The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation: English Only

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Messengers should have no fear in My presence. 11. ˹Fear is˺ only for those who do wrong.

although their hearts were convinced the signs were true, they still denied them wrongfully and arrogantly. See then what was the end of the corruptors!

And whoever is grateful, it is only for their own good.

then what the consequences of their plan were: We ˹utterly˺ destroyed them and their people all together. 52. So their homes are there, ˹but completely˺ ruined because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.

“Do you commit that shameful deed while you can see ˹one another˺? 55. Do you really lust after men instead of women? In fact, you are ˹only˺ a people acting ignorantly.”

“Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down rain for you from the sky, by which We cause delightful gardens to grow? You could never cause their trees to grow. Was it another god besides God? Absolutely not!” But they are a people who set up equals ˹to God˺!

Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who made the earth a place of settlement, caused rivers to flow through it, placed firm mountains upon it, and set a barrier between ˹fresh and salt˺ bodies of water?774 Was it another god besides God? Absolutely not!”

“None in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unseen except God. Nor

“Perhaps some of what you seek to hasten is close at hand.” 73. Surely

79. So put your trust in God, for you are surely upon the ˹Path of˺ clear truth.

“Did you deny My revelations without ˹even˺ comprehending them?

Now you see the mountains, thinking they are firmly fixed, but they are travelling ˹just˺ like clouds. ˹That is˺ the design of God, Who has perfected everything.

Pharaoh ˹arrogantly˺ elevated himself in the land and divided its people into ˹subservient˺ groups, one of which he persecuted, slaughtering their sons and keeping their women.

“My Lord! I have definitely wronged my soul, so forgive me.”

“My Lord! For all Your favours upon me, I will never side with the wicked.”

Do you intend to kill me as you killed a man yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land. You do not intend to make peace!”

So Moses left the city in a state of fear and caution, praying, “My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing people.”

So bake bricks out of clay for me, O Hamân, and build a high tower so I may look at the God of Moses, although I am sure he is a liar.”

And who could be more astray than those who follow their desires with no guidance from God?

“We are accountable for our deeds and you for yours. Peace ˹is our only response˺ to you! We want nothing to do with those who act ignorantly.”

Your Lord would never destroy a society until He had sent to its capital a messenger, reciting Our revelations to them. Nor would We ever destroy a society unless its people persisted in wrongdoing.

Whatever ˹pleasure˺ you have been given is no more than ˹a fleeting˺ enjoyment and adornment of this worldly life. But what is with God is far better and more lasting. Will you not then understand? 61. Can

As for those who repent, believe, and do good ˹in this world˺, it is right to hope that they will be among the successful.

And be good ˹to others˺ as God has been good to you. Do not seek to spread corruption in the land, for God certainly does not like the corruptors.”

That ˹eternal˺ Home in the Hereafter We reserve ˹only˺ for those who seek neither tyranny nor corruption on the earth. The ultimate outcome belongs ˹only˺ to the righteous.

The beginning of the chapter emphasizes the role of trials and tribulations in revealing those who are truly steadfast and those who are not.

The chapter concludes by commending those who put their trust in God and strive in His cause.

2. Do people think once they say, “We believe,” that they will be left without being put to the test? 3. We certainly tested those before them. And ˹in this way˺ God will clearly distinguish between those who are truthful and those who are liars.

We have commanded people to honour their parents. But if they urge you to associate with Me what you have no knowledge of,804 then do not obey them. To Me you will ˹all˺ return, and then I will inform you of what you used to do.

There are some who say, “We believe in God,” but when they suffer in the cause of God, they mistake ˹this˺ persecution at the hands of people for the punishment of God.

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Travel throughout the land and see how He originated the creation, then God will bring it into being one more time. Surely God is Most Capable of everything.

for those who disbelieve in God’s signs and the meeting with Him, it is they who will have no hope in His mercy.

Do you really lust after ˹other˺ men, abuse the travellers, and practice immorality ˹openly˺ in your gatherings?” His people’s only response was to say ˹mockingly˺: “Bring God’s punishment upon us, if what you say is true.”

And do not go about spreading corruption in the land.”

God created the heavens and the earth for a purpose. Surely in this is a sign for the people of faith.

Indeed, ˹genuine˺ prayer should deter ˹one˺ from indecency and wickedness. The remembrance of God is ˹an˺ even greater ˹deterrent˺. And God ˹fully˺ knows what you ˹all˺ do.

Do not argue with the People of the Book unless gracefully, except with those of them who act wrongfully.

You ˹O Prophet˺ could not read any writing ˹even˺ before this ˹revelation˺, nor could you write at all. Otherwise, the people of falsehood would have been suspicious.

this ˹Quran˺ is ˹a set of˺ clear revelations ˹preserved˺ in the hearts of those gifted with knowledge. And none denies Our revelations except the ˹stubborn˺ wrongdoers.

Every soul will taste death, then to Us you will ˹all˺ be returned. 58. ˹As for˺ those who believe and do good, We will certainly house them in ˹elevated˺ mansions in Paradise, under which rivers flow, to stay there forever.

And if you ask them who sends down rain from the sky, giving life to the earth after its death, they will surely say, “God!” Say, “Praise be to God!” In fact, most of them do not understand.

This worldly life is no more than play and amusement. But the Hereafter is indeed the real life, if only they knew.

The Romans have been defeated 3. in a nearby land. Yet following their defeat, they will triumph 4. within three to nine years. The ˹whole˺ matter rests with God before and after ˹victory˺. And on that day the believers will rejoice

Have they not reflected upon their own being?

17. So glorify God in the evening and in the morning— 18. all praise is for Him in the heavens and the earth—as well as in the afternoon, and at noon.

He gives life to the earth after its death. And so will you be brought forth ˹from the grave˺.

He sends down rain from the sky, reviving the earth after its death. Surely in this are signs for people who understand.

He calls you out of the earth just once, you will instantly come forth.

And do not be polytheists— 32. ˹like˺ those who have divided their faith and split into sects, each rejoicing in what they have.

41. Corruption has spread on land and sea as a result of what people’s hands have done, so that God may cause them to taste ˹the consequences of˺ some of their deeds and perhaps they might return ˹to the Right Path˺.