مَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى

We have not sent down the Qur’an to you [O Prophet] to cause you distress,

وَإِنْ تَجْهَرْ بِالْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى

Whether you speak loudly [or not], He surely knows what is secret and what is even more hidden.

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى

Allah – none has the right to be worshiped except Him. He has the Most Beautiful Names.

وَهَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَى

Has there come to you the story of Moses?

إِنَّنِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدْنِي وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي

‘Indeed, I am Allah; none has the right to be worshiped except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer to remember Me.

إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى

The Hour is certainly coming, but I almost keep it hidden[4], so that every soul will be recompensed for what it strives.

إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

For indeed You are All-Watchful over us.”

مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَى

From this [earth] We created you, and to it We will return you, and from it We will raise you once again.

إِنَّا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّنَا لِيَغْفِرَ لَنَا خَطَايَانَا وَمَا أَكْرَهْتَنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَى

We surely believe in our Lord so that He may forgive us our sins and the magic that you have compelled us to practice, for Allah is best [in reward] and more lasting [in punishment].”

إِنَّمَا إِلَهُكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا

[O people], your god is only Allah; none has the right to be worshiped except Him. He encompasses everything in knowledge.”

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِهِ عِلْمًا

He knows all that is ahead of them and all that is behind them[38], but they do not encompass it[39] with their knowledge.

ثُمَّ اجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَى

Thereafter his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance, and guided him.