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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
006.001
YUSUFALI: Praise be Allah, Who created the heavens and the
earth, and made the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold
(others) as equal, with their Guardian-Lord.
PICKTHAL: Praise be to Allah, Who hath created the heavens
and the earth, and hath appointed darkness and light. Yet those who
disbelieve ascribe rivals unto their Lord.
SHAKIR: All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth and made the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve
set up equals with their Lord.
006.002
YUSUFALI: He it is created you from clay, and then decreed
a stated term (for you). And there is in His presence another determined
term; yet ye doubt within yourselves!
PICKTHAL: He it is Who hath created you from clay, and hath
decreed a term for you. A term is fixed with Him. Yet still ye doubt!
SHAKIR: He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed
a term; and there is a term named with Him; still you doubt.
006.003
YUSUFALI: And He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He
knoweth what ye hide, and what ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense)
which ye earn (by your deeds).
PICKTHAL: He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He
knoweth both your secret and your utterance, and He knoweth what ye earn.
SHAKIR: And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth; He
knows your secret (thoughts) and your open (words), and He knows what you
earn.
006.004
YUSUFALI: But never did a single one of the signs of their
Lord reach them, but they turned away therefrom.
PICKTHAL: Never came there unto them a revelation of the
revelations of Allah but they did turn away from it.
SHAKIR: And there does not come to them any communication
of the communications of their Lord but they turn aside from it
006.005
YUSUFALI: And now they reject the truth when it reaches
them: but soon shall they learn the reality of what they used to mock at.
PICKTHAL: And they denied the truth when it came unto them.
But there will come unto them the tidings of that which they used to deride.
SHAKIR: So they have indeed rejected the truth when it came
to them; therefore the truth of what they mocked at will shine upon them.
006.006
YUSUFALI: See they not how many of those before them We did
destroy?- generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as
We have not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in
abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for
their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to
succeed them).
PICKTHAL: See they not how many a generation We destroyed
before them, whom We had established in the earth more firmly than We have
established you, and We shed on them abundant showers from the sky, and made
the rivers flow beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and
created after them another generation.
SHAKIR: Do they not consider how many a generation We have
destroyed before them, whom We had established in the earth as We have not
established you, and We sent the clouds pouring rain on them in abundance,
and We made the rivers to flow beneath them, then We destroyed them on
account of their faults and raised up after them another generation.
006.007
YUSUFALI: If We had sent unto thee a written (message) on
parchment, so that they could touch it with their hands, the Unbelievers
would have been sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"
PICKTHAL: Had we sent down unto thee (Muhammad) (actual)
writing upon parchment, so that they could feel it with their hands, those
who disbelieve would have said: This is naught else than mere magic.
SHAKIR: And if We had sent to you a writing on a paper,
then they had touched it with their hands, certainly those who disbelieve
would have said: This is nothing but clear enchantment.
006.008
YUSUFALI: They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?"
If we did send down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no
respite would be granted them.
PICKTHAL: They say: Why hath not an angel been sent down
unto him? If We sent down an angel, then the matter would be judged; no
further time would be allowed them (for reflection).
SHAKIR: And they say: Why has not an angel been sent down
to him? And had We sent down an angel, the matter would have certainly been
decided and then they would not have been respited.
006.009
YUSUFALI: If We had made it an angel, We should have sent
him as a man, and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter
which they have already covered with confusion.
PICKTHAL: Had we appointed him (Our messenger) an angel, We
assuredly had made him (as) a man (that he might speak to men); and (thus)
obscured for them (the truth) they (now) obscure.
SHAKIR: And if We had made him angel, We would certainly
have made him a man, and We would certainly have made confused to them what
they make confused.
006.010
YUSUFALI: Mocked were (many) messengers before thee; but
their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
PICKTHAL: Messengers (of Allah) have been derided before
thee, but that whereat they scoffed surrounded such of them as did deride.
SHAKIR: And certainly messengers before you were mocked at,
but that which they mocked at encompassed the scoffers among them.
006.011
YUSUFALI: Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was
the end of those who rejected Truth."
PICKTHAL: Say (unto the disbelievers): Travel in the land,
and see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
SHAKIR: Say: Travel in the land, then see what was the end
of the rejecters.
006.012
YUSUFALI: Say: "To whom belongeth all that is in the
heavens and on earth?" Say: "To Allah. He hath inscribed for Himself (the
rule of) Mercy. That He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment,
there is no doubt whatever. It is they who have lost their own souls, that
will not believe.
PICKTHAL: Say: Unto whom belongeth whatsoever is in the
heavens and the earth? Say: Unto Allah. He hath prescribed for Himself
mercy, that He may bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof
there is no doubt. Those who ruin their souls will not believe.
SHAKIR: Say: To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the
earth? Say: To Allah; He has ordained mercy on Himself; most certainly He
will gather you on the resurrection day-- there is no doubt about it. (As
for) those who have lost their souls, they will not believe.
006.013
YUSUFALI: To him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh)
in the night and the day. For he is the one who heareth and knoweth all
things."
PICKTHAL: Unto Him belongeth whatsoever resteth in the
night and the day. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
SHAKIR: And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and
the day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
006.014
YUSUFALI: Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other
than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth? And He it is that
feedeth but is not fed." Say: "Nay! but I am commanded to be the first of
those who bow to Allah (in Islam), and be not thou of the company of those
who join gods with Allah."
PICKTHAL: Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other
than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is
never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And be
not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.
SHAKIR: Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the
Originator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds (others) and is not
(Himself) fed. Say: I am commanded to be the first who submits himself, and
you should not be of the polytheists.
006.015
YUSUFALI: Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed
have fear of the penalty of a Mighty Day.
PICKTHAL: Say: I fear, if I rebel against my Lord, the
retribution of an Awful Day.
SHAKIR: Say: Surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the
chastisement of a grievous day.
006.016
YUSUFALI: "On that day, if the penalty is averted from any,
it is due to Allah's mercy; And that would be (Salvation), the obvious
fulfilment of all desire.
PICKTHAL: He from whom (such retribution) is averted on
that day, (Allah) hath in truth had mercy on him. That will be the signal
triumph.
SHAKIR: He from whom it is averted on that day, Allah
indeed has shown mercy to him; and this is a manifest achievement.
006.017
YUSUFALI: "If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can
remove it but He; if He touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all
things.
PICKTHAL: If Allah touch thee with affliction, there is
none that can relieve therefrom save Him, and if He touch thee with good
fortune (there is none that can impair it); for He is Able to do all things.
SHAKIR: And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is
none to take it off but He; and if He visit you with good, then He has power
over all things.
006.018
YUSUFALI: "He is the irresistible, (watching) from above
over His worshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things."
PICKTHAL: He is the Omnipotent over His slaves, and He is
the Wise, the Knower.
SHAKIR: And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He
is the Wise, the Aware.
006.019
YUSUFALI: Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?"
Say: "Allah is witness between me and you; This Qur'an hath been revealed to
me by inspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye
possibly bear witness that besides Allah there is another Allah?" Say: "Nay!
I cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one Allah, and I truly
am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him."
PICKTHAL: Say (O Muhammad): What thing is of most weight in
testimony? Say: Allah is Witness between me and you. And this Qur'an hath
been inspired in me, that I may warn therewith you and whomsoever it may
reach. Do ye in sooth bear witness that there are gods beside Allah? Say: I
bear no such witness. Say: He is only One Allah. Lo! I am innocent of that
which ye associate (with Him).
SHAKIR: Say: What thing is the weightiest in testimony?
Say: Allah is witness between you and me; and this Quran has been revealed
to me that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it reaches. Do you really
bear witness that there are other gods with Allah? Say: I do not bear
witness. Say: He is only one Allah, and surely I am clear of that which you
set up (with Him).
006.020
YUSUFALI: Those to whom We have given the Book know this as
they know their own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse
therefore to believe.
PICKTHAL: Those unto whom We gave the Scripture recognise
(this revelation) as they recognise their sons. Those who ruin their own
souls will not believe.
SHAKIR: Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as
they recognize their sons; (as for) those who have lost their souls, they
will not believe.
006.021
YUSUFALI: Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie
against Allah or rejecteth His signs? But verily the wrong-doers never shall
prosper.
PICKTHAL: Who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a
lie against Allah or denieth His revelations? Lo! the wrongdoers will not be
successful.
SHAKIR: And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah or (he who) gives the lie to His communications; surely the
unjust will not be successful.
006.022
YUSUFALI: One day shall We gather them all together: We
shall say to those who ascribed partners (to Us): "Where are the partners
whom ye (invented and) talked about?"
PICKTHAL: And on the day We gather them together We shall
say unto those who ascribed partners (unto Allah): Where are (now) those
partners of your make-believe?
SHAKIR: And on the day when We shall gather them all
together, then shall We say to those who associated others (with Allah):
Where are your associates whom you asserted?
006.023
YUSUFALI: There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them
but to say: "By Allah our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with
Allah."
PICKTHAL: Then will they have no contention save that they
will say: By Allah, our Lord, we never were idolaters.
SHAKIR: Then their excuse would be nothing but that they
would say: By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.
006.024
YUSUFALI: Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But
the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch.
PICKTHAL: See how they lie against themselves, and (how)
the thing which they devised hath failed them!
SHAKIR: See how they lie against their own souls, and that
which they forged has passed away from them.
006.025
YUSUFALI: Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to
thee; but We have thrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not,
and deafness in their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they
will believe in them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (but)
dispute with thee; the Unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the
ancients."
PICKTHAL: Of them are some who listen unto thee, but We
have placed upon their hearts veils, lest they should understand, and in
their ears a deafness. If they saw every token they would not believe
therein; to the point that, when they come unto thee to argue with thee, the
disbelievers say: This is naught else than fables of the men of old.
SHAKIR: And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have
cast veils over their hearts lest they understand it and a heaviness into
their ears; and even if they see every sign they will not believe in it; so
much so that when they come to you they only dispute with you; those who
disbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of the ancients.
006.026
YUSUFALI: Others they keep away from it, and themselves
they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it
not.
PICKTHAL: And they forbid (men) from it and avoid it, and
they ruin none save themselves, though they perceive not.
SHAKIR: And they prohibit (others) from it and go far away
from it, and they only bring destruction upon their own souls while they do
not perceive.
006.027
YUSUFALI: If thou couldst but see when they are confronted
with the Fire! They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would
we not reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who
believe!"
PICKTHAL: If thou couldst see when they are set before the
Fire and say: Oh, would that we might return! Then would we not deny the
revelations of our Lord but we would be of the believers!
SHAKIR: And could you see when they are made to stand
before the fire, then they shall say: Would that we were sent back, and we
would not reject the communications of our Lord and we would be of the
believers.
006.028
YUSUFALI: Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest
what before they concealed. But if they were returned, they would certainly
relapse to the things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.
PICKTHAL: Nay, but that hath become clear unto them which
before they used to hide. And if they were sent back they would return unto
that which they are forbidden. Lo! they are liars.
SHAKIR: Nay, what they concealed before shall become
manifest to them; and if they were sent back, they would certainly go back
to that which they are forbidden, and most surely they are liars.
006.029
YUSUFALI: And they (sometimes) say: "There is nothing
except our life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again."
PICKTHAL: And they say: There is naught save our life of
the world, and we shall not be raised (again).
SHAKIR: And they say: There is nothing but our life of this
world, and we shall not be raised.
006.030
YUSUFALI: If thou couldst but see when they are confronted
with their Lord! He will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea,
by our Lord!" He will say: "Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected
Faith."
PICKTHAL: If thou couldst see when they are set before
their Lord! He will say: Is not this real? They will say: Yea, verily, by
our Lord! He will say: Taste now the retribution for that ye used to
disbelieve.
SHAKIR: And could you see when they are made to stand
before their Lord. He will say: Is not this the truth? They will say: Yea!
by our Lord. He will say: Taste then the chastisement because you
disbelieved.
006.031
YUSUFALI: Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood
that they must meet Allah,- until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they
say: "Ah! woe unto us that we took no thought of it"; for they bear their
burdens on their backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear?
PICKTHAL: They indeed are losers who deny their meeting
with Allah until, when the Hour cometh on them suddenly, they cry: Alas for
us, that we neglected it! They bear upon their backs their burdens. Ah, evil
is that which they bear!
SHAKIR: They are losers indeed who reject the meeting of
Allah; until when the hour comes upon them all of a sudden they shall say: O
our grief for our neglecting it! and they shall bear their burdens on their
backs; now surely evil is that which they bear.
006.032
YUSUFALI: What is the life of this world but play and
amusement? But best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are
righteous. Will ye not then understand?
PICKTHAL: Naught is the life of the world save a pastime
and a spot. Better far is the abode of the Hereafter for those who keep
their duty (to Allah). Have ye then no sense?
SHAKIR: And this world's life is naught but a play and an
idle sport and certainly the abode of the hereafter is better for those who
guard (against evil); do you not then understand?
006.033
YUSUFALI: We know indeed the grief which their words do
cause thee: It is not thee they reject: it is the signs of Allah, which the
wicked contemn.
PICKTHAL: We know well how their talk grieveth thee, though
in truth they deny not thee (Muhammad) but evil-doers flout the revelations
of Allah.
SHAKIR: We know indeed that what they say certainly grieves
you, but surely they do not call you a liar; but the unjust deny the
communications of Allah.
006.034
YUSUFALI: Rejected were the messengers before thee: with
patience and constancy they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our
aid did reach them: there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of
Allah. Already hast thou received some account of those messengers.
PICKTHAL: Messengers indeed have been denied before thee,
and they were patient under the denial and the persecution till Our succour
reached them. There is none to alter the decisions of Allah. Already there
hath reached thee (somewhat) of the tidings of the messengers (We sent
before).
SHAKIR: And certainly messengers before you were rejected,
but they were patient on being rejected and persecuted until Our help came
to them; and there is none to change the words of Allah, and certainly there
has come to you some information about the messengers.
006.035
YUSUFALI: If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if
thou wert able to seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and
bring them a sign,- (what good?). If it were Allah's will, He could gather
them together unto true guidance: so be not thou amongst those who are
swayed by ignorance (and impatience)!
PICKTHAL: And if their aversion is grievous unto thee,
then, if thou canst, seek a way down into the earth or a ladder unto the sky
that thou mayst bring unto them a portent (to convince them all)! - If Allah
willed, He could have brought them all together to the guidance - So be not
thou among the foolish ones.
SHAKIR: And if their turning away is hard on you, then if
you can seek an opening (to go down) into the earth or a ladder (to ascend
up) to heaven so that you should bring them a sign and if Allah had pleased
He would certainly have gathered them all on guidance, therefore be not of
the ignorant.
006.036
YUSUFALI: Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will
accept: as to the dead, Allah will raise them up; then will they be turned
unto Him.
PICKTHAL: Only those can accept who hear. As for the dead,
Allah will raise them up; then unto Him they will be returned.
SHAKIR: Only those accept who listen; and (as to) the dead,
Allah will raise them, then to Him they shall be returned.
006.037
YUSUFALI: They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him
from his Lord?" Say: "Allah hath certainly power to send down a sign: but
most of them understand not.
PICKTHAL: They say: Why hath no portent been sent down upon
him from his Lord? Say: Lo! Allah is Able to send down a portent. But most
of them know not.
SHAKIR: And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to
him from his Lord? Say: Surely Allah is able to send down a sign, but most
of them do not know.
006.038
YUSUFALI: There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth,
nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like
you. Nothing have we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered
to their Lord in the end.
PICKTHAL: There is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying
creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have
neglected nothing in the Book (of Our decrees). Then unto their Lord they
will be gathered.
SHAKIR: And there is no animal that walks upon the earth
nor a bird that flies with its two wings but (they are) genera like
yourselves; We have not neglected anything in the Book, then to their Lord
shall they be gathered.
006.039
YUSUFALI: Those who reject our signs are deaf and dumb,- in
the midst of darkness profound: whom Allah willeth, He leaveth to wander:
whom He willeth, He placeth on the way that is straight.
PICKTHAL: Those who deny Our revelations are deaf and dumb
in darkness. Whom Allah will sendeth astray, and whom He will He placeth on
a straight path.
SHAKIR: And they who reject Our communications are deaf and
dumb, in utter darkness; whom Allah pleases He causes to err and whom He
pleases He puts on the right way.
006.040
YUSUFALI: Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon
you the wrath of Allah, or the Hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon
other than Allah?- (reply) if ye are truthful!
PICKTHAL: Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of
Allah come upon you or the Hour come upon you, (calling upon other than
Allah)? Do ye then call (for help) to any other than Allah? (Answer that) if
ye are truthful.
SHAKIR: Say: Tell me if the chastisement of Allah should
overtake you or the hour should come upon you, will you call (on others)
besides Allah, if you are truthful?
006.041
YUSUFALI: "Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His
will, He would remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him,
and ye would forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!"
PICKTHAL: Nay, but unto Him ye call, and He removeth that
because of which ye call unto Him, if He will, and ye forget whatever
partners ye ascribed unto Him.
SHAKIR: Nay, Him you call upon, so He clears away that for
which you pray if He pleases and you forget what you set up (with Him).
006.042
YUSUFALI: Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations,
and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might
learn humility.
PICKTHAL: We have sent already unto peoples that were
before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order
that they might grow humble.
SHAKIR: And certainly We sent (messengers) to nations
before you then We seized them with distress and affliction in order that
they might humble themselves.
006.043
YUSUFALI: When the suffering reached them from us, why then
did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened,
and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.
PICKTHAL: If only, when Our disaster came on them, they had
been humble! But their hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they
used to do seem fair unto them!
SHAKIR: Yet why did they not, when Our punishment came to
them, humble themselves? But their hearts hardened and the Shaitan made what
they did fair-seeming to them.
006.044
YUSUFALI: But when they forgot the warning they had
received, We opened to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the
midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to
account, when lo! they were plunged in despair!
PICKTHAL: Then, when they forgot that whereof they had been
reminded, We opened unto them the gates of all things till, even as they
were rejoicing in that which they were given, We seized them unawares, and
lo! they were dumbfounded.
SHAKIR: But when they neglected that with which they had
been admonished, We opened for them the doors of all things, until when they
rejoiced in what they were given We seized them suddenly; then lo! they were
in utter despair.
006.045
YUSUFALI: Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off.
Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds.
PICKTHAL: So of the people who did wrong the last remnant
was cut off. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
SHAKIR: So the roots of the people who were unjust were cut
off; and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
006.046
YUSUFALI: Say: "Think ye, if Allah took away your hearing
and your sight, and sealed up your hearts, who - a god other than Allah -
could restore them to you?" See how We explain the signs by various
(symbols); yet they turn aside.
PICKTHAL: Say: Have ye imagined, if Allah should take away
your hearing and your sight and seal your hearts, Who is the Allah Who could
restore it to you save Allah? See how We display the revelations unto them!
Yet still they turn away.
SHAKIR: Say: Have you considered that if Allah takes away
your hearing and your sight and sets a seal on your hearts, who is the god
besides Allah that can bring it to you? See how We repeat the
communications, yet they turn away.
006.047
YUSUFALI: Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of Allah comes
to you, whether suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who
do wrong?
PICKTHAL: Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of
Allah come upon you unawares or openly? Would any perish save wrongdoing
folk?
SHAKIR: Say: Have you considered if the chastisement of
Allah should overtake you suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed but the
unjust people?
006.048
YUSUFALI: We send the messengers only to give good news and
to warn: so those who believe and mend (their lives),- upon them shall be no
fear, nor shall they grieve.
PICKTHAL: We send not the messengers save as bearers of
good news and warners. Whoso believeth and doeth right, there shall no fear
come upon them neither shall they grieve.
SHAKIR: And We send not messengers but as announcers of
good news and givers of warning, then whoever believes and acts aright, they
shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.
006.049
YUSUFALI: But those who reject our signs,- them shall
punishment touch, for that they ceased not from transgressing.
PICKTHAL: But as for those who deny Our revelations,
torment will afflict them for that they used to disobey.
SHAKIR: And (as for) those who reject Our communications,
chastisement shall afflict them because they transgressed.
006.050
YUSUFALI: Say: "I tell you not that with me are the
treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an
angel. I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held
equal to the seeing?" Will ye then consider not?
PICKTHAL: Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): I say not
unto you (that) I possess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge
of the Unseen; and I say not unto you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that
which is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal? Will ye
not then take thought?
SHAKIR: Say: I do not say to you, I have with me the
treasures of Allah, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I say to you that I am
an angel; I do not follow aught save that which is revealed to me. Say: Are
the blind and the seeing one alike? Do you not then reflect?
006.051
YUSUFALI: Give this warning to those in whose (hearts) is
the fear that they will be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except
for Him they will have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard
(against evil).
PICKTHAL: Warn hereby those who fear (because they know)
that they will be gathered unto their Lord, for whom there is no protecting
ally nor intercessor beside Him, that they may ward off (evil).
SHAKIR: And warn with it those who fear that they shall be
gathered to their Lord-- there is no guardian for them, nor any intercessor
besides Him-- that they may guard (against evil).
006.052
YUSUFALI: Send not away those who call on their Lord
morning and evening, seeking His face. In naught art thou accountable for
them, and in naught are they accountable for thee, that thou shouldst turn
them away, and thus be (one) of the unjust.
PICKTHAL: Repel not those who call upon their Lord at morn
and evening, seeking His Countenance. Thou art not accountable for them in
aught, nor are they accountable for thee in aught, that thou shouldst repel
them and be of the wrong-doers.
SHAKIR: And do not drive away those who call upon their
Lord in the morning and the evening, they desire only His favor; neither are
you answerable for any reckoning of theirs, nor are they answerable for any
reckoning of yours, so that you should drive them away and thus be of the
unjust.
006.053
YUSUFALI: Thus did We try some of them by comparison with
others, that they should say: "Is it these then that Allah hath favoured
from amongst us?" Doth not Allah know best those who are grateful?
PICKTHAL: And even so do We try some of them by others,
that they say: Are these they whom Allah favoureth among us? Is not Allah
best Aware of the thanksgivers?
SHAKIR: And thus do We try some of them by others so that
they say: Are these they upon whom Allah has conferred benefit from among
us? Does not Allah best know the grateful?
006.054
YUSUFALI: When those come to thee who believe in Our signs,
Say: "Peace be on you: Your Lord hath inscribed for Himself (the rule of)
mercy: verily, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented,
and amend (his conduct), lo! He is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: And when those who believe in Our revelations
come unto thee, say: Peace be unto you! Your Lord hath prescribed for
Himself mercy, that whoso of you doeth evil through ignorance and repenteth
afterward thereof and doeth right, (for him) lo! He is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: And when those who believe in Our communications
come to you, say: Peace be on you, your Lord has ordained mercy on Himself,
(so) that if any one of you does evil in ignorance, then turns after that
and acts aright, then He is Forgiving, Merciful.
006.055
YUSUFALI: Thus do We explain the signs in detail: that the
way of the sinners may be shown up.
PICKTHAL: Thus do We expound the revelations that the way
of the unrighteous may be manifest.
SHAKIR: And thus do We make distinct the communications and
so that the way of the guilty may become clear.
006.056
YUSUFALI: Say: "I am forbidden to worship those - others
than Allah - whom ye call upon." Say: "I will not follow your wain desires:
If I did, I would stray from the path, and be not of the company of those
who receive guidance."
PICKTHAL: Say: I am forbidden to worship those on whom ye
call instead of Allah. Say: I will not follow your desires, for then should
I go astray and I should not be of the rightly guided.
SHAKIR: Say: I am forbidden to serve those whom you call
upon besides Allah. Say: I do not follow your low desires. for then indeed I
should have gone astray and I should not be of those who go aright.
006.057
YUSUFALI: Say: "For me, I (work) on a clear sign from my
Lord, but ye reject Him. What ye would see hastened, is not in my power. The
command rests with none but Allah: He declares the truth, and He is the best
of judges."
PICKTHAL: Say: I am (relying) on clear proof from my Lord,
while ye deny Him. I have not that for which ye are impatient. The decision
is for Allah only. He telleth the truth and He is the Best of Deciders.
SHAKIR: Say: Surely I have manifest proof from my Lord and
you call it a lie; I have not with me that which you would hasten; the t
judgment is only Allah's; He relates the truth and He is the best of
deciders.
006.058
YUSUFALI: Say: "If what ye would see hastened were in my
power, the matter would be settled at once between you and me. But Allah
knoweth best those who do wrong."
PICKTHAL: Say: If I had that for which ye are impatient,
then would the case (ere this) have been decided between me and you. Allah
is Best Aware of the wrong-doers.
SHAKIR: Say: If that which you desire to hasten were with
me, the matter would have certainly been decided between you and me; and
Allah best knows the unjust.
006.059
YUSUFALI: With Him are the keys of the unseen, the
treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the
earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is
not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or
dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who
can read).
PICKTHAL: And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None
but He knoweth them. And He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a
leaf falleth but He knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth,
naught of wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear record.
SHAKIR: And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures--
none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and
there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the
earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book.
006.060
YUSUFALI: It is He who doth take your souls by night, and
hath knowledge of all that ye have done by day: by day doth He raise you up
again; that a term appointed be fulfilled; In the end unto Him will be your
return; then will He show you the truth of all that ye did.
PICKTHAL: He it is Who gathereth you at night and knoweth
that which ye commit by day. Then He raiseth you again to life therein, that
the term appointed (for you) may be accomplished. And afterward unto Him is
your return. Then He will proclaim unto you what ye used to do.
SHAKIR: And He it is Who takes your souls at night (in
sleep), and He knows what you acquire in the day, then He raises you up
therein that an appointed term may be fulfilled; then to Him is your return,
then He will inform you of what you were doing.
006.061
YUSUFALI: He is the irresistible, (watching) from above
over His worshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when death
approaches one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in
their duty.
PICKTHAL: He is the Omnipotent over His slaves. He sendeth
guardians over you until, when death cometh unto one of you, Our messengers
receive him, and they neglect not.
SHAKIR: And He is the Supreme, above His servants, and He
sends keepers over you; until when death comes to one of you, Our messengers
cause him to die, and they are not remiss.
006.062
YUSUFALI: Then are men returned unto Allah, their
protector, the (only) reality: Is not His the command? and He is the
swiftest in taking account.
PICKTHAL: Then are they restored unto Allah, their Lord,
the Just. Surely His is the judgment. And He is the most swift of reckoners.
SHAKIR: Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, the
True one; now surely His is the judgment and He is swiftest in taking
account.
006.063
YUSUFALI: Say: "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark
recesses of land and sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent
terror: 'If He only delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall
truly show our gratitude'?"
PICKTHAL: Say: Who delivereth you from the darkness of the
land and the sea? Ye call upon Him humbly and in secret, (saying): If we are
delivered from this (fear) we truly will be of the thankful.
SHAKIR: Say: Who is it that delivers you from the dangers
of the land and the sea (when) you call upon Him (openly) humiliating
yourselves, and in secret: If He delivers us from this, we should certainly
be of the grateful ones.
006.064
YUSUFALI: Say "It is Allah that delivereth you from these
and all (other) distresses: and yet ye worship false gods!"
PICKTHAL: Say: Allah delivereth you from this and from all
affliction. Yet ye attribute partners unto Him.
SHAKIR: Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every
distress, but again you set up others (with Him).
006.065
YUSUFALI: Say: "He hath power to send calamities on you,
from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving
you a taste of mutual vengeance - each from the other." See how We explain
the signs by various (symbols); that they may understand.
PICKTHAL: Say: He is able to send punishment upon you from
above you or from beneath your feet, or to bewilder you with dissension and
make you taste the tyranny one of another. See how We display the
revelations so that they may understand.
SHAKIR: Say: He has the power that He should send on you a
chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that He should
throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some
of you taste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the communications
that they may understand.
006.066
YUSUFALI: But thy people reject this, though it is the
truth. Say: "Not mine is the responsibility for arranging your affairs;
PICKTHAL: Thy people (O Muhammad) have denied it, though it
is the Truth. Say: I am not put in charge of you.
SHAKIR: And your people call it a lie and it is the very
truth. Say: I am not placed in charge of you.
006.067
YUSUFALI: For every message is a limit of time, and soon
shall ye know it."
PICKTHAL: For every announcement there is a term, and ye
will come to know.
SHAKIR: For every prophecy is a term, and you will come to
know (it).
006.068
YUSUFALI: When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse
about Our signs, turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme.
If Satan ever makes thee forget, then after recollection, sit not thou in
the company of those who do wrong.
PICKTHAL: And when thou seest those who meddle with Our
revelations, withdraw from them until they meddle with another topic. And if
the devil cause thee to forget, sit not, after the remembrance, with the
congregation of wrong-doers.
SHAKIR: And when you see those who enter into false
discourses about Our communications, withdraw from them until they enter
into some other discourse, and if the Shaitan causes you to forget, then do
not sit after recollection with the unjust people.
006.069
YUSUFALI: On their account no responsibility falls on the
righteous, but (their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear
Allah.
PICKTHAL: Those who ward off (evil) are not accountable for
them in aught, but the Reminder (must be given them) that haply they (too)
may ward off (evil).
SHAKIR: And nought of the reckoning of their (deeds) shall
be against those who guard (against evil), but (theirs) is only to remind,
haply they may guard.
006.070
YUSUFALI: Leave alone those who take their religion to be
mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But
proclaim (to them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by
its own acts: it will find for itself no protector or intercessor except
Allah: if it offered every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted:
such is (the end of) those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts:
they will have for drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most
grievous: for they persisted in rejecting Allah.
PICKTHAL: And forsake those who take their religion for a
pastime and a jest, and whom the life of the world beguileth. Remind
(mankind) hereby lest a soul be destroyed by what it earneth. It hath beside
Allah no protecting ally nor intercessor, and though it offer every
compensation it will not be accepted from it. Those are they who perish by
their own deserts. For them is drink of boiling water and a painful doom,
because they disbelieved.
SHAKIR: And leave those who have taken their religion for a
play and an idle sport, and whom this world's life has deceived, and remind
(them) thereby lest a soul should be given up to destruction for what it has
earned; it shall not have besides Allah any guardian nor an intercessor, and
if it should seek to give every compensation, it shall not be accepted from
it; these are they who shall be given up to destruction for what they
earned; they shall have a drink of boiling water and a painful chastisement
because they disbelieved.
006.071
YUSUFALI: Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides
Allah,- things that can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels
after receiving guidance from Allah? - like one whom the evil ones have made
into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling,
come to us', (vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "Allah's guidance is
the (only) guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the
Lord of the worlds;-
PICKTHAL: Say: Shall we cry, instead of unto Allah, unto
that which neither profiteth us nor hurteth us, and shall we turn back after
Allah hath guided us, like one bewildered whom the devils have infatuated in
the earth, who hath companions who invite him to the guidance (saying): Come
unto us? Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah is Guidance, and we are ordered to
surrender to the Lord of the Worlds,
SHAKIR: Say: Shall we call on that besides Allah, which
does not benefit us nor harm us, and shall we be returned back on our heels
after Allah has guided us, like him whom the Shaitans have made to fall down
perplexed in the earth? He has companions who call him to the right way,
(saying): Come to us. Say: Surely the guidance of Allah, that is the (true)
guidance, and we are commanded that we should submit to the Lord of the
worlds.
006.072
YUSUFALI: "To establish regular prayers and to fear Allah:
for it is to Him that we shall be gathered together."
PICKTHAL: And to establish worship and be dutiful to Him,
and He it is unto Whom ye will be gathered.
SHAKIR: And that you should keep up prayer and be careful
of (your duty to) Him; and He it is to Whom you shall be gathered.
006.073
YUSUFALI: It is He who created the heavens and the earth in
true (proportions): the day He saith, "Be," behold! it is. His word is the
truth. His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. He
knoweth the unseen as well as that which is open. For He is the Wise, well
acquainted (with all things).
PICKTHAL: He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in
truth. In the day when He saith: Be! it is. His Word is the Truth, and His
will be the Sovereignty on the day when the trumpet is blown. Knower of the
Invisible and the Visible, He is the Wise, the Aware.
SHAKIR: And He it is Who has created the heavens and the
earth with truth, and on the day He says: Be, it is. His word is the truth,
and His is the kingdom on the day when the trumpet shall be blown; the
Knower of the unseen and the seen; and He is the Wise, the Aware.
006.074
YUSUFALI: Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: "Takest thou
idols for gods? For I see thee and thy people in manifest error."
PICKTHAL: (Remember) when Abraham said unto his father
Azar: Takest thou idols for gods? Lo! I see thee and thy folk in error
manifest.
SHAKIR: And when Ibrahim said to his sire, Azar: Do you
take idols for gods? Surely I see you and your people in manifest error.
006.075
YUSUFALI: So also did We show Abraham the power and the
laws of the heavens and the earth, that he might (with understanding) have
certitude.
PICKTHAL: Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth that he might be of those possessing certainty:
SHAKIR: And thus did We show Ibrahim the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth and that he might be of those who are sure.
006.076
YUSUFALI: When the night covered him over, He saw a star:
He said: "This is my Lord." But when it set, He said: "I love not those that
set."
PICKTHAL: When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a
star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things
that set.
SHAKIR: So when the night over-shadowed him, he saw a star;
said he: Is this my Lord? So when it set, he said: I do not love the setting
ones.
006.077
YUSUFALI: When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he
said: "This is my Lord." But when the moon set, He said: "unless my Lord
guide me, I shall surely be among those who go astray."
PICKTHAL: And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed:
This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely
shall become one of the folk who are astray.
SHAKIR: Then when he saw the moon rising, he said: Is this
my Lord? So when it set, he said: If my Lord had not guided me I should
certainly be of the erring people.
006.078
YUSUFALI: When he saw the sun rising in splendour, he said:
"This is my Lord; this is the greatest (of all)." But when the sun set, he
said: "O my people! I am indeed free from your (guilt) of giving partners to
Allah.
PICKTHAL: And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This
is my Lord! This is greater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo!
I am free from all that ye associate (with Him).
SHAKIR: Then when he saw the sun rising, he said: Is this
my Lord? Is this the greatest? So when it set, he said: O my people! surely
I am clear of what you set up (with Allah).
006.079
YUSUFALI: "For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly,
towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give
partners to Allah."
PICKTHAL: Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created
the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the
idolaters.
SHAKIR: Surely I have turned myself, being upright, wholly
to Him Who originated the heavens and the earth, and I am not of the
polytheists.
006.080
YUSUFALI: His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) ye
to dispute with me, about Allah, when He (Himself) hath guided me? I fear
not (the beings) ye associate with Allah: Unless my Lord willeth, (nothing
can happen). My Lord comprehendeth in His knowledge all things. Will ye not
(yourselves) be admonished?
PICKTHAL: His people argued with him. He said: Dispute ye
with me concerning Allah when He hath guided me? I fear not at all that
which ye set up beside Him unless my Lord willeth aught. My Lord includeth
all things in His knowledge. Will ye not then remember?
SHAKIR: And his people disputed with him. He said: Do you
dispute with me respecting Allah? And He has guided me indeed; and I do not
fear in any way those that you set up with Him, unless my Lord pleases; my
Lord comprehends all things in His knowledge; will you not then mind?
006.081
YUSUFALI: "How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with
Allah, when ye fear not to give partners to Allah without any warrant having
been given to you? Which of (us) two parties hath more right to security?
(tell me) if ye know.
PICKTHAL: How should I fear that which ye set up beside
Him, when ye fear not to set up beside Allah that for which He hath revealed
unto you no warrant? Which of the two factions hath more right to safety?
(Answer me that) if ye have knowledge.
SHAKIR: And how should I fear what you have set up (with
Him), while you do not fear that you have set up with Allah that for which
He has not sent down to you any authority; which then of the two parties is
surer of security, if you know?
006.082
YUSUFALI: "It is those who believe and confuse not their
beliefs with wrong - that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right)
guidance."
PICKTHAL: Those who believe and obscure not their belief by
wrongdoing, theirs is safety; and they are rightly guided.
SHAKIR: Those who believe and do not mix up their faith
with iniquity, those are they who shall have the security and they are those
who go aright.
006.083
YUSUFALI: That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to
Abraham (to use) against his people: We raise whom We will, degree after
degree: for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
PICKTHAL: That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham
against his folk. We raise unto degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord
is Wise, Aware.
SHAKIR: And this was Our argument which we gave to Ibrahim
against his people; We exalt in dignity whom We please; surely your Lord is
Wise, Knowing.
006.084
YUSUFALI: We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided:
and before him, We guided Noah, and among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job,
Joseph, Moses, and Aaron: thus do We reward those who do good:
PICKTHAL: And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob; each of
them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime; and of his seed (We guided)
David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward
the good.
SHAKIR: And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub; each did We
guide, and Nuh did We guide before, and of his descendants, Dawood and
Sulaiman and Ayub and Yusuf and Haroun; and thus do We reward those who do
good (to others).
006.085
YUSUFALI: And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all
in the ranks of the righteous:
PICKTHAL: And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each
one (of them) was of the righteous.
SHAKIR: And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one
was of the good;
006.086
YUSUFALI: And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonas, and Lot: and
to all We gave favour above the nations:
PICKTHAL: And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each
one (of them) did We prefer above (Our) creatures,
SHAKIR: And Ismail and Al-Yasha and Yunus and Lut; and
every one We made to excel (in) the worlds:
006.087
YUSUFALI: (To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and
brethren: We chose them, and we guided them to a straight way.
PICKTHAL: With some of their forefathers and their
offspring and their brethren; and We chose them and guided them unto a
straight path.
SHAKIR: And from among their fathers and their descendants
and their brethren, and We chose them and guided them into the right way.
006.088
YUSUFALI: This is the guidance of Allah: He giveth that
guidance to whom He pleaseth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other
gods with Him, all that they did would be vain for them.
PICKTHAL: Such is the guidance of Allah wherewith He
guideth whom He will of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship)
aught beside Him, (all) that they did would have been vain.
SHAKIR: This is Allah's guidance, He guides thereby whom He
pleases of His servants; and if they had set up others (with Him), certainly
what they did would have become ineffectual for them.
006.089
YUSUFALI: These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and
authority, and prophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them,
Behold! We shall entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.
PICKTHAL: Those are they unto whom We gave the Scripture
and command and prophethood. But if these disbelieve therein, then indeed We
shall entrust it to a people who will not be disbelievers therein.
SHAKIR: These are they to whom We gave the book and the
wisdom and the prophecy; therefore if these disbelieve in it We have already
entrusted with it a people who are not disbelievers in it.
006.090
YUSUFALI: Those were the (prophets) who received Allah's
guidance: Copy the guidance they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask
of you: This is no less than a message for the nations."
PICKTHAL: Those are they whom Allah guideth, so follow
their guidance. Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for it.
Lo! it is naught but a Reminder to (His) creatures.
SHAKIR: These are they whom Allah guided, therefore follow
their guidance. Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it; it is nothing
but a reminder to the nations.
006.091
YUSUFALI: No just estimate of Allah do they make when they
say: "Nothing doth Allah send down to man (by way of revelation)" Say: "Who
then sent down the Book which Moses brought?- a light and guidance to man:
But ye make it into (separate) sheets for show, while ye conceal much (of
its contents): therein were ye taught that which ye knew not- neither ye nor
your fathers." Say: "Allah (sent it down)": Then leave them to plunge in
vain discourse and trifling.
PICKTHAL: And they measure not the power of Allah its true
measure when they say: Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say
(unto the Jews who speak thus): Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a
light and guidance for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye
show, but ye hide much (thereof), and (by which) ye were taught that which
ye knew not yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it)? Say: Allah. Then
leave them to their play of cavilling.
SHAKIR: And they do not assign to Allah the attributes due
to Him when they say: Allah has not revealed anything to a mortal. Say: Who
revealed the Book which Musa brought, a light and a guidance to men, which
you make into scattered writings which you show while you conceal much? And
you were taught what you did not know, (neither) you nor your fathers. Say:
Allah then leave them sporting in their vain discourses.
006.092
YUSUFALI: And this is a Book which We have sent down,
bringing blessings, and confirming (the revelations) which came before it:
that thou mayest warn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who
believe in the Hereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constant in
guarding their prayers.
PICKTHAL: And this is a blessed Scripture which We have
revealed, confirming that which (was revealed) before it, that thou mayst
warn the Mother of Villages and those around her. Those who believe in the
Hereafter believe herein, and they are careful of their worship.
SHAKIR: And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed,
verifying that which is before it, and that you may warn the metropolis and
those around her; and those who believe in the hereafter believe in it, and
they attend to their prayers constantly.
006.093
YUSUFALI: Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a
lie against Allah, or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he hath
received none, or (again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what Allah
hath revealed"? If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the
flood of confusion at death! - the angels stretch forth their hands,
(saying),"Yield up your souls: this day shall ye receive your reward,- a
penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against Allah, and
scornfully to reject of His signs!"
PICKTHAL: Who is guilty of more wrong than he who forgeth a
lie against Allah, or saith: I am inspired, when he is not inspired in
aught; and who saith: I will reveal the like of that which Allah hath
revealed? If thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death
and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls. This
day ye are awarded doom of degradation for that ye spake concerning Allah
other than the truth, and used to scorn His portents.
SHAKIR: And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah, or says: It has been revealed to me; while nothing has been
revealed to him, and he who says: I can reveal the like of what Allah has
revealed? and if you had seen when the unjust shall be in the agonies of
death and the angels shall spread forth their hands: Give up your souls;
today shall you be recompensed with an ignominious chastisement because you
spoke against Allah other than the truth and (because) you showed pride
against His communications.
006.094
YUSUFALI: "And behold! ye come to us bare and alone as We
created you for the first time: ye have left behind you all (the favours)
which We bestowed on you: We see not with you your intercessors whom ye
thought to be partners in your affairs: so now all relations between you
have been cut off, and your (pet) fancies have left you in the lurch!"
PICKTHAL: Now have ye come unto Us solitary as We did
create you at the first, and ye have left behind you all that We bestowed
upon you, and We behold not with you those your intercessors, of whom ye
claimed that they possessed a share in you. Now is the bond between you
severed, and that which ye presumed hath failed you.
SHAKIR: And certainly you have come to Us alone as We
created you at first, and you have left behind your backs the things which
We gave you, and We do not see with you your intercessors about whom you
asserted that they were (Allah's) associates in respect to you; certainly
the ties between you are now cut off and what you asserted is gone from you.
006.095
YUSUFALI: It is Allah Who causeth the seed-grain and the
date-stone to split and sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the
dead, and He is the one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is
Allah: then how are ye deluded away from the truth?
PICKTHAL: Lo! Allah (it is) Who splitteth the grain of corn
and the date-stone (for sprouting). He bringeth forth the living from the
dead, and is the bringer-forth of the dead from the living. Such is Allah.
How then are ye perverted?
SHAKIR: Surely Allah causes the grain and the stone to
germinate; He brings forth the living from the dead and He is the bringer
forth of the dead from the living; that is Allah! how are you then turned
away.
006.096
YUSUFALI: He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the
dark): He makes the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon
for the reckoning (of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the
Exalted in Power, the Omniscient.
PICKTHAL: He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath
appointed the night for stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning.
That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
SHAKIR: He causes the dawn to break; and He has made the
night for rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning; this is an
arrangement of the Mighty, the Knowing.
006.097
YUSUFALI: It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for
you, that ye may guide yourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces
of land and sea: We detail Our signs for people who know.
PICKTHAL: And He it is Who hath set for you the stars that
ye may guide your course by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea.
We have detailed Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
SHAKIR: And He it is Who has made the stars for you that
you might follow the right way thereby in the darkness of the land and the
sea; truly We have made plain the communications for a people who know.
006.098
YUSUFALI: It is He Who hath produced you from a single
person: here is a place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our
signs for people who understand.
PICKTHAL: And He it is Who hath produced you from a single
being, and (hath given you) a habitation and a repository. We have detailed
Our revelations for a people who have understanding.
SHAKIR: And He it is Who has brought you into being from a
single soul, then there is (for you) a resting-place and a depository;
indeed We have made plain the communications for a people who understand.
006.099
YUSUFALI: It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies:
with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green
(crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the
date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low
and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and
pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when they
begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness
thereof. Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.
PICKTHAL: He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, and
therewith We bring forth buds of every kind; We bring forth the green blade
from which We bring forth the thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm,
from the pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (We bring forth)
gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike. Look
upon the fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo!
herein verily are portents for a people who believe.
SHAKIR: And He it is Who sends down water from the cloud,
then We bring forth with it buds of all (plants), then We bring forth from
it green (foliage) from which We produce grain piled up (in the ear); and of
the palm-tree, of the sheaths of it, come forth clusters (of dates) within
reach, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, alike and unlike;
behold the fruit of it when it yields the fruit and the ripening of it; most
surely there are signs in this for a people who believe.
006.100
YUSUFALI: Yet they make the Jinns equals with Allah, though
Allah did create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute
to Him sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above
what they attribute to Him!
PICKTHAL: Yet they ascribe as partners unto Him the jinn,
although He did create them, and impute falsely, without knowledge, sons and
daughters unto Him. Glorified be He and High Exalted above (all) that they
ascribe (unto Him).
SHAKIR: And they make the jinn associates with Allah, while
He created them, and they falsely attribute to Him sons and daughters
without knowledge; glory be to Him, and highly exalted is He above what they
ascribe (to Him).
006.101
YUSUFALI: To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens
and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all
things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.
PICKTHAL: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How
can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all
things and is Aware of all things?
SHAKIR: Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth!
How could He have a son when He has no consort, and He (Himself) created
everything, and He is the Knower of all things.
006.102
YUSUFALI: That is Allah, your Lord! there is no god but He,
the Creator of all things: then worship ye Him: and He hath power to dispose
of all affairs.
PICKTHAL: Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no Allah save
Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all
things.
SHAKIR: That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god but He;
the Creator of all things, therefore serve Him, and He has charge of all
things.
006.103
YUSUFALI: No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over
all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all
things.
PICKTHAL: Vision comprehendeth Him not, but He
comprehendeth (all) vision. He is the Subtile, the Aware.
SHAKIR: Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends
(all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.
006.104
YUSUFALI: "Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs (to
open your eyes): if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul;
if any will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch
over your doings."
PICKTHAL: Proofs have come unto you from your Lord, so
whoso seeth, it is for his own good, and whoso is blind is blind to his own
hurt. And I am not a keeper over you.
SHAKIR: Indeed there have come to you clear proofs from
your Lord; whoever will therefore see, it is for his own soul and whoever
will be blind, it shall be against himself and I am not a keeper over you.
006.105
YUSUFALI: Thus do we explain the signs by various
(symbols): that they may say, "Thou hast taught (us) diligently," and that
We may make the matter clear to those who know.
PICKTHAL: Thus do We display Our revelations that they may
say (unto thee, Muhammad): "Thou hast studied," and that We may make (it)
clear for people who have knowledge.
SHAKIR: And thus do We repeat the communications and that
they may say: You have read; and that We may make it clear to a people who
know.
006.106
YUSUFALI: Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from
thy Lord: there is no god but He: and turn aside from those who join gods
with Allah.
PICKTHAL: Follow that which is inspired in thee from thy
Lord; there is no Allah save Him; and turn away from the idolaters.
SHAKIR: Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord;
there is no god but He; and withdraw from the polytheists.
006.107
YUSUFALI: If it had been Allah's plan, they would not have
taken false gods: but We made thee not one to watch over their doings, nor
art thou set over them to dispose of their affairs.
PICKTHAL: Had Allah willed, they had not been idolatrous.
We have not set thee as a keeper over them, nor art thou responsible for
them.
SHAKIR: And if Allah had pleased, they would not have set
up others (with Him) and We have not appointed you a keeper over them, and
you are not placed in charge of them.
006.108
YUSUFALI: Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides
Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We
made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end will they return to
their Lord, and We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.
PICKTHAL: Revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah
lest they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every nation
have We made their deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and
He will tell them what they used to do.
SHAKIR: And do not abuse those whom they call upon besides
Allah, lest exceeding the limits they should abuse Allah out of ignorance.
Thus have We made fair seeming to every people their deeds; then to their
Lord shall be their return, so He will inform them of what they did.
006.109
YUSUFALI: They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that
if a (special) sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly
(all) signs are in the power of Allah: but what will make you (Muslims)
realise that (even) if (special) signs came, they will not believe."?
PICKTHAL: And they swear a solemn oath by Allah that if
there come unto them a portent they will believe therein. Say; Portents are
with Allah and (so is) that which telleth you that if such came unto them
they would not believe.
SHAKIR: And they swear by Allah with the strongest of their
oaths, that if a sign came to them they would most certainly believe in it.
Say: Signs are only with Allah; and what should make you know that when it
comes they will not believe?
006.110
YUSUFALI: We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts
and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in this in the first
instance: We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.
PICKTHAL: We confound their hearts and their eyes. As they
believed not therein at the first, We let them wander blindly on in their
contumacy.
SHAKIR: And We will turn their hearts and their sights,
even as they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in
their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
006.111
YUSUFALI: Even if We did send unto them angels, and the
dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before their
very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's plan.
But most of them ignore (the truth).
PICKTHAL: And though We should send down the angels unto
them, and the dead should speak unto them, and We should gather against them
all things in array, they would not believe unless Allah so willed. Howbeit,
most of them are ignorant.
SHAKIR: And even if We had sent down to them the angels and
the dead had spoken to them and We had brought together all things before
them, they would not believe unless Allah pleases, but most of them are
ignorant.
006.112
YUSUFALI: Likewise did We make for every Messenger an
enemy,- evil ones among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery
discourses by way of deception. If thy Lord had so planned, they would not
have done it: so leave them and their inventions alone.
PICKTHAL: Thus have We appointed unto every prophet an
adversary - devils of humankind and jinn who inspire in one another
plausible discourse through guile. If thy Lord willed, they would not do so;
so leave them alone with their devising;
SHAKIR: And thus did We make for every prophet an enemy,
the Shaitans from among men and jinn, some of them suggesting to others
varnished falsehood to deceive (them), and had your Lord pleased they would
not have done it, therefore leave them and that which they forge.
006.113
YUSUFALI: To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline,
who have no faith in the hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them
earn from it what they may.
PICKTHAL: That the hearts of those who believe not in the
Hereafter may incline thereto, and that they may take pleasure therein, and
that they may earn what they are earning.
SHAKIR: And that the hearts of those who do not believe in
the hereafter may incline to it and that they may be well pleased with it
and that they may earn what they are going to earn (of evil).
006.114
YUSUFALI: Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? -
when He it is Who hath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail." They
know full well, to whom We have given the Book, that it hath been sent down
from thy Lord in truth. Never be then of those who doubt.
PICKTHAL: Shall I seek other than Allah for judge, when He
it is Who hath revealed unto you (this) Scripture, fully explained? Those
unto whom We gave the Scripture (aforetime) know that it is revealed from
thy Lord in truth. So be not thou (O Muhammad) of the waverers.
SHAKIR: Shall I then seek a judge other than Allah? And He
it is Who has revealed to you the Book (which is) made plain; and those whom
We have given the Book know that it is revealed by your Lord with truth,
therefore you should not be of the disputers.
006.115
YUSUFALI: The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfilment in
truth and in justice: None can change His words: for He is the one who
heareth and knoweth all.
PICKTHAL: Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and
justice. There is naught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the
Knower.
SHAKIR: And the word of your Lord has been accomplished
truly and justly; there is none who can change His words, and He is the
Hearing, the Knowing.
006.116
YUSUFALI: Wert thou to follow the common run of those on
earth, they will lead thee away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing
but conjecture: they do nothing but lie.
PICKTHAL: If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they
would mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion,
and they do but guess.
SHAKIR: And if you obey most of those in the earth, they
will lead you astray from Allah's way; they follow but conjecture and they
only lie.
006.117
YUSUFALI: Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His way:
He knoweth best who they are that receive His guidance.
PICKTHAL: Lo! thy Lord, He knoweth best who erreth from His
way; and He knoweth best (who are) the rightly guided.
SHAKIR: Surely your Lord-- He best knows who goes astray
from His way, and He best knows those who follow the right course.
006.118
YUSUFALI: So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been
pronounced, if ye have faith in His signs.
PICKTHAL: Eat of that over which the name of Allah hath
been mentioned, if ye are believers in His revelations.
SHAKIR: Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has
been mentioned if you are believers in His communications.
006.119
YUSUFALI: Why should ye not eat of (meats) on which Allah's
name hath been pronounced, when He hath explained to you in detail what is
forbidden to you - except under compulsion of necessity? But many do mislead
(men) by their appetites unchecked by knowledge. Thy Lord knoweth best those
who transgress.
PICKTHAL: How should ye not eat of that over which the name
of Allah hath been mentioned, when He hath explained unto you that which is
forbidden unto you unless ye are compelled thereto. But lo! many are led
astray by their own lusts through ignorance. Lo! thy Lord, He is Best Aware
of the transgressors.
SHAKIR: And what reason have you that you should not eat of
that on which Allah's name has been mentioned, and He has already made plain
to you what He has forbidden to you-- excepting what you are compelled to;
and most surely many would lead (people) astray by their low desires out of
ignorance; surely your Lord-- He best knows those who exceed the limits.
006.120
YUSUFALI: Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn
sin will get due recompense for their "earnings."
PICKTHAL: Forsake the outwardness of sin and the inwardness
thereof. Lo! those who garner sin will be awarded that which they have
earned.
SHAKIR: And abandon open and secret sin; surely they who
earn sin shall be recompensed with what they earned.
006.121
YUSUFALI: Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not
been pronounced: That would be impiety. But the evil ones ever inspire their
friends to contend with you if ye were to obey them, ye would indeed be
Pagans.
PICKTHAL: And eat not of that whereon Allah's name hath not
been mentioned, for lo! it is abomination. Lo! the devils do inspire their
minions to dispute with you. But if ye obey them, ye will be in truth
idolaters.
SHAKIR: And do not eat of that on which Allah's name has
not been mentioned, and that is most surely a transgression; and most surely
the Shaitans suggest to their friends that they should contend with you; and
if you obey them, you shall most surely be polytheists.
006.122
YUSUFALI: Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a
light whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of
darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to those without faith
their own deeds seem pleasing.
PICKTHAL: Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto
life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose
similitude is in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their
conduct made fairseeming for the disbelievers.
SHAKIR: Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and
made for him a light by which he walks among the people, like him whose
likeness is that of one in utter darkness whence he cannot come forth? Thus
what they did was made fair seeming to the unbelievers.
006.123
YUSUFALI: Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its
wicked men, to plot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their
own souls, and they perceive it not.
PICKTHAL: And thus have We made in every city great ones of
its wicked ones, that they should plot therein. They do but plot against
themselves, though they perceive not.
SHAKIR: And thus have We made in every town the great ones
to be its guilty ones, that they may plan therein; and they do not plan but
against their own souls, and they do not perceive.
006.124
YUSUFALI: When there comes to them a sign (from Allah),
They say: "We shall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those
received by Allah's messengers." Allah knoweth best where (and how) to carry
out His mission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before
Allah, and a severe punishment, for all their plots.
PICKTHAL: And when a token cometh unto them, they say: We
will not believe till we are given that which Allah's messengers are given.
Allah knoweth best with whom to place His message. Humiliation from Allah
and heavy punishment will smite the guilty for their scheming.
SHAKIR: And when a communication comes to them they say: We
will not believe till we are given the like of what Allah's messengers are
given. Allah best knows where He places His message. There shall befall
those who are guilty humiliation from Allah and severe chastisement because
of what they planned.
006.125
YUSUFALI: Those whom Allah (in His plan) willeth to guide,-
He openeth their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying,-
He maketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to
the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to
believe.
PICKTHAL: And whomsoever it is Allah's will to guide, He
expandeth his bosom unto the Surrender, and whomsoever it is His Will to
send astray, He maketh his bosom close and narrow as if he were engaged in
sheer ascent. Thus Allah layeth ignominy upon those who believe not.
SHAKIR: Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He
would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for)
whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast
strait and narrow as though he were ascending upwards; thus does Allah lay
uncleanness on those who do not believe.
006.126
YUSUFALI: This is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We
have detailed the signs for those who receive admonition.
PICKTHAL: This is the path of thy Lord, a straight path. We
have detailed Our revelations for a people who take heed.
SHAKIR: And this is the path of your Lord, (a) right
(path); indeed We have made the communications clear for a people who mind.
006.127
YUSUFALI: For them will be a home of peace in the presence
of their Lord: He will be their friend, because they practised
(righteousness).
PICKTHAL: For them is the abode of peace with their Lord.
He will be their Protecting Friend because of what they used to do.
SHAKIR: They shall have the abode of peace with their Lord,
and He is their guardian because of what they did.
006.128
YUSUFALI: One day will He gather them all together, (and
say): "O ye assembly of Jinns! Much (toll) did ye take of men." Their
friends amongst men will say: "Our Lord! we made profit from each other: but
(alas!) we reached our term - which thou didst appoint for us." He will say:
"The Fire be your dwelling-place: you will dwell therein for ever, except as
Allah willeth." for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
PICKTHAL: In the day when He will gather them together (He
will say): O ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce. And
their adherents among humankind will say: Our Lord! We enjoyed one another,
but now we have arrived at the appointed term which Thou appointedst for us.
He will say: Fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah
willeth (to deliver). Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware.
SHAKIR: And on the day when He shall gather them all
together: O assembly of jinn! you took away a great part of mankind. And
their friends from among the men shall say: Our Lord! some of us profited by
others and we have reached our appointed term which Thou didst appoint for
us. He shall say: The fire is your abode, to abide in it, except as Allah is
pleased; surely your Lord is Wise, Knowing.
006.129
YUSUFALI: Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each
other, because of what they earn.
PICKTHAL: Thus We let some of the wrong-doers have power
over others because of what they are wont to earn.
SHAKIR: And thus do We make some of the iniquitous to
befriend others on account of what they earned.
006.130
YUSUFALI: "O ye assembly of Jinns and men! came there not
unto you messengers from amongst you, setting forth unto you My signs, and
warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: "We bear
witness against ourselves." It was the life of this world that deceived
them. So against themselves will they bear witness that they rejected Faith.
PICKTHAL: O ye assembly of the jinn and humankind! Came
there not unto you messengers of your own who recounted unto you My tokens
and warned you of the meeting of this your Day? They will say: We testify
against ourselves. And the life of the world beguiled them. And they testify
against themselves that they were disbelievers.
SHAKIR: O assembly of jinn and men! did there not come to
you messengers from among you, relating to you My communications and warning
you of the meeting of this day of yours? They shall say: We bear witness
against ourselves; and this world's life deceived them, and they shall bear
witness against their own souls that they were unbelievers.
006.131
YUSUFALI: (The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord
would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their
occupants were unwarned.
PICKTHAL: This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the
townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they
do).
SHAKIR: This is because your Lord would not destroy towns
unjustly while their people were negligent.
006.132
YUSUFALI: To all are degrees (or ranks) according to their
deeds: for thy Lord is not unmindful of anything that they do.
PICKTHAL: For all there will be ranks from what they did.
Thy Lord is not unaware of what they do.
SHAKIR: And all have degrees according to what they do; and
your Lord is not heedless of what they do.
006.133
YUSUFALI: Thy Lord is self-sufficient, full of Mercy: if it
were His will, He could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will
as your successors, even as He raised you up from the posterity of other
people.
PICKTHAL: Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If
He will, He can remove you and can cause what He will to follow after you,
even as He raised you from the seed of other folk.
SHAKIR: And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord
of mercy; if He pleases, He may take you off, and make whom He pleases
successors after you, even as He raised you up from the seed of another
people.
006.134
YUSUFALI: All that hath been promised unto you will come to
pass: nor can ye frustrate it (in the least bit).
PICKTHAL: Lo! that which ye are promised will surely come
to pass, and ye cannot escape.
SHAKIR: Surely what you are threatened with must come to
pass and you cannot escape (it).
006.135
YUSUFALI: Say: "O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do
(my part): soon will ye know who it is whose end will be (best) in the
Hereafter: certain it is that the wrong-doers will not prosper."
PICKTHAL: Say (O Muhammad): O my people! Work according to
your power. Lo! I too am working. Thus ye will come to know for which of us
will be the happy sequel. Lo! the wrong-doers will not be successful.
SHAKIR: Say: O my people! act according to your ability; I
too am acting; so you will soon come to know, for whom (of us) will be the
(good) end of the abode; surely the unjust shall not be successful.
006.136
YUSUFALI: Out of what Allah hath produced in abundance in
tilth and in cattle, they assigned Him a share: they say, according to their
fancies: "This is for Allah, and this" - for our "partners"! but the share
of their" partners "reacheth not Allah, whilst the share of Allah reacheth
their "partners" ! evil (and unjust) is their assignment!
PICKTHAL: They assign unto Allah, of the crops and cattle
which He created, a portion, and they say: "This is Allah's" - in their
make-believe - "and this is for (His) partners in regard to us." Thus that
which (they assign) unto His partners in them reacheth not Allah and that
which (they assign) unto Allah goeth to their (so-called) partners. Evil is
their ordinance.
SHAKIR: And they set apart a portion for Allah out of what
He has created of tilth and cattle, and say: This is for Allah-- so they
assert-- and this for our associates; then what is for their associates, it
reaches not to Allah, and whatever is (set apart) for Allah, it reaches to
their associates; evil is that which they judge.
006.137
YUSUFALI: Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their
"partners" made alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead
them to their own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If
Allah had willed, they would not have done so: But leave alone them and
their inventions.
PICKTHAL: Thus have their (so-called) partners (of Allah)
made the killing of their children to seem fair unto many of the idolaters,
that they may ruin them and make their faith obscure for them. Had Allah
willed (it otherwise), they had not done so. So leave them alone with their
devices.
SHAKIR: And thus their associates have made fair seeming to
most of the polytheists the killing of their children, that they may cause
them to perish and obscure for them their religion; and if Allah had
pleased, they would not have done it, therefore leave them and that which
they forge.
006.138
YUSUFALI: And they say that such and such cattle and crops
are taboo, and none should eat of them except those whom - so they say - We
wish; further, there are cattle forbidden to yoke or burden, and cattle on
which, (at slaughter), the name of Allah is not pronounced; - inventions
against Allah's name: soon will He requite them for their inventions.
PICKTHAL: And they say: Such cattle and crops are
forbidden. No-one is to eat of them save whom we will - in their
make-believe - cattle whose backs are forbidden, cattle over which they
mention not the name of Allah. (All that is) a lie against Him. He will
repay them for that which they invent.
SHAKIR: And they say: These are cattle and tilth
prohibited, none shall eat them except such as We please-- so they assert--
and cattle whose backs are forbidden, and cattle on which they would not
mention Allah's name-- forging a lie against Him; He shall requite them for
what they forged.
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YUSUFALI: They say: "What is in the wombs of such and such
cattle is specially reserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to our
women; but if it is still-born, then all have share therein. For their
(false) attribution (of superstitions to Allah), He will soon punish them:
for He is full of wisdom and knowledge.
PICKTHAL: And they say: That which is in the bellies of
such cattle is reserved for our males and is forbidden to our wives; but if
it be born dead, then they (all) may be partakers thereof. He will reward
them for their attribution (of such ordinances unto Him). Lo, He is Wise,
Aware.
SHAKIR: And they say: What is in the wombs of these cattle
is specially for our males, and forbidden to our wives, and if it be
stillborn, then they are all partners in it; He will reward them for their
attributing (falsehood to Allah); surely He is Wise, Knowing.
006.140
YUSUFALI: Lost are those who slay their children, from
folly, without knowledge, and forbid food which Allah hath provided for
them, inventing (lies) against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and
heeded no guidance.
PICKTHAL: They are losers who besottedly have slain their
children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed
upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and
are not guided.
SHAKIR: They are lost indeed who kill their children
foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has given to them forging
a lie against Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the
followers of the right course.
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YUSUFALI: It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises
and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and
pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their
fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that
the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah loveth not the
wasters.
PICKTHAL: He it is Who produceth gardens trellised and
untrellised, and the date-palm, and crops of divers flavour, and the olive
and the pomegranate, like and unlike. Eat ye of the fruit thereof when it
fruiteth, and pay the due thereof upon the harvest day, and be not prodigal.
Lo! Allah loveth not the prodigals.
SHAKIR: And He it is Who produces gardens (of vine),
trellised and untrellised, and palms and seed-produce of which the fruits
are of various sorts, and olives and pomegranates, like and unlike; eat of
its fruit when it bears fruit, and pay the due of it on the day of its
reaping, and do not act extravagantly; surely He does not love the
extravagant.
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YUSUFALI: Of the cattle are some for burden and some for
meat: eat what Allah hath provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of
Satan: for he is to you and avowed enemy.
PICKTHAL: And of the cattle (He produceth) some for
burdens, some for food. Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed upon you, and
follow not the footsteps of the devil, for lo! he is an open foe to you.
SHAKIR: And of cattle (He created) beasts of burden and
those which are fit for slaughter only; eat of what Allah has given you and
do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan; surely he is your open enemy.
006.143
YUSUFALI: (Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of
sheep a pair, and of goats a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or
the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose?
Tell me with knowledge if ye are truthful:
PICKTHAL: Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats
twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that
which the wombs of the two females contain? Expound to me (the case) with
knowledge, if ye are truthful.
SHAKIR: Eight in pairs-- two of sheep and two of goats.
Say: Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the
wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge if you are
truthful.
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YUSUFALI: Of camels a pair, and oxen a pair; say, hath He
forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs
of the two females enclose? - Were ye present when Allah ordered you such a
thing? But who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to
lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guideth not people who do
wrong.
PICKTHAL: And of the camels twain and of the oxen twain.
Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the
wombs of the two females contain; or were ye by to witness when Allah
commanded you (all) this? Then who doth greater wrong than he who deviseth a
lie concerning Allah, that he may lead mankind astray without knowledge. Lo!
Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
SHAKIR: And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He
forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the wombs of the
two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this?
Who, then, is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah that he
should lead astray men without knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the
unjust people.
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YUSUFALI: Say: "I find not in the message received by me by
inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it,
unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine,- for
it is an abomination - or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been
invoked, other than Allah's". But (even so), if a person is forced by
necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- thy
Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto me
aught prohibited to an eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or
blood poured forth, or swineflesh - for that verily is foul - or the
abomination which was immolated to the name of other than Allah. But whoso
is compelled (thereto), neither craving nor transgressing, (for him) lo! thy
Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: Say: I do not find in that which has been revealed
to me anything forbidden for an eater to eat of except that it be what has
died of itself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine-- for that surely
is unclean-- or that which is a transgression, other than (the name of)
Allah having been invoked on it; but whoever is driven to necessity, not
desiring nor exceeding the limit, then surely your Lord is Forgiving,
Merciful.
006.146
YUSUFALI: For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade
every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them that fat of the ox
and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is
mixed up with a bone: this in recompense for their wilful disobedience: for
We are true (in Our ordinances).
PICKTHAL: Unto those who are Jews We forbade every animal
with claws. And of the oxen and the sheep forbade We unto them the fat
thereof save that upon the backs or the entrails, or that which is mixed
with the bone. That we awarded them for their rebellion. And lo! we verily
are truthful.
SHAKIR: And to those who were Jews We made unlawful every
animal having claws, and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful to them the fat
of both, except such as was on their backs or the entrails or what was mixed
with bones: this was a punishment We gave them on account of their
rebellion, and We are surely Truthful.
006.147
YUSUFALI: If they accuse thee of falsehood, say: "Your Lord
is full of mercy all-embracing; but from people in guilt never will His
wrath be turned back.
PICKTHAL: So if they give the lie to thee (Muhammad), say:
Your Lord is a Lord of All-Embracing Mercy, and His wrath will never be
withdrawn from guilty folk.
SHAKIR: But if they give you the lie, then say: Your Lord
is the Lord of All-encompassing mercy; and His punishment cannot be averted
from the guilty people.
006.148
YUSUFALI: Those who give partners (to Allah) will say: "If
Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to Him nor would our
fathers; nor should we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argue
falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain)
knowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye
do nothing but lie."
PICKTHAL: They who are idolaters will say: Had Allah
willed, we had not ascribed (unto Him) partners neither had our fathers, nor
had we forbidden aught. Thus did those who were before them give the lie (to
Allah's messengers) till they tasted of the fear of Us. Say: Have ye any
knowledge that ye can adduce for Us? Lo! ye follow naught but an opinion,
Lo! ye do but guess.
SHAKIR: Those who are polytheists will say: If Allah had
pleased we would not have associated (aught with Him) nor our fathers, nor
would we have forbidden (to ourselves) anything; even so did those before
them reject until they tasted Our punishment. Say: Have you any knowledge
with you so you should bring it forth to us? You only follow a conjecture
and you only tell lies.
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YUSUFALI: Say: "With Allah is the argument that reaches
home: if it had been His will, He could indeed have guided you all."
PICKTHAL: Say - For Allah's is the final argument - Had He
willed He could indeed have guided all of you.
SHAKIR: Say: Then Allah's is the conclusive argument; so if
He please, He would certainly guide you all.
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YUSUFALI: Say: "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that
Allah did forbid so and so." If they bring such witnesses, be not thou
amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain desires of such as treat our signs as
falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter: for they hold others
as equal with their Guardian-Lord.
PICKTHAL: Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can bear
witness that Allah forbade (all) this. And if they bear witness, do not thou
bear witness with them. Follow thou not the whims of those who deny Our
revelations, those who believe not in the Hereafter and deem (others) equal
with their Lord.
SHAKIR: Say: Bring your witnesses who should bear witness
that Allah has forbidden this, then if they bear witness, do not bear
witness with them; and follow not the low desires of those who reject Our
communications and of those who do not believe in the hereafter, and they
make (others) equal to their Lord.
006.151
YUSUFALI: Say: "Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath
(really) prohibited you from": Join not anything as equal with Him; be good
to your parents; kill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide
sustenance for you and for them;- come not nigh to shameful deeds. Whether
open or secret; take not life, which Allah hath made sacred, except by way
of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.
PICKTHAL: Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your
Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner
unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children
because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not
nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life
which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath
command you, in order that ye may discern.
SHAKIR: Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has
forbidden to you-- (remember) that you do not associate anything with Him
and show kindness to your parents, and do not slay your children for (fear
of) poverty-- We provide for you and for them-- and do not draw nigh to
indecencies, those of them which are apparent and those which are concealed,
and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except for the
requirements of justice; this He has enjoined you with that you may
understand.
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YUSUFALI: And come not nigh to the orphan's property,
except to improve it, until he attain the age of full strength; give measure
and weight with (full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that
which it can bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative
is concerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah: thus doth He command you,
that ye may remember.
PICKTHAL: And approach not the wealth of the orphan save
with that which is better, till he reach maturity. Give full measure and
full weight, in justice. We task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye
give your word, do justice thereunto, even though it be (against) a kinsman;
and fulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may
remember.
SHAKIR: And do not approach the property of the orphan
except in the best manner until he attains his maturity, and give full
measure and weight with justice-- We do not impose on any soul a duty except
to the extent of its ability; and when you speak, then be just though it be
(against) a relative, and fulfill Allah's covenant; this He has enjoined you
with that you may be mindful;
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YUSUFALI: Verily, this is My way, leading straight: follow
it: follow not (other) paths: they will scatter you about from His (great)
path: thus doth He command you. that ye may be righteous.
PICKTHAL: And (He commandeth you, saying): This is My
straight path, so follow it. Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted from
His way. This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).
SHAKIR: And (know) that this is My path, the right one
therefore follow it, and follow not (other) ways, for they will lead you
away from His way; this He has enjoined you with that you ma