Translation of the meanings of surah Aal-i-Imraan (1)

(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Meem.[113]

[113]- See footnote to 2:1.

 

(2) (2) Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.[114]

[114]- See footnotes to 2:255.

 

(3) (3) He has sent down upon you, [O Muḥammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He ...

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Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Baqara (3)

(201) But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."

 

(202) Those will have a share of what they have earned, and Allah is swift in account.

 

(203) And remember Allah ...

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Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Baqara (2)

(101) And when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].

 

(102) And they followed [instead] what the ...

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Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Baqara (1)

(1) Alif, Lam, Meem.[7]

[7]- These are among the fourteen opening letters which occur in various combinations at the beginning of twenty-nine surahs in the Qura'n. Although there has been much speculation as to their meaning, it was not, in fact, revealed by Allah to anyone and is known only to ...

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Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Faatiha

1 - Al-Faatiha

(1) In the name of Allah,[2] the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.[3] 

[2]- Allah is a proper name belonging only to the one Almighty God, Creator and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them, the Eternal and Absolute, to whom alone all worship ...

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Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Muminoon (2)

(51) (51) [Allāh said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Knowing.

 

(52) (52) And indeed this, your religion, is one religion,[959] and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

[959]- See footnote to 21:92.

 

(53) (53) But they [i.e., the people] ...

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