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C. 54.(3:1-20)—The Qur'ān revelation has, step by step,

Confirmed the Law of Moses and the Gospel

Of Jesus. It is a guide from God,

And appeals to reason and understanding.

Let us understand it rightly, in reverence

And truth, unswayed by those who reject

Faith, and seeking ever the reward

Of the pleasure of God, through firmness,

Patience, discipline, and charity, and offering others

The light which we have ourselves received.

Sūra 3.

Āl-i-'Imrān, or The Family of 'Imrān.

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

¹ Alif Lam Mim.

² God! There is no god but He,—the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal.

³ It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the Criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).

⁴ Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of God will suffer the severest penalty, and God is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.

⁵ From God, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.

⁶ He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

⁷ He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except God. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.

⁸ "Our Lord!" (they say), "Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the Grantor of bounties without measure.

⁹ "Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind together against a day about which there is no doubt; for God never fails in His promise."