Chapter Three: Ali' Imran - Verses 101 - 150

"And how would you be faithless while the signs of Allah are recited to you and His Apostle is in your midst? And whoever takes recourse in Allah is certainly guided to a straight path.( 101 )

O you who have faith! Be wary of Allah with the wariness due to Him and do not die except as Muslims.( 102 )

Hold fast, all together, to Allah's cord, and do not be divided[ into sects ]. And remember Allah's blessing upon you when you were enemies, then He brought your hearts together, so you became brothers with His blessing. And you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, whereat He saved you from it. Thus does Allah clarify His signs for you so that you may be guided.( 103 )

There has to be a nation among you summoning to the good, bidding what is right, and forbidding what is wrong. It is they who are the felicitous.( 104 )

Do not be like those who became divided[ into sects ]and differed after manifest signs had come to them. For such there will be a great punishment,( 105 )

on the day when[ some ]faces will turn white and[ some ]faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black[ it will be said to them ]," Did you disbelieve after your faith? So taste the punishment because of what you used to disbelieve."( 106 )

But as for those whose faces become white, they shall dwell in Allah's mercy, and they will remain in it[ forever ].( 107 )

These are the signs of Allah which We recite to you in truth, and Allah does not desire any wrong for the creatures.( 108 )

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and to Allah all matters are returned.( 109 )

You are the best nation[ ever ]brought forth for mankind: you bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and have faith in Allah. And if the People of the Book had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them[ some ]are faithful, but most of them are transgressors.( 110 )

They will never do you any harm, except for some hurt; and if they fight you, they will turn their backs[ to flee ], then they will not be helped.( 111 )

Abasement has been stamped upon them wherever they are confronted, except for an asylum from Allah and an asylum from the people; and they earned the wrath of Allah, and poverty was stamped upon them. That, because they would defy the signs of Allah and kill the prophets unjustly. That, because they would disobey and used to commit transgression.( 112 )

Yet they are not all alike. Among the People of the Book is an upright nation; they recite Allah's signs in the watches of the night and prostrate.( 113 )

They have faith in Allah and the Last Day, and bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and are active in[ performing ]good deeds. They are among the righteous.( 114 )

And whatever good they do, they will not go unappreciated for it, and Allah knows best the God wary.( 115 )

As for the faithless, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them anything against Allah. They shall be the inmates of the Fire, and they shall remain in it[ forever ].( 116 )

The parable of what they spend in the life of this world is that of a cold wind that strikes the tillage of a people who wronged themselves, destroying it. Allah does not wrong them, but they wrong themselves.( 117 )

O you who have faith! Do not take your confidants from others than yourselves; they will spare nothing to ruin you. They are eager to see you in distress. Hatred has already shown itself from their mouths, and what their breasts hide[ within ]is yet worse. We have certainly made the signs clear for you, should you apply reason.( 118 )

Ah! You are the ones who bear love towards them, while they do not love you, though you believe in all the Books; and when they meet you, they say," We believe," but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips out of rage at you. Say," Die of your rage!" Indeed Allah knows best what is in the breasts.( 119 )

If some good should befall you, it upsets them, but if some ill should befall you, they rejoice at it. Yet if you are patient and God wary, their guile will not harm you in any way. Indeed Allah comprehends what they do.( 120 )

When you left your family at dawn to settle the faithful in their positions for battle and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.( 121 )

When two groups among you were about to lose courage, though Allah is their guardian, and in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.( 122 )

Certainly Allah helped you at Badr, when you were abased[ in the enemy's eyes ]. So be wary of Allah so that you may give thanks.( 123 )

When you were saying to the faithful," Is it not enough for you that your Lord should aid you with three thousand angels sent down?"( 124 )

Yes, if you are steadfast and God wary, and should they come at you suddenly, your Lord will aid you with five thousand marked angels.( 125 )

Allah did not appoint it but as a good news for you, and to reassure with it your hearts, and victory comes only from Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise,( 126 )

that He may cut down a section of the faithless, or subdue them, so that they retreat disappointed.( 127 )

You have no hand in the matter, whether He accepts their repentance or punishes them, for they are indeed wrongdoers.( 128 )

To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth: He forgives whomever He wishes and punishes whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.( 129 )

O you who have faith! Do not exact usury, twofold and several fold, and be wary of Allah so that you may be felicitous.( 130 )

And beware of the Fire which has been prepared for the faithless,( 131 )

and obey Allah and the Apostle so that you may be granted[ His ]mercy.( 132 )

And hasten towards your Lord's forgiveness and a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the God wary( 133 )

those who spend in ease and adversity, and suppress their anger, and excuse[ the faults of ]the people, and Allah loves the virtuous;( 134 )

and those who, when they commit an indecent act or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and plead[ Allah's ]forgiveness for their sins and who forgives sins except Allah? and who do not persist in what they have committed while they know.( 135 )

Their reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them[ forever ]. How excellent is the reward of the workers!( 136 )

Certain[ Divine ]precedents have passed before you. So travel over the land and then observe how was the fate of the deniers.( 137 )

This is an explanation for mankind, and a guidance and advice for the God wary.( 138 )

Do not weaken or grieve: you shall have the upper hand, should you be faithful.( 139 )

If a wound afflicts you, a like wound has already afflicted those people; and We make such vicissitudes rotate among mankind, so that Allah may ascertain those who have faith, and that He may take martyrs from among you, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.( 140 )

And so that Allah may purge those who have faith and that He may wipe out the faithless.( 141 )

Do you suppose that you would enter paradise, while Allah has not yet ascertained those of you who have waged jihad and not ascertained the steadfast?( 142 )

Certainly you were longing for death before you had encountered it. Then certainly you saw it, as you looked on.( 143 )

Muhammad is but an apostle;[ other ]apostles have passed before him. If he dies or is slain, will you turn back on your heels? Anyone who turns back on his heels will not harm Allah in the least, and soon Allah will reward the grateful.( 144 )

No soul may die except by Allah's leave, at an appointed time. Whoever desires the reward of this world, We will give him of it; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We will give him of it; and soon We will reward the grateful.( 145 )

How many a prophet there has been with whom a multitude of godly men fought. They did not falter for what befell them in the way of Allah, neither did they weaken, nor did they abase themselves; and Allah loves the steadfast.( 146 )

All that they said was," Our Lord, forgive us our sins, and our excesses in our affairs, and make our feet steady, and help us against the faithless lot."( 147 )

So Allah gave them the reward of this world and the fair reward of the Hereafter; and Allah loves the virtuous.( 148 )

O you who have faith! If you obey the faithless, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will become losers.( 149 )

Rather Allah is your Master, and He is the best of helpers.( 150 )"