Surah Al-Baqara

بَلَىٰمَنكَسَبَسَيِّئَةًۭوَأَحَٰطَتْبِهِۦخَطِيٓـَٔتُهُۥفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِهُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ

Yea! Those who earn evil and by their sinfulness are engulfed - they are destined for the fire. therein to abide;

وَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَصْحَٰبُٱلْجَنَّةِهُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ

whereas those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds -they are destined for paradise, therein to abide.

وَإِذْأَخَذْنَامِيثَٰقَبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَلَاتَعْبُدُونَإِلَّاٱللَّهَوَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِإِحْسَانًۭاوَذِىٱلْقُرْبَىٰوَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰوَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِوَقُولُوا۟لِلنَّاسِحُسْنًۭاوَأَقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَءَاتُوا۟ٱلزَّكَوٰةَثُمَّتَوَلَّيْتُمْإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭامِّنكُمْوَأَنتُممُّعْرِضُونَ

AND LO! We accepted this solemn pledge from [you,] ' the children of Israel: "You shall worship none but God; and you shall do good unto your parents and kinsfolk, and the orphans, and the poor; and you shall speak unto all people in a kindly way; and you shall be constant in prayer; and you shall spend in charity.” And yet, save for a few of you, you turned away: for you are obstinate folk!

وَإِذْأَخَذْنَامِيثَٰقَكُمْلَاتَسْفِكُونَدِمَآءَكُمْوَلَاتُخْرِجُونَأَنفُسَكُممِّندِيَٰرِكُمْثُمَّأَقْرَرْتُمْوَأَنتُمْتَشْهَدُونَ

And lo! We accepted your solemn pledge that you would not shed one another's blood, and would not drive one another from your homelands - whereupon you acknowledged it; and thereto you bear witness [even now].

ثُمَّأَنتُمْهَٰٓؤُلَآءِتَقْتُلُونَأَنفُسَكُمْوَتُخْرِجُونَفَرِيقًۭامِّنكُممِّندِيَٰرِهِمْتَظَٰهَرُونَعَلَيْهِمبِٱلْإِثْمِوَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِوَإِنيَأْتُوكُمْأُسَٰرَىٰتُفَٰدُوهُمْوَهُوَمُحَرَّمٌعَلَيْكُمْإِخْرَاجُهُمْأَفَتُؤْمِنُونَبِبَعْضِٱلْكِتَٰبِوَتَكْفُرُونَبِبَعْضٍۢفَمَاجَزَآءُمَنيَفْعَلُذَٰلِكَمِنكُمْإِلَّاخِزْىٌۭفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰٓأَشَدِّٱلْعَذَابِوَمَاٱللَّهُبِغَٰفِلٍعَمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ

And yet, it is you who slay one another and drive some of your own people from their homelands, aiding one another against them in sin and hatred; but if they come to you as captives, you ransom them - although the very [act of] driving them away has been made unlawful to you!. Do you, then, believe in some parts of the divine writ and deny the truth of other parts? What, then, could be the reward of those among you who do such things but ignominy in the life of this world and, on the Day of Resurrection, commitment to most grievous suffering? For God is not unmindful of what you do.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَٱشْتَرَوُا۟ٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَابِٱلْءَاخِرَةِفَلَايُخَفَّفُعَنْهُمُٱلْعَذَابُوَلَاهُمْيُنصَرُونَ

All who buy the life of this world at the price of the life to come - their suffering shall not be lightened, nor shall they be succoured!

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْكِتَٰبَوَقَفَّيْنَامِنۢبَعْدِهِۦبِٱلرُّسُلِوَءَاتَيْنَاعِيسَىٱبْنَمَرْيَمَٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِوَأَيَّدْنَٰهُبِرُوحِٱلْقُدُسِأَفَكُلَّمَاجَآءَكُمْرَسُولٌۢبِمَالَاتَهْوَىٰٓأَنفُسُكُمُٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْفَفَرِيقًۭاكَذَّبْتُمْوَفَرِيقًۭاتَقْتُلُونَ

For, indeed, We vouchsafed unto Moses the divine writ and caused apostle after apostle to follow him; and We vouchsafed unto Jesus, the son of Mary, all evidence of the truth, and strengthened him with holy inspiration. [Yet] is it not so that every time an apostle came unto you with something that was not to your liking, you gloried in your arrogance, and to some of them you gave the lie, while others you would slay?

وَقَالُوا۟قُلُوبُنَاغُلْفٌۢبَللَّعَنَهُمُٱللَّهُبِكُفْرِهِمْفَقَلِيلًۭامَّايُؤْمِنُونَ

But they say, "Our hearts are already full of knowledge." Nay, but God has rejected them because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth: for, few are the things in which they believe.

وَلَمَّاجَآءَهُمْكِتَٰبٌۭمِّنْعِندِٱللَّهِمُصَدِّقٌۭلِّمَامَعَهُمْوَكَانُوا۟مِنقَبْلُيَسْتَفْتِحُونَعَلَىٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟فَلَمَّاجَآءَهُممَّاعَرَفُوا۟كَفَرُوا۟بِهِۦفَلَعْنَةُٱللَّهِعَلَىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And whenever there came unto them a [new] revelation from God, confirming the truth already in their possession-and [bear in mind that] aforetime they used to pray for victory over those who were bent on denying the truth -: whenever there came unto them something which they recognized [as the truth], they would deny it. And God's rejection is the due of all who deny the truth.

بِئْسَمَاٱشْتَرَوْا۟بِهِۦٓأَنفُسَهُمْأَنيَكْفُرُوا۟بِمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُبَغْيًاأَنيُنَزِّلَٱللَّهُمِنفَضْلِهِۦعَلَىٰمَنيَشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِهِۦفَبَآءُوبِغَضَبٍعَلَىٰغَضَبٍۢوَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَعَذَابٌۭمُّهِينٌۭ

Vile is that [false pride] for which they have sold their own selves by denying the truth of what God has bestowed from on high, out of envy that God should bestow aught of His favour upon whomsoever He wills of His servants: and thus have they earned the burden of God's condemnation, over and over. And for those who deny the truth there is shameful suffering in store.

وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْءَامِنُوا۟بِمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُقَالُوا۟نُؤْمِنُبِمَآأُنزِلَعَلَيْنَاوَيَكْفُرُونَبِمَاوَرَآءَهُۥوَهُوَٱلْحَقُّمُصَدِّقًۭالِّمَامَعَهُمْقُلْفَلِمَتَقْتُلُونَأَنۢبِيَآءَٱللَّهِمِنقَبْلُإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ

For when they are told, "Believe in what God has bestowed from on high," they reply, "We believe [only] in what has been bestowed on us"-and they deny the truth of everything else, although it be a truth confirming the one already in their possession. Say "Why, then, did you slay God's prophets aforetime, if you were (truly] believers?"

وَلَقَدْجَآءَكُممُّوسَىٰبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِثُمَّٱتَّخَذْتُمُٱلْعِجْلَمِنۢبَعْدِهِۦوَأَنتُمْظَٰلِمُونَ

And indeed, there came unto you Moses with all evidence of the truth - and thereupon. in his absence, you took to worshipping the (golden] calf, and acted wickedly.

وَإِذْأَخَذْنَامِيثَٰقَكُمْوَرَفَعْنَافَوْقَكُمُٱلطُّورَخُذُوا۟مَآءَاتَيْنَٰكُمبِقُوَّةٍۢوَٱسْمَعُوا۟قَالُوا۟سَمِعْنَاوَعَصَيْنَاوَأُشْرِبُوا۟فِىقُلُوبِهِمُٱلْعِجْلَبِكُفْرِهِمْقُلْبِئْسَمَايَأْمُرُكُمبِهِۦٓإِيمَٰنُكُمْإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ

And, lo, We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you, [saying,] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and hearken unto it!" [But] they say, "We have heard, but we disobey" - for their hearts are filled to overflowing with love of the [golden] calf because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth. Say: "Vile is what this [false] belief of yours enjoins upon you-if indeed you are believers!"

قُلْإِنكَانَتْلَكُمُٱلدَّارُٱلْءَاخِرَةُعِندَٱللَّهِخَالِصَةًۭمِّندُونِٱلنَّاسِفَتَمَنَّوُا۟ٱلْمَوْتَإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

Say: "If an afterlife with God is to be for you alone, to the exclusion of all other people, then. you should long for death-if what you say is true!"

وَلَنيَتَمَنَّوْهُأَبَدًۢابِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيهِمْوَٱللَّهُعَلِيمٌۢبِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

But never will they long for it, because [they are aware] of what their hands have sent ahead in this world: and God has full knowledge of evildoers.

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْأَحْرَصَٱلنَّاسِعَلَىٰحَيَوٰةٍۢوَمِنَٱلَّذِينَأَشْرَكُوا۟يَوَدُّأَحَدُهُمْلَوْيُعَمَّرُأَلْفَسَنَةٍۢوَمَاهُوَبِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦمِنَٱلْعَذَابِأَنيُعَمَّرَوَٱللَّهُبَصِيرٌۢبِمَايَعْمَلُونَ

And thou wilt most certainly find that they cling to life more eagerly than any other people, even more than those who are bent on ascribing divinity to other beings beside God: every one of them would love to live a thousand years, although the grant of long life could not save him from suffering [in the hereafter]: for God sees all that they do.

قُلْمَنكَانَعَدُوًّۭالِّجِبْرِيلَفَإِنَّهُۥنَزَّلَهُۥعَلَىٰقَلْبِكَبِإِذْنِٱللَّهِمُصَدِّقًۭالِّمَابَيْنَيَدَيْهِوَهُدًۭىوَبُشْرَىٰلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

SAY [O Prophet]: "Whosoever is an enemy of Gabriel" -who,, verily, by God's leave, has brought down upon thy heart this [divine writ] which confirms the truth of whatever there still remains [of earlier revelations], and is a guidance and a glad tiding for the believers-:

مَنكَانَعَدُوًّۭالِّلَّهِوَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦوَرُسُلِهِۦوَجِبْرِيلَوَمِيكَىٰلَفَإِنَّٱللَّهَعَدُوٌّۭلِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ

"whosover is an enemy of God and His angels and His message-bearers, including Gabriel and Michael, [should know that,] verily, God is the enemy of all who deny the truth."

وَلَقَدْأَنزَلْنَآإِلَيْكَءَايَٰتٍۭبَيِّنَٰتٍۢوَمَايَكْفُرُبِهَآإِلَّاٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

For, clear messages indeed have We bestowed upon thee from on high; and none denies their truth save the iniquitous.

أَوَكُلَّمَاعَٰهَدُوا۟عَهْدًۭانَّبَذَهُۥفَرِيقٌۭمِّنْهُمبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

Is it not so that every time they made a promise [unto God], some of them cast it aside? Nay, indeed: most of them do not believe.