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The Family of Imran3. Āl ʿImrānآل عمران

Āl ʿImrān

Āl ‘Imrān

Family of Imran

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a-l-m (ʾalif lām mīm)

Alif, Lam, Mim.

— Ali Quli Qarai

allāhu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-ḥayyu l-qayyūmu

Allah—there is no god except Him—is the Living One, the All-sustainer.

— Ali Quli Qarai

nazzala ʿalayka l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi muṣaddiqan li-mā bayna yadayhi wa-ʾanzala t-tawrāta wa-l-ʾinjīla

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

min qablu hudan li-n-nāsi wa-ʾanzala l-furqāna ʾinna lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti llāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun wa-llāhu ʿazīzun dhū ntiqāmin

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna llāha lā yakhfā ʿalayhi shayʾun fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā fī s-samāʾi

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

huwa lladhī yuṣawwirukum fī l-ʾarḥāmi kayfa yashāʾu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

It is He who forms you in the wombs [of your mothers] however He wishes. There is no god except Him, the All-mighty, the All-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai

huwa lladhī ʾanzala ʿalayka l-kitāba minhu ʾāyātun muḥkamātun hunna ʾummu l-kitābi wa-ʾukharu mutashābihātun fa-ʾammā lladhīna fī qulūbihim zayghun fa-yattabiʿūna mā tashābaha minhu btighāʾa l-fitnati wa-btighāʾa taʾwīlihī wa-mā yaʿlamu taʾwīlahū ʾillā llāhu wa-r-rāsikhūna fī l-ʿilmi yaqūlūna ʾāmannā bihī kullun min ʿindi rabbinā wa-mā yadhdhakkaru ʾillā ʾulū l-ʾalbābi

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 seeking 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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda ʾidh hadaytanā wa-hab lanā min ladunka raḥmatan ʾinnaka ʾanta l-wahhābu

[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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

rabbanā ʾinnaka jāmiʿu n-nāsi li-yawmin lā rayba fīhi ʾinna llāha lā yukhlifu l-mīʿāda

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾinna lladhīna kafarū lan tughniya ʿanhum ʾamwāluhum wa-lā ʾawlāduhum mina llāhi shayʾan wa-ʾulāʾika hum waqūdu n-nāri

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;

— Ali Quli Qarai

ka-daʾbi ʾāli firʿawna wa-lladhīna min qablihim kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā fa-ʾakhadhahumu llāhu bi-dhunūbihim wa-llāhu shadīdu l-ʿiqābi

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul li-lladhīna kafarū sa-tughlabūna wa-tuḥsharūna ʾilā jahannama wa-biʾsa l-mihādu

Say to the faithless, ‘You shall be overcome and mustered toward hell, and it is an evil resting place.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qad kāna lakum ʾāyatun fī fiʾatayni ltaqatā fiʾatun tuqātilu fī sabīli llāhi wa-ʾukhrā kāfiratun yarawnahum mithlayhim raʾya l-ʿayni wa-llāhu yuʾayyidu bi-naṣrihī man yashāʾu ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʿibratan li-ʾulī l-ʾabṣāri

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 as visibly twice as many. Allah strengthens whomever He wishes with His help. There is indeed a moral in that for those who have insight.

— Ali Quli Qarai

zuyyina li-n-nāsi ḥubbu sh-shahawāti mina n-nisāʾi wa-l-banīna wa-l-qanāṭīri l-muqanṭarati mina dh-dhahabi wa-l-fiḍḍati wa-l-khayli l-musawwamati wa-l-ʾanʿāmi wa-l-ḥarthi dhālika matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-llāhu ʿindahū ḥusnu l-maʾābi

The love of [worldly] allures, including women and children, accumulated piles of gold and silver, horses of mark, livestock, and farms has been made to seem decorous to mankind. Those are the wares of the life of this world, but the goodness of one’s ultimate destination lies near Allah.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul ʾa-ʾunabbiʾukum bi-khayrin min dhālikum li-lladhīna ttaqaw ʿinda rabbihim jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā wa-ʾazwājun muṭahharatun wa-riḍwānun mina llāhi wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-l-ʿibādi

Say, ‘Shall I inform you of something better than that? For those who are Godwary 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 watches His servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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alladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā ʾinnanā ʾāmannā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-qinā ʿadhāba n-nāri

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

aṣ-ṣābirīna wa-ṣ-ṣādiqīna wa-l-qānitīna wa-l-munfiqīna wa-l-mustaghfirīna bi-l-ʾasḥāri

[They are] patient and truthful, obedient and charitable, and they plead for [Allah’s] forgiveness at dawns.

— Ali Quli Qarai

shahida llāhu ʾannahū lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa wa-l-malāʾikatu wa-ʾulū l-ʿilmi qāʾiman bi-l-qisṭi lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna d-dīna ʿinda llāhi l-ʾislāmu wa-mā khtalafa lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum wa-man yakfur bi-ʾāyāti llāhi fa-ʾinna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

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 denies Allah’s signs [should know that] Allah is swift at reckoning.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾin ḥājjūka fa-qul ʾaslamtu wajhiya li-llāhi wa-mani ttabaʿani wa-qul li-lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba wa-l-ʾummiyyīna ʾa-ʾaslamtum fa-ʾin ʾaslamū fa-qadi htadaw wa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinnamā ʿalayka l-balāghu wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-l-ʿibādi

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 watches His servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna yakfurūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-yaqtulūna n-nabiyyīna bi-ghayri ḥaqqin wa-yaqtulūna lladhīna yaʾmurūna bi-l-qisṭi mina n-nāsi fa-bashshirhum bi-ʿadhābin ʾalīmin

Those who deny 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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾulāʾika lladhīna ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-mā lahum min nāṣirīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhīna ʾūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yudʿawna ʾilā kitābi llāhi li-yaḥkuma baynahum thumma yatawallā farīqun minhum wa-hum muʿriḍūna

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?

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhālika bi-ʾannahum qālū lan tamassanā n-nāru ʾillā ʾayyāman maʿdūdātin wa-gharrahum fī dīnihim mā kānū yaftarūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-kayfa ʾidhā jamaʿnāhum li-yawmin lā rayba fīhi wa-wuffiyat kullu nafsin mā kasabat wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

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?

— Ali Quli Qarai

quli llāhumma mālika l-mulki tuʾtī l-mulka man tashāʾu wa-tanziʿu l-mulka mimman tashāʾu wa-tuʿizzu man tashāʾu wa-tudhillu man tashāʾu bi-yadika l-khayru ʾinnaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

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 degrade whomever You wish; all choice is in Your hand. Indeed You have power over all things.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

tūliju l-layla fī n-nahāri wa-tūliju n-nahāra fī l-layli wa-tukhriju l-ḥayya mina l-mayyiti wa-tukhriju l-mayyita mina l-ḥayyi wa-tarzuqu man tashāʾu bi-ghayri ḥisābin

‘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.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

lā yattakhidhi l-muʾminūna l-kāfirīna ʾawliyāʾa min dūni l-muʾminīna wa-man yafʿal dhālika fa-laysa mina llāhi fī shayʾin ʾillā ʾan tattaqū minhum tuqātan wa-yuḥadhdhirukumu llāhu nafsahū wa-ʾilā llāhi l-maṣīru

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul ʾin tukhfū mā fī ṣudūrikum ʾaw tubdūhu yaʿlamhu llāhu wa-yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

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.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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yawma tajidu kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat min khayrin muḥḍaran wa-mā ʿamilat min sūʾin tawaddu law ʾanna baynahā wa-baynahū ʾamadan baʿīdan wa-yuḥadhdhirukumu llāhu nafsahū wa-llāhu raʾūfun bi-l-ʿibādi

The day when every soul will find present whatever good it has done; and as for the 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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul ʾin kuntum tuḥibbūna llāha fa-ttabiʿūnī yuḥbibkumu llāhu wa-yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

Say, ‘If you love Allah, then follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-r-rasūla fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīna

Say, ‘Obey Allah and the Apostle.’ But if they turn away, indeed Allah does not like the faithless.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna llāha ṣṭafā ʾādama wa-nūḥan wa-ʾāla ʾibrāhīma wa-ʾāla ʿimrāna ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhurriyyatan baʿḍuhā min baʿḍin wa-llāhu samīʿun ʿalīmun

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh qālati mraʾatu ʿimrāna rabbi ʾinnī nadhartu laka mā fī baṭnī muḥarraran fa-taqabbal minnī ʾinnaka ʾanta s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-lammā waḍaʿathā qālat rabbi ʾinnī waḍaʿtuhā ʾunthā wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā waḍaʿat wa-laysa dh-dhakaru ka-l-ʾunthā wa-ʾinnī sammaytuhā maryama wa-ʾinnī ʾuʿīdhuhā bika wa-dhurriyyatahā mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīmi

When she bore her, she said, ‘My Lord, I have borne a female [child]’—and Allah knew better what she had borne, and the male [child she expected] was no match for the female [child she had borne] —‘and I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her offspring to Your care against [the evil of] the outcast Satan.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-taqabbalahā rabbuhā bi-qabūlin ḥasanin wa-ʾanbatahā nabātan ḥasanan wa-kaffalahā zakariyyā kullamā dakhala ʿalayhā zakariyyā l-miḥrāba wajada ʿindahā rizqan qāla yā-maryamu ʾannā laki hādhā qālat huwa min ʿindi llāhi ʾinna llāha yarzuqu man yashāʾu bi-ghayri ḥisābin

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.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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hunālika daʿā zakariyyā rabbahū qāla rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibatan ʾinnaka samīʿu d-duʿāʾi

Thereat Zechariah supplicated his Lord. He said, ‘My Lord! Grant me a good offspring from You! Indeed You hear all supplications.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-nādathu l-malāʾikatu wa-huwa qāʾimun yuṣallī fī l-miḥrābi ʾanna llāha yubashshiruka bi-yaḥyā muṣaddiqan bi-kalimatin mina llāhi wa-sayyidan wa-ḥaṣūran wa-nabiyyan mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

Then, as he stood praying in the sanctuary the angels called out to him: ‘Allah gives you the good news of John, as a confirmer of a Word of Allah, eminent and chaste, a prophet, and one of the righteous.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla rabbi ʾannā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wa-qad balaghaniya l-kibaru wa-mraʾatī ʿāqirun qāla ka-dhālika llāhu yafʿalu mā yashāʾu

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

qāla rabbi jʿal lī ʾāyatan qāla ʾāyatuka ʾallā tukallima n-nāsa thalāthata ʾayyāmin ʾillā ramzan wa-dhkur rabbaka kathīran wa-sabbiḥ bi-l-ʿashiyyi wa-l-ʾibkāri

He said, ‘My Lord, grant me a sign.’ Said He, ‘Your sign is that you will not speak to people for three days except in gestures. Remember Your Lord much, and glorify Him morning and evening.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidh qālati l-malāʾikatu yā-maryamu ʾinna llāha ṣṭafāki wa-ṭahharaki wa-ṣṭafāki ʿalā nisāʾi l-ʿālamīna

And when the angels said, ‘O Mary, Allah has chosen you and purified you, and He has chosen you above the world’s women.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-maryamu qnutī li-rabbiki wa-sjudī wa-rkaʿī maʿa r-rākiʿīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhālika min ʾanbāʾi l-ghaybi nūḥīhi ʾilayka wa-mā kunta ladayhim ʾidh yulqūna ʾaqlāmahum ʾayyuhum yakfulu maryama wa-mā kunta ladayhim ʾidh yakhtaṣimūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh qālati l-malāʾikatu yā-maryamu ʾinna llāha yubashshiruki bi-kalimatin minhu smuhu l-masīḥu ʿīsā bnu maryama wajīhan fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-mina l-muqarrabīna

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].

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-yukallimu n-nāsa fī l-mahdi wa-kahlan wa-mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

He will speak to the people in the cradle and in adulthood, and will be one of the righteous.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qālat rabbi ʾannā yakūnu lī waladun wa-lam yamsasnī basharun qāla ka-dhāliki llāhu yakhluqu mā yashāʾu ʾidhā qaḍā ʾamran fa-ʾinnamā yaqūlu lahū kun fa-yakūnu

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yuʿallimuhu l-kitāba wa-l-ḥikmata wa-t-tawrāta wa-l-ʾinjīla

He will teach him the Book and wisdom, the Torah and the Evangel,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-rasūlan ʾilā banī ʾisrāʾīla ʾannī qad jiʾtukum bi-ʾāyatin min rabbikum ʾannī ʾakhluqu lakum mina ṭ-ṭīni ka-hayʾati ṭ-ṭayri fa-ʾanfukhu fīhi fa-yakūnu ṭayran bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-ʾubriʾu l-ʾakmaha wa-l-ʾabraṣa wa-ʾuḥyi l-mawtā bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-ʾunabbiʾukum bi-mā taʾkulūna wa-mā taddakhirūna fī buyūtikum ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyatan lakum ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

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 the form of a bird out of clay, then I will breathe into it, and it will become a bird by Allah’s leave. I heal the blind and the leper and I revive the dead by Allah’s leave. 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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-muṣaddiqan li-mā bayna yadayya mina t-tawrāti wa-li-ʾuḥilla lakum baʿḍa lladhī ḥurrima ʿalaykum wa-jiʾtukum bi-ʾāyatin min rabbikum fa-ttaqū llāha wa-ʾaṭīʿūni

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna llāha rabbī wa-rabbukum fa-ʿbudūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mustaqīmun

Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him. This is a straight path.” ’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-lammā ʾaḥassa ʿīsā minhumu l-kufra qāla man ʾanṣārī ʾilā llāhi qāla l-ḥawāriyyūna naḥnu ʾanṣāru llāhi ʾāmannā bi-llāhi wa-shhad bi-ʾannā muslimūna

When Jesus sensed their faithlessness, he said, ‘Who will be my helpers [on the path] toward Allah?’ The Disciples said, ‘We will be helpers of Allah. We have faith in Allah, and you be witness that we have submitted [to Him].

— Ali Quli Qarai

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rabbanā ʾāmannā bi-mā ʾanzalta wa-ttabaʿnā r-rasūla fa-ktubnā maʿa sh-shāhidīna

Our Lord, we believe in what You have sent down, and we follow the apostle, so write us among the witnesses.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-makarū wa-makara llāhu wa-llāhu khayru l-mākirīna

Then they plotted [against Jesus], and Allah also devised, and Allah is the best of devisers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh qāla llāhu yā-ʿīsā ʾinnī mutawaffīka wa-rāfiʿuka ʾilayya wa-muṭahhiruka mina lladhīna kafarū wa-jāʿilu lladhīna ttabaʿūka fawqa lladhīna kafarū ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati thumma ʾilayya marjiʿukum fa-ʾaḥkumu baynakum fī-mā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūna

When Allah said, ‘O Jesus, I shall take you[r soul], and I shall raise you up toward Myself, and I shall clear you of [the calumnies of] the faithless, and I shall set those who follow you above the faithless until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me will be your return, whereat I will judge between you concerning that about which you used to differ.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾammā lladhīna kafarū fa-ʾuʿadhdhibuhum ʿadhāban shadīdan fī d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-mā lahum min nāṣirīna

As for the faithless, I will punish them with a severe punishment in the world and the Hereafter; and they will have no helpers.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾammā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-yuwaffīhim ʾujūrahum wa-llāhu lā yuḥibbu ẓ-ẓālimīna

But as for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, He will pay them in full their rewards, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhālika natlūhu ʿalayka mina l-ʾāyāti wa-dh-dhikri l-ḥakīmi

These that We recite to you are from the signs and the Wise Reminder.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna mathala ʿīsā ʿinda llāhi ka-mathali ʾādama khalaqahū min turābin thumma qāla lahū kun fa-yakūnu

Indeed the case of Jesus with Allah is like the case of Adam: He created him from dust, then said to him, ‘Be,’ and he was.

— Ali Quli Qarai

al-ḥaqqu min rabbika fa-lā takun mina l-mumtarīna

This is the truth from your Lord, so do not be among the skeptics.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-man ḥājjaka fīhi min baʿdi mā jāʾaka mina l-ʿilmi fa-qul taʿālaw nadʿu ʾabnāʾanā wa-ʾabnāʾakum wa-nisāʾanā wa-nisāʾakum wa-ʾanfusanā wa-ʾanfusakum thumma nabtahil fa-najʿal laʿnata llāhi ʿalā l-kādhibīna

Should anyone argue with you concerning him, after the knowledge that has come to you, say, ‘Come! Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, our souls and your souls, then let us pray earnestly, and call down Allah’s curse upon the liars.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾinna hādhā la-huwa l-qaṣaṣu l-ḥaqqu wa-mā min ʾilāhin ʾillā llāhu wa-ʾinna llāha la-huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

This is indeed the true account, for sure. There is no god but Allah, and indeed Allah is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun bi-l-mufsidīna

But if they turn away, indeed Allah knows best the agents of corruption.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul yā-ʾahla l-kitābi taʿālaw ʾilā kalimatin sawāʾin baynanā wa-baynakum ʾallā naʿbuda ʾillā llāha wa-lā nushrika bihī shayʾan wa-lā yattakhidha baʿḍunā baʿḍan ʾarbāban min dūni llāhi fa-ʾin tawallaw fa-qūlū shhadū bi-ʾannā muslimūna

Say, ‘O People of the Book! Come to a common word between us and you: that we will worship no one but Allah, that we will not ascribe any partner to Him, and that some of us will not take some others as lords besides Allah.’ But if they turn away, say, ‘Be witnesses that we have submitted [to Allah].’

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾahla l-kitābi li-ma tuḥājjūna fī ʾibrāhīma wa-mā ʾunzilati t-tawrātu wa-l-ʾinjīlu ʾillā min baʿdihī ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

O People of the Book! Why do you argue concerning Abraham? Neither the Torah nor the Evangel were sent down until [long] after him. Do you not exercise your reason?

— Ali Quli Qarai

hā-ʾantum hāʾulāʾi ḥājajtum fī-mā lakum bihī ʿilmun fa-li-ma tuḥājjūna fī-mā laysa lakum bihī ʿilmun wa-llāhu yaʿlamu wa-ʾantum lā taʿlamūna

Ah! You are the very ones who argue about that of which you have knowledge. But why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows and you do not know.

— Ali Quli Qarai

mā kāna ʾibrāhīmu yahūdiyyan wa-lā naṣrāniyyan wa-lākin kāna ḥanīfan musliman wa-mā kāna mina l-mushrikīna

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. Rather, he was a Hanif, a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna ʾawlā n-nāsi bi-ʾibrāhīma la-lladhīna ttabaʿūhu wa-hādhā n-nabiyyu wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-llāhu waliyyu l-muʾminīna

Indeed the nearest of all people to Abraham are those who follow him and this prophet and those who have faith, and Allah is the guardian of the faithful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

waddat ṭāʾifatun min ʾahli l-kitābi law yuḍillūnakum wa-mā yuḍillūna ʾillā ʾanfusahum wa-mā yashʿurūna

A group of the People of the Book were eager to lead you astray; yet they lead no one astray except themselves, but they are not aware.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾahla l-kitābi li-ma takfurūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-ʾantum tashhadūna

O People of the Book! Why do you deny Allah’s signs while you testify [to their truth]?

— Ali Quli Qarai

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yā-ʾahla l-kitābi li-ma talbisūna l-ḥaqqa bi-l-bāṭili wa-taktumūna l-ḥaqqa wa-ʾantum taʿlamūna

O People of the Book! Why do you mix the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth while you know [it]?

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-qālat ṭāʾifatun min ʾahli l-kitābi ʾāminū bi-lladhī ʾunzila ʿalā lladhīna ʾāmanū wajha n-nahāri wa-kfurū ʾākhirahū laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

A group of the People of the Book say, ‘Believe in what has been sent down to the faithful at the beginning of the day, and disbelieve at its end, so that they may turn back [from their religion].’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā tuʾminū ʾillā li-man tabiʿa dīnakum qul ʾinna l-hudā hudā llāhi ʾan yuʾtā ʾaḥadun mithla mā ʾūtītum ʾaw yuḥājjūkum ʿinda rabbikum qul ʾinna l-faḍla bi-yadi llāhi yuʾtīhi man yashāʾu wa-llāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun

And [they say,] ‘Do not believe anyone except him who follows your religion.’ Say, ‘Indeed [true] guidance is the guidance of Allah.’ [They also say.] ‘[Do not believe] that anyone may be given the like of what you were given, or that he may argue with you before your Lord.’ Say, ‘Indeed all grace is in Allah’s hand; He grants it to whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-knowing.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yakhtaṣṣu bi-raḥmatihī man yashāʾu wa-llāhu dhū l-faḍli l-ʿaẓīmi

He singles out for His mercy whomever He wishes, and Allah is dispenser of a great grace.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-min ʾahli l-kitābi man ʾin taʾmanhu bi-qinṭārin yuʾaddihī ʾilayka wa-minhum man ʾin taʾmanhu bi-dīnārin lā yuʾaddihī ʾilayka ʾillā mā dumta ʿalayhi qāʾiman dhālika bi-ʾannahum qālū laysa ʿalaynā fī l-ʾummiyyīna sabīlun wa-yaqūlūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba wa-hum yaʿlamūna

Among the People of the Book is he who if you entrust him with a quintal will repay it to you, and among them is he who, if you entrust him with a dinar will not repay it to you unless you stand persistently over him. That is because they say, ‘We have no obligation to the non-Jews.’ But they attribute lies to Allah, and they know [it].

— Ali Quli Qarai

balā man ʾawfā bi-ʿahdihī wa-ttaqā fa-ʾinna llāha yuḥibbu l-muttaqīna

Yes, whoever fulfills his commitments and is wary of Allah—Allah indeed loves the Godwary.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna yashtarūna bi-ʿahdi llāhi wa-ʾaymānihim thamanan qalīlan ʾulāʾika lā khalāqa lahum fī l-ʾākhirati wa-lā yukallimuhumu llāhu wa-lā yanẓuru ʾilayhim yawma l-qiyāmati wa-lā yuzakkīhim wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

There shall be no share in the Hereafter for those who sell Allah’s covenant and their oaths for a paltry gain, and on the Day of Resurrection Allah will not speak to them nor will He [so much as] look at them, nor will He purify them, and there is a painful punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-ʾinna minhum la-farīqan yalwūna ʾalsinatahum bi-l-kitābi li-taḥsabūhu mina l-kitābi wa-mā huwa mina l-kitābi wa-yaqūlūna huwa min ʿindi llāhi wa-mā huwa min ʿindi llāhi wa-yaqūlūna ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba wa-hum yaʿlamūna

There is a group of them who alter their voice while reading out a text [that they have themselves authored], so that you may suppose it to be from the Book, though it is not from the Book, and they say, ‘It is from Allah,’ though it is not from Allah, and they attribute lies to Allah, and they know [it].

— Ali Quli Qarai

mā kāna li-basharin ʾan yuʾtiyahu llāhu l-kitāba wa-l-ḥukma wa-n-nubuwwata thumma yaqūla li-n-nāsi kūnū ʿibādan lī min dūni llāhi wa-lākin kūnū rabbāniyyīna bi-mā kuntum tuʿallimūna l-kitāba wa-bi-mā kuntum tadrusūna

It does not behoove any human that Allah should give him the Book, judgement and prophethood, and then he should say to the people, ‘Be my servants instead of Allah.’ Rather [he would say], ‘Be a godly people, because of your teaching the Book and because of your studying it.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā yaʾmurakum ʾan tattakhidhū l-malāʾikata wa-n-nabiyyīna ʾarbāban ʾa-yaʾmurukum bi-l-kufri baʿda ʾidh ʾantum muslimūna

And he would not command you to take the angels and the prophets for lords. Would he call you to unfaith after you have submitted [to Allah]?

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidh ʾakhadha llāhu mīthāqa n-nabiyyīna la-mā ʾātaytukum min kitābin wa-ḥikmatin thumma jāʾakum rasūlun muṣaddiqun li-mā maʿakum la-tuʾminunna bihī wa-la-tanṣurunnahū qāla ʾa-ʾaqrartum wa-ʾakhadhtum ʿalā dhālikum ʾiṣrī qālū ʾaqrarnā qāla fa-shhadū wa-ʾana maʿakum mina sh-shāhidīna

When Allah took a compact concerning the prophets, [He said,] ‘Inasmuch as I have given you [the knowledge] of the Book and wisdom, should an apostle come to you thereafter confirming what is with you, you shall believe in him and help him.’ He said, ‘Do you pledge and accept My covenant on this condition?’ They said, ‘We pledge.’ He said, ‘Then be witnesses, and I, too, am among the witnesses along with you.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-man tawallā baʿda dhālika fa-ʾulāʾika humu l-fāsiqūna

Then whoever turns away after that—it is they who are the transgressors.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾa-fa-ghayra dīni llāhi yabghūna wa-lahū ʾaslama man fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi ṭawʿan wa-karhan wa-ʾilayhi yurjaʿūna

Do they seek a religion other than that of Allah, while to Him submits whoever there is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they will be brought back?

— Ali Quli Qarai

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qul ʾāmannā bi-llāhi wa-mā ʾunzila ʿalaynā wa-mā ʾunzila ʿalā ʾibrāhīma wa-ʾismāʿīla wa-ʾisḥāqa wa-yaʿqūba wa-l-ʾasbāṭi wa-mā ʾūtiya mūsā wa-ʿīsā wa-n-nabiyyūna min rabbihim lā nufarriqu bayna ʾaḥadin minhum wa-naḥnu lahū muslimūna

Say, ‘We have faith in Allah and in what has been sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that which Moses, Jesus and the prophets were given by their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-man yabtaghi ghayra l-ʾislāmi dīnan fa-lan yuqbala minhu wa-huwa fī l-ʾākhirati mina l-khāsirīna

Should anyone follow a religion other than Islam, it shall never be accepted from him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.

— Ali Quli Qarai

kayfa yahdī llāhu qawman kafarū baʿda ʾīmānihim wa-shahidū ʾanna r-rasūla ḥaqqun wa-jāʾahumu l-bayyinātu wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna

How shall Allah guide a people who have disbelieved after their faith and [after] bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and [after] manifest proofs had come to them? Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾulāʾika jazāʾuhum ʾanna ʿalayhim laʿnata llāhi wa-l-malāʾikati wa-n-nāsi ʾajmaʿīna

Their requital is that there shall be upon them the curse of Allah, the angels, and all mankind.

— Ali Quli Qarai

khālidīna fīhā lā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu wa-lā hum yunẓarūna

They will remain in it [forever], and their punishment will not be lightened, nor will they be granted any respite,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾillā lladhīna tābū min baʿdi dhālika wa-ʾaṣlaḥū fa-ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun

except such as repent after that and make amends, for Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna kafarū baʿda ʾīmānihim thumma zdādū kufran lan tuqbala tawbatuhum wa-ʾulāʾika humu ḍ-ḍāllūna

Indeed those who turn faithless after their faith, and then advance in faithlessness, their repentance will never be accepted, and it is they who are the astray.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna kafarū wa-mātū wa-hum kuffārun fa-lan yuqbala min ʾaḥadihim milʾu l-ʾarḍi dhahaban wa-lawi ftadā bihī ʾulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun wa-mā lahum min nāṣirīna

Indeed those who turn faithless and die while they are faithless, a world of gold will not be accepted from any of them should he offer it for ransom. For such there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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lan tanālū l-birra ḥattā tunfiqū mimmā tuḥibbūna wa-mā tunfiqū min shayʾin fa-ʾinna llāha bihī ʿalīmun

You will never attain piety until you spend out of what you hold dear, and whatever you may spend of anything, Allah indeed knows it.

— Ali Quli Qarai

kullu ṭ-ṭaʿāmi kāna ḥillan li-banī ʾisrāʾīla ʾillā mā ḥarrama ʾisrāʾīlu ʿalā nafsihī min qabli ʾan tunazzala t-tawrātu qul fa-ʾtū bi-t-tawrāti fa-tlūhā ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had forbidden himself before the Torah was sent down. Say, ‘Bring the Torah, and read it, if you are truthful.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-mani ftarā ʿalā llāhi l-kadhiba min baʿdi dhālika fa-ʾulāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna

So whoever fabricates a lie against Allah after that—it is they who are the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul ṣadaqa llāhu fa-ttabiʿū millata ʾibrāhīma ḥanīfan wa-mā kāna mina l-mushrikīna

Say, ‘Allah has spoken the truth; so follow the creed of Abraham, a Hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna ʾawwala baytin wuḍiʿa li-n-nāsi la-lladhī bi-bakkata mubārakan wa-hudan li-l-ʿālamīna

Indeed the first house to be set up for mankind is the one at Bakkah, blessed and a guidance for all nations.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fīhi ʾāyātun bayyinātun maqāmu ʾibrāhīma wa-man dakhalahū kāna ʾāminan wa-li-llāhi ʿalā n-nāsi ḥijju l-bayti mani staṭāʿa ʾilayhi sabīlan wa-man kafara fa-ʾinna llāha ghaniyyun ʿani l-ʿālamīna

In it are manifest signs [and] Abraham’s Station, and whoever enters it shall be secure. And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to the House—for those who can afford the journey to it—and should anyone renege [on his obligation], Allah is indeed without need of the creatures.

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul yā-ʾahla l-kitābi li-ma takfurūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-llāhu shahīdun ʿalā mā taʿmalūna

Say, ‘O People of the Book! Why do you deny the signs of Allah, while Allah is witness to what you do?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

qul yā-ʾahla l-kitābi li-ma taṣuddūna ʿan sabīli llāhi man ʾāmana tabghūnahā ʿiwajan wa-ʾantum shuhadāʾu wa-mā llāhu bi-ghāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

Say, ‘O People of the Book! why do you bar the faithful from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses [to its truthfulness]? And Allah is not oblivious of what you do.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾin tuṭīʿū farīqan mina lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba yaruddūkum baʿda ʾīmānikum kāfirīna

O you who have faith, if you obey a part of those who were given the Book, they will turn you back, after your faith, into faithless ones.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-kayfa takfurūna wa-ʾantum tutlā ʿalaykum ʾāyātu llāhi wa-fīkum rasūluhū wa-man yaʿtaṣim bi-llāhi fa-qad hudiya ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ttaqū llāha ḥaqqa tuqātihī wa-lā tamūtunna ʾillā wa-ʾantum muslimūna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʿtaṣimū bi-ḥabli llāhi jamīʿan wa-lā tafarraqū wa-dhkurū niʿmata llāhi ʿalaykum ʾidh kuntum ʾaʿdāʾan fa-ʾallafa bayna qulūbikum fa-ʾaṣbaḥtum bi-niʿmatihī ʾikhwānan wa-kuntum ʿalā shafā ḥufratin mina n-nāri fa-ʾanqadhakum minhā ka-dhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakum ʾāyātihī laʿallakum tahtadūna

Hold fast, all together, to Allah’s cord, and do not be divided [into sects]. 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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-l-takun minkum ʾummatun yadʿūna ʾilā l-khayri wa-yaʾmurūna bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-yanhawna ʿani l-munkari wa-ʾulāʾika humu l-mufliḥūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā takūnū ka-lladhīna tafarraqū wa-khtalafū min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-bayyinātu wa-ʾulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

yawma tabyaḍḍu wujūhun wa-taswaddu wujūhun fa-ʾammā lladhīna swaddat wujūhuhum ʾa-kafartum baʿda ʾīmānikum fa-dhūqū l-ʿadhāba bi-mā kuntum takfurūna

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.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾammā lladhīna byaḍḍat wujūhuhum fa-fī raḥmati llāhi hum fīhā khālidūna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

tilka ʾāyātu llāhi natlūhā ʿalayka bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-mā llāhu yurīdu ẓulman li-l-ʿālamīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾilā llāhi turjaʿu l-ʾumūru

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

kuntum khayra ʾummatin ʾukhrijat li-n-nāsi taʾmurūna bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-tanhawna ʿani l-munkari wa-tuʾminūna bi-l-llāhi wa-law ʾāmana ʾahlu l-kitābi la-kāna khayran lahum minhumu l-muʾminūna wa-ʾaktharuhumu l-fāsiqūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

lan yaḍurrūkum ʾillā ʾadhan wa-ʾin yuqātilūkum yuwallūkumu l-ʾadbāra thumma lā yunṣarūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ḍuribat ʿalayhimu dh-dhillatu ʾayna mā thuqifū ʾillā bi-ḥablin mina llāhi wa-ḥablin mina n-nāsi wa-bāʾū bi-ghaḍabin mina llāhi wa-ḍuribat ʿalayhimu l-maskanatu dhālika bi-ʾannahum kānū yakfurūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi wa-yaqtulūna l-ʾanbiyāʾa bi-ghayri ḥaqqin dhālika bi-mā ʿaṣaw wa-kānū yaʿtadūna

Wherever they are found, abasement is stamped upon them, except for an asylum from Allah and an asylum from the people. They have earned the wrath of Allah, and poverty has been stamped upon them. That, because they would deny the signs of Allah and kill the prophets unjustly. That, because they would disobey and commit transgression.

— Ali Quli Qarai

laysū sawāʾan min ʾahli l-kitābi ʾummatun qāʾimatun yatlūna ʾāyāti llāhi ʾānāʾa l-layli wa-hum yasjudūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-yaʾmurūna bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-yanhawna ʿani l-munkari wa-yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wa-ʾulāʾika mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā yafʿalū min khayrin fa-lan yukfarūhu wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-l-muttaqīna

Whatever good they do, they will not go unappreciated for it, and Allah knows well the Godwary.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾinna lladhīna kafarū lan tughniya ʿanhum ʾamwāluhum wa-lā ʾawlāduhum mina llāhi shayʾan wa-ʾulāʾika ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna

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 remain in it [forever].

— Ali Quli Qarai

mathalu mā yunfiqūna fī hādhihi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā ka-mathali rīḥin fīhā ṣirrun ʾaṣābat ḥartha qawmin ẓalamū ʾanfusahum fa-ʾahlakathu wa-mā ẓalamahumu llāhu wa-lākin ʾanfusahum yaẓlimūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tattakhidhū biṭānatan min dūnikum lā yaʾlūnakum khabālan waddū mā ʿanittum qad badati l-baghḍāʾu min ʾafwāhihim wa-mā tukhfī ṣudūruhum ʾakbaru qad bayyannā lakumu l-ʾāyāti ʾin kuntum taʿqilūna

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 exercise your reason.

— Ali Quli Qarai

hā-ʾantum ʾulāʾi tuḥibbūnahum wa-lā yuḥibbūnakum wa-tuʾminūna bi-l-kitābi kullihī wa-ʾidhā laqūkum qālū ʾāmannā wa-ʾidhā khalaw ʿaḍḍū ʿalaykumu l-ʾanāmila mina l-ghayẓi qul mūtū bi-ghayẓikum ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾin tamsaskum ḥasanatun tasuʾhum wa-ʾin tuṣibkum sayyiʾatun yafraḥū bihā wa-ʾin taṣbirū wa-tattaqū lā yaḍurrukum kayduhum shayʾan ʾinna llāha bi-mā yaʿmalūna muḥīṭun

If some good should befall you, it upsets them, but if some ill befalls you, they rejoice at it. Yet if you are patient and Godwary, their guile will not harm you in any way. Indeed Allah encompasses what they do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾidh ghadawta min ʾahlika tubawwiʾu l-muʾminīna maqāʿida li-l-qitāli wa-llāhu samīʿun ʿalīmun

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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ʾidh hammat ṭāʾifatāni minkum ʾan tafshalā wa-llāhu waliyyuhumā wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-muʾminūna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-qad naṣarakumu llāhu bi-badrin wa-ʾantum ʾadhillatun fa-ttaqū llāha laʿallakum tashkurūna

Certainly Allah helped you at Badr, when you were weak [in the enemy’s eyes]. So be wary of Allah so that you may give thanks.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh taqūlu li-l-muʾminīna ʾa-lan yakfiyakum ʾan yumiddakum rabbukum bi-thalāthati ʾālāfin mina l-malāʾikati munzalīna

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?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

balā ʾin taṣbirū wa-tattaqū wa-yaʾtūkum min fawrihim hādhā yumdidkum rabbukum bi-khamsati ʾālāfin mina l-malāʾikati musawwimīna

Yes, if you are steadfast and Godwary, and should they come at you suddenly, your Lord will aid you with five thousand angels sent in [to the scene of battle].

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā jaʿalahu llāhu ʾillā bushrā lakum wa-li-taṭmaʾinna qulūbukum bihī wa-mā n-naṣru ʾillā min ʿindi llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīmi

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,

— Ali Quli Qarai

li-yaqṭaʿa ṭarafan mina lladhīna kafarū ʾaw yakbitahum fa-yanqalibū khāʾibīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

laysa laka mina l-ʾamri shayʾun ʾaw yatūba ʿalayhim ʾaw yuʿadhdhibahum fa-ʾinnahum ẓālimūna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-li-llāhi mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi yaghfiru li-man yashāʾu wa-yuʿadhdhibu man yashāʾu wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā taʾkulū r-ribā ʾaḍʿāfan muḍāʿafatan wa-ttaqū llāha laʿallakum tufliḥūna

O you who have faith! Do not exact usury, twofold and severalfold, and be wary of Allah so that you may be felicitous.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ttaqū n-nāra llatī ʾuʿiddat li-l-kāfirīna

Beware of the Fire, which has been prepared for the faithless,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-r-rasūla laʿallakum turḥamūna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-sāriʿū ʾilā maghfiratin min rabbikum wa-jannatin ʿarḍuhā s-samāwātu wa-l-ʾarḍu ʾuʿiddat li-l-muttaqīna

Hasten towards your Lord’s forgiveness and a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the Godwary

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhīna yunfiqūna fī s-sarrāʾi wa-ḍ-ḍarrāʾi wa-l-kāẓimīna l-ghayẓa wa-l-ʿāfīna ʿani n-nāsi wa-llāhu yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lladhīna ʾidhā faʿalū fāḥishatan ʾaw ẓalamū ʾanfusahum dhakarū llāha fa-staghfarū li-dhunūbihim wa-man yaghfiru dh-dhunūba ʾillā llāhu wa-lam yuṣirrū ʿalā mā faʿalū wa-hum yaʿlamūna

and those who, when they commit an indecent act or wrong themselves, remember Allah, and plead [to Allah seeking His] forgiveness for their sins—and who forgives sins except Allah?—and who knowingly do not persist in what [sins] they have committed.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾulāʾika jazāʾuhum maghfiratun min rabbihim wa-jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā wa-niʿma ʾajru l-ʿāmilīna

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!

— Ali Quli Qarai

qad khalat min qablikum sunanun fa-sīrū fī l-ʾarḍi fa-nẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhdhibīna

Certain [Divine] precedents have passed before you. So travel through the land and observe how was the fate of the deniers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

hādhā bayānun li-n-nāsi wa-hudan wa-mawʿiẓatun li-l-muttaqīna

This is an explanation for mankind, and a guidance and advice for the Godwary.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā tahinū wa-lā taḥzanū wa-ʾantumu l-ʾaʿlawna ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾin yamsaskum qarḥun fa-qad massa l-qawma qarḥun mithluhū wa-tilka l-ʾayyāmu nudāwiluhā bayna n-nāsi wa-li-yaʿlama llāhu lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-yattakhidha minkum shuhadāʾa wa-llāhu lā yuḥibbu ẓ-ẓālimīna

If wounds afflict you, like wounds have 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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-li-yumaḥḥiṣa llāhu lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-yamḥaqa l-kāfirīna

And so that Allah may purge [the hearts of] those who have faith and that He may wipe out the faithless.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾam ḥasibtum ʾan tadkhulū l-jannata wa-lammā yaʿlami llāhu lladhīna jāhadū minkum wa-yaʿlama ṣ-ṣābirīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-qad kuntum tamannawna l-mawta min qabli ʾan talqawhu fa-qad raʾaytumūhu wa-ʾantum tanẓurūna

Certainly you were longing for death before you had encountered it. Then certainly, you saw it, as you were looking on.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā muḥammadun ʾillā rasūlun qad khalat min qablihi r-rusulu ʾa-fa-ʾin māta ʾaw qutila nqalabtum ʿalā ʾaʿqābikum wa-man yanqalib ʿalā ʿaqibayhi fa-lan yaḍurra llāha shayʾan wa-sa-yajzī llāhu sh-shākirīna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā kāna li-nafsin ʾan tamūta ʾillā bi-ʾidhni llāhi kitāban muʾajjalan wa-man yurid thawāba d-dunyā nuʾtihī minhā wa-man yurid thawāba l-ʾākhirati nuʾtihī minhā wa-sa-najzī sh-shākirīna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ka-ʾayyin min nabiyyin qātala maʿahū ribbiyyūna kathīrun fa-mā wahanū li-mā ʾaṣābahum fī sabīli llāhi wa-mā ḍaʿufū wa-mā stakānū wa-llāhu yuḥibbu ṣ-ṣābirīna

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.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā kāna qawlahum ʾillā ʾan qālū rabbanā ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-ʾisrāfanā fī ʾamrinā wa-thabbit ʾaqdāmanā wa-nṣurnā ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾātāhumu llāhu thawāba d-dunyā wa-ḥusna thawābi l-ʾākhirati wa-llāhu yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

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yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾin tuṭīʿū lladhīna kafarū yaruddūkum ʿalā ʾaʿqābikum fa-tanqalibū khāsirīna

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

— Ali Quli Qarai

bali llāhu mawlākum wa-huwa khayru n-nāṣirīna

Indeed, Allah is your Master, and He is the best of helpers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

sa-nulqī fī qulūbi lladhīna kafarū r-ruʿba bi-mā ʾashrakū bi-llāhi mā lam yunazzil bihī sulṭānan wa-maʾwāhumu n-nāru wa-biʾsa mathwā ẓ-ẓālimīna

We shall cast terror into the hearts of the faithless because of their ascribing partners to Allah, for which He has not sent down any authority, and their refuge shall be the Fire, and evil is the [final] abode of the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-qad ṣadaqakumu llāhu waʿdahū ʾidh taḥussūnahum bi-ʾidhnihī ḥattā ʾidhā fashiltum wa-tanāzaʿtum fī l-ʾamri wa-ʿaṣaytum min baʿdi mā ʾarākum mā tuḥibbūna minkum man yurīdu d-dunyā wa-minkum man yurīdu l-ʾākhirata thumma ṣarafakum ʿanhum li-yabtaliyakum wa-la-qad ʿafā ʿankum wa-llāhu dhū faḍlin ʿalā l-muʾminīna

Allah certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were slaying them with His leave, until you lost courage, disputed about the matter, and disobeyed after He showed you what you loved. Some among you desire this world, and some among you desire the Hereafter. Then He turned you away from them so that He might test you. Certainly He has excused you, for Allah is gracious to the faithful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾidh tuṣʿidūna wa-lā talwūna ʿalā ʾaḥadin wa-r-rasūlu yadʿūkum fī ʾukhrākum fa-ʾathābakum ghamman bi-ghammin li-kay-lā taḥzanū ʿalā mā fātakum wa-lā mā ʾaṣābakum wa-llāhu khabīrun bi-mā taʿmalūna

When you were fleeing without paying any attention to anyone, while the Apostle was calling you from your rear, He requited you with grief upon grief, so that you may not grieve for what you lose nor for what befalls you, and Allah is well aware of what you do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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thumma ʾanzala ʿalaykum min baʿdi l-ghammi ʾamanatan nuʿāsan yaghshā ṭāʾifatan minkum wa-ṭāʾifatun qad ʾahammathum ʾanfusuhum yaẓunnūna bi-llāhi ghayra l-ḥaqqi ẓanna l-jāhiliyyati yaqūlūna hal lanā mina l-ʾamri min shayʾin qul ʾinna l-ʾamra kullahū li-llāhi yukhfūna fī ʾanfusihim mā lā yubdūna laka yaqūlūna law kāna lanā mina l-ʾamri shayʾun mā qutilnā hāhunā qul law kuntum fī buyūtikum la-baraza lladhīna kutiba ʿalayhimu l-qatlu ʾilā maḍājiʿihim wa-li-yabtaliya llāhu mā fī ṣudūrikum wa-li-yumaḥḥiṣa mā fī qulūbikum wa-llāhu ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri

Then He sent down to you safety after grief—a drowsiness that came over a group of you—while another group, anxious only about themselves, entertained false notions about Allah, notions of [pagan] ignorance. They say, ‘Do we have any role in the matter?’ Say, ‘Indeed the matter belongs totally to Allah.’ They hide in their hearts what they do not disclose to you. They say, ‘Had we any role in the matter, we would not have been slain here.’ Say, ‘Even if you had remained in your houses, those destined to be slain would have set out toward the places where they were laid to rest, so that Allah may test what is in your breasts, and that He may purge what is in your hearts, and Allah knows well what is in the breasts.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna tawallaw minkum yawma ltaqā l-jamʿāni ʾinnamā stazallahumu sh-shayṭānu bi-baʿḍi mā kasabū wa-la-qad ʿafā llāhu ʿanhum ʾinna llāha ghafūrun ḥalīmun

Those of you who fled on the day when the two hosts met, only Satan had made them stumble because of some of their deeds. Certainly, Allah has excused them, for Allah is all-forgiving, all-forbearing.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā takūnū ka-lladhīna kafarū wa-qālū li-ʾikhwānihim ʾidhā ḍarabū fī l-ʾarḍi ʾaw kānū ghuzzan law kānū ʿindanā mā mātū wa-mā qutilū li-yajʿala llāhu dhālika ḥasratan fī qulūbihim wa-llāhu yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun

O you who have faith! Do not be like the faithless who say of their brethren, when they travel in the land or go into battle, ‘Had they stayed with us they would not have died or been killed,’ so that Allah may make it a regret in their hearts. But Allah gives life and brings death, and Allah watches what you do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-ʾin qutiltum fī sabīli llāhi ʾaw muttum la-maghfiratun mina llāhi wa-raḥmatun khayrun mimmā yajmaʿūna

If you are slain in the way of Allah, or die, forgiveness and mercy from Allah are surely better than what they amass.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-la-ʾin muttum ʾaw qutiltum la-ʾilā llāhi tuḥsharūna

If you die or are slain, you will surely be mustered toward Allah.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-bi-mā raḥmatin mina llāhi linta lahum wa-law kunta faẓẓan ghalīẓa l-qalbi la-nfaḍḍū min ḥawlika fa-ʿfu ʿanhum wa-staghfir lahum wa-shāwirhum fī l-ʾamri fa-ʾidhā ʿazamta fa-tawakkal ʿalā llāhi ʾinna llāha yuḥibbu l-mutawakkilīna

It is by Allah’s mercy that you are gentle to them; had you been harsh and hardhearted, they would have surely scattered from around you. So excuse them and plead for forgiveness for them, and consult them in the affairs, and once you are resolved, put your trust in Allah. Indeed Allah loves those who trust in Him.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾin yanṣurkumu llāhu fa-lā ghāliba lakum wa-ʾin yakhdhulkum fa-man dhā lladhī yanṣurukum min baʿdihī wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-muʾminūna

If Allah helps you, no one can overcome you, but if He forsakes you, who will help you after Him? So in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā kāna li-nabiyyin ʾan yaghulla wa-man yaghlul yaʾti bi-mā ghalla yawma l-qiyāmati thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsin mā kasabat wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna

A prophet may not breach his trust, and whoever breaches his trust will bring his breaches on the Day of Resurrection; then every soul shall be recompensed fully for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾa-fa-mani ttabaʿa riḍwāna llāhi ka-man bāʾa bi-sakhaṭin mina llāhi wa-maʾwāhu jahannamu wa-biʾsa l-maṣīru

Is he who follows [the course of] Allah’s pleasure like him who earns Allah’s displeasure and whose refuge is hell, an evil destination?

— Ali Quli Qarai

hum darajātun ʿinda llāhi wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-mā yaʿmalūna

They have ranks with Allah, and Allah watches what they do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

la-qad manna llāhu ʿalā l-muʾminīna ʾidh baʿatha fīhim rasūlan min ʾanfusihim yatlū ʿalayhim ʾāyātihī wa-yuzakkīhim wa-yuʿallimuhumu l-kitāba wa-l-ḥikmata wa-ʾin kānū min qablu la-fī ḍalālin mubīnin

Allah certainly favoured the faithful when He raised up among them an apostle from among themselves to recite to them His signs and to purify them and teach them the Book and wisdom, and earlier they had indeed been in manifest error.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾa-wa-lammā ʾaṣābatkum muṣībatun qad ʾaṣabtum mithlayhā qultum ʾannā hādhā qul huwa min ʿindi ʾanfusikum ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

What, when an affliction visits you—while you have inflicted twice as much—do you say, ‘How is this?’! Say, ‘This is from your own souls.’ Indeed Allah has power over all things.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-mā ʾaṣābakum yawma ltaqā l-jamʿāni fa-bi-ʾidhni llāhi wa-li-yaʿlama l-muʾminīna

What befell you on the day when the two hosts met, was by Allah’s permission, so that He may ascertain the faithful,

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-li-yaʿlama lladhīna nāfaqū wa-qīla lahum taʿālaw qātilū fī sabīli llāhi ʾawi dfaʿū qālū law naʿlamu qitālan la-ttabaʿnākum hum li-l-kufri yawmaʾidhin ʾaqrabu minhum li-l-ʾīmāni yaqūlūna bi-ʾafwāhihim mā laysa fī qulūbihim wa-llāhu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yaktumūna

and ascertain the hypocrites. [When] they were told: ‘Come, fight in the way of Allah, or defend [yourselves], they said, ‘If we knew any fighting, we would have surely followed you.’ That day they were nearer to unfaith than to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, and Allah knows well whatever they conceal.

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhīna qālū li-ʾikhwānihim wa-qaʿadū law ʾaṭāʿūnā mā qutilū qul fa-draʾū ʿan ʾanfusikumu l-mawta ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

Those who said of their brethren, while they themselves sat back: ‘Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed.’ Say, ‘Then keep death off from yourselves, if you are truthful.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā taḥsabanna lladhīna qutilū fī sabīli llāhi ʾamwātan bal ʾaḥyāʾun ʿinda rabbihim yurzaqūna

Do not suppose those who were slain in the way of Allah to be dead; no, they are living and provided for near their Lord,

— Ali Quli Qarai

fariḥīna bi-mā ʾātāhumu llāhu min faḍlihī wa-yastabshirūna bi-lladhīna lam yalḥaqū bihim min khalfihim ʾallā khawfun ʿalayhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūna

exulting in what Allah has given them out of His grace, and rejoicing for those who have not yet joined them from [those left] behind them, that they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yastabshirūna bi-niʿmatin mina llāhi wa-faḍlin wa-ʾanna llāha lā yuḍīʿu ʾajra l-muʾminīna

They rejoice in Allah’s blessing and grace, and that Allah does not waste the reward of the faithful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhīna stajābū li-llāhi wa-r-rasūli min baʿdi mā ʾaṣābahumu l-qarḥu li-lladhīna ʾaḥsanū minhum wa-ttaqaw ʾajrun ʿaẓīmun-i

Those who responded to Allah and the Apostle [even] after they had been wounded—for those of them who have been virtuous and Godwary there shall be a great reward.

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhīna qāla lahumu n-nāsu ʾinna n-nāsa qad jamaʿū lakum fa-khshawhum fa-zādahum ʾīmānan wa-qālū ḥasbunā llāhu wa-niʿma l-wakīlu

—Those to whom the people said, ‘All the people have gathered against you, so fear them.’ That only increased them in faith, and they said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us, and He is an excellent trustee.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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fa-nqalabū bi-niʿmatin mina llāhi wa-faḍlin lam yamsashum sūʾun wa-ttabaʿū riḍwāna llāhi wa-llāhu dhū faḍlin ʿaẓīmin

So they returned with Allah’s blessing and grace, untouched by any harm. They pursued the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is dispenser of a great grace.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnamā dhālikumu sh-shayṭānu yukhawwifu ʾawliyāʾahū fa-lā takhāfūhum wa-khāfūni ʾin kuntum muʾminīna

That is only Satan frightening [you] of his followers! So fear them not, and fear Me, should you be faithful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā yaḥzunka lladhīna yusāriʿūna fī l-kufri ʾinnahum lan yaḍurrū llāha shayʾan yurīdu llāhu ʾallā yajʿala lahum ḥaẓẓan fī l-ʾākhirati wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

Do not grieve for those who are active in unfaith; they will not hurt Allah in the least: Allah desires to give them no share in the Hereafter, and there is a great punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna lladhīna shtarawu l-kufra bi-l-ʾīmāni lan yaḍurrū llāha shayʾan wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

Those who have bought unfaith for faith will not hurt Allah in the least, and there is a painful punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā yaḥsabanna lladhīna kafarū ʾannamā numlī lahum khayrun li-ʾanfusihim ʾinnamā numlī lahum li-yazdādū ʾithman wa-lahum ʿadhābun muhīnun

Let the faithless not suppose that the respite that We grant them is good for their souls: We give them respite only that they may increase in sin, and there is a humiliating punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

mā kāna llāhu li-yadhara l-muʾminīna ʿalā mā ʾantum ʿalayhi ḥattā yamīza l-khabītha mina ṭ-ṭayyibi wa-mā kāna llāhu li-yuṭliʿakum ʿalā l-ghaybi wa-lākinna llāha yajtabī min rusulihī man yashāʾu fa-ʾāminū bi-llāhi wa-rusulihī wa-ʾin tuʾminū wa-tattaqū fa-lakum ʾajrun ʿaẓīmun

Allah will not leave the faithful in your present state, until He has separated the bad ones from the good. Allah will not acquaint you with the Unseen, but Allah chooses whomever He wishes from His apostles. So have faith in Allah and His apostles; and if you are faithful and Godwary, there shall be a great reward for you.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lā yaḥsabanna lladhīna yabkhalūna bi-mā ʾātāhumu llāhu min faḍlihī huwa khayran lahum bal huwa sharrun lahum sa-yuṭawwaqūna mā bakhilū bihī yawma l-qiyāmati wa-li-llāhi mīrāthu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-llāhu bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīrun

Let the stingy not suppose that [their grudging] what Allah has given them out of His bounty is good for them; no, it is bad for them. They will be collared with what they grudge on the Day of Resurrection. To Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is well aware of what you do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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la-qad samiʿa llāhu qawla lladhīna qālū ʾinna llāha faqīrun wa-naḥnu ʾaghniyāʾu sa-naktubu mā qālū wa-qatlahumu l-ʾanbiyāʾa bi-ghayri ḥaqqin wa-naqūlu dhūqū ʿadhāba l-ḥarīqi

Allah has certainly heard the remark of those who said, ‘Allah is poor and we are rich.’ We will record what they have said, and their killing of the prophets unjustly, and We shall say, ‘Taste the punishment of the burning.

— Ali Quli Qarai

dhālika bi-mā qaddamat ʾaydīkum wa-ʾanna llāha laysa bi-ẓallāmin li-l-ʿabīdi

That is because of what your hands have sent ahead, and because Allah is not tyrannical to His servants.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhīna qālū ʾinna llāha ʿahida ʾilaynā ʾallā nuʾmina li-rasūlin ḥattā yaʾtiyanā bi-qurbānin taʾkuluhu n-nāru qul qad jāʾakum rusulun min qablī bi-l-bayyināti wa-bi-lladhī qultum fa-li-ma qataltumūhum ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna

Tell those who say, ‘Allah has pledged us not to believe in any apostle unless he brings us an offering consumed by fire,’ ‘Apostles before me certainly did bring you manifest signs and what you speak of. Then why did you kill them, if you are truthful?’

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾin kadhdhabūka fa-qad kudhdhiba rusulun min qablika jāʾū bi-l-bayyināti wa-z-zuburi wa-l-kitābi l-munīri

But if they deny you, [other] apostles have been denied before you, who came with manifest signs, holy writs, and an illuminating scripture.

— Ali Quli Qarai

kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatu l-mawti wa-ʾinnamā tuwaffawna ʾujūrakum yawma l-qiyāmati fa-man zuḥziḥa ʿani n-nāri wa-ʾudkhila l-jannata fa-qad fāza wa-mā l-ḥayātu d-dunyā ʾillā matāʿu l-ghurūri

Every soul shall taste death, and you will indeed be paid your full rewards on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is delivered from the Fire and admitted to paradise has certainly succeeded. The life of this world is nothing but the wares of delusion.

— Ali Quli Qarai

la-tublawunna fī ʾamwālikum wa-ʾanfusikum wa-la-tasmaʿunna mina lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba min qablikum wa-mina lladhīna ʾashrakū ʾadhan kathīran wa-ʾin taṣbirū wa-tattaqū fa-ʾinna dhālika min ʿazmi l-ʾumūri

You will surely be tested in your possessions and your souls, and you will surely hear much affront from those who were given the Book before you and from the polytheists; but if you are patient and Godwary, that is indeed the steadiest of courses.

— Ali Quli Qarai

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wa-ʾidh ʾakhadha llāhu mīthāqa lladhīna ʾūtū l-kitāba la-tubayyinunnahū li-n-nāsi wa-lā taktumūnahū fa-nabadhūhu warāʾa ẓuhūrihim wa-shtaraw bihī thamanan qalīlan fa-biʾsa mā yashtarūna

When Allah made a covenant with those who were given the Book: ‘You shall explain it for the people, and you shall not conceal it,’ they cast it behind their backs and sold it for a paltry gain. How evil is what they buy!

— Ali Quli Qarai

lā taḥsabanna lladhīna yafraḥūna bi-mā ʾataw wa-yuḥibbūna ʾan yuḥmadū bi-mā lam yafʿalū fa-lā taḥsabannahum bi-mafāzatin mina l-ʿadhābi wa-lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

Do not suppose those who brag about what they have done, and love to be praised for what they have not done—do not suppose them saved from punishment and there is a painful punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah has power over all things.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna fī khalqi s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-khtilāfi l-layli wa-n-nahāri la-ʾāyātin li-ʾulī l-ʾalbābi

Indeed in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for those who possess intellect.

— Ali Quli Qarai

alladhīna yadhkurūna llāha qiyāman wa-quʿūdan wa-ʿalā junūbihim wa-yatafakkarūna fī khalqi s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan subḥānaka fa-qinā ʿadhāba n-nāri

Those who remember Allah standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth [and say], ‘Our Lord, You have not created this in vain! Immaculate are You! Save us from the punishment of the Fire.

— Ali Quli Qarai

rabbanā ʾinnaka man tudkhili n-nāra fa-qad ʾakhzaytahū wa-mā li-ẓ-ẓālimīna min ʾanṣārin

Our Lord, whoever that You make enter the Fire will surely have been disgraced by You, and the wrongdoers will have no helpers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

rabbanā ʾinnanā samiʿnā munādiyan yunādī li-l-ʾīmāni ʾan ʾāminū bi-rabbikum fa-ʾāmannā rabbanā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa-kaffir ʿannā sayyiʾātinā wa-tawaffanā maʿa l-ʾabrāri

Our Lord, we have indeed heard a summoner calling to faith, declaring, ‘‘Have faith in your Lord!’’ So we believed. Our Lord, forgive us our sins and absolve us of our misdeeds, and make us die with the pious.

— Ali Quli Qarai

rabbanā wa-ʾātinā mā waʿadtanā ʿalā rusulika wa-lā tukhzinā yawma l-qiyāmati ʾinnaka lā tukhlifu l-mīʿāda

Our Lord, give us what You have promised us through Your apostles, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed You do not break Your promise.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

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fa-stajāba lahum rabbuhum ʾannī lā ʾuḍīʿu ʿamala ʾāmilin minkum min dhakarin ʾaw ʾunthā baʿḍukum min baʿḍin fa-lladhīna hājarū wa-ʾukhrijū min diyārihim wa-ʾūdhū fī sabīlī wa-qātalū wa-qutilū la-ʾukaffiranna ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa-la-ʾudkhilannahum jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru thawāban min ʿindi llāhi wa-llāhu ʿindahū ḥusnu th-thawābi

Then their Lord answered them, ‘I do not waste the work of any worker among you, whether male or female; you are all on the same footing. So those who migrated and were expelled from their homes, and were tormented in My way, and those who fought and were killed—I will surely absolve them of their misdeeds and I will admit them into gardens with streams running in them, as a reward from Allah, and Allah—with Him is the best of rewards.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

lā yaghurrannaka taqallubu lladhīna kafarū fī l-bilādi

Never be misled by the bustle of the faithless in the towns.

— Ali Quli Qarai

matāʿun qalīlun thumma maʾwāhum jahannamu wa-biʾsa l-mihādu

It is a trivial enjoyment; then their refuge is hell, and it is an evil resting place.

— Ali Quli Qarai

lākini lladhīna ttaqaw rabbahum lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā nuzulan min ʿindi llāhi wa-mā ʿinda llāhi khayrun li-l-ʾabrāri

But those who are wary of their Lord—for them shall be gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever], a hospitality from Allah; and what is with Allah is better for the pious.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ʾinna min ʾahli l-kitābi la-man yuʾminu bi-llāhi wa-mā ʾunzila ʾilaykum wa-mā ʾunzila ʾilayhim khāshiʿīna li-llāhi lā yashtarūna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi thamanan qalīlan ʾulāʾika lahum ʾajruhum ʿinda rabbihim ʾinna llāha sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

Indeed among the People of the Book there are some who have faith in Allah and in what has been sent down to you, and in what has been sent down to them. Humble toward Allah, they do not sell the signs of Allah for a paltry gain. They shall have their reward near their Lord; indeed Allah is swift at reckoning.

— Ali Quli Qarai

yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ṣbirū wa-ṣābirū wa-rābiṭū wa-ttaqū llāha laʿallakum tufliḥūna

O you who have faith! Be patient, stand firm, and close [your] ranks, and be wary of Allah so that you may be felicitous.

— Ali Quli Qarai