Surah Al-Baqara

Alif Lam Mim

That is the Book, wherein is no doubt, a guidance to the godfearing

who believe in the Unseen, and perform the prayer, and expend of that We have provided them;

who believe in what has been sent down to thee and what has been sent down before thee, and have faith in the Hereafter;

those are upon guidance from their Lord, those are the ones who prosper.

As for the unbelievers, alike it is to them whether thou hast warned them or hast not warned them, they do not believe.

God has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a covering, and there awaits them a mighty chastisement.

And some men there are who say, 'We believe in God and the Last Day'; but they are not believers.

They would trick God and the believers, and only themselves they deceive, and they are not aware.

In their hearts is a sickness, and God has increased their sickness, and there awaits them a painful chastisement for that they have cried lies.

When it is said to them, 'Do not corruption in the land', they say, 'We are only ones that put things right.'

Truly, they are the workers of corruption but they are not aware.

When it is said to them, 'Believe as the people believe', they say, 'Shall we believe, as fools believe?' Truly, they are the foolish ones, but they do not know.

When they meet those who believe, they say, 'We believe'; but when they go privily to their Satans, they say, 'We are with you; we were only mocking.'

God shall mock them, and shall lead them on blindly wandering in their insolence.