[3.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[3.2] Allah! There is no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting.
[3.3] He has sent down to you the Book with the truth, confirming what preceded it; and
He has sent down the Torah and the Gospel (of Prophet Jesus which has been lost)
[3.4] before, as a guidance for people, and He sent down the Criterion. As for those who
disbelieve in the verses of Allah, forthem is an intense punishment. Allah is Mighty, Owner of Vengeance.
[3.5] Nothing on earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah.
[3.6] It is He who shapes you in your mothers' wombs as He wills. There is no god except Him, the Almighty, the Wise.
[3.7] It is He who has sent down to you the Book. Some of its verses are precise in
meaning - they are the foundation of the Book - and others obscure. Those whose
hearts are swerving with disbelief, follow theobscure desiring sedition and desiring its
interpretation, but no one knows its interpretation except Allah. Those who are
well-grounded in knowledge say: 'We believe init, it is all from our Lord. And none
remember except those who are possessed ofminds.
[3.8] Lord, do not cause our hearts to swerve after You have guided us. Grant us Your Mercy. You are the Embracing Giver.
[3.9] Lord, You will surely gather all the people for a Day that will come in which there is
no doubt.' Allah will not break His promise.
[3.10] Those who disbelieve, neither their riches nor their children shall save them from
Allah. They shall become the fuel of the Fire.
[3.11] Like Pharaoh's people and those before them who belied Our revelations; Allah
seized them in their sinfulness. Allah is firm in inflicting punishment.
[3.12] Say to those who disbelieve: 'You shall be overcome and gathered into Gehenna (Hell), an evil cradling!'
[3.13] Indeed, there was a sign for you in the two armies which met on the battlefield.
One was fighting in the way of Allah, and another unbelieving. They (the believers) saw
with their eyes that they were twice their own number. Allah strengthens with His
victory whom He will. Surely, in that there was a lesson for those possessed of eyes.
[3.14] Decorated for people are the desires of women, offspring, and of heaped up piles
of gold and silver, of pedigree horses,cattle, and sown fields. These are the enjoyments
of the worldly life, but with Allah is the best return.
[3.15] Say: 'Shall I tell you of a better thing than that? For the cautious with their Lord,
theirs shall be Gardens underneathywhich rivers flow, where they shall live for ever,
and purified spouses, and pleasure from Allah.' Allah is watching over His worshipers.
[3.16] Those are they who say: 'Lord, we believe in You, forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire',
[3.17] who are patient, truthful, obedient, and charitable, and who ask forgiveness at dawn.
[3.18] Allah bears witness that there is no god except He, and so do the angels and the
knowledgeable. He upholds justice - there is no god except He, the Mighty, the Wise.
[3.19] The only religion with Allah is Islam (submission). Those to whom the Book was
