3:101
وَكَيۡفَ
wakayfa
And how (could)
تَكۡفُرُونَ
takfuruna
you disbelieve
وَأَنتُمۡ
wa-antum
while [you]
تُتۡلَىٰ
tut'la
is recited
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
upon you
ءَايَٰتُ
ayatu
(the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَفِيكُمۡ
wafikum
and among you
رَسُولُهُۥۗ
rasuluhu
(is) His Messenger
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَعۡتَصِم
ya'tasim
holds firmly
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
to Allah
فَقَدۡ
faqad
then surely
هُدِيَ
hudiya
he is guided
إِلَىٰ
ila
to
صِرَٰطٖ
siratin
a path
مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
mus'taqimin
straight
١٠١

How can you disbelieve when God’s revelations are being recited to you and His Messenger is living among you? Whoever holds fast to God will be guided to the straight path

Translation 1260

3:102
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
ءَامَنُواْ
amanu
believe[d]
ٱتَّقُواْ
ittaqu
Fear
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
حَقَّ
haqqa
(as is His) right
تُقَاتِهِۦ
tuqatihi
(that) He (should) be feared
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَمُوتُنَّ
tamutunna
die
إِلَّا
illa
except
وَأَنتُم
wa-antum
[while you]
مُّسۡلِمُونَ
mus'limuna
(as) Muslims
١٠٢

You who believe, be mindful of God, as is His due, and make sure you devote yourselves to Him, to your dying moment

Translation 1260

3:103
وَٱعۡتَصِمُواْ
wa-i'tasimu
And hold firmly
بِحَبۡلِ
bihabli
to (the) rope
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
جَمِيعٗا
jami'an
all together
وَلَا
wala
and (do) not
تَفَرَّقُواْۚ
tafarraqu
be divided
وَٱذۡكُرُواْ
wa-udh'kuru
And remember
نِعۡمَتَ
ni'mata
(the) Favor
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
on you
إِذۡ
idh
when
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you were
أَعۡدَآءٗ
a'daan
enemies
فَأَلَّفَ
fa-allafa
then He made friendship
بَيۡنَ
bayna
between
قُلُوبِكُمۡ
qulubikum
your hearts
فَأَصۡبَحۡتُم
fa-asbahtum
then you became
بِنِعۡمَتِهِۦٓ
bini'matihi
by His Favor
إِخۡوَٰنٗا
ikh'wanan
brothers
وَكُنتُمۡ
wakuntum
And you were
عَلَىٰ
ala
on
شَفَا
shafa
(the) brink
حُفۡرَةٖ
huf'ratin
(of) pit
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّارِ
al-nari
the Fire
فَأَنقَذَكُم
fa-anqadhakum
then He saved you
مِّنۡهَاۗ
min'ha
from it
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
makes clear
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
ayatihi
His Verses
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
la'allakum
so that you may
تَهۡتَدُونَ
tahtaduna
(be) guided
١٠٣

Hold fast to God’s rope all together; do not split into factions. Remember God’s favour to you: you were enemies and then He brought your hearts together and you became brothers by His grace; you were about to fall into a pit of Fire and He saved you from it- in this way God makes His revelations clear to you so that you may be rightly guided

Translation 1260

3:104
وَلۡتَكُن
waltakun
And let there be
مِّنكُمۡ
minkum
among you
أُمَّةٞ
ummatun
[a] people
يَدۡعُونَ
yad'una
inviting
إِلَى
ila
to
ٱلۡخَيۡرِ
al-khayri
the good
وَيَأۡمُرُونَ
wayamuruna
[and] enjoining
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
bil-ma'rufi
the right
وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ
wayanhawna
and forbidding
عَنِ
ani
from
ٱلۡمُنكَرِۚ
al-munkari
the wrong
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulaika
and those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ
al-muf'lihuna
(are) the successful ones
١٠٤

Be a community that calls for what is good, urges what is right, and forbids what is wrong: those who do this are the successful ones

Translation 1260

3:105
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَكُونُواْ
takunu
be
كَٱلَّذِينَ
ka-alladhina
like those who
تَفَرَّقُواْ
tafarraqu
became divided
وَٱخۡتَلَفُواْ
wa-ikh'talafu
and differed
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعۡدِ
ba'di
after
مَا
ma
what
جَآءَهُمُ
jaahumu
came to them
ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُۚ
al-bayinatu
the clear proofs
وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulaika
And those
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٞ
azimun
great
١٠٥

Do not be like those who, after they have been given clear revelation, split into factions and fall into disputes: a terrible punishment awaits such people

Translation 1260

3:106
يَوۡمَ
yawma
(On the) Day
تَبۡيَضُّ
tabyaddu
would become white
وُجُوهٞ
wujuhun
(some) faces
وَتَسۡوَدُّ
wataswaddu
and would become black
وُجُوهٞۚ
wujuhun
(some) faces
فَأَمَّا
fa-amma
As for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those whose
ٱسۡوَدَّتۡ
is'waddat
turn black
وُجُوهُهُمۡ
wujuhuhum
[their] faces
أَكَفَرۡتُم
akafartum
Did you disbelieve
بَعۡدَ
ba'da
after
إِيمَٰنِكُمۡ
imanikum
your belief
فَذُوقُواْ
fadhuqu
Then taste
ٱلۡعَذَابَ
al-'adhaba
the punishment
بِمَا
bima
for what
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you used to
تَكۡفُرُونَ
takfuruna
disbelieve
١٠٦

On the Day when some faces brighten and others darken, it will be said to those with darkened faces, ‘How could you reject your faith after believing? Taste the torment for doing so,’

Translation 1260

3:107
وَأَمَّا
wa-amma
But as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those whose
ٱبۡيَضَّتۡ
ib'yaddat
turn white
وُجُوهُهُمۡ
wujuhuhum
[their] faces
فَفِي
fafi
then (they will be) in
رَحۡمَةِ
rahmati
(the) Mercy
ٱللَّهِۖ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
هُمۡ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
خَٰلِدُونَ
khaliduna
(will) abide forever
١٠٧

but those with brightened faces will be in God’s grace, there to remain

Translation 1260

3:108
تِلۡكَ
til'ka
These
ءَايَٰتُ
ayatu
(are the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
نَتۡلُوهَا
natluha
We recite them
عَلَيۡكَ
alayka
to you
بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ
bil-haqi
in truth
وَمَا
wama
And not
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
يُرِيدُ
yuridu
wants
ظُلۡمٗا
zul'man
injustice
لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
lil'alamina
to the worlds
١٠٨

These are God’s revelations: We recite them to you [Prophet] with the Truth. God does not will injustice for His creatures

Translation 1260