36. Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents,
kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are
strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your
right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;-
37. (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others, or hide the
bounties which Allah hath bestowed on them; for We have prepared, for those who
resist Faith, a punishment that steeps them in contempt;-
38. Not those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men, but have no faith
in Allah and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One for their intimate, what a
dreadful intimate he is!
39. And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in Allah and in the Last
Day, and they spent out of what Allah hath given them for sustenance? For Allah
hath full knowledge of them.
40. Allah is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He
doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward.
41. How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought thee as a
witness against these people!
42. On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the apostle will wish that
the earth Were made one with them: But never will they hide a single fact from
Allah.
43. O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can
understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when
travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or
on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in
contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or
earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins and
forgive again and again.
44. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the
Book? they traffic in error, and wish that ye should lose the right path.
45. But Allah hath full knowledge of your enemies: Allah is enough for a
protector, and Allah is enough for a Helper.
46. Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places,
and say: "We hear and we disobey"; and "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Ra'ina";
with a twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith. If only they had said:
"What hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would have been
better for them, and more proper; but Allah hath cursed them for their Unbelief;
and but few of them will believe.
47. O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed, confirming
what was (already) with you, before We change the face and fame of some (of you)
beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the
Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of Allah Must be carried out.
Translation by Abdullah Yusufali