²⁵⁰ And when they emerged against Goliath and his forces, they said: “Our Lord: pour Thou out patience upon us, and make Thou firm our feet; and help Thou us¹ against the people of the false claimers of guidance.”²

²⁵¹ And they defeated them by the leave of God. And David¹ killed Goliath, and God gave him dominion and wisdom,² and taught him of what He willed. And were God not to repel some people by means of others, the earth should have become corrupt; but God is bountiful to all mankind.

²⁵² Those are the proofs¹ of God; We recite them to thee in truth;² and thou art among the emissaries.

²⁵³ Those messengers:¹ We gave preference to some of them over others; among them were those to whom God spoke, and He raised some of them in degree.² And We gave Jesus,³ son of Mary⁴ the clear signs, and We strengthened him with the Spirit of Holiness. And had God willed, there would not have fought one another those after them after the clear signs had come to them; but they differed, and some of them believed, and some of them denied; and had God willed, they would not have fought one another; but God does what He wills.

²⁵⁴ O you who heed warning:¹ spend of what We have provided you before there comes a day wherein is neither commerce, nor friendship, nor intercession; and the false claimers of guidance:² they are the wrongdoers.³

²⁵⁵ God, there is no god save He,¹ the Living, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him; to Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth — who will intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what is before them² and what is after them, and they encompass not anything of His knowledge save what He wills. His Throne overspreads the heavens and the earth, and the preservation thereof³ wearies Him not; and He is the Exalted, the Great.

²⁵⁶ There is no compulsion in doctrine;¹ sound judgment has become clear from error. So whoso denies idols² and believes in³ God, he has grasped the most firm handhold which has no break; and God is hearing and knowing.

²⁵⁷ God is the ally of those who heed warning;¹ He brings them out of darkness² into the light. And those who ignore warning:³ their allies are idols;⁴ they bring them out of the light into darkness.⁵ Those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

²⁵⁸ Hast thou not considered¹ the one who disputed with Abraham concerning his Lord because God had given him dominion? When Abraham said: “My Lord is He who gives life, and gives death,” he said: “I give life, and I give death.” Abraham said: “God brings the sun from the East; so bring thou it from the West.” Then was the one who ignored warning² lost for words; and God guides not the wrongdoing³ people.

²⁵⁹ Or¹ like one passing by a town when it was desolate:² he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay,³ thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof⁴ for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

²⁶⁰ And when Abraham said: “My Lord, show Thou me how Thou wilt give life to the dead,” He said: “Dost thou not believe?” Said he: “Verily,¹ but that my heart should be at rest.” He said: “Take thou four birds, and cause thou them to incline to thee; then place thou a part of them² upon each hill; then call thou to them — they will come to thee in haste. And know thou that God is exalted in might and wise.”

²⁶¹ The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the cause of God is as the likeness of a grain which grows seven ears, in each ear a hundred grains. And God increases manifold to whom He wills; and God is encompassing and knowing.

²⁶² Those who spend their wealth in the cause of God, then follow¹ not what they have spent with condescension² or hindrance,³ they have their reward with their Lord; and no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

²⁶³ Fitting¹ speech and blindness to deficiency² are better than charity followed by hindrance;³ and God is free from need and clement.

²⁶⁴ O you who heed warning:¹ make not your charity vain through condescension and hindrance,² like one who spends his wealth to be seen of men and believes not in³ God and the Last Day. And his likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust: a downpour fell upon it leaving it bare; they possess nothing from what they have earned; and God guides not the people of the false claimers of guidance.⁴

²⁶⁵ And the likeness of those who spend their wealth seeking the pleasure of God and as a confirmation¹ of their souls,² is as the likeness of a garden on high ground: a downpour fell upon it, and it yielded double fruit; and if a downpour falls not upon it, then fine rain;³ and God sees what you do.

²⁶⁶ Would one of you wish to have a garden of date-palms and grapevines, beneath which rivers flow, he having every¹ fruit therein?[...].² And old age befell him, and he had weak progeny, and a cyclone wherein was fire befell it, and it was burned up.³ Thus does God make plain⁴ to you the proofs,⁵ that you might give thought.

²⁶⁷ O you who heed warning:¹ spend of the good things you have earned, and of what We have brought forth for you from the earth. And resort not to the bad thereof, to spend thereof, when you would not take it save you closed an eye to it; and know that God is free from need and praiseworthy.

²⁶⁸ The satan¹ promises you poverty, and enjoins upon you sexual immorality,² but God promises you forgiveness and bounty from Him; and God is encompassing and knowing.

²⁶⁹ He gives wisdom¹ to whom He wills; and to whom wisdom² is given, he has been given much good; but only those of insight take heed.

²⁷⁰ And what you spend of an expenditure or make of a pledge,¹ God knows it. And there are for the wrongdoers² no helpers.

²⁷¹ If you reveal charity, excellent is it; but if you hide it, and give it to the poor, it is better for you, and He will remove from you some of your evil deeds;¹ and God is aware of what you do.

²⁷² (Not upon thee is their guidance; but God guides whom He wills.¹) And what you spend of good, it is for yourselves. And spend not save seeking the face of God² (and what you spend of good will be paid in full to you; and you will not be wronged)

²⁷³ On the poor¹ who are straitened in the cause of God, unable to make a way in the earth:² the ignorant considers them free from need due to their reticence.³ Thou wilt know them by their mark:⁴ they do not ask of men importunately. And what you spend of good, God knows it.

²⁷⁴ Those who spend their wealth by night and by day, secretly and openly: they have their reward with their Lord; and no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

²⁷⁵ Those who consume usury will not stand save as stands he whom the satan¹ buffets with his touch;² for it is that³ they say: “Commerce is but the same as usury,” when God has made commerce lawful and forbidden usury! And he to whom came the admonition from his Lord, and desisted: he has what is past, and his case is with God. But whoso returns: those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

²⁷⁶ God eliminates usury, and increases charity; and God loves not every ingrate and sinner.

²⁷⁷ Those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, and uphold the duty,² and render the purity:³ they have their reward with their Lord; and no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

²⁷⁸ O you who heed warning:¹ be in prudent fear² of God; and give up what remains of usury, if you be believers.²

²⁷⁹ And if you do not, then be informed of war from God and His messenger. But if you repent, then to you are your principal sums;¹ doing no wrong, you will not be wronged.

²⁸⁰ And if he¹ be one in hardship, then deferment until ease; but that you forgive by way of charity is better for you, if you would know.

²⁸¹ And be in prudent fear¹ of a day wherein you will be returned to God; then every soul will be paid in full what it earned; and they will not be wronged.

²⁸² O you who heed warning:¹ when you contract a debt together to a stated term: write it down, and let a writer write it down between you justly; and let not a writer refuse to write it down as God has taught him; so let him write, and let the debtor² dictate, and let him be in prudent fear³ of God, his Lord, and diminish⁴ nothing thereof. But if the debtor⁵ be incompetent, or weak, or unable to dictate himself,⁶ then his ally shall dictate justly. And call to witness two witnesses from among your men; but if there be not two men, then a man and two women among those you approve as witnesses, that should one of them⁷ err, one of them⁸ might remind the other;⁹ and let not the witnesses refuse when they are called. And be not weary of writing it, small or great, with its term (that is more just in the sight of God, and more upright for witness, and likelier¹⁰ that there will be no doubt between you) save if it be present trade that you transact among you; then you do no wrong¹¹ that you write it not down. And take witnesses when you enter into contract. And let not a writer or witness be harmed. And if you do, then is it perfidy¹² among you. And be in prudent fear¹³ of God. And God is teaching you; and God knows all things.

²⁸³ And if you are on a journey, and find not a writer, then: a pledge in hand. But if one of you trusts another, then let him who is trusted discharge his trust, and let him be in prudent fear¹ of God, his Lord. And conceal not the witness; and he who conceals it, his heart is sinful; and God knows what you do.

²⁸⁴ To God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; whether you reveal what is within yourselves or hide it, God will call you to account for it. And He forgives whom He wills, and punishes whom He wills;¹ and God is over all things powerful.

²⁸⁵ The Messenger believes in¹ what is sent down to him from his Lord, as do² the believers;³ each believes in⁴ God and His angels, and His Writs⁵ and His messengers: “We make no distinction between any of His messengers.” And they say: “We hear and we obey; Thy forgiveness our Lord[...].⁶ And to Thee is the journey’s end.”

²⁸⁶ God burdens not a soul save to its capacity; it has what it earned, and it answers for¹ what it acquired. “Our Lord: take Thou us not to task if we forget or commit offence.² Our Lord: lay Thou not upon us a burden³ as Thou didst lay upon those before us. Our Lord: give Thou us not to bear what we have not strength for. And excuse Thou us, and forgive Thou us, and have Thou mercy upon us; Thou art our protector. And help Thou us against the people of the false claimers of guidance.”⁴