In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ alif lām mīm¹

² God, there is no god save He,¹ the Living, the Eternal.

³ He sent down upon thee the Writ¹ with the truth,² confirming what was before it;³ and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel⁴

⁴ Before as guidance for mankind; and He sent down the Division.¹ Those who deny the proofs² of God, they have a severe punishment; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

⁵ From God hides not anything in the earth or in the heaven.

⁶ He it is who forms you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god save He,¹ the Exalted in Might, the Wise.²

⁷ He it is that sent down upon thee the Writ;¹ among it² are explicit³ proofs:⁴ they⁵ are the foundation⁶ of the Writ;⁷ and others are ambiguous.⁸ Then as for those in whose hearts is deviation: they follow what is ambiguous thereof, seeking the means of denial,⁹ and seeking its interpretation. And no one knows its interpretation save God, and those firm in knowledge;¹⁰ they say: “We believe in¹¹ it; all¹² is from our Lord.” But only those of insight take heed.

⁸ “Our Lord: make Thou not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us; and bestow Thou upon us mercy from Thyself; Thou art the Bestower.

⁹ “Our Lord: Thou art gathering mankind to a day about which there is no doubt”; God will not break the appointment.

¹⁰ Those who ignore warning:¹ their wealth and their children² will avail them nothing against God; and it is they who are the fuel of the Fire,³

¹¹ Like the case¹ of the house of Pharaoh² and those before them: they denied Our proofs,³ so God seized them for their transgressions;⁴ and God is severe in retribution.

¹² Say thou to those who ignore warning:¹ “You will be defeated, and gathered into Gehenna; and evil is the resting-place.”

¹³ There had been a proof¹ for you in the two hosts which met: one host fighting in the cause of God, and another denying; they saw them as twice their like by the sight of the eye. But God strengthens with His help whom He wills; in that is a lesson for those of vision.

¹⁴ Made fair for men is the love of lusts — for women, and sons, and amassed fortunes¹ of gold and silver, and branded horses, and cattle, and tilth: that is the provision of the life of this world — but God, with Him is the best journey’s end.²

¹⁵ Say thou: “Shall I inform you of better than that? For those who are in prudent fear,¹ with their Lord are gardens beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein, and purified spouses, and approval from God”; and God sees the servants,²

¹⁶ Those who say: “Our Lord: we believe, so forgive Thou us our transgressions,¹ and protect Thou us from the punishment of the Fire,”

¹⁷ The patient,¹ the truthful, the humbly obedient, those who spend, and the seekers of forgiveness at dawn.

¹⁸ God bears witness that there is no god save He,¹ as do² the angels and those of knowledge upholding equity:³ “There is no god save He,⁴ the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”⁵

¹⁹ The doctrine¹ with God is submission.² And those given³ the Writ⁴ differed only after knowledge had come to them, through sectarian zealotry⁵ between them; and whoso denies the proofs⁶ of God — then is God swift in reckoning.

²⁰ And if they argue with thee, then say thou: “I have submitted my face¹ to God, as have² those who follow me.” And say thou to those given³ the Writ⁴ and to the unschooled:⁵ “Have you submitted?”⁶ And if they have submitted, then are they guided; but if they turn away, then upon thee is only the notification; and God sees the servants.⁷

²¹ Those who deny the proofs¹ of God, and kill the prophets without cause,² and kill those who enjoin equity³ among men: give thou them tidings of a painful punishment.

²² Those are they whose works are vain in the World and the Hereafter; and they have no helpers.

²³ Hast thou not considered¹ those given a portion of the Writ?² They are invited to the Writ³ of God,⁴ that it might judge between them, then a faction of them turns away; and they are averse,

²⁴ For it is that¹ they say: “The Fire will not touch us save days numbered,” and what they invented² has deluded them in their doctrine!³

²⁵ Then how will it be¹ when We gather them to a day about which there is no doubt and every soul is paid in full what it earned? And they will not be wronged.

²⁶ Say thou: “O God, Master of Dominion: Thou givest dominion to whom Thou wilt, and Thou removest dominion from whom Thou wilt; Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt, and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is good; Thou art over all things powerful.

²⁷ “Thou makest the night enter into the day, and Thou makest the day enter into the night; and Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest provision to whom Thou wilt without reckoning.”¹

²⁸ Let not the believers¹ take as allies the false claimers of guidance² rather than³ believers;⁴ and whoso does that is not of God in anything — save that you be in prudent fear⁵ of them, as a precaution.⁶ And God warns you of Himself; and to God is the journey’s end.

²⁹ Say thou: “Whether you hide what is in your breasts or reveal it, God knows it. And He knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; and God is over all things powerful.

³⁰ “The day every soul will find what it did of good summoned, and what it did of evil,¹ it will wish there were between it and that² a great distance.” And God warns you of Himself; and God is kind to the servants.³

³¹ Say thou: “If you love God, follow me;¹ God will love you, and forgive you your transgressions”;² and God is forgiving and merciful.

³² Say thou: “Obey God and the Messenger.”¹ Then if they turn away: God loves not the false claimers of guidance.²

³³ God chose Adam and Noah¹ and the house of Abraham and the house of ʿImrān² above all mankind:

³⁴ Descendants one of another;¹ and God was hearing and knowing²

³⁵ When¹ the wife of ʿImrān said: “My Lord: I have vowed to Thee what is in my womb in consecration, so accept Thou from me; Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing.”

³⁶ Then when she had given birth to her, she said: “My Lord: I have given birth to a female,” — and God knew best to what she was to give birth; and the male is not like the female — “And I have named her Mary;¹ and I seek refuge in Thee for her and her descendants from the accursed satan.”²

³⁷ So her Lord accepted her with a comely acceptance, and caused her to grow with a comely growth, and placed her in the charge of Zachariah.¹ Whenever Zachariah entered upon her in the chamber, he found with her provision. He said: “O Mary:² whence comes this to thee?” She said: “It is from God; God gives provision to whom He wills without reckoning.”³

³⁸ Thereupon Zachariah called to his Lord, saying: “My Lord: give Thou me from Thyself goodly progeny; Thou art the hearer of supplication.”

³⁹ And the angels called to him as he stood performing the duty¹ in the chamber: “God gives thee glad tidings of John,² confirming a word³ from God, both⁴ honourable and chaste, and a prophet among the righteous.”

⁴⁰ Said he: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when old age has reached me and my wife is barren?” He said: “Thus is God; He does what He wills.”

⁴¹ Said he: “My Lord: make Thou for me a proof.”¹ He said: “Thy proof² is that thou shalt not speak to men three days save by gestures. And remember thou thy Lord much, and give thou glory³ in the evening and the morning.”

⁴² And when¹ the angels said: “O Mary:² God has chosen thee and purified thee, and chosen thee above the women of all mankind.

⁴³ “O Mary:¹ be thou humbly obedient to thy Lord, and submit thou,² and be thou lowly³ with the lowly.”³

⁴⁴ That is from the reports of the Unseen which We reveal¹ to thee. And thou wast not with them when they cast their lots² for who should have charge of Mary.³ And thou wast not with them when they disputed.

⁴⁵ When¹ the angels said: “O Mary:² God gives thee glad tidings of a word from Him. His name is the Messiah,³ Jesus,⁴ son of Mary;⁵ esteemed in the World and the Hereafter, and among those brought near.⁶

⁴⁶ “He will speak to men in the cradle, and in maturity, and is among the righteous.”

⁴⁷ She said: “My Lord: how will I have a son when no mortal has touched me?” He said: “Thus is God; He creates what He wills; when He decrees a matter, He but says to it: ‘Be thou,’ and it is.

⁴⁸ “And He will teach him the Writ¹ and wisdom,² and the Torah, and the Gospel.”³

⁴⁹ And as a messenger to the children of Israel: “I have come to you with a proof¹ from your Lord, that I create for you from clay the likeness of a bird; then I blow into it and it becomes a bird by the leave of God. And I heal the blind, and the leper, and give life to the dead by the leave of God. And I inform you of what you eat, and what you store in your houses — in that is a proof² for you if you be believers³ —