Quran

Quran Chapter 1 - The Opening

This sura is seen to be a precise table of contents of the Quranic message. It is very important in Islamic worship, being an obligatory...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 1] - The Cow - Book of Guidance, The Hypocrites, Worship God Alone

This is a Medinan sura and the longest in the Quran, containing material revealed over several years, and named after the story of the...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 2] - The Cow - The Story of Adam, Remember God’s Favors

30 [Prophet], when your Lord told the angels, ‘I am putting a successor [a] on earth,’ they said, ‘How can [b] You put someone there who...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 3] - The Cow - Covenants with the Children of Israel, Broken Covenants

53 Remember when We gave Moses the Scripture, and the means to distinguish [right and wrong], so that you might be guided. 54 Moses said...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 4] - The Cow - Revelation Rejected

75 So can you [believers] hope that such people will believe you, when some of them used to hear the words of God and then deliberately...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 5] - The Cow - Faithlessness

94 Say, ‘How evil are the things your belief commands you to do, if you really are believers!’ Say, ‘If the last home with God is to be...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 6] - The Cow - Religious Prejudices, Abraham the Leader

111 They also say, ‘No one will enter Paradise unless he is a Jew or a Christian.’ This is their own wishful thinking. [Prophet], say,...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 7] - The Cow - The Religion of Abraham, A New Direction

133 Were you [Jews] there to see when death came upon Jacob? When he said to his sons, ‘What will you worship after I am gone?’ they...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 8] - The Cow - Punishment for Disbelief, Righteousness Explained

155 We shall certainly test you with fear and hunger, and loss of property, lives, and crops. But [Prophet], give good news to those who...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 9] - The Cow - Rules for the Believers

178 You who believe, fair retribution [a] is prescribed for you in cases of murder: the free man for the free man, the slave for the...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 10] - The Cow - The Pilgrimage, Embrace Islam and Reject Satan

196 Complete the pilgrimages, major and minor, for the sake of God. If you are prevented [from doing so], then [send] whatever offering...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 11] - The Cow - Instructions for Life

213 Mankind was a single community, then God sent prophets to bring good news and warning, and with them He sent the Scripture with the...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 12] - The Cow - Instructions for Life Continued

233 Mothers suckle their children for two whole years, if they wish to complete the term, and clothing and maintenance must be borne by...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 13] - The Cow - Stories and Reflections

243 [Prophet], consider those people who abandoned their homeland in fear of death, [a] even though there were thousands of them. God...

Quran Chapter 2 [part 14] - The Cow - Charity and Contracts, Faith and Supplication

261 Those who spend their wealth in God’s cause are like grains of corn that produce seven ears, each bearing a hundred grains. God gives...

Quran Chapter 3 [part 1] - The Family of Imran - Confirmation, Is Scripture Precise or Symbolic?

The Medinan sura begins by emphasizing that the Quran confirms the earlier scriptures and goes on to say later that the central tenet of...

Quran Chapter 3 [part 2] - The Family of Imran - Family Matters, The True Explanation of Jesus

31 Say, ‘If you love God, follow me, and God will love you and forgive you your sins; God is most forgiving, most merciful.’ 32 Say,...

Quran Chapter 3 [part 3] - The Family of Imran - Who is Trustworthy, Reminder, God Knows Everything

70 People of the Book, why do you deny God’s revelations when you can see they are true? 71 People of the Book, why do you mix truth...

Quran Chapter 3 [part 4] - The Family of Imran - Community, Misbehavior, Victory in the Hands of God

102 You who believe, be mindful of God, as is His due, and make sure you devote yourselves to Him, to your dying moment. 103 Hold fast...

Quran Chapter 3 [part 5] - The Family of Imran - A Test, Remain Steadfast, God Forgives

130 You who believe, do not consume usurious interest, doubled and redoubled. Be mindful of God so that you may prosper– 131 beware of...

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