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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
BISM IL-LAAHIR-RAH'MAN IR-RAH'EEM
In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
2:255
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWA, AL-HAYYUL QAYYOOMO,
Allah—there is no god except Him—is the Living One,the All-sustainer.
لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ
LAA TAAKHOZOHU SENATUWN WALAA NAWMUN,
Neither drowsiness befalls Him nor sleep.
لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
LAHU MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZE,
To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
MAN ZAL LAZE YASH-FA-O' I'NDAHU ILLAA BE-IZNEHI,
Who is it that may intercede with Him except with His permission?
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ
YA'LAMO MAA BAYNA AYDEEHIM WA MAA KHALFAHUM,
He knows what is before them and what is behind them,
وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ
WA LAA YOHEETOONA BE SHAYIM MIN I'LMEHI ILLAA BEMAA SHAAA-A,
and they do not comprehend anything of His knowledge except what He wishes.
وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
WASE-A' KURSIYYOHUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZA,
His seat embraces the heavens and the earth and He is not wearied by their preservation,
وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا
WA LAA YA-OODOHU HIFZOHOMAA,
and He is the All-exalted,
وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
WA HOWAL A'LIYYUL A'ZEEMO.
the All-supreme.
2:256
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ
LAA IKRAAHA FID DEENE,
There is no compulsion in religion:
قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ
QAD TABAYYANAR RUSHDO MENAL GHAYYE,
rectitude has become distinct from error.
فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى
FAMAYN YAKFUR BIT-TAAGHOOTE WA YOO-MIM BILLAAHE FAQADIS TAMSAKA BIL-U'RWATIL WUSQAA,
So one who disavows fake deities and has faith in Allah has held fast to the firmest handle
لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا
LANFESAAMA LAHAA,
for which there is no breaking;
وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
WALLAAHO SAMEE-U'N A'LEEMUN.
and Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.
2:257
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
ALLAAHO WALIYYUL LAZEENA AAMANOO,
Allah is the wali of the faithful:
يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ
YUKHREJOHUM MENAZ ZOLOMAATE ELAN NOORE,
He brings them out of darkness into light.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ
WALLAZEENA KAFAROO AWLEYAAA-O-HOMUT TAAGHOOTO YUKHREJOONAHUM MENAN NOORE ELAZ ZOLOMAATE,
As for the faithless, their always are the fake deities, who drive them out of light into darkness.
أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ
OOLAA-EKA ASHAABUN NAARE,
They shall be the inmates of the Fire,
هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
HUM FEEHAA KHAALEDOON.
and they will remain in it [forever].