After this it is ye, the same people, who slay among yourselves, and banish a party of you from their homes; assist (Their enemies) against them, in guilt and rancour; and if they come to you as captives, ye ransom them, though it was not lawful for you to banish them. Then is it only a part of the Book that ye believe in, and do ye reject the rest? but what is the reward for those among you who behave like this but disgrace in this life?- and on the Day of Judgment they shall be consigned to the most grievous penalty. For Allah is not unmindful of what ye do.

There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May dazzle thee, and he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart; yet is he the most contentious of enemies.

Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons; Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Allah is the best of the goals (To return to).

What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened to a wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the harvest of men who have wronged their own souls: it is not Allah that hath wronged them, but they wrong themselves.

O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.

Ah! These are the sort of men on whose behalf ye may contend in this world; but who will contend with Allah on their behalf on the Day of Judgment, or who will carry their affairs through?

Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand.

Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life: thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).

O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter.

Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in reality Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.

But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is against your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in the end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all that ye did.

The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.

For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter; no change can there be in the words of Allah. This is indeed the supreme felicity.

Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the grievous penalty."

Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.

For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, is the penalty of the Hereafter: and defender have they none against Allah.

Allah will establish in strength those who believe, with the word that stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter; but Allah will leave, to stray, those who do wrong: Allah doeth what He willeth.

In that case We should have made thee taste an equal portion (of punishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and moreover thou wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!

And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His Face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; no obey any whose heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds.

Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things.

Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.

"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"

(Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy god, of whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"

Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.

And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved and denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the good things of this life, said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: he eats of that of which ye eat, and drinks of what ye drink.

Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means out of His grace. And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which Allah has given to you. But force not your maids to prostitution when they desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to them),

The (material) things which ye are given are but the conveniences of this life and the glitter thereof; but that which is with Allah is better and more enduring: will ye not then be wise?

Are (these two) alike?- one to whom We have made a goodly promise, and who is going to reach its (fulfilment), and one to whom We have given the good things of this life, but who, on the Day of Judgment, is to be among those brought up (for punishment)?

And he said: "For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols besides Allah, out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this life; but on the Day of Judgment ye shall disown each other and curse each other: and your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have none to help."

They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of the End of things they are heedless.

然後，你们自相残杀，而且把一部分同族的人逐出境外，你们同恶相济，狼狈为奸地对付他们──如果他们被俘来归，你们却替他们赎身──驱逐他们，在你们是犯法的行为。你们确信经典里的一部分律例，而不信别一部分吗？你们中作此事者，其报酬不外在今世生活中受辱，在复活日，被判受最严厉的刑罚。真主绝不忽视你们的行为。

有人谈论今世的生活，他的言论，使你赞叹，他还求真主作证他的存心。其实，他是最强悍的仇敌。

迷惑世人的，是令人爱好的事物，如妻子，儿女，金银，宝藏，骏马，牲畜，禾稼等。这些是今世生活的享受；而真主那里，却有优美的归宿。

他们在今世生活中所施舍的，譬如寒风吹向自欺的民众的禾稼上，就把它毁灭了。真主没有亏枉他们，但他们自欺。

信道的人们啊！当你们为主道而出征的时候，你们当事事审慎，你们不要对向你们表示和平的人说：“你不是信士。”你们欲图今世生活的浮利，但在真主那里有丰富的福利。以前，你们是象那样的。但真主施恩于你们， 故你们应当事事审慎。真主确是彻知你们的行为的。

你们这些人啊！在今世生活中，你们替他们辩护，复活日，谁替他们辩护呢？谁做他们的监护者呢？

你说：“真主为他的臣民而创造的服饰和佳美的食物，谁能禁止他们去享受呢？”你说：“那些物品为信道者在今世所共有，在复活日所独享的。”我为有知识的民众这样解释一切迹象。

奉牛犊为神灵的人们，将受他们主的谴怒，在今世必受凌辱。我这样报酬诬蔑真主的人。

信道的人们啊！教你们为真主而出征的时候，你们怎么依恋故乡，懒得出发呢？难道你们愿以后世的幸福换取今世的生活吗？今世的享受比起后世的幸福来是微不足道的。

他们的财产和子嗣，不要使你赞叹，真主只要在今世生活中借此惩治他们，而他们的灵魂将在不信道的情况下离去。

当他拯救了他们的时候，他们忽然在地方上无理地侵害（他人）。人们啊！你们的侵害只有害于自身，那是今世生活的享受，然后，你们只归于我，我要把你们的行为告诉你们。

今世的生活，就像是从云中降下雨水，地里的禾苗，即人和牲畜所吃的东西--就因之而繁茂起来。直到田地穿上盛装，打扮得很美丽，而农夫猜想自己可以获得丰收的时候，我的命令在黑夜或白昼降临那些田地，我使五谷只留下茬儿，彷佛新近没有种过庄稼一样。我为能思维的民众这样解释许多迹象。

在今世和后世，他们都将得到佳音。真主的诺言是毫厘不爽的。那确是伟大的成功。

穆萨说：“我们的主啊！你把各种装饰品和今世生活的各种财产给予法老和他的贵族们--我们的主啊！--以致他们使民众背离你的大道。我们的主啊！求你毁掉他们的财产，求你封闭他们的心。但愿他们不信道，直到看见痛苦的刑罚。”

为何没有一个城市的居民信仰正道，因而获得信道的裨益呢？但优努斯的宗族，当他们信道的时候，我曾为他们解除了今世生活中凌辱的刑罚，并使他们暂时享受。

他们在今世将受惩罚，后世的惩罚确是更严厉的。他们绝无任何保卫者以抗拒真主。

在今世和后世，真主以坚固的言辞使信道者坚信，真主使不义者误入迷途，真主是为所欲为的。

如果那样，我必使你在生前尝试加倍的刑罚，在死后尝试加倍的刑罚，使你不能找到任何人帮助你来对抗我。

在早晨和晚夕祈祷自己的主而求其喜悦者，你应当耐心地和他们在一起，不要藐视他们，而求今世生活的浮华。我使某些人的心忽视我的教训，而顺从自己的欲望。他们的行为是过分的，这种人你们不要顺从他们。

你为他们打一个比方：今世的生活，犹如我从云中降下雨水，植物得雨，就蓬勃生长，既而零落，随风飘散。真主对于万事是全能的。

财产和后嗣是今世生活的装饰；常存的善功，在你的主看来，是报酬更好的，是希望更大的。

他们就是在今世生活中徒劳无功，而认为自己是手法巧妙的人。”

他说：“你去吧！你这辈子必定常说：不要接触我。你确有一个（受刑的）约期，你绝不能避免它，你看你虔诚住守的神灵吧！我们必定要焚化它，然后必把它撒在海里。

你不要觊觎我所用以供给他们中各等人享受的，那是今世生活的浮华， 我用来考验他们；你的主的给养，是更好的，是更久的。

他的宗族中的头目，不信道而且否认后世的相会者，我使他们在今世得过豪华的生活。他们说：“这个只是象你们样的凡人：他吃你们所吃的， 他饮你们所饮的。

不能娶妻者，叫他们极力保持贞操，直到真主以他的恩惠而使他们富足。你们的奴婢中要求订约赎身者，如果你们知道他们是忠实的，你们就应当与他们订约，并且把真主赐予你们的财产的一部分给他们。如果你们的婢女，要保守贞操，你们就不要为了今世生活的浮利而强迫她们卖淫。如果有人强迫她们，那末，在被迫之后，真主确是至赦的，确是至慈的。

你们所受赐的，无论什么，都是今世生活的给养和装饰，在真主那里的（报酬）是更优良的，是更长久的。难道你们不理解吗？

得到我的美好的应许，而将获得实惠的人，与在今世生活中获得我的给养而在复活日被传唤者，彼此相似吗？

他说：“你们舍真主而以偶像为神灵，只为今世生活中互相亲爱罢了。但在复活日，你们将互相抵赖，互相诅咒，你们的归宿是火狱，你们绝没有援助者。”

他们只知道今世生活的表面，他们对于后世，是疏忽的。