Juz 1, Three Quarters

٢ - ٱلْبَقَرَة

2 - Al-Baqara

وَدَّ كَثِيْرٌ مِّنْ اَھْلِ الْكِتٰبِ لَوْ يَرُدُّوْنَكُمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ اِيْمَانِكُمْ كُفَّارًا۝۰ۚۖ حَسَدًا مِّنْ عِنْدِ اَنْفُسِہِمْ مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَہُمُ الْحَقُّ۝۰ۚ فَاعْفُوْا وَاصْفَحُوْا حَتّٰى يَاْتِيَ اللہُ بِاَمْرِہٖ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ عَلٰي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ۝۱۰۹
Wadda katheerun min ahli alkitabi law yaruddoonakum min baAAdi eemanikum kuffaran hasadan min AAindi anfusihim min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhaqqu faoAAfoo waisfahoo hatta yatiya Allahu biamrihi inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun

English

Ahmed Ali

How many of the followers of the Books having once known the truth desire in their hearts, out of envy, to turn you into infidels again even after the truth has become clear to them! But you forbear and overlook till God fulfil His plan; and God has power over all things.

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وَاَقِيْمُوا الصَّلٰوۃَ وَاٰتُوا الزَّكٰوۃَ۝۰ۭ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوْا لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوْہُ عِنْدَ اؘ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيْرٌ۝۱۱۰
Waaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata wama tuqaddimoo lianfusikum min khayrin tajidoohu AAinda Allahi inna Allaha bima taAAmaloona baseerun

English

Ahmed Ali

Fulfil your devotional obligations and pay the zakat. And what you send ahead of good you will find with God, for He sees all that you do ill.

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وَقَالُوْا لَنْ يَّدْخُلَ الْجَنَّۃَ اِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ ھُوْدًا اَوْ نَصٰرٰى۝۰ۭ تِلْكَ اَمَانِيُّھُمْ۝۰ۭ قُلْ ھَاتُوْا بُرْھَانَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ۝۱۱۱
Waqaloo lan yadkhula aljannata illa man kana hoodan aw nasara tilka amaniyyuhum qul hatoo burhanakum in kuntum sadiqeena

English

Ahmed Ali

And they say: "None will go to Paradise but the Jews and the Christians;" but this is only wishful thinking. Say: "Bring the proof if you are truthful."

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بَلٰي۝۰ۤ مَنْ اَسْلَمَ وَجْہَہٗ لِلہِ وَھُوَمُحْسِنٌ فَلَہٗۗ اَجْرُہٗ عِنْدَ رَبِّہٖ۝۰۠ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْہِمْ وَلَا ھُمْ يَحْزَنُوْنَ۝۱۱۲ۧ
Bala man aslama wajhahu lillahi wahuwa muhsinun falahu ajruhu AAinda rabbihi wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona

English

Ahmed Ali

Only he who surrenders to God with all his heart and also does good, will find his reward with his Lord, and will have no fear or regret.

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وَقَالَتِ الْيَہُوْدُ لَيْسَتِ النَّصٰرٰى عَلٰي شَيْءٍ۝۰۠ وَّقَالَتِ النَّصٰرٰى لَيْسَتِ الْيَہُوْدُ عَلٰي شَيْءٍ۝۰ۙ وَّھُمْ يَتْلُوْنَ الْكِتٰبَ۝۰ۭ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِہِمْ۝۰ۚ فَاللہُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَھُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَۃِ فِيْمَا كَانُوْا فِيْہِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ۝۱۱۳
Waqalati alyahoodu laysati alnnasara AAala shayin waqalati alnnasara laysati alyahoodu AAala shayin wahum yatloona alkitaba kathalika qala allatheena la yaAAlamoona mithla qawlihim faAllahu yahkumu baynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehi yakhtalifoona

English

Ahmed Ali

The Jews say: "The Christians are not right," and the Christians say: "The Jews are in the wrong;" yet both read the Scriptures; and this is what the unread had said too. God alone will judge between them in their differences on the Day of Reckoning.

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وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ مَّنَعَ مَسٰجِدَ اللہِ اَنْ يُّذْكَرَ فِيْہَا اسْمُہٗ وَسَعٰى فِيْ خَرَابِہَا۝۰ۭ اُولٰۗىِٕكَ مَا كَانَ لَھُمْ اَنْ يَّدْخُلُوْھَاۗ اِلَّا خَاۗىِٕفِيْنَ۝۰ۥۭ لَھُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَّلَھُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَۃِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌ۝۱۱۴
Waman athlamu mimman manaAAa masajida Allahi an yuthkara feeha ismuhu wasaAAa fee kharabiha olaika ma kana lahum an yadkhulooha illa khaifeena lahum fee alddunya khizyun walahum fee alakhirati AAathabun AAatheemun

English

Ahmed Ali

And who is more unjust than he who prohibits the name of God being used in His mosques, who hurries to despoil them even though he has no right to enter them except in reverence? For them is ignominy in the world and severe punishment in the life to come.

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وَلِلہِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ۝۰ۤ فَاَيْنَـمَا تُوَلُّوْا فَثَمَّ وَجْہُ اؘ۝۰ۭ اِنَّ اللہَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيْمٌ۝۱۱۵
Walillahi almashriqu waalmaghribu faaynama tuwalloo fathamma wajhu Allahi inna Allaha wasiAAun AAaleemun

English

Ahmed Ali

To God belong the East and the West. Wherever you turn the glory of God is everywhere: All-pervading is He and all-knowing.

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وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللہُ وَلَدًا۝۰ۙ سُبْحٰنَہٗ۝۰ۭ بَلْ لَّہٗ مَا فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ۝۰ۭ كُلٌّ لَّہٗ قٰنِتُوْنَ۝۱۱۶
Waqaloo itakhatha Allahu waladan subhanahu bal lahu ma fee alssamawati waalardi kullun lahu qanitoona

English

Ahmed Ali

Yet they say that God has begotten a son. May He be praised! Indeed everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him, and all are obedient to God.

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بَدِيْعُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ۝۰ۭ وَ اِذَا قَضٰۗى اَمْرًا فَاِنَّمَا يَقُوْلُ لَہٗ كُنْ فَيَكُوْنُ۝۱۱۷
BadeeAAu alssamawati waalardi waitha qada amran fainnama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu

English

Ahmed Ali

Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, He has only to say when He wills a thing: "Be", and it is.

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وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ لَوْ لَا يُكَلِّمُنَا اللہُ اَوْ تَاْتِيْنَاۗ اٰيَۃٌ۝۰ۭ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِہِمْ مِّثْلَ قَوْلِہِمْ۝۰ۭ تَشَابَہَتْ قُلُوْبُھُمْ۝۰ۭ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا الْاٰيٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يُّوْقِنُوْنَ۝۱۱۸
Waqala allatheena la yaAAlamoona lawla yukallimuna Allahu aw tateena ayatun kathalika qala allatheena min qablihim mithla qawlihim tashabahat quloobuhum qad bayyanna alayati liqawmin yooqinoona

English

Ahmed Ali

But those who are ignorant say: "Why does God not speak or show us a sign?" The same question had been asked by men before them, who were like them in their hearts. But to those who are firm in their faith We have shown Our signs already.

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