Surah Al-Israa

ٱنظُرْكَيْفَفَضَّلْنَابَعْضَهُمْعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢوَلَلْءَاخِرَةُأَكْبَرُدَرَجَٰتٍۢوَأَكْبَرُتَفْضِيلًۭا

Behold how We bestow [on earth) more bounty on some of them than on others: but [remember that] the life to come will be far higher in degree and far greater in merit and bounty.

لَّاتَجْعَلْمَعَٱللَّهِإِلَٰهًاءَاخَرَفَتَقْعُدَمَذْمُومًۭامَّخْذُولًۭا

DO NOT set up any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself disgraced and forsaken:

وَقَضَىٰرَبُّكَأَلَّاتَعْبُدُوٓا۟إِلَّآإِيَّاهُوَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِإِحْسَٰنًاإِمَّايَبْلُغَنَّعِندَكَٱلْكِبَرَأَحَدُهُمَآأَوْكِلَاهُمَافَلَاتَقُللَّهُمَآأُفٍّۢوَلَاتَنْهَرْهُمَاوَقُللَّهُمَاقَوْلًۭاكَرِيمًۭا

for thy Sustainer has ordained that you shall worship none but Him. And do good unto [thy] parents. Should one of them, or both, attain to old age in thy care, never say "Ugh" to them or scold them, but [always] speak unto them with reverent speech,

وَٱخْفِضْلَهُمَاجَنَاحَٱلذُّلِّمِنَٱلرَّحْمَةِوَقُلرَّبِّٱرْحَمْهُمَاكَمَارَبَّيَانِىصَغِيرًۭا

and spread over them humbly the wings of thy tenderness, and say: "O my Sustainer! Bestow Thy grace upon them, even as they cherished and reared me when I was a child!"

رَّبُّكُمْأَعْلَمُبِمَافِىنُفُوسِكُمْإِنتَكُونُوا۟صَٰلِحِينَفَإِنَّهُۥكَانَلِلْأَوَّٰبِينَغَفُورًۭا

Your Sustainer is fully aware of what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, [He will forgive you your errors]: for, behold, He is much-forgiving to those who turn unto Him again and again.

وَءَاتِذَاٱلْقُرْبَىٰحَقَّهُۥوَٱلْمِسْكِينَوَٱبْنَٱلسَّبِيلِوَلَاتُبَذِّرْتَبْذِيرًا

And give his due to the near of kin, as well as to the needy and the wayfarer, but do not squander [thy substance] senselessly.

إِنَّٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَكَانُوٓا۟إِخْوَٰنَٱلشَّيَٰطِينِوَكَانَٱلشَّيْطَٰنُلِرَبِّهِۦكَفُورًۭا

Behold, the squanderers are, indeed, of the ilk of the satans - inasmuch as Satan has indeed proved most ungrateful to his Sustainer.

وَإِمَّاتُعْرِضَنَّعَنْهُمُٱبْتِغَآءَرَحْمَةٍۢمِّنرَّبِّكَتَرْجُوهَافَقُللَّهُمْقَوْلًۭامَّيْسُورًۭا

And if thou [must] turn aside from those [that are in want, because thou thyself art] seeking to obtain thy Sustainer's grace and hoping for it, at least speak unto them with gentle speech.

وَلَاتَجْعَلْيَدَكَمَغْلُولَةًإِلَىٰعُنُقِكَوَلَاتَبْسُطْهَاكُلَّٱلْبَسْطِفَتَقْعُدَمَلُومًۭامَّحْسُورًا

And neither allow thy hand to remain shackled to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to the utmost limit [of thy capacity], lest thou find thyself blamed [by thy dependants], or even destitute.

إِنَّرَبَّكَيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيَقْدِرُإِنَّهُۥكَانَبِعِبَادِهِۦخَبِيرًۢابَصِيرًۭا

Behold, thy Sustainer grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills: verily, fully aware is He of [the needs of] His creatures, and sees them all.

وَلَاتَقْتُلُوٓا۟أَوْلَٰدَكُمْخَشْيَةَإِمْلَٰقٍۢنَّحْنُنَرْزُقُهُمْوَإِيَّاكُمْإِنَّقَتْلَهُمْكَانَخِطْـًۭٔاكَبِيرًۭا

Hence, do not kill your children for fear of poverty: it is We who shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily, killing them is a great sin.

وَلَاتَقْرَبُوا۟ٱلزِّنَىٰٓإِنَّهُۥكَانَفَٰحِشَةًۭوَسَآءَسَبِيلًۭا

And do not commit adultery -for, behold, it is an abomination and an evil way.

وَلَاتَقْتُلُوا۟ٱلنَّفْسَٱلَّتِىحَرَّمَٱللَّهُإِلَّابِٱلْحَقِّوَمَنقُتِلَمَظْلُومًۭافَقَدْجَعَلْنَالِوَلِيِّهِۦسُلْطَٰنًۭافَلَايُسْرِففِّىٱلْقَتْلِإِنَّهُۥكَانَمَنصُورًۭا

And do not take any human being's life -[the life] which God has willed to be, sacred-otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice. Hence, if anyone has been slain wrongfully, We have empowered the defender of his rights [to exact a just retribution]; but even so, let him not exceed the bounds of equity in [retributive] killing. [And as for him who has been slain wrongfully -] behold, he is indeed succoured [by God]!

وَلَاتَقْرَبُوا۟مَالَٱلْيَتِيمِإِلَّابِٱلَّتِىهِىَأَحْسَنُحَتَّىٰيَبْلُغَأَشُدَّهُۥوَأَوْفُوا۟بِٱلْعَهْدِإِنَّٱلْعَهْدَكَانَمَسْـُٔولًۭا

And do not touch the substance of an orphan, save to improve it, before he comes of age. And be true to every promise - for, verily, [on Judgment Day] you will be called to account for every promise which you have made!

وَأَوْفُوا۟ٱلْكَيْلَإِذَاكِلْتُمْوَزِنُوا۟بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِذَٰلِكَخَيْرٌۭوَأَحْسَنُتَأْوِيلًۭا

And give full measure whenever you measure, and weigh with a balance that is true: this will be [for your own] good, and best in the end.

وَلَاتَقْفُمَالَيْسَلَكَبِهِۦعِلْمٌإِنَّٱلسَّمْعَوَٱلْبَصَرَوَٱلْفُؤَادَكُلُّأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَكَانَعَنْهُمَسْـُٔولًۭا

And never concern thyself with anything of which thou hast no knowledge: verily, [thy] hearing and sight and heart - all of them - will be called to account for it [on Judgment Day]!

وَلَاتَمْشِفِىٱلْأَرْضِمَرَحًاإِنَّكَلَنتَخْرِقَٱلْأَرْضَوَلَنتَبْلُغَٱلْجِبَالَطُولًۭا

And walk not on earth with haughty self-conceit: for, verily, thou canst never rend the earth asunder, nor canst thou ever grow as tall as the mountains!

كُلُّذَٰلِكَكَانَسَيِّئُهُۥعِندَرَبِّكَمَكْرُوهًۭا

The evil of all this is odious in thy Sustainer's sight:

ذَٰلِكَمِمَّآأَوْحَىٰٓإِلَيْكَرَبُّكَمِنَٱلْحِكْمَةِوَلَاتَجْعَلْمَعَٱللَّهِإِلَٰهًاءَاخَرَفَتُلْقَىٰفِىجَهَنَّمَمَلُومًۭامَّدْحُورًا

this is part of that knowledge of right and wrong with which thy Sustainer has inspired thee. Hence, do not set up any other deity side by side with God, lest thou be cast into hell, blamed [by thyself] and rejected [by Him]!

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْرَبُّكُمبِٱلْبَنِينَوَٱتَّخَذَمِنَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِإِنَٰثًاإِنَّكُمْلَتَقُولُونَقَوْلًاعَظِيمًۭا

HAS, THEN, your Sustainer distinguished you by [giving you] sons, and taken unto Himself daughters in the guise of angels? Verily, you are uttering a dreadful saying!