Surah Aal-i-Imraan

الٓمٓ

Alif. Lam. Mim.

ٱللَّهُلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَٱلْحَىُّٱلْقَيُّومُ

GOD - there is no deity save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All Being!

نَزَّلَعَلَيْكَٱلْكِتَٰبَبِٱلْحَقِّمُصَدِّقًۭالِّمَابَيْنَيَدَيْهِوَأَنزَلَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَوَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

Step by step has He bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, setting forth the truth which confirms whatever there still remains [of earlier revelations]: for it is He who has bestowed from on high the Torah and the Gospel

مِنقَبْلُهُدًۭىلِّلنَّاسِوَأَنزَلَٱلْفُرْقَانَإِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِلَهُمْعَذَابٌۭشَدِيدٌۭوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌۭذُوٱنتِقَامٍ

aforetime, as a guidance unto mankind, and it is He who has bestowed [upon man] the standard by which to discern the true from the false. Behold, as for those who are bent on denying God's messages - grievous suffering awaits them: for God is almighty, an avenger of evil.

إِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَخْفَىٰعَلَيْهِشَىْءٌۭفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَافِىٱلسَّمَآءِ

Verily, nothing on earth or in the heavens is hidden from God.

هُوَٱلَّذِىيُصَوِّرُكُمْفِىٱلْأَرْحَامِكَيْفَيَشَآءُلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

He it is who shapes you in the wombs as He wills. There is no deity save Him, the Almighty, the Truly Wise.

هُوَٱلَّذِىٓأَنزَلَعَلَيْكَٱلْكِتَٰبَمِنْهُءَايَٰتٌۭمُّحْكَمَٰتٌهُنَّأُمُّٱلْكِتَٰبِوَأُخَرُمُتَشَٰبِهَٰتٌۭفَأَمَّاٱلَّذِينَفِىقُلُوبِهِمْزَيْغٌۭفَيَتَّبِعُونَمَاتَشَٰبَهَمِنْهُٱبْتِغَآءَٱلْفِتْنَةِوَٱبْتِغَآءَتَأْوِيلِهِۦوَمَايَعْلَمُتَأْوِيلَهُۥٓإِلَّاٱللَّهُوَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَفِىٱلْعِلْمِيَقُولُونَءَامَنَّابِهِۦكُلٌّۭمِّنْعِندِرَبِّنَاوَمَايَذَّكَّرُإِلَّآأُو۟لُوا۟ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

He it is who has bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, containing messages that are clear in and by themselves - and these are the essence of the divine writ - as well as others that are allegorical. Now those whose hearts are given to swerving from the truth go after that part of the divine writ which has been expressed in allegory, seeking out [what is bound to create] confusion, and seeking [to arrive at] its final meaning [in an arbitrary manner]; but none save God knows its final meaning. Hence, those who are deeply rooted in knowledge say: "We believe in it; the whole [of the divine writ] is from our Sustainer - albeit none takes this to heart save those who are endowed with insight.

رَبَّنَالَاتُزِغْقُلُوبَنَابَعْدَإِذْهَدَيْتَنَاوَهَبْلَنَامِنلَّدُنكَرَحْمَةًإِنَّكَأَنتَٱلْوَهَّابُ

"O our Sustainer! Let not our hearts swerve from the truth after Thou hast guided us; and bestow upon us the gift of Thy grace: verily, Thou art the [true] Giver of Gifts.

رَبَّنَآإِنَّكَجَامِعُٱلنَّاسِلِيَوْمٍۢلَّارَيْبَفِيهِإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُخْلِفُٱلْمِيعَادَ

"O our Sustainer! Verily, Thou wilt gather mankind together to witness the Day about [the coming of] which there is no doubt: verily, God never fails to fulfil His promise."

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَنتُغْنِىَعَنْهُمْأَمْوَٰلُهُمْوَلَآأَوْلَٰدُهُممِّنَٱللَّهِشَيْـًۭٔاوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمْوَقُودُٱلنَّارِ

BEHOLD, as for those who are bent on denying the truth - neither their worldly possessions nor their offspring will in the least avail them against God; and it is they, they who shall be the fuel of the fire!

كَدَأْبِءَالِفِرْعَوْنَوَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَافَأَخَذَهُمُٱللَّهُبِذُنُوبِهِمْوَٱللَّهُشَدِيدُٱلْعِقَابِ

[To them shall - happen] the like of what happened to Pharaoh's people and those who lived before them: they gave the lie to Our messages - and so God took them to task for their sins: for God is severe in retribution.

قُللِّلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟سَتُغْلَبُونَوَتُحْشَرُونَإِلَىٰجَهَنَّمَوَبِئْسَٱلْمِهَادُ

Say unto those who are bent on denying the truth: "You shall be overcome and gathered unto hell - and how evil a resting-place!"

قَدْكَانَلَكُمْءَايَةٌۭفِىفِئَتَيْنِٱلْتَقَتَافِئَةٌۭتُقَٰتِلُفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِوَأُخْرَىٰكَافِرَةٌۭيَرَوْنَهُممِّثْلَيْهِمْرَأْىَٱلْعَيْنِوَٱللَّهُيُؤَيِّدُبِنَصْرِهِۦمَنيَشَآءُإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَعِبْرَةًۭلِّأُو۟لِىٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ

You have already had a sign in the two hosts that met in battle, one host fighting in God's cause and the other denying Him; with their own eyes [the former] saw the others as twice their own number: but God strengthens with His succour whom He wills. In this, behold, there is indeed a lesson for all who have eyes to see.

زُيِّنَلِلنَّاسِحُبُّٱلشَّهَوَٰتِمِنَٱلنِّسَآءِوَٱلْبَنِينَوَٱلْقَنَٰطِيرِٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِمِنَٱلذَّهَبِوَٱلْفِضَّةِوَٱلْخَيْلِٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِوَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِوَٱلْحَرْثِذَٰلِكَمَتَٰعُٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱللَّهُعِندَهُۥحُسْنُٱلْمَـَٔابِ

ALLURING unto man is the enjoyment of worldly desires through women, and children, and heaped-up treasures of gold and silver, and horses of high mark, and cattle, and lands. All this may be enjoyed in the life of this world - but the most beauteous of all goals is with God.

قُلْأَؤُنَبِّئُكُمبِخَيْرٍۢمِّنذَٰلِكُمْلِلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟عِندَرَبِّهِمْجَنَّٰتٌۭتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَاوَأَزْوَٰجٌۭمُّطَهَّرَةٌۭوَرِضْوَٰنٌۭمِّنَٱللَّهِوَٱللَّهُبَصِيرٌۢبِٱلْعِبَادِ

Say: "Shall I tell you of better things than those [earthly joys]? For the God-conscious there are, with their Sustainer, gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide, and spouses pure, and God's goodly acceptance." And God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His servants -

ٱلَّذِينَيَقُولُونَرَبَّنَآإِنَّنَآءَامَنَّافَٱغْفِرْلَنَاذُنُوبَنَاوَقِنَاعَذَابَٱلنَّارِ

those who say, "O our Sustainer! Behold, we believe [in Thee]; forgive us, then, our sins, and keep us safe from suffering through the fire" -:

ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَوَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَوَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَوَٱلْمُنفِقِينَوَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ

those who are patient in adversity, and true to their word, and truly devout, and who spend [in God's way], and pray for forgiveness from their innermost hearts.

شَهِدَٱللَّهُأَنَّهُۥلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَوَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُوَأُو۟لُوا۟ٱلْعِلْمِقَآئِمًۢابِٱلْقِسْطِلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

GOD [Himself] proffers evidence - and [so do] the angels and all who are endowed with knowledge - that there is no deity save Him, the Upholder of Equity: there is no deity save Him, the Almighty, the Truly Wise.

إِنَّٱلدِّينَعِندَٱللَّهِٱلْإِسْلَٰمُوَمَاٱخْتَلَفَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَإِلَّامِنۢبَعْدِمَاجَآءَهُمُٱلْعِلْمُبَغْيًۢابَيْنَهُمْوَمَنيَكْفُرْبِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِفَإِنَّٱللَّهَسَرِيعُٱلْحِسَابِ

Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!

فَإِنْحَآجُّوكَفَقُلْأَسْلَمْتُوَجْهِىَلِلَّهِوَمَنِٱتَّبَعَنِوَقُللِّلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْأُمِّيِّۦنَءَأَسْلَمْتُمْفَإِنْأَسْلَمُوا۟فَقَدِٱهْتَدَوا۟وَّإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَإِنَّمَاعَلَيْكَٱلْبَلَٰغُوَٱللَّهُبَصِيرٌۢبِٱلْعِبَادِ

Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.