Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now then hath come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then who could do more wrong than one who rejecteth Allah's signs, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn away from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away.

As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did.

Say: "Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher other than Allah, when He is the Cherisher of all things (that exist)? Every soul draws the meed of its acts on none but itself: no bearer of burdens can bear of burdens can bear the burden of another. Your goal in the end is towards Allah: He will tell you the truth of the things wherein ye disputed."

Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs.

Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !"

And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah: indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."

They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"

The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: "know ye indeed that Salih is a messenger from his Lord?" They said: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent through him."

Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art a messenger (of Allah)!"

If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds.

Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto thee: There came indeed to them their messengers with clear (signs): But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Allah seal up the hearts of those who reject faith.

Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the Children of Israel with thee."

And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).

And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.

But the transgressors among them changed the word from that which had been given them so we sent on them a plague from heaven. For that they repeatedly transgressed.

Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.

When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to transgression.

Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"

Their prayer at the House (of Allah) is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be), "Taste ye the penalty because ye blasphemed."

And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do.

And be not like those who started from their homes insolently and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah: For Allah compasseth round about all that they do.

"Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth; for Allah is never unjust to His servants:

Those who believed, and adopted exile, and fought for the Faith, with their property and their persons, in the cause of Allah, as well as those who gave (them) asylum and aid,- these are (all) friends and protectors, one of another. As to those who believed but came not into exile, ye owe no duty of protection to them until they come into exile; but if they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them, except against a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual alliance. And (remember) Allah seeth all that ye do.

Or think ye that ye shall be abandoned, as though Allah did not know those among you who strive with might and main, and take none for friends and protectors except Allah, His Messenger, and the (community of) Believers? But Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.

Assuredly Allah did help you in many battle-fields and on the day of Hunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you naught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and ye turned back in retreat.

The Hypocrites are afraid lest a Sura should be sent down about them, showing them what is (really passing) in their hearts. Say: "Mock ye! But verily Allah will bring to light all that ye fear (should be revealed).

They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out: this revenge of theirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which Allah and His Messenger had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them; but if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah will punish them with a grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on earth to protect or help them.

So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again).

Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that they do.

They will present their excuses to you when ye return to them. Say thou: "Present no excuses: we shall not believe you: Allah hath already informed us of the true state of matters concerning you: It is your actions that Allah and His Messenger will observe: in the end will ye be brought back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you the truth of all that ye did."

或者说：“假若天经被降示于我们，那末，我们必定比他们更能遵循正道。”从你们的主发出的明证.正道和慈恩，确已降临你们了。否认真主的迹象，而加以背弃的人，有谁比他还不义呢？背弃我的迹象的人，我耐因他们的背弃而以最严厉的刑罚报酬他们。

分离自己的宗教而各成宗派的人，你与他们毫无关系；他们的事，只归真主。然后，他将把他们的行为告诉他们。

你说：“真主是万物的主，我能舍他而另求一个主吗？”各人犯罪，自己负责。一个负罪的人，不负别人的罪。然后，你们将来要归于你们的主，而他将把你们所争论的是非告诉你们。

善功的分量较轻的人，将因生前不信我的迹象而亏折自身。

他们中最先的对最后的说：“那末，你们对我们并无任何优越，故你们当因自己的行为而尝试刑罚！”

我将拔除他们心中的怨恨，他们将住在下临诸河的乐园，他们将说：“一切赞颂，全归真主！他引导我们获此善报，假如真主没有引导我们，我们不致于遵循正道。我们的主的众使者，确已昭示了真理。”或者将大声地对他们说：“这就是你们因自己的行为而得继承的乐园。”

他们说：“你来教我们只崇拜真主，而抛弃我们祖先所崇拜的（偶像）吗？你把你所用来警告我们的（刑罚）拿来给我们看看吧，如果你是说实话的！”

他的宗族中骄做的贵族们对本族中被欺压的人们，即信道的人们说：“你们知道撒立哈是他的主派来的使者吗？”他们说：“我们是确信他的使命的。”

他们宰了那只母驼，违抗他们主的命令，他们并说：“撒立哈啊！你把你用来警告我们的刑罚拿来给我们看看吧，如果你是使者的话！”

假若各城市的居民，信道而且敬畏，我必为他们而开辟天地的福利，但他们否认先知，故我因他们所作的罪恶而惩治他们了。

这些城市，我已把它们的部分故事告诉了你。各民族的使者，确已用许多明证昭示本族的人；但他们不会相信自己以前所否认的。真主就这样封闭不信道者的心。

当他们遭遇天灾的时候，他们说：“穆萨啊！你的主与你有约在先，请你祈祷他，如果你能替我们消除天灾，那末，我们就一定信仰你，一定释放以色列的后裔，让他们同你去。”

我使被欺负的民众，继承了我曾降福其中的土地的四境。以色列的后裔，能忍受虐待，故你的主对他们的最佳诺言已完全实现了；我毁灭了法老和他的百姓所构造的，和他们所建筑的。

穆萨从他的宗族中拣选了七十个人来赴我的约会；当他们为地震所袭击的时候，他说：“我的主啊！假若你意欲，那末，以前你早已毁灭他们和我。难道你要为我们中的愚人的行为而毁灭我们吗？这只是你的考验，你借此使你意欲者误入歧途，使你意欲者走上正道。你是我们的保护者，故求你饶恕我们，慈悯我们。你是最善的饶恕者。

但他们中不义者改变了他们所奉的嘱言，故我因他们的不义而降天灾于他们。

你向他们询问那个滨海城市的情况吧。当时他们在安息日违法乱纪。当时，每逢他们守安息日的时候，鱼儿就浮游到他们面前来；每逢他们不守安息日的时候，鱼儿就不到他们的面前来。由于他们不义的行为，我才这样考验他们。

当他们不采纳忠告的时候，我拯救了戒人作恶者，而以严刑惩罚不义者，因为他们犯了罪。

或者说：“只有我们的祖先从前曾以物配主，我们不过是他们的后裔；难道你要因荒诞者的行为而毁灭我们吗？”

他们在禁寺附近的礼拜，只是打呼哨和拍掌。（不信道的人啊！）你们为不信道而尝试刑罚吧。

你们要与他们战斗，直到迫害消除，一切宗教全为真主；如果他们停战，那末，真主确是明察他们的行为的。

你们不要仿效那等人，他们骄傲自满地、沽名钓誉地从家乡出去，并阻止别人遵循真主的大道。真主是洞察他们的行为的。

这是因为你们所犯的罪恶，又因为真主绝不是亏枉众仆的。

信道而且迁居，并以自己的财产和生命为真主而奋斗的人和款留（使者），赞助（正道）的人，这等人互为监护者。信道而未迁居的人，绝不得与你们互为监护人，直到他们迁居；如果他们为宗教事而向你们求援，那末，你们应当援助他们，除非他们的敌人与你们有盟约关系。真主是明察你们的行为的。

真主还没有认识你们中那些人是为主道而奋斗，并且未舍真主及其使者和信士们而以他人为心腹的人，难道你们就以为自己得自由自在的（不受考验了）吗？真主是熟悉你们的行为的。

许多战场上和侯奈因之役，真主确已援助你们。当时，你们自夸人众，但人数虽众，对你们却无裨益；地面虽广，但你们觉得无地自容，终于败北。

伪信的人们恐怕为他们而降示一章经，把他们的心事告诉信士们。你说：“你们嘲笑吧！真主必定要揭露你们所畏惧的事情。”

他们以真主盟誓，说他们没说什么，其实，他们确已说过不信道的话，而且他们在表示信奉伊斯兰教之后，又不信了，他们确已图谋不轨，但未得逞。他们非难，只因真主及其使者以其恩惠使他们富足。如果他们悔过，那对他们是更有益的；如果他们背弃，真主就要在今世和后世使他们遭受痛苦的刑罚，他们在大地上没有任何保护者，也没有任何援助者。

故真主使他们心中常怀伪信，直到见主之日，因为他们对真主爽约，而且常撒谎。

让他们少笑些，多哭些，以报酬他们的营谋。

当你们转回去见到他们的时候，他们要向你们托故。你说：“你们不要托故。我们绝不相信你们；真主确已把你们的情况告诉了我们。真主及其使者将要看你们的行为，然后，你们将被送到全知幽明者那里去，他将把你们的行为告诉你们。”