Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already (of the Scripture), and be not first to disbelieve therein, and part not with My revelations for a trifling price, and keep your duty unto Me.
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Al-Baqarah · The Cow
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallConfound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEstablish worship, pay the poor-due, and bow your heads with those who bow (in worship).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEnjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSeek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho know that they will have to meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are returning.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallO Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and how I preferred you to (all) creatures.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk, who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing your women: that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We brought you through the sea and rescued you, and drowned the folk of Pharaoh in your sight.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We did appoint for Moses forty nights (of solitude), and then ye chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were wrong-doers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, even after that, We pardoned you in order that ye might give thanks.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We gave unto Moses the Scripture and the criterion (of right and wrong), that ye might be led aright.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Ye have wronged yourselves by your choosing of the calf (for worship) so turn in penitence to your Creator, and kill (the guilty) yourselves. That will be best for you with your Creator and He will relent toward you. Lo! He is the Relenting, the Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when ye said: O Moses! We will not believe in thee till we see Allah plainly; and even while ye gazed the lightning seized you.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We revived you after your extinction, that ye might give thanks.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We caused the white cloud to overshadow you and sent down on you the manna and the quails, (saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you- they wronged Us not, but they did wrong themselves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We said: Go into this township and eat freely of that which is therein, and enter the gate prostrate, and say: "Repentance." We will forgive you your sins and will increase (reward) for the right-doers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut those who did wrong changed the word which had been told them for another saying, and We sent down upon the evil-doers wrath from heaven for their evil-doing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when Moses asked for water for his people, We said: Smite with thy staff the rock. And there gushed out therefrom twelve springs (so that) each tribe knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that which Allah hath provided, and do not act corruptly, making mischief in the earth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when ye said: O Moses! We are weary of one kind of food; so call upon thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of that which the earth groweth - of its herbs and its cucumbers and its corn and its lentils and its onions. He said: Would ye exchange that which is higher for that which is lower? Go down to settled country, thus ye shall get that which ye demand. And humiliation and wretchedness were stamped upon them and they were visited with wrath from Allah. That was because they disbelieved in Allah's revelations and slew the prophets wrongfully. That was for their disobedience and transgression.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, even after that, ye turned away, and if it had not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy ye had been among the losers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations, and an admonition to the Allah-fearing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when Moses said unto his people: Lo! Allah commandeth you that ye sacrifice a cow, they said: Dost thou make game of us? He answered: Allah forbid that I should be among the foolish!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith, Verily she is a cow neither with calf nor immature; (she is) between the two conditions; so do that which ye are commanded.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what colour she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow cow. Bright is her colour, gladdening beholders.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us what (cow) she is. Lo! cows are much alike to us; and Lo! if Allah wills, we may be led aright.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, even after that, your hearts were hardened and became as rocks, or worse than rocks, for hardness. For indeed there are rocks from out which rivers gush, and indeed there are rocks which split asunder so that water floweth from them. And indeed there are rocks which fall down for the fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what ye do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye any hope that they will be true to you when a party of them used to listen to the word of Allah, then used to change it, after they had understood it, knowingly?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe. But when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it? Have ye then no sense?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAre they then unaware that Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAmong them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay. They but guess.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands and then say, "This is from Allah," that they may purchase a small gain therewith. Woe unto them for that their hands have written, and woe unto them for that they earn thereby.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: The Fire (of punishment) will not touch us save for a certain number of days. Say: Have ye received a covenant from Allah - truly Allah will not break His covenant - or tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not?
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).
