1The revelation of the Book [i.e., the Qur'ān] is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

2Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], in truth. So worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

3Unquestionably, for Allāh is the pure religion.¹²⁵¹ And those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allāh in position." Indeed, Allāh will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allāh does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.

4If Allāh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.

5He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

6He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates.¹²⁵² He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses.¹²⁵³ That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?

7If you disbelieve – indeed, Allāh is Free from need of you. And

He does not approve for His servants disbelief. And if you are grateful, He approves [i.e., likes] it for you; and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you about what you used to do. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

8And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before,¹²⁵⁴ and he attributes to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."

9Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]? Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.

10Say,¹²⁵⁵ "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allāh is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account [i.e., limit]."

11Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

12And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of the Muslims."

13Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."

14Say, "Allāh [alone] do I worship, sincere to Him in my religion,

15So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."

16They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

17But those who have avoided ṭāghūt,¹²⁵⁶ lest they worship it, and turned back to Allāh – for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants

18Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.

19Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?

20But those who have feared their Lord – for them are chambers,¹²⁵⁷ above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.

21Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.

22So is one whose breast Allāh has expanded to [accept] Islām and he is upon [i.e., guided by] a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allāh. Those are in manifest error.

23Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh leaves astray – for him there is no guide.

24Then is he who will shield with his face¹²⁵⁸ the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you used to earn."

25Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.

26So Allāh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

27And We have certainly presented for the people in this Qur'ān from every [kind of] example – that they might remember.

28[It is] an Arabic Qur'ān, without any deviance¹²⁵⁹ that they might become righteous.¹²⁶⁰

29Allāh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one