But Allah was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for pardon.

But Allah was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast amongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for pardon.

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."

Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if ye had made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in the appointment: But (thus ye met), that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign (had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had been given). And verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).

And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted. For to Allah do all questions go back (for decision).

It is not fitting for a prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he hath thoroughly subdued the land. Ye look for the temporal goods of this world; but Allah looketh to the Hereafter: And Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.

It is not for such as join gods with Allah, to visit or maintain the mosques of Allah while they witness against their own souls to infidelity. The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.

Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight - are dearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious.

If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, "If we only could, we should certainly have come out with you": They would destroy their own souls; for Allah doth know that they are certainly lying.

Hath not the story reached them of those before them?- the People of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud; the People of Abraham, the men of Midian, and the cities overthrown. To them came their messengers with clear signs. It is not Allah Who wrongs them, but they wrong their own souls.

It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe, that they should pray for forgiveness for Pagans, even though they be of kin, after it is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire.

And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most tender-hearted, forbearing.

And Allah will not mislead a people after He hath guided them, in order that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)- for Allah hath knowledge of all things.

It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah's Messenger, nor to prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-

Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to studies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,- that thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil).

Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.

This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah; on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds.

Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong!

Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his people: "O my people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with you) and commemorate the signs of Allah,- yet I put my trust in Allah. Get ye then an agreement about your plan and among your partners, so your plan be on to you dark and dubious. Then pass your sentence on me, and give me no respite.

They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of those who were warned (but heeded not)!

No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah, and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.

Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter,- to them we shall pay (the price of) their deeds therein,- without diminution.

Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their Lord, and whom a witness from Himself doth teach, as did the Book of Moses before it,- a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; but those of the Sects that reject it,- the Fire will be their promised meeting-place. Be not then in doubt thereon: for it is the truth from thy Lord: yet many among men do not believe!

They will in no wise frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have they protectors besides Allah! Their penalty will be doubled! They lost the power to hear, and they did not see!

"Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you (good) counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray: He is your Lord! and to Him will ye return!"

Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.

Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a single wrong-doing, if its members were likely to mend.

Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for seekers (after Truth).

He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a liar!

"But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the liar, and he is telling the truth!"

你在他们中间的时候，真主是不会惩治他们的，他们正在求饶的时候，真主也不致于惩治他们。

你在他们中间的时候，真主是不会惩治他们的，他们正在求饶的时候，真主也不致于惩治他们。

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。

当时，你们在山谷的近岸，敌军在远岸，而商队在你们的下面。假若你们约定相会，必定爽约，但（真主集合你们），以便他判决一件必行的事，以便灭亡者见明证而后灭亡，生存者见明证而后生存。真主确是全聪的，确是全知的。

当你们相遇的时候，他使你们眼见敌军是少数的，又使你们在他们的眼里变成少数的；以便真主判决一件必行的事。万事只归真主裁决。

先知在大地上重惩敌人之前，不该有俘虏。你们欲得尘世的浮利，而真主愿你们得享后世的报酬。真主是万能的，是至睿的。

以物配主者，在供认迷信情况下，不宜管理真主的清真寺，这等人的善功已无效果，他们将来要永居火狱之中。

你说：“如果你们以为自己的父亲、儿子、兄弟、妻子、亲戚，以及你们得来的财产，生怕滞销的生意，和心爱的住宅，比真主及其使者和为真主而奋斗更为可爱，那你们就等待著，直到真主执行他的命令吧。真主是不引导放肆的民众的。”

假若那是临近的浮利和中程的旅行，他们必定追随你，但那距离对他们太遥远了。他们将以真主发誓说：“假若我们能出征，我们必定与你们一道出征。”他们自陷于灭亡。真主知道，他们确是说谎的。

在他们以前逝去的民族，有努哈的宗族，阿德人和赛莫德人，易卜拉欣的宗族，麦德彦的居民和被倾覆的城市的居民，难道那些人的消息没有来临他们吗？那些人的使者们昭示他们许多明证，故真主不致于亏枉他们，但他们自欺了。

先知和信士们，既知道多神教徒是火狱的居民，就不该为他们求饶，即使他们是自己的亲戚。

易卜拉欣曾为他父亲求饶，只为有约在先；他既知道他的父亲是真主的仇敌，就与他脱离了关系。易卜拉欣确是慈悲的，确是容忍的。

真主既引导了一些民众，就不至于使他们迷误，直到为他们说明他们所应当戒备的行为。真主确是全知万物的。

麦地那人和他们四周的游牧的阿拉伯人，不该逗留在后方，而不随使者出征；不该只顾自己的安逸，而不与使者共患难。因为凡他们为真主而遭遇的饥渴和劳顿，他们触怒不信道者的每一步伐，或每次对敌人有所获，每有一件就必为他们记一功，真主一定不使行善者徒劳无酬。

信士们不宜全体出征，他们为何不这样做呢？每族中有一部分人出征，以便留守者专攻教义，而在同族者还乡的时候，加以警告，以便他们警惕。

人们原来是一个民族，嗣后，他们信仰分歧，假若没有一句话，从你主预先发出，那末他们所争论的是非，必定获得判决了。

这部《古兰经》不是可以舍真主而伪造的，却是真主降示来证实以前的天经，并详述真主所制定的律例的。其中毫无疑义，乃是从全世界的主所降示的。

不！他们否认他们所未通晓，而其解释尚未降临的经典。在他们之前的人，曾这样把他们族中的使者称为说谎者。你看看！不义者的结局，是怎样的！

你当对他们宣读努哈的故事，当时他对他的宗族说：“我的宗族啊！如果我居住在你们中间，以真主的迹象教训你们，这使你们感到难堪，那末，我只信托真主，你们应当和你们的配主在一起决定你们的事情，不要让你们的事情成为暖昧的。你们对我做出判决吧，不要宽限我。

但他们称他为说谎者，故我拯救了他和与他同船的人，并使他们为代治者，而淹死了否认我的迹象的人。你看看曾被警告者的结局是怎样的！

任何人都不会信道，除非奉真主的命令。他以刑罚加于不明理的人们。

凡欲享受今世生活及其装饰的人，在今世我要使他们享受自己行为的完全的报酬；在今世，他们不受亏待。

难道这等人还不如别的人吗？他们依据从他们的主降示的明证，而且他们的主所派遣的见证已继那明证而来临，在那明证之前还有穆萨的经典，那是真主所降赐的指南和慈恩。这等人是坚信那明证的。各党派中谁不信那明证，火狱将是谁的约定的地方。所以你们不要怀疑它，它确是你的主所降示的真理，但人们大半不信。

这等人在大地上绝不能逃避天谴。除真主外，他们绝无保护者。他们将受到加倍的惩罚。他们未能听从，也未观察。

如果我欲忠告你们，而真主欲使你们迷误，那我的忠告是无济于你们的。他是你们的主，你们只被召归于他。”

在你们之前逝去的各世代中，有德者为何不禁止众人在地方上作恶？但他们中我所拯救的少数人除外。不义的人们追随他们所享受的豪华生活。他们是犯罪的人。

你的主不致为部分人迷信而毁灭那些市镇，而多数居民是善良的。

在优素福和他哥哥们（的故事）里，对于询问者确有许多迹象。

他说：“是她勾引我。”她家里的一个人作证说：“如果他的衬衣是从前面撕破的，那她说的是实话，而他是说谎的；

如果他的衬衣是从后面撕破的，那末她已说了谎话，而他说的是实话。”