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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you who believe ٱلَّذِينَ O you who believe ءَامَنُوا۟ O you who believe ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ Avoid كَثِيرًۭا much مِّنَ of ٱلظَّنِّ the assumption إِنَّ Indeed بَعْضَ some ٱلظَّنِّ assumption إِثْمٌۭ ۖ (is) sin وَلَا And (do) not تَجَسَّسُوا۟ spy وَلَا and (do) not يَغْتَب backbite بَّعْضُكُم some of you بَعْضًا ۚ (to) others أَيُحِبُّ Would like أَحَدُكُمْ one of you أَن to يَأْكُلَ eat لَحْمَ (the) flesh أَخِيهِ (of) his brother مَيْتًۭا dead فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ ۚ Nay, you would hate it وَٱتَّقُوا۟ And fear Allah ٱللَّهَ ۚ And fear Allah إِنَّ indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah تَوَّابٌۭ (is) Oft-Returning رَّحِيمٌۭ Most Merciful ١٢

O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.

— Come To Light

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O mankind ٱلنَّاسُ O mankind إِنَّا Indeed, We خَلَقْنَـٰكُم created you مِّن from ذَكَرٍۢ a male وَأُنثَىٰ and a female وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ and We made you شُعُوبًۭا nations وَقَبَآئِلَ and tribes لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚ that you may know one another إِنَّ Indeed أَكْرَمَكُمْ (the) most noble of you عِندَ near ٱللَّهِ Allah أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚ (is the) most righteous of you إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah عَلِيمٌ (is) All-Knower خَبِيرٌۭ All-Aware ١٣

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

— Come To Light

۞ قَالَتِ Say ٱلْأَعْرَابُ the Bedouins ءَامَنَّا ۖ We believe قُل Say لَّمْ Not تُؤْمِنُوا۟ you believe وَلَـٰكِن but قُولُوٓا۟ say أَسْلَمْنَا We have submitted وَلَمَّا and has not yet يَدْخُلِ entered ٱلْإِيمَـٰنُ the faith فِى in قُلُوبِكُمْ ۖ your hearts وَإِن But if تُطِيعُوا۟ you obey ٱللَّهَ Allah وَرَسُولَهُۥ and His Messenger لَا not يَلِتْكُم He will deprive you مِّنْ of أَعْمَـٰلِكُمْ your deeds شَيْـًٔا ۚ anything إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah غَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌ Most Merciful ١٤

The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allāh and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds of anything. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."

— Come To Light

إِنَّمَا Only ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ the believers ٱلَّذِينَ (are) those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَرَسُولِهِۦ and His Messenger ثُمَّ then لَمْ (do) not يَرْتَابُوا۟ doubt وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟ but strive بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ with their wealth وَأَنفُسِهِمْ and their lives فِى in سَبِيلِ (the) way ٱللَّهِ ۚ (of) Allah أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those هُمُ [they] ٱلصَّـٰدِقُونَ (are) the truthful ١٥

The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allāh and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allāh. It is those who are the truthful.

— Come To Light

قُلْ Say أَتُعَلِّمُونَ Will you acquaint ٱللَّهَ Allah بِدِينِكُمْ with your religion وَٱللَّهُ while Allah يَعْلَمُ knows مَا what فِى (is) in ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ the heavens وَمَا and what فِى (is) in ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ the earth وَٱللَّهُ And Allah بِكُلِّ of every شَىْءٍ thing عَلِيمٌۭ (is) All-Knower ١٦

Say, "Would you acquaint Allāh with your religion while Allāh knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allāh is Knowing of all things?"

— Come To Light

يَمُنُّونَ They consider (it) a favor عَلَيْكَ to you أَنْ that أَسْلَمُوا۟ ۖ they have accepted Islam قُل Say لَّا (Do) not تَمُنُّوا۟ consider a favor عَلَىَّ on me إِسْلَـٰمَكُم ۖ your Islam بَلِ Nay ٱللَّهُ Allah يَمُنُّ has conferred a favor عَلَيْكُمْ upon you أَنْ that هَدَىٰكُمْ He has guided you لِلْإِيمَـٰنِ to the faith إِن if كُنتُمْ you are صَـٰدِقِينَ truthful ١٧

They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islām. Say, "Do not consider your Islām a favor to me. Rather, Allāh has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful."

— Come To Light

إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah يَعْلَمُ knows غَيْبَ (the) unseen ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ (of) the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ and the earth وَٱللَّهُ And Allah بَصِيرٌۢ (is) All-Seer بِمَا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do ١٨

Indeed, Allāh knows the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

— Come To Light

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