Muhammad

^1:1 In the name of God, Most Gra­cious, Most Mer­ci­ful. ² All praise is owed to God, sus­tain­er of the worlds, ⁴ Mas­ter of the Day of Judg­ment. ⁵ You a­lone we wor­ship, and you a­lone we ask for help. ⁶ Guide us to the straight path; ⁷ the path of those you have bless­ed, not of those who earned your an­ger, nor of those who stray.

^2:2 This book is a guid­ance for those con­scious of God, ³ who be­lieve in the un­seen, are stead­fast in pray­er, give out of what We have pro­vid­ed them, ⁴ be­lieve in the rev­e­la­tion sent to you, Muhammad, and what was sent be­fore your time, and who have firm faith in the here­af­ter. ⁵ They are fol­low­ing guid­ance from their Lord, and they will pros­per. ⁶ As for those who dis­be­lieve, it is the same to them wheth­er you warn them or not: they wonʼt be­lieve.

^2:42 Donʼt mix truth with false­hood, nor know­ing­ly con­ceal the truth. ⁴³ Be stead­fast in pray­er, spend in char­i­ty, and bow down with those who bow down in wor­ship.

^2:44 Do you en­join right­eous­ness on the peo­ple and for­get to do it your­selves, e­ven though you re­cite the Scrip­ture? Have you no sense? ⁴⁵ Seek help with pa­tience and pray­er. It is dif­fi­cult in­deed, ex­cept for the hum­ble, ⁴⁶ who are cer­tain that they will meet their Lord and re­turn to Him.

^2:62 All who be­lieve in God and the Last Day, and do right­eous­ness, will have their re­ward with their Lord. They will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

^2:79 Woe to those who write a book with their own hands then say, “This is from God,” in or­der to sell it for a small price!

^2:111 They say, “None will en­ter Par­a­dise un­less he is a Jew or a Christian.” ¹¹² In fact, who­ev­er submits him­self whol­ly to God and does good will have his re­ward with his Lord.

^2:135 They say, “Be­come Jews or Christians, then you will be right­ly guid­ed.” ¹³⁶ Say, “We be­lieve in God, and the rev­e­la­tion giv­en to us, and to Abra­ham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and their de­scen­dants, and the rev­e­la­tion giv­en to Mo­ses, Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord. We make no dis­tinc­tion be­tween any of them, and we sub­mit to Him.”

^2:153 Be­liev­ers, seek help through pa­tience and pray­er. For God is with the stead­fast.

^2:172 Be­liev­ers, eat the good things We have pro­vid­ed for you, and be grate­ful to God, if it is Him you wor­ship.

^2:177 Right­eous­ness is not turn­ing your faces to­wards east or west, but right­eous­ness is one who be­lieves in God, the Last Day, the an­gels, the Book, and the prophets; who gives of his wealth, e­ven though he loves it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the trav­el­er, beg­gars, and for free­ing slaves; who are stead­fast in pray­er, and spend in char­i­ty; who keep their promises, and are pa­tient in pov­er­ty, ad­ver­si­ty, and dur­ing bat­tle. These ones are true, and con­scious of God.

^2:180 When death ap­proaches any of you and he leaves be­hind wealth, it is pre­scribed that he make a prop­er be­quest to par­ents and near relatives. This is a du­ty for those con­scious of God. ¹⁸¹ If any­one alters the be­quest af­ter hear­ing it, the sin is on them: God hears and knows all. ¹⁸² But if any­one fears that the tes­ta­tor made a mis­take or did wrong, and makes peace be­tween the heirs, he incurs no sin: God is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful.

^2:183 Be­liev­ers, fasting is pre­scribed for you, as it was for those be­fore you, that you may be­come con­scious of God. ¹⁸⁴ Fast for a spe­cif­ic num­ber of days, but if you are sick or trav­el­ing, make up the days lat­er. Those who can on­ly fast with dif­fi­cul­ty may feed a poor per­son in­stead. Who­ev­er vol­un­teers to give more, itʼs bet­ter for him. ¹⁸⁵ In the month of Ramadan the Qurʼan was revealed as a guid­ance for man­kind, as a clear sign of that guid­ance, and as judg­ment be­tween right and wrong. So who­ev­er is pres­ent dur­ing that month should fast. God wants ease for you, not hard­ship; and per­haps you will be grate­ful.

^2:188 Donʼt con­sume one an­oth­erʼs prop­er­ty un­just­ly, nor use it to bribe judges, intending to con­sume some of the prop­er­ty of others sin­ful­ly and know­ing­ly.

^2:215 What­ev­er you spend in char­i­ty should be for par­ents, close relatives, orphans, the poor, and for travelers. What­ev­er good you do, God knows it well.

^2:216 You may dis­like some­thing thatʼs good for you, and love some­thing thatʼs bad for you. God knows and you do not.

^2:219 They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, “In them is great sin, yet some ben­e­fit, but the sin is greater than the ben­e­fit.” They ask you how much they should give. Say, “The ex­cess.” ²²⁰ They ask you about orphans. Say, “Im­prov­ing their con­di­tion is best. God knows who spoils things and who improves them. If God had wished, He could have put you in­to difficul­ties.”

^2:221 Donʼt mar­ry i­dol­a­trous wom­en un­til they be­lieve. A slave who be­lieves is bet­ter than an i­dol­a­tress, e­ven if she pleases you. These in­vite you to the fire.

^2:238 Strict­ly guard your hab­it of prayers. Stand be­fore God in de­vout o­be­di­ence. ²³⁹ If youʼre in dan­ger, pray walk­ing or rid­ing, but when youʼre se­cure, re­mem­ber God, for He taught you what you did­nʼt know.

^2:256 There shall be no com­pul­sion in re­li­gion. The right path has be­come clear from the wrong. Who­ev­er rejects false gods and be­lieves in God has grasped the most trust­wor­thy hand­hold that nev­er breaks.

^2:261 Those who spend their wealth in Godʼs cause are like a grain of corn which grows sev­en ears, and each ear has a hun­dred grains. ²⁶² Those who spend their wealth in Godʼs cause will have their re­ward with their Lord: theyʼll have no fear, nor will they grieve.

^2:263 Kind words and for­give­ness are bet­ter than char­i­ty followed by in­ju­ry. ²⁶⁴ Be­liev­ers, donʼt can­cel your char­i­ty with reminders of your gen­er­os­i­ty or with in­ju­ry, like those who spend their wealth to be seen of men, but donʼt be­lieve in God or the Last Day. Theyʼre like a smooth rock with dust on it. Heavy rain falls, leav­ing it bare. Theyʼre un­a­ble to keep any­thing theyʼve earned. God does­nʼt guide dis­be­liev­ers. ²⁶⁵ Those who spend their wealth seek­ing to please God are like a gar­den on high ground. Heavy rain falls, yield­ing a dou­ble har­vest. If heavy rain does­nʼt fall, light rain will.

^2:267 Be­liev­ers, give from the good things youʼve earned. Donʼt give from whatʼs bad, when you your­selves would on­ly ac­cept it if your eyes were closed.

^2:268 Satan threatens you with pov­er­ty and orders you to com­mit im­mo­ral­i­ty. God promises you His for­give­ness and boun­ty.

^2:270 What­ev­er you give, or vow to give, God knows it. But the wrong­do­ers will have no helpers. ²⁷¹ If you dis­close your char­i­ty, itʼs good, but if you con­ceal it and give it to the poor, itʼs bet­ter for you. It will a­tone for some of your bad deeds.

^2:272 What­ev­er char­i­ty you give benefits your own soul when you do it on­ly to seek the face of God. What­ev­er you give will be repaid to you in full, and you wonʼt be wronged. ²⁷³ Give to the poor whoʼre whol­ly occupied in Godʼs cause, un­a­ble to trav­el in the land for work. The un­know­ing might think they are rich be­cause of their re­straint, but youʼll rec­og­nize them be­cause they donʼt beg per­sist­ent­ly. What­ev­er good you give, be as­sured that God knows it.

^2:274 Those who give of their pos­ses­sions by night and by day, pri­vate­ly and pub­lic­ly, will have their re­ward with their Lord: theyʼll have no fear, nor will they grieve. ²⁷⁷ Those who be­lieve, do good works, are stead­fast in pray­er, and spend in char­i­ty, will have their re­ward with their Lord: theyʼll have no fear, nor will they grieve.

^2:282 When you con­tract a debt for a spec­i­fied term, write it down. Let the debt­or write and not di­min­ish what he owes. Bring two witnesses. They must not re­fuse when called to tes­ti­fy. Donʼt dis­dain to write down your con­tract, wheth­er itʼs small or large, a­long with the time it falls due: this is more just with God, more re­li­a­ble as ev­i­dence, and more like­ly to pre­vent doubt be­tween you. If itʼs an im­me­di­ate trade, thereʼs no blame if you donʼt write it down. Have witnesses pres­ent when you trade with one an­oth­er.

^3:3 He sent down to you the Book with the truth, confirming what went be­fore it. He sent down the Torah and the Gos­pel ⁴ as a guid­ance for the peo­ple.

^3:14 Al­lur­ing to men is the love of their desires: wom­en, chil­dren, heap­ing treasures of gold and sil­ver, fi­ne hors­es, cat­tle, and farm­land. These are pleasures of life in this world, but with God is the best place to re­turn.

^3:92 Youʼll on­ly at­tain true pi­e­ty if you give out of what you love. What­ev­er you give, tru­ly, God knows it.

^3:137 Sit­u­a­tions sim­i­lar to yours have happened be­fore: trav­el through the earth and see how it ended for the dis­be­liev­ers.

^3:156 Be­liev­ers, donʼt say of your brothers who trav­eled or went out to fight, “If they had stayed with us, they would­nʼt have died.” This will be­come a source of re­gret in your hearts.

^4:2 Give orphans their prop­er­ty. Donʼt re­place their good things with your bad things, nor con­sume their prop­er­ty to­geth­er with your own. Sure­ly, this is a great sin.

^4:3 Mar­ry wom­en of your choice, two or three or four. If you fear that you wonʼt treat them fair­ly, then on­ly one. That will help you a­void bi­as. ⁴ Give the wom­en their dow­er gra­cious­ly. If they will­ing­ly re­mit any of it to you, en­joy it with a clear con­science.

^4:5 Donʼt en­trust your prop­er­ty to the weak-minded. God made it a means of sup­port for you, but feed and clothe them with it, and speak to them with kind­ness.

^4:6 Test orphans un­til they reach mar­riage­a­ble age. If they have sound judg­ment, re­lease their prop­er­ty to them. Donʼt con­sume it waste­ful­ly or hast­i­ly be­fore they grow up. If the guard­i­an is wealthy, he should take no com­pen­sa­tion. If heʼs poor, he should use on­ly what is rea­son­a­ble. When you re­lease their prop­er­ty to them, bring witnesses.

^4:7 Men and wom­en shall each have a share of what par­ents and close relatives leave, wheth­er the prop­er­ty is small or large. ⁸ If oth­er relatives, or orphans, or poor are pres­ent dur­ing the di­vi­sion, then give them some­thing from the es­tate, and speak to them with kind­ness. ⁹ Let executors have the same fear in their minds as if they had left help­less chil­dren be­hind. Let them fear God, and speak just­ly.

^4:18 Re­pent­ance has no ef­fect for those who con­tin­ue to do evil un­til death confronts them and they say, “Now I re­pent.”

^4:19 Be­liev­ers, you are for­bid­den to in­her­it wom­en against their will. Donʼt treat your wives harsh­ly. Live with them in kind­ness. If you dis­like them, it may be that you dis­like some­thing in which God has placed much good.

^4:22 Donʼt mar­ry wom­en whom your fathers mar­ried, ²³ wom­en who are close relatives, your wet nurses, your milk sisters, your wivesʼ mothers, your step­daugh­ters, those whom your sons mar­ried, two sisters at the same time, ²⁴ and wom­en al­ready mar­ried. All oth­er wom­en are law­ful to you, pro­vid­ed that you seek them in mar­riage, with dow­er from your prop­er­ty, de­sir­ing mar­riage not for­ni­ca­tion.

^4:29 Be­liev­ers, donʼt con­sume one an­oth­erʼs wealth un­just­ly, but let there be trade by mu­tu­al con­sent. Donʼt kill your­selves or one an­oth­er, for God is mer­ci­ful to you.

^4:31 If you a­void the great sins, We will re­move your mi­nor sins, and ad­mit you through the en­trance of hon­or. ³² Donʼt cov­et what God has bestowed more free­ly on some than on others. Men and wom­en re­ceive a share of what they earn.

^4:36 Wor­ship God, and join noth­ing with Him. Do good to par­ents, relatives, orphans, the poor, neighbors, the com­pan­ion by your side, and travelers. God does­nʼt like the ar­ro­gant, the boast­ful, ³⁷ the stin­gy; those who com­mand others to be stin­gy, hid­ing the boun­ty God has giv­en them; ³⁸ those who spend their wealth to be seen by men, and donʼt be­lieve in God nor the Last Day. ³⁹ What harm would it do them to be­lieve in God and the Last Day, and to spend out of what God has pro­vid­ed them? ⁴⁰ God wrongs no one in the least de­gree. If there is a good deed, He dou­bles it, and gives a great re­ward.

^4:58 God commands you to re­turn what youʼve been entrusted to its right­ful own­er. When you judge be­tween peo­ple, do so with jus­tice. ⁵⁹ Be­liev­ers, o­bey God, the Mes­sen­ger, and those in au­thor­i­ty a­mong you.

^4:85 Who­ev­er intercedes for a good cause will share in its re­ward. Who­ev­er intercedes for an evil cause will share in its bur­den.

^4:86 When offered a greet­ing, re­spond with a bet­ter one, or at least its e­qual. God takes ac­count of eve­ry­thing.

^4:95 God prefers the be­liev­ers who strive with their wealth and lives over those who sit—oth­er than the dis­a­bled. Al­though He has prom­ised good to all of them, those who strive re­ceive a greater re­ward than those who sit.

^4:97 The an­gels ask, “What was your situation?” They re­ply, “We were oppressed in the land.” The an­gels re­spond, “Was­nʼt Godʼs earth spacious e­nough for you to mi­grate elsewhere?” ¹⁰⁰ Who­ev­er emigrates for Godʼs cause will find abun­dance on the earth, and many places of ref­uge. If he then dies as a ref­u­gee, his re­ward from God is cer­tain.

^4:101 When you trav­el, itʼs no sin to short­en your prayers, if you fear that dis­be­liev­ers may at­tack you. ¹⁰³ When youʼve com­plet­ed the pray­er, re­mem­ber God: stand­ing, sit­ting, and ly­ing down. Once youʼre se­cure, re­es­tab­lish reg­u­lar pray­er, for pray­er is man­da­to­ry for be­liev­ers at spe­cif­ic times.

^4:110 One who does evil or wrongs him­self, but then asks God for for­give­ness, will find God is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful. ¹¹² But if one sins then blames an in­no­cent per­son, he burdens him­self with a slan­der and a fla­grant sin.

^4:123 Any­one who does wrong will be repaid ac­cord­ing­ly and will find no pro­tec­tor or help­er be­sides God. ¹²⁴ Any be­liev­er, male or fe­male, who does good deeds will en­ter heav­en, and will not re­ceive the least in­jus­tice.

^4:129 Youʼll nev­er be able to treat your wives with per­fect fair­ness, how­ev­er much you may want to, but donʼt fa­vor one com­plete­ly so as to leave an­oth­er hang­ing. If you make a­mends and are con­scious of God, He is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful.

^4:135 Be­liev­ers, stead­fast­ly up­hold jus­tice, as witnesses for God, e­ven if itʼs against your­selves, your par­ents, or your relatives. Wheth­er rich or poor, God can best pro­tect them both. Donʼt fol­low your own de­sire lest you swerve from jus­tice. If you dis­tort or ne­glect jus­tice, God knows what you do.

^4:140 When you hear peo­ple de­ny and rid­i­cule Godʼs messages, donʼt sit with them un­til they change topics. Oth­er­wise you will be­come like them: God will gath­er the hypocrites and dis­be­liev­ers in hell.

^4:142 When hypocrites stand to pray, they stand la­zi­ly, to be seen of men, re­mem­ber­ing God on­ly a lit­tle, ¹⁴³ wavering be­tween this and that, be­long­ing to nei­ther these nor those.

^4:148 God does not like evil to be mentioned in pub­lic, ex­cept by the one who was wronged. God hears and knows all. ¹⁴⁹ Wheth­er you do good openly or pri­vate­ly, or par­don an evil, God is for­giv­ing and pow­er­ful.

^4:163 Muhammad, weʼve sent you rev­e­la­tion as We did to No­ah and the prophets af­ter him: Abra­ham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon; to David We gave the Psalms; ¹⁶⁴ to oth­er messengers Weʼve mentioned be­fore; to others We have­nʼt mentioned; and to Mo­ses God spoke di­rect­ly.

^5:2 Some peo­ple shut you out of the Sa­cred Mosque. Donʼt let your ha­tred for them lead you to trans­gress. Help one an­oth­er in right­eous­ness and pi­e­ty, but donʼt help one an­oth­er in sin and ag­gres­sion. Fear God, for God is se­vere in pun­ish­ment.

^5:7 Re­mem­ber Godʼs bless­ing on you. Fear God, for He knows all the secrets of your heart. ⁸ Be­liev­ers, be stead­fast in de­vo­tion to God, as im­par­tial witnesses. Donʼt let ha­tred of others lead you a­way from jus­tice. Be just: that is nearer to pi­e­ty. ⁹ God has prom­ised for­give­ness and a great re­ward to those who be­lieve and do good works.

^5:35 Be­liev­ers, fear God, seek ways to come clos­er to Him, and strive in His cause that you may pros­per.

^5:38 Cut off the hands of thieves as rec­om­pense for what they have done: a de­ter­rent from God. ³⁹ But who­ev­er repents af­ter his crime and makes a­mends, God will ac­cept his re­pent­ance, for God is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful.

^5:44 We revealed the Torah containing guid­ance and light. ⁴⁵ In it we ordained a life for a life, an eye for an eye, and sim­i­lar ret­ri­bu­tion for wounds. But if any­one forgoes this out of char­i­ty, it is an a­tone­ment for him­self. Those who donʼt judge by what God has revealed are the wrong­do­ers.

^5:48 Muhammad, We revealed to you this Book with the truth, confirming the scrip­tures that came be­fore it. To each of you We have pre­scribed a law and a clear path. Had God wanted it, He would have made you all a sin­gle com­mu­ni­ty, but He wanted to test you in what He has giv­en you, so race to do good. Youʼll all re­turn to God, then Heʼll clar­i­fy your dif­fer­ences.

^5:57 Be­liev­ers, donʼt take al­lies who view your re­li­gion with rid­i­cule and a­muse­ment.

^5:89 God wonʼt pun­ish you for your thought­less oaths, on­ly for your de­lib­er­ate oaths. The a­tone­ment for break­ing an oath is to feed ten poor peo­ple as you would feed your own fam­i­ly, or to clothe them, or to free a slave. If you canʼt af­ford it, fast for three days. That is the a­tone­ment for bro­ken oaths, but keep your oaths.

^5:90 Be­liev­ers: in­tox­i­cants, gambling, i­dol­a­try, and div­i­na­tion are abom­i­na­tions from Satan. A­void them so that you may pros­per. ⁹¹ Satan on­ly wants to use in­tox­i­cants and gambling to cause en­mi­ty and ha­tred a­mong you, and to hin­der you from re­mem­ber­ing God and pray­er. So will you quit?

^5:106 Be­liev­ers, when mak­ing bequests as death ap­proaches you, let there be two hon­est witnesses.

^6:7 Muhammad, e­ven if We had sent you a mes­sage writ­ten on pa­per, and the dis­be­liev­ers had touched it with their hands, they would have said, “This is noth­ing but ob­vi­ous mag­ic!” ⁸ They say, “Why was no an­gel sent down to him?” Had We sent down an an­gel, their judg­ment would have come at once, with­out res­pite. ⁹ E­ven if We had sent an an­gel, We would have sent him as a man, adding to their con­fu­sion.

^6:48 We send the messengers on­ly to give good news and to warn. Who­ev­er be­lieves and reforms will have no fear, nor will they grieve. ⁴⁹ But suf­fer­ing afflicts those who re­ject our messages, be­cause of their de­fi­ant dis­o­be­di­ence.

^6:52 Donʼt send a­way those who call on their Lord morn­ing and eve­ning, seek­ing His face. Youʼre not ac­count­a­ble for them, nor they for you. If you turn them a­way, you be­come one of the un­just. ⁵⁴ Your Lord has pre­scribed for Him­self mer­cy: if any of you does wrong out of ig­no­rance, but then repents and corrects him­self, He is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful.

^6:70 Leave a­lone those who take play and a­muse­ment as their re­li­gion, and are de­ceived by the life of this world. Re­mind them, lest a soul be destroyed for what it has earned, that it will find no pro­tec­tor or in­ter­ces­sor ex­cept God.

^6:108 Donʼt re­vile those whom idolaters call up­on, lest they re­vile God in their spite and ig­no­rance. To eve­ry com­mu­ni­ty We have made its own deeds seem pleas­ing. In the end theyʼll re­turn to their Lord, and Heʼll in­form them of all they did.

^6:120 A­void sin, both o­pen and se­cret, for those who sin will be repaid for what theyʼve done. ¹²¹ Eat noth­ing over which Godʼs name has not been pro­nounced: that is dis­o­be­di­ence in­deed.

^6:141 Donʼt be ex­ces­sive, for God dislikes the waste­ful. ¹⁴² Eat what God has pro­vid­ed for you, wheth­er itʼs live­stock for burdens or for meat.

^6:151 Donʼt as­cribe any equals with God. Be good to your par­ents. Donʼt kill your chil­dren for fear of pov­er­ty—We will pro­vide for you and for them. Donʼt ap­proach shame­ful deeds, wheth­er o­pen or se­cret. Donʼt take the life that God has made sa­cred, ex­cept by le­gal right. ¹⁵² Donʼt ap­proach the orphanʼs prop­er­ty be­fore he co­mes of age, ex­cept to im­prove it. Give full meas­ure and weight with jus­tice; we bur­den no one with more than he can bear. When you speak, be just, e­ven if it concerns a rel­a­tive. ¹⁵³ This is My straight path, so fol­low it. Donʼt fol­low oth­er paths. Theyʼll lead you a­way from His.

^6:164 Eve­ry soul is re­spon­si­ble for its own actions, and no one bears an­oth­erʼs bur­den. Youʼll all re­turn to your Lord in the end, and Heʼll clar­i­fy that on which you used to dif­fer.

^7:3 Be­liev­ers, fol­low the rev­e­la­tion to you from your Lord, and fol­low no masters oth­er than Him.

^7:204 When the Qurʼan is re­cit­ed, pay at­ten­tion and lis­ten si­lent­ly that you may re­ceive mer­cy. ²⁰⁵ In the morn­ings and eve­nings, re­mem­ber your Lord in­ward­ly, with hu­mil­i­ty, rev­er­ence, and a qui­et voice. Donʼt be a­mong the heed­less. ²⁰⁶ E­ven those who are near your Lord arenʼt too proud to wor­ship Him: they glo­ri­fy Him, and pros­trate be­fore Him.

^8:2 Be­liev­ers are those whose hearts trem­ble with awe when God is mentioned, whose faith strength­ens when His messages are re­cit­ed to them, who trust in their Lord, ³ who are stead­fast in pray­er, and who give from what We have pro­vid­ed them. ⁴ They are the true be­liev­ers. They have for­give­ness with their Lord, and gen­er­ous sus­te­nance.

^8:20 Be­liev­ers, o­bey God and His Mes­sen­ger. Donʼt turn a­way from him when youʼre listening. ²¹ Donʼt be like those who say, “Weʼve heard,” but donʼt ac­tu­al­ly lis­ten. ²² In­deed, the worst crea­tures in Godʼs sight are the deaf and dumb who donʼt use rea­son.

^8:47 Donʼt be like those who came out of their homes con­ceit­ed, show­ing off, and hindering others from Godʼs path.

^9:24 If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your tribes, the wealth you have gained, the com­merce you fear will de­cline, and the dwell­ings you love are dearer to you than God, His Mes­sen­ger, and strug­gle in His cause, then wait un­til God executes His com­mand. God does­nʼt guide the re­bel­lious.

^9:34 Be­liev­ers, many rabbis and monks false­ly de­vour menʼs wealth and di­vert men from Godʼs path. Tell those who hoard gold and sil­ver, with­out giv­ing for Godʼs cause, that they will re­ceive a pain­ful pun­ish­ment.

^9:54 On­ly this prevents a gift from be­ing ac­cept­ed: they donʼt be­lieve God and His Mes­sen­ger, they come to pray­er la­zi­ly, and they give un­will­ing­ly.

^9:60 Alms are for the poor, the needy, those who ad­min­is­ter the funds, those whose hearts are to be won over, to free slaves, to help debtors, for Godʼs cause, and needy travelers.

^9:71 The be­liev­ers pro­tect one an­oth­er. They en­join what is right, for­bid what is wrong, are stead­fast in pray­er, spend in char­i­ty, and o­bey God and His Mes­sen­ger. God will have mer­cy on them.

^9:91 There is no blame on the weak, the ill, or those with­out resources to spend, when they are sin­cere to God and His Mes­sen­ger. There is no rea­son to re­proach those who do good. ⁹² There is al­so no blame on those who came to you for mounts, and when you said, “I canʼt find a mount for you,” they turned back, their eyes over­flow­ing with tears of grief that they had noth­ing to spend. ⁹³ On­ly those who re­quest ex­emp­tion, de­spite be­ing rich, are o­pen to blame. Theyʼre con­tent to be with those who stay be­hind.

^10:11 If God were to has­ten the ill that men have earned, as they wish to has­ten the good, their end would al­ready be here. ¹² And when trou­ble touches man, he cries out to Us wheth­er ly­ing on his side, sit­ting, or stand­ing, but when We re­move his trou­ble, he goes on his way as if he had nev­er cried out to Us.

^10:41 If they donʼt be­lieve you, say, “My deeds for me, and yours for you. Youʼre not re­spon­si­ble for what I do, nor I for what you do.”

^10:47 Eve­ry com­mu­ni­ty is sent a mes­sen­ger. When their mes­sen­ger co­mes, they will be judged with jus­tice, and wonʼt be wronged.

^11:9 If We let man taste mer­cy, and then with­draw it, he despairs and is un­grate­ful. ¹⁰ But if We let him taste mer­cy af­ter ad­ver­si­ty has touched him, heʼs sure to say, “Mis­for­tune has left me.” He be­comes ex­ult­ant and boast­ful. ¹¹ Those who are stead­fast and do right­eous deeds donʼt act this way. They will have for­give­ness and a great re­ward.

^11:112 Stay on the right path as youʼve been commanded, to­geth­er with those whoʼve turned to God. Donʼt trans­gress, for He sees all that you do. ¹¹³ Donʼt in­cline to­ward nor re­ly on those who do wrong. ¹¹⁴ Be stead­fast in pray­er at both ends of the day and dur­ing parts of the night. Good deeds drive a­way evil deeds. ¹¹⁵ Be stead­fast: God wonʼt lose the re­ward of those who do good.

^11:117 Your Lord would nev­er de­stroy com­mu­ni­ties un­just­ly if its peo­ple act right­eous­ly. ¹¹⁸ If your Lord had wanted, He could have made man­kind one com­mu­ni­ty, but they con­tin­ue to dif­fer.

^13:4 There are neigh­bor­ing plots in the land: vineyards, corn­fields, and date palms. Theyʼre all watered with the same wa­ter, yet We make some bet­ter to eat than others. These are signs for peo­ple who rea­son.

^13:11 God does­nʼt change the con­di­tion of a peo­ple un­less they change whatʼs with­in them­selves.

^13:22 Those who are pa­tient, seek­ing their Lordʼs face; who are stead­fast in pray­er; who spend se­cret­ly and openly from what We have pro­vid­ed them; and who re­pel evil with good: those will have the re­ward of an e­ter­nal home.

^13:26 They re­joice in the life of this world, but itʼs a fleet­ing pleas­ure com­pared to the here­af­ter. ²⁷ The dis­be­liev­ers say, “Why has­nʼt his Lord sent him a sign?” Say, “God lets stray whom He will, and guides to Him­self those who turn to Him, ²⁸ those who be­lieve, and those whose hearts find rest in re­mem­ber­ing God. ²⁹ Joy and a beau­ti­ful home­com­ing a­wait those who be­lieve and do right­eous deeds.”

^14:3 Those who pre­fer this world over the here­af­ter, and turn others from Godʼs way, mak­ing it seem crook­ed: they are far a­stray.

^14:4 Weʼve on­ly sent messengers who speak the lan­guage of their peo­ple, in or­der to make things clear for them.

^14:10 The messengers said to them, “Can there be any doubt about God, the cre­a­tor of the heavens and earth? He invites you in or­der to for­give your sins and let you live un­til the ap­point­ed time.” They said, “Youʼre on­ly men like us. You want to turn us a­way from what our fathers wor­shipped. In that case, bring us clear proof.” ¹¹ Their messengers an­swered, “True, we are on­ly men like you, but God fa­vors His servants as He pleases. We canʼt bring you proof un­less God permits it, so let all be­liev­ers put their trust in God.”

^15:2 Per­haps the dis­be­liev­ers will wish that they had sub­mit­ted to God. ³ Let them eat and en­joy. Let false hope dis­tract them. Theyʼll come to know.

^15:19 Weʼve spread out the earth, placed firm mountains on it, and let eve­ry­thing grow on it in due bal­ance. ²⁰ Weʼve pro­vid­ed sus­te­nance in it for you and for oth­er crea­tures.

^16:5 He has cre­at­ed live­stock for you. You de­rive warmth, food, and oth­er benefits from them. ⁶ You find beau­ty in them when you bring them home in the eve­ning, and as you lead them to pas­ture in the morn­ing. ⁷ They car­ry your loads to lands that you could on­ly reach on your own with great hard­ship. Tru­ly your Lord is kind and mer­ci­ful. ⁸ He has cre­at­ed hors­es, mules, and donkeys for you to ride, and as adorn­ment. He al­so creates things you know noth­ing about.

^16:10 He sends down wa­ter from the sky. It provides a drink for you and for the veg­e­ta­tion which feeds your live­stock. ¹¹ With it He grows for you crops, olives, date palms, grapes, and eve­ry kind of fruit. These are signs for those who re­flect.

^16:14 He has subjected the sea for you, that you may eat fresh meat from it, and ex­tract ornaments from it to wear. You see the ships plowing through its waves seek­ing the boun­ty of God that you may be grate­ful. ¹⁵ He has placed rivers and roads on the earth, so you may find your way, ¹⁶ and landmarks and stars that men may guide them­selves. ¹⁷ Is He who creates like one who does­nʼt cre­ate?

^16:36 We sent a mes­sen­ger to eve­ry com­mu­ni­ty say­ing, “Serve God and a­void false gods.” A­mong them were some whom God guid­ed and some who strayed. So trav­el through the earth and ob­serve how it ended for the deniers.

^16:61 If God were to pun­ish men for their wrong­do­ing, He would leave no liv­ing crea­ture on the earth, but He gives them res­pite for an ap­point­ed time. When their time co­mes, they are un­a­ble to de­lay it or ad­vance it by a sin­gle hour.

^16:90 God commands jus­tice, do­ing good, and gen­er­os­i­ty to­wards relatives. He forbids all shame­ful deeds, bad con­duct, and op­pres­sion. He instructs you so that you may take heed. ⁹¹ Ful­fill the cov­e­nant of God once you have made it, and donʼt break your oaths. ⁹² Donʼt be like a wom­an who unravels the yarn which she has firm­ly spun.

^16:93 If God wanted, He could have made you all one peo­ple, but He lets some stray and guides others. You will be ac­count­a­ble for your actions. ⁹⁴ Donʼt use your oaths to de­ceive one an­oth­er, lest a foot slip that was firm­ly planted. Then you will taste the evil of hindering some­one from Godʼs path, and will suf­fer great pun­ish­ment.

^16:96 What you have will van­ish, but what God has will en­dure. We will cer­tain­ly re­ward the stead­fast ac­cord­ing to the best of their actions. ⁹⁷ We will give a new life, one that is good and pure, to who­ev­er works right­eous­ness and has faith, wheth­er male or fe­male.

^16:99 Satan has no pow­er over those who be­lieve and trust in their Lord. ¹⁰⁰ He on­ly has pow­er over those who al­ly with him and who join part­ners with God.

^16:110 Your Lord is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful to those who em­i­grate be­cause of per­se­cu­tion, then fight for the faith and re­main stead­fast. ¹¹¹ On the Day when eve­ry soul co­mes to plead for him­self, eve­ry soul will be ful­ly paid for his actions and none will be wronged.

^16:114 Eat the good and law­ful food which God has pro­vid­ed for you, and be grate­ful for His fa­vors.

^16:119 Your Lord is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful to those who do wrong out of ig­no­rance, but af­ter­wards re­pent and make a­mends.

^16:125 In­vite eve­ry­one to your Lordʼs path with wis­dom and beau­ti­ful teach­ing. Ar­gue with them in the most po­lite way, for your Lord knows who has strayed from His path and who is right­ly guid­ed. ¹²⁶ If you must re­spond to an at­tack, re­spond no worse than the at­tack, but itʼs bet­ter to show pa­tience. ¹²⁷ Be pa­tient, for your pa­tience is from God.

^17:15 Who­ev­er receives guid­ance does so for his own ben­e­fit. Who­ev­er strays does so to his own det­ri­ment. No one will bear an­oth­erʼs bur­den, but We on­ly pun­ish af­ter We have sent a mes­sen­ger.

^17:20 We be­stow some of our boun­ty on all. Your Lordʼs boun­ty is not closed to any­one. ²¹ No­tice that Weʼve bestowed more on some than on others, but the here­af­ter holds greater rank and boun­ty.

^17:22 Donʼt make an­oth­er de­i­ty e­qual with God or youʼll be­come dis­graced and for­sak­en. ²³ Your Lord has de­creed that you wor­ship on­ly Him, and that you be kind to your par­ents. Donʼt speak a word of dis­re­spect to them, nor scold them, but ad­dress them re­spect­ful­ly. ²⁴ Say, “My Lord, have mer­cy on them just as they reared me when I was small.”

^17:25 Your Lord knows whatʼs in your hearts. If youʼre right­eous, He forgives those who turn to Him again and again. ²⁶ Give whatʼs due to relatives, the needy, and travelers; but donʼt spend your wealth waste­ful­ly. ²⁷ In­deed, the waste­ful are brothers of Satan, and Satan is al­ways un­grate­ful to his Lord. ²⁸ E­ven if you must turn a­way from the needy in pur­suit of mer­cy from your Lord, then at least speak a kind word to them.

^17:31 Donʼt kill your chil­dren for fear of pov­er­ty. We will pro­vide for them and for you. In­deed, kill­ing them is a great sin. ³² Donʼt go near adul­tery, for it is shame­ful and an evil path. ³³ Donʼt take life, which God has made sa­cred, ex­cept in pur­suit of jus­tice. ³⁴ Donʼt go near an orphanʼs prop­er­ty, ex­cept to im­prove it, un­til he reaches ma­tur­i­ty. Ful­fill eve­ry com­mit­ment, for you will be ques­tioned about your com­mit­ments. ³⁵ Give full meas­ure when you meas­ure, and weigh with hon­est scales. Thatʼs best and ad­van­ta­geous in the end. ³⁶ Donʼt con­cern your­self with things you know noth­ing about: youʼll be ques­tioned about hear­ing, see­ing, and feel­ing. ³⁷ Donʼt walk on the earth with ar­ro­gance: you canʼt tear the earth a­part, nor match the mountains in height. ³⁸ Your Lord detests all these actions. ³⁹ This is some of the wis­dom your Lord has revealed to you.

^17:70 Weʼve honored Adamʼs chil­dren, car­ried them on land and sea, giv­en them good sus­te­nance, and fa­vored them above much of our cre­a­tion. ⁷¹ One day Weʼll call to­geth­er all men a­long with their leaders. Who­ev­er is giv­en his rec­ord in his right hand will read it with pleas­ure, and wonʼt be wronged in the least. ⁷² But who­ev­er is blind in this world will be blind in the here­af­ter and e­ven fur­ther a­stray.

^17:78 Es­tab­lish reg­u­lar pray­er from mid­day un­til the dark­ness of night. Re­cite the Qurʼan at dawn, for morn­ing rec­i­ta­tion is al­ways witnessed.

^17:100 If you pos­sessed the treas­ur­ies of my Lordʼs mer­cy, you would with­hold them for fear of spend­ing too much: man is ev­er stin­gy.

^17:110 Call on God, or on the Most Mer­ci­ful. Which­ev­er name you call is the same, for the best names be­long to Him. Donʼt pray too loud­ly or too qui­et­ly, but seek a mid­dle way.

^18:23 Nev­er say, “Iʼll do that to­mor­row,” ²⁴ with­out adding, “God will­ing.” When you for­get, re­mem­ber your Lord and say, “May my Lord guide me clos­er to the right path.”

^18:32 There were two men. We gave one of them two vineyards sur­round­ed by date palms with corn­fields in be­tween. ³³ Both vineyards pro­duced fruit, did­nʼt fail, and We caused a riv­er to flow through them, ³⁴ so this man had abun­dant fruit. He said to his friend, “I have more wealth and men than you.” ³⁵ Hav­ing thus sinned against him­self, he went in­to his gar­den. He said, “I donʼt think this will ev­er per­ish, ³⁶ nor that the Hour of Judg­ment will ev­er come. E­ven if I were brought back to my Lord, I would sure­ly find some­thing e­ven bet­ter than this.”

^18:37 His friend said to him, “Do you dis­be­lieve in Him who cre­at­ed you? ³⁸ But as for me, He is God, My Lord, and I as­so­ci­ate no part­ner with Him. ³⁹ When you entered your gar­den, why did­nʼt you say, ‘This is Godʼs will. There is no pow­er but with God.’ Al­though I have less wealth and off­spring than you, ⁴⁰ my Lord may give me some­thing bet­ter than your gar­den, or a ca­lam­i­ty may turn your gar­den in­to slip­pery sand, ⁴¹ or its wa­ter might sink un­der­ground so that you canʼt reach it.”

^18:42 And thus it happened: his fruit was ruined. He remained, wring­ing his hands over what he had spent on it, while it col­lapsed up­on its trellises, say­ing, “I wish that I had nev­er as­cribed part­ners to my Lord.” ⁴³ He had none to help him oth­er than God, nor could he help him­self.

^18:45 This worldʼs life is like rain sent down from the sky. The earthʼs veg­e­ta­tion ab­sorbs it but soon be­comes dry stub­ble, scattered by the wind. ⁴⁶ Wealth and chil­dren adorn this worldʼs life, but en­dur­ing good deeds are bet­ter to your Lord, and a bet­ter source of hope.

^20:2 We did­nʼt send down the Qurʼan to dis­tress you, ³ but on­ly as a reminder for those who fear God.

^20:15 Al­though I keep the hour hid­den, the time is com­ing for each soul to be rewarded for its ef­fort. ¹⁶ Donʼt let those who de­ny it and fol­low their own desires dis­tract you from it, lest you per­ish.

^20:81 Eat from the good things Weʼve pro­vid­ed you, but donʼt trans­gress lest My an­ger de­scend on you. ⁸² Yet I re­peat­ed­ly for­give those who re­pent, be­lieve, do right, and con­tin­ue re­ceiv­ing guid­ance.

^22:39 Those who have been wrong­ful­ly at­tacked may fight back. In­deed, God has the pow­er to help ⁴⁰ those who have been un­just­ly driv­en from their homes on­ly for say­ing, “Our Lord is God.” If God did­nʼt re­pel one peo­ple with an­oth­er, many mon­as­teries, churches, syn­a­gogues, and mosques would have been destroyed; places in which the name of God is fre­quent­ly in­voked.

^22:67 Weʼve ap­point­ed a dif­fer­ent man­ner of wor­ship for each com­mu­ni­ty to ob­serve, so donʼt let others ar­gue with you about the mat­ter. ⁶⁸ If they do ar­gue with you, say, “God knows best what youʼre do­ing.” ⁶⁹ On Res­ur­rec­tion Day, God will judge the dif­fer­ences be­tween you.

^23:1 The be­liev­ers are in­deed suc­cess­ful: ² those who pray hum­bly, ³ a­void i­dle talk, ⁴ give alms, ⁵ guard their chas­ti­ty ⁶ (ex­cept with their spouses), ⁸ who are at­ten­tive to their trusts and promises, ⁹ and guard their prayers. ¹¹ These will in­her­it Par­a­dise and live there for­ev­er.

^23:44 We sent our messengers one af­ter an­oth­er. Eve­ry time a com­mu­ni­tyʼs mes­sen­ger ar­rived, they de­nied him. So We let them fol­low each oth­er to de­struc­tion and they be­came cau­tion­ary ta­les.

^23:68 Have they nev­er con­tem­plat­ed the word of God? Has some­thing new come to them that did­nʼt come to their fore­fa­thers? ⁶⁹ Do they de­ny their Mes­sen­ger be­cause they donʼt rec­og­nize him? ⁷⁰ Do they say, “He is pos­sessed”? No, he brought them the truth and most of them hate it. ⁷¹ If truth had followed their desires, the heavens, the earth, and eve­ry­thing that lives in them would be ruined. We sent them a reminder, but they turn a­way from it.

^24:27 Be­liev­ers, be­fore entering an­oth­er personʼs house, ask per­mis­sion and greet its occupants. ²⁸ E­ven if no one is in the house, wait un­til you re­ceive per­mis­sion. If youʼre told, “Go a­way,” do so. God is a­ware of all that you do.

^24:30 Tell be­liev­ing men to low­er their gaze and guard their pri­vate parts. ³¹ Tell be­liev­ing wom­en to low­er their gaze and guard their pri­vate parts, to cov­er their breasts, and not to stamp their feet to draw at­ten­tion to what is hid­den.

^25:7 They say, “What sort of a mes­sen­ger is this? He eats food and walks through the mar­ket­place. Why was­nʼt an an­gel sent down to help him warn? ⁸ Why has­nʼt he been giv­en treas­ure, or a gar­den to feed him? The man you fol­low is sim­ply bewitched.” ⁹ Theyʼve gone a­stray and canʼt find the right path.

^25:20 Muhammad, all the messengers We sent be­fore you were al­so men who ate food and walked through the mar­ket­place. Weʼve made some peo­ple a test for others. Will you have pa­tience? Your Lord sees eve­ry­thing.

^25:27 On that Day the wrong­do­er will bite his hand and say, “If on­ly I had tak­en the same path as the Mes­sen­ger! ²⁸ Woe is me! If on­ly I had not tak­en so-and-so as a friend! ²⁹ He lead me a­way from the Reminder af­ter it came to me.”

^25:32 Dis­be­liev­ers say, “Why is­nʼt the Qurʼan revealed to him all at once?” This is to strength­en your heart. Weʼve revealed it grad­u­al­ly, in stages.

^25:47 He makes the night as cloth­ing for you, sleep as rest, and the day like a res­ur­rec­tion. ⁴⁸ He sends the winds as messengers of good news be­fore His mer­cy. We send down pure wa­ter from the sky ⁴⁹ to re­vive a dead land and as a drink for our creations: an­i­mals and men in great numbers. ⁵⁰ Weʼve re­peat­ed this many times a­mong them as a reminder, but most re­main un­grate­ful.

^25:56 Muhammad, Weʼve on­ly sent you to de­liv­er good news and a warn­ing. ⁵⁷ Say, “The on­ly pay­ment I ask for it is that who­ev­er wishes takes a path to his Lord.”

^25:63 The servants of the Most Gra­cious are those who walk hum­bly on the earth, and when fools ad­dress them, they re­ply, “Peace;” ⁶⁷ those who, when they spend, are nei­ther ex­trav­a­gant nor stin­gy, but mod­er­ate be­tween those extremes; ⁶⁸ those who nev­er in­voke a de­i­ty be­side God; nor take a life which God has made sa­cred; nor com­mit for­ni­ca­tion.

^25:70 God will change evil in­to good for him who repents, be­lieves, and does good deeds. God is for­giv­ing and mer­ci­ful. ⁷¹ Who­ev­er repents and does good has turned to­wards God with true re­pent­ance.

^25:72 Servants of God are those who give no false wit­ness and pass by fri­vol­i­ty with dig­ni­ty; ⁷³ those who donʼt ig­nore their Lordʼs messages when reminded of them; ⁷⁴ and those who pray, “Our Lord, give us joy in our wives and chil­dren, and let us be examples to the right­eous.”

^28:50 Who is fur­ther a­stray than one who follows his own desires with­out guid­ance from God? In­deed, God does­nʼt guide wrong­do­ers. ⁵¹ Weʼve conveyed the Word to them, so they may re­mem­ber.

^28:54 Those who be­lieve the Scrip­tures will be rewarded dou­ble, be­cause theyʼre stead­fast, re­pel evil with good, give out of what Weʼve giv­en them, ⁵⁵ and turn a­way from friv­o­lous speech say­ing, “We have our actions and you have yours. Peace be with you. We donʼt seek as­so­ci­a­tion with the ig­no­rant.” ⁵⁶ You canʼt guide eve­ry­one you love.

^28:76 Qarun had great rich­es. His peo­ple said to him, “Donʼt gloat, for God does­nʼt like gloaters. ⁷⁷ In­stead, use your wealth to seek the home of the here­af­ter with­out for­get­ting your share in this world. Do good, as God has been good to you. Donʼt spread cor­rup­tion in the land, for God does­nʼt like those who spread cor­rup­tion.” ⁷⁹ He went out a­mong the peo­ple in his pomp. Those who de­sired a world­ly life said, “If on­ly we had what Qarun has. He is tru­ly for­tu­nate.” ⁸⁰ But those with knowl­edge said, “Woe to you. Godʼs re­ward is bet­ter for those who be­lieve and do good. On­ly the stead­fast will at­tain it.”

^28:84 Who­ev­er does good will re­ceive some­thing bet­ter, but who­ev­er does evil will on­ly be punished for what he has done.

^29:7 For those who be­lieve and do good deeds, We will blot out all their evil and re­ward them ac­cord­ing to their best deeds.

^29:8 Weʼve commanded man to treat his par­ents with kind­ness, but if they try to make you wor­ship gods be­side Me, dis­o­bey them. Youʼll all re­turn to me, and Iʼll tell you the truth about eve­ry­thing youʼve done.

^29:10 Some men say, “We be­lieve in God,” but when they suf­fer for His cause, they con­sid­er per­se­cu­tion from men as if it were Godʼs pun­ish­ment. If help co­mes to you from your Lord, they say, “Weʼve al­ways been with you.” God knows best whatʼs in everyoneʼs heart.

^29:45 Pray­er restrains im­mor­al and un­just be­hav­ior. ⁴⁶ Donʼt ar­gue with followers of ear­li­er rev­e­la­tion, but say, “We be­lieve in what was revealed to us and in what was revealed to you. Our God and your God are the same. We all bow to Him.”

^29:57 Eve­ry­one will taste death then re­turn to Us. ⁵⁸ To them who be­lieve and do good, Weʼll give mansions to live in for­ev­er in a par­a­dise with flow­ing rivers. The re­ward is ex­cel­lent for those who la­bor, ⁵⁹ are stead­fast, and trust in their Lord.

^30:21 A­mong His signs is this: He cre­at­ed spouses for you that you may live in tran­quil­i­ty with them. He put love and mer­cy be­tween you. In­deed, there are signs in this for those who re­flect. ²² A­mong His signs is the cre­a­tion of the heavens and the earth, and the di­ver­si­ty of your languages and your col­ors. In­deed, in that are signs for those who know. ²³ A­mong His signs is your sleep, by night and day, and your quest for some of His boun­ty.

^30:33 When men en­coun­ter trou­ble, they cry to their Lord and turn to Him for help, but as soon as He gives them a taste of mer­cy, some of them wor­ship gods be­side Him, ³⁴ show­ing in­grat­i­tude for what We gave them.

^30:36 When We give men a taste of mer­cy, they re­joice, but when evil afflicts them be­cause of their own actions, they de­spair.

^30:38 Give whatʼs due to relatives, the needy, and the trav­el­er. Thatʼs best for those who seek Godʼs coun­te­nance, and they will pros­per. ³⁹ What­ev­er you lend in u­su­ry, to in­crease through the prop­er­ty of others, has no in­crease with God, but what­ev­er you give in char­i­ty, seek­ing Godʼs coun­te­nance, will in­crease re­peat­ed­ly.

^31:4 Those whoʼre stead­fast in pray­er, spend in char­i­ty, and are cer­tain of the here­af­ter, ⁵ are guid­ed by their Lord and will pros­per.

^31:14 Weʼve commanded man to be good to his par­ents. His moth­er car­ried him in weak­ness, and it took two years to wean him. Be grate­ful to Me and your par­ents. ¹⁵ But if they try to make you as­so­ci­ate others with Me, dis­o­bey them. Yet ac­com­pa­ny them in this life with kind­ness, and fol­low the path of those who turn to me. Youʼll all re­turn to Me in the end, and Iʼll tell you the truth about all you did.

^31:17 Be stead­fast in pray­er, en­join whatʼs right, for­bid whatʼs wrong, and pa­tient­ly bear what­ev­er happens to you: as­pire to these things. ¹⁸ Donʼt turn a­way from men in pride, nor walk ar­ro­gant­ly through the earth, for God dislikes the ar­ro­gant and boast­ful. ¹⁹ Be mod­er­ate in your pa­ce and low­er your voice, for the ugliest sound is the braying of as­ses.

^31:32 When waves cov­er them like a can­o­py, they call to God, of­fer­ing Him sin­cere de­vo­tion. But once He has safe­ly delivered them to land, some of them wa­ver.

^33:35 God has pre­pared for­give­ness and a great re­ward for those who are de­vot­ed to God, for the be­liev­ers, the de­vout, the hon­est, the stead­fast, the hum­ble, the char­i­ta­ble, those who fast, the chaste, and those who fre­quent­ly re­mem­ber God.

^33:54 God has full knowl­edge of eve­ry­thing, wheth­er you re­veal or con­ceal it.

^34:34 When­ev­er we send a warn­er to a com­mu­ni­ty, the wealthy say, “We donʼt be­lieve in the mes­sage you bring. ³⁵ We have more wealth and chil­dren than you, and wonʼt be punished.”

^34:37 Nei­ther wealth nor chil­dren will bring you nearer to Us: on­ly faith and right­eous­ness.

^35:45 If God im­me­di­ate­ly punished men for their wrong­do­ing, He would­nʼt leave a sin­gle crea­ture on the earth. How­ev­er, He defers for a stat­ed time.

^39:7 If youʼre un­grate­ful, God has no need of you. He dislikes in­grat­i­tude in His servants. If youʼre grate­ful, He is pleased with you. No one will bear an­oth­erʼs bur­den. Youʼll re­turn to your Lord in the end, and Heʼll in­form you about what you did. He knows whatʼs in menʼs hearts.

^39:10 Those who do good in this world re­ceive a good re­ward. The pa­tient will re­ceive a re­ward with­out meas­ure.

^39:49 When man suffers, he cries out to Us, but when We fa­vor him, he says, “Iʼve re­ceived this be­cause of my own wis­dom.” This is on­ly a test, but most donʼt know it.

^39:69 The earth will shine with the light of its Lord, the rec­ord of deeds will be opened, the prophets and witnesses will be brought for­ward, and fair judg­ment pro­nounced be­tween them. They wonʼt be wronged. ⁷⁰ Eve­ry man will be paid in full for his actions. ⁷¹ Dis­be­liev­ers will be led to hell in crowds. When they ar­rive, its gates will o­pen, and its keepers will say, “Did­nʼt messengers come from a­mong you, re­cit­ing your Lordʼs messages to you, and warn­ing you about todayʼs meet­ing?”

^40:55 Be pa­tient, for Godʼs prom­ise is true. Ask for­give­ness for your sins, and praise your Lord eve­ning and morn­ing. ⁵⁶ Those who dis­pute Godʼs messages with­out au­thor­i­ty have hearts full of pride, which theyʼll nev­er sat­is­fy. Seek ref­uge in God.

^40:61 God made the night for you, so that you may rest. He made the day to help you see. God is boun­ti­ful to­wards men, but most men give no thanks.

^41:33 Who speaks bet­ter than one who calls men to God, does what is right, and says, “I sub­mit to God”? ³⁴ Re­pel evil with some­thing bet­ter, then your en­e­my will be­come like a close friend. ³⁶ If whispers from Satan stir you up, seek ref­uge in God.

^41:49 Man nev­er tires of asking for good things, but if evil touches him, he gives up all hope and is lost in de­spair. ⁵⁰ When we let him taste mer­cy af­ter ad­ver­si­ty, heʼs sure to say, “This is due to my mer­it. I donʼt think that the Hour will come, but if I am brought back to my Lord, Iʼll re­ceive the best re­ward.” We will in­form the dis­be­liev­ers of eve­ry­thing they did, and make them taste a se­vere tor­ment.

^42:13 He has es­tab­lished the same re­li­gion for you that He gave to No­ah, Abra­ham, Mo­ses, and Jesus: up­hold the faith, and make no factions there­in. ¹⁴ They be­came di­vid­ed through jeal­ous an­i­mos­i­ty a­mong them­selves. ¹⁵ There­fore say, “God is our Lord and your Lord. Our deeds for us, and your deeds for you. Let there be no ar­gu­ments be­tween us. God will bring us to­geth­er, and we will re­turn to Him.”

^42:27 If God were to grant abun­dant pro­vi­sion to His servants, they would mis­be­have, but he sends down in due meas­ure what He pleases. He knows His servants and watches over them.

^42:36 What youʼve been giv­en is for tem­po­rary en­joy­ment in this life. What is with God is bet­ter and more last­ing for those who be­lieve and trust in their Lord; ³⁷ who a­void great sins and im­mo­ral­i­ties; who for­give, e­ven when an­gry; ³⁸ who re­spond to their Lord; who are stead­fast in pray­er; who con­duct their af­fairs by mu­tu­al con­sul­ta­tion; who give from what We have pro­vid­ed them; ³⁹ and who de­fend them­selves when tyr­an­ny afflicts them.

^42:40 The rec­om­pense for harm is an e­qual harm, but God rewards him who forgives and rec­on­ciles. ⁴¹ Thereʼs no rea­son to blame some­one who defends him­self af­ter be­ing wronged. ⁴³ It requires great de­ter­mi­na­tion to be pa­tient and for­giv­ing.

^42:48 Man rejoices when We let him taste Our mer­cy, but heʼs un­grate­ful when his own deeds bring mis­for­tune.

^43:6 We sent many prophets a­mong ear­li­er peo­ple, ⁷ but they mocked each one.

^43:22 They said, “Our fathers followed a cer­tain re­li­gion, and we guide our­selves by their footsteps.” ²³ In the same way, when­ev­er We sent a mes­sen­ger to warn a com­mu­ni­ty, the wealthy ones said, “Our fathers followed a cer­tain re­li­gion, and we will cer­tain­ly fol­low them.”

^45:14 Tell the be­liev­ers to for­give those who donʼt ex­pect the Days of God. He a­lone will re­pay peo­ple for what theyʼve earned. ¹⁵ Who­ev­er does good benefits him­self. Who­ev­er does evil harms him­self. You will all re­turn to your Lord.

^47:2 For those who have faith, do good, and be­lieve in the rev­e­la­tion giv­en to Muhammad, God will re­move their misdeeds and im­prove their con­di­tion.

^47:36 If you be­lieve and fear God, He will give you your rewards. He does­nʼt ask you to give up all your pos­ses­sions. ³⁷ If He pressed you for them, you would be­grudge Him, and it would bring out your ill feelings.

^47:38 Youʼre in­vit­ed to give to­wards Godʼs cause, but some a­mong you are grudg­ing. Who­ev­er withholds, on­ly withholds from him­self. God is free from all wants. Youʼre the needy ones. If you turn a­way, Heʼll re­place you with some­one else.

^49:6 Be­liev­ers, if a trou­ble­mak­er brings you news, ver­i­fy it, lest you un­wit­ting­ly harm some­one, and lat­er re­gret what youʼve done.

^49:11 Be­liev­ers, one group should not rid­i­cule an­oth­er, who may af­ter all be bet­ter than them. Donʼt in­sult one an­oth­er. Donʼt use of­fen­sive nicknames for one an­oth­er. ¹² A­void mak­ing too many as­sump­tions, for some as­sump­tions are sins. Donʼt spy on or back­bite one an­oth­er.

^53:29 A­void those who turn a­way from Our mes­sage and on­ly de­sire a world­ly life. ³⁰ That is the ex­tent of their knowl­edge. ³¹ Eve­ry­thing in the heavens and on earth be­longs to God. He repays those who do evil ac­cord­ing to their deeds, and those who do good with what is best. ³² Your Lord is am­ple in for­give­ness to those who a­void great sins and shame­ful deeds, though they may com­mit small sins.

^57:7 Be­lieve in God and His mes­sen­ger, and give out of what you in­her­it from Him. Those who be­lieve and give will re­ceive a great re­ward.

^57:20 This life is like rain: the growth it causes delights the tillers, but soon it with­ers. You see it yel­low, then dry and crum­ble a­way. World­ly life is on­ly a pleas­ant il­lu­sion. ²¹ Race for your Lordʼs for­give­ness and for a gar­den as wide as heav­en and earth, pre­pared for those who be­lieve in God and His messengers.

^57:23 You donʼt need to de­spair over what eludes you or gloat over what you re­ceive. For God dislikes those who are con­ceit­ed, boast­ful, ²⁴ stin­gy, and en­join stin­gi­ness on others.

^57:26 We sent No­ah and Abra­ham, and gave proph­et­hood and scrip­ture to their de­scen­dants. Some of them were right­ly guid­ed, but many were trans­gres­sors. ²⁷ We sent oth­er messengers in their footsteps. We sent Jesus the son of Mary, gave him the Gos­pel, and put com­pas­sion and mer­cy in­to the hearts of his followers. But We did­nʼt pre­scribe mo­nas­ti­cism for them; they invented that them­selves. We gave the be­liev­ers a­mong them their re­ward, but many of them were trans­gres­sors.

^61:2 Be­liev­ers, why do you say one thing and do an­oth­er? ³ Itʼs most hate­ful in Godʼs sight.

^62:9 Be­liev­ers, when the call to pray­er is proclaimed on Friday, hur­ry to Godʼs re­mem­brance, and leave your com­merce. That is best for you if on­ly you knew. ¹⁰ When the pray­er is fin­ished, dis­perse through­out the land, seek Godʼs boun­ty, and re­mem­ber Him of­ten, so that you may pros­per.

^62:11 Muhammad, when they see com­merce or a­muse­ment, they rush to­wards it, and leave you stand­ing. Say, “What God has is bet­ter than any a­muse­ment or com­merce. God is the best pro­vid­er.”

^68:7 Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who receives guid­ance, ⁸ so donʼt o­bey the deniers. ¹⁰ Donʼt o­bey a worth­less oath-maker, ¹¹ a slanderer, a ma­li­cious gos­sip, ¹² one who hinders good, a trans­gres­sor, sin­ful, ¹³ cru­el, a pre­tend­er.

^70:19 Man was cre­at­ed anx­ious. ²⁰ Heʼs fret­ful when mis­for­tune touches him, ²¹ and stin­gy when good for­tune touches him. ²² Ex­cept for those de­vot­ed to pray­er ²³ who re­main con­stant in their prayers, ²⁴ and who give a share of their wealth ²⁵ to beg­gars and the de­prived; ²⁶ those who be­lieve in the Day of Judg­ment; ²⁷ those who fear their Lordʼs pun­ish­ment, ²⁸ for none is safe from it; ²⁹ those who guard their chas­ti­ty, ³⁰ ex­cept with their wives; ³² those who are at­ten­tive to their trusts and pledges; ³³ those who bear wit­ness hon­est­ly; ³⁴ those who guard their prayers. ³⁵ They will be honored in the Gardens.

^73:7 Youʼre busy for much of the day, ⁸ but re­mem­ber your Lord and de­vote your­self to Him whole­heart­ed­ly. ¹¹ Let Me deal with the deniers who live in lux­u­ry. Bear with them for a lit­tle while.

^73:20 Re­cite as much of the Qurʼan as may be easy for you. He knows that some of you are sick, others trav­el through­out the land seek­ing Godʼs boun­ty, and others fight in Godʼs cause. There­fore, re­cite as much of the Qurʼan as may be easy for you, es­tab­lish reg­u­lar pray­er, and spend in char­i­ty.

^74:3 Glo­ri­fy your Lord, ⁴ pu­ri­fy your­self, ⁵ and shun all filth. ⁶ Donʼt be­stow fa­vors to re­ceive in­crease, ⁷ but be pa­tient for your Lord.

^74:11 Let Me a­lone deal with him whom I a­lone cre­at­ed, ¹² to whom I gave vast wealth ¹³ and chil­dren by his side, ¹⁴ for whom I made life com­fort­a­ble, ¹⁵ yet he still wants Me to give him more.

^74:40 The companions of the right will be in gardens asking one an­oth­er ⁴¹ about the sinners, ⁴² “What led you in­to hell-fire?” ⁴³ Theyʼll an­swer, “We nei­ther prayed ⁴⁴ nor fed the poor, ⁴⁵ but we in­dulged in vain con­ver­sa­tion with others ⁴⁶ and de­nied the Day of Judg­ment ⁴⁷ un­til cer­tain­ty came up­on us.”

^74:49 Why do they turn a­way from ad­mo­ni­tion ⁵⁰ like fright­ened donkeys ⁵¹ flee­ing from a li­on?

^76:7 The right­eous ful­fill their vows; they fear a day of wide­spread evil; ⁸ they feed the poor, the or­phan, and the cap­tive, ⁹ say­ing, “We feed you for the sake of God a­lone. We seek nei­ther re­ward nor grat­i­tude from you.”

^76:24 Pa­tient­ly a­wait your Lordʼs judg­ment, and donʼt o­bey the sin­ner or dis­be­liev­er. ²⁵ Re­mem­ber your Lordʼs name morn­ing and eve­ning. ²⁶ Bow to Him dur­ing the night, and glo­ri­fy Him through­out the long night.

^81:1 When the sun is wrapped in dark­ness, ² when the stars fall, ³ when the mountains van­ish, ⁸ when the ba­by girl bur­ied a­live is asked ⁹ for what sin she was killed, ¹⁰ when the pages are laid o­pen, ¹⁴ then eve­ry per­son will know what he has pre­pared for him­self.

^83:2 Woe to those who de­mand a full meas­ure for them­selves ³ but give to others less than whatʼs due. ⁴ Donʼt they think that theyʼll be res­ur­rec­ted ⁶ on a Day when all men will stand be­fore the Lord of the worlds?

^83:29 Sinners used to laugh at be­liev­ers, ³⁰ wink at each oth­er when they passed by, ³¹ joke about them when they returned to their own peo­ple, ³² and say, “These peo­ple are tru­ly lost,” ³³ but they werenʼt sent as guardians over them.

^87:8 Weʼll make the path to­wards ease easy for you. ⁹ So re­mind others, if a reminder will help them. ¹⁰ Those who fear God will re­ceive the reminder, ¹¹ but the wick­ed will a­void it.

^87:14 Those will pros­per who pu­ri­fy them­selves, ¹⁵ re­mem­ber the name of their Lord, and pray. ¹⁶ Yet you pre­fer the life of this world ¹⁷ e­ven though the Here­af­ter is bet­ter and more en­dur­ing.

^89:15 As for man, when his Lord tries him by giv­ing him hon­or and gifts, he says “My Lord has honored me.” ¹⁶ But when He tries him by re­strict­ing his pro­vi­sion, he says, “My Lord has hu­mil­i­at­ed me.”

^92:4 You all strive for di­verse goals. ⁵ For him who gives, fears God, ⁶ and be­lieves in the best, ⁷ We will smooth his path to­wards ease. ⁸ But for him who is stin­gy, considers him­self self-sufficient, ⁹ and denies the best, ¹⁰ Weʼll smooth his path to­wards dif­fi­cul­ty, ¹¹ and his wealth wonʼt help him when he falls.

^92:17 The right­eous will re­main far from hell. ¹⁸ Those who spend their wealth on self-purification, ¹⁹ not to re­turn a fa­vor ²⁰ but on­ly seek­ing their Lordʼs face, ²¹ will be sat­is­fied.

^93:6 Muhammad, did He not find you as an or­phan and shel­ter you, ⁷ find you lost and guide you, ⁸ find you in need and make you rich? ⁹ There­fore, donʼt op­press the or­phan, ¹⁰ nor re­pel the beg­gar, ¹¹ but talk about your Lordʼs blessings.

^96:3 Your Lord is the most Boun­ti­ful, ⁴ who taught by the pen, ⁵ who taught man what he did­nʼt know. ⁶ But man trans­gresses ⁷ by con­sid­er­ing him­self self-sufficient.

^104:1 Woe to eve­ry slanderer and back­bit­er ² who amasses wealth and con­tin­u­ous­ly counts it, ³ think­ing that his wealth will make him im­mor­tal.

^107:1 Have you con­sid­ered the man who denies the Judg­ment? ² Heʼs the one who pushes the or­phan a­way, ³ and does­nʼt en­cour­age the feed­ing of the poor. ⁴ So woe to those who pray ⁵ but are heed­less of their pray­er, ⁶ who on­ly want to be seen, ⁷ and with­hold small kindnesses.

^109:1 Muhammad, say, “Dis­be­liev­ers, ² I donʼt wor­ship what you wor­ship, ³ nor do you wor­ship what I wor­ship. ⁶ You have your re­li­gion and I have mine.”