Know that the life of this world is merely play and diversion and glitter the frequent adornment of oneself and mutual vainglory in respect of wealth and children that is preoccupation with such things — but as for acts of obedience and incentives thereto these are the concerns of the Hereafter; as the likeness of […]
Vie with one another for forgiveness from your Lord and a garden the breadth of which is as the breadth of the heaven and the earth if one were placed at the end of the other prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. That is the bounty of God which He gives […]
It is He Who sends down upon His servant clear signs the signs of the Qur’ān that He may bring you forth from the darkness from disbelief to the light to faith. For truly God is Kind Merciful to you in bringing you forth from disbelief to faith.
And why should you after having embraced faith not allā the nūn of an an-lā has been assimilated here with the lām of lā expend in the way of God when to God belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth with all that they comprise so that He will eventually receive all your […]
Who is it that will lend God by expending his wealth in the way of God a goodly loan goodly by virtue of his expending it for God’s sake so that He may multiply it fa-yudā‘ifahu may also be read fa-yuda‘‘ifahu for him from tenfold up to more than seven hundredfold —as stated in sūrat […]
Mention the day when you will see the believing men and believing women with their light shining forth before them in front of them and it will also be on their right and it will be said to them ‘Good tidings for you on this day Gardens that is to say enter them underneath which […]
The day when the hypocrites men and women will say to those who believe ‘Look at us unzurūnā a variant reading has anzirūnā meaning ‘Give us a chance’ that we may glean something of your light!’ It will be said to them in mockery of them ‘Step back and seek light!’ So they step back […]
They will call out to them ‘Did we not use to be with you?’ upon the path of obedience. They will say ‘Yes indeed! But you caused your souls to fall into temptation by engaging in hypocrisy and you awaited reversals of fortune for the believers and you doubted you were uncertain about the religion […]
So on this day no ransom will be taken from you read tu’khadhu or yu’khadhu nor from those who disbelieved. Your abode will be the Fire it will be your guardian it is the place truly deserving of you and an evil destination!’ it is.
Is it not time for those who believe — this was revealed concerning the matter of the Companions of the Prophet who had been overindulging in jest that their hearts should be humbled to the remembrance of God and to what has been revealed read as nuzzila; or read nazala ‘what has come down’ of […]