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Surah Ali 'Imran
Verse 109–120

وَلِلَّهِ And to Allah (belongs) مَا whatever فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَمَا and whatever فِى (is) in ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ the earth وَإِلَى And to ٱللَّهِ Allah تُرْجَعُ will be returned ٱلْأُمُورُ the matters ١٠٩

To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And to Allāh will [all] matters be returned.

— Come To Light

كُنتُمْ You are خَيْرَ (the) best أُمَّةٍ (of) people أُخْرِجَتْ raised لِلنَّاسِ for the mankind تَأْمُرُونَ enjoining بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ the right وَتَنْهَوْنَ and forbidding عَنِ [from] ٱلْمُنكَرِ the wrong وَتُؤْمِنُونَ and believing بِٱللَّهِ ۗ in Allah وَلَوْ And if ءَامَنَ believed أَهْلُ (the) People ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ (of) the Book لَكَانَ surely would have been خَيْرًۭا good لَّهُم ۚ for them مِّنْهُمُ Among them ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ (are) [the] believers وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ but most of them ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ (are) defiantly disobedient ١١٠

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.

— Come To Light

لَن Never يَضُرُّوكُمْ will they harm you إِلَّآ except أَذًۭى ۖ a hurt وَإِن And if يُقَـٰتِلُوكُمْ they fight you يُوَلُّوكُمُ they will turn (towards) you ٱلْأَدْبَارَ the backs ثُمَّ then لَا not يُنصَرُونَ they will be helped ١١١

They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs [i.e., retreat]; then they will not be aided.

— Come To Light

ضُرِبَتْ Struck عَلَيْهِمُ on them ٱلذِّلَّةُ the humiliation أَيْنَ wherever مَا that ثُقِفُوٓا۟ they are found إِلَّا except بِحَبْلٍۢ with a rope مِّنَ from ٱللَّهِ Allah وَحَبْلٍۢ and a rope مِّنَ from ٱلنَّاسِ the people وَبَآءُو And they incurred بِغَضَبٍۢ wrath مِّنَ from ٱللَّهِ Allah وَضُرِبَتْ and struck عَلَيْهِمُ on them ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ the poverty ذَٰلِكَ That بِأَنَّهُمْ (is) because كَانُوا۟ they used to يَكْفُرُونَ disbelieve بِـَٔايَـٰتِ in (the) Verses ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah وَيَقْتُلُونَ and they killed ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ the Prophets بِغَيْرِ without حَقٍّۢ ۚ right ذَٰلِكَ That بِمَا (is) because عَصَوا۟ they disobeyed وَّكَانُوا۟ and they used to يَعْتَدُونَ transgress ١١٢

They have been put under humiliation [by Allāh] wherever they are overtaken, except for a rope [i.e., covenant] from Allāh and a rope [i.e., treaty] from the people [i.e., the Muslims]. And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allāh and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in [i.e., rejected] the verses of Allāh and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

— Come To Light

۞ لَيْسُوا۟ They are not سَوَآءًۭ ۗ (the) same مِّنْ among أَهْلِ (the) People ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ (of) the Book أُمَّةٌۭ (is) a community قَآئِمَةٌۭ standing يَتْلُونَ (and) reciting ءَايَـٰتِ (the) Verses ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah ءَانَآءَ (in the) hours ٱلَّيْلِ (of) the night وَهُمْ and they يَسْجُدُونَ prostrate ١١٣

They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allāh during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer].

— Come To Light

يُؤْمِنُونَ They believe بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَٱلْيَوْمِ and the Day ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ the Last وَيَأْمُرُونَ and they enjoin بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ [with] the right وَيَنْهَوْنَ and forbid عَنِ [from] ٱلْمُنكَرِ the wrong وَيُسَـٰرِعُونَ and they hasten فِى in ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ the good deeds وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ And those مِنَ (are) from ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ the righteous ١١٤

They believe in Allāh and the Last Day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and hasten to good deeds. And those are among the righteous.

— Come To Light

وَمَا And whatever يَفْعَلُوا۟ they do مِنْ of خَيْرٍۢ a good فَلَن then never يُكْفَرُوهُ ۗ will they be denied it وَٱللَّهُ And Allah عَلِيمٌۢ (is) All-Knowing بِٱلْمُتَّقِينَ of the God-fearing ١١٥

And whatever good they do - never will it be denied them. And Allāh is Knowing of the righteous.

— Come To Light

إِنَّ Indeed ٱلَّذِينَ those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieved لَن never تُغْنِىَ will avail عَنْهُمْ [for] them أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ their wealth وَلَآ and not أَوْلَـٰدُهُم their children مِّنَ against ٱللَّهِ Allah شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ anything وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ and those أَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companions ٱلنَّارِ ۚ (of) the Fire هُمْ they فِيهَا in it خَـٰلِدُونَ (will) abide forever ١١٦

Indeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allāh at all, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

— Come To Light

مَثَلُ Example مَا (of) what يُنفِقُونَ they spend فِى in هَـٰذِهِ this ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ [the] life ٱلدُّنْيَا (of) the world كَمَثَلِ (is) like (the) example رِيحٍۢ (of) a wind فِيهَا in it صِرٌّ (is) frost أَصَابَتْ it struck حَرْثَ (the) harvest قَوْمٍۢ (of) a people ظَلَمُوٓا۟ who wronged أَنفُسَهُمْ themselves فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚ then destroyed it وَمَا And not ظَلَمَهُمُ (has) wronged them ٱللَّهُ Allah وَلَـٰكِنْ [and] but أَنفُسَهُمْ themselves يَظْلِمُونَ they wronged ١١٧

The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves [i.e., sinned] and destroys it. And Allāh has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves.

— Come To Light

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you ٱلَّذِينَ who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe[d] لَا (Do) not تَتَّخِذُوا۟ take بِطَانَةًۭ (as) intimates مِّن from دُونِكُمْ other than yourselves لَا not يَأْلُونَكُمْ they will spare you خَبَالًۭا (any) ruin وَدُّوا۟ They wish مَا what عَنِتُّمْ distresses you قَدْ Indeed بَدَتِ (has become) apparent ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ the hatred مِنْ from أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ their mouths وَمَا and what تُخْفِى conceals صُدُورُهُمْ their breasts أَكْبَرُ ۚ (is) greater قَدْ Certainly بَيَّنَّا We made clear لَكُمُ for you ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ the Verses إِن if كُنتُمْ you were تَعْقِلُونَ (to use) reason ١١٨

O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves [i.e., believers], for they will not spare you [any] ruin. They wish you would have hardship. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater. We have certainly made clear to you the signs, if you will use reason.

— Come To Light

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ Lo! You are أُو۟لَآءِ those تُحِبُّونَهُمْ you love them وَلَا but not يُحِبُّونَكُمْ they love you وَتُؤْمِنُونَ and you believe بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ in the Book كُلِّهِۦ all of it وَإِذَا And when لَقُوكُمْ they meet you قَالُوٓا۟ they say ءَامَنَّا We believe وَإِذَا And when خَلَوْا۟ they are alone عَضُّوا۟ they bite عَلَيْكُمُ at you ٱلْأَنَامِلَ the finger tips مِنَ (out) of ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ [the] rage قُلْ Say مُوتُوا۟ Die بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ in your rage إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah عَلِيمٌۢ (is) All-Knowing بِذَاتِ of what ٱلصُّدُورِ (is in) the breasts ١١٩

Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts."

— Come To Light

إِن If تَمْسَسْكُمْ touches you حَسَنَةٌۭ a good تَسُؤْهُمْ it grieves them وَإِن and if تُصِبْكُمْ strikes you سَيِّئَةٌۭ misfortune يَفْرَحُوا۟ they rejoice بِهَا ۖ at it وَإِن And if تَصْبِرُوا۟ you are patient وَتَتَّقُوا۟ and fear (Allah) لَا not يَضُرُّكُمْ will harm you كَيْدُهُمْ their plot شَيْـًٔا ۗ (in) anything إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah بِمَا of what يَعْمَلُونَ they do مُحِيطٌۭ (is) All-Encompassing ١٢٠

If good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allāh, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allāh is encompassing of what they do.

— Come To Light

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