The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

A. L. M.e There is no doubt in this book; it is a direction to the pious, who believe in the mysteriesf of faith, who observe the appointed times of prayer, and distribute alms...

AL. M.l There is no GOD but GOD, the living, the self-subsisting: he hath sent down unto thee the book of the Koran with truth, confirming that which was revealed before it; for...

AL. M. S.b A book hath been sent down unto thee: and therefore let there be no doubt in thy breast concerning it; that thou mayest preach the same, and that it may be an admonit...

O MEN, fear your LORD, who hath created you out of one man, and out of him created his wife, and from them two hath multiplied many men, and women: and fear GOD by whom ye besee...

A DECLARATION of immunity from GOD and his apostle, unto the idolaters, with whom ye have entered into league.f Go to and fro in the earth securely four months;g and know that y...

O TRUE believers, perform your contracts. Ye are allowed to eat the brute cattle,e other than what ye are commanded to abstain from; except the game which ye are allowed at othe...

PRAISE be unto GOD, who hath created the heavens and the earth, and hath ordained the darkness and the light; nevertheless they who believe not in the LORD equalize other gods w...

AL. R.h These are the signs of the perspicuous book; which we have sent down in the Arabic tongue, that, peradventure, ye might understand. We relate unto thee a most excellent...

SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of men, the king of men, the GOD of men, that he may deliver me from the mischief of the whisperer who slyly withdraweth,t who whispereth evi...

AL. R.u THIS book, the verses whereof are guarded against corruption, and are also distinctly explained,y is a revelation from the wise, the knowing God: that ye serve not any o...

O PROPHET, fear GOD, and obey not the unbelievers and the hypocrites:r verily GOD is knowing and wise. But follow that which is revealed unto thee from thy LORD; for GOD is well...

PRAISE be unto GOD, who hath sent down unto his servant the book of the Korân, and hath not inserted therein any crookedness, but hath made it a straight rule: that he should th...

THEY will ask thee concerning the spoils: Answer, The division of the spoils belongeth unto GOD and the apostle.m Therefore fear GOD, and compose the matter amicably among you:...

T. H. WE have not sent down the Koran unto thee, that thou shouldest be unhappy;e but for an admonition unto him who feareth God: being sent down from him who created the earth,...

AL. R.s These are the signs of the wise book. Is it a strange thing unto the men of Mecca, that we have revealed our will unto a man from among them,t saying, Denounce threats u...

They attribute daughters unto GODn (far be it from him!) but unto themselves children of the sex which they desire.o 60 And when any of them is told the news of the birth of a f...

T. S. M.r THESE are the signs of the perspicuous book. We will dictate unto thee, O Mohammed, some parts of the history of Moses and Pharaoh, with truth; for the sake of people...

T. S. THESE are the signs of the Koran, and of the perspicuous book: a direction, and good tidings unto the true believers? who regularly perform their prayer, and give alms, an...

And meddle not with the substance of the orphan, unless it be to improve it, until he attain his age of strength:n and perform your covenant; for the performance of your covenan...

C. H. Y. A. S.h A COMMEMORATION of the mercy of thy LORD towards his servant Zacharias.i When he called upon his LORD, invoking him in secret, and said, O LORD, verily my bones...

T. S. M.i THESE are the signs of the perspicuous book. Peradventure thou afflictest thyself unto death, lest the Meccans become not believers. If we pleased, we could send down...

BY the angels who rank themselves in order;c and by those who drive forward and dispel the clouds;d and by those who read the Koran for an admonition; verily your GOD is one: th...

And speak unto the believing women, that they restrain their eyes, and preserve their modesty, and discover not their ornaments,h except what necessarily appeareth thereof;i and...

PRAISE be unto GOD, unto whom belongeth whatever is in the heavens and on earth: and unto him be praise in the world to come; for he is wise and intelligent. He knoweth whatsoev...

THE revelation of this book is from the mighty, the wise GOD. Verily we have revealed this book unto thee with truth: wherefore serve GOD, exhibiting the pure religion unto him....

THE time of giving up their account draweth nigh unto the people of Mecca; while they are sunk in negligence, turning aside from the consideration thereof. No admonition cometh...

BLESSED be he who hath revealed the Forkans unto his servant, that he may be a preacher to all creatures: unto whom belongeth the kingdom of heaven and of earth: who hath begott...

NOW are the true believers happy: who humble themselves in their prayer, and who eschew all vain discourse, and who are doers of alms-deeds; and who keep themselves from carnal...

H. M.h THE revelation of this book is from the mighty, the wise GOD; the forgiver of sin and the accepter of repentance; severe in punishing; long suffering. There is no GOD but...

S.o BY the Korân full of admonition.p Verily the unbelievers are addicted to pride and contention. How many generations have we destroyed before them; and they cried for mercy,...

AL. R.b This book have we sent down unto thee, that thou mayest lead men forth from darkness into light, by the permission of their LORD, into the glorious and laudable way. GOD...

q The original word is al Rûm; by which the later Greeks, or subjects of the Constantinopolitan empire, are here meant; though the Arabs give the same name also to the Romans, a...

A. L. M.o Do men imagine that it shall be sufficient for themp to say, We believe; will they not be proved?q We heretofore proved those who were before them; for GOD will surely...

AL. M. R.q These are the signs of the book of the Koran: and that which hath been sent down unto thee from thy LORD is the truth; but the greater part of men will not believe. I...

VERILY we have granted thee a manifest victory:i that GOD may forgive theek thy preceding and thy subsequent sin,l and may complete his favour on thee, and direct thee in the ri...

Y. S.u I SWEAR by the instructive Koran, that thou art one of the messengers of God, sent to show the right way. This is a revelation of the most mighty, the merciful God: that...

PRAISE be unto him who transported his servant by night, from the sacred temple of Mecca to the farther temple of Jerusalem,p the circuit of which we have blessed, that we might...

H. M.x BY the perspicuous book; verily we have ordained the same an Arabic Koran that ye may understand: and it is certainly written in the original book,y kept with us, being s...

THE sentence of GOD will surely come to be executed; wherefore do not hasten it. Praise be unto him! and far be that from him which they associate with him! He shall cause the a...

A. L. R.h These are the signs of the book, and of the perspicuous Koran. The time may come when the unbelievers shall wish that they had been Moslems.i Suffer them to eat, and t...

THIS Sura have we sent down from heaven; and have ratified the same; and we have revealed evident signs, that ye may be warned. The whore, and the whoremonger, shall ye scourge...

3 Genes. xv. 7. 4 Vide Targ. Jonath. et Hierosol. in Genes. c. II et 15; et Hyde, de Rel. vet. Pers. p. 74, &c. 5 Vide Hyde, ibid., p. 73. 6 R. Eliez. Pirke, c. 26, &c. Vide Mai...

H. M.i This is a revelation from the most Merciful; a book, the verses whereof are distinctly explained,k an Arabic Koran, for the instruction of people who understand; bearing...

H. M. A. S. K.i THUS doth the mighty, the wise GOD reveal his will unto thee; and in like manner did he reveal it unto the prophets who were before thee. Unto him belongeth what...

A. L. M.n THESE are the signs of the wise book, a direction, and a mercy unto the righteous; who observe the appointed times of prayer, and give alms, and have firm assurance in...

f Which ought at least to be sufficient to maintain and clothe them during the time of suckling. See chapter 2, p. 25. g Penetrating and pervading them all with absolute efficacy.

This let them do. And whoever shall regard the sacred ordinances of GOD;n this will be better for him in the sight of his LORD. All sorts of cattle are allowed you to eat, excep...

O MEN of Mecca, fear your LORD. Verily the shock of the last houru will be a terrible thing. On the day whereon ye shall see it, every woman who giveth suck shall forget the inf...

H. M.b THE revelation of this book is from the mighty, the wise GOD. We have not created the heavens, and the earth, and whatever is between them, otherwise than in truth,c and...

WHEN the inevitables day of judgment shall suddenly come, no soul shall charge the prediction of its coming with falsehood: it will abase some, and exalt others. When the earth...

q i.e., The Jews. r Being hypocrites, and wavering between the two parties. s i.e., They have solemnly professed Islâm, which they believe not in their hearts. t The original wo...

WHATEVER is in heaven and earth singeth praise unto GOD; and he is mighty and wise. His is the kingdom of heaven and earth; he giveth life, and he putteth to death; and he is al...

GOD will render of none effect the works of those who believe not, and who turn away men from the way of GOD: but as to those who believe, and work righteousness, and believe th...

z This passage, it is said, was revealed on account of al Walid Ebn al Mogheira, who, following the prophet one day, was reviled by an idolater for leaving the religion of the K...

H. M.z BY the perspicuous book of the Koran; verily we have sent down the same on a blessed nighta (for we had engaged so to do), on the night wherein is distinctly sent down th...

NOW hath GOD heard the speech of her who disputed with thee concerning her husband, and made her complaint unto GOD;h and GOD hath heard your mutual discourse: for GOD both hear...

A. L. M.e THE revelation of this book, there is no doubt thereof, is from the LORD of all creatures. Will they say, Mohammed hath forged it? Nay it is the truth from thy LORD, t...

N.a BY the pen, and what they write,b thou, O Mohammed, through the grace of thy LORD, art not distracted. Verily there is prepared for thee an everlasting reward: for thou art...

K.q BY the glorious Koran: verily they wonder that a preacher from among themselves is come unto them; and the unbelievers say, This is a wonderful thing: after we shall be dead...

O TRUE believers, take not my enemy and your enemy for your friends,n showing kindness towards them; since they believe not in the truth which hath come unto you, having expelle...

THE Merciful hath taught his servant the Koran. He created man: he hath taught him distinct speech. The sun and the moon run their courses according to a certain rule: and the v...

BY the daybreak, and ten nights;y by that which is double, and that which is single;z and by the night when it cometh on: is there not in this an oath formed with understanding?...

c See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 78. d This was revealed in answer to the Jews, who said that GOD rested from his work of creation on the seventh day, and reposed himself on...

BY the star,k when it setteth;l your companion Mohammed erreth not; nor is he led astray: neither doth he speak of his own will. It is no other than a revelation, which hath bee...

O THOU covered,q arise and preach,r and magnify thy LORD. And cleanse thy garments: and fly every abomination:s and be not liberal in hopes to receive more in return: and patien...

H. M.t THE revelation of this book is from the mighty, the wise GOD. Verily both in heaven and earth are signs of the divine power unto the true believers: and in the creation o...

O TRUE believers, anticipate not any matter in the sight of GOD and his apostle:f and fear GOD; for GOD both heareth and knoweth. O true believers, raise not your voices above t...

O THOU wrapped up,g arise to prayer, and continue therein during the night, except a small part;h that is to say, during one half thereof: or do thou lessen the same a little or...

m Is one of the names of hell, or the name of one of its apartments;2 which is so called because it will break in pieces whatever shall be thrown into it. n And therefore shall...

DID there not pass over man a long space of time; during which he was a thing not worthy of remembrance?s Verily we have created man of the mingled seed of both sexes, that we m...

20 The blind and the seeing shall not be held equal; neither darkness and light; nor the cool shade and the scorching wind: neither shall the living and the dead be held equal.l...

o Or, as some interpret the word, idols; which can make their condition, in the next life, equal to that of the Moslems? p This expression is used to signify a grievous and terr...

PRAISE be unto GOD the Creator of heaven and earth; who maketh the angels his messengers, furnished with two, and three, and four pair of wings:d GOD maketh what addition he ple...

u See chapter 7, p. 111, &c. x i.e., For three days. See chapter 11, p. 165. y For this calamity happened in the daytime. z As for example: male and female; the heaven and the e...

ONE demanded and called for vengeance to fall on the unbelievers:e there shall be none to avert the same from being inflicted by GOD, the possessor of the steps:f by which the a...

VERILY we sent Noah unto his people, saying, Warn thy people, before a grievous punishment overtake them. Noah said, O my people, verily I am a public warner unto you; wherefore...

i For Mohammed also bore the name of Ahmed; both names being derived from the same root, and nearly of the same signification. The Persian paraphrast, to support what is here al...

SAY, It hath been revealed unto me that a company of genii attentively heard me reading the Koran,u and said, Verily we have heard an admirable discourse; which directeth unto t...

WHATEVER is in heaven and in earth celebrateth the praise of GOD; for he is mighty and wise. O true believers, why do ye say that which ye do not?f It is most odious in the sigh...

WOE be unto those who give short measure or weight: who, when they receive by measure from other men, take the full; but when they measure unto them, or weigh unto them, defraud...

O PROPHET, when ye divorce women, put them away at their appointed term;d and compute the term exactly: and fear GOD, your LORD. Oblige them not to go out of their apartments, n...

BLESSED be he in whose hand is the kingdom, for he is almighty! Who hath created death and life, that he might prove you, which of you is most righteous in his actions: and he i...

BY the angels which are sent by God, following one another in a continual series; and those which move swiftly, with a rapid motion; and by those which disperse his commands, by...

This, because GOD is truth, and because what they invoke besides him is vanity; and for that GOD is the high, the mighty. Dost thou not see that GOD sendeth down water from heav...

VERILY I sweark by the day of resurrection; and I swear by the soul which accuseth itself:l doth man think that we will not gather his bones together? Yea: we are able to put to...

BY the angels who tear forth the souls of some with violence; and by those who draw forth the souls of others with gentleness;g by those who glide swimmingly through the air wit...

WHATEVER is in heaven and earth celebrateth the praises of GOD: his is the kingdom, and unto him is the praise due; for he is almighty. It is he who hath created you; and one of...

BY the heaven adorned with signs;y by the promised day of judgment; by the witness, and the witnessed;z cursed were the contrivers of the pit,a of fire supplied with fuel; when...

READ, in the name of thy LORD, who hath created all things; who hath created man of congealed blood.m Read, by thy most beneficent LORD;n who taught the use of the pen; who teac...

WHEN the hypocrites come unto thee, they say, We bear witness that thou art indeed the apostle of GOD. And GOD knoweth that thou art indeed his apostle: but GOD beareth witness...

THE prophet frowned, and turned aside, because the blind man came unto him:n and how dost thou know whether he shall peradventure be cleansed from his sins, or whether he shall...

q See chapter 11, p. 164, note o. r i.e., The council or assembly of the principal Meccans, the far greater part of whom adhered to Abu Jahl. s The word al Kadr signifies power...

WHEN the heaven shall be rent in sunder, and shall obey its LORD, and shall be capable thereof; and when the earth shall be stretched out,o and shall cast forth that which is th...

CONCERNING what do the unbelievers ask questions of one another? Concerning the great news of the resurrection, about which they disagree. Assuredly they shall hereafter know th...

c It is related that no revelation having been vouchsafed to Mohammed for several days, in answer to some questions put to him by the Koreish, because he had confidently promise...

HATH the news of the overwhelming day of judgment reached thee? The countenances of some, on that day, shall be cast down; labouring and toiling:r they shall be cast into scorch...

s By means of the aforesaid caravans of purveyors; or, Who supplied them with food in time of a famine, which those of Mecca had suffered.1 t By delivering them from Abraha and...

PRAISE be to GOD, the LORD of all creatures;b the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right wa...

g Abu Laheb was the surname of Abd'al Uzza, one of the sons of Abd'almotalleb, and uncle to Mohammed. He was a most bitter enemy to his nephew, and opposed the establishment of...

WHEN the sun shall be folded up;p and when the stars shall fall; and when the mountains shall be made to pass away; and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be negle...

BY the Sun, and its rising brightness; by the moon when she followeth him;y by the day, when it showeth its splendor; by the night, when it covereth him with darkness; by the he...

WHEN the heaven shall be cloven in sunder; and when the stars shall be scattered; and when the seas shall be suffered to join their waters; and when the graves shall be turned u...

WHEN the assistance of GOD shall come, and the victory;d and thou shalt see the people enter into the religion of GOD by troops:e celebrate the praise of thy LORD, and ask pardo...

p These stones were of the same kind with those by which the Sodomites were destroyed,5 and were no bigger than vetches, though they fell with such force as to pierce the helmet...

f And preserved from the least change or corruption. See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 50, and Sect. IV. p. 58. g Some take the words to signify any bright star, without restr...

i i.e., Until ye die. According to the exposition of some commentators, the words should be rendered thus: The contending or vieing in numbers wholly employeth you, so that ye v...

WHEN the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake;b and the earth shall cast forth her burdens;c and a man shall say, What aileth her? On that day the earth shall declare her tidi...

z viz., Kedâr Ebn Sâlef. See chapter 7, p. 112, and chapter 54, p. 393. a Jallalo'ddin thinks this whole description belongs peculiarly to Abu Becr: for when he had purchased Be...

BY the night, when it covereth all things with darkness; by the day, when it shineth forth; by his who hath created the male, and the female: verily your endeavor is different....

THE striking!g What is the striking? And what shall make thee to understand how terrible the striking will be? On that day men shall be like moths scattered abroad, and the moun...

I SWEARn by this territory,o (and thou, O prophet, residest in this territory,)p and by the begetter, and that which he hath begotten;q verily we have created man in misery.r Do...

BY the heaven, and that which appeareth by night: but what shall cause thee to understand what that which appeareth by night is? it is the star of piercing brightness:g every so...

BY the war-horses which run swiftly to the battle, with a panting noise; and by those which strike fire, by dashing their hoofs against the stones; and by those which make a sud...

THE emulous desire of multiplying riches and children employeth you, until ye visit the graves.i By no means should ye thus employ your time: hereafter shall ye know your folly....

VERILY we sent down the Koran in the night of al Kadr.s And what shall make thee understand how excellent the night of al Kadr is? The night of al Kadr is better than a thousand...

HAVE we not opened thy breast;d and eased thee of thy burden,e which galled thy back; and raise thy reputation for thee? Verily a difficulty shall be attended with ease. Verily...

SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of the daybreak,o that he may deliver me from the mischief of those things which he hath created;p and from the mischief of the night, when i...

THE hands of Abu Laheb shall perish,g and he shall perish.h His riches shall not profit him, neither that which he hath gained.i He shall go down to be burned into flaming fire;...

WHAT thinkest thou of him who denieth the future judgment as a falsehood? It is he who pusheth away the orphan;u and stirreth not up others to feed the poor. Woe be unto those w...

SAY: O unbelievers,c I will not worship that which ye worship; nor will ye worship that which I worship. Neither do I worship that which ye worship; neither do ye worship that w...

BY the afternoon;k verily man employeth himself in that which will prove of loss: except those who believe, and do that which is right; and who mutually recommend the truth, and...