Revealed as a profound bridge between the Makkan and Madinan periods, Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) possesses a unique structural duality, seamlessly blending the cosmic, terrifying warnings characteristic of early revelations with the foundational legislative directives of the new Islamic state. The chapter opens with an earth-shattering address to all of humanity, vividly depicting the violent, psychological terror of the impending Day of Judgment—a day so catastrophic that nursing mothers will abandon their infants in sheer panic. To anchor the believers amidst worldly trials, the Surah beautifully traces the spiritual heritage of the faith back to Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim), detailing his divine commission to purify the Kaaba and universally proclaim the sacred institution of Hajj, thereby cementing the physical and spiritual unity of those who submit to God. Significantly, this chapter marks a monumental turning point in Islamic history, as it contains the very first divine permission for the severely oppressed believers to engage in armed self-defense, explicitly stating that if God did not check the aggression of tyrants, monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques would all be destroyed. By completely dismantling the logic of idolatry with the striking parable that false deities could not collectively create even a single fly, the Surah serves as a powerful call to absolute humility, emphasizing that true devotion is manifested through physical sacrifice, unwavering trust, and the recognition that God alone is the ultimate Sovereign and Protector.
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha alnnasu ittaqoo rabbakum inna zalzalata alssaAAati shayon AAatheemun
Translation
O people, be conscious of your Lord. The quaking of the Hour is a tremendous thing
A solemn, universal warning addressed to all of humankind, commanding reverent awe of the Creator and warning of the cataclysmic cosmic earthquake that marks the onset of the Day of Judgment.
Transliteration
Yawma tarawnaha tathhalu kullu murdiAAatin AAamma ardaAAat watadaAAu kullu thati hamlin hamlaha watara alnnasa sukara wama hum bisukara walakinna AAathaba Allahi shadeedun
Translation
On the Day when you will see it: every nursing mother will discard her infant, and every pregnant woman will abort her load, and you will see the people drunk, even though they are not drunk—but the punishment of God is severe
Depicts the unfathomable psychological terror of Judgment Day—the sheer shock will be so overwhelming that even the most instinctive maternal instincts are severed, pregnant women will spontaneously deliver, and adults will stumble in a daze from utter panic.
Transliteration
Wamina alnnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wayattabiAAu kulla shaytanin mareedin
Translation
Among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge, and follows every defiant devil
Revealed concerning Meccan polemicists like al-Nadr ibn al-Harith, who stubbornly argued against resurrection and divine judgment based on empty personal opinion rather than sound scriptural or intellectual evidence.
Transliteration
Kutiba AAalayhi annahu man tawallahu faannahu yudilluhu wayahdeehi ila AAathabi alssaAAeeri
Translation
It was decreed for him, that whoever follows him—he will misguide him, and lead him to the torment of the Blaze
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha alnnasu in kuntum fee raybin mina albaAAthi fainna khalaqnakum min turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma min AAalaqatin thumma min mudghatin mukhallaqatin waghayri mukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fee alarhami ma nashao ila ajalin musamman thumma nukhrijukum tiflan thumma litablughoo ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffa waminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alAAumuri likayla yaAAlama min baAAdi AAilmin shayan watara alarda hamidatan faitha anzalna AAalayha almaa ihtazzat warabat waanbatat min kulli zawjin baheejin
Translation
O people! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection—We created you from dust, then from a small drop, then from a clinging clot, then from a lump of flesh, partly developed and partly undeveloped. In order to clarify things for you. And We settle in the wombs whatever We will for a designated term, and then We bring you out as infants, until you reach your full strength. And some of you will pass away, and some of you will be returned to the vilest age, so that he may not know, after having known. And you see the earth still; but when We send down water on it, it vibrates, and swells, and grows all kinds of lovely pairs
Outlines the precise biological stages of human embryological development: dust to zygote ('nutfah'), clinging embryo ('alaqah'), formed and unformed lump ('mudghah'), progressing through infancy, strength, and old age—proving that the Creator of this biological cycle can easily resurrect the dead.
Transliteration
Thalika bianna Allaha huwa alhaqqu waannahu yuhyee almawta waannahu AAala kulli shayin qadeerun
Translation
That is because God is the truth, and because He gives life to the dead, and because He is Capable of everything
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Waanna alssaAAata atiyatun la rayba feeha waanna Allaha yabAAathu man fee alquboori
Translation
And because the Hour is coming—there is no doubt about it—and because God will resurrect those in the graves
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Wamina alnnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wala hudan wala kitabin muneerin
Translation
And among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge, or guidance, or an enlightening scripture
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Thaniya AAitfihi liyudilla AAan sabeeli Allahi lahu fee alddunya khizyun wanutheequhu yawma alqiyamati AAathaba alhareeqi
Translation
Turning aside in contempt, to lead away from the path of God. He will have humiliation in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection We will make him taste the agony of burning
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Thalika bima qaddamat yadaka waanna Allaha laysa bithallamin lilAAabeedi
Translation
That is for what your hands have advanced, and because God is not unjust to the servants
Transliteration
Wamina alnnasi man yaAAbudu Allaha AAala harfin fain asabahu khayrun itmaanna bihi wain asabathu fitnatun inqalaba AAala wajhihi khasira alddunya waalakhirata thalika huwa alkhusranu almubeenu
Translation
And among the people is he who worships God on edge. When something good comes his way, he is content with it. But when an ordeal strikes him, he makes a turnaround. He loses this world and the next. That is the obvious loss
Describes opportunistic or fair-weather faith: revealed regarding desert nomads who entered Medina and embraced Islam conditionally. If they had healthy sons and bountiful harvests, they praised the religion; but if tested with drought or sickness, they abandoned faith entirely.
Transliteration
YadAAoo min dooni Allahi ma la yadurruhu wama la yanfaAAuhu thalika huwa alddalalu albaAAeedu
Translation
He invokes, instead of God, what can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the far straying
Transliteration
YadAAoo laman darruhu aqrabu min nafAAihi labisa almawla walabisa alAAasheeru
Translation
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a miserable master. What a miserable companion
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Inna Allaha yudkhilu allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu inna Allaha yafAAalu ma yureedu
Translation
God will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. God does whatever He wills
Transliteration
Man kana yathunnu an lan yansurahu Allahu fee alddunya waalakhirati falyamdud bisababin ila alssamai thumma liyaqtaAA falyanthur hal yuthhibanna kayduhu ma yagheethu
Translation
Whoever thinks that God will not help him in this life and in the Hereafter—let him turn to heaven, then sever, and see if his cunning eliminates what enrages him
A vivid classical idiom aimed at the Prophet's fiercest enemies who burn with rage at his growing success: God challenges them to stretch a rope to the ceiling and hang themselves out of sheer spite, because nothing they do can ever stop God from assisting His messenger.
Transliteration
Wakathalika anzalnahu ayatin bayyinatin waanna Allaha yahdee man yureedu
Translation
Thus We revealed it as clarifying signs, and God guides whomever He wills
Transliteration
Inna allatheena amanoo waallatheena hadoo waalssabieena waalnnasara waalmajoosa waallatheena ashrakoo inna Allaha yafsilu baynahum yawma alqiyamati inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin shaheedun
Translation
Those who believe, and those who are Jewish, and the Sabeans, and the Christians, and the Zoroastrians, and the Polytheists—God will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. God is witness to all things
Transliteration
Alam tara anna Allaha yasjudu lahu man fee alssamawati waman fee alardi waalshshamsu waalqamaru waalnnujoomu waaljibalu waalshshajaru waalddawabbu wakatheerun mina alnnasi wakatheerun haqqa AAalayhi alAAathabu waman yuhini Allahu fama lahu min mukrimin inna Allaha yafAAalu ma yashao
Translation
Do you not realize that to God prostrates everyone in the heavens and everyone on earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the animals, and many of the people? But many are justly deserving of punishment. Whomever God shames, there is none to honor him. God does whatever He wills
Transliteration
Hathani khasmani ikhtasamoo fee rabbihim faallatheena kafaroo quttiAAat lahum thiyabun min narin yusabbu min fawqi ruoosihimu alhameemu
Translation
Here are two adversaries feuding regarding their Lord. As for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be tailored for them, and scalding water will be poured over their heads
Refers specifically to the opening duels at the Battle of Badr: the three foremost Muslim warriors (Hamzah, Ali, and Ubaydah ibn al-Harith) confronting the three Meccan pagan aristocrats (Utbah, Shaybah, and al-Walid).
Transliteration
Yusharu bihi ma fee butoonihim waaljuloodu
Translation
Melting their insides and their skins
Transliteration
Walahum maqamiAAu min hadeedin
Translation
And they will have maces of iron
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Kullama aradoo an yakhrujoo minha min ghammin oAAeedoo feeha wathooqoo AAathaba alhareeqi
Translation
Whenever they try to escape the gloom, they will be driven back to it: “Taste the suffering of burning.”
Transliteration
Inna Allaha yudkhilu allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu yuhallawna feeha min asawira min thahabin waluluan walibasuhum feeha hareerun
Translation
But God will admit those who believe and do good deeds into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be decorated therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be of silk
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Wahudoo ila alttayyibi mina alqawli wahudoo ila sirati alhameedi
Translation
They were guided to purity of speech. They were guided to the path of the Most Praised
Transliteration
Inna allatheena kafaroo wayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi waalmasjidi alharami allathee jaAAalnahu lilnnasi sawaan alAAakifu feehi waalbadi waman yurid feehi biilhadin bithulmin nuthiqhu min AAathabin aleemin
Translation
As for those who disbelieve and repel from God’s path and from the Sacred Mosque—which We have designated for all mankind equally, whether residing therein or passing through—and seek to commit sacrilege therein—We will make him taste of a painful punishment
Transliteration
Waith bawwana liibraheema makana albayti an la tushrik bee shayan watahhir baytiya lilttaifeena waalqaimeena waalrrukkaAAi alssujoodi
Translation
We showed Abraham the location of the House: “Do not associate anything with Me; and purify My House for those who circle around, and those who stand to pray, and those who kneel and prostrate.”
Transliteration
Waaththin fee alnnasi bialhajji yatooka rijalan waAAala kulli damirin yateena min kulli fajjin AAameeqin
Translation
And announce the pilgrimage to humanity. They will come to you on foot, and on every transport. They will come from every distant point
Recalls God's command to Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) after constructing the Ka'bah: he was told to stand and call all mankind to the pilgrimage (Hajj). Though he stood in a barren, empty desert, God promised that his voice would echo across centuries, drawing millions on foot and on mounts from every corner of the earth.
Transliteration
Liyashhadoo manafiAAa lahum wayathkuroo isma Allahi fee ayyamin maAAloomatin AAala ma razaqahum min baheemati alanAAami fakuloo minha waatAAimoo albaisa alfaqeera
Translation
That they may witness the benefits for themselves, and celebrate the name of God during the appointed days, for providing them with the animal livestock. So eat from it, and feed the unfortunate poor
Transliteration
Thumma lyaqdoo tafathahum walyoofoo nuthoorahum walyattawwafoo bialbayti alAAateeqi
Translation
Then let them perform their acts of cleansing, and fulfill their vows, and circle around the Ancient House
Transliteration
Thalika waman yuAAaththim hurumati Allahi fahuwa khayrun lahu AAinda rabbihi waohillat lakumu alanAAamu illa ma yutla AAalaykum faijtaniboo alrrijsa mina alawthani waijtaniboo qawla alzzoori
Translation
All that. Whoever venerates the sanctities of God—it is good for him with his Lord. All livestock are permitted to you, except what is recited to you. So stay away from the abomination of idols, and stay away from perjury
Transliteration
Hunafaa lillahi ghayra mushrikeena bihi waman yushrik biAllahi fakaannama kharra mina alssamai fatakhtafuhu alttayru aw tahwee bihi alrreehu fee makanin saheeqin
Translation
Being true to God, without associating anything with Him. Whoever associates anything with God—it is as though he has fallen from the sky, and is snatched by the birds, or is swept away by the wind to a distant abyss
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Thalika waman yuAAaththim shaAAaira Allahi fainnaha min taqwa alquloobi
Translation
So it is. Whoever venerates the sacraments of God—it is from the piety of the hearts
Transliteration
Lakum feeha manafiAAu ila ajalin musamman thumma mahilluha ila albayti alAAateeqi
Translation
In them are benefits for you until a certain time. Then their place is by the Ancient House
Transliteration
Walikulli ommatin jaAAalna mansakan liyathkuroo isma Allahi AAala ma razaqahum min baheemati alanAAami failahukum ilahun wahidun falahu aslimoo wabashshiri almukhbiteena
Translation
We have appointed a rite for every nation, that they may commemorate God’s name over the livestock He has provided for them. Your God is One God, so to Him submit, and announce good news to the humble
Transliteration
Allatheena itha thukira Allahu wajilat quloobuhum waalssabireena AAala ma asabahum waalmuqeemee alssalati wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona
Translation
Those whose hearts tremble when God is mentioned, and those who endure what has befallen them, and those who perform the prayer and spend from what We have provided for them
Transliteration
Waalbudna jaAAalnaha lakum min shaAAairi Allahi lakum feeha khayrun faothkuroo isma Allahi AAalayha sawaffa faitha wajabat junoobuha fakuloo minha waatAAimoo alqaniAAa waalmuAAtarra kathalika sakhkharnaha lakum laAAallakum tashkuroona
Translation
We have made the animal offerings emblems of God for you. In them is goodness for you. So pronounce God’s name upon them as they line up. Then, when they have fallen on their sides, eat of them and feed the contented and the beggar. Thus We have subjected them to you, that you may be thankful
Transliteration
Lan yanala Allaha luhoomuha wala dimaoha walakin yanaluhu alttaqwa minkum kathalika sakhkharaha lakum litukabbiroo Allaha AAala ma hadakum wabashshiri almuhsineena
Translation
Neither their flesh, nor their blood, ever reaches God. What reaches Him is the righteousness from you. Thus He subdued them to you, that you may glorify God for guiding you. And give good news to the charitable
Abolishes the pagan Arabian custom of smearing the slaughtered animal's blood and meat onto the walls of the Ka'bah. The Quran emphasizes that God has no physical need for blood or flesh; what reaches Him is the sincere internal piety ('Taqwa') of the worshiper.
Transliteration
Inna Allaha yudafiAAu AAani allatheena amanoo inna Allaha la yuhibbu kulla khawwanin kafoorin
Translation
God defends those who believe. God does not love any ungrateful traitor
Transliteration
Othina lillatheena yuqataloona biannahum thulimoo wainna Allaha AAala nasrihim laqadeerun
Translation
Permission is given to those who are fought against, and God is Able to give them victory
A historic legal turning point: this is the very first verse revealed in Islam permitting military self-defense. For thirteen grueling years in Mecca, Muslims were commanded to endure torture and persecution patiently; this verse authorized armed defense to protect vulnerable lives against unprovoked aggression.
Transliteration
Allatheena okhrijoo min diyarihim bighayri haqqin illa an yaqooloo rabbuna Allahu walawla dafAAu Allahi alnnasa baAAdahum bibaAAdin lahuddimat sawamiAAu wabiyaAAun wasalawatun wamasajidu yuthkaru feeha ismu Allahi katheeran walayansuranna Allahu man yansuruhu inna Allaha laqawiyyun AAazeezun
Translation
Those who were unjustly evicted from their homes, merely for saying, “Our Lord is God.” Were it not that God repels people by means of others: monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques—where the name of God is mentioned much—would have been demolished. God supports whoever supports Him. God is Strong and Mighty
A foundational text on religious freedom and pluralistic protection: states that if God did not curb human aggression, all sacred places where God's name is remembered—explicitly mentioning Christian monasteries, churches, Jewish synagogues, and Muslim mosques—would be demolished.
Transliteration
Allatheena in makkannahum fee alardi aqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata waamaroo bialmaAAroofi wanahaw AAani almunkari walillahi AAaqibatu alomoori
Translation
Those who, when We empower them in the land, observe the prayer, and give regular charity, and command what is right, and forbid what is wrong. To God belongs the outcome of events
Transliteration
Wain yukaththibooka faqad kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin waAAadun wathamoodu
Translation
If they deny you—before them the people of Noah, and Aad, and Thamood also denied
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Waqawmu ibraheema waqawmu lootin
Translation
And the people of Abraham, and the people of Lot
Transliteration
Waashabu madyana wakuththiba moosa faamlaytu lilkafireena thumma akhathtuhum fakayfa kana nakeeri
Translation
And the inhabitants of Median. And Moses was denied. Then I reprieved those who disbelieved, but then I seized them. So how was My rejection
Transliteration
Fakaayyin min qaryatin ahlaknaha wahiya thalimatun fahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshiha wabirin muAAattalatin waqasrin masheedin
Translation
How many a town have We destroyed while it was doing wrong? They lie in ruins; with stilled wells, and lofty mansions
Transliteration
Afalam yaseeroo fee alardi fatakoona lahum quloobun yaAAqiloona biha aw athanun yasmaAAoona biha fainnaha la taAAma alabsaru walakin taAAma alquloobu allatee fee alssudoori
Translation
Have they not journeyed in the land, and had minds to reason with, or ears to listen with? It is not the eyes that go blind, but it is the hearts, within the chests, that go blind
Transliteration
WayastaAAjiloonaka bialAAathabi walan yukhlifa Allahu waAAdahu wainna yawman AAinda rabbika kaalfi sanatin mimma taAAuddoona
Translation
And they ask you to hasten the punishment. But God never breaks His promise. A day with your Lord is like a thousand years of your count
Transliteration
Wakaayyin min qaryatin amlaytu laha wahiya thalimatun thumma akhathtuha wailayya almaseeru
Translation
How many a town have I reprieved, although it was unjust? Then I seized it. To Me is the destination
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Qul ya ayyuha alnnasu innama ana lakum natheerun mubeenun
Translation
Say, “O people, I am only a plain warner to you.”
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Faallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati lahum maghfiratun warizqun kareemun
Translation
Those who believe and work righteousness—for them is forgiveness and a generous provision
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Waallatheena saAAaw fee ayatina muAAajizeena olaika ashabu aljaheemi
Translation
But those who strive against Our revelations—these are the inmates of Hell
Transliteration
Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin wala nabiyyin illa itha tamanna alqa alshshaytanu fee omniyyatihi fayansakhu Allahu ma yulqee alshshaytanu thumma yuhkimu Allahu ayatihi waAllahu AAaleemun hakeemun
Translation
We never sent a messenger before you, or a prophet, but when he had a desire Satan interfered in his wishes. But God nullifies what Satan interjects, and God affirms His revelations. God is Omniscient and Wise
Clarifies that while Satan attempts to inject doubts or false whispers into the noble desires of prophets to cause public confusion, God immediately purges all satanic interference and preserves His authentic revelation with crystal clarity.
Transliteration
LiyajAAala ma yulqee alshshaytanu fitnatan lillatheena fee quloobihim maradun waalqasiyati quloobuhum wainna alththalimeena lafee shiqaqin baAAeedin
Translation
In order to make Satan’s suggestions a trial for those whose hearts are diseased, and those whose hearts are hardened. The wrongdoers are in profound discord
Transliteration
WaliyaAAlama allatheena ootoo alAAilma annahu alhaqqu min rabbika fayuminoo bihi fatukhbita lahu quloobuhum wainna Allaha lahadi allatheena amanoo ila siratin mustaqeemin
Translation
And so that those endowed with knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord, and so believe in it, and their hearts soften to it. God guides those who believe to a straight path
Transliteration
Wala yazalu allatheena kafaroo fee miryatin minhu hatta tatiyahumu alssaAAatu baghtatan aw yatiyahum AAathabu yawmin AAaqeemin
Translation
Those who disbelieve will continue to be hesitant about it, until the Hour comes upon them suddenly, or there comes to them the torment of a desolate Day
Transliteration
Almulku yawmaithin lillahi yahkumu baynahum faallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati fee jannati alnnaAAeemi
Translation
Sovereignty on that Day belongs to God; He will judge between them. Those who believe and do good deeds will be in the Gardens of Bliss
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Waallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo biayatina faolaika lahum AAathabun muheenun
Translation
But those who disbelieve and reject Our revelations—these will have a humiliating punishment
Transliteration
Waallatheena hajaroo fee sabeeli Allahi thumma qutiloo aw matoo layarzuqannahumu Allahu rizqan hasanan wainna Allaha lahuwa khayru alrraziqeena
Translation
Those who emigrate in God’s cause, then get killed, or die, God will provide them with fine provisions. God is the Best of Providers
Transliteration
Layudkhilannahum mudkhalan yardawnahu wainna Allaha laAAaleemun haleemun
Translation
He will admit them an admittance that will please them. God is Knowing and Clement
Transliteration
Thalika waman AAaqaba bimithli ma AAooqiba bihi thumma bughiya AAalayhi layansurannahu Allahu inna Allaha laAAafuwwun ghafoorun
Translation
That is so! Whoever retaliates similarly to the affliction he was made to suffer, and then he is wronged again, God will definitely assist him. God is Pardoning and Forgiving
Transliteration
Thalika bianna Allaha yooliju allayla fee alnnahari wayooliju alnnahara fee allayli waanna Allaha sameeAAun baseerun
Translation
That is because God merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night, and because God is Hearing and Seeing
Transliteration
Thalika bianna Allaha huwa alhaqqu waanna ma yadAAoona min doonihi huwa albatilu waanna Allaha huwa alAAaliyyu alkabeeru
Translation
That is because God is the Reality, and what they invoke besides Him is vanity, and because God is the Sublime, the Grand
Transliteration
Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina alssamai maan fatusbihu alardu mukhdarratan inna Allaha lateefun khabeerun
Translation
Do you not see that God sends down water from the sky, and the land becomes green? God is Kind and Aware
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Lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi wainna Allaha lahuwa alghaniyyu alhameedu
Translation
To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. God is the Rich, the Praised
Transliteration
Alam tara anna Allaha sakhkhara lakum ma fee alardi waalfulka tajree fee albahri biamrihi wayumsiku alssamaa an taqaAAa AAala alardi illa biithnihi inna Allaha bialnnasi laraoofun raheemun
Translation
Do you not see that God made everything on earth subservient to you? How the ships sail at sea by His command? That He holds up the sky lest it falls on earth—except by His permission? God is Gracious towards the people, Most Merciful
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Wahuwa allathee ahyakum thumma yumeetukum thumma yuhyeekum inna alinsana lakafoorun
Translation
And it is He who gives you life, then makes you die, then revives you. The human being is unappreciative
Transliteration
Likulli ommatin jaAAalna mansakan hum nasikoohu fala yunaziAAunnaka fee alamri waodAAu ila rabbika innaka laAAala hudan mustaqeemin
Translation
For every congregation We have appointed acts of devotion, which they observe. So do not let them dispute with you in this matter. And invite to your Lord; you are upon a straight guidance
Transliteration
Wain jadalooka faquli Allahu aAAlamu bima taAAmaloona
Translation
But if they dispute with you, say, “God is fully aware of what you do.”
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Allahu yahkumu baynakum yawma alqiyamati feema kuntum feehi takhtalifoona
Translation
God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection regarding what you disagree about
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Alam taAAlam anna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee alssamai waalardi inna thalika fee kitabin inna thalika AAala Allahi yaseerun
Translation
Do you not know that God knows everything in the heavens and the earth? This is in a book. That is easy for God
Transliteration
WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma lam yunazzil bihi sultanan wama laysa lahum bihi AAilmun wama lilththalimeena min naseerin
Translation
Yet they worship, besides God, things for which He sent down no warrant, and what they have no knowledge of. There is no savior for the transgressors
Transliteration
Waitha tutla AAalayhim ayatuna bayyinatin taAArifu fee wujoohi allatheena kafaroo almunkara yakadoona yastoona biallatheena yatloona AAalayhim ayatina qul afaonabbiokum bisharrin min thalikum alnnaru waAAadaha Allahu allatheena kafaroo wabisa almaseeru
Translation
And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, you will recognize disgust on the faces of those who disbelieve. They nearly assault those who recite to them Our Verses. Say, “Shall I inform you of something worse than that? The Fire! God has promised it to those who disbelieve. And what a wretched outcome!”
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha alnnasu duriba mathalun faistamiAAoo lahu inna allatheena tadAAoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubaban walawi ijtamaAAoo lahu wain yaslubuhumu alththubabu shayan la yastanqithoohu minhu daAAufa alttalibu waalmatloobu
Translation
O people! A parable is presented, so listen to it: Those you invoke besides God will never create a fly, even if they banded together for that purpose. And if the fly steals anything from them, they cannot recover it from it. Weak are the pursuer and the pursued
The famous Parable of the Fly: challenges idolaters that all of their deities combined could never engineer even a single fly. Furthermore, if a tiny fly snatches a drop of honey from their statues, the idols are powerless to reclaim it, exposing the utter weakness of fabricated gods.
Transliteration
Ma qadaroo Allaha haqqa qadrihi inna Allaha laqawiyyun AAazeezun
Translation
They do not value God as He should be valued. God is Strong and Powerful
Transliteration
Allahu yastafee mina almalaikati rusulan wamina alnnasi inna Allaha sameeAAun baseerun
Translation
God chooses messengers from among the angels, and from among the people. God is Hearing and Seeing
Transliteration
YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum waila Allahi turjaAAu alomooru
Translation
He knows what is before them, and what is behind them. To God all matters are referred
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo irkaAAoo waosjudoo waoAAbudoo rabbakum waifAAaloo alkhayra laAAallakum tuflihoona
Translation
O you who believe! Kneel, and prostrate, and worship your Lord, and do good deeds, so that you may succeed
Transliteration
Wajahidoo fee Allahi haqqa jihadihi huwa ijtabakum wama jaAAala AAalaykum fee alddeeni min harajin millata abeekum ibraheema huwa sammakumu almuslimeena min qablu wafee hatha liyakoona alrrasoolu shaheedan AAalaykum watakoonoo shuhadaa AAala alnnasi faaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata waiAAtasimoo biAllahi huwa mawlakum faniAAma almawla waniAAma alnnaseeru
Translation
And strive for God, with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you, and has not burdened you in religion—the faith of your father Abraham. It is he who named you Muslims before, and in this. So that the Messenger may be a witness over you, and you may be witnesses over the people. So pray regularly, and give regular charity, and cleave to God. He is your Protector. What an excellent Protector, and what an excellent Helper
Concludes with the fundamental mercy of Islam: God has never placed unbearable hardship ('haraj') in religion, following the spiritual legacy of Abraham, who was the first to name the believers 'Muslims' (those who submit to God).