EXCERPTS FROM THE GLORIOUS QUR’AN

(as translated by Marmaduke Pickthall)

 

Surah 2 – AL-BAQARAH (The Cow):

23: “And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witnesses beside Allah if ye are truthful.” 24: “And if ye do it not – and ye can never do it – then guard yourselves against the fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.”

109: “Many of the People of the Scripture long to make you disbelievers after your belief, through envy on their own account, after the truth hath become manifest unto them. Forgive and be indulgent (toward them) until Allah give command. Lo! Allah is able to do all things.”

216: “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you: but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.”

228: “And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is mighty, Wise.”

251: “And if Allah had not repelled some men by others the earth would have been corrupted.”

Surah 3 – ALI-IMRAN (The Family of Imran):

60: “(This is) the truth from thy Lord (O Muhammad), so be not of those who waver.” 61: “And who disputeth with thee concerning him, after the knowledge with hath come unto thee, say (unto him): Come! We will summon our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves, then we will pray humbly (to our lord) and (solemnly) invoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie.”

157: “And what though you be slain in Allah’s way or die therein? Surely pardon from Allah and mercy are better than all that they amass.”

169: “Think not of those who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their lord they have provision.”

184: “…The life of this world is but comfort of illusion.”

Surah 4 – AN-NISA (Women):

34: “Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High Exalted, Great.”

47: “O ye unto whom the Scripture hath been given! Believe in what We have revealed confirming that which ye posses, before We destroy countenances so as to confound them, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbathbreakers (of old time). The commandment of Allah is always executed.”

56: “Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, we shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.”

88: “…Seek ye to guide him whom Allah hath sent astray? He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him thou ( O Muhammad) canst find road. 89: They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them until they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend or helper from among them.”

Surah 5 – AL-MA’IDAH (The Table Spread):

38: “As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is mighty, Wise.”

49: “So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, they know that Allah’s will is to smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers.”

51: “O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.”

Surah 6 – AL AN’AM (Cattle):

151: “…And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath commanded you, in order that ye may discern.”

Surah 7 – AL-A’RAF (The Heights):

157: “Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong…”

158: “…So believe in Allah and his messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, who believeth in Allah and in His words and follow him that haply ye may be led aright.”

189: “He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and therefrom did make his mate that he might take rest in her…”

Surah 8 – AL-ANFAL (Spoils of War):

12: “When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger.” 13: “That is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger. Who opposeth Allah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment.” 14: “That (is the award), so taste it, and (know) that for disbelievers is the torment of the fire.”

39: “And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah. But if they cease, then lo! Allah is seer of what they do.”

Surah 9 – AT-TAUBAH (Repentance):

5: “Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is forgiving, Merciful.”

38: “…Take ye pleasure in the life of the world rather than in the Hereafter? The comfort of the life of the world is but little in the Hereafter.”

111: “Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.”

123: “O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto him).”

Surah 18 – AL-KAHF (The Cave):

74: “So they twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad, he slew him. (Moses) said: What! Hast thou slain an innocent soul who hath slain no man? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing …78: “He said: I will announce unto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with patience.”… 80: ‘As for the lad, his parents were believers and We feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief.” 81: “And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity and nearer to mercy.”

Surah 22 – AL-HAJJ (The Pilgrimage):

15: “Whoso is wont to think (through envy) that Allah will not give him (Muhammad) victory in the world and in the Hereafter (and is enraged at the thought of his victory), let him stretch a rope up to the roof (of his dwelling), and let him hang himself. Then let him see whether his strategy dispelleth that whereat he rageth!”

Surah 24 – AN-NUR (Light):

31: “And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands’ fathers or their sons or their husbands’ sons, or their brothers or their brothers’ sons or sisters’ sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigor, or children who know naught of women’s nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornments. And turn to Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed.”

Surah 33 – AL-AHZAB (The Clans):

23: “Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted with Allah. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and some of them still are waiting; and they have not altered in the least;”

50: “O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand posseseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father’s side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother’s side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother’s side who emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage – a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers – We are Aware of that which we enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands posses – that thou mayest be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.”

60: “If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and the alarmists in the city do not cease, We verily shall urge thee on against them, then they will be your neighbors in it but a little while.” 61: “Accursed, they will be seized wherever found and slain with a (fierce) slaughter.” 62: “That was the way of Allah in the case of those who passed away of old; thou wilt not find for the way of Allah aught of power to change.”

Surah 47 – MUHAMMAD (Muhammad):

3: “That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their lord. Thus Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind.” 4: “Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain.” 5: “He will guide them and improve their state,” 6: “And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath made known unto them.”

Surah 98 – AL-BEYYINAH (The Clear Proof):

6: “Lo! Those who disbelieve, among the people of the scriptures and the idolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings. 7: “(and) lo! Those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings.”