Chapter Three: Ali' Imran - Verses 1 - 50

"Alif, Lam, Mim.( 1 )

Allah there is no god except Him is the Living One, the All-sustainer.( 2 )

He has sent down to you the Book with the truth confirming what was[ revealed ]before it, and He had sent down the Torah and the Evangel( 3 )

before as guidance for mankind, and He has sent down the Criterion. Indeed those who defy the signs of Allah, there is a severe punishment for them; and Allah is all-mighty, avenger.( 4 )

Nothing is indeed hidden from Allah in the earth or in the sky.( 5 )

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wishes. There is no god except Him, the All-mighty, the All-wise.( 6 )

It is He who has sent down to you the Book. Parts of it are definitive verses, which are the mother of the Book, while others are metaphorical. As for those in whose hearts is deviance, they pursue what is metaphorical in it, courting temptation and courting its interpretation. But no one knows its interpretation except Allah and those firmly grounded in knowledge; they say," We believe in it; all of it is from our Lord." And none takes admonition except those who possess intellect.( 7 )

[ They say, ]" Our Lord! Do not make our hearts swerve after You have guided us, and bestow Your mercy on us. Indeed You are the All-munificent.( 8 )

Our Lord! You will indeed gather mankind on a day in which there is no doubt. Indeed Allah does not break His promise."( 9 )

As for the faithless, neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them anything against Allah; it is they who will be fuel for the Fire;( 10 )

as in the case of Pharaoh's clan and those who were before them, who denied Our signs. So Allah seized them for their sins, and Allah is severe in retribution.( 11 )

Say to the faithless," You shall be overcome and mustered toward hell, and it is an evil resting place."( 12 )

There was certainly a sign for you in the two hosts that met: one host fighting in the way of Allah and the other faithless, who saw them visibly twice as many. Allah strengthens with His help whomever He wishes. There is indeed a moral in that for those who have insight.( 13 )

To mankind has been made to seem decorous the love of[ worldly ]desires, including women and children, accumulated piles of gold and silver, horses of mark, livestock, and farms. Those are the wares of the life of this world; but Allah with Him is a good destination.( 14 )

Say," Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who are God wary there will be gardens near their Lord, with streams running in them, to remain in them[ forever ], and chaste mates, and Allah's pleasure." And Allah sees best the servants.( 15 )

Those who say," Our Lord! Indeed we have faith. So forgive us our sins, and save us from the punishment of the Fire."( 16 )

Patient and truthful, obedient and charitable, and pleading[ Allah's ]forgiveness at dawns.( 17 )

Allah bears witness that there is no god except Him and[ so do ]the angels and those who possess knowledge maintainer of justice, there is no god but Him, the Almighty, the All-wise.( 18 )

Indeed, with Allah religion is Islam, and those who were given the Book did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves. And whoever defies Allah's signs[ should know that ]Allah is swift at reckoning.( 19 )

So if they argue with you, say," I have submitted my will to Allah, and[ so has ]he who follows me." And say to those who were given the Book and the uninstructed ones," Do you submit?" If they submit, they will certainly be guided; but if they turn away, then your duty is only to communicate; and Allah sees best the servants.( 20 )

Those who defy Allah's signs and kill the prophets unjustly, and kill those who call for justice from among the people, inform them of a painful punishment.( 21 )

They are the ones whose works have failed in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers.( 22 )

Have you not regarded those who were given a share of the Book, who are summoned to the Book of Allah in order that it may judge between them, whereat a part of them refuse to comply and they are disregardful?( 23 )

That is because they say," The Fire shall not touch us except for a number of days," and they have been misled in their religion by what they used to fabricate.( 24 )

But how will it be[ with them ]when We gather them on a day in which there is no doubt, and every soul shall be recompensed fully for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged?( 25 )

Say," O Allah, Master of all sovereignty! You give sovereignty to whomever You wish, and strip of sovereignty whomever You wish; You make mighty whomever You wish, and You abase whomever You wish; all good is in Your hand. Indeed You have power over all things.( 26 )

You make the night pass into the day and You make the day pass into the night. You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living, and You provide for whomever You wish without any reckoning."( 27 )

The faithful should not take the faithless for allies instead of the faithful, and whoever does that Allah will have nothing to do with him, except when you are wary of them out of caution. Allah warns you to beware of[ disobeying ]Him, and toward Allah is the return.( 28 )

Say," Whether you hide what is in your hearts, or disclose it, Allah knows it, and He knows whatever there is in the heavens and whatever there is in the earth; and Allah has power over all things."( 29 )

The day when every soul will find present whatever good it has done; and as to whatever evil it has done it will wish there were a far distance between it and itself. Allah warns you to beware of[ disobeying ]Him, and Allah is most kind to[ His ]servants.( 30 )

Say," If you love Allah, then follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful."( 31 )

Say," Obey Allah and the Apostle." But if they turn away, indeed Allah does not like the faithless.( 32 )

Indeed Allah chose Adam and Noah, and the progeny of Abraham and the progeny of Imran above all the nations;( 33 )

some of them are descendants of the others, and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.( 34 )

When the wife of Imran said," My Lord, I dedicate to You what is in my belly, in consecration. Accept it from me; indeed You are the All-hearing, the All-knowing."( 35 )

And when she bore her, she said," My Lord, I have borne a female[ child ]" and Allah knew better what she had borne" and the female is not like the male. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Your care against[ the evil of ]the outcast Satan."( 36 )

Thereupon her Lord accepted her with a gracious acceptance, and made her grow up in a worthy fashion, and He charged Zechariah with her care. Whenever Zechariah visited her in the sanctuary, he would find provisions with her. He said," O Mary, from where does this come for you?" She said," It comes from Allah. Allah provides whomever He wishes without any reckoning."( 37 )

Thereat Zechariah supplicated his Lord. He said," My Lord! Grant me a good offspring from You! Indeed You hear all supplications."( 38 )

Then the angels called out to him, as he stood praying in the sanctuary:" Allah gives you the good news of John, as a confirmer of a Word of Allah, eminent and chaste, a prophet, among the righteous."( 39 )

He said," My Lord, how shall I have a son while old age has overtaken me and my wife is barren?" He said," So it is that Allah does whatever He wishes."( 40 )

He said," My Lord, grant me a sign." He said," Your sign is that you will not speak to people for three days except in gestures. And remember Your Lord greatly, and glorify Him morning and evening."( 41 )

And when the angels said," O Mary, Allah has chosen you and purified you, and He has chosen you above the world's women.( 42 )

O Mary, be obedient to your Lord, and prostrate and bow down with those who bow[ in worship ]."( 43 )

These accounts are from the Unseen, which We reveal to you, and you were not with them when they were casting lots[ to see ]which of them would take charge of Mary's care, nor were you with them when they were contending.( 44 )

When the angels said," O Mary, Allah gives you the good news of a Word from Him whose name is Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, distinguished in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near[ to Allah ].( 45 )

He will speak to people in the cradle and in adulthood, and will be one of the righteous."( 46 )

She said," My Lord, how shall I have a child seeing that no human has ever touched me?" He said," So it is that Allah creates whatever He wishes. When He decides on a matter He just says to it" Be!" and it is.( 47 )

And He will teach him the Book and wisdom, the Torah and the Evangel,( 48 )

and[ he will be ]an apostle to the Children of Israel,[ and he will declare, ]" I have certainly brought you a sign from your Lord: I will create for you out of clay the form of a bird, then I will breathe into it, and it will become a bird by Allah's leave. And I heal the blind and the leper and I revive the dead by Allah's leave. And I will tell you what you have eaten and what you have stored in your houses. There is indeed a sign in that for you, should you be faithful.( 49 )

And[ I come ]to confirm[ the truth of ]that which is before me of the Torah, and to make lawful for you some of the things that were forbidden you. I have brought you a sign from your Lord; so be wary of Allah and obey me.( 50 )"