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Quran Chapter 5 [part 1] - The Feast - Legislation of Contracts + Offerings to God

The central theme of this Medinan sura is the regulation of lawful and unlawful food, obedience to which is part of the pledge between...

Quran Chapter 5 [part 2] - The Feast - God’s Covenant, Ordained Punishments

7 Remember God’s blessing on you and the pledge with which you were bound when you said, ‘We hear and we obey.’ Be mindful of God: God...

Quran Chapter 5 [part 3] - The Feast - Obligation to Judge by What God has Revealed

41 Messenger, do not be grieved by those who race to surpass one another in disbelief– those who say with their mouths, ‘We believe,’ but...

Quran Chapter 5 [part 4] - The Feast - Religion vs. True Believers (People of the Scripture)

51 You who believe, do not take the Jews and Christians as allies: [a] they are allies only to each other. Anyone who takes them as an...

Quran Chapter 5 [part 5] - The Feast - Good Things Which God Has Made Lawful, Questioning Messengers

87 You who believe, do not forbid the good things God has made lawful to you– do not exceed the limits: God does not love those who...

Quran Chapter 6 [part 1] - Livestock - Humankind's Disbelief, Only God Has Power, Warning to Liars

A Meccan sura which takes its title from verses 136–9. The false claims the polytheists made about livestock are thoroughly addressed:...

Quran Chapter 6 [part 2] - Livestock - Strong Warnings, God Knows Everything, Worship, Be Grateful

42 We sent messengers before you [Prophet] to many communities and afflicted their people with suffering and hardships, so that they...

Quran Chapter 6 [part 3] - Livestock - Prophet Abraham Ponders the Universe, Abraham's Legacy

74 Remember when Abraham said to his father, Azar, ‘How can you take idols as gods? I see that you and your people have clearly gone...

Quran Chapter 6 [part 4] - Livestock - Islam is the Truth, Do Not Insult or Mock Other Beliefs

108 [Believers], do not revile those they call on beside God in case they, in their hostility and ignorance, revile God. To each...

Quran Chapter 6 [part 5] - Livestock - God’s Bounty, God's Commands and His Mercy

141 It is He who produces both trellised and unrelished gardens, date palms, crops of diverse flavors, the olive, the pomegranate, alike...

Quran Chapter 7 [part 1] - The Heights - Lessons From History, Story of Adam and Satan, Closed Gates

A Meccan sura named after the heights of the barrier which will divide the righteous from the damned on the Day of Judgement (verse 46)....

Quran Chapter 7 [part 2] - The Heights - A Day of Fulfilment (Judgment), Stories of Noah and Hud

42 But those who believe and do good deeds– and We do not burden any soul with more than it can bear– are the people of the Garden and...

Quran Chapter 7 [part 3] - The Heights - A Lesson to Learn, God sends Moses to Pharaoh

94 Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] [a] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might...

Quran Chapter 7 [part 4] - The Heights - The Wrath of God

148 In his absence, Moses’ people took to worshipping a mere shape that made sounds like a cow– a calf made from their jewelry. Could...

Quran Chapter 7 [part 5] - The Heights - God Created Everything, Worship Him

189 It is He who created you all from one soul, and from it made its mate so that he might find comfort in her: when one [of them] lies...

Quran Chapter 8 [part 1] - The Spoils of War - God Establishes a Victory, Separates Good from Bad

The main part of this Medinan sura is a comment on the Battle of Badr (near Medina), the first battle fought between the Muslims and...

Quran Chapter 8 [part 2] - The Spoils of War - Lessons from Badr, Disbelievers and Believers

41 Know that one-fifth of your battle gains belongs to God and the Messenger, to close relatives and orphans, to the needy and travelers,...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 1] - Repentance - Treaties and Rules, Take Action to Not Empower Evil-doings

The Medinan sura opens by giving notice of the severance of the treaty with the idolaters because they had broken it. The bulk of the...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 2] - Repentance - Guidelines About Hypocrisy, Feeble Faith, and Carelessness.

38 Believers, why, when it is said to you, ‘Go and fight in God’s way,’ do you feel weighed down to the ground? Do you prefer this world...

Quran Chapter 9 [part 3] - Repentance - Underhandedness of the Hypocrites, Battle of Tabuk

73 Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be tough with them. Hell is their final home– an evil destination! ...

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