١٦ - ٱلنَّحْل

16 - An-Nahl

اِنَّ اللہَ يَاْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْاِحْسَانِ وَاِيْتَاۗئِ ذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَيَنْہٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاۗءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ۝۰ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُوْنَ۝۹۰
Inna Allaha yamuru bialAAadli waalihsani waeetai thee alqurba wayanha AAani alfahshai waalmunkari waalbaghyi yaAAithukum laAAallakum tathakkaroona

English

Ahmed Ali

Verily God has enjoined justice, the doing of good, and the giving of gifts to your relatives; and forbidden indecency, impropriety and oppression. He warns you so that you may remember.

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وَ اَوْفُوْا بِعَہْدِ اللہِ اِذَا عٰہَدْتُّمْ وَلَا تَـنْقُضُوا الْاَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيْدِہَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللہَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيْلًا۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُوْنَ۝۹۱
Waawfoo biAAahdi Allahi itha AAahadtum wala tanqudoo alaymana baAAda tawkeediha waqad jaAAaltumu Allaha AAalaykum kafeelan inna Allaha yaAAlamu ma tafAAaloona

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Ahmed Ali

Fulfil your covenant with God, having made the covenant, and do not break your oaths once you have sworn them, as you have made God a witness over you. Indeed God knows what you do.

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وَلَا تَكُوْنُوْا كَالَّتِيْ نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَہَا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّۃٍ اَنْكَاثًا۝۰ۭ تَتَّخِذُوْنَ اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُوْنَ اُمَّۃٌ ہِىَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّۃٍ۝۰ۭ اِنَّمَا يَبْلُوْكُمُ اللہُ بِہٖ۝۰ۭ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَۃِ مَا كُنْتُمْ فِيْہِ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ۝۹۲
Wala takoonoo kaallatee naqadat ghazlaha min baAAdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoona aymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arba min ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihi walayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntum feehi takhtalifoona

English

Ahmed Ali

And do not be like her who untwists her yarn having spun it into durable thread. Do not use your oaths deceitfully because one party has ascendency over you. God surely tries you in this way: He will make it clear to you on the Day of Resurrection what you were differing about.

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وَلَوْ شَاۗءَ اللہُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ اُمَّۃً وَّاحِدَۃً وَّلٰكِنْ يُّضِلُّ مَنْ يَّشَاۗءُ وَيَہْدِيْ مَنْ يَّشَاۗءُ۝۰ۭ وَلَتُسْـــَٔـلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۹۳
Walaw shaa Allahu lajaAAalakum ommatan wahidatan walakin yudillu man yashao wayahdee man yashao walatusalunna AAamma kuntum taAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

If God had pleased He would surely have made you a single community of belief; but He leads whosoever He wills astray, and guides whosoever He please. But you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

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وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوْۗا اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوْتِہَا وَتَذُوْقُوا السُّوْۗءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُّمْ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اؘ۝۰ۚ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌ۝۹۴
Wala tattakhithoo aymanakum dakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baAAda thubootiha watathooqoo alssooa bima sadadtum AAan sabeeli Allahi walakum AAathabun AAatheemun

English

Ahmed Ali

So do not make your oaths a means of deceiving one another, lest your foot should slip after having found its hold, and you taste of evil for having hindered (others) from the way of God, and suffer a grievous punishment.

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وَلَا تَشْتَرُوْا بِعَہْدِ اللہِ ثَـمَنًا قَلِيْلًا۝۰ۭ اِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللہِ ہُوَخَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۹۵
Wala tashtaroo biAAahdi Allahi thamanan qaleelan innama AAinda Allahi huwa khayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoona

English

Ahmed Ali

And do not trade God's covenant for a paltry price. Remember, what is with God is better for you, if only you knew!

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مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللہِ بَاقٍ۝۰ۭ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِيْنَ صَبَرُوْۗا اَجْرَہُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۹۶
Ma AAindakum yanfadu wama AAinda Allahi baqin walanajziyanna allatheena sabaroo ajrahum biahsani ma kanoo yaAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

For what you possess will pass, but what is with God will abide. We shall certainly award those who persevere a recompense in keeping with their deeds.

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مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّنْ ذَكَرٍ اَوْ اُنْثٰى وَہُوَمُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّہٗ حَيٰوۃً طَيِّبَۃً۝۰ۚ وَلَـنَجْزِيَنَّہُمْ اَجْرَہُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوْا يَعْمَلُوْنَ۝۹۷
Man AAamila salihan min thakarin aw ontha wahuwa muminun falanuhyiyannahu hayatan tayyibatan walanajziyannahum ajrahum biahsani ma kanoo yaAAmaloona

English

Ahmed Ali

We shall invest whosoever works for good, whether man or woman, with a pleasant life, and reward them in accordance with the best of what they have done.

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فَاِذَا قَرَاْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللہِ مِنَ الشَّيْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْمِ۝۹۸
Faitha qarata alqurana faistaAAith biAllahi mina alshshaytani alrrajeemi

English

Ahmed Ali

So, when you recite the Qur'an seek refuge in God from Satan the execrable.

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اِنَّہٗ لَيْسَ لَہٗ سُلْطٰنٌ عَلَي الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَلٰي رَبِّہِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُوْنَ۝۹۹
Innahu laysa lahu sultanun AAala allatheena amanoo waAAala rabbihim yatawakkaloona

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Ahmed Ali

He does not have power over those who believe and place their trust in their Lord.

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