Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA gift of welcome from One Forgiving, Merciful.
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Juz 24
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd who is better in speech than him who prayeth unto his Lord and doeth right, and saith: Lo! I am of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut none is granted it save those who are steadfast, and none is granted it save the owner of great happiness.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if a whisper from the devil reach thee (O Muhammad) then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is the Hearer, the Knower.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or the moon; but prostrate to Allah Who created them, if it is in truth Him Whom ye worship.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut if they are too proud - still those who are with thy Lord glorify Him night and day, and tire not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd of His portents (is this): that thou seest the earth lowly, but when We send down water thereon it thrilleth and groweth. Lo! He Who quickeneth it is verily the Quickener of the Dead. Lo! He is Able to do all things.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who distort Our revelations are not hid from Us. Is he who is hurled into the Fire better, or he who cometh secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what ye will. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it cometh unto them (are guilty), for lo! it is an unassailable Scripture.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFalsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNaught is said unto thee (Muhammad) save what was said unto the messengers before thee. Lo! thy Lord is owner of forgiveness, and owner (also) of dire punishment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they would assuredly have said: If only its verses were expounded (so that we might understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an Arab? - Say unto them (O Muhammad): For those who believe it is a guidance and a healing; and as for those who disbelieve, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. Such are called to from afar.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We verily gave Moses the Scripture, but there hath been dispute concerning it; and but for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, it would ere now have been judged between them; but lo! they are in hopeless doubt concerning it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhoso doeth right it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong it is against it. And thy Lord is not at all a tyrant to His slaves.
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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).