[80] Allah has made your homes places of rest and peace for you: and from the skins of cattle He has made for you houses74 which you find light during your journey and at the time of your halt.75 And from their soft fur and wool and hair, He has furnished you with many things for clothing and domestic service which are very useful to you during your prescribed term of life.
[81-83] Allah has made for you from the many things He has created shelter from the sun. He has created for you places of refuge in the mountains and blessed you with such garments as protect you from heat76 and garments which shield you in your fights.77 Thus He perfects His blessings on you,78 so that you should submit to Him. But if they give no heed to you, O Muhammad! (you need not worry) for your only responsibility is to convey the plain Message of truth. They recognize the blessing of Allah, yet they deny it,79 for the majority of them are not inclined to accept the Truth.
[84-88] (Do they realize what will happen) on the Day when We shall raise up a witness80 from every community? Then the disbelievers shall not be given any opportunity to put forward any excuses81 nor shall they be asked to show penitence.82 When once the transgressors will see the torment, their punishment shall neither be lightened for them after this nor shall any respite be given to them. When the people, who had committed shirk in this world, will see those whom they had made associates with Allah, they will say, "Our Lord! here are those associate-deities whom we used to invoke beside Thee". At this their deities will retort, "You are liars."83 At that time all of them will proffer submission before Allah and all they used to forge in this world shall vanish from them.84 We will inflict double torment85 on those who followed the way of disbelief and hindered others from the Way of Allah on account of the chaos they spread in this world.
[89] (O Muhammad, warn them of) the Day when We shall call a witness from among every community to testify against it. And We shall call you to testify against these people; (that is why) We have sent down .to you this Book which makes plain everything86 and is guidance, blessing and good news to those who have surrendered themselves entirely.87
[90-93] Allah enjoins justice, generosity and kind treatment with kindred,88 and forbids indecency, wickedness and oppression.89 He admonishes you so that you may learn a lesson. Fulfill your covenant with Allah when you have made a Covenant with Him, and do not break your oaths after they have been confirmed and you have made Allah your witness. Allah is fully aware of all your actions. Do not behave like that woman who had spun yarn laboriously and then had herself broken it into pieces.90 You make your mutual oaths a means of mutual deceit in your affairs so that one people might take undue advantage over the other whereas Allah puts you to trial by these pledges.91 Allah will certainly reveal to you the truth about all your differences on the Day of Resurrection.92 Had Allah so willed (that you may not have any differences,) He would have made you all a single community,93 but He leads astray whom He will and shows guidance to whom He will.94 And be sure that He will take you to account for all your doings.
[94] And (O Muslims,) do not make your oaths the means of deceiving one another lest (someone's) foot should slip after being firmly fixed95 and you may suffer the consequences of debarring other people from the Way of Allah, and undergo a severe torment.
[95-97] Do not barter away the Covenant96 of Allah for paltry gains:97 Indeed what is with Allah is far better for you if you knew it. Whatever is with you is transitory and whatever is with Allah is ever-lasting. And We will reward those, who practice fortitude98 according to their best deeds. Whosoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, provided he is a Believer, We will surely grant him live a pure life in this world.99 And We will reward such people (in the Hereafter) according to their best deeds.100
[98-100] Then, when you begin to recite the Qur'an, seek Allah's refuge against the accursed Satan,101 for no power has he over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord; he has power only over those who make him their patron and practice shirk by his temptation.
[101-102] And when We send down one verse to elaborate upon the other-and Allah knows best what to send down, they say, "You forge this Qur'an yourself."102 The fact is that most of them do not know the reality. Tell them, "The Holy Spirit has brought it down piecemeal103 intact from my Lord so that He may make firm the faith of those who have believed,104 and to show the Right Way,105 and to give good news to those who surrender themselves to Allah."106
[103-105] We know very well what they say about you: "Surely a certain person teaches him."107 But the person to whom they allude speaks a foreign tongue, and this (Qur'an) is in plain Arabic. It is a fact that Allah does not show guidance to those who do not believe in His Revelations, and there is a painful torment for them. (The Prophet is not forging any false thing but) those, who do not believe in the Revelations of Allah, are inventing falsehoods108 they are indeed the liars.
[106-109] Whoso is forced to disbelieve after believing, while his heart is convinced of the Faith, (he shall be absolved) but whosoever accepts disbelief willingly, he incurs Allah's wrath, and there is severe torment for all such people.109 This is because they preferred the life of this world to the life in the Hereafter, and Allah does not show the Way of salvation to those people who are ungrateful! Allah has sealed the hearts, the ears and the eyes of such people and they have become neglectful: therefore, it is inevitable that they should be losers in the Hereafter.110
[110-111] On the other hand, Allah is most surely Forgiving and Compassionate towards those people who, when they were persecuted (because of their Faith), left their homes and migrated and struggled hard in the Way of Allah and practiced fortitude.111 (All these will be judged) on the bay when everyone will be pleading for himself only and everyone will be recompensed fully for one's deeds and none shall be unjustly dealt with in the least.
[112-113] Allah cites the instance of a habitation: it was enjoying a life of peace and security and was receiving its provisions in abundance from every quarter. Hut when it began to show ingratitude towards the favors of Allah, He made its inhabitants taste the consequences of their doings, and inflicted misfortunes of hunger and fear on them. A Messenger came to them from among themselves but they treated him as an impostor. At last a torment overtook them while they had become guilty of iniquity.112
[114-117] So, O people, eat of the lawful and pure provisions with which Allah has blessed you and show gratitude113 to Allah for His favors, if you are sincerely obedient to Him.114 Allah has forbidden only these things: do not eat what dies of itself nor blood nor swine flesh nor what has been slaughtered in any name other than Allah. But if forced by hunger one eats of any of these forbidden things, provided he has no intention of breaking the Divine Law or of transgressing the limits by taking more than what is absolutely indispensable, one may expect mercy, for Allah is very Forgiving and very Compassionate.115 Do not ascribe lies to Allah by decreeing with your tongues, "This is lawful and that is unlawful"116 for those people who ascribe lies to Allah can never come to any good. (They should remember that) the pleasures of this world are transitory and in the end there is a painful torment for them.
[118-124] To the Jews We had especially forbidden the things117 We have already related to you,118 and it was not We who imposed this hardship on them, but they imposed the hardship themselves. Nevertheless, your Lord is Forgiving and Compassionate towards those who have repented and mended their ways after they had committed evil in ignorance. The fact is that Abraham was a community in himself:119 he was obedient to Allah and had turned to Him exclusively. He was never a mushrik. he was always grateful for Allah's favors. Accordingly Allah chose him and showed him the Right Way. Allah blessed him with goodness in this world and most surely he will be among the righteous in the Hereafter. Then We sent down this Revelation to you: "Follow the way of Abraham exclusively" and he was not one of the mushriks.120 As regards the Sabbath, We imposed this on those who differed about its observance.121 Surely your Lord will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection about all those things in which they have been differing.
[125-128] O Prophet invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and excellent admonition122 and discuss things with people in the best manner.123 Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Way and He knows best who is rightly guided. And if you retaliate, let your retaliation be to the extent that you were wronged, but if you endure it with patience, it is indeed best for those who endure with patience. O Muhammad, go on performing your mission with fortitude-and you can practice fortitude only with the help of Allah-do not be grieved at their doings and do not distress yourself at their intrigues, for Allah is with those people who fear Him and adopt the righteous attitude.124
