1Exalted⁶⁶⁸ is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā,⁶⁶⁹ whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

2And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,⁶⁷⁰

3O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.

4And We conveyed⁶⁷¹ to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."

5So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them,⁶⁷² We sent against you servants of Ours – those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes,⁶⁷³ and it was a promise fulfilled.

6Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower

7[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.

8[Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."

9Indeed, this Qur'ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward

10And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter – We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

11And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.⁶⁷⁴

12And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible⁶⁷⁵ that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

13And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck,⁶⁷⁶ and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.

14[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."

15Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.

16And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent⁶⁷⁷ but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

17And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing.

18Whoever should desire the immediate⁶⁷⁸ – We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.

19But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer – it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].

20To each [category] We extend – to these and to those – from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.

21Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.

22Do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.

23And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff,"⁶⁷⁹ and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.

24And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

25Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] – then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving.⁶⁸⁰

26And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.⁶⁸¹

27Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful.

28And if you [must] turn away from them [i.e., the needy] awaiting mercy from your Lord which you expect,⁶⁸² then speak to them a gentle word.

29And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck⁶⁸³ or extend it completely⁶⁸⁴ and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

30Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.

31And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

32And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse.⁶⁸⁵ Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.

33And do not kill the soul [i.e., person] which Allāh has forbidden, except by right.⁶⁸⁶ And whoever is killed unjustly – We have given his heir authority,⁶⁸⁷ but let him not exceed limits in [the