wouldٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيَذَرَliyadharathat He may leaveٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believersعَلَىٰʿalāasمَآmāwhatأَنتُمْantumyou [all] (are)عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon [it]حَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَمِيزَyamīzaHe separates / distinguishesٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabīthathe evil / badمِنَminafromٱلطَّيِّبِl-ṭayibithe good.وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkāna[He] wouldٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيُطْلِعَكُمْliyuṭ'liʿakumthat [He] may inform you [all]عَلَىʿalāaboutٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / future,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَجْتَبِىyajtabī[He] choosesمِنminfromرُّسُلِهِۦrusulihiHis messengersمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,فَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminūso believe [you all]بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His messengers,وَإِنwa-inand ifتُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou [all] believeوَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand you [all] maintain righteousnessفَلَكُمْfalakumthen for you [all] (is)أَجْرٌajruna reward / recompense عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat. ﴿١٧٩﴾

*3:179 The end of the world is one example of future events revealed to God's Messenger of the Covenant. See Footnote 72:27.

[3:180] Let not those who withhold and hoard GOD's provisions think that this is good for them; it is bad for them. For they will carry their hoardings around their necks on the Day of Resurrection. GOD is the ultimate inheritor of the heavens and the earth. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do.

وَلَاwalāAnd (let) notيَحْسَبَنَّyaḥsabannathey thinkٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَبْخَلُونَyabkhalūnathey withhold (hoard) بِمَآbimāof whatءَاتَىٰهُمُātāhumu[He] gave themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis bountyهُوَhuwa(that) it (is)خَيْرًاkhayrangoodلَّهُمlahumfor them.بَلْbalNo,هُوَhuwait (is)شَرٌّsharrunbadلَّهُمْlahumfor them.سَيُطَوَّقُونَsayuṭawwaqūnaThey will encircle (their) necks,مَاmā(with) whatبَخِلُوا۟bakhilūthey withheld / were stingyبِهِۦbihiwith it,يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)مِيرَٰثُmīrāthuInheritor (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God,بِمَاbimāin whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do (is)خَبِيرٌkhabīrunCognizant. ﴿١٨٠﴾

[3:181] GOD has heard the utterances of those who said, "GOD is poor, while we are rich." We will record everything they said, just as we recorded their killing of the prophets unjustly, and we will say, "Suffer the retribution of Hell.

لَّقَدْlaqadFor certainسَمِعَsamiʿa[He] heardٱللَّهُl-lahuGodقَوْلَqawla(the) sayingٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoقَالُوٓا۟qālū[they] said,إِنَّinna"Indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)فَقِيرٌfaqīrunpoor / needyوَنَحْنُwanaḥnuwhile we (are)أَغْنِيَآءُaghniyāurich / free from need."سَنَكْتُبُsanaktubuWe will recordمَاmāwhatقَالُوا۟qālūthey saidوَقَتْلَهُمُwaqatlahumuand their killing (of)ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَl-anbiyāathe prophetsبِغَيْرِbighayri[for] withoutحَقٍّḥaqqin(any) right,وَنَقُولُwanaqūluand we will say,ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū"Taste [you all]عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishmentٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi(of) the Burning Fire / Hell. ﴿١٨١﴾

[3:182] "This is the consequence of your own works." GOD is never unjust towards the people.

ذَٰلِكَdhālika"That (is)بِمَاbimābecause (of what)قَدَّمَتْqaddamat[it] sent forthأَيْدِيكُمْaydīkumyour hands."وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَيْسَlaysais notبِظَلَّامٍbiẓallāminever unjustلِّلْعَبِيدِlil'ʿabīdito the servants / people. ﴿١٨٢﴾

[3:183] It is they who said, "GOD has made a covenant with us that we shall not believe in any messenger, unless he produces an offering that gets consumed by fire." Say, "Messengers before me have come to you with clear proofs, including what you just demanded. Why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?"

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoقَالُوٓا۟qālū[they] said,إِنَّinna"Indeedٱللَّهَl-lahaGodعَهِدَʿahida[He] enjoined / made covenantإِلَيْنَآilaynāfrom usأَلَّاallāthat notنُؤْمِنَnu'minawe (should) believeلِرَسُولٍlirasūlinin a messengerحَتَّىٰḥattāunlessيَأْتِيَنَاyatiyanāhe brings usبِقُرْبَانٍbiqur'bāninof an offeringتَأْكُلُهُtakuluhu[it] consumes itٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe fire."قُلْqulSay,قَدْqad"Alreadyجَآءَكُمْjāakum[he] came to you [all]رُسُلٌrusulunmessengersمِّنminfromقَبْلِىqablībefore meبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear signsوَبِٱلَّذِىwabi-alladhīand in that whichقُلْتُمْqul'tumyou [all] spoke / stated.فَلِمَfalimaThen whyقَتَلْتُمُوهُمْqataltumūhumyou [all] killed them,إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful [ones]. ﴿١٨٣﴾

[3:184] If they reject you, messengers before you have been rejected, even though they brought proofs, the Psalms, and the enlightening scripture.

فَإِنfa-inThen ifكَذَّبُوكَkadhabūkathey rejected you,فَقَدْfaqadthen alreadyكُذِّبَkudhiba[it] were rejectedرُسُلٌrusulunmessengersمِّنminfromقَبْلِكَqablikabefore you.جَآءُوjāūThey cameبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear signsوَٱلزُّبُرِwal-zuburiand the Psalmsوَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiand the scriptureٱلْمُنِيرِl-munīri[the] enlightening. ﴿١٨٤﴾

[3:185] Every person tastes death, then you receive your recompense on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever misses Hell, barely, and makes it to Paradise, has attained a great triumph. The life of this world is no more than an illusion.

كُلُّkulluEveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatutastesٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death,وَإِنَّمَاwa-innamāand onlyتُوَفَّوْنَtuwaffawnayou [all] will be paid in fullأُجُورَكُمْujūrakumyour rewardيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.فَمَنfamanThen whoeverزُحْزِحَzuḥ'ziḥa[he] was spared / saved [from]عَنِʿanifromٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fireوَأُدْخِلَwa-ud'khilaand he was admittedٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(to) [the] Paradiseفَقَدْfaqadthen surelyفَازَfāzahe triumphed.وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yāthe worldإِلَّاillāexceptمَتَـٰعُmatāʿuenjoymentٱلْغُرُورِl-ghurūrithe illusion. ﴿١٨٥﴾

[3:186] You will certainly be tested, through your money and your lives, and you will hear from those who received the scripture, and from the idol worshipers, a lot of insult. If you steadfastly persevere and lead a righteous life, this will prove the strength of your faith.

لَتُبْلَوُنَّlatub'lawunnaYou [all] will certainly be testedفِىٓfīinأَمْوَٰلِكُمْamwālikumyour wealthوَأَنفُسِكُمْwa-anfusikumand your lives.وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّwalatasmaʿunnaAnd surely you [all] will hearمِنَminafromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all]وَمِنَwaminaand fromٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأَشْرَكُوٓا۟ashrakū[they] associated partners (with God)أَذًىadhanannoyance / insultكَثِيرًاkathīranmany.وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūyou [all] are patient / steadfastوَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqūand you [all] maintain righteousnessفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)مِنْminfrom / because (of)عَزْمِʿazmi(the) firm determination (of)ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūrithe commands. ﴿١٨٦﴾

*3:186 After passing the admission tests, the proven worshipers of God ALONE enjoy a perfect life, now and forever. See 10:62, 24:55, and 29:2-3.

[3:187] GOD took a covenant from those who received the scripture: "You shall proclaim it to the people, and never conceal it." But they disregarded it behind their backs, and traded it away for a cheap price. What a miserable trade.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallأَخَذَakhadha[He] tookٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِيثَـٰقَmīthāqaa covenantٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(from) those whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥlatubayyinunnahu"Surely you [all] will make it clearلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكْتُمُونَهُۥtaktumūnahuyou [all] conceal it."فَنَبَذُوهُfanabadhūhuThen they threw itوَرَآءَwarāabehindظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backsوَٱشْتَرَوْا۟wa-ish'tarawand they exchanged / tradedبِهِۦbihi[with] itثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a priceقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle (cheap).فَبِئْسَfabi'saAnd wretched (is)مَاmāwhatيَشْتَرُونَyashtarūnathey sold / traded (away). ﴿١٨٧﴾

[3:188] Those who boast about their works, and wish to be praised for something they have not really done, should not think that they can evade the retribution. They have incurred a painful retribution.

لَاlā(Do) notتَحْسَبَنَّtaḥsabannayou [all] think / suppose / assumeٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(that) those whoيَفْرَحُونَyafraḥūnathey exult / boast بِمَآbimāfor whatأَتَوا۟atawthey gave,وَّيُحِبُّونَwayuḥibbūnaand they loveأَنanthatيُحْمَدُوا۟yuḥ'madūthey be praisedبِمَاbimāfor whatلَمْlamnotيَفْعَلُوا۟yafʿalūthey doفَلَاfalāso (do) notتَحْسَبَنَّهُمtaḥsabannahumyou [all] think / assume they (will)بِمَفَازَةٍbimafāzatinever escape / evadeمِّنَminafromٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment / retribution.وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿١٨٨﴾

[3:189] To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. GOD is Omnipotent.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)مُلْكُmul'ku(the) dominion / sovereignty (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand God (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿١٨٩﴾

[3:190] In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for those who possess intelligence.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinخَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthوَٱخْتِلَـٰفِwa-ikh'tilāfiand (the) alternation (of)ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriand the day (are)لَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely signsلِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor possessors ofٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābithe understanding / intelligence. ﴿١٩٠﴾

[3:191] They remember GOD* while standing, sitting, and on their sides, and they reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth: "Our Lord, You did not create all this in vain. Be You glorified. Save us from the retribution of Hell.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūna[they] rememberٱللَّهَl-lahaGodقِيَـٰمًاqiyāman(while) standing,وَقُعُودًاwaquʿūdanand sittingوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand onجُنُوبِهِمْjunūbihimtheir sidesوَيَتَفَكَّرُونَwayatafakkarūnaand they reflectفِىfīonخَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord,مَاmānotخَلَقْتَkhalaqtaYou createdهَـٰذَاhādhāthisبَـٰطِلًاbāṭilan(in) vain.سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You,فَقِنَاfaqināso save us (from)عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment / retribution (of)ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire. ﴿١٩١﴾

*3:191 Your god is whoever or whatever occupies your mind most of the time. The true believers are those who remember God most of the time. See 23:84-89 and Appendix 27.

[3:192] "Our Lord, whomever You commit to Hell are the ones You have forsaken. Such transgressors have no helpers.

رَبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord,إِنَّكَinnakaindeed [You]مَنmanwhomتُدْخِلِtud'khiliYou admit (to)ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire / Hellفَقَدْfaqadthen surelyأَخْزَيْتَهُۥakhzaytahuYou disgraced / forsaken him.وَمَاwamāAnd notلِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoersمِنْmin(are) anyأَنصَارٍanṣārinhelpers. ﴿١٩٢﴾

[3:193] "Our Lord, we have heard a caller calling to faith and proclaiming: 'You shall believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, forgive us our transgressions, remit our sins, and let us die as righteous believers.

رَّبَّنَآrabbanā"Our Lord,إِنَّنَاinnanāindeed weسَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā[we] heardمُنَادِيًاmunādiyana callerيُنَادِىyunādī[he] callingلِلْإِيمَـٰنِlil'īmānito the faithأَنْanthatءَامِنُوا۟āminū"Believe [you all]بِرَبِّكُمْbirabbikumin your Lord,"فَـَٔامَنَّاfaāmannāso we have believed.رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lordفَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firso forgiveلَنَاlanāfor usذُنُوبَنَاdhunūbanāour sinsوَكَفِّرْwakaffirand remitعَنَّاʿannāfrom usسَيِّـَٔاتِنَاsayyiātināour evil deeds,وَتَوَفَّنَاwatawaffanāand You cause us to dieمَعَmaʿawithٱلْأَبْرَارِl-abrārithe righteous. ﴿١٩٣﴾

[3:194] "Our Lord, shower us with the blessings You promised us through Your messengers, and do not forsake us on the Day of Resurrection. You never break a promise."

رَبَّنَاrabbanā"Our Lord,وَءَاتِنَاwaātināand grant usمَاmāwhatوَعَدتَّنَاwaʿadttanāYou promised usعَلَىٰʿalāfrom (through)رُسُلِكَrusulikaYour messengersوَلَاwalāand (do) notتُخْزِنَاtukh'zināYou disgrace / forsake usيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrection.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, Youلَاlā(do) notتُخْلِفُtukh'lifuYou fail / breakٱلْمِيعَادَl-mīʿādathe promise." ﴿١٩٤﴾

[3:195] Their Lord responded to them: "I never fail to reward any worker among you for any work you do, be you male or female - you are equal to one another. Thus, those who immigrate, and get evicted from their homes, and are persecuted because of Me, and fight and get killed, I will surely remit their sins and admit them into gardens with flowing streams." Such is the reward from GOD. GOD possesses the ultimate reward.

فَٱسْتَجَابَfa-is'tajābaThen [He] respondedلَهُمْlahumto themرَبُّهُمْrabbuhumtheir Lord,أَنِّىannī"Indeed, Iلَآlānotأُضِيعُuḍīʿu[I] let go to waste / allow to be lostعَمَلَʿamaladeed(s)عَـٰمِلٍʿāmilin(of the) doerمِّنكُمminkumamong you [all]مِّنmin[from] (whether)ذَكَرٍdhakarinmaleأَوْaworأُنثَىٰunthāfemaleبَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]*مِّنۢminfrom*بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others (*you are of one another / you are equal to one another). فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaSo those whoهَاجَرُوا۟hājarūthey emigratedوَأُخْرِجُوا۟wa-ukh'rijūand they were evictedمِنminfromدِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes,وَأُوذُوا۟waūdhūand they were harmedفِىfīinسَبِيلِىsabīlīMy causeوَقَـٰتَلُوا۟waqātalūand they foughtوَقُتِلُوا۟waqutilūand they were killedلَأُكَفِّرَنَّla-ukaffirannasurely I will remove / remitعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deedsوَلَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْwala-ud'khilannahumand surely I will admit themجَنَّـٰتٍjannātin(to) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streamsثَوَابًاthawābana rewardمِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[at]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Godعِندَهُۥʿindahuwith Him (is)حُسْنُḥus'nu(the) bestٱلثَّوَابِl-thawābi[the] reward." ﴿١٩٥﴾

[3:196] Do not be impressed by the apparent success of disbelievers.

لَاlā(Let) notيَغُرَّنَّكَyaghurrannaka[they] deceive youتَقَلُّبُtaqallubumoving / going to and fro (*the apparent success)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedفِىfīinٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādithe land. ﴿١٩٦﴾

[3:197] They only enjoy temporarily, then end up in Hell; what a miserable destiny!

مَتَـٰعٌmatāʿunAn enjoymentقَلِيلٌqalīlunlittle,ثُمَّthummathenمَأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumtheir abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHellوَبِئْسَwabi'sa[and] a miserableٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu[the] resting place. ﴿١٩٧﴾

[3:198] As for those who observe their Lord, they have deserved gardens with flowing streams; they abide therein forever. Such is the abode given to them by GOD. What GOD possesses is far better for the righteous.

لَـٰكِنِlākiniButٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawthey observedرَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord,لَهُمْlahumfor themجَنَّـٰتٌjannātun(will be) gardensتَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath themٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers / streams,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin itنُزُلًاnuzulana hospitalityمِّنْminfromعِندِʿindi[near]ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَمَاwamāAnd what (is)عِندَʿindawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbestلِّلْأَبْرَارِlil'abrārifor the righteous. ﴿١٩٨﴾

[3:199] Surely, some followers of the previous scriptures do believe in GOD, and in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed to them. They reverence GOD, and they never trade away GOD's revelations for a cheap price. These will receive their recompense from their Lord. GOD is the most efficient in reckoning.

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,مِنْminamongأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureلَمَنlamansurely (are those) whoيُؤْمِنُyu'minu[he] believesبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godوَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all]وَمَآwamāand whatأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto themخَـٰشِعِينَkhāshiʿīnahumble / reverent onesلِلَّهِlillahito God.لَاlānotيَشْتَرُونَyashtarūnathey sell / trade (away)بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiof (the) verses / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a priceقَلِيلًاqalīlanlittle (cheap).أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose,لَهُمْlahumfor them,أَجْرُهُمْajruhumtheir reward (is)عِندَʿindawithرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)سَرِيعُsarīʿuswift / most efficientٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) [the] reckoning. ﴿١٩٩﴾

[3:200] O you who believe, you shall be steadfast, you shall persevere, you shall be united, you shall observe GOD, that you may succeed.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāOٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed!ٱصْبِرُوا۟iṣ'birūBe steadfast [you all]وَصَابِرُوا۟waṣābirūand be patient / persevere [you all]وَرَابِطُوا۟warābiṭūand be firm and constant (*united) [you all]وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūand observe [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you [all] mayتُفْلِحُونَtuf'liḥūna[you all] succeed. ﴿٢٠٠﴾

Sura 3: Ãli-'Imrãn (The Amramites) آل عمران

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