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ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)

Ha, Meem,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʿ-s-q (ʿayn sīn qāf)

‘Ayn, Seen, Qaf.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ka-dhālika yūḥī ʾilayka wa-ʾilā lladhīna min qablika llāhu l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīmu

Allah, the All-mighty and the All-wise, thus reveals to you and to those who were before you:

— Ali Quli Qarai

lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi wa-huwa l-ʿaliyyu l-ʿaẓīmu

whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth belongs to Him, and He is the All-exalted, the All-supreme.

— Ali Quli Qarai

takādu s-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinna wa-l-malāʾikatu yusabbiḥūna bi-ḥamdi rabbihim wa-yastaghfirūna li-man fī l-ʾarḍi ʾa-lā ʾinna llāha huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīmu

The heavens are about to be rent apart from above them, while the angels celebrate the praise of their Lord and plead for forgiveness for those [faithful] who are on the earth. Indeed, Allah is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful!

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lladhīna ttakhadhū min dūnihī ʾawliyāʾa llāhu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wa-mā ʾanta ʿalayhim bi-wakīlin

As for those who have taken awliya besides Him, Allah is watchful over them, and you are not their keeper.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-ka-dhālika ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan li-tundhira ʾumma l-qurā wa-man ḥawlahā wa-tundhira yawma l-jamʿi lā rayba fīhi farīqun fī l-jannati wa-farīqun fī s-saʿīri

Thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran that you may warn [the people of] the Mother of the Towns and those around it, and warn [them] of the Day of Gathering, in which there is no doubt, [whereupon] a part [of mankind] will be in paradise and a part will be in the Blaze.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-jaʿalahum ʾummatan wāḥidatan wa-lākin yudkhilu man yashāʾu fī raḥmatihī wa-ẓ-ẓālimūna mā lahum min waliyyin wa-lā naṣīrin

Had Allah wished, He would have surely made them one community; but He admits whomever He wishes into His mercy, and the wrongdoers do not have any guardian or helper.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾami ttakhadhū min dūnihī ʾawliyāʾa fa-llāhu huwa l-waliyyu wa-huwa yuḥyi l-mawtā wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

Have they taken awliya besides Him? [Say,] ‘It is Allah, who is the [true] Wali, and He revives the dead, and He has power over all things.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā khtalaftum fīhi min shayʾin fa-ḥukmuhū ʾilā llāhi dhālikumu llāhu rabbī ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa-ʾilayhi ʾunību

Whatever thing you may differ about, its judgement is with Allah. That is Allah, my Lord. In Him, I have put my trust, and to Him do I turn penitently.

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fāṭiru s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi jaʿala lakum min ʾanfusikum ʾazwājan wa-mina l-ʾanʿāmi ʾazwājan yadhraʾukum fīhi laysa ka-mithlihī shayʾun wa-huwa s-samīʿu l-baṣīru

The originator of the heavens and the earth, He made for you mates from your own selves, and mates of the cattle, by which means He multiplies you. Nothing is like Him, and He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.

— Ali Quli Qarai

lahū maqālīdu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yashāʾu wa-yaqdiru ʾinnahū bi-kulli shayʾin ʿalīmun

To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He expands the provision for whomever He wishes, and tightens it [for whomever He wishes]. Indeed He has knowledge of all things.’

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sharaʿa lakum mina d-dīni mā waṣṣā bihī nūḥan wa-lladhī ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka wa-mā waṣṣaynā bihī ʾibrāhīma wa-mūsā wa-ʿīsā ʾan ʾaqīmū d-dīna wa-lā tatafarraqū fīhi kabura ʿalā l-mushrikīna mā tadʿūhum ʾilayhi llāhu yajtabī ʾilayhi man yashāʾu wa-yahdī ʾilayhi man yunību

He has prescribed for you the religion which He had enjoined upon Noah and which We have [also] revealed to you, and which We had enjoined upon Abraham, Moses and Jesus, declaring, ‘Maintain the religion, and do not be divided in it.’ Hard on the polytheists is that to which you summon them. Allah chooses for it whomever He wishes, and He guides to it whomever returns penitently [to Him].

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wa-mā tafarraqū ʾillā min baʿdi mā jāʾahumu l-ʿilmu baghyan baynahum wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika ʾilā ʾajalin musamman la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinna lladhīna ʾūrithū l-kitāba min baʿdihim la-fī shakkin minhu murībin

They did not divide [into sects] except after the knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves; and were it not for a prior decree of your Lord [granting them reprieve] until a specified time, decision would have been made between them. Indeed those who were made heirs to the Book after them are in grave doubt concerning it.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-li-dhālika fa-dʿu wa-staqim ka-mā ʾumirta wa-lā tattabiʿ ʾahwāʾahum wa-qul ʾāmantu bi-mā ʾanzala llāhu min kitābin wa-ʾumirtu li-ʾaʿdila baynakumu llāhu rabbunā wa-rabbukum lanā ʾaʿmālunā wa-lakum ʾaʿmālukum lā ḥujjata baynanā wa-baynakumu llāhu yajmaʿu baynanā wa-ʾilayhi l-maṣīru

So summon to this [unity of religion], and be steadfast, just as you have been commanded, and do not follow their desires, and say, ‘I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down. I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Our deeds belong to us and your deeds belong to you. There is no quarrel between us and you. Allah will bring us together and toward Him is the destination.’

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wa-lladhīna yuḥājjūna fī llāhi min baʿdi mā stujība lahū ḥujjatuhum dāḥiḍatun ʿinda rabbihim wa-ʿalayhim ghaḍabun wa-lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun-i

Those who argue concerning Allah, after His call has been answered, their argument stands refuted with their Lord, and upon them shall be [His] wrath, and there is a severe punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

allāhu lladhī ʾanzala l-kitāba bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-l-mīzāna wa-mā yudrīka laʿalla s-sāʿata qarībun

It is Allah who has sent down the Book with the truth and [He has sent down] the Balance. What do you know—maybe the Hour is near!

— Ali Quli Qarai

yastaʿjilu bihā lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bihā wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū mushfiqūna minhā wa-yaʿlamūna ʾannahā l-ḥaqqu ʾa-lā ʾinna lladhīna yumārūna fī s-sāʿati la-fī ḍalālin baʿīdin-i

Those who do not believe in it ask [you] to hasten it, but those who have faith are apprehensive of it, and know that it is true. Indeed those who are in doubt about the Hour are in extreme error!

— Ali Quli Qarai

allāhu laṭīfun bi-ʿibādihī yarzuqu man yashāʾu wa-huwa l-qawiyyu l-ʿazīzu

Allah is all-attentive to His servants. He provides for whomever He wishes, and He is the All-strong, the All-mighty.

— Ali Quli Qarai

man kāna yurīdu ḥartha l-ʾākhirati nazid lahū fī ḥarthihī wa-man kāna yurīdu ḥartha d-dunyā nuʾtihī minhā wa-mā lahū fī l-ʾākhirati min naṣībin

Whoever desires the tillage of the Hereafter, We will enhance for him his tillage, and whoever desires the tillage of the world, We will give it to him, but he will have no share in the Hereafter.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾam lahum shurakāʾu sharaʿū lahum mina d-dīni mā lam yaʾdhan bihi llāhu wa-law-lā kalimatu l-faṣli la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinna ẓ-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

Do they have deities [besides Allah] who have ordained for them a religion not permitted by Allah? Were it not for a [prior] conclusive word, judgement would have been made between them, and indeed a painful punishment awaits the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

tarā ẓ-ẓālimīna mushfiqīna mimmā kasabū wa-huwa wāqiʿun bihim wa-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fī rawḍāti l-jannāti lahum mā yashāʾūna ʿinda rabbihim dhālika huwa l-faḍlu l-kabīru

When it is about to befall them, You will see the wrongdoers fearful because of what they have earned; but those who have faith and do righteous deeds will be in the gardens of paradise: they will have whatever they wish near their Lord. That is the mighty grace.

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dhālika lladhī yubashshiru llāhu ʿibādahu lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti qul lā ʾasʾalukum ʿalayhi ʾajran ʾillā l-mawaddata fī l-qurbā wa-man yaqtarif ḥasanatan nazid lahū fīhā ḥusnan ʾinna llāha ghafūrun shakūrun

Such is the good news that Allah gives to His servants who have faith and do righteous deeds! Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it except the love of [my] relatives.’ Whoever performs a good deed, We shall enhance its goodness for him. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-appreciative.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾam yaqūlūna ftarā ʿalā llāhi kadhiban fa-ʾin yashaʾi llāhu yakhtim ʿalā qalbika wa-yamḥu llāhu l-bāṭila wa-yuḥiqqu l-ḥaqqa bi-kalimātihī ʾinnahū ʿalīmun bi-dhāti ṣ-ṣudūri

Do they say, ‘He has fabricated a lie against Allah’? If so, should Allah wish He would set a seal on your heart, and Allah will efface the falsehood and confirm the truth with His words. Indeed He knows well what is in the breasts.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-huwa lladhī yaqbalu t-tawbata ʿan ʿibādihī wa-yaʿfū ʿani s-sayyiʾāti wa-yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūna

It is He who accepts the repentance of His servants, and excuses their misdeeds and knows what you do.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yastajību lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa-yazīduhum min faḍlihī wa-l-kāfirūna lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun

He answers [the supplications of] those who have faith and do righteous deeds and enhances them out of His grace. But as for the faithless, there is a severe punishment for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-law basaṭa llāhu r-rizqa li-ʿibādihī la-baghaw fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lākin yunazzilu bi-qadarin mā yashāʾu ʾinnahū bi-ʿibādihī khabīrun baṣīrun

Were Allah to expand the provision for [all] His servants, they would surely create havoc on the earth. But He sends down in a [precise] measure whatever He wishes. Indeed, He is all-aware, all-seeing about His servants.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-huwa lladhī yunazzilu l-ghaytha min baʿdi mā qanaṭū wa-yanshuru raḥmatahū wa-huwa l-waliyyu l-ḥamīdu

It is He who sends down the rain after they have been despondent, and unfolds His mercy, and He is the Guardian, the All-laudable.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-min ʾāyātihī khalqu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baththa fīhimā min dābbatin wa-huwa ʿalā jamʿihim ʾidhā yashāʾu qadīrun

Among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and whatever creatures He has scattered in them, and He is able to gather them whenever He wishes.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā ʾaṣābakum min muṣībatin fa-bi-mā kasabat ʾaydīkum wa-yaʿfū ʿan kathīrin

Whatever affliction that may visit you is because of what your hands have earned, and He excuses many [an offense of yours].

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā ʾantum bi-muʿjizīna fī l-ʾarḍi wa-mā lakum min dūni llāhi min waliyyin wa-lā naṣīrin

You cannot frustrate [Allah] on the earth, and you do not have besides Allah any guardian or helper.

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wa-min ʾāyātihi l-jawāri fī l-baḥri ka-l-ʾaʿlāmi

Among His signs are the ships [that run] on the sea [appearing] like landmarks.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾin yashaʾ yuskini r-rīḥa fa-yaẓlalna rawākida ʿalā ẓahrihī ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-kulli ṣabbārin shakūrin

If He wishes He stills the wind, whereat they remain standstill on its surface. There are indeed signs in that for every patient and grateful [servant].

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾaw yūbiqhunna bi-mā kasabū wa-yaʿfu ʿan kathīrin

Or He wrecks them because of what they have earned, and He excuses many [an offense].

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-yaʿlama lladhīna yujādilūna fī ʾāyātinā mā lahum min maḥīṣin

Let those who dispute Our signs know that there is no escape for them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-mā ʾūtītum min shayʾin fa-matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-mā ʿinda llāhi khayrun wa-ʾabqā li-lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūna

Whatever you have been given are the wares of the life of this world, but what is with Allah is better and more lasting for those who have faith and who put their trust in their Lord

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾira l-ʾithmi wa-l-fawāḥisha wa-ʾidhā mā ghaḍibū hum yaghfirūna

—those who avoid major sins and indecencies, and forgive when angered;

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wa-lladhīna stajābū li-rabbihim wa-ʾaqāmū ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾamruhum shūrā baynahum wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

those who answer their Lord, maintain the prayer, and [conduct] their affairs by counsel among themselves, and they spend out of what We have provided them;

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-lladhīna ʾidhā ʾaṣābahumu l-baghyu hum yantaṣirūna

those who, when afflicted by oppression, defend themselves.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-jazāʾu sayyiʾatin sayyiʾatun mithluhā fa-man ʿafā wa-ʾaṣlaḥa fa-ʾajruhū ʿalā llāhi ʾinnahū lā yuḥibbu ẓ-ẓālimīna

The requital of evil is an evil like it, so whoever excuses and conciliates, his reward lies with Allah. Indeed, He does not like the wrongdoers.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-mani ntaṣara baʿda ẓulmihī fa-ʾulāʾika mā ʿalayhim min sabīlin

As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no ground for action against them.

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinnamā s-sabīlu ʿalā lladhīna yaẓlimūna n-nāsa wa-yabghūna fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi ʾulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

The ground for action is only against those who oppress the people and commit tyranny in the land in violation of justice. For such there will be a painful punishment.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-la-man ṣabara wa-ghafara ʾinna dhālika la-min ʿazmi l-ʾumūri

As for someone who endures patiently and forgives—that is indeed the steadiest of courses.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-man yuḍlili llāhu fa-mā lahū min waliyyin min baʿdihī wa-tarā ẓ-ẓālimīna lammā raʾawu l-ʿadhāba yaqūlūna hal ʾilā maraddin min sabīlin

Those whom Allah leads astray have no guardian apart from Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when they sight the punishment, saying, ‘Is there any way for a retreat?’

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wa-tarāhum yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā khāshiʿīna mina dh-dhulli yanẓurūna min ṭarfin khafiyyin wa-qāla lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾinna l-khāsirīna lladhīna khasirū ʾanfusahum wa-ʾahlīhim yawma l-qiyāmati ʾa-lā ʾinna ẓ-ẓālimīna fī ʿadhābin muqīmin

You will see them being exposed to it, humbled by abasement, furtively looking askance. The faithful will say, ‘Indeed the losers are those who have ruined themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, the wrongdoers will abide in lasting punishment.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā kāna lahum min ʾawliyāʾa yanṣurūnahum min dūni llāhi wa-man yuḍlili llāhu fa-mā lahū min sabīlin-i

They have no awliya to help them besides Allah. There is no way out for those whom Allah leads astray.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

istajībū li-rabbikum min qabli ʾan yaʾtiya yawmun lā maradda lahū mina llāhi mā lakum min maljaʾin yawmaʾidhin wa-mā lakum min nakīrin

Respond to your Lord before there comes a day for which there will be no revoking from Allah. On that day you will have no refuge, nor will you have [any chance for] denial [of your sins].

— Ali Quli Qarai

fa-ʾin ʾaʿraḍū fa-mā ʾarsalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓan ʾin ʿalayka ʾillā l-balāghu wa-ʾinnā ʾidhā ʾadhaqnā l-ʾinsāna minnā raḥmatan fariḥa bihā wa-ʾin tuṣibhum sayyiʾatun bi-mā qaddamat ʾaydīhim fa-ʾinna l-ʾinsāna kafūrun

But if they disregard [your warnings], [keep in mind that] We have not sent you as their keeper. Your duty is only to communicate. Indeed when We let man taste Our mercy, he boasts about it; but should an ill visit him because of what his hands have sent ahead, then man is very ungrateful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yakhluqu mā yashāʾu yahabu li-man yashāʾu ʾināthan wa-yahabu li-man yashāʾu dh-dhukūra

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wishes; He gives females to whomever He wishes, and males to whomever He wishes,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾaw yuzawwijuhum dhukrānan wa-ʾināthan wa-yajʿalu man yashāʾu ʿaqīman ʾinnahū ʿalīmun qadīrun

or He combines them males and females, and makes sterile whomever He wishes. Indeed, He is all-knowing, all-powerful.

— Ali Quli Qarai

wa-mā kāna li-basharin ʾan yukallimahu llāhu ʾillā waḥyan ʾaw min warāʾi ḥijābin ʾaw yursila rasūlan fa-yūḥiya bi-ʾidhnihī mā yashāʾu ʾinnahū ʿaliyyun ḥakīmun

It is not [possible] for any human that Allah should speak to him except through revelation or from behind a veil, or send a messenger who reveals by His permission whatever He wishes. Indeed He is all-exalted, all-wise.

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wa-ka-dhālika ʾawḥaynā ʾilayka rūḥan min ʾamrinā mā kunta tadrī mā l-kitābu wa-lā l-ʾīmānu wa-lākin jaʿalnāhu nūran nahdī bihī man nashāʾu min ʿibādinā wa-ʾinnaka la-tahdī ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

Thus have We imbued you with a Spirit of Our command. You did not know what the Book is, nor what is faith; but We made it a light that We may guide by its means whomever We wish of Our servants. Indeed, you guide to a straight path,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ṣirāṭi llāhi lladhī lahū mā fī s-samāwāti wa-mā fī l-ʾarḍi ʾa-lā ʾilā llāhi taṣīru l-ʾumūru

the path of Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Indeed all matters return to Allah!

— Ali Quli Qarai