Quran 3-C
This is Quran chapter 3, verses 137 to 200 (End)
Indeed incidents have passed before you so travel in the earth and see how was the end of those who denied.
This is an explanation for mankind, and a guidance and a warning for those who fear.
And do not faint nor grieve, for you shall have the upperhand if you are believers.
If a wound touches you, a wound like it has touched the people: these are the days which We make to alternate amongst mankind that God may know those who believe, and may take from you witnesses, and God does not love the wrongdoers; and that God may assay those who believe, and blot out the disbelievers.
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise and God not know those of you who have struggled, or know the patient?
And certainly, you longed for death before you met it. So indeed you have seen it and you look.
Mohammed is but a messenger; certainly messengers have passed away before him; what if he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels? And whoever turns back on his heels does no harm to God at all; and God will reward the thankful.
And it is not for a soul to die, except by God's permission written down for an appointed time; and whoever wishes for the reward of the world - We will give him of it, and whoever wishes for the reward of the hereafter - We will give him of it, and We will reward the grateful.
And how many a prophet with him fought many devoted men. They did not faint at what befell them in God's way! Nor were they weak, nor did they demean themselves. And God loves the patient.
And their word was only to say, 'Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our extravagance in our affairs; and make firm our footing, and help us against the disbelieving people.'
So God gave them the reward of the world, and the good reward of the hereafter; and God loves the good-doers.
O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will turn back losers.
Nay, God is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.
We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they associate with God that which He has sent down no power for. And their abode is the fire, and wretched is the abode of the wrongdoers.
God has truly kept His promise to you, when you routed them by His permission, until when you showed cowardice, and quarrelled about the matter, and rebelled, after He had shown you what you love. Among you are those who love the world, and among you are those who love the hereafter.
Then He turned you away from them to try you; and surely He has pardoned you, and God is Lord of grace unto the believers, - when you went up and looked not round upon anyone, and the messenger was calling you from your rear.
So He rewarded you with distress upon distress that you should not grieve for what you missed nor for what befell you. And God is aware of what you do.
Then He sent down upon you after distress safety, - drowsiness creeping over one party of you, and one party getting anxious about themselves, suspecting about God other than the truth, with the suspicion of the ignorant. They said, ' Have we any part in the affair?' Say, 'Indeed, the affair belongs wholly to God.'
They hide in themselves what they will not show to you. They say, 'Had we had any part in the affair we should not have been killed here.' Say, 'If you were in your houses, surely those against whom slaughter was written down would have gone forth to their places of death;' that God may try what is in your breasts and assay what is in your hearts. And God knows the thoughts in the breasts.
Indeed, those of you who turned back on the day when the two armies met, it was Satan who made them slip for some of that which they had earned. And surely God has pardoned them; indeed, God is forgiving, clement.
O you who believe! Do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they travelled in the earth or went out to fight, 'If they had been with us, they would not have died or been killed,' so God makes that anguish in their hearts. And God gives life and death; and God sees what you do.
And if you are killed in God's way or die, surely forgiveness from God and mercy are better than what they amass; and if you die or are killed, surely to God you shall be assembled.
So by the mercy of God, you were gentle with them. And if you had been harsh and hard of heart, surely they would have dispersed from around you. But pardon them, and ask forgiveness for them, and take counsel with them in the affair. And when you have decided, then rely upon God. Indeed, God loves those who rely.
If God helps you, none can overcome you; but if He forsakes you, who then can help you after Him? And upon God let the believers rely.
And it is not for a prophet to cheat; and whoever cheats shall bring what he has cheated on the resurrection day. Then shall each soul be paid in full what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged.
Is he who follows the pleasure of God, like him who has drawn on himself anger from God, whose abode is Hell? And wretched is the destination.
They are in ranks with God; and God sees what they do.
God was surely gracious to the believers, when He sent amongst them a messenger from themselves, to recite to them His signs, and purify them, and teach them the Book and wisdom, although they were before in clear error.
Or when an accident befalls you, surely you have fallen on twice as much, you say, 'How ìs this?' Say, 'It is from yourselves. Indeed, God is powerful over everything.'
And what befell you the day the two armies met, was by God's permission; that He might know the believers, and that He might know those who behaved hypocritically; for it was said to them, 'Come, fight in God's way, or repel;' they said, 'If we knew how to fight we would surely follow you.' - They were that day nearer to disbelief than to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, and God knows best what they hide.
Those who, while they sat, said of their brothers, 'If they had obeyed us they would not have been killed.' Say, 'Then avert death from yourselves, if you are truthful.'
And do not count those who are killed in the way of God as dead, Nay! They are living with their Lord; - provided for, rejoicing in what God has given them of His grace, and being glad for those who have not joined them yet, - those left behind them; that there is no fear on them, and they shall not be grieved; glad at favour from God and grace, and that God does not waste the reward of the believers.
Those who responded to the call of God and of the messenger after the wound had befallen them. For those who do good among them and fear God, is a great reward.
Those to whom the people said, 'Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.' But it increased them in faith, and they said, 'God is enough for us; an excellent guardian is He!
So they returned with favour from God and grace; no evil touched them; and they followed the pleasure of God, and God is Lord of mighty grace.
It is only that Satan who frightens his friends. So do not fear them, but fear Me, if you are believers.
And do not be grieved, by those who run easily to disbelief. Indeed, they cannot hurt God at all. God wills not to make for them a portion in the hereafter, and for them is a great punishment.
Indeed, those who purchase disbelief for faith, they do not hurt God at all, and for them is grievous punishment.
And let not those who disbelieve think that the indulgence We grant them is better for them; We grant them indulgence only that they may increase in sin. And for them is shameful punishment.
God would not leave the believers in the state which you are in, until He discerns the evil from the good. And God would not inform you of the unseen, but God chooses of His messengers whom He pleases. So believe in God and His messengers. And if you believe and fear, then for you is a great reward.
And let not those who are niggard of what God has given them of His grace, count that it is best for them; - nay, it is worse for them. What they have been niggard of shall be a collar round their necks on the resurrection day. And God's is the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and God is aware of what you do.
Certainly, God heard the speech of those who said, 'Indeed, God is poor and we are rich.' We will write down what they said, and their killing the prophets without right, and We shall say, 'Taste the punishment of burning;' That is for what your hands have sent forth; - and God is not unjust to servants, - Those who say, 'Indeed, God has covenanted with us that we should not believe in a messenger until he gives us a sacrifice which fire devours.' Say, 'Messengers have come to you before me with clear signs, and with that of which you speak; why then did you kill them, if you are truthful?'
And if they reject you - so were messengers rejected before you, who came with manifest signs, and with scriptures, and with the illuminating Book.
Every soul shall taste of death; and you shall only be paid in full your hire on the resurrection day. Then whoever is forced away from the Fire and brought into Paradise is indeed successful; the life of the world is but a possession of deceit.
You shall surely be tried in your wealth, and in yourselves, and you shall surely hear from those who were given the Book before you, and from those who associate others with God, much harm. But if you are patient and fear, then indeed, that is one of the determined affairs.
And when God took a covenant from those who had been given the Book: 'You shall certainly make it clear to the people, and not conceal it.' But they threw it behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price - and evil is what they buy.
Do not think that those who rejoice in what they have produced, and love to be praised for what they have not done, - so do not think that they are in safety from the punishment, - and for them is grievous punishment!
God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and God is powerful over everything.
Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, are signs to those possessed of minds; who remember God standing and sitting and on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth.
'Our Lord! You have not created this in vain. Glory be to You; So keep us from the torment of the fire!
Our Lord! Indeed, whomsoever You have made to enter the fire, then surely You have disgraced him; and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers.
Our Lord! Indeed, we heard a crier calling to the faith, 'Believe in your Lord,' and we believe. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and cover our offences and let us die with the righteous.
Our Lord! And give us what You have promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the resurrection day; indeed, You do not break the promise!'
And their Lord answers them: 'Indeed, I waste not the works of a worker amongst you, male or female, - one of you is from the other. So those who fled, and were driven out of their homes, and were harmed in My way, and fought and were killed, surely I will cover their offences, and surely I will make them enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow.' A reward from God; and God, with Him is the best reward.
Let it not deceive you that those who disbelieve go to and fro in the land. A little enjoyment, then their abode is Hell; an evil couch.
But those who fear their Lord, for them are gardens beneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling, - an entertainment from God; and that which is with God is best for the righteous.
And indeed, of the people of the Book are some who believe in God, and in what has been revealed to you, and what has been revealed to them, humble to God, they do not exchange the signs of God for a little price. These shall have their reward with their Lord; indeed, God is swift in account.
O you who believe! Be patient and vie in being patient, and be on the alert, and fear God, perhaps you may prosper.
