Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub * - Translations’ Index
لَن تَنَالُواْ ٱلۡبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِن شَيۡءٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٞ
92. You will never achieve virtue29 unless you spend part of what you dearly love (in charity). Whatever you spend, Allāh certainly knows it.
29. The reward for it, which is Paradise.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلّٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُۚ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ فَٱتۡلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
93. All (the pure) food was lawful to the children of Israel except that30 which Israel (Jacob) had forbidden for himself before the Torah was revealed. Say: "Bring then the Torah and read it, if you are truthful."
30. Camel's meat and its milk. When he was afflicted with sciatica, as he made a vow to Allāh that if he were cured he would not eat the camel meat and drink the camel milk again which he loved much.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فَمَنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
فِيهِ ءَايَٰتُۢ بَيِّنَٰتٞ مَّقَامُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ كَانَ ءَامِنٗاۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ حِجُّ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَاعَ إِلَيۡهِ سَبِيلٗاۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
97. In it are clear Signs, (such as) the standing spot of Abraham. Whoever enters it is secure. Pilgrimage to the House (the Ka’bah at Makkah) is a duty owed to Allāh upon mankind, (upon) every one who is able to undertake the journey to it. Whoever denies (the obligation of Hajj), then surely Allāh is Self-sufficient above any need of the worlds.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
98. Say: "O followers of the (past) Scripture (i.e., Jews and Christians), why do you disbelieve in Allah’s revelations? For Allāh is a Witness to all that you do."
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ تَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجٗا وَأَنتُمۡ شُهَدَآءُۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ
99. Say: "O followers of the (past) Scripture, why do you hinder him who believes from the Path of Allāh 'Islam'? You seek (to make) it seem crooked, while you witness (that it is straight)31? Allāh is not unaware of what you do.
31. They are chastised for devising schemes to deviate people from the Straight Path of Islam while being fully aware and secretly bearing witness to its Truth.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تُطِيعُواْ فَرِيقٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَرُدُّوكُم بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمۡ كَٰفِرِينَ
100. O believers, if you obey a certain group among those (Jews and Christians) who have been given the Scripture, they will turn you back after your faith into deniers.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Translations’ Index
Translated by Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub