The Qur'an on itself

A moon of scorching heat was that in which the Qur’an was sent down, a guidance for mankind, and clear signs of the guidance and the Division. So whoso among you witnesses the moon, let him fast in it. And whoso of you is sick or on a journey: then a number of other days. God desires for you ease, and He desires not for you hardship; but that you complete the number; and that you magnify God for guiding you; and that you might be grateful.

(Will they then not consider the Qur’an with care! And had it been from other than God, they would have found therein much contradiction.)

O you who heed warning: ask not about things which, if made clear to you, would distress you; but if you ask about them while the Qur’an is being sent down, they will be made clear to you. God has pardoned that; and God is forgiving and clement.

Say thou: “What thing is greatest in witness?” Say thou: “God is witness between me and you; and this Qur’an has been revealed to me that I might warn you thereby, and whom it reaches. Do you bear witness that there are other gods with God?” Say thou: “I bear not witness.” Say thou: “He is but One God, and I am quit of that to which you ascribe a partnership.”

And when the Qur’an is recited: heed it and listen attentively, that you might obtain mercy.

God has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth; for that the Garden is theirs — they fighting in the cause of God, killing and being killed — a promise binding upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. And who better fulfils his covenant than God? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have contracted with Him; and that is the Great Achievement.

And when Our proofs are recited to them as clear signs, those who look not for the meeting with Us say: “Bring thou a Qur’an other than this; or change thou it.” Say thou: “It is not for me to change it of my own accord. I follow only what is revealed to me. I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous day.”

And this Qur’an is not such as could be invented by other than God; but it is a confirmation of what is before it, and an exposition of the Writ about which there is no doubt, from the Lord of All Creation.

And thou art not in any matter, and thou recitest not from it any recital, and you do no deed save that We are over you witnesses when you are engaged therein; and there does not escape thy Lord the weight of an atom in the earth or in the heaven. Whether less than that, or greater, it is in a clear writ.

We have sent it down as an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason.

We relate to thee the best of stories in what We have revealed to thee of this Qur’an, though thou wast before it among those unaware.

And were there a recitation whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth rent asunder, or the dead caused to speak. The truth is, to God belongs the command altogether. Have not those who heed warning despaired that, had God willed, He would have guided mankind all together? And those who ignore warning: disaster will cease not to strike them for what they have wrought, or to descend near their abodes, until the promise of God comes; God will not break the appointment.

alif lām rā Those are the proofs of the Writ and of a clear recitation.

And We have given thee seven of the oft-paired, and the tremendous Qur’an.

Who have made the Qur’an into parts.

And when thou recitest the Qur’an, seek thou refuge in God from the accursed satan

This Qur’an guides to what is most upright, and brings glad tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds, that they have a great reward,

And We have expounded in this Qur’an, that they take heed; but it increases them only in aversion.

And when thou recitest the Qur’an, We place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden partition,

And We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when thou rememberest thy Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn their backs in aversion.

And when We said to thee: “Thy Lord encompasses mankind,” and We made the vision which We showed thee only a means of denial for mankind, and also the accursed tree in the Qur’an. And We put them in dread, but it increases them not save in great inordinacy.

And We send down of the Qur’an what is a healing and mercy for the believers; but it increases not the wrongdoers save in loss.

Say thou: “If the servi and the domini gathered to produce the like of this Qur’an, they would not produce the like thereof, though they were helpers one of another.”

And We have expounded for men in this Qur’an every similitude, but most men refuse save denial.

And as a recitation We divided, that thou recite it to men in stages; and We have sent it down as a successive revelation.

And We have expounded for men in this Qur’an every similitude, but man is, more than anything, contentious.

We have not sent down upon thee the Qur’an that thou be wretched,

And thus have We sent it down as an Arabic recitation and expounded therein warnings, that they might be in prudent fear, or it cause in them remembrance.

And exalted be God, the True King! And hasten thou not with the recitation before its revelation to thee be complete; and say thou: “My Lord: increase Thou me in knowledge.”

And the Messenger will say: “O my Lord: my people took this Qur’an as a thing abandoned.”

And those who ignore warning say: “Oh, that the Qur’an were but sent down upon him all at once!” Thus — that We might strengthen thy heart thereby; and We have recited it distinctly.

ṭā sīn Those are the proofs of the Qur’an and of a Clear Writ

And thou receivest the Qur’an from one wise and knowing.

This Qur’an relates to the children of Israel most of that wherein they differ,

“And to recite the Qur’an.” And whoso is guided, he is but guided for himself; and whoso strays, then say thou: “I am only of the warners.”

He who made the Qur’an incumbent upon thee will return thee to a destination. Say thou: “My Lord best knows who brings guidance and who is in manifest error.”

And We have struck for men in this Qur’an every similitude. And if thou come to them with a proof, those who ignore warning will say: “You are only creators of vanity.”

And those who ignore warning say: “We will never believe in this Qur’an, nor in what was before it.” But if thou couldst see when the wrongdoers are brought before their Lord, refuting each other’s word. Those who were despised will say to those who had waxed proud: “Were it not for you, we would have been believers!”

By the wise Qur’an!

And We taught him not poetry, and it does not behove him; it is only a remembrance and a clear recitation

ṣād By the Qur’an full of remembrance!

And We have struck for mankind in this Qur’an every similitude, that they might take heed;

An Arabic recitation, free of deviation, that they might be in prudent fear.

A Writ the proofs whereof are set out and detailed, an Arabic recitation for people who know,

And those who ignore warning say: “Listen not to this Qur’an, and speak nonsense about it, that you might be victorious.”

And had We made it a recitation in a foreign tongue, they would have said: “Oh, that its proofs were but set out and detailed — a foreign tongue and an Arab!” Say thou: “It is for those who heed warning a guidance and a healing”; but those who do not believe: in their ears is deafness, and it is for them blindness; those: they are called from a far place.

And thus We have revealed to thee an Arabic recitation, that thou warn the mother of cities and whoso is around her, and thou warn of the Day of Gathering whereof there is no doubt: a faction will be in the Garden, and a faction in the Inferno.

We have made it an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason,

And they said: “Oh, that this Qur’an had but been sent down upon a great man of the two cities!”

And when We turned towards thee a band of the domini, listening in to the Qur’an, and when they were in its presence they said: “Listen attentively”; then, when it was concluded, they turned back to their people, warning.

Will they then not consider the Qur’an with care! If there be locks upon their hearts:

qāf By the glorious Qur’an!

We best know what they say; and thou art not a tyrant over them. But remind thou with the Qur’an him who fears My warning.

And We have made the Qur’an easy for remembrance; so is there any who will remember?

And We have made the Qur’an easy for remembrance; so is there any who will remember?

And We have made the Qur’an easy for remembrance; so is there any who will remember?

And We have made the Qur’an easy for remembrance; so is there any who will remember?

Taught the Qur’an,

It is a noble recitation

Had We sent down this Qur’an upon a mountain, thou hadst seen it humbled, split asunder from fear of God. And those similitudes — We strike them for mankind, that they might reflect.

Say thou: “It is revealed to me, that a band of the domini listened in, and they said: ‘We have heard an amazing recitation

Or add thou thereto) and recite thou the Qur’an distinctly.

Thy Lord knows that thou standest nearly two-thirds of the night, or a half of it, or a third of it, as does a number of those with thee. And God determines the night and the day. He knew that you would not calculate it, and has turned towards you: — so recite what is made easy of the Qur’an. He knows that there will be some sick among you, and others travelling in the earth in search of the bounty of God, and others fighting in the cause of God: — so recite what is made easy thereof, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, and lend to God a goodly loan. And what good you send ahead for your souls — you will find it with God, better and greater in reward. And ask forgiveness of God; God is forgiving and merciful.

Upon Us is its gathering and its recitation.

And when We recite it, follow thou the recitation thereof.

We have sent down upon thee the Qur’an in a successive revelation,

And when the Qur’an is recited to them, do not submit?

The truth is, it is a glorious recitation