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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

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