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3:4 previously providing guidance for the people. And He brought down the Criterion. Those who disbelieve in God's revelations shall have a severe punishment. God is Dignified, Possessor of retribution.

3:5 Indeed, nothing is hidden from God, in the earth or in heaven.

3:6 He is the One who designs you in the wombs as He wills. There is no god except Him, the Dignified, the Wise.

3:7 He is the One who brought down upon you the Book containing clear-cut verses that constitute the foundation of the Book, and others that allow multiple meanings. As for those who harbour deviation in their hearts, they pursue the multiple-meaning verses, seeking to cause discord and seeking to interpret it, but none know its true interpretation except God. And those well-founded in knowledge say, "We believe in it; all of it is from our Lord." But none will take heed except those who possess intelligence.

3:8 "Our Lord, do not deviate our hearts after You have guided us, and grant us a mercy from You. You are the Grantor.

3:9 Our Lord, You will gather the people on a Day about which there is no doubt." God never breaks a promise.

3:10 Those who disbelieve, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them in any way against God. Those are fuel for the Fire.

3:11 Like the constant behaviour of Pharaoh's people and those before them, they denied Our signs, and so God seized them for their sins, and God is severe in punishment.

3:12 Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be defeated, then gathered unto Hell; what a miserable resting place!"

3:13 There was a sign for you in two groups that met: one group fighting in the cause of God and another of disbelievers. They saw with their own eyes that they were twice as many. God supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed, in that is a lesson for those who possess vision.

3:14 The love of worldly desires has been adorned for the people, such as women, children, hoarded piles of gold and silver, branded horses, livestock and tilled land. These are the enjoyments of the worldly life, while at God lies the best homecoming.

3:15 Say, "Shall I inform you of better than that? For those who have been reverent, they shall have at their Lord Gardens beneath which rivers flow. Therein, they shall permanently remain. They shall have purified spouses and consent from God." God is Seer of the servants

3:16 who say, "Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins, and guard us against the punishment of the Fire."

3:17 They are the patient ones, the truthful, the obedient, the ones who give, and the ones who seek forgiveness before dawn.

3:18 God bears witness that there is no god except Him, and so do the angels and those who possess knowledge, upholding justice. There is no god except Him, the Dignified, the Wise.

3:19 Indeed, the religion in the sight of God is Submission. Those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after the knowledge came to them due to animosity between them. And whoever disbelieves in God's revelations, then indeed, God is swift in reckoning.

3:20 If they argue with you, say, "I have submitted my face to God, and so do the ones who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and the ummiyeen, "Have you submitted?" If they have submitted, then they have been guided, but if they turn away, then your sole duty is the delivery, and God is Seer of the servants.

3:21 Regarding those who disbelieve in God's revelations, and kill the prophets unjustly, and kill those among the people who advocate justice: give them news of a painful punishment.

3:22 They are the ones whose work is nullified in this world and in the Hereafter and they have no supporters.

3:23 Have you not seen those who were given a share of the Scripture? They were invited to employ God's Scripture to judge between them, but then a group of them turned away in aversion?

3:24 That is because they said, "The Fire will not touch us, except for a few days." They were deluded in their religion by what they used to fabricate.

3:25 So how will it be when We gather them on a Day about which there is no doubt, and every self is paid in full for what it had earned, and they are not wronged?

3:26 Say, "O God, Possessor of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will, and You strip sovereignty away from whom You will. You grant dignity to whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your hand are all good things. You are Capable of all things.

3:27 You merge the night into the day, and You merge the day into the night. You extract the living from the dead and extract the dead from the living, and You provide for whom You please without count."

3:28 The believers are not to take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Whoever does that will have nothing to do with God, unless you are being on guard of them out of precaution. God warns you to beware of Him, and to God is the ultimate destination.

3:29 Say, "Whether you conceal what is in your chests or reveal it, God knows it. He knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and God is Capable of all things."

3:30 There will come a Day when every self will find the good work it has done brought forth. As for the bad it has done, it will wish it were separated from it by a long distance. God warns you to beware of Him, and God is Compassionate towards the servants.

3:31 Say, "If you do love God, then follow me. God will then love you and forgive your sins. God is Forgiver, Merciful."

3:32 Say, "Obey God and the messenger." If they turn away, then indeed, God does not like the disbelievers.

3:33 God has chosen Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over all the people.

3:34 Their descendants were intermixed. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.

3:35 The wife of Imran said, "My Lord, I have vowed to you that what is in my womb shall be entirely devoted to You, so accept from me. Indeed, You are the Hearer, the Knowledgeable."

3:36 Then when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have given birth to a female." God knows best what she delivered and that the male is not the same as the female. "I have named her Mary, and I seek Your protection for her and her offspring from the outcast devil."

3:37 So her Lord received her with a gracious acceptance, and brought her up a fine upbringing, and appointed Zechariah as her guardian. Whenever Zechariah entered upon her in the sanctuary, he would find provisions with her and would ask, "Mary, how did you get this?" She would say, "It is from God. God provides whom He wills without count."

3:38 Thereupon, Zechariah implored his Lord: "My Lord, grant me from You good offspring. You are the Hearer of prayers."

3:39 So the angels called out to him while he was standing observing the Salat in the sanctuary: "God gives you good news of John, confirming a Word from God, who will be honourable and celibate, as well as a prophet, from among the righteous."

3:40 He said, "My Lord, how can I have a boy when old age has caught up with me, and my wife is barren?" He said, "Such is God. He does what He wills."

3:41 He said, "My Lord, appoint for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three days except by signs. And remember your Lord frequently and glorify in the evenings and mornings."

3:42 The angels said, "O Mary, God has chosen you and purified you. He has chosen you over the women of all the world.

3:43 O Mary, be obedient to your Lord, and prostrate and bow down with those who bow down."

3:44 That is news from the unseen that We reveal to you. You were not with them when they tossed their pens to determine who would be Mary's guardian, and you were not with them when they quarrelled.

3:45 When the angels said, "O Mary, God gives you good news of a Word from Him whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, distinguished in this world and in the Hereafter, and among those brought near.

3:46 He will speak to the people from the cradle as well as an adult, and will be one of the righteous."

3:47 She said, "My Lord, how can I have a son when no man has touched me?" He said, "Such is God. He creates what He wills. If He decrees a matter, He merely says to it, 'Be,' and it is."

3:48 And He teaches him the Scripture, wisdom, the Torah and the Injeel,

3:49 and a messenger to the Children of Israel: "I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I create for you from clay the shape of a bird, then I blow into it, and it becomes a bird with God's permission, and I heal the blind and the leper and bring the dead back to life with God's permission, and I can tell you what you eat and what you store in your homes. Indeed, in that is a sign for you if you are believers.

3:50 I come confirming what came before me of the Torah, and to make lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you. I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. Therefore, reverence God and obey me.

3:51 Indeed, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

3:52 Then, when Jesus felt disbelief on their part, he said, "Who are my supporters for God?" The disciples said, "We are God's supporters. We have believed in God and bear witness that we are Submitters.

3:53 Our Lord, we have believed in what You have brought down, and we have followed the messenger, so write us among the witnesses."

3:54 They schemed, and God schemed, and God is the best of schemers.

3:55 God said, "O Jesus, I am taking you back, raising you to Me and purifying you of those who disbelieved. I will place those who followed you above those who disbelieved until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you regarding that over which you used to differ.

3:56 As for those who disbelieve, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and in the Hereafter and they will have no supporters."

3:57 And as for those who believe and do good deeds, He will pay them their rewards in full. God does not like the transgressors.

3:58 This We recite to you of the revelations and the wise Reminder.

3:59 The likeness of Jesus with God is the like of Adam: He created him from dust, then said to him, "Be," and he was.

3:60 The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.

3:61 If anyone argues with you concerning it, after what has come to you of the knowledge, say, "Let us call our children and your children, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then let us invoke the curse of God upon the liars."

3:62 This is indeed the true narrative. There is no god but God, and indeed, God is the Dignified, the Wise.

3:63 If they turn away, then indeed, God is Knowledgeable of the corruptors.

3:64 Say, "O People of the Book, let us come to an equitable word between us and you; that we shall not worship except God, and that we would never associate anything with Him, nor that we would take one another as lords besides God." If they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Submitters."

3:65 O People of the Book, why do you argue about Abraham when the Torah and the Injeel were not brought down until after him? Will you not reason?

3:66 There you are, having argued about matters you have knowledge of, but why do you argue about matters you have no knowledge of? God knows while you do not know.

3:67 Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian but was a monotheist Submitter and was not one of the mushrikeen.

3:68 The people most worthy of Abraham are those who followed him and this prophet and those who believe. God is the Ally of the believers.

3:69 A group from among the People of the Book wished they could misguide you, but they misguide none but themselves, and they do not realise it.

3:70 O People of the Book, why do you disbelieve in God's revelations while you bear witness?

3:71 O People of the Book, why do you confuse the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth knowingly?

3:72 A group among the People of the Book said, "Believe in what was brought down upon those who believe at the beginning of the day, then disbelieve in it at the end of the day so that perhaps they will revert,

3:73 and believe none other than those who follow your religion." Say, "The guidance is God's guidance." If anyone is given what you have been given, or if they argue with you before your Lord, say, "All favour lies in the hand of God; He bestows it upon whom He wills." God is Immense, Knowledgeable.

3:74 He specifies His mercy to whom He wills, and God is the Possessor of Great Favour.

3:75 Among the People of the Book is one whom if you entrust with a qintar he would return it to you, and among them is one whom if you entrust with a dinar, he will not return it to you unless you keep after him. This is because they said, "We are under no obligation towards the ummiyeen." And they say lies about God knowingly.

3:76 Yes, whoever fulfils his pledge and is reverent, then indeed, God loves the reverent.

3:77 Those who trade away God's pledge and their oaths for a cheap price, they receive no share in the Hereafter. God will not speak to them nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them. And they shall have a painful punishment.

3:78 Among them is a group who twist the Scripture with their tongues so you would think that it is from the Scripture when it is not from the Scripture. And they say it is from God when it is not from God. And they say lies about God, knowingly.

3:79 It is not for any human being to whom God gave the Scripture, the law, and the prophethood to then say to the people, "Be worshippers of me rather than God," but instead, "Be devoted to the Lord in accordance to the Scripture you have been teaching and in accordance to what you have been studying."

3:80 Nor would he command you to take the angels and the prophets as lords. Would he command you to disbelieve after becoming Submitters?

3:81 And when God took a covenant from the prophets: "For what I have given you of the Scripture and wisdom, then afterwards, a messenger comes to you, confirming what is with you; you shall believe in him and support him." He said, "Do you agree to this and accept this obligation from Me?" They said, "We agree." He said, "Therefore bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

3:82 Whoever turns away after that, then they are the wicked ones.

3:83 Is it other than God's religion that they seek, when all who are in the heavens and the earth have submitted to Him, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned?

3:84 Say, "We believe in God, and in what was brought down upon us, and in what was brought down upon Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and in what was given to Moses, Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We do not distinguish between any of them, and to Him we are Submitters."

3:85 Whoever seeks other than Submission for a religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter, he will be among the losers.

3:86 How can God guide people who disbelieved after their belief, when they had witnessed that the messenger was truthful, and when clear proofs had come to them? God does not guide the transgressing people.

3:87 The penalty for those is that God's curse will be upon them, as well as the angels and all the people.

3:88 Therein, they shall permanently remain. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted respite,

3:89 except for those who repent after that and reform, then indeed, God is Forgiver, Merciful.

3:90 Those who disbelieved after having believed, then increased in disbelief, their repentance will not be accepted. They are the misguided ones.

3:91 Those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers, the whole earth full of gold will not be accepted from any one of them, were he to offer it as ransom. Those shall have a painful punishment and they have no supporters.

3:92 You will not attain piety until you give from that which you love. And whatever you give, indeed, God is Knowledgeable of it.

3:93 All food was lawful for the Children of Israel except what Israel prohibited on itself before the Torah was brought down. Say, "Then bring the Torah and recite it if you are truthful."

3:94 So whoever fabricates lies about God after that, they are the transgressors.

3:95 Say, "God has proclaimed the truth, so follow the creed of Abraham. He was a monotheist and was not one of the mushrikeen."

3:96 The first House established for the people was the one in Bacca; blessed and a guidance for all people.

3:97 In it are clear signs: Abraham's station. And whoever entered it was safe. Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to God by the people who find the means to get to it. As for those who disbelieve, then indeed, God is beyond need of all the worlds.

3:98 Say, "O People of the Book, why do you disbelieve in God's revelations when God is Witness over what you do?"

3:99 Say, "O People of the Book, why do you repel those who believe from the path of God seeking to make it crooked, when you are witnesses? God is not unaware of what you do."

3:100 O you who believe, if you obey a group of those who were given the Scripture, they will revert you, after having believed, to being disbelievers.

3:101 How could you disbelieve when God's revelations are being recited to you, and among you is His messenger? Whoever holds fast to God has been guided to a straight path.

3:102 O you who believe, reverence God as He should be reverenced, and do not die except as Submitters,

3:103 and hold fast to the rope of God, and do not be divided, and remember God's blessings upon you when you were enemies, then He instilled harmony between your hearts. As a result, and through His blessing, you became brethren. You were at the brink of a fire pit, and He saved you from it. God thus clarifies His revelations for you so that you may be guided.

3:104 Let there be a nation from among you that invites to goodness, advocates righteousness and forbids evil. They are the successful ones.

3:105 And do not be like those who became divided and differed after the clear proofs had come to them. Those shall have a great punishment

3:106 on the Day when some faces will be whitened, and some faces will be blackened. As for those whose faces are blackened: "Did you disbelieve after having believed? Therefore, taste the punishment for what you used to deny."

3:107 And as for those whose faces are whitened, they are embraced within God's mercy. Therein, they shall permanently remain.

3:108 These are God's revelations that We recite to you with truth, and God wants no injustice to the worlds.

3:109 To God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and to God, all matters are returned.

3:110 You were the best nation produced for the people: you advocate righteousness, forbid evil, and you believe in God. Had the People of the Book believed, it would have been better for them. Some of them are believers, but most of them are wicked.

3:111 They will not harm you beyond throwing abuse. If they fight you, they will turn their backs on you and flee. Then they will not be supported.

3:112 They shall be stricken with humiliation wherever they are encountered unless they are sustained by a rope from God and a rope from the people. They have incurred wrath from God. Consequently, they are stricken with misery. This is because they used to disbelieve in God's revelations and kill the prophets unjustly. This is because they disobeyed and used to transgress.

3:113 They are not all the same: among the People of the Book is an upright community. They recite God's revelations during the night while they prostrate.

3:114 They believe in God and the Last Day, and they advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and they hasten to do good. These are among the righteous.

3:115 Any good that they do will not be denied them. God is Knowledgeable of the reverent.

3:116 Those who disbelieved, neither their wealth nor their children will avail them in any way against God. They are the companions of the Fire. Therein, they shall permanently remain.

3:117 The example of what they give in this worldly life is like the example of a wind with bitter frost that hit the harvest of people who have wronged themselves, thereby destroying it. God did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

3:118 O you who believe, do not take outsiders who never cease to wish you harm as intimates. They wish to see you suffer. Hatred is evident from what comes out of their mouths, while what their chests conceal is even greater. We have clarified the revelations for you if you will use reason.

3:119 Here you are, loving them while they do not love you, and you believe in all the Scripture. If they meet you, they say, "We believe," then, when they are alone, they bite their fingers out of rage towards you. Say, "Die in your rage." Indeed, God is Knowledgeable of what the chests hold.

3:120 If something good comes your way, it grieves them. And if something bad befalls you, they rejoice for it. If you are patient and reverent, their schemes will not harm you in any way. Indeed, God encompasses what they do.

3:121 And when you rose earlier than your people to assign to the believers positions for battle, indeed, God is Hearer, Knowledgeable.

3:122 When two groups amongst you were on the verge of failing, God was their Ally. In God, the believers should trust.

3:123 God has granted you victory at Badr when you were outnumbered. So reverence God, and hopefully, you may give thanks.

3:124 You told the believers, "Would it not be sufficient for you if your Lord was to reinforce you with three thousand angels sent down?"

3:125 Indeed, if you are patient and reverent, then should they suddenly attack you, your Lord would reinforce you with five thousand marked angels.

3:126 God ordained this only as good news for you and so that your hearts would be assured thereby. Victory comes only from God, the Dignified, the Wise.

3:127 He thus cuts off a flank of those who disbelieved or debases them. Thus, they turn back disappointed.

3:128 You have no say in the matter as to whether He redeems them or He punishes them, for they are transgressors.

3:129 To God belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. God is Forgiver, Merciful.

3:130 O you who believe, do not consume usury, doubled manifold, and reverence God so that you may succeed.

3:131 And beware of the Fire that has been prepared for the disbelievers.

3:132 And obey God and the messenger so that you may be granted mercy.

3:133 And hasten in pursuit of forgiveness from your Lord and a Paradise whose width encompasses the heavens and the earth. It has been prepared for the reverent

3:134 who give in prosperity and hardship, and the suppressors of rage, and those who pardon the people. God loves the good-doers.

3:135 And those who, upon committing an immorality or wronging themselves, remember God and ask forgiveness for their sins. And who forgives the sins except for God? Then they do not persist in what they have done knowingly.

3:136 The reward for those is forgiveness from their Lord and Gardens beneath which rivers flow. Therein, they shall permanently remain. Excellent is the reward of the workers.

3:137 Many precedents have passed away before you, so travel in the land and look what the outcome of the deniers was.

3:138 This is a clarification for the people and a guidance and advice for the reverent.

3:139 Do not waver nor grieve, for you shall have the upper hand if you are believers.

3:140 If a wound afflicts you, a similar wound has afflicted other people. We alternate these days among the people, and indeed, God knows the ones who believe, and He selects witnesses from among you. God does not like the transgressors.

3:141 And God thus purges those who believe and condemns the disbelievers.

3:142 Or have you thought that you would enter Paradise without God distinguishing the ones who strove amongst you and distinguishing the patient ones?

3:143 You used to long for death before encountering it. Now you have seen it while you looked on.

3:144 Muhammad is no more than a messenger like the messengers who passed away before him. Should he die or get killed, would you turn back on your heels? Anyone who turns back on his heels does not harm God in any way. God will reward those who are thankful.

3:145 No self is to die except with God's permission. It is a deferred decree. Whoever desires the reward of this world, We grant him therefrom, and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We grant him therefrom. We shall reward those who are thankful.

3:146 Many a prophet had many devout people fight alongside him. They did not waver in the face of what afflicted them in the cause of God, nor did they weaken or become discouraged. God loves the patient ones.

3:147 Their utterance was none other than to say, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our excessiveness in our affairs, and secure our foothold, and support us against the disbelieving people."

3:148 So God granted them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter. God loves the good-doers.

3:149 O you who believe, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will then turn into losers.

3:150 Rather, it is God who is your Master, and He is the best of supporters.

3:151 We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved for associating with God what He did not bring down authorisation for. Their refuge is the Fire; what a miserable home for the transgressors!

3:152 God has fulfilled His promise to you when you defeated them with His permission. That was until you faltered, disputed in the matter and disobeyed after He showed you that which you love. Some of you want this world, and some of you want the Hereafter. Then He averted you from them in order to test you, and He pardoned you, and God is Possessor of Favour for the believers.

3:153 You climbed up and paid no attention to anyone while the messenger was calling you from your rear. And so He repaid you, one misery for another, so that you may not grieve over what passed you by nor what afflicted you. God is All-Aware of what you do.

3:154 Then after the misery, He brought down upon you peaceful slumber which overtook a group among you, while another group were only concerned about themselves. They entertained thoughts about God that were untrue, the thoughts of the days of ignorance, saying, "Do we have any say in the matter?" Say, "All matters are up to God." They conceal inside themselves what they do not reveal to you. They said, "If we had any say in the matter, we would not have been killed right here." Say, "If you had been in your homes, those decreed to be killed would have encountered it in their beds." God thus tests what is in your chests and purges what is in your hearts. God is Knowledgeable of what the chests hold.

3:155 Those among you who turned away on the day the two armies met, it was but the devil who made them slip by means of some of what they had earned. God has pardoned them. Indeed, God is Forgiver, Forbearing.

3:156 O you who believe, do not be like those who disbelieved and said of their brethren who travelled the land or were on the offensive, "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed." God renders this a source of remorse in their hearts. God brings to life and puts to death. God is Seer of what you do.

3:157 If you get killed in the cause of God, or die, the forgiveness from God and mercy are better than whatever they can amass.

3:158 And if you die or get killed, unto God you shall be gathered.

3:159 It was out of mercy from God that you became gentle towards them. Had you been harsh and hard-hearted, they would have dispersed from around you. So pardon them, ask forgiveness for them and consult them in the matter. Once you make a decision, put your trust in God. God loves the trusting ones.

3:160 If God supports you, none can defeat you. And if He forsakes you, who is the one who can support you after Him? In God the believers should trust.

3:161 It is not for a prophet to defraud. Anyone who defrauds will bring along what he defrauded on the Day of Resurrection. Then every self will be paid in full for what it had earned, and they will not be wronged.

3:162 Is one who pursues God's consent the same as one who incurs anger from God and whose refuge is Hell? What a miserable destination!

3:163 They occupy different ranks at God. God is Seer of what they do.

3:164 God has bestowed favour upon the believers when He raised a messenger from amongst themselves, reciting to them His revelations, purifying them and teaching them the Scripture and wisdom, whereas they were previously in clear misguidance.

3:165 Why is it that when a disaster befell you, and you had already inflicted double as much, you said, "How could this possibly happen?" Say, "It is from yourselves." Indeed, God is Capable of all things.

3:166 What befell you on the day the two armies met was by God's permission, and indeed, He knows the believers,

3:167 and indeed, He knows the ones who acted hypocritically. They were told, "Come and fight in the cause of God, or defend." They said, "If we knew how to fight, we would have followed you." They were closer to disbelief on that day than they were to belief. They utter with their mouths what is not in their hearts. God knows best what they conceal.

3:168 Those who stayed behind and said to their brothers, "Had they obeyed us, they would not have been killed." Say, "Then avert death from yourselves if you are truthful."

3:169 Do not think that those who are killed in the cause of God are dead. Rather, they are alive at their Lord, being provided for.

3:170 They are delighted in what God has granted them of His favour, and they rejoice in the good news of those after them who have not yet joined them; that no fear will there be concerning them nor will they grieve.

3:171 They rejoice in a blessing from God and favour, and that God does not waste the reward of the believers

3:172 who have responded to God and the messenger after being afflicted by wounds. For those among them who did good and were reverent is a great reward.

3:173 And it is those to whom the people said, "People have gathered against you, so you should fear them," but this merely increased their faith, and they said, "God suffices us. He is the best Trustee."

3:174 So they returned with a blessing from God and favour. No harm touched them, and they sought God's consent, and God is Possessor of Great Favour.

3:175 It is but the devil who tries to frighten his allies, so do not fear them but fear Me if you are believers.

3:176 Do not be grieved by those who hasten towards disbelief. They will not harm God in any way. God wills that they shall have no share in the Hereafter, and they shall have a great punishment.

3:177 Those who bought disbelief at the cost of belief will not harm God in any way, and they shall have a painful punishment.

3:178 Those who disbelieved should not think that We grant them respite for their own good. We only grant them respite so that they increase in sinfulness, and they shall have a humiliating punishment.

3:179 God was not to leave the believers in the state you are in until He distinguishes the bad from the good. Nor was God to inform you of the unseen, but God chooses whom He wills from among His messengers. So believe in God and His messengers. If you believe and are reverent, you shall have a great reward.

3:180 Those who are miserly with what God has granted them of His favour should not think that it is good for them, but it is bad for them. They shall have their hoardings placed around their necks on the Day of Resurrection. To God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. And God is All-Aware of what you do.

3:181 God has heard the utterance of those who said, " Indeed, God is poor, and we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets unjustly, and We will say, "Taste the punishment of the Fire.

3:182 That is for what your hands have put forth for God is not unjust towards the servants."

3:183 To those who said, "God has taken an pledge from us that we shall not believe in any messenger unless he brings us a sacrificial offering to be consumed by the fire." Say, "Messengers have come to you before me with the clear proofs and with what you said. Why then did you kill them if you are truthful?"

3:184 If they deny you, so have other messengers been denied before you who came with the clear proofs, the Scriptures, and the enlightening Book.

3:185 Every self tastes death, and it is on the Day of Resurrection that you will be paid your rewards in full. Whoever is nudged away from the Fire, and admitted into Paradise, has indeed triumphed. The worldly life is no more than the enjoyment of an illusion.

3:186 You will be tested by means of your money and yourselves, and you will hear much abuse from those who were given the Scripture before you and from the mushrikeen. If you are patient and reverent, this would be the most resolute behaviour.

3:187 God took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture: "You shall make it clear to the people, and not conceal it." However, they cast it behind their backs and traded it away for a cheap price. Miserable indeed is what they purchased.

3:188 Do not think that those who boast about what they have done and love to be praised for what they did not do - do not think that they have triumphed by evading the punishment, for they shall have a painful punishment.

3:189 And to God belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and God is Capable of all things.

3:190 In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day, are signs for those who possess intelligence.

3:191 Those who remember God while standing, sitting, and on their sides, and they reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth: "Our Lord, You did not create this in vain, glory to You, so guard us against the punishment of the Fire.

3:192 Our Lord, whomever You admit into the Fire, You have disgraced, and the transgressors have no supporters.

3:193 Our Lord, we have heard a caller inviting to faith: 'Believe in your Lord,' so we believed. Our Lord, forgive us our sins, wipe out our bad deeds and end our lives among the pious.

3:194 Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. You never break a promise."

3:195 So their Lord responded to them: "I do not let the work of any worker among you, male or female, go to waste; you are of one another. For those who have emigrated, and were evicted from their homes, and were harmed for striving in My cause, and have fought and got killed, I will surely wipe out their bad deeds and admit them into Gardens beneath which rivers flow; a reward from God. God has the best reward."

3:196 Do not be deluded by the free movement of the disbelievers in the land.

3:197 A little enjoyment, then their refuge is Hell; what a miserable resting place!

3:198 But for those who reverenced their Lord, they shall have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. Therein, they shall permanently remain. A hospitality from God and what is at God is better for the pious.

3:199 Indeed, among the People of the Book are those who believe in God and in what was brought down to you, and in what was brought down to them; they are humble before God. They do not trade away God's revelations for a cheap price. These will receive their reward from their Lord. Indeed, God is swift in reckoning.