Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGlorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.
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Juz 15
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe gave unto Moses the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for the children of Israel, saying: Choose no guardian beside Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(They were) the seed of those whom We carried (in the ship) along with Noah. Lo! he was a grateful slave.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture: Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great tyrants.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen we gave you once again your turn against them, and We aided you with wealth and children and made you more in soldiery.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, but if ye repeat (the crime) We shall repeat (the punishment), and We have appointed hell a dungeon for the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! this Qur'an guideth unto that which is straightest, and giveth tidings unto the believers who do good works that theirs will be a great reward.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd that those who believe not in the Hereafter, for them We have prepared a painful doom.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMan prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We appoint the night and the day two portents. Then We make dark the portent of the night, and We make the portent of the day sight-giving, that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the computation of the years, and the reckoning; and everything have We expounded with a clear expounding.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And it will be said unto him): Read thy Book. Thy soul sufficeth as reckoner against thee this day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he goeth right, and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load, We never punish until we have sent a messenger.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHow many generations have We destroyed since Noah! And Allah sufficeth as Knower and Beholder of the sins of His slaves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away, We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We please. And afterward We have appointed for him hell; he will endure the heat thereof, condemned, rejected.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd whoso desireth the Hereafter and striveth for it with the effort necessary, being a believer; for such, their effort findeth favour (with their Lord).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEach do We supply, both these and those, from the bounty of thy Lord. And the bounty of thy Lord can never be walled up.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSee how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSet not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYour Lord is Best Aware of what is in your minds. If ye are righteous, then lo! He was ever Forgiving unto those who turn (unto Him).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGive the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and squander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for which thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thy Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo, He was ever Knower, Seer of His slaves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSlay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil way.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd slay not the life which Allah hath forbidden save with right. Whoso is slain wrongfully, We have given power unto his heir, but let him not commit excess in slaying. Lo! he will be helped.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCome not near the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better till he come to strength; and keep the covenant. Lo! of the covenant it will be asked.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFill the measure when ye measure, and weigh with a right balance; that is meet, and better in the end.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd walk not in the earth exultant. Lo! thou canst not rend the earth, nor canst thou stretch to the height of the hills.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe evil of all that is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is (part) of that wisdom wherewith thy Lord hath inspired thee (O Muhammad). And set not up with Allah any other god, lest thou be cast into hell, reproved, abandoned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word!
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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).