Surah Aal-i-Imraan

فَمَنْحَآجَّكَفِيهِمِنۢبَعْدِمَاجَآءَكَمِنَٱلْعِلْمِفَقُلْتَعَالَوْا۟نَدْعُأَبْنَآءَنَاوَأَبْنَآءَكُمْوَنِسَآءَنَاوَنِسَآءَكُمْوَأَنفُسَنَاوَأَنفُسَكُمْثُمَّنَبْتَهِلْفَنَجْعَللَّعْنَتَٱللَّهِعَلَىٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

And if anyone should argue with thee about this [truth] after all the knowledge that has come unto thee, say: "Come! Let us summon our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves; and then let us pray [together] humbly and ardently, and let us invoke God's curse upon those [of us] who are telling a lie."

إِنَّهَٰذَالَهُوَٱلْقَصَصُٱلْحَقُّوَمَامِنْإِلَٰهٍإِلَّاٱللَّهُوَإِنَّٱللَّهَلَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

Behold, this is indeed the truth of the matter, and there is no deity whatever save God; and, verily, God - He alone - is almighty, truly wise.

فَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلِيمٌۢبِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

And if they turn away [from this truth] - behold, God has full knowledge of the spreaders of corruption.

قُلْيَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِتَعَالَوْا۟إِلَىٰكَلِمَةٍۢسَوَآءٍۭبَيْنَنَاوَبَيْنَكُمْأَلَّانَعْبُدَإِلَّاٱللَّهَوَلَانُشْرِكَبِهِۦشَيْـًۭٔاوَلَايَتَّخِذَبَعْضُنَابَعْضًاأَرْبَابًۭامِّندُونِٱللَّهِفَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَقُولُوا۟ٱشْهَدُوا۟بِأَنَّامُسْلِمُونَ

Say: "O followers of earlier revelation! Come unto that tenet which we and you hold in common: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall not ascribe divinity to aught beside Him, and that we shall not take human beings for our lords beside God." And if they turn away, then say: "Bear witness that it is we who have surrendered ourselves unto Him."

يَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلِمَتُحَآجُّونَفِىٓإِبْرَٰهِيمَوَمَآأُنزِلَتِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُوَٱلْإِنجِيلُإِلَّامِنۢبَعْدِهِۦٓأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ

O FOLLOWERS of earlier revelation! Why do you argue about Abraham, seeing that the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed till [long] after him? Will you not, then, use your reason?

هَٰٓأَنتُمْهَٰٓؤُلَآءِحَٰجَجْتُمْفِيمَالَكُمبِهِۦعِلْمٌۭفَلِمَتُحَآجُّونَفِيمَالَيْسَلَكُمبِهِۦعِلْمٌۭوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُوَأَنتُمْلَاتَعْلَمُونَ

Lo! You are the ones who would argue about that which is known to you; but why do you argue about something which is unknown to you? Yet God knows [it], whereas you do not know:

مَاكَانَإِبْرَٰهِيمُيَهُودِيًّۭاوَلَانَصْرَانِيًّۭاوَلَٰكِنكَانَحَنِيفًۭامُّسْلِمًۭاوَمَاكَانَمِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Abraham was neither a "Jew" nor a "Christian", but was one who turned away from all that is false, having surrendered himself unto God; and he was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him.

إِنَّأَوْلَىٱلنَّاسِبِإِبْرَٰهِيمَلَلَّذِينَٱتَّبَعُوهُوَهَٰذَاٱلنَّبِىُّوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَٱللَّهُوَلِىُّٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Behold, the people who have the best claim to Abraham are surely those who follow him - as does this Prophet and all who believe [in him] - and God is near unto the believers.

وَدَّتطَّآئِفَةٌۭمِّنْأَهْلِٱلْكِتَٰبِلَوْيُضِلُّونَكُمْوَمَايُضِلُّونَإِلَّآأَنفُسَهُمْوَمَايَشْعُرُونَ

Some of the followers of earlier revelation would love to lead you astray: yet none do they lead astray but themselves, and perceive it not.

يَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلِمَتَكْفُرُونَبِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَأَنتُمْتَشْهَدُونَ

O followers of earlier revelation! Why do you deny the truth of God's messages to which you yourselves bear witness?

يَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلِمَتَلْبِسُونَٱلْحَقَّبِٱلْبَٰطِلِوَتَكْتُمُونَٱلْحَقَّوَأَنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ

O followers of earlier revelation! Why do you cloak the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth of which you are [so well] aware?

وَقَالَتطَّآئِفَةٌۭمِّنْأَهْلِٱلْكِتَٰبِءَامِنُوا۟بِٱلَّذِىٓأُنزِلَعَلَىٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَجْهَٱلنَّهَارِوَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ءَاخِرَهُۥلَعَلَّهُمْيَرْجِعُونَ

And some of the followers of earlier revelation say [to one another]: "Declare your belief in what has been revealed unto those who believe [in Muhammad] at the beginning of the day, and deny the truth of what came later, so that they might go back [on their faith];

وَلَاتُؤْمِنُوٓا۟إِلَّالِمَنتَبِعَدِينَكُمْقُلْإِنَّٱلْهُدَىٰهُدَىٱللَّهِأَنيُؤْتَىٰٓأَحَدٌۭمِّثْلَمَآأُوتِيتُمْأَوْيُحَآجُّوكُمْعِندَرَبِّكُمْقُلْإِنَّٱلْفَضْلَبِيَدِٱللَّهِيُؤْتِيهِمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُوَٰسِعٌعَلِيمٌۭ

but do not [really] believe anyone who does not follow your own faith." Say: "Behold, all [true] guidance is God's guidance, consisting in one's being granted [revelation] such as you have been granted." Or would they contend against you before your Sustainer? Say: "Behold, all bounty is in the hand of God; He grants it unto whom He wills: for God is infinite, all-knowing,

يَخْتَصُّبِرَحْمَتِهِۦمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُذُوٱلْفَضْلِٱلْعَظِيمِ

singling out for His grace whom He wills. And God is limitless in His great bounty."

وَمِنْأَهْلِٱلْكِتَٰبِمَنْإِنتَأْمَنْهُبِقِنطَارٍۢيُؤَدِّهِۦٓإِلَيْكَوَمِنْهُممَّنْإِنتَأْمَنْهُبِدِينَارٍۢلَّايُؤَدِّهِۦٓإِلَيْكَإِلَّامَادُمْتَعَلَيْهِقَآئِمًۭاذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْقَالُوا۟لَيْسَعَلَيْنَافِىٱلْأُمِّيِّۦنَسَبِيلٌۭوَيَقُولُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَوَهُمْيَعْلَمُونَ

AND AMONG the followers of earlier revelation there is many a one who, if thou entrust him with a treasure, will [faithfully] restore it to thee; and there is among them many a one who, if thou entrust him with a tiny gold coin, will not restore it to thee unless thou keep standing over him - which is an outcome of their assertion, "No blame can attach to us [for anything that we may do] with regard to these unlettered folk": and [so] they tell a lie about God, being well aware [that it is a lie]."

بَلَىٰمَنْأَوْفَىٰبِعَهْدِهِۦوَٱتَّقَىٰفَإِنَّٱللَّهَيُحِبُّٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Nay, but [God is aware of] those who keep their bond with Him, and are conscious of Him: and, verily, God loves those who are conscious of Him.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَيَشْتَرُونَبِعَهْدِٱللَّهِوَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْثَمَنًۭاقَلِيلًاأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَاخَلَٰقَلَهُمْفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَلَايُكَلِّمُهُمُٱللَّهُوَلَايَنظُرُإِلَيْهِمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِوَلَايُزَكِّيهِمْوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

Behold, those who barter away their bond with God and their own pledges for a trifling gain - they shall not partake in the blessings of the life to come; and God will neither speak unto them nor look upon them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He cleanse them of their sins; and grievous suffering awaits them.

وَإِنَّمِنْهُمْلَفَرِيقًۭايَلْوُۥنَأَلْسِنَتَهُمبِٱلْكِتَٰبِلِتَحْسَبُوهُمِنَٱلْكِتَٰبِوَمَاهُوَمِنَٱلْكِتَٰبِوَيَقُولُونَهُوَمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِوَمَاهُوَمِنْعِندِٱللَّهِوَيَقُولُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَوَهُمْيَعْلَمُونَ

And, behold, there are indeed some among them who distort the Bible with their tongues, so as to make you think that [what they say] is from the Bible, the while it is not from the Bible; and who say, "This is from God," the while it is not from God: and thus do they tell a lie about God, being well aware [that it is a lie].

مَاكَانَلِبَشَرٍأَنيُؤْتِيَهُٱللَّهُٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْحُكْمَوَٱلنُّبُوَّةَثُمَّيَقُولَلِلنَّاسِكُونُوا۟عِبَادًۭالِّىمِندُونِٱللَّهِوَلَٰكِنكُونُوا۟رَبَّٰنِيِّۦنَبِمَاكُنتُمْتُعَلِّمُونَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَدْرُسُونَ

It is not conceivable that a human being unto whom God had granted revelation, and sound judgment, and prophethood, should thereafter have said unto people, "Worship me beside God"; but rather [did he exhort them], "Become men of God by spreading the knowledge of the divine writ, and by your own deep study [thereof]."

وَلَايَأْمُرَكُمْأَنتَتَّخِذُوا۟ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَوَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَأَرْبَابًاأَيَأْمُرُكُمبِٱلْكُفْرِبَعْدَإِذْأَنتُممُّسْلِمُونَ

And neither did he bid you to take the angels and the prophets for your lords: [for] would he bid you to deny the truth after you have surrendered yourselves unto God?