| 1. Glory to ((Allah)) 
												Who did take His servant for a 
												Journey by night from the Sacred 
												Mosque to the farthest Mosque, 
												whose precincts We did bless,- 
												in order that We might show him 
												some of Our Signs: for He is the 
												One Who heareth and seeth (all 
												things).
 2. We gave Moses the Book, and 
												made it a Guide to the Children 
												of Israel, (commanding): "Take 
												not other than Me as Disposer of 
												(your) affairs."
 
 3. O ye that are sprung from 
												those whom We carried (in the 
												Ark) with Noah! Verily he was a 
												devotee most grateful.
 
 4. And We gave (Clear) Warning 
												to the Children of Israel in the 
												Book, that twice would they do 
												mischief on the earth and be 
												elated with mighty arrogance 
												(and twice would they be 
												punished)!
 
 5. When the first of the 
												warnings came to pass, We sent 
												against you Our servants given 
												to terrible warfare: They 
												entered the very inmost parts of 
												your homes; and it was a warning 
												(completely) fulfilled.
 
 6. Then did We grant you the 
												Return as against them: We gave 
												you increase in resources and 
												sons, and made you the more 
												numerous in man-power.
 
 7. If ye did well, ye did well 
												for yourselves; if ye did evil, 
												(ye did it) against yourselves. 
												So when the second of the 
												warnings came to pass, (We 
												permitted your enemies) to 
												disfigure your faces, and to 
												enter your Temple as they had 
												entered it before, and to visit 
												with destruction all that fell 
												into their power.
 
 8. It may be that your Lord may 
												(yet) show Mercy unto you; but 
												if ye revert (to your sins), We 
												shall revert (to Our 
												punishments): And we have made 
												Hell a prison for those who 
												reject (all Faith).
 
 9. Verily this Qur'an doth guide 
												to that which is most right (or 
												stable), and giveth the Glad 
												Tidings to the Believers who 
												work deeds of righteousness, 
												that they shall have a 
												magnificent reward;
 
 10. And to those who believe not 
												in the Hereafter, (it announceth) 
												that We have prepared for them a 
												Penalty Grievous (indeed).
 
 11. The prayer that man should 
												make for good, he maketh for 
												evil; for man is given to hasty 
												(deeds).
 
 12. We have made the Night and 
												the Day as two (of Our) Signs: 
												the Sign of the Night have We 
												obscured, while the Sign of the 
												Day We have made to enlighten 
												you; that ye may seek bounty 
												from your Lord, and that ye may 
												know the number and count of the 
												years: all things have We 
												explained in detail.
 
 13. Every man's fate We have 
												fastened on his own neck: On the 
												Day of Judgment We shall bring 
												out for him a scroll, which he 
												will see spread open.
 
 14. (It will be said to him:) 
												"Read thine (own) record: 
												Sufficient is thy soul this day 
												to make out an account against 
												thee."
 
 15. Who receiveth guidance, 
												receiveth it for his own 
												benefit: who goeth astray doth 
												so to his own loss: No bearer of 
												burdens can bear the burden of 
												another: nor would We visit with 
												Our Wrath until We had sent an 
												apostle (to give warning).
 
 16. When We decide to destroy a 
												population, We (first) send a 
												definite order to those among 
												them who are given the good 
												things of this life and yet 
												transgress; so that the word is 
												proved true against them: then 
												(it is) We destroy them utterly.
 
 17. How many generations have We 
												destroyed after Noah? and enough 
												is thy Lord to note and see the 
												sins of His servants.
 
 18. If any do wish for the 
												transitory things (of this 
												life), We readily grant them - 
												such things as We will, to such 
												person as We will: in the end 
												have We provided Hell for them: 
												they will burn therein, 
												disgraced and rejected.
 
 19. Those who do wish for the 
												(things of) the Hereafter, and 
												strive therefor with all due 
												striving, and have Faith,- they 
												are the ones whose striving is 
												acceptable (to Allah..
 
 20. Of the bounties of thy Lord 
												We bestow freely on all- These 
												as well as those: The bounties 
												of thy Lord are not closed (to 
												anyone).
 
 21. See how We have bestowed 
												more on some than on others; but 
												verily the Hereafter is more in 
												rank and gradation and more in 
												excellence.
 
 22. Take not with Allah another 
												object of worship; or thou (O 
												man!) wilt sit in disgrace and 
												destitution.
 
 23. Thy Lord hath decreed that 
												ye worship none but Him, and 
												that ye be kind to parents. 
												Whether one or both of them 
												attain old age in thy life, say 
												not to them a word of contempt, 
												nor repel them, but address them 
												in terms of honour.
 
 24. And, out of kindness, lower 
												to them the wing of humility, 
												and say: "My Lord! bestow on 
												them thy Mercy even as they 
												cherished me in childhood."
 
 25. Your Lord knoweth best what 
												is in your hearts: If ye do 
												deeds of righteousness, verily 
												He is Most Forgiving to those 
												who turn to Him again and again 
												(in true penitence).
 
 26. And render to the kindred 
												their due rights, as (also) to 
												those in want, and to the 
												wayfarer: But squander not (your 
												wealth) in the manner of a 
												spendthrift.
 
 27. Verily spendthrifts are 
												brothers of the Evil Ones; and 
												the Evil One is to his Lord 
												(himself) ungrateful.
 
 28. And even if thou hast to 
												turn away from them in pursuit 
												of the Mercy from thy Lord which 
												thou dost expect, yet speak to 
												them a word of easy kindness.
 
 29. Make not thy hand tied (like 
												a niggard's) to thy neck, nor 
												stretch it forth to its utmost 
												reach, so that thou become 
												blameworthy and destitute.
 
 30. Verily thy Lord doth provide 
												sustenance in abundance for whom 
												He pleaseth, and He provideth in 
												a just measure. For He doth know 
												and regard all His servants.
 
 31. Kill not your children for 
												fear of want: We shall provide 
												sustenance for them as well as 
												for you. Verily the killing of 
												them is a great sin.
 
 32. Nor come nigh to adultery: 
												for it is a shameful (deed) and 
												an evil, opening the road (to 
												other evils).
 
 33. Nor take life - which Allah 
												has made sacred - except for 
												just cause. And if anyone is 
												slain wrongfully, we have given 
												his heir authority (to demand 
												qisas or to forgive): but let 
												him nor exceed bounds in the 
												matter of taking life; for he is 
												helped (by the Law).
 
 34. Come not nigh to the 
												orphan's property except to 
												improve it, until he attains the 
												age of full strength; and fulfil 
												(every) engagement, for (every) 
												engagement will be enquired into 
												(on the Day of Reckoning).
 
 35. Give full measure when ye 
												measure, and weigh with a 
												balance that is straight: that 
												is the most fitting and the most 
												advantageous in the final 
												determination.
 
 36. And pursue not that of which 
												thou hast no knowledge; for 
												every act of hearing, or of 
												seeing or of (feeling in) the 
												heart will be enquired into (on 
												the Day of Reckoning).
 
 37. Nor walk on the earth with 
												insolence: for thou canst not 
												rend the earth asunder, nor 
												reach the mountains in height.
 
 38. Of all such things the evil 
												is hateful in the sight of thy 
												Lord.
 
 39. These are among the 
												(precepts of) wisdom, which thy 
												Lord has revealed to thee. Take 
												not, with Allah, another object 
												of worship, lest thou shouldst 
												be thrown into Hell, blameworthy 
												and rejected.
 
 40. Has then your Lord (O 
												Pagans!) preferred for you sons, 
												and taken for Himself daughters 
												among the angels? Truly ye utter 
												a most dreadful saying!
 
 41. We have explained (things) 
												in various (ways) in this 
												Qur'an, in order that they may 
												receive admonition, but it only 
												increases their flight (from the 
												Truth)!
 
 42. Say: If there had been 
												(other) gods with Him, as they 
												say,- behold, they would 
												certainly have sought out a way 
												to the Lord of the Throne!
 
 43. Glory to Him! He is high 
												above all that they say!- 
												Exalted and Great (beyond 
												measure)!
 
 44. The seven heavens and the 
												earth, and all beings therein, 
												declare His glory: there is not 
												a thing but celebrates His 
												praise; And yet ye understand 
												not how they declare His glory! 
												Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most 
												Forgiving!
 
 45. When thou dost recite the 
												Qur'an, We put, between thee and 
												those who believe not in the 
												Hereafter, a veil invisible:
 
 46. And We put coverings over 
												their hearts (and minds) lest 
												they should understand the 
												Qur'an, and deafness into their 
												ears: when thou dost commemorate 
												thy Lord and Him alone in the 
												Qur'an, they turn on their 
												backs, fleeing (from the Truth).
 
 47. We know best why it is they 
												listen, when they listen to 
												thee; and when they meet in 
												private conference, behold, the 
												wicked say, "Ye follow none 
												other than a man bewitched!"
 
 48. See what similes they strike 
												for thee: but they have gone 
												astray, and never can they find 
												a way.
 
 49. They say: "What! when we are 
												reduced to bones and dust, 
												should we really be raised up 
												(to be) a new creation?"
 
 50. Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or 
												iron,
 
 51. "Or created matter which, in 
												your minds, is hardest (to be 
												raised up),- (Yet shall ye be 
												raised up)!" then will they say: 
												"Who will cause us to return?" 
												Say: "He who created you first!" 
												Then will they wag their heads 
												towards thee, and say, "When 
												will that be?" Say, "May be it 
												will be quite soon!
 
 52. "It will be on a Day when He 
												will call you, and ye will 
												answer (His call) with (words 
												of) His praise, and ye will 
												think that ye tarried but a 
												little while!"
 
 53. Say to My servants that they 
												should (only) say those things 
												that are best: for Satan doth 
												sow dissensions among them: For 
												Satan is to man an avowed enemy.
 
 54. It is your Lord that knoweth 
												you best: If He please, He 
												granteth you mercy, or if He 
												please, punishment: We have not 
												sent thee to be a disposer of 
												their affairs for them.
 
 55. And it is your Lord that 
												knoweth best all beings that are 
												in the heavens and on earth: We 
												did bestow on some prophets more 
												(and other) gifts than on 
												others: and We gave to David 
												(the gift of) the Psalms.
 
 56. Say: "Call on those - 
												besides Him - whom ye fancy: 
												they have neither the power to 
												remove your troubles from you 
												nor to change them."
 
 57. Those whom they call upon do 
												desire (for themselves) means of 
												access to their Lord, - even 
												those who are nearest: they hope 
												for His Mercy and fear His 
												Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord 
												is something to take heed of.
 
 58. There is not a population 
												but We shall destroy it before 
												the Day of Judgment or punish it 
												with a dreadful Penalty: that is 
												written in the (eternal) Record.
 
 59. And We refrain from sending 
												the signs, only because the men 
												of former generations treated 
												them as false: We sent the 
												she-camel to the Thamud to open 
												their eyes, but they treated her 
												wrongfully: We only send the 
												Signs by way of terror (and 
												warning from evil).
 
 60. Behold! We told thee that 
												thy Lord doth encompass mankind 
												round about: We granted the 
												vision which We showed thee, but 
												as a trial for men,- as also the 
												Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the 
												Qur'an: We put terror (and 
												warning) into them, but it only 
												increases their inordinate 
												transgression!
 
 61. Behold! We said to the 
												angels: "Bow down unto Adam": 
												They bowed down except Iblis: He 
												said, "Shall I bow down to one 
												whom Thou didst create from 
												clay?"
 
 62. He said: "Seest Thou? this 
												is the one whom Thou hast 
												honoured above me! If Thou wilt 
												but respite me to the Day of 
												Judgment, I will surely bring 
												his descendants under my sway - 
												all but a few!"
 
 63. ((Allah)) said: "Go thy way; 
												if any of them follow thee, 
												verily Hell will be the 
												recompense of you (all)- an 
												ample recompense.
 
 64. "Lead to destruction those 
												whom thou canst among them, with 
												thy (seductive) voice; make 
												assaults on them with thy 
												cavalry and thy infantry; 
												mutually share with them wealth 
												and children; and make promises 
												to them." But Satan promises 
												them nothing but deceit.
 
 65. "As for My servants, no 
												authority shalt thou have over 
												them:" Enough is thy Lord for a 
												Disposer of affairs.
 
 66. Your Lord is He That maketh 
												the Ship go smoothly for you 
												through the sea, in order that 
												ye may seek of his Bounty. For 
												he is unto you most Merciful.
 
 67. When distress seizes you at 
												sea, those that ye call upon - 
												besides Himself - leave you in 
												the lurch! but when He brings 
												you back safe to land, ye turn 
												away (from Him). Most ungrateful 
												is man!
 
 68. Do ye then feel secure that 
												He will not cause you to be 
												swallowed up beneath the earth 
												when ye are on land, or that He 
												will not send against you a 
												violent tornado (with showers of 
												stones) so that ye shall find no 
												one to carry out your affairs 
												for you?
 
 69. Or do ye feel secure that He 
												will not send you back a second 
												time to sea and send against you 
												a heavy gale to drown you 
												because of your ingratitude, so 
												that ye find no helper. Therein 
												against Us?
 
 70. We have honoured the sons of 
												Adam; provided them with 
												transport on land and sea; given 
												them for sustenance things good 
												and pure; and conferred on them 
												special favours, above a great 
												part of our creation.
 
 71. One day We shall call 
												together all human beings with 
												their (respective) Imams: those 
												who are given their record in 
												their right hand will read it 
												(with pleasure), and they will 
												not be dealt with unjustly in 
												the least.
 
 72. But those who were blind in 
												this world, will be blind in the 
												hereafter, and most astray from 
												the Path.
 
 73. And their purpose was to 
												tempt thee away from that which 
												We had revealed unto thee, to 
												substitute in our name something 
												quite different; (in that case), 
												behold! they would certainly 
												have made thee (their) friend!
 
 74. And had We not given thee 
												strength, thou wouldst nearly 
												have inclined to them a little.
 
 75. In that case We should have 
												made thee taste an equal portion 
												(of punishment) in this life, 
												and an equal portion in death: 
												and moreover thou wouldst have 
												found none to help thee against 
												Us!
 
 76. Their purpose was to scare 
												thee off the land, in order to 
												expel thee; but in that case 
												they would not have stayed 
												(therein) after thee, except for 
												a little while.
 
 77. (This was Our) way with the 
												apostles We sent before thee: 
												thou wilt find no change in Our 
												ways.
 
 78. Establish regular prayers - 
												at the sun's decline till the 
												darkness of the night, and the 
												morning prayer and reading: for 
												the prayer and reading in the 
												morning carry their testimony.
 
 79. And pray in the small 
												watches of the morning: (it 
												would be) an additional prayer 
												(or spiritual profit) for thee: 
												soon will thy Lord raise thee to 
												a Station of Praise and Glory!
 
 80. Say: "O my Lord! Let my 
												entry be by the Gate of Truth 
												and Honour, and likewise my exit 
												by the Gate of Truth and Honour; 
												and grant me from Thy Presence 
												an authority to aid (me)."
 
 81. And say: "Truth has (now) 
												arrived, and Falsehood perished: 
												for Falsehood is (by its nature) 
												bound to perish."
 
 82. We send down (stage by 
												stage) in the Qur'an that which 
												is a healing and a mercy to 
												those who believe: to the unjust 
												it causes nothing but loss after 
												loss.
 
 83. Yet when We bestow Our 
												favours on man, he turns away 
												and becomes remote on his side 
												(instead of coming to Us), and 
												when evil seizes him he gives 
												himself up to despair!
 
 84. Say: "Everyone acts 
												according to his own 
												disposition: But your Lord knows 
												best who it is that is best 
												guided on the Way."
 
 85. They ask thee concerning the 
												Spirit (of inspiration). Say: 
												"The Spirit (cometh) by command 
												of my Lord: of knowledge it is 
												only a little that is 
												communicated to you, (O men!)"
 
 86. If it were Our Will, We 
												could take away that which We 
												have sent thee by 
												inspiration:then wouldst thou 
												find none to plead thy affair in 
												that matter as against Us,-
 
 87. Except for Mercy from thy 
												Lord: for his bounty is to thee 
												(indeed) great.
 
 88. Say: "If the whole of 
												mankind and Jinns were to gather 
												together to produce the like of 
												this Qur'an, they could not 
												produce the like thereof, even 
												if they backed up each other 
												with help and support.
 
 89. And We have explained to 
												man, in this Qur'an, every kind 
												of similitude: yet the greater 
												part of men refuse (to receive 
												it) except with ingratitude!
 
 90. They say: "We shall not 
												believe in thee, until thou 
												cause a spring to gush forth for 
												us from the earth,
 
 91. "Or (until) thou have a 
												garden of date trees and vines, 
												and cause rivers to gush forth 
												in their midst, carrying 
												abundant water;
 
 92. "Or thou cause the sky to 
												fall in pieces, as thou sayest 
												(will happen), against us; or 
												thou bring Allah and the angels 
												before (us) face to face:
 
 93. "Or thou have a house 
												adorned with gold, or thou mount 
												a ladder right into the skies. 
												No, we shall not even believe in 
												thy mounting until thou send 
												down to us a book that we could 
												read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! 
												Am I aught but a man,- an 
												apostle?"
 
 94. What kept men back from 
												belief when Guidance came to 
												them, was nothing but this: they 
												said, "Has Allah sent a man 
												(like us) to be (His) 
												Messenger."
 
 95. Say, "If there were settled, 
												on earth, angels walking about 
												in peace and quiet, We should 
												certainly have sent them down 
												from the heavens an angel for an 
												apostle."
 
 96. Say: "Enough is Allah for a 
												witness between me and you: for 
												He is well acquainted with His 
												servants, and He sees (all 
												things).
 
 97. It is he whom Allah guides, 
												that is on true Guidance; but he 
												whom He leaves astray - for such 
												wilt thou find no protector 
												besides Him. On the Day of 
												Judgment We shall gather, them 
												together, prone on their faces, 
												blind, dumb, and deaf: their 
												abode will be Hell: every time 
												it shows abatement, We shall 
												increase from them the 
												fierceness of the Fire.
 
 98. That is their recompense, 
												because they rejected Our signs, 
												and said, "When we are reduced 
												to bones and broken dust, should 
												we really be raised up (to be) a 
												new Creation?"
 
 99. See they not that Allah, Who 
												created the heavens and the 
												earth, has power to create the 
												like of them (anew)? Only He has 
												decreed a term appointed, of 
												which there is no doubt. But the 
												unjust refuse (to receive it) 
												except with ingratitude.
 
 100. Say: "If ye had control of 
												the Treasures of the Mercy of my 
												Lord, behold, ye would keep them 
												back, for fear of spending them: 
												for man is (every) niggardly!"
 
 101. To Moses We did give Nine 
												Clear Sings: As the Children of 
												Israel: when he came to them, 
												Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I 
												consider thee, indeed, to have 
												been worked upon by sorcery!
 
 102. Moses said, "Thou knowest 
												well that these things have been 
												sent down by none but the Lord 
												of the heavens and the earth as 
												eye-opening evidence: and I 
												consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh, 
												to be one doomed to 
												destruction!"
 
 103. So he resolved to remove 
												them from the face of the earth: 
												but We did drown him and all who 
												were with him.
 
 104. And We said thereafter to 
												the Children of Israel, "Dwell 
												securely in the land (of 
												promise)": but when the second 
												of the warnings came to pass, We 
												gathered you together in a 
												mingled crowd.
 
 105. We sent down the (Qur'an) 
												in Truth, and in Truth has it 
												descended: and We sent thee but 
												to give Glad Tidings and to warn 
												(sinners).
 
 106. (It is) a Qur'an which We 
												have divided (into parts from 
												time to time), in order that 
												thou mightest recite it to men 
												at intervals: We have revealed 
												it by stages.
 
 107. Say: "Whether ye believe in 
												it or not, it is true that those 
												who were given knowledge 
												beforehand, when it is recited 
												to them, fall down on their 
												faces in humble prostration,
 
 108. "And they say: 'Glory to 
												our Lord! Truly has the promise 
												of our Lord been fulfilled!'"
 
 109. They fall down on their 
												faces in tears, and it increases 
												their (earnest) humility.
 
 110. Say: "Call upon Allah, or 
												call upon Rahman: by whatever 
												name ye call upon Him, (it is 
												well): for to Him belong the 
												Most Beautiful Names. Neither 
												speak thy Prayer aloud, nor 
												speak it in a low tone, but seek 
												a middle course between."
 
 111. Say: "Praise be to Allah, 
												who begets no son, and has no 
												partner in (His) dominion: Nor 
												(needs) He any to protect Him 
												from humiliation: yea, magnify 
												Him for His greatness and 
												glory!"
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