Chapter 5: Maaida

1. O believers, fulfill your contracts in full...

Grazing livestock (sheep, cattle, goat, camel,
etc.) has been made permissible for you with

the condition that you do not consider (1) 4

hunting lawful animals for yourselves while
you are in ihram, and except for that with
which you have been informed... Indeed
Allah ordains what He wills.

2. O believers! Do not disrespect the rites of 4

Allah (the signs of Allah; that which evokes
or causes to feel and perceive Allah) the

sacred months, the sacrifices offered to the

Baytullah, special sacrifices and to those
who come to the Bayt in search of the
bounty and the pleasure of their Rabb... You

can hunt once you come out of ihram... Do
not let your hatred towards a people who

(previously) prevented you from entering
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the Masjid al-Haram lead you to transgress (2 )
your boundaries... Help each other based on
the essence of the reality (albirra) and taqwa
(protecting yourself in the way of Allah from
the inadequacies of your identity) not on
wrongdoing and enmity... Protect
yourselves from Allah (as He will enforce
upon you the consequences of your actions).
Certainly Allah is shadid-ul iqab (the
Enforcer of the consequences of
wrongdoings).

3. Prohibited to you is the flesh of dead

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animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that
which has been slaughtered in a name other
than Allah. Also prohibited to you is the flesh
of animals that are killed by strangling, or by
beating, or in a fall, or skinned to death, or
killed and partly eaten by a wild animal, or

sacrificed on stone altars. Also, seeking
fortune (in regards to the future) by divining

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arrows (or other fortune telling methods)! All

of this is corruption. Those who deny the
reality today have given up on invalidating

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your religion... So fear them not, but be in (3)
awe of Me. This day I have perfected for you
your religion (your acquisition of religious
knowledge) and completed My favor upon
you and have approved for you Islam
(complete submission to Allah) as (the
understanding of) religion... Whoever is
forced by severe hunger to eat of these may
do so, without assuming what is unlawful to
be lawful... Indeed, Allah is the Ghafur, the
Rahim.

4. They ask you what has been made

permissible to them... Say, All good and

clean foods have been made permissible to
you... And those caught by the hunting 4
animals that you have trained in the way of 4
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Allah, so eat what they catch for you and (4 )

speak the name of Allah upon them...
Certainly Allah is Sari-ul-Hisab (Allah
instantly puts into effect the consequences
of ones actions).

5. This day, all good and pure foods have

been made permissible to you... The food of

those to whom the knowledge of the reality
has been given is permissible to you... And
your food is permissible to them... And the
chaste women from among the believers


and those to whom the knowledge of the


reality was given before you are permissible
(in marriage) to you, with the condition that

you give their due dowry, and they stay away (5)
from adultery and refrain from secret
affairs... Whoever disregards the conditions
and requirements of faith and denies the
reality, all his work will become worthless
and he will be among the losers in the
eternal life to come.

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6. O believers... When you rise to perform

salat, wash your faces and your arms up to
your elbows with water; wipe over your

heads and wash your feet up to your
ankles... If you are in a state of impurity
(janabah) then wash your whole body... If
you are ill or traveling or have been to the
lavatory or if you have slept with women and

you cannot find water, then seek clean earth

and wipe your faces and hands with clean
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earth... Allah does not wish to make

difficulty for you, but He wills to purify you (6)
and complete the favor of HU upon you; that
you may be thankful (and evaluate).

7. Remember the favor of Allah upon you 4

and the covenant with which He bound you

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when you said, We hear and we obey...
Protect yourselves from Allah! Indeed Allah, (7) 4
as your essence with His Names, knows what
is inside you.

8. O believers... Be steadfast in the way of 4

Allah, and be just when you bear witness...
Do not let your hatred for a people lead you


to be unjust! Be just, this approach is nearer
4
to protection... Protect yourselves from (8)
4
Allah! Indeed Allah (as their creator) is Habir
of all your actions.

9. Allah has promised those who believe

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and live as their faiths require, There is
(9)
forgiveness and a great reward for them.

10. As for those who deny the reality and

our signs (the manifestations of the Names)
they are the people of hell.
(10)

11. O believers... Remember the favor of

4
Allah upon you... Remember when a
community wanted to lay their hands on

you (harm you) and He had pulled their

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hands away from you... Protect yourselves 4

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from Allah! Let the believers place their
trust in Allah (believe that the Name Wakil
(11)
in their essence will fulfill its function).

12. Verily, Allah took a covenant from the 4

Children of Israel... We rose among them
twelve representatives... Allah had said, I
4
am indeed with you... If you perform salat,

give zakah (alms), believe in the Rasuls and 4
support them, and give Allah a good loan
(based on the emphasis I am indeed with
you, the loans you give to others are loans

that are given to Allah), I will remove your
(12)
wrongdoings and admit you to Paradises
underneath which rivers flow... Whoever
denies the reality after this has surely gone
astray from the straight path.

13. We have cursed them for breaking their

covenant and hardened their hearts (locked
their perception)! They distort the

meanings of words and have forgotten to u
take a share of the realities with which they
have been cautioned. Except for a very few, (13)
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you will see deceit from them... Forgive
them and do not worry! Indeed, Allah loves
the doers of good.

14. And We had taken a covenant from

those who say, We are Christians! They
u
also forgot to take a share from what they
were reminded of... So We caused among
them animosity and hatred until the period (14) 4
of Doomsday... Allah will show them what
they produce and do.

15. O those to whom the knowledge of the

reality has been given... There has come to

you Our Rasul who informs you of the many
truths you conceal pertaining to the reality
4
and who forgives most of you (for (15)
concealing it)... Indeed, there has come to

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you a Nur from Allah and a Clear Book (the

clear knowledge of the sunnatullah).

16. Allah guides those who follow His 4

pleasure (the faculty of realization within



mans essence) to the reality, with the
qualities of the Names; the reality of Allah. (16)
Based on the appropriateness of their
Name compositions, He will take them out
of darkness to Nur, and guide them to a
righteous life.

17. Indeed, those who said, Allah is the 4

Messiah, the son of Mary has denied the
reality! Say, Who has the power to prevent

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Allah if He chooses to destroy the Messiah,
the son of Mary, his mother, and everyone 4
else on earth?... Everything in the heavens, 4
the earth and in between is for Allah (for
(17)

the manifestation and observation of the
Names)! He creates what He wills! Allah is
Qadir over all things.

18. The Jews and the Christians say, We

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are the sons and the beloveds of Allah...
Say, Then why does He punish you for

your mistakes?... No, you are also humans
created by Him... He forgives whom He 4
wills and abandons whom He wills to (18)
suffering... The dominion of the heavens,
the earth and everything in between is for
Allah... To Him is the return!

19. O those to whom the knowledge of the

reality has been given... There has come to

you a Rasul informing you of the truth, in a
period of suspension between Rasuls... So
that you dont say, A bringer of tidings (19) 4

and a warner has not come to us... Here is
the bringer of tidings and warner... Allah is
Qadir over all things.

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20. Moses once said to his people, My

people, remember the favor of Allah upon
you, He disclosed Nabis from within you
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and appointed you as rulers, He gave to (20)
you what He did not give to anyone else in
the worlds (the knowledge pertaining to
vicegerency upon earth).

21. My people, enter the Holy Land that

Allah has assigned to you and do not turn
back to the past, lest you turn back as 4

losers. (21)

22. They said, O Moses, indeed a despot

community lives there... Until they abandon
this place we will not enter it... If they leave

with their own will, then we will enter it. (22)

23. Two men, upon whom Allah had

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bestowed His blessings, from the
community they feared, said, Enter upon
them through the gate, for when you enter, 4

you will prevail... If you are believers then (23)
place your trust in Allah (believe the Name
Wakil in your essence will fulfill its
function).

24. They said, O Moses, as long as they

are there, we will never enter it... Go, you
and your Rabb, and fight! Indeed we are

sitting right here. (24)

25. (Moses) said, My Rabb... Indeed, my

word has no bearing on anyone other than
myself and my brother, so part us from the
(25)
people (whose faith is) corrupt.

26. He said, Indeed, that place has been

forbidden to them for forty years, they will
wander the earth confused... So do not

grieve over those (whose faith is) corrupt. (26)

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27. Tell them the truth about the two sons

of Adam... How they had both offered a

sacrifice, where one was accepted and the

other wasnt... (Cain, whose sacrifice was 4
not accepted) said, I will surely kill you... (27)
(Abel, whose sacrifice was accepted) said,
Allah accepts only from the muttaqeen
(those who live in line with their essential
reality).

28. If you raise your hand to kill me, I

promise I shall not raise my hand to kill you!
For, I fear Allah, the Rabb of the worlds!
4
(28)
29. I want you to take on my sin and your

own sin so you will be among the
(29)

companions of the fire... This is the
consequence of the wrongdoers!

30. Finally, the ambition and jealousy driven

by his ego made it easy for him (Cain) to kill
his brother (Abel), so he killed him... Thus
(30)
he became of the losers.

31. Then Allah disclosed a crow to him, 4

grubbing the earth, showing him how to
bury his brothers corpse... Cain said to


himself, Woe unto me! I am not even like

this crow to know how to bury the corpse (31)
of my brother! And he became of the
regretful.

32. This is why we decreed upon the

Children of Israel, Whoever kills a person
except (as retribution) for a (murdered)

person or for spreading corruption in the
land, it is as if he has killed the whole of
mankind... And whoever saves a persons

life, it is as if he has saved the whole of
mankind... Indeed, there has come to
(32)
them our Rasuls as clear proofs; but after

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this most of them still squander on earth

(do not evaluate what We have given
them).

33. The retribution for those who fight with 4

Allah and His Rasul, and strive to spread
corruption on earth, is to be killed, or hung,

or have their hands and feet cut crosswise,
or to be prisoned. This is a disgrace for

them in this world... And there is great
suffering for them in the eternal life to
(33)
come.

34. Except for those who repent before you

seize them... Know well that Allah is the
Ghafur, the Rahim.
(34)
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35. O believers! Protect yourselves from 4

Allah; ask for a cause to enable your
closeness to Him and strive with

determination on His path so that you may (35)
attain emancipation.

36. As for those who deny the reality, if

they had everything on earth and twice as
much again and offered it to ransom


themselves from the suffering of the
(36)
Doomsday period, it will never be accepted
from them! A sad suffering awaits them.

37. They will want to escape the fire, but

they will not be able to do so... Theirs shall
be a perpetual suffering!

(37)

38. Cut off the hands of thieves, whether

male or female, as an exemplary lesson
4
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from Allah for what they have done! Allah is
the Aziz, the Hakim. (38)

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39. But whoever repents after his 4

wrongdoing and corrects (his conduct)
Allah will surely accept his repentance...
(39) 4

Indeed Allah is the Ghafur, the Rahim.

40. Do you not know the (reality) 4

sovereignty of the heavens and the earth is
for Allah? He punishes whom He wills and
4

rewards whom He wills! Allah is Qadir over (40)
all things.

41. O Rasul! Do not be grieved by those

who say We have believed with their
tongues while they have not believed with


their hearts (consciously, by internalizing
and experiencing its meaning) and who
compete in denial... There are some among
the Jews who listen to you to make lies, or

as mediators on behalf of people who do
not come to you... They pervert the
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meanings of the words and say, If this be 4


given to you, take it, but if not (if instead, a
judgment is made based on Allahs laws) (41)
then stay away... If Allah wills corruption
for someone, you can no longer expect
anything from Allah on his behalf... They
are the ones whose hearts Allah does not
wish to purify... There is disgrace for them
in the world... And a severe suffering awaits
them in the eternal life to come.

42. They constantly listen to lies and devour

forbidden things... If they come to you,


then judge between them, or turn away
from them... If you turn away from them,
they cannot give you any harm... But if you 4
judge, then judge with justice... Indeed, (42)
Allah loves those who deal justly.

43. Why do they make you a judge when

they have the Torah in which there is Allahs
4
command? And yet they turn away from
(43)

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your judgment! They are not believers!

44. In truth, We have revealed the Torah, in

which there is Nur and the knowledge of
the reality... By it, the Nabis who have

submitted, ruled the Jews, and so did the

Rabbis (those occupied with the training of 4
Jews according to the Torah) and the
Priests (those with knowledge and wisdom)
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who were entrusted with the protection of
the knowledge of the reality, and to which
(44)
they were witnesses... So, do not fear man,
fear Me! Do not sell the truths of which I
inform you for a small gain. Those who do
not judge by what Allah revealed, they are
deniers of the reality!

45. We had decreed in it (the Torah), A life

for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a
nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth!

And a wound for a wound... But whoever
forgives, this will expiate his past mistakes!
And whoever does not judge in accordance (45) 4

with what Allah reveals, they are the
wrongdoers.

46. We sent Jesus, the son of Mary, in the

footsteps of them (the Nabis who had
submitted) to confirm the knowledge from


the Torah (as truth). And We gave him the
Gospel, which contained Huda (the (46)
knowledge of the reality) and Nur, and
confirmed what reached him from the
Torah, as guidance and admonition for the
protected ones.

47. Those who follow the Gospel should 4

judge with the creeds in the Gospel
revealed by Allah. Whoever does not judge
4

with the creeds revealed by Allah, they are (47)
the corrupters!

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48. We revealed to you a reality that

confirms, protects, witnesses, rules over
and encapsulates the Truth pertaining to


the knowledge of the reality (sunnatullah) 4
that came before you... So judge between
them with what Allah has revealed... Do not 4
leave what has come to you as the Truth

and follow their empty fancies and
desires... To each of you We prescribed a
4
law (rules and conditions regarding lifestyle) (48)
and a method (a system based on fixed
realities not subject to change with time).
Had Allah willed, He would surely have
made you a single community! But He
wanted to try you with what He gave you
(so you can see for yourself what you are)...
So hasten to do good! To Allah you shall all
return... He will inform you of the things
you have been dividing and disputing over.

49. (This is what We have decreed upon 4

you:) Judge between them with what Allah
has revealed to you... Do not follow their


(baseless) desires... Be cautious of falling 4

into provocation about some of the things 4

which Allah has revealed to you! If they turn (49)
away, know well that Allah wants to give
them affliction due to some of their
mistakes... Indeed, the majority of mankind
is corrupted in faith.

50. Or do they want pagan laws (from the

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days of ignorance)? Who is a better judge
than Allah for people whose faith is firm?
(50)

51. O believers... Do not befriend the Jews

and the Christians... They are friends with
one another... Whoever befriends them, he


will indeed become one of them...
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Certainly, Allah will not guide the (51)

wrongdoers (He will not enable those who
do wrong to themselves to experience the
reality)!

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52. You will see those devoid of healthy

thought (the hypocrites) saying, We fear
that things may turn against us and hasten

4
towards them (the Jews and the
Christians)... Perhaps Allah will bring clarity
or a verdict from Himself (HU) and they will (52)
become regretful over what they have been
harboring within themselves.

53. The believers say, Are they the ones

who solemnly swear with all their might and
in the name of Allah to be with you? Their
4
deeds have become worthless; they have (53)
become losers.

54. O believers... Whoever among you

renounces his faith (should know that) Allah
will bring (in your stead) a people who (He)

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will love, (and who) will love Him, who are
humble toward the believers and honorable 4
toward the deniers of the reality, who will 4 4
fight in the way of Allah without fearing any
(54)
condemnation from any condemner... That
is the favor of Allah; He bestows it upon
whom He wills. Allah is the Wasi, the
Aleem.

55. Your only Waliyy is Allah, the Rasul of

4

HU, and the believers; they establish salat
and give alms bowing down.


(55)
56. Whoever befriends Allah, the Rasul of 4

HU, and the believers (should know) the
allies of Allah are the ones who will prevail!
(56) 4

57. O believers... Do not befriend those

who take your religion in ridicule and
amusement among those to whom the

knowledge of the reality has been given 4

before you, nor those who deny the reality! (57)
Protect yourselves from Allah, if you are

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people of faith!

58. And when you call to prayer they take

ridicule and make fun of it... This is because
they are people who are unable to use their
(58)
intellect.

59. Say, O those to whom the knowledge

of the reality has been given, do you resent
us just because we have believed in Allah,
4

our essential reality, to what has been (59)
revealed to us, and to what was revealed
before us? The majority of you have gone
astray!

60. Say, Shall I inform you of how

4
wretched the consequences of your deeds
are in the sight of Allah? They are those
4
who Allah cursed and with whom He

became angry! (Allah) changed them into (60)
followers of apes (those who live in
imitation without reason), swine (those who
live for their carnal pleasures) and Taghut
(satan illusions impulses)! They are the
ones whose dwellings are the most
wretched and who have gone astray from
the sound way!

61. When they come to you they say, We

have believed... But in reality, they come
to you in a state of denial and leave you in
4
a state of denial... Allah, as the creator of (61)
their actions, knows better what they hide.

62. You will see most of them leaning

towards offence against Allah and
hastening to consume what has been

forbidden... How wretched is what they do! (62)

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63. Why do the rabbis and the scholars

(those with knowledge and wisdom) not
prevent them from saying offensive things


about Allah and from consuming what has (63)

been forbidden... How wretched is what
they do and produce!

64. The Jews said, The hands of Allah are 4

tied... Their claim became true about

themselves; their hands were tied and they
became cursed! On the contrary, both of
Allahs hands are open; He continues to
provide as He wills! Indeed, what has been
revealed to you from your Rabb increases
4

denial and transgression in most of them!
We have cast between them animosity and
4
hatred that will last until the Doomsday (64)
period! Whenever they kindled a fire of
war, Allah extinguished it... (Yet still) they
run to causing corruption on earth... Allah
does not like those who run towards
corrupting faith.

65. Had those, to whom the knowledge of

the reality came, believed (evaluated this
knowledge) and protected themselves


(from shirq; duality) We would surely have (65)
erased their bad deeds and placed them in
Paradises of Naim (a state in which the
forces pertaining to Allah become
manifest).

66. Had they evaluated and applied the

requirements of the Torah, the Gospel, and
what has been revealed to them from their

Rabb, they would surely have enjoyed the

blessings from above and below (spiritual (66)
and material provisions)! Among them are
some who are on the just course (give
everything its due right) but the majority of
them are engaged in wretched deeds!

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67. O (honorable) Rasul... Announce that

which has been revealed to you from your
Rabb! If you do not, then you would not 4
have conveyed the reality of HU! Allah 4
protects you from the people... Indeed, (67)
Allah does not give guidance to people
who deny the reality!

68. Say, O those to whom the knowledge

of the reality was given! You are not
standing on any ground until you uphold


(apply directly to your life) the Torah, the
Gospel, and what has been revealed to you
from your Rabb! Indeed, that which has (68)
been revealed to you from your Rabb
increases most of them in denial and
transgression... So do not grieve over the
people of denial!

69. Indeed, whoever among the Jews, the

Sabeans and the Christians believes in Allah
(their very own Rabb and the Rabb of the
4

worlds) and in the eternal life to come and
practices the requirements of this faith, (69)
there shall be no fear for them, nor shall
they be grieved!

70. We had taken a covenant from the

Children of Israel and disclosed for them
Rasuls! But whenever a Rasul came to them

with what their egos did not like, they (70)
denied some and killed some!

71. They thought there would be no harm

in this; hence, they became blind (to the
reality) and deaf (to the call of the Truth)!
4

Then Allah accepted their repentance... But (71) 4

most of them became blind (unable to
evaluate the reality) and deaf (unable to
perceive) again! Allah (as the creator of
their deeds) is Basir over what they do.

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72. Certainly, those who said, Allah is the 4

Messiah, the son of Mary have denied the
reality... (Whereas) the Messiah had said,

O Children of Israel... Serve Allah, my 4
4
Rabb and your Rabb... For whoever

4
associates partners to Allah (shirq; duality) (72)

indeed Allah has made Paradise forbidden
to him! His destination will be fire! There
are no helpers for the wrongdoers!

73. Indeed, those who said, Allah is the

4
third of the three have become deniers of
the reality! The concept of godhood is


invalid; the possessor of Uluhiyyah is ONE!


If they dont stop what they are saying, the (73)
deniers among them will surely live a
painful suffering!

74. Are they still not going to repent to 4

4

Allah and ask for forgiveness? Allah is the
Ghafur, the Rahim.

(74)

75. Messiah, the son of Mary, is only a

Rasul... Rasuls have come and gone before
him! His mother was a woman of truth (she

had witnessed the essential reality and


testified to its existence without (75)
reservation)! They both used to eat food
(they were human)! Look at how We have
informed them of the signs! Then look
again, how they divert from the truth!

76. Say, Do you serve those besides Allah, 4

who neither give you harm, nor any
benefit? Allah is HU, the Sami, and the
(76) u
4
Aleem.

77. Say, O People of the Book... Do not

exceed the limits and unjustly transgress
the boundaries of your religion... Do not

follow the empty delusions of a people who

have diverted many from the right course in (77)

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the past, and who have gone astray from

the centerline!

78. Those who deny the Truth from the

Children of Israel have been cursed (fell far
from Allah) by the tongue of David and

Jesus, the son of Mary... This was because (78)
they rebelled and transgressed the
boundary.

79. They did not prevent one another from

the bad deeds that they did. How wretched
were their deeds!
(79)

80. You will see the majority of them

befriending those who deny the knowledge
of the reality... How wretched is the
4


eventuality prepared by their ego! The (80)
wrath of Allah is on them! They will be
subject to suffering eternally.

81. Had they believed in Allah, the creator

4

of their being with His Names, the Nabi
(Muhammad saw) and what has been


revealed to him, they would not have (81)
befriended them (the deniers)... But most
of them are corrupted in faith.

82. Among man, you will indeed find the

Jews and the dualists (those engaged in
shirq) as the most severe in animosity

towards the believers... And you will find
the nearest of them in affection to the (82)
believers those who say, We are
Christians... That is because among them
(Christians) are men of deep knowledge
and men who have renounced the world
(submitted themselves wholly to Allah), who
have no arrogance.

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83. And when they listen to that which has

been revealed to the Rasul you will see
their eyes overflowing with tears, for they

recognize the knowledge revealed in the

Truth... They say, Our Rabb, we have (83)
believed... Write us down among the
witnesses.

84. Why should we not believe in that

4

which has come to us from Allah, our


essence with His Names, and the Truth,
when we have been longing for Him to (84)
admit us to the company of the righteous!

85. And for this Allah rewarded them with 4

Paradises underneath which rivers flow,
where they will abide eternally... Such is the



recompense for the doers of good! (The (85)
recompense / result / consequence of
good is good).

86. But those who deny the knowledge of

the reality and Our signs (the
manifestations of the Names), they are the
(86)
companions of hell!

87. O believers!... Do not forbid the pure

provisions, which Allah made lawful to you,
and do not transgress (by making unlawful
4
4
what has been made lawful)! Indeed, Allah (87)
does not like the transgressors.

88. Eat of the lawful and good things Allah

4
4
has provided for you... Protect yourselves
from Allah, whom you believe is the
(88)
essential reality of your being with His
Names.

9. Allah will not hold you responsible for 4

oaths you make thoughtlessly! But you are


responsible for the oaths you make

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intentionally and consciously! The expiation

for breaking an oath made consciously is
feeding or clothing ten needy people, or


freeing one slave! Whoever lacks the means 4
to do this should fast for three days. This is (89)
the expiation for breaking your oaths! Keep
your oaths... Thus does Allah explain His
signs to you, so that you evaluate.

90. O believers... Intoxicants, gambling,

objects of idolatry and divining arrows
(fortune telling) are things of satanic

abomination! Avoid them so that you may (90)

attain emancipation.

91. Satan seeks to sow animosity and

hatred among you by means of intoxicants
and gambling, and to keep you from the

remembrance of Allah and from salat... Will
4
you then desist? (91)

92. Obey Allah, obey the Rasul and beware! 4

If you turn away, know well (the
responsibility) upon Our Rasul is only clear
notification. (92)

93. If those who believe and practice the

requirements of their faith continue to
protect themselves, they will reach (a

higher state of) faith and engage in

practices pertaining to it... Then, protecting (93)
4
themselves with this understanding they
will reach an even higher understanding of
faith... With this understanding and as a
result of their faith they will protect
themselves accordingly... Continuing to
protect themselves at this level of
understanding will enable them to attain
goodness (the station of observation)...
Allah loves the doers of good.

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94. O believers... Allah will try you with 4

something of the game that you hunt with
your spears so that it may become evident

4
who fears Him, their unknown (which is
unperceivable by them)! And whoever (94)
transgresses after this, there is a painful
suffering for him.

95. O believers... Do not hunt while you are

in ihram (attire worn by the pilgrim to
represent a state he enters, where he

refrains from worldly activities and turns
wholeheartedly to Allah)... Whoever

intentionally kills game, the compensation 4
is a sacrifice to be delivered to the Kaba,
equivalent to the game that is killed,
4 4


judged by two just men among you... Or in
(95)
expiation, to feed the needy, or do the
equivalent of that in fasting, so he may
taste the consequence of his deeds... Allah
has forgiven what is past... But whoever
relapses, Allah will enforce the
consequences of his deeds! Allah is the
Aziz, the Zuntaqim (severely enforces the
consequences of an action).

96. It has been made lawful for you to hunt

and eat the fish of the sea as benefit for
you and travelers... But forbidden to you is



hunting on land while you are in ihram! (96) 4
Protect yourselves from Allah; unto Him
you will be gathered.

97. Allah made the Kaba, the Sacred

4

House, the Sacred Month, sacrificial animals



and the garlands, a standing place for the
people (for the endurance and continuation 4
of peoples faith)... This is so you know that (97)
4
Allah knows what is in the heavens (the
station of thought) and the earth (your
body), and that Allah is Aleem over all
things.

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98. Know that Allah will most certainly 4

4
enforce the consequences of bad deeds,
yet Allah is the Ghafur, the Rahim.
(98)

99. No more is the Rasul bound to do

4
except provide the knowledge (of the
reality and its requisites). Allah is aware of
(99)

both that which you display and that which
you conceal.

100. Say, The impure and the pure are not

4
equal in worth... Even though the majority
of the impure may appear pleasing to

you... So then, o intelligent ones of deep (100)
contemplation who have attained the
essence, protect yourselves from Allah so
that you may attain emancipation.

101. O believers... Do not ask questions

about things that you find unpleasant,
when explained to you! If you ask such


things while the Quran is being revealed, 4 4
they will be explained to you! Allah has (101)
forgiven them... Allah is the Ghafur, the
Halim.

102. A community before you asked such

questions and then (unable to digest the
answers) they became of the deniers.
(102)

103. Allah has not appointed (sacrifices 4

known as) bahirah, saibah or wasilah or
ham (these are fabricated traditions of


some people). But those who deny the (103)

4
knowledge of the reality are inventing
falsehood about Allah! Most of them do not
use their reason!

104. When they are told, Come to what 4

Allah has revealed and to the Rasul, they
say, Sufficient for us is what we have

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acquired from our fathers... Is that so even

if their fathers knew nothing, nor were they
guided to the realization of their essential
(104)
reality?

105. O believers... You are responsible for

yourselves! So long as you are aware of
your essential reality, a misguided person
4
(one who is devoid of the knowledge of his (105)
essential Self) cannot harm you! To Allah
you will all return... He will show you the
product of the things you do!

106. O believers... When death approaches

one of you, two just witnesses should be
present at the time of bequest... Or if you

are traveling and death finds you, two
witnesses are needed for you... If you have
doubt (about their testimony), detain them 4

after their prayer and let them swear by

Allah, We will not exchange our oath for
any price, even if it should be a relative,
4
and we will not conceal the testimony of (106)
Allah, for then we would be in fault.

107. But if it is found that these two were

guilty of perjury in the past, let two others

stand forth in their place and swear by


Allah, Indeed our testimony is truer than 4


theirs for we have not transgressed, or we

would have been of the wrongdoers. (107)

108. This makes it more likely that people

will bear true witness upon His face (in the
name of Allah) and bring a solution to their
4
(perjurers) fear that their testimony will be 4
rejected after they bear witness... Protect (108)
yourselves from Allah and perceive! Allah
does not guide people who are corrupt (in
faith) to the reality!

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109. When Allah gathers the Rasuls (he will

4

ask them): What was the response you
received? They will say, We have no
(109)
knowledge. Indeed, it is You who are the
knower of the unknown.

110. Allah will say, O Jesus, son of Mary! 4

Remember my favor upon you and your
mother... How I had vindicated you with the


force of the Pure Spirit that had become
manifest through your being... You spoke
to people in the cradle and in maturity... I


had taught you the Book, Wisdom, Torah

and Gospel (I had disclosed this knowledge
in your consciousness)... You designed from

clay the form of a bird with my permission
(B-iznihi) and breathed into it, then it
became a bird with My permission (B- (110)
iznihi)! You healed the blind and the leper
with My permission and brought the dead
back to life with My permission...
Remember that I restrained the Children of
Israel from you! You came to them with
obvious proofs, yet the deniers among
them had said, This is sheer magic!

111. I revealed to the disciples, Believe in

Me and my Rasul (in light of the letter B)...
They had said, We have believed, bear


witness that indeed we are Muslims. (111)

112. The disciples had said, O Jesus, son

of Mary! Is your Rabbs power sufficient
enough to reveal for us a maidah? (literally

maidah means a table with food; 4

metaphorically it references the knowledge (112)
of the reality and gnosis... In other words,
they were questioning Jesus creational
program, the specific configuration of
Names comprising his essence, and
whether it had such capacity.) Whereupon
Jesus said, Protect yourselves from Allah if
you are true believers.

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113. They said, We want to eat from it

(apply that knowledge) so our hearts can be
satisfied (attain certainty in regards to what


you teach us) and so we know what you (113)

explain to us is the (absolute) reality and be
witnesses to it.

114. Jesus, son of Mary, said, O Allah! Our

Rabb... Reveal for us a maidah from
heaven so it may be a feast and a proof


from You, both for our past and for our

future... Provide for us, for You are the best (114)

of providers.

115. Allah said, Indeed I will reveal it for 4

you... But whoever denies the reality after
this, I will punish him in a way I have not

punished anyone among the worlds! (115)

116. And Allah said, O Jesus, son of Mary!

4
Was it you that said to the people, Take
me and my mother as deities besides
4

Allah?... (Jesus) said, Subhan, You are (I
exonerate you)! How can it be possible for

me to say something that is not true? Even
if I had said it, You would have known it!
You know what is within myself, but I know
(116)
not what is within Your Self! Indeed, it is
You, You alone, who is the Knower of the
unknown!

117. I told them nothing other than what

You commanded me: Attain the

4
consciousness of servitude to Allah, who is

both your Rabb and my Rabb... I was a


witness over them as long as I was among (117)
them... Then you made me die! You
became Raqib over them! You are the
witness over all things!

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118. If You cause them suffering, indeed

they are Your servants! If You forgive them,
indeed it is You who are the Aziz, the
(118)
Hakim.

119. Allah said, This is the Day when the

4

truthful will live the results of their
truthfulness (their undoubted confirmation


of the reality)! There are Paradises for them, 4
underneath which rivers flow, in which they (119)
will abide eternally... Allah is pleased with
them, and they with Him... This is the great
attainment!

120. The heavens, the earth and the 4

existence of everything within them
belongs to Allah (they are the
(120)

manifestations of His Names)! He is Qadir
over all things!

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