Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim
In the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful
The Most Gracious has imparted this Qur'an unto man.
He has created man: He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.
At His behest the sun and the moon run their appointed courses; before Him prostrate themselves the stars and the trees.
And the skies has He raised high, and has devised for all things a measure, so that you too, O men, might never transgress the measure of what is right: weight, therefore, your deeds with equity, and cut not the measure short!
and the earth has He spread out for all living beings, with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters of dates, and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow?
Know, then that God is sublimely exalted,
the Ultimate Sovereign, the Ultimate Truth:
and knowing this, do not approach the Qur'an in haste,
ere it has been revealed unto thee in full, but always say:
"O my Sustainer, cause me to grow in knowledge.
And know that God invites man unto the abode of peace,
and guides him that wills to be guided onto a straight way.O you who have attained to faith!
Remember God with unceasing remembrance,
and extol His limitless glory from morn to evening.
He it is who bestows His blessings upon you,
with His angels echoing Him,
so that He might take you out of the depths of darkness into the light.
How long will you say,
"I will conquer the whole world and fill it with myself"?
Even if snow covered the world completely,
the sun could melt it with a glance.
A single spark of God's mercy
can turn poison into springwater.
Where there is doubt,
He establishes certainty.For, God's are all the forces of the heavens and the earth;
and God is indeed almighty, truly wise!
And they prayed to God that the truth be made to triumph.
God alone is the ultimate Truth,
so that all that men invoke instead of Him is sheer falsehood;
and because God alone is exalted, truly great!