Quran on The Divine

Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him no partner.

Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him

Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.

Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.

Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.

And serve Allah. Ascribe no thing as partner unto Him. (Show) kindness unto parents, and unto near kindred, and orphans, and the needy, and unto the neighbour who is of kin (unto you) and the neighbour who is not of kin, and the fellow-traveller and the wayfarer and (the slaves) whom your right hands possess. Lo! Allah loveth not such as are proud and boastful,

They will make excuse to you (Muslims) when ye return unto them. Say: Make no excuse, for we shall not believe you. Allah hath told us tidings of you. Allah and His messenger will see your conduct, and then ye will be brought back unto Him Who knoweth the Invisible as well as the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.

So, When they despaired of (moving) him, they conferred together apart. The eldest of them said: Know ye not how your father took an undertaking from you in Allah's name and how ye failed in the case of Joseph aforetime? Therefore I shall not go forth from the land until my father giveth leave or Allah judgeth for me. He is the Best of Judges.

If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).

Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers. Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say: This is from Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them they say: This is of thy doing (O Muhammad). Say (unto them): All is from Allah. What is amiss with these people that they come not nigh to understand a happening?

Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.

Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto me aught prohibited to an eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or swineflesh - for that verily is foul - or the abomination which was immolated to the name of other than Allah. But whoso is compelled (thereto), neither craving nor transgressing, (for him) lo! thy Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.

And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their cave to the right, and when it set go past them on the left, and they were in the cleft thereof. That was (one) of the portents of Allah. He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth astray, for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend.

Who know that they will have to meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are returning.

Are they then unaware that Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim?

It is the Truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not thou of those who waver.

Such are they on whom are blessings from their Lord, and mercy. Such are the rightly guided.

Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah.

O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who bow (in worship).

(This is) the truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not thou of those who waver.

Allah hath promised those who believe and do good works: Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward.

That (is the case); and (know) that Allah (it is) Who maketh weak the plan of disbelievers.

Lo! the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf, the dumb, who have no sense.

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah's Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape.

And Allah summoneth to the abode of peace, and leadeth whom He will to a straight path.

Thus is the Word of thy Lord justified concerning those who do wrong: that they believe not.

Lo! verily the friends of Allah are (those) on whom fear (cometh) not, nor do they grieve?

Recite unto them the story of Noah, when he told his people: O my people! If my sojourn (here) and my reminding you by Allah's revelations are an offence unto you, in Allah have I put my trust, so decide upon your course of action you and your partners. Let not your course of action be in doubt for you. Then have at me, give me no respite.

That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of a painful Day.

Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and believers on the day when the account is cast.

And even if We opened unto them a gate of heaven and they kept mounting through it,

And they assign unto Allah daughters - Be He Glorified! - and unto themselves what they desire;

Such are they whose hearts and ears and eyes Allah hath sealed. And such are the heedless.

He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in aught gainsay thee.

He enjoined upon his people worship and almsgiving, and was acceptable in the sight of his Lord.

They will have no power of intercession, save him who hath made a covenant with his Lord.

And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs.

O mankind! Fear your Lord. Lo! the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom) is a tremendous thing.

Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein ye used to differ.

They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: Will ye not then keep duty (unto Him)?

Allah admonisheth you that ye repeat not the like thereof ever, if ye are (in truth) believers.

And the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Qur'an of no account.

Lo! thy Lord is full of bounty for mankind, but most of them do not give thanks.

Lo! thy Lord will judge between them of His wisdom, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

So he escaped from thence, fearing, vigilant. He said: My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing folk.

Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.

So glory be to Allah when ye enter the night and when ye enter the morning -

The revelation of the Scripture whereof there is no doubt is from the Lord of the Worlds.

Whether ye divulge a thing or keep it hidden, lo! Allah is ever Knower of all things.

Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,

Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.

They shall have what they will of their Lord's bounty. That is the reward of the good:

Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Do ye bid me serve other than Allah? O ye fools!

Ye cannot escape in the earth, for beside Allah ye have no protecting friend nor any helper.

Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.

That is because Allah is patron of those who believe, and because the disbelievers have no patron.

But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).