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Surah Al-Baqarah
Verse 21–29

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O ٱلنَّاسُ mankind ٱعْبُدُوا۟ worship رَبَّكُمُ your Lord ٱلَّذِى the One Who خَلَقَكُمْ created you وَٱلَّذِينَ and those مِن from قَبْلِكُمْ before you لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَتَّقُونَ become righteous ٢١

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -

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ٱلَّذِى The One Who جَعَلَ made لَكُمُ for you ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth فِرَٰشًۭا a resting place وَٱلسَّمَآءَ and the sky بِنَآءًۭ a canopy وَأَنزَلَ and sent down مِنَ from ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءًۭ water فَأَخْرَجَ then brought forth بِهِۦ therewith مِنَ [of] ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ the fruits رِزْقًۭا (as) provision لَّكُمْ ۖ for you فَلَا So (do) not تَجْعَلُوا۟ set up لِلَّهِ to Allah أَندَادًۭا rivals وَأَنتُمْ while you تَعْلَمُونَ [you] know ٢٢

[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

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وَإِن And if كُنتُمْ you are فِى in رَيْبٍۢ doubt مِّمَّا about what نَزَّلْنَا We have revealed عَلَىٰ to عَبْدِنَا Our slave فَأْتُوا۟ then produce بِسُورَةٍۢ a chapter مِّن [of] مِّثْلِهِۦ like it وَٱدْعُوا۟ and call شُهَدَآءَكُم your witnesses مِّن from دُونِ other than ٱللَّهِ Allah إِن if كُنتُمْ you are صَـٰدِقِينَ truthful ٢٣

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful.

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فَإِن But if لَّمْ not تَفْعَلُوا۟ you do وَلَن and never تَفْعَلُوا۟ will you do فَٱتَّقُوا۟ then fear ٱلنَّارَ the Fire ٱلَّتِى whose وَقُودُهَا [its] fuel ٱلنَّاسُ (is) [the] men وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖ and [the] stones أُعِدَّتْ prepared لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ for the disbelievers ٢٤

But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

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وَبَشِّرِ And give good news ٱلَّذِينَ (to) those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe وَعَمِلُوا۟ and do ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ [the] righteous deeds أَنَّ that لَهُمْ for them جَنَّـٰتٍۢ (will be) Gardens تَجْرِى flow مِن [from] تَحْتِهَا under them ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ the rivers كُلَّمَا Every time رُزِقُوا۟ they are provided مِنْهَا therefrom مِن of ثَمَرَةٍۢ fruit رِّزْقًۭا ۙ (as) provision قَالُوا۟ they (will) say هَـٰذَا This (is) ٱلَّذِى the one which رُزِقْنَا we were provided مِن from قَبْلُ ۖ before وَأُتُوا۟ And they will be given بِهِۦ therefrom مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا ۖ (things) in resemblance وَلَهُمْ And for them فِيهَآ therein أَزْوَٰجٌۭ spouses مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ۖ purified وَهُمْ and they فِيهَا therein خَـٰلِدُونَ (will) abide forever ٢٥

And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

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۞ إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah لَا (is) not يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ ashamed أَن to يَضْرِبَ set forth مَثَلًۭا an example مَّا (like) even بَعُوضَةًۭ (of) a mosquito فَمَا and (even) something فَوْقَهَا ۚ above it فَأَمَّا Then as for ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believed فَيَعْلَمُونَ [thus] they will know أَنَّهُ that it ٱلْحَقُّ (is) the truth مِن from رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ their Lord وَأَمَّا And as for ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved فَيَقُولُونَ [thus] they will say مَاذَآ what أَرَادَ (did) intend ٱللَّهُ Allah بِهَـٰذَا by this مَثَلًۭا ۘ example يُضِلُّ He lets go astray بِهِۦ by it كَثِيرًۭا many وَيَهْدِى and He guides بِهِۦ by it كَثِيرًۭا ۚ many وَمَا And not يُضِلُّ He lets go astray بِهِۦٓ by it إِلَّا except ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ the defiantly disobedient ٢٦

Indeed, Allāh is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allāh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,

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ٱلَّذِينَ Those who يَنقُضُونَ break عَهْدَ (the) Covenant ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after مِيثَـٰقِهِۦ its ratification وَيَقْطَعُونَ and [they] cut مَآ what أَمَرَ has ordered ٱللَّهُ Allah بِهِۦٓ it أَن to يُوصَلَ be joined وَيُفْسِدُونَ and [they] spread corruption فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ the earth أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those هُمُ they ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ (are) the losers ٢٧

Who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

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كَيْفَ How تَكْفُرُونَ (can) you disbelieve بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَكُنتُمْ While you were أَمْوَٰتًۭا dead فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖ then He gave you life ثُمَّ then يُمِيتُكُمْ He will cause you to die ثُمَّ then يُحْيِيكُمْ He will give you life ثُمَّ then إِلَيْهِ to Him تُرْجَعُونَ you will be returned ٢٨

How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

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هُوَ He ٱلَّذِى (is) the One Who خَلَقَ created لَكُم for you مَّا what فِى (is) in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth جَمِيعًۭا all ثُمَّ Moreover ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ He turned إِلَى to ٱلسَّمَآءِ the heaven فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ and fashioned them سَبْعَ seven سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢ ۚ heavens وَهُوَ And He بِكُلِّ of every شَىْءٍ thing عَلِيمٌۭ (is) All-Knowing ٢٩

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

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