Chapter 62: Surah Al Jumuah (The Friday) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

Chapter 62: Surah Al Jumuah (The Friday) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
62:1 Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.
62:2 He it is Who raised among the inhabitants of Mecca an Apostle from among themselves, who recites to them His communications and purifies them, and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom, although they were before certainly in clear error,
62:3 And others from among them who have not yet joined them; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
62:4 That is Allah's grace; He grants it to whom He pleases, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
62:5 The likeness of those who were charged with the Taurat, then they did not observe it, is as the likeness of the ass bearing books, evil is the likeness of the people who reject the communications of Allah; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
62:6 Say: O you who are Jews, if you think that you are the favorites of Allah to the exclusion of other people, then invoke death If you are truthful.
62:7 And they will never invoke it because of what their hands have sent before; and Allah is Cognizant of the unjust.
62:8 Say: (As for) the death from which you flee, that will surely overtake you, then you shall be sent back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, and He will inform you of that which you did.
62:9 O you who believe! when the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading; that is better for you, if you know.
62:10 But when the prayer is ended, then disperse abroad in the land and seek of Allah's grace, and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.
62:11 And when they see merchandise or sport they break up for It, and leave you standing. Say: What is with Allah is better than sport and (better) than merchandise, and Allah is the best of Sustainers.

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Chapter 97: Surah Qadr (The Night of Decree) & Chapter 107: Surah Al Ma'un (The Small Kindnesses) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

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Chapter 51: Surah Adh Dhariyat (The Winds that Scatter) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
51:1 I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide,
51:2 Then those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space).
51:3 Then those (ships) that glide easily,
51:4 Then those (angels who) distribute blessings by Our command;
51:5 What you are threatened with is most surely true,
51:6 And the judgment must most surely come about.
51:7 I swear by the heaven full of ways.
51:8 Most surely you are at variance with each other in what you say,
51:9 He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
51:10 Cursed be the liars,
51:11 Who are in a gulf (of ignorance) neglectful;
51:12 They ask: When is the day of judgment?
51:13 (It is) the day on which they shall be tried at the fire.
51:14 Taste your persecution! this is what.you would hasten on.
51:15 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and fountains.
51:16 Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the doers of good.
51:17 They used to sleep but little in the night.
51:18 And in the morning they asked forgiveness.
51:19 And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him who is denied (good).
51:20 And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,
51:21 And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?
51:22 And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.
51:23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.
51:24 Has there come to you information about the honored guests of Ibrahim?
51:25 When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
51:26 Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf,
51:27 So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?
51:28 So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.
51:29 Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman!
51:30 They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
51:31 He said: What is your affair then, O messengers!
51:32 They said: Surely we are sent to a guilty people,
51:33 That we may send down upon them stone of clay,
51:34 Sent forth from your Lord for the extravagant.
51:35 Then We brought forth such as were therein of the believers.
51:36 But We did not find therein save a (single) house of those who submitted (the Muslims).
51:37 And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.
51:38 And in Musa: When We sent him to Firon with clear authority.
51:39 But he turned away with his forces and said: A magician or a mad man.
51:40 So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea and he was blamable.
51:41 And in Ad: When We sent upon them the destructive wind.
51:42 It did not leave aught on which it blew, but it made it like ashes.
51:43 And in Samood: When it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
51:44 But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the rumbling overtook them while they saw.
51:45 So they were not able to rise up, nor could they defend themselves-
51:46 And the people of Nuh before, surely they were a transgressing people.
51:47 And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
51:48 And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
51:49 And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
51:50 Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
51:51 And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
51:52 Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
51:53 Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
51:54 Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
51:55 And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
51:56 And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
51:57 I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
51:58 Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
51:59 So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.
51:60 Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.

Chapter 22: Surah Al Hajj (The Pilgrimage), Verse 63-78 - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
22:1 O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the hour is a grievous thing.
22:2 On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving suck shall quit in confusion what she suckled, and every pregnant woman shall lay down her burden, and you shall see men intoxicated, and they shall not be intoxicated but the chastisement of Allah will be severe.
22:3 And among men there is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge and follows every rebellious Shaitan;
22:4 Against him it is written down that whoever takes him for a friend, he shall lead him astray and conduct him to the chastisement of the burning fire.
22:5 O people! if you are in doubt about the raising, then surely We created you from dust, then from a small seed, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete, that We may make clear to you; and We cause what We please to stay in the wombs till an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may attain your maturity; and of you is he who is caused to die, and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after having knowledge he does not know anything; and you see the earth sterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings forth of every kind a beautiful herbage.
22:6 This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He has power over all things
22:7 And because the hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; and because Allah shall raise up those who are in the graves.
22:8 And among men there is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge and without guidance and without an illuminating book,
22:9 Turning away haughtily that he may lead (others) astray from the way of Allah; for him is disgrace in this world, and on the day of resurrection We will make him taste the punishment of burning:
22:10 This is due to what your two hands have sent before, and because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants.
22:11 And among men is he who serves Allah (standing) on the verge, so that if good befalls him he is satisfied therewith, but if a trial afflict him he turns back headlong; he loses this world as well as the hereafter; that is a manifest loss.
22:12 He calls besides Allah upon that which does not harm him and that which does not profit him, that is the great straying.
22:13 He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit; evil certainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the associate.
22:14 Surely Allah will cause those who believe and do good deeds to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, surely Allah does what He pleases.
22:15 Whoever thinks that Allah will not assist him in this life and the hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the ceiling, then let him cut (it) off, then let him see if his struggle will take away that at which he is enraged.
22:16 And thus have We revealed it, being clear arguments, and because Allah guides whom He intends.
22:17 Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associate (others with Allah)-- surely Allah will decide between them on the day of resurrection; surely Allah is a witness over all things.
22:18 Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the people; and many there are against whom chastisement has become necessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases.
22:19 These are two adversaries who dispute about their Lord; then (as to) those who disbelieve, for them are cut out garments of fire, boiling water shall be poured over their heads.
22:20 With it shall be melted what is in their bellies and (their) skins as well.
22:21 And for them are whips of iron.
22:22 Whenever they will desire to go forth from it, from grief, they shall be turned back into it, and taste the chastisement of burning.
22:23 Surely Allah will make those who believe and do good deeds enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and (with) pearls, and their garments therein shall be of silk.
22:24 And they are guided to goodly words and they are guided into the path of the Praised One.
22:25 Surely (as for) those who disbelieve, and hinder (men) from Allah's way and from the Sacred Mosque which We have made equally for all men, (for) the dweller therein and (for) the visitor, and whoever shall incline therein to wrong unjustly, We will make him taste of a painful chastisement.
22:26 And when We assigned to Ibrahim the place of the House, saying: Do not associate with Me aught, and purify My House for those who make the circuit and stand to pray and bow and prostrate themselves.
22:27 And proclaim among men the Pilgrimage: they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel, coming from every remote path,
22:28 That they may witness advantages for them and mention the name of Allah during stated days over what He has given them of the cattle quadrupeds, then eat of them and feed the distressed one, the needy.
22:29 Then let them accomplish their needful acts of shaving and cleansing, and let them fulfil their vows and let them go round the Ancient House.
22:30 That (shall be so); and whoever respects the sacred ordinances of Allah, it is better for him with his Lord; and the cattle are made lawful for you, except that which is recited to you, therefore avoid the uncleanness of the idols and avoid false words,
22:31 Being upright for Allah, not associating aught with Him and whoever associates (others) with Allah, it is as though he had fallen from on high, then the birds snatch him away or the wind carries him off to a far-distant place.
22:32 That (shall be so); and whoever respects the signs of Allah, this surely is (the outcome) of the piety of hearts.
22:33 You have advantages in them till a fixed time, then their place of sacrifice is the Ancient House.
22:34 And to every nation We appointed acts of devotion that they may mention the name of Allah on what He has given them of the cattle quadrupeds; so your God is One God, therefore to Him should you submit, and give good news to the humble,
22:35 (To) those whose hearts tremble when Allah is mentioned, and those who are patient under that which afflicts them, and those who keep up prayer, and spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them.
22:36 And (as for) the camels, We have made them of the signs of the religion of Allah for you; for you therein is much good; therefore mention the name of Allah on them as they stand in a row, then when they fall down eat of them and feed the poor man who is contented and the beggar; thus have We made them subservient to you, that you may be grateful.
22:37 There does not reach Allah their flesh nor their blood, but to Him is acceptable the guarding (against evil) on your part; thus has He made them subservient to you, that you may magnify Allah because He has guided you aright; and give good news to those who do good (to others).
22:38 Surely Allah will defend those who believe; surely Allah does not love any one who is unfaithful, ungrateful.
22:39 Permission (to fight) is given to those upon whom war is made because they are oppressed, and most surely Allah is well able to assist them;
22:40 Those who have been expelled from their homes without a just cause except that they say: Our Lord is Allah. And had there not been Allah's repelling some people by others, certainly there would have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques in which Allah's name is much remembered; and surely Allah will help him who helps His cause; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
22:41 Those who, should We establish them in the land, will keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and forbid evil; and Allah's is the end of affairs.
22:42 And if they reject you, then already before you did the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood reject (prophets).
22:43 And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut,
22:44 As well as those of Madyan and Musa (too) was rejected, but I gave respite to the unbelievers, then did I overtake them, so how (severe) was My disapproval.
22:45 So how many a town did We destroy while it was unjust, so it was fallen down upon its roofs, and (how many a) deserted well and palace raised high.
22:46 Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to hear? For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.
22:47 And they ask you to hasten on the punishment, and Allah will by no means fail in His promise, and surely a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you number.
22:48 And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then I overtook it, and to Me is the return.
22:49 Say: O people! I am only a plain warner to you.
22:50 Then (as for) those who believe and do good, they shall have forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
22:51 And (as for) those who strive to oppose Our communications, they shall be the inmates of the flaming fire.
22:52 And We did not send before you any apostle or prophet, but when he desired, the Shaitan made a suggestion respecting his desire; but Allah annuls that which the Shaitan casts, then does Allah establish His communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise,
22:53 So that He may make what the Shaitan casts a trial for those in whose hearts is disease and those whose hearts are hard; and most surely the unjust are in a great opposition,
22:54 And that those who have been given the knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord, so they may believe in it and their hearts may be lowly before it; and most surely Allah is the Guide of those who believe into a right path.
22:55 And those who disbelieve shall not cease to be in doubt concerning it until the hour overtakes them suddenly, or there comes on them the chastisement of a destructive day.
22:56 The kingdom on that day shall be Allah's; He will judge between them; so those who believe and do good will be in gardens of bliss.
22:57 And (as for) those who disbelieve in and reject Our communications, these it is who shall have a disgraceful chastisement.
22:58 And (as for) those who fly in Allah's way and are then slain or die, Allah will most certainly grant them a goodly sustenance, and most surely Allah is the best Giver of sustenance.
22:59 He will certainly cause them to enter a place of entrance which they shall be well pleased with, and most surely Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.
22:60 That (shall be so); and he who retaliates with the like of that with which he has been afflicted and he has been oppressed, Allah will most certainly aid him; most surely.Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.
22:61 That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
22:62 That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon besides Him-- that is the falsehood, and because Allah is the High, the Great.
22:63 Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud so the earth becomes green? Surely Allah is Benignant, Aware.
22:64 His is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and most surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.
22:65 Do you not see that Allah has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the earth and the ships running in the sea by His command? And He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except with His permission; most surely Allah is Compassionate, Merciful to men.
22:66 And He it is Who has brought you to life, then He will cause you to die, then bring you to life (again); most surely man is ungrateful.
22:67 To every nation We appointed acts of devotion which they observe, therefore they should not dispute with you about the matter and call to your Lord; most surely you are on a right way.
22:68 And if they contend with you, say: Allah best knows what you do.
22:69 Allah will judge between you on the day of resurrection respecting that in which you differ.
22:70 Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth? Surely this is in a book; surely this is easy to Allah.
22:71 And they serve besides Allah that for which He has not sent any authority, and that of which they have no knowledge; and for the unjust there shall be no helper.
22:72 And when Our clear communications are recited to them you will find denial on the faces of those who disbelieve; they almost spring upon those who recite to them Our communications. Say: Shall I inform you of what is worse than this? The fire; Allah has promised it to those who disbelieve; and how evil the resort!
22:73 O people! a parable is set forth, therefore listen to it: surely those whom you call upon besides Allah cannot create fly, though they should all gather for it, and should the fly snatch away anything from them, they could not take it back from i weak are the invoker and the invoked.
22:74 They have not estimated Allah with the estimation that i due to Him; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
22:75 Allah chooses messengers from among the angels and from among the men; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.
22:76 He knows what is before them and what is behind them and to Allah are all affairs turned back.
22:77 O you who believe! bow down and prostrate yourselves and serve your Lord, and do.good that you may succeed.
22:78 And strive hard in (the way of) Allah, (such) a striving a is due to Him; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you an hardship in religion; the faith of your father Ibrahim; He named you Muslims before and in this, that the Apostle may be a bearer of witness to you, and you may be bearers of witness to the people; therefore keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and hold fast by Allah; He is your Guardian; how excellent the Guardian and how excellent the Helper!

Chapter 51: Surah Adh Dhariyat (The Winds that Scatter) & Chapter 52: Surah At Tur (The Mount) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
51:47 And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and most surely We are the makers of things ample.
51:48 And the earth, We have made it a wide extent; how well have We then spread (it) out.
51:49 And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
51:50 Therefore fly to Allah, surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
51:51 And do not set up with Allah another god: surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
51:52 Thus there did not come to those before them an apostle but they said: A magician or a mad man.
51:53 Have they charged each other with this? Nay! they are an inordinate people.
51:54 Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame;
51:55 And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers.
51:56 And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
51:57 I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.
51:58 Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
51:59 So surely those who are unjust shall have a portion like the portion of their companions, therefore let them not ask Me to hasten on.
51:60 Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
52:1 I swear by the Mountain,
52:2 And the Book written
52:3 In an outstretched fine parchment,
52:4 And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,
52:5 And the elevated canopy
52:6 And the swollen sea
52:7 Most surely the punishment of your Lord will come to pass;
52:8 There shall be none to avert it;
52:9 On the day when the heaven shall move from side to side
52:10 And the mountains shall pass away passing away (altogether).
52:11 So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth),
52:12 Those who sport entering into vain discourses.
52:13 The day on which they shall be driven away to the fire of hell with violence.
52:14 This is the fire which you used to give the lie to.
52:15 Is it magic then or do you not see?
52:16 Enter into it, then bear (it) patiently, or do not bear (it) patiently, it is the same to you; you shall be requited only (for) what you did.
52:17 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and bliss
52:18 Rejoicing because of what their Lord gave them, and their Lord saved them from the punishment of the burning fire.
52:19 Eat and drink pleasantly for what you did,
52:20 Reclining on thrones set in lines, and We will unite them to large-eyed beautiful ones.
52:21 And (as for) those who believe and their offspring follow them in faith, We will unite with them their offspring and We will not diminish to them aught of their work; every man is responsible for what he shall have wrought.
52:22 And We will aid them with fruit and flesh such as they desire.
52:23 They shall pass therein from one to another a cup wherein there shall be nothing vain nor any sin.

Chapter 42: Surah Ash Shura (The Consultation) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
42:1 Ha Mim.
42:2 Ain Sin Qaf.
42:3 Thus does Allah, the Mighty, the Wise, reveal to you, and (thus He revealed) to those before you.
42:4 His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the High, the Great.
42:5 The heavens may almost rend asunder from above them and the angels sing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth; now surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
42:6 And (as for) those who take guardians besides Him, Allah watches over them, and you have not charge over them.
42:7 And thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran, that you may warn the mother city and those around it, and that you may give warning of the day of gathering together wherein is no doubt; a party shall be in the garden and (another) party in the burning fire.
42:8 And if Allah had pleased He would surely have made them a single community, but He makes whom He pleases enter into His mercy, and the unjust it is that shall have no guardian or helper.
42:9 Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.
42:10 And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof is (in) Allah's (hand); that is Allah, my Lord, on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn time after time.
42:11 The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.
42:12 His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; He makes ample and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; surely He is Cognizant of all things.
42:13 He has made plain to you of the religion what He enjoined upon Nuh and that which We have revealed to you and that which We enjoined upon Ibrahim and Musa and Isa that keep to obedience and be not divided therein; hard to the unbelievers is that which you call them to; Allah chooses for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who turns (to Him), frequently.
42:14 And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them out of envy among themselves; and had not a word gone forth from your Lord till an appointed term, certainly judgment would have been given between them; and those who were made to inherit the Book after them are most surely in disquieting doubt concerning it.
42:15 To this then go on inviting, and go on steadfastly on the right way as you are commanded, and do not follow their low desires, and say: I believe in what Allah has revealed of the Book, and I am commanded to do justice between you: Allah is our Lord and your Lord; we shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds; no plea need there be (now) between us and you: Allah will gather us together, and to Him is the return.
42:16 And (as for) those who dispute about Allah after that obedience has been rendered to Him, their plea is null with their Lord, and upon them is wrath, and for them is severe punishment.
42:17 Allah it is Who revealed the Book with truth, and the balance, and what shall make you know that haply the hour be nigh?
42:18 Those who do not believe in it would hasten it on, and those who believe are in fear from it, and they know that it is the truth. Now most surely those who dispute obstinately concerning the hour are in a great error.
42:19 Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.
42:20 Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that again; and whoever desires-- the gain of this world, We give him of it, and in the hereafter he has no portion.
42:21 Or have they associates who have prescribed for them any religion that Allah does not sanction? And were it not for the word of judgment, decision would have certainly been given between them; and surely the unjust shall have a painful punish ^ment.
42:22 You will see the unjust fearing on account of what they have earned, and it must befall them; and those who believe and do good shall be in the meadows of the gardens; they shall have what they please with their Lord: that is the great grace.
42:23 That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to) those who believe and do good deeds. Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful.
42:24 Or do they say: He has forged a lie against Allah? But if Allah pleased, He would seal your heart; and Allah will blot out the falsehood and confirm the truth with His words; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the breasts.
42:25 And He it is Who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons the evil deeds and He knows what you do;
42:26 And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them more out of His grace; and (as for) the unbelievers, they shall have a severe punishment.
42:27 And if Allah should amplify the provision for His servants they would certainly revolt in the earth; but He sends it down according to a measure as He pleases; surely He is Aware of, Seeing, His servants.
42:28 And He it is Who sends down the rain after they have despaired, and He unfolds His mercy; and He is the Guardian, the Praised One.
42:29 And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and what He has spread forth in both of them of living beings; and when He pleases He is all-powerful to gather them together.
42:30 And whatever affliction befalls you, it is on account of what your hands have wrought, and (yet) He pardons most (of your faults).
42:31 And you cannot escape in the earth, and you shall not have a guardian or a helper besides Allah.
42:32 And among His signs are the ships in the sea like mountains.
42:33 If He pleases, He causes the wind to become still so that they lie motionless on its back; most surely there are signs in this for every patient, grateful one,
42:34 Or He may make them founder for what they have earned, and (even then) pardon most;
42:35 And (that) those who dispute about Our communications may know; there is no place of refuge for them.
42:36 So whatever thing you are given, that is only a provision of this world's life, and what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on their Lord.
42:37 And those who. shun the great sins and indecencies, and whenever they are angry they forgive.
42:38 And those who respond to their Lord and keep up prayer, and their rule is to take counsel among themselves, and who spend out of what We have given them.
42:39 And those who, when great wrong afflicts them, defend themselves.
42:40 And the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah; surely He does not love the unjust.
42:41 And whoever defends himself after his being oppressed, these it is against whom there is no way (to blame).
42:42 The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men and revolt in the earth unjustly; these shall have a painful punishment.
42:43 And whoever is patient and forgiving, these most surely are actions due to courage.
42:44 And whomsoever Allah makes err, he has no guardian after Him; and you shall see the unjust, when they see the punishment, saying: Is there any way to return?
42:45 And you shall see them brought before it humbling themselves because of the abasements, looking with a faint glance. And those who believe shall say: Surely the losers are they who have lost themselves and their followers on the resurrection day. Now surely the iniquitous shall remain in lasting chastisement.
42:46 And they shall have no friends to help them besides Allah; and-- whomsoever Allah makes err, he shall have no way.
42:47 Hearken to your Lord before there comes the day from Allah for which there shall be no averting; you shall have no refuge on that day, nor shall it be yours to make a denial.
42:48 But if they turn aside, We have not sent you as a watcher over them; on you is only to deliver (the message); and surely when We make man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices thereat; and if an evil afflicts them on account of what their hands have already done, then-surely man is ungrateful.
42:49 Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He pleases; He grants to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons.
42:50 Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He pleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the Powerful.
42:51 And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.
42:52 And thus did We reveal to you an inspired book by Our command. You did not know what the Book was, nor (what) the faith (was), but We made it a light, guiding thereby whom We please of Our servants; and most surely you show the way to the right path:
42:53 The path of Allah, Whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; now surely to Allah do all affairs eventually come.

Chapter 41: Surah Fussilat (They are explained in detail) - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
41:1 Ha Mim!
41:2 A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful God:
41:3 A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Quran for a people who know:
41:4 A herald of good news and a warner, but most of them turn aside so they hear not.
41:5 And they say: Our hearts are under coverings from that to which you call us, and there is a heaviness in our ears, and a veil hangs between us and you, so work, we too are working.
41:6 Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your God is one God, therefore follow the right way to Him and ask His forgiveness; and woe to the polytheists;
41:7 (To) those who do not give poor-rate and they are unbelievers in the hereafter.
41:8 (As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely have a reward never to be cut off.
41:9 Say: What! do you indeed disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two periods, and do you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of the Worlds.
41:10 And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He blessed therein and made therein its foods, in four periods: alike for the seekers.
41:11 Then He directed Himself to the heaven and it is a vapor, so He said to it and to the earth: Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said: We come willingly.
41:12 So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and revealed in every heaven its affair; and We adorned the lower heaven with brilliant stars and (made it) to guard; that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing.
41:13 But if they turn aside, then say: I have warned you of a scourge like the scourge of Ad and Samood.
41:14 When their apostles came to them from before them and from behind them, saying, Serve nothing but Allah, they said: If our Lord had pleased He would certainly have sent down angels, so we are surely unbelievers in that with which you are sent.
41:15 Then as to Ad, they were unjustly proud in the land, and they said: Who is mightier in strength than we? Did they not see that Allah Who created them was mightier than they in strength, and they denied Our communications?
41:16 So We sent on them a furious wind in unlucky days, that We may make them taste the chastisement of abasement in this world's life; and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is much more abasing, and they shall not be helped.
41:17 And as to Samood, We showed them the right way, but they chose error above guidance, so there overtook them the scourge of an abasing chastisement for what they earned.
41:18 And We delivered those who believed and guarded (against evil).
41:19 And on the day that the enemies of Allah shall be brought together to the fire, then they shall be formed into groups.
41:20 Until when they come to it, their ears and their eyes and their skins shall bear witness against them as to what they did.
41:21 And they shall say to their skins: Why have you borne witness against us? They shall say: Allah Who makes everything speak has made us speak, and He created you at first, and to Him you shall be brought back.
41:22 And you did not veil yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah did not know most of what you did.
41:23 And that was your (evil) thought which you entertained about your Lord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so are you become of the lost ones.
41:24 Then if they will endure, still the fire is their abode, and if they ask for goodwill, then are they not of those who shall be granted goodwill.
41:25 And We have appointed for them comrades so they have made fair-seeming to them what is before them and what is behind them, and the word proved true against them-- among the nations of the jinn and the men that have passed away before them-- that they shall surely be losers.
41:26 And those who disbelieve say: Do not listen to this Quran and make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome.
41:27 Therefore We will most certainly make those who disbelieve taste a severe punishment, and We will most certainly reward them for the evil deeds they used to do.
41:28 That is the reward of the enemies of Allah-- the fire; for them therein shall be the house of long abiding; a reward for their denying Our communications.
41:29 And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! show us those who led us astray from among the jinn and the men that we may trample them under our feet so that they may be of the lowest.
41:30 (As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised.
41:31 We are your guardians in this world's life and in the hereafter, and you shall have therein what your souls desire and you shall have therein what you ask for:
41:32 A provision from the Forgiving, the Merciful.
41:33 And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while he himself does good, and says: I am surely of those who submit?
41:34 And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil) with what is best, when lo! he between whom and you was enmity would be as if he were a warm friend.
41:35 And none are made to receive it but those who are patient, and none are made to receive it but those who have a mighty good fortune.
41:36 And if an interference of the Shaitan should cause you mischief, seek refuge in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
41:37 And among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon; do not make obeisance to the sun nor to the moon; and make obeisance to Allah Who created them, if Him it is that you serve.
41:38 But if they are proud, yet those with your Lord glorify Him during the night and the day, and they are not tired.
41:39 And among His signs is this, that you see the earth still, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells: most surely He Who gives it life is the Giver of life to the dead; surely He has power over all things.
41:40 Surely they who deviate from the right way concerning Our communications are not hidden from Us. What! is he then who is cast into the fire better, or he who comes safe on the day of resurrection? Do what you like, surely He sees what you do.
41:41 Surely those who disbelieve in the reminder when it comes to them, and most surely it is a Mighty Book:
41:42 Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it; a revelation from the Wise, the Praised One.
41:43 Naught is said to you but what was said indeed to the apostles before you; surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness and the Lord of painful retribution.
41:44 And if We had made it a Quran in a foreign tongue, they would certainly have said: Why have not its communications been made clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and an Arabian! Say: It is to those who believe a guidance and a healing; and (as for) those who do not believe, there is a heaviness in their ears and it is obscure to them; these shall be called to from a far-off place.
41:45 And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, but it has been differed about, and had not a word already gone forth from your Lord, judgment would certainly have been given between them; and most surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.
41:46 Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is against it; and your Lord is not in the least unjust to the servants.
41:47 To Him is referred the knowledge of the hour, and there come not forth any of the fruits from their coverings, nor does a female bear, nor does she give birth, but with His knowledge; and on the day when He shall call out to them, Where are (those whom you called) My associates? They shall say: We declare to Thee, none of us is a witness.
41:48 And away from them shall go what they called upon before, and they shall know for certain that there is no escape for them.
41:49 Man is never tired of praying for good, and if evil touch him, then he is despairing, hopeless.
41:50 And if We make him taste mercy from Us after distress that has touched him, he would most certainly say: This is of me, and I do not think the hour will come to pass, and if I am sent back to my Lord, I shall have with Him sure good; but We will most certainly inform those who disbelieved of what they did, and We will most certainly make them taste of hard chastisement.
41:51 And when We show favor to man, he turns aside and withdraws himself; and when evil touches him, he makes lengthy supplications.
41:52 Say: Tell me if it is from Allah; then you disbelieve in it, who is in greater error than he who is in a prolonged opposition?
41:53 We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and in their own souls, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things?
41:54 Now surely they are in doubt as to the meeting of their Lord; now surely He encompasses all things.

Chapter 38: Surah Sad [verse 1-29] - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
38:1 Suad, I swear by the Quran, full of admonition.
38:2 Nay! those who disbelieve are in self-exaltation and opposition.
38:3 How many did We destroy before them of the generations, then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away.
38:4 And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say: This IS an enchanter, a liar.
38:5 What! makes he the gods a single God? A strange thing is this, to be sure!
38:6 And the chief persons of them break forth, saying: Go and steadily adhere to your gods; this is most surely a thing sought after.
38:7 We never heard of this in the former faith; this is nothing but a forgery:
38:8 Has the reminder been revealed to him from among us? Nay! they are in doubt as to My reminder. Nay! they have not yet tasted My chastisement!
38:9 Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the great Giver?
38:10 Or is it that theirs is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend by any
38:11 A host of deserters of the allies shall be here put to flight.
38:12 The people of Nuh and Ad, and Firon, the lord of spikes, rejected (apostles) before them.
38:13 And Samood and the people of Lut and the dwellers of the thicket; these were the parties.
38:14 There was none of them but called the apostles liars, so just was My retribution.
38:15 Nor do these await aught but a single cry, there being no delay in it.
38:16 And they say: O our Lord! hasten on to us our portion before the day of reckoning.
38:17 Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant Dawood, the possessor of power; surely he was frequent m returning (to Allah).
38:18 Surely We made the mountains to sing the glory (of Allah) in unison with him at the evening and the sunrise,
38:19 And the birds gathered together; all joined in singing with him.
38:20 And We strengthened his kingdom and We gave him wisdom and a clear judgment.
38:21 And has there come to you the story of the litigants, when they made an entry into the private chamber by ascending over the walls?
38:22 When they entered in upon Dawood and he was frightened at them, they said: Fear not; two litigants, of whom one has acted wrongfully towards the other, therefore decide between us with justice, and do not act unjustly, and guide us to the right way.
38:23 Surely this is my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes and I have a single ewe; but he said: Make it over to me, and he has prevailed against me in discourse.
38:24 He said: Surely he has been unjust to you in demanding your ewe (to add) to his own ewes; and most surely most of the partners act wrongfully towards one another, save those who believe and do good, and very few are they; and Dawood was sure that We had tried him, so he sought the protection of his Lord and he fell down bowing and turned time after time (to Him).
38:25 Therefore We rectified for him this, and most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.
38:26 o Dawood ! surely We have made you a ruler in the land; so judge between men with justice and do not follow desire, lest it should lead you astray from the path of Allah; (as for) those who go astray from the path of Allah, they shall surely have a severe punishment because they forgot the day of reckoning.
38:27 And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain; that is the opinion of those who disbelieve then woe to those who disbelieve on account of the fire.
38:28 Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth? Or shall We make those who guard (against evil) like the wicked?
38:29 (It is) a Book We have revealed to you abounding in good that they may ponder over its verses, and that those endowed with understanding may be mindful.
38:30 And We gave to Dawood Sulaiman, most excellent the servant! Surely he was frequent in returning (to Allah).
38:31 When there were brought to him in the evening (horses) still when standing, swift when running--
38:32 Then he said: Surely I preferred the good things to the remembrance of my Lord-- until the sun set and time for Asr prayer was over, (he said):
38:33 Bring them back to me; so he began to slash (their) legs and necks.
38:34 And certainly We tried Sulaiman, and We put on his throne a (mere) body, so he turned (to Allah).
38:35 He said: My Lord! do Thou forgive me and grant me a kingdom which is not fit for (being inherited by) anyone after me;
38:36 Then We made the wind subservient to him; it made his command to run gently wherever he desired,
38:37 And the shaitans, every builder and diver,
38:38 And others fettered in chains.
38:39 This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold, without reckoning.
38:40 And most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.
38:41 And remember Our servant Ayyub, when he called upon his Lord: The Shaitan has afflicted me with toil and torment.
38:42 Urge with your foot; here is a cool washing-place and a drink.
38:43 And We gave him his family and the like of them with them, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder to those possessed of understanding.
38:44 And take in your hand a green branch and beat her with It and do not break your oath; surely We found him patient; most excellent the servant! Surely he was frequent m returning (to Allah).
38:45 And remember Our servants Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqoub, men of power and insight.
38:46 Surely We purified them by a pure quality, the keeping m mind of the (final) abode.
38:47 And most surely they were with Us, of the elect, the best.
38:48 And remember Ismail and Al-Yasha and Zulkifl; and they were all of the best.
38:49 This is a reminder; and most surely there is an excellent resort for those who guard (against evil),
38:50 The gardens of perpetuity, the doors are opened for them.
38:51 Reclining therein, calling therein for many fruits and drink.
38:52 And with them shall be those restraining their eyes, equals in age.
38:53 This is what you are promised for the day of reckoning.
38:54 Most surely this is Our sustenance; it shall never come to an end;
38:55 This (shall be so); and most surely there is an evil resort for the inordinate ones;
38:56 Hell; they shall enter it, so evil is the resting-place.
38:57 This (shall be so); so let them taste it, boiling and intensely cold (drink).
38:58 And other (punishment) of the same kind-- of various sorts.
38:59 This is an army plunging in without consideration along with you; no welcome for them, surely they shall enter fire.
38:60 They shall say: Nay! you-- no welcome to you: you did proffer it to us, so evil is the resting-place.
38:61 They shall say: Our Lord! whoever prepared it first for us, add Thou to him a double chastisement in the fire.
38:62 And they shall say: What is the matter with us that we do not see men whom we used to count among the vicious?
38:63 Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now) turned aside from them?
38:64 That most surely is the truth: the contending one with another of the inmates of the fire.
38:65 Say: I am only a warner, and there is no god but Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all):
38:66 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Mighty, the most Forgiving.
38:67 Say: It is a message of importance,
38:68 (And) you are turning aside from it:
38:69 I had no knowledge of the exalted chiefs when they contended:
38:70 Naught is revealed to me save that I am a plain warner.
38:71 When your Lord said to the angels; Surely I am going to create a mortal from dust:
38:72 So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down making obeisance to him.
38:73 And the angels did obeisance, all of them,
38:74 But not Iblis: he was proud and he was one of the unbelievers.
38:75 He said: O Iblis! what prevented you that you should do obeisance to him whom I created with My two hands? Are you proud or are you of the exalted ones?
38:76 He said: I am better than he; Thou hast created me of fire, and him Thou didst create of dust.
38:77 He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:
38:78 And surely My curse is on you to the day of judgment.
38:79 He said: My Lord! then respite me to the day that they are raised.
38:80 He said: Surely you are of the respited ones,
38:81 Till the period of the time made known.
38:82 He said: Then by Thy Might I will surely make them live an evil life, all,
38:83 Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones.
38:84 He said: The truth then is and the truth do I speak:
38:85 That I will most certainly fill hell with you and with those among them who follow you, all.
38:86 Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it; nor am I of those who affect:
38:87 It is nothing but a reminder to the nations;
38:88 And most certainly you will come to know about it after a time.

Chapter 38: Surah Sad [verse 30-70] - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

Chapter 9: Surah At Taubah - Sheikh Fahd Al Kandari

9:1 (This is a declaration of) immunity by Allah and His Apostle towards those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement.
9:2 So go about in the land for four months and know that you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers.
9:3 And an announcement from Allah and His Apostle to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah and His Apostle are free from liability to the idolaters; therefore if you repent, it will be better for you, and if you turn back, then know that you will not weaken Allah; and announce painful punishment to those who disbelieve.
9:4 Except those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement, then they have not failed you in anything and have not backed up any one against you, so fulfill their agreement to the end of their term; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).
9:5 So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
9:6 And if one of the idolaters seek protection from you, grant him protection till he hears the word of Allah, then make him attain his place of safety; this is because they are a people who do not know.
9:7 How can there be an agreement for the idolaters with Allah and with His Apostle; except those with whom you made an agreement at the Sacred Mosque? So as long as they are true to you, be true to them; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).
9:8 How (can it be)! while if they prevail against you, they would not pay regard in your case to ties of relationship, nor those of covenant; they please you with their mouths while their hearts do not consent; and most of them are transgressors.
9:9 They have taken a small price for the communications of Allah, so they turn away from His way; surely evil is it that they do.
9:10 They do not pay regard to ties of relationship nor those of covenant in the case of a believer; and these are they who go beyond the limits.
9:11 But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know.
9:12 And if they break their oaths after their agreement and (openly) revile your religion, then fight the leaders of unbelief-- surely their oaths are nothing-- so that they may desist.
9:13 What! will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the Apostle, and they attacked you first; do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you are believers.
9:14 Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands and bring them to disgrace, and assist you against them and heal the hearts of a believing people.
9:15 And remove the rage of their hearts; and Allah turns (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
9:16 What! do you think that you will be left alone while Allah has not yet known those of you who have struggled hard and have not taken any one as an adherent besides Allah and His Apostle and the believers; and Allah is aware of what you do.
9:17 The idolaters have no right to visit the mosques of Allah while bearing witness to unbelief against themselves, these it is whose doings are null, and in the fire shall they abide.
9:18 Only he shall visit the mosques of Allah who believes in Allah and the latter day, and keeps up prayer and pays the poor-rate and fears none but Allah; so (as for) these, it may be that they are of the followers of the right course.
9:19 What! do you make (one who undertakes) the giving of drink to the pilgrims and the guarding of the Sacred Mosque like him who believes in Allah and the latter day and strives hard in Allah's way? They are not equal with Allah; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
9:20 Those who believed and fled (their homes), and strove hard in Allah's way with their property and their souls, are much higher in rank with Allah; and those are they who are the achievers (of their objects).
9:21 Their Lord gives them good news of mercy from Himself and (His) good pleasure and gardens, wherein lasting blessings shall be theirs;
9:22 Abiding therein for ever; surely Allah has a Mighty reward with Him.
9:23 O you who believe! do not take your fathers and your brothers for guardians if they love unbelief more than belief; and whoever of you takes them for a guardian, these it is that are the unjust.
9:24 Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your mates and your kinsfolk and property which you have acquired, and the slackness of trade which you fear and dwellings which you like, are dearer to you than Allah and His Apostle and striving in His way, then wait till Allah brings about His command: and Allah does not guide the transgressing people.
9:25 Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and on the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you vain, but they availed you nothing and the earth became strait to you notwithstanding its spaciousness, then you turned back retreating.
9:26 Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Apostle and upon the believers, and sent down hosts which you did not see, and chastised those who disbelieved, and that is the reward of the unbelievers.
9:27 Then will Allah after this turn (mercifully) to whom He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
9:28 O you who believe! the idolaters are nothing but unclean, so they shall not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year; and if you fear poverty then Allah will enrich you out of His grace if He please; surely Allah is Knowing Wise.
9:29 Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.
9:30 And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!
9:31 They have taken their doctors of law and their monks for lords besides Allah, and (also) the Messiah son of Marium and they were enjoined that they should serve one God only, there is no god but He; far from His glory be what they set up (with Him).
9:32 They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, and Allah will not consent save to perfect His light, though the unbelievers are averse.
9:33 He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions, though the polytheists may be averse.
9:34 O you who believe! most surely many of the doctors of law and the monks eat away the property of men falsely, and turn (them) from Allah's way; and (as for) those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah's way, announce to them a painful chastisement,
9:35 On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of hell, then their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded with it; this is what you hoarded up for yourselves, therefore taste what you hoarded.
9:36 Surely the number of months with Allah is twelve months in Allah's ordinance since the day when He created the heavens and the earth, of these four being sacred; that is the right reckoning; therefore be not unjust to yourselves regarding them, and fight the polytheists all together as they fight you all together; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
9:37 Postponing (of the sacred month) is only an addition in unbelief, wherewith those who disbelieve are led astray, violating it one year and keeping it sacred another, that they may agree in the number (of months) that Allah has made sacred, and thus violate what Allah has made sacred; the evil of their doings is made fairseeming to them; and Allah does not guide the unbelieving people.
9:38 O you who believe! What (excuse) have you that when it is said to you: Go forth in Allah's way, you should incline heavily to earth; are you contented with this world's life instead of the hereafter? But the provision of this world's life compared with the hereafter is but little.
9:39 If you do not go forth, He will chastise you with a painful chastisement and bring in your place a people other than you, and you will do Him no harm; and Allah has power over all things.
9:40 If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved expelled him, he being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion: Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
9:41 Go forth light and heavy, and strive hard in Allah's way with your property and your persons; this is better for you, if you know.
9:42 Had it been a near advantage and a short journey, they would certainly have followed you, but the tedious journey was too long for them; and they swear by Allah: If we had been able, we would certainly have gone forth with you; they cause their own souls to perish, and Allah knows that they are most surely
9:43 Allah pardon you! Why did you give them leave until those who spoke the truth had become manifest to you and you had known the liars?
9:44 They do not ask leave of you who believe in Allah and the latter day (to stay away) from striving hard with their property and their persons, and Allah knows those who guard (against evil).
9:45 They only ask leave of you who do not believe in Allah and the latter day and their hearts are in doubt, so in their doubt do they waver.
9:46 And if they had intended to go forth, they would certainly have provided equipment for it, but Allah did not like their going forth, so He withheld them, and it was said (to them): Hold back with those who hold back.
9:47 Had they gone forth with you, they would not have added to you aught save corruption, and they would certainly have hurried about among you seeking (to sow) dissension among you, and among you there are those who hearken for their sake; and Allah knows the unjust.
9:48 Certainly they sought (to sow) dissension before, and they meditated plots against you until the truth came, and Allah's commandment prevailed although they were averse (from it).
9:49 And among them there is he who says: Allow me and do not try me. Surely into trial have they already tumbled down, and most surely hell encompasses the unbelievers.
9:50 If good befalls you, it grieves them, and if hardship afflicts you, they say: Indeed we had taken care of our affair before; and they turn back and are glad.
9:51 Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has ordained for us; He is our.Patron; and on Allah let the believers rely.
9:52 Say: Do you await for us but one of two most excellent things? And we await for you that Allah will afflict you with punishment from Himself or by our hands. So wait; we too will wait with you.
9:53 Say: Spend willingly or unwillingly, it shall not be accepted from you; surely you are a transgressing people.
9:54 And nothing hinders their spendings being accepted from them, except that they disbelieve in Allah and in His Apostle and they do not come to prayer but while they are sluggish, and they do not spend but while they are unwilling.
9:55 Let not then their property and their children excite your admiration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this world's life and (that) their souls may depart while they are unbelievers.
9:56 And they swear by Allah that they are most surely of you, and they are not of you, but they are a people who are afraid (of you).
9:57 If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.
9:58 And of them there are those who blame you with respect to the alms; so if they are given from it they are pleased, and if they are not given from it, lo! they are full of rage.
9:59 And if they were content with what Allah and His Apostle gave them, and had said: Allah is sufficient for us; Allah will soon give us (more) out of His grace and His Apostle too; surely to Allah do we make our petition.
9:60 Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to incline (to truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in debts and in the way of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is knowing, Wise.
9:61 And there are some of them who molest the Prophet and say: He is one who believes every thing that he hears; say: A hearer of good for you (who) believes in Allah and believes the faithful and a mercy for those of you who believe; and (as for) those who molest the Apostle of Allah, they shall have a painful punishment.
9:62 They swear to you by Allah that they might please you and, Allah, as well as His Apostle, has a greater right that they should please Him, if they are believers.
9:63 Do they not know that whoever acts in opposition to Allah and His Apostle, he shall surely have the fire of hell to abide in it? That is the grievous abasement.
9:64 The hypocrites fear lest a chapter should be sent down to them telling them plainly of what is in their hearts. Say: Go on mocking, surely Allah will bring forth what you fear.
9:65 And if you should question them, they would certainly say: We were only idly discoursing and sporting. Say: Was it at Allah and His communications and His Apostle that you mocked?
9:66 Do not make excuses; you have denied indeed after you had believed; if We pardon a party of you, We will chastise (another) party because they are guilty.
9:67 The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women are all alike; they enjoin evil and forbid good and withhold their hands; they have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them; surely the hypocrites are the transgressors.
9:68 Allah has promised the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women and the unbelievers the fire of hell to abide therein; it is enough for them; and Allah has cursed them and they shall have lasting punishment.
9:69 Like those before you; they were stronger than you in power and more abundant in wealth and children, so they enjoyed their portion; thus have you enjoyed your portion as those before you enjoyed their portion; and you entered into vain discourses like the vain discourses in which entered those before you. These are they whose works are null in this world and the hereafter, and these are they who are the losers.
9:70 Has not the news of those before them come to them; of the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood, and the people of Ibrahim and the dwellers of Madyan and the overthrown cities; their apostles came to them with clear arguments; so it was not Allah Who should do them injustice, but they were unjust to themselves.
9:71 And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Apostle; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.
9:72 Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing women gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them, and goodly dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode; and best of all is Allah's goodly pleasure; that is the grand achievement.
9:73 O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination.
9:74 They swear by Allah that they did not speak, and certainly they did speak, the word of unbelief, and disbelieved after their Islam, and they had determined upon what they have not been able to effect, and they did not find fault except because Allah and His Apostle enriched them out of His grace; therefore if they repent, it will be good for them; and if they turn back, Allah will chastise them with a painful chastisement in this world and the hereafter, and they shall not have in the land any guardian or a helper.
9:75 And there are those of them who made a covenant with Allah: If He give us out of His grace, we will certainly give alms and we will certainly be of the good.
9:76 But when He gave them out of His grace, they became niggardly of it and they turned back and they withdrew.
9:77 So He made hypocrisy to follow as a consequence into their hearts till the day when they shall meet Him because they failed to perform towards Allah what they had promised with Him and because they told lies.
9:78 Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts and their secret counsels, and that Allah is the great Knower of the unseen things?
9:79 They who taunt those of the faithful who give their alms freely, and those who give to the extent of their earnings and scoff at them; Allah will pay them back their scoffing, and they shall have a painful chastisement.
9:80 Ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah will not forgive them; this is because they disbelieve in Allah and His Apostle, and Allah does not guide the transgressing people.
9:81 Those who were left behind were glad on account of their sitting behind Allah's Apostle and they were averse from striving m Allah's way with their property and their persons, and said: Do not go forth in the heat. Say: The fire of hell is much severe in heat. Would that they understood (it).
9:82 Therefore they shall laugh little and weep much as a recompense for what they earned.
9:83 Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of them and then they ask your permission to go forth, say: By no means shall you ever go forth with me and by no means shall you fight an enemy with me; surely you chose to sit the first time, therefore sit (now) with those who remain behind.
9:84 And never offer prayer for any one of them who dies and do not stand by his grave; surely they disbelieve in Allah and His Apostle and they shall die in transgression.
9:85 And let not their property and their children excite your admlration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this world and (that) their souls may depart while they are unbelievers
9:86 And whenever a chapter is revealed, saying: Believe in Allah and strive hard along with His Apostle, those having ampleness of means ask permission of you and say: Leave us (behind), that we may be with those who sit.
9:87 They preferred to be with those who remained behind, and a seal is set on their hearts so they do not understand.
9:88 But the Apostle and those who believe with him strive hard with their property and their persons; and these it is who shall have the good things and these it is who shall be successful.
9:89 Allah has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them; that is the great achievement.
9:90 And the defaulters from among the dwellers of the desert came that permission may be given to them and they sat (at home) who lied to Allah and His Apostle; a painful chastisement shall afflict those of them who disbelieved.
9:91 It shall be no crime in the weak, nor in the sick, nor in those who do not find what they should spend (to stay behind), so long as they are sincere to Allah and His Apostle; there is no way (to blame) against the doers of good; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
9:92 Nor in those who when they came to you that you might carry them, you said: I cannot find that on which to carry you; they went back while their eyes overflowed with tears on account of grief for not finding that which they should spend.
9:93 The way (to blame) is only against those who ask permission of you though they are rich; they have chosen to be with those who remained behind, and Allah has set a seal upon their hearts so they do not know.
9:94 They will excuse themselves to you when you go back to them. Say: Urge no excuse, by no means will we believe you; indeed Allah has informed us of matters relating to you; and now Allah and His Apostle will see your doings, then you shall be brought back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did.
9:95 They will swear to you by Allah when you return to them so that you may turn aside from them; so do turn aside from them; surely they are unclean and their abode is hell; a recompense for what they earned.
9:96 They will swear to you that you may be pleased with them; but if you are pleased with them, yet surely Allah is not pleased with the transgressing people.
9:97 The dwellers of the desert are very hard in unbelief and hypocrisy, and more disposed not to know the limits of what Allah has revealed to His Apostle; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
9:98 And of the dwellers of the desert are those who take what they spend to be a fine, and they wait (the befalling of) calamities to you; on them (will be) the evil calamity; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
9:99 And of the dwellers of the desert are those who believe in Allah and the latter day and take what they spend to be (means of) the nearness of Allah and the Apostle's prayers; surely it shall be means of nearness for them; Allah will make them enter into His mercy; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
9:100 And (as for) the foremost, the first of the Muhajirs and the Ansars, and those who followed them in goodness, Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flOw, to abide in them for ever; that is the mighty achievement.
9:101 And from among those who are round about you of the dwellers of the desert there are hypocrites, and from among the people of Medina (also); they are stubborn in hypocrisy; you do not know them; We know them; We will chastise them twice then shall they be turned back to a grievous chastisement
9:102 And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; may be Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
9:103 Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby, and pray for them; surely your prayer is a relief to them; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
9:104 Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His servants and takes the alms, and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful?
9:105 And say: Work; so Allah will see your work and (so will) His Apostle and the believers; and you shall be brought back to the Knower of the unseen and the seen, then He will inform you of what you did.
9:106 And others are made to await Allah's command, whether He chastise them or whether He turn to them (mercifully), and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
9:107 And those who built a masjid to cause harm and for unbelief and to cause disunion among the believers and an ambush to him who made war against Allah and His Apostle before; and they will certainly swear: We did not desire aught but good; and Allah bears witness that they are most surely liars.
9:108 Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more deserving that you should stand in it; in it are men who love that they should be purified; and Allah loves those who purify themselves.
9:109 Is he, therefore, better who lays his foundation on fear of Allah and (His) good pleasure, or he who lays his foundation on the edge of a cracking hollowed bank, so it broke down with him into the fire of hell; and Allah does not guide the unjust people.
9:110 The building which they have built will ever continue to be a source of disquiet in their hearts, except that their hearts get cut into pieces; and Allah is Knowing, Wise.
9:111 Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is the mighty achievement.
9:112 They who turn (to Allah), who serve (Him), who praise (Him), who fast, who bow down, who prostrate themselves, who enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, and who keep the limits of Allah; and give good news to the believers.
9:113 It is not (fit) for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even though they should be near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are inmates of the flaming fire.
9:114 And Ibrahim asking forgiveness for his sire was only owing to a promise which he had made to him; but when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he declared himself to be clear of him; most surely Ibrahim was very tender-hearted forbearing.
9:115 It is not (attributable to) Allah that He should lead a people astray after He has guided them; He even makes clear to them what they should guard against; surely Allah knows all things.
9:116 Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He brings to life and causes to die; and there is not for you besides Allah any Guardian or Helper.
9:117 Certainly Allah has turned (mercifully) to the Prophet and those who fled (their homes) and the helpers who followed him in the hour of straitness after the hearts of a part of them were about to deviate, then He turned to them (mercifully); surely to them He is Compassionate, Merciful.
9:118 And to the three who were left behind, until the earth became strait to them notwithstanding its spaciousness and their souls were also straitened to them; and they knew it for certain that there was no refuge from Allah but in Him; then He turned to them (mercifully) that they might turn (to Him); surely Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
9:119 O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and be with the true ones.
9:120 It did not beseem the people of Medina and those round about them of the dwellers of the desert to remain behind the Apostle of Allah, nor should they desire (anything) for themselves in preference to him; this is because there afflicts them not thirst or fatigue or hunger in Allah's way, nor do they tread a path which enrages the unbelievers, nor do they attain from the enemy what they attain, but a good work is written down to them on account of it; surely Allah does not waste the reward of the doers of good;
9:121 Nor do they spend anything that may be spent, small or great, nor do they traverse a valley, but it is written down to their credit, that Allah may reward them with the best of what they have done.
9:122 And it does not beseem the believers that they should go forth all together; why should not then a company from every party from among them go forth that they may apply themselves to obtain understanding in religion, and that they may warn their people when they come back to them that they may be cautious?
9:123 O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
9:124 And whenever a chapter is revealed, there are some of them who say: Which of you has it strengthened in faith? Then as for those who believe, it strengthens them in faith and they rejoice.
9:125 And as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it adds uncleanness to their uncleanness and they die while they are unbelievers.
9:126 Do they not see that they are tried once or twice in every year, yet they do not turn (to Allah) nor do they mind.
9:127 And whenever a chapter is revealed, they cast glances at one another: Does any one see you? Then they turn away: Allah has turned away their hearts because they are a people who do not understand.
9:128 Certainly an Apostle has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your falling into distress, excessively solicitous respecting you; to the believers (he is) compassionate,
9:129 But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me, there is no god but He; on Him do I rely, and He is the Lord of mighty power.